Images Dated 3rd December 2004 (page 2)

For big projectiles used by the Germans in the Great War: Wicker cases for shells

An exceptionally large splinter-proof shelter: A feature of modren entrenchments, as seen near Antwerp

Japanese Infantry negotiating a wire entanglement

The Crowd at Greenwich for the passing of the Great Eastern
Engraving showing the scene at the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, as huge crowds assembled to watch I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern steam down the River Thames, 1859

H. S. H Prince Louis of Battenberg
H.S.H Prince Louis of Battenberg

On duty with the allies in France: Indian Infantry taking cover while attacking

Charing Cross, 18th Century
Engraving showing Charing Cross, London, 18th century, after a painting by Canaletto. Date: 13 February 1864

Wheelhouse of the Great Eastern, 1859
Engraving showing the stern deck, steering apparatus and wheelhouse of I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern, 1859

During the fierce fighting near Dixmude: A Belgian Red Cross nurse visiting Belgian soldiers in the trenches

Demolition of Hungerford Market, London, 1862
Engraving showing the demolition of Hungerford Market to make room for Charing Cross Railway Station, London, 1862

Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865)
Engraved portrait of Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865), the second president of Liberia who served from 1856-64, pictured in 1862

Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H. M.s Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship
Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H.M.S Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship

Blessing the charging troops: A Russian priest on the field
From a painting by Frederic De Haenen

The Intruder: What the billeting of German soldiers too often means to French and Belgian villagers

Galloping a machine gun into action: A French Dragoon Mitrailleuse section dashing forward under fire

People Dancing in Charing Cross Road, 1935
Photograph showing people dancing in Charing Cross Road during the celebrations for King George Vs Silver Jubilee, 1935

A Galician town shelled by Russian gunners, sparing the churches and public buildings

Shattered by German guns: Fort Wavre Sainte Catherine, near Antwerp

The Thames Regatta at Fulham, London, 1843
Engraving showing rowing boats, participating in the Thames Regatta of 1843, heading away from Fulham Bridge (on left)

The New Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, 1880
Engraving showing the New Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, London, 1880. This hotel was built on the site of Northumberland House

The German South-West Camel Corps

General Christian De Wet
General De Wet was an elusive guerilla leader and raider of the British lines of communication in the Boer War. During World War One his name was linked to the traitor Maritz

The sinking of HMHS Rohila
The loss of the British hospital ship, Rohilla: Whitby life-boat men gallantly attempting to launch their boat

London Scottish soldiers charging with the bayonet

H. R. H Princess Mary
Princess Mary appealed for help to send a Christmas present from the Nation, to every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front

USS Pennsylvania at sea, 1921
Photograph showing the American battleship and Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet, USS Pennsylvania, seen from the stern of USS Henderson, 1921

Letters from home: The base post office

Australian bluejakets belonging to the Commonwealth Squadron who captured German New Guinea

German Infantry practising shooting at painted bladders

Gurkhas on the march through a French town

Indian machine gunners mobilize
Indian troops taking their maxim machine guns to the firing line in world war one

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