Bayonet Collection (page 11)

French Foreign legionnaire, 1860, (20th century). French postcard

La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
La Liberte guidant le Peuple, 28th July 1830. Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). Painting, oil on canvas 2.6 x 3.25M. Louvre Museum

The last battle of the Communards May 1871, Paris Commune. From print in the Museum of Marx and Engels, Moscow

Uniform of the Swiss 7th Regiment of infantry of the royal guard, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of the Swiss 7th Regiment of infantry of the royal guard, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of the Swiss Grenadiers 7th Regiment of infantry of the royal guard, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of a regiment of light infantry, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a regiment of light infantry, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of the royal foot gendarmes, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of the royal foot gendarmes, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Uniform of a regiment of Swiss infantry, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of a regiment of Swiss infantry, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Presenting excuses to the flag, Toulon, France, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th December 1898

The bugles of Malakoff, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The bugles of Malakoff, Sebastopol, 1898. Zouave was the name given to certain infantry regiments in the French army, as well as to units in other armies which imitated the dress or drill of

Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Sacking of synagogue in Mostaganem sparks outbreak of anti-Jewish violence throughout Algeria. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th February 1898

Coup d etat in Serbia, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Coup d etat in Serbia, 1893. In 1893, King Aleksandar proclaimed himself of full age, dismissed the regents and their government, and took the royal authority into his own hands

French WWI postcard, 1914-1918. I am always thinking about you, I want to see you

Patience, courage, hope my heart is close to you, 1914-1918

Prussian troops at the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, December 1870. Prussian soldiers before Paris waiting for a sortie by the besieged French

Battle of St Quentin, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871 (c1880). French (right) and German (left) troops fighting at close quarters. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Germans

Prussian soldiers on the march, Franco-Prussian War, September 1870. A Landwehr regiment of the Prussian army on the march led by a drummer

Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming Bicetre, Franco-Prussian War 1870
Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming the fort of Bicetre, near Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Other German states sided with Prussia in the war

Sepoys, native troops employed by East India Company, 19th century
Sepoys, native troops employed by East India Company. It was the Sepoys who began the Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny of 1857-1859 which brought about the transfer of government in India from the Company to

Highlanders capturing the mutineers guns at Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny, 16 July 1857 (c1895). The Indian Mutiny was an uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

92nd Gordon Highlanders in retreat, Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill

Battle of Modder River, 2nd Boer War, 28 November 1899. Men of the 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, equipped with the Lee Metford 10-round magazine rifle

Khi-Va La?, 1873. Artist: John Tenniel
Khi-Va La?, 1873. Earl Granville, the Liberal Foreign Secretary in Mr Gladstones government since 1870, stands guard at Indias northern border

National (Black) Guards, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
National (Black) Guards, 1871. The figure of Paris cries Murder! Thieves! Help!! Paris is assaulted by armed freedom fighters. The wreck of the city can be seen all around her

Britannia-the Unprotected Female!!, 1859
Britannia-the Unprotected Female!!, November 26, 1859. Rumours of the invasion of Britain by France abounded. Mr Punch agreed that preparations were being made for self-defence

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