Capturing Gallery

Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens...Oh le beau coup de filet, 1805, (1921)

Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens...Oh le beau coup de filet, 1805, (1921). Roughly translated as 50 thousand Austrians, what a lovely haul!, French cavalry officers celebrate the capture of enemy soldiers, who they have taken prisoner in ten days - faits prisonniers en dix jours'. The Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805, allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich, and to force its surrender near Ulm in Germany. Engraving published by Martinet [Paris, 1805]. From "Napoleon", by Raymond Guyot, [H. Floury, Paris, 1921]

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Capture of Monmouth, 6 July 1685, (c1880)

Capture of Monmouth, 6 July 1685, (c1880). The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685 and took place at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England. It was the final battle of the Monmouth Rebellion and followed a series of skirmishes around south-west England between the forces of James Scott, 1st James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and troops loyal to James II. Victory went to the royalists and about 500 prisoners fell into their hands. Monmouth escaped from the battlefield but was later captured and taken to London for trial and execution. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. I, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

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Arrest of General Richard Prescott, 1777 (c1880)

Arrest of General Richard Prescott, 1777 (c1880). British General Richard Prescott was captured by a small band of colonial soldiers at a farm on Rhode Island on 10th July 1777. He was taken to Providence, where he was held captive until he was exchanged for American General Charles Lee. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

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