Explosion Collection (page 6)

The Battle of Colenso - The Dublin Fusiliers Attempt to Ford the Tugela, 1900. Creators
The Battle of Colenso - The Dublin Fusiliers Attempt to Ford the Tugela, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

The Battle of Colenso - Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Leading the Central Attack, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C

The Second Armys Chief on the Flanders Front: general Sir Herbert Plumer (in centre
General Sir Herbert Plumer inspecting the effects of a mine explosion, First World War, c1917, (c1920). The Second Armys Chief on the Flanders Front

The First V. C. ever Won by a Territorial, 1916. Creator: Unknown
The First V.C. ever Won by a Territorial, 1916. Second-Lieut. G. H. Woolley s. defence of Hill 60 made him the first British Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross

Lieutenant A. de Bathe Brandon Attacking a Zeppelin Raider, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant A. de Bathe Brandon Attacking a Zeppelin Raider, 1916. Alfred de Bathe Brandon (1883-1974) New Zealand military aviator credited with the destruction of two Zeppelin airships

Magnificent Charge of Indian Troops Against the German Trenches, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Magnificent Charge of Indian Troops Against the German Trenches, 1916. In World War I the Indian Army fought against the German Empire in German East Africa and on the Western Front

Canadas Great Day at Courcelette, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Canadas Great Day at Courcelette, 1917. The Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15-22 September 1916) was fought during the Battle of the Somme, the Canadian Corps fought for the first time

The Hour Has Struck. British First Line of Attack in the Great Push, 1917
The Hour Has Struck. British First Line of Attack in the " Great Push", 1917. The Battle of the Somme began on 1st July 1916, with General Douglas Haigs offensive known as the Great Push

An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
An H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"

The Transvaal War, 1899-1901: A Sharp Engagement, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal War, 1899-1901: A Sharp Engagement, (1901). Episode from the Second Boer War (October 1899-May 1902), fought between the the British Empire and two Boer states

The Transvaal War, 1899-1901: The Bluejackets Saving a Gun, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal War, 1899-1901: The Bluejackets Saving a Gun, (1901). Episode during the First Boer War: British sailors pulling artillery with oxen

Volunteer going to retrieve bodies in the Gresford Colliery disaster, Wales, 1935. A man with a gas mask recieving last-minute instructions

The Battle of Lepanto, (1571), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Lepanto, (1571), 1890. Naval engagement on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League of Pope Pius V led by the John of Austria of the Spanish Empire and the Venetian Republic

An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Un Attentat a Tokio. The Sakuradamon Incident on 9 January 1932 was an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang (1900-1932)

Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Firedamp explosion, 1932. Coup de Grisou. On 9 December 1932, 7 miners were killed in an explosion at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire. An 8th man died later

Tragic exodus, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Tragic exodus, 1932. Exode Tragique. Chinese civilians fleeing Shanghai under Japanese bombing attacks. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 14 February 1932]

Soldiers firing a cannon, 1849, (1924). Creator: Minedo Fuko
Soldiers firing a cannon, 1849, (1924). European soldiers as seen by a Japanese artist. From the " Kaigwai Shinwa Shuei" (War in Foreign Countries), by Minedo Fuko, [1849]

An Attack Led By A Bombing Party, (1919). Creator: Unknown
An Attack Led By A Bombing Party, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: Plunging across broad ditches of mud and a forest of barbed wire and other entanglements, through shell

Blowing Up A Bridge Across the Aisne at Soissons, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Blowing Up A Bridge Across the Aisne at Soissons, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: British soldiers destroy a bridge over the River Aisne in northern France

Bombarding the German Trenches, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Bombarding the German Trenches, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919:a glimpse of what was seen from the parapet of the British trenches when the Germans were being heavily shelled by

A Mine Crater in High Wood, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Mine Crater in High Wood, (1919). Scene from First World War, aftermath of the Battle of Guillemont in northern France, 3 September 1916

Paardeberg: The Assault on Cronjes Position, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Paardeberg: The Assault on Cronjes Position, (1901). The Boer general Piet Cronje surrendered to Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, after the Battle of Paardeberg in 1899

An Infantry Attack on the Somme, (1919). Creator: Unknown
An Infantry Attack on the Somme, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: British troops are seen advancing across the open chalky plain of the Somme [in northern France] towards the German

The Woolly Bear. (1919). Creator: Unknown
The " Woolly Bear". (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: A shrapnel shell bursts overhead the first-line trenches

Battle of Long Island, (1877). Creator: Unknown
Battle of Long Island - Retreat of the Americans under General Stirling Across Gowanus Creek, (1877). Battle (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights) fought on 27 August 1776

Siege of Vicksburg, (1878). Creator: Unknown
Siege of Vicksburg, (1878). After a siege lasting almost two months, the fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi, fell to the Union on 4 July 1863

Smoke and Steam Rising from Asamas Crater after the Explosion, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Smoke and Steam Rising from Asamas Crater after the Explosion, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Battle of the Boyne. July 1st 1690, (1785). Creator: John Goldar
The Battle of the Boyne. July 1st 1690, (1785). The Battle of the Boyne was fought between the English King James II, and the Dutch Prince William of Orange, who, with his wife

View from Mont St. Jean of The Battle of Waterloo... 1815, (c1816). Creator: Unknown
View from Mont St. Jean of The Battle of Waterloo at the commencement of the grand Charge made on the French at 7 o clock in the Evening of the 18th June 1815, (c1816)

The British Troops entering the Breach of the Moro Castle, (c1770s). Creator: Walker
The British Troops entering the Breach of the Moro Castle, (c1770s). British troops entering the breach in the fortress of Morro Castle, during the Battle of Havana, Cuba, in 1762

A View of the Engagement & memorable Victory... on the 1st of June 1794. Creators: Christall
A View of the Engagement & memorable Victory obtain d by Admiral Earl Howe, over the French Fleet, on the 1st of June 1794. Dramatic sea battle in the English Channel

Last scene of Wests Lodoiska, or the Captive Princess 1824, (1948). Creator: M
Last scene of Wests " Lodoiska, or the Captive Princess" 1824, (1948). The final scene from a production of " Lodoiska", an opera by Luigi Cherubini

An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris, c1849. Creator: George Cruikshank
An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris - Mourir pour la Patrie, c1849. Humorous scene: shocked and terrified English diners are interrupted at dinner

John Gilpins wine bottles explode, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpins wine bottles explode, 1878, (c1918). Before setting out on his journey, Gilpin had attached bottles of wine to his belt

Tobruk was the target at this time; it was the front door for Rommels supplies. While the shutter was open for this photograph, taken 10, 000 feet above an El Gubi landing ground

The Luftwaffe scrambles as Bostons of the S. A. A. F. c1942-1943, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Luftwaffe scrambles as Bostons of the S.A.A.F. surprise a Martuba airfield. The light bombers maintained a constant offensive against these forward landing grounds, c1942-1943, (1945)

Experiments in Science, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Experiments in Science, 1897. A man in 17th-century dress running away from an explosion. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

Poster advertising a fundraising event for the National Fund for the Welsh Troops, 1st March, 1915, pub. London, 1915 (colour litho)

The Moment of Victory: A Heinkel III About To Go In, 1939-1940, (1941). Creator: Unknown
The Moment of Victory: A Heinkel III About To Go In, 1939-1940, (1941). From Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France. September 8th, 1939, to June 13th, 1940. [B. T. Batsford Ltd

UK, London, Guy Fawkes, Ravenscourt Pk, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
Fireworks celebrating Guy Fawkes night, Ravenscourt Park, London, W6, England

Regent;s Canal, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
The reconstructed Macclesfield Bridge, also known as Blow-up-Bridge due to the igniting of a barrel of gunpowder of the barge Tilbury sailing under it in 1874

A Steam Explosion on Mount Bird, c1908, (1909). Mount Bird is a basaltic shield volcano near the northern extremity of Ross Island

Retreat of the French after the battle of Leipzig, 19 October 1813, (c1850). Artists
Retreat of the French after the battle of Leipzig, 19 October 1813, (c1850). The Battle of the Nations (or Battle of Leipzig)

Battle of Dresden, 26 August 1813, (c1850). Artists: Francois-Louis Couche, Edme Bovinet
Battle of Dresden, 26 August 1813, (c1850). The battle took place around the city of Dresden (modern-day Germany). French forces under Napoleon scored a great victory against the Allied army led by

Battle near Lutzen, 2 May 1813, (c1850). Artists: Francois-Louis Couche, Edme Bovinet
Battle near Lutzen, 2 May 1813, (c1850). With a Prusso-Russian army of some 100, 000 men moving on a small French force at Leipzig, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to intercept the enemy

Battle of Abensberg, 20 April 1809, (c1850). Artist: Edme Bovinet
Battle of Abensberg, 20 April 1809, (c1850). Battle between a Franco-German force under Emperor Napoleon I of France, and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of

Battle near Jena, 14 October 1806, (c1850). Artist: Edme Bovinet
Battle near Jena, 14 October 1806, (c1850). The battle of Jena in Germany began with the chance evening meeting of Marshal Lannes corps with a Prussian force of 35

The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, (c1850). Artist: Jean Bosq
The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, (c1850). Commanded by the Emperor of the French in person. Regarded as Napoleon Bonapartes greatest victory

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