Fighting Collection (page 46)

Siege of Damietta, Egypt, 13th century (18th century). Strategically situated on the Nile Delta, Damietta was an important commercial centre for the Arab textile trade

Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901 (1902)
Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901(1902). Boer forces under General de Wet surprised an encampment of British soldiers at Tweefontein on 25 December 1901

Battle between Muslims and Portuguese at Surat, Gujarat near Bombay, India, c16th century. Surat was one of the first settlements established by the Portuguese in India at the end of the 15th

Battle between Nuno de Guzman and inhabitants of Michuacan, Mexico, 16th century. De Guzman and his native Tlazcalan allies attacking Michuacan

Spanish conquistadors with their native Tlazcalan allies attacking an Aztec temple, 16th century. Copy of a section of the drawings of Lienzo de Tlazcala lost during the Mexican revolution in

Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798. Artist: Louis Francois Lejeune
Battle of the Pyramids, Egypt, 21 July 1798. Napoleon defeated the Mameluke army of the Ottoman Turks, conquering Egypt for France

Battle of Lepanto, October 1571. The fleets of Spain, Venice and the Pope, under the command of Don Juan of Austria, defeated the Turks in the last great sea battle involving galleys

Mutineers attacking the magazine at Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 11 May 1857 (c1900). On the orders of Lieutenant George Willoughby, who died of his wounds defending the garrison, the magazine was blown up

The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Artist: TM Robinson
The Revenge engaging the Spanish fleet off Flores, 1591 (c1900). Cut off from the rest of the English fleet, the Revenge, under the command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-1591)

Sarcophagus, 4th century BC. Showing battle scenes of the time of Alexander the Great. The mounted figure is the general Hephaestion

Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC, (c19th century)
Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC (c19th century). French representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

Beginning of the Russian conquest of Siberia, 1580 (c1900). Cossacks under Yermak Timofeyevich attacking the army of Khan Kuchum on the River Irtysh

Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. The centre of the British army in action at Waterloo on 18 June 1815, withstanding a charge by the French cavalry. After W Heath

Selim I, Emperor of Turkey from 1512. Selims (1465-1520) army attacking Persians under Ismail I (1487-1524), founder of the Safavid dynasty, at Khoi, Iran in 1514

Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier. Montgomery (1737-1775) fought in the British army in the Seven Years War. In 1772 he sold his commission and moved to America

All for Colombine, 1891. Artist: M Vollon Fils
All for Colombine, 1891. Harlequin, Pierrot and Crispin. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 1st August 1891

Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd January 1892

Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. On 13 January 1892 a mentally ill man stabbed several members of staff at the offices of the Seine Prefecture after demanding a sum

The French attack on Kana, Dahomey, Africa, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The French attack on Kana, Dahomey, Africa, 1892. Between 1892 and 1894 Dahomey was conquered by French troops from Senegal and incorporated into Frances West African colonies

Engagement at Torres Vedras, Portugal, Peninsular War, 14 October 1809. Wellington constructed three lines of defence against French at Torres Vedras, north of Lisbonl

Sino-Japanese war, 19th Century. Japanese print. Private collection

Les Journee Fatales du Premier Empire, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Passage du Col Teniah, conquest of Algeria, 12th May 1840, France 19C
Passage du Col Teniah, conquest of Algeria, 12th May 1840, France 19th century. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

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

King Arthur fighting a giant, 1514. Arthur, under the protection of the Virgin Mary, engages a giant in single combat, watched by the men of two armies. From Chroniques de Bretagne. (Paris, 1514)

The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. Artist: Michel Volgemuth
The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

Combat between a lion and a bull, Spain, 1894. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th December 1894

The death of General Margallo, the Rif war, Morocco, 1893. The Rif War of 1893, also called the Melilla War or the Margallo War was a conflict between Spain

Spartacus and Hermann in the Arena, late 19th century. Spartacus (c109 BC-71 BC), Roman gladiator, victorious in the arena, surrounded by the bodies of fallen adversaries

Combat in the Dardanelles, Achi Baba, 1915. Turkish attack on Allied positions in Achi Baba during the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. A print from Le Pays de France, 5th August 1915

Fighting Figures, 1844-1924. Artist: Anatole France
Fighting Figures, 1844-1924

War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim, Bavaria, 3 August 1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim, 3 August 1704. Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) (bottom right), commander of the Austrian army at the Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt)

Battle scene from Homers Iliad, c300 BC. The Iliad is an epic poem describing the final year of the legendary war between the Ancient Greeks and Troy, fought in the 12th or 13th century BC

Hernando Cortes (Cortez) (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador, attacking natives in Mexico. Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519. With a force of only some 600 men

Sioux warriors in battle, c1890. Painting on unbleached muslin showing Dakota North American Plains Indians. From the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Scenes from British military engagements, c1887. From top to bottom: the Battle of Inkerman (1854); the bombardment of Sebastopol (1855); the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (1882)

Greek warrior fighting an Amazon, 8th-5th century BC. Limestone Relief. The Amazons were legendary female warriors in Greek mythology

La Prise de Paris, May 1871. French government advancing through the streets to recapture Paris from the Paris Commune. From a private collection

The Tournament, 1812. Artist: Pierre Henri Revoil
The Tournament, 1812. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyons

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill. The Boers counterattacked, taking the British by surprise

Fighting at the barricades, The July Monarchy, France, 1848 (c1885)

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

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

Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, during bombing raid on London, 1916
Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, close to London, by Lieut William Leefe Robinson of Royal Flying Corps during bombing raid on London on night of 2-3 September 1916

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), c1885. Attack on the British Residency, Cabul (Kabul) and the massacre of its occupants including the Resident, Sir Louis Cavagnari, 3 September 1879

First Anglo-Afghan War, (1838-1842), c1880
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British troops from the besieged city of Jellalabad, under the leadership of Henry Havelock, attacking the camp of Akbar Khan

Greek relief of Hoplites in battle From the British Museums collection

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