Sandbags Collection (page 3)

Russian Redan, Sebastopol, Crimean War, 1855 (1951)
Russian Redan, Sebastopol, Crimean War, 1855, (1951). This image from the Crimean War shows the Grand Redan, a Russian fortification in the port city of Sevastopol

Artillery position, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Artillery position, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

First World War battlefield scene, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
First World War battlefield scene, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Canadian infantry in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Canadian infantry in the trenches, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Japanese batteries firing on Russian forts, Siege of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. When the Russians reneged on an agreement to withdraw troops from Manchuria

Tugela River and Mount Alice from Spion Kop, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tugela River and Mount Alice from Spion Kop, South Africa, 1901. In January 1900 a British army of 20, 000 men under General Sir Redvers Buller was defeated by 8000 Boers under General Louis Botha at

Royal Munster Fusiliers fighting at Honey Nest Kloof, South Africa, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Royal Munster Fusiliers fighting at Honey Nest Kloof, South Africa, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Defence of a main artery of Antwerp, First World War, 1914. Belgian soldiers in a sandbagged position by a canal. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Garrison of French soldiers and firemen, Verdun, France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

The Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs artillery on its movable platform, India, 1757, (1893). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The Nawab Siraj Ud Daulahs artillery on its movable platform, India, 1757, (1893). In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, Clive

French troops with their regimental flag, the 2nd Battle of Champagne, France, 25 September 1915. The French launched an offensive in Champagne on 25 September 1915

French Chasseurs Alpins fighting in Alsace, June 1915, (1926). The Chasseurs Alpins are the French Armys mountain infantry

A captured German trench and bunker system, Souchez, Artois, France, 1 June 1915, (1926). German positions captured by the French

The 87th Princess Victorias (Royal Irish Fusiliers), c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles
The 87th Princess Victorias (Royal Irish Fusiliers), c1890. A coloured lithographic plate from Her Majestys Army by Walter Richards, JS Virtue & Company, (London, c1890)

Two women fighting with sandbags, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st November 1903

The Prince of Wales with George V, at a gas school during the First World War, 1914-1918. The future King Edward VIII (left), with his father George V (with beard)

The Aero Club, costume of a female ballooner, 15th November 1898. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 15th November 1898

Maurice Berteaux, minister for the war in the Lebaudy airship, 3rd November 1905. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 3rd November 1905

The defences of Carency, France, 1915. A village in the Pas de Calais, Carency was heavily damaged during World War I. A print from Le Pays de France, 5 August 1915

German artillery driving through the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1940. Paris fell to the invading German army on 14 June 1940

German checkpoint, occupied Paris, 1940-1944. During the occupation the freedom of movement of the citizens of Paris was restricted as they were subjected to checks of their vehicles and papers

German soldiers with captured French barricade, near Paris, June 1940. The first German troops entered Paris, which had been declared an open city by the French government, on 14 June

A German trench, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Captured Russian position, Melkov, Poland, World War I, 20 July 1915. The Germans made substantial advances across Poland against the Russians in the summer of 1915

Aerostier, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry
Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). A French soldier on guard duty in a trench. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1855-1856. Artist: William Simpson
A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1853-1856. From Illustrations of the War in the East by William Simpson. (London, 1855-1856)

German soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918.World War I. A group of German soldiers reading, writing and smoking in the trenches during a lull in hostilities

Russian attack on the Japanese trenches, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Russian attack on the Japanese trenches outside Port Arthur. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris

Russian six inch howitzer battery, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Russian six inch howitzer battery during the defence of Port Arthur. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

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