Images Dated 2006 June

The Battle of Khartoum, 1885 (1900)

The Battle of Khartoum, 1885 (1900). British forces commanded by General Garnet Wolseley were dispatched to the Sudan to relieve General Gordon, besieged at Khartoum. After travelling up the Nile they arrived two days too late to save Gordon

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Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818), duc de Feltre and Marshal of France, 1839.Artist: Julien Leopold Boilly

Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818), duc de Feltre and Marshal of France, 1839. Clarke was a French soldier and politician of Irish decent

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Louis Nicolas d'Avout (1770-1823), Duc d'Auerstaedt and Prince d'Eckmuhl, 1839.Artist: Ladoerer

Louis Nicolas d'Avout (1770-1823), Duc d'Auerstaedt and Prince d'Eckmuhl, 1839. D'Avout (better known as Davout) was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era. Because of his prodigious talent for war and his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, he was also known as the Iron Marshal. He was the only Napoleonic Marshal to finish his military career undefeated in battle

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