Wars Collection (page 5)

Portrait of Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle, 1775-1809
5614316 Portrait of Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle, 1775-1809 by Gros, Baron Antoine Jean (1771-1835) (after); (add.info.: Portrait of Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle, 1775-1809)

The Children's Crusade of 1212 AD
6317661 The Children's Crusade of 1212 AD.; (add.info.: After a 19th century engraving by an anonymous artist.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Plan of the Waterloo Campaign, June 16-18, 1815. From Historical Atlas, published 1923
2603478 Plan of the Waterloo Campaign, June 16-18, 1815. From Historical Atlas, published 1923..

Sidney Smith
3586488 Sidney Smith; (add.info.: Portrait of Sidney Smith (1764-1840) a British naval officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars

Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812, engraved by D. Pound after J. Terry
3085323 Battle of Salamanca, 22nd July 1812, engraved by D. Pound after J. Terry; (add.info.: From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams; The London Printing)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658)
527988 Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658). Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament in 1653. The Long Parliament began in 1640

Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington, 31 August 1813
536558 Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington, 31 August 1813; (add.info.: Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington)

Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia, 1808 (engraving)
536547 Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia, 1808 (engraving); (add.info.: Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia (1767-1851) Spanish statesman captured in Madrid by Spanish Life Guard during popular uprising

Pensinular War: Siege of Saragossa (Zaragoza) 16 June - 13 August 1808. Engraving after David Wilkie
536040 Pensinular War: Siege of Saragossa (Zaragoza) 16 June - 13 August 1808. Engraving after David Wilkie; (add.info.: Maria Augustin, Maid of Sarogossa)

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569
535872 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569.; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569)

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569
535867 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569.; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Poitiers 24 July-7 September 1569)

Peninsular Campaign, known in Spain as War of Independence (1808-1814). Storming of Badajoz by troops under the command
533529 Peninsular Campaign, known in Spain as War of Independence (1808-1814). Storming of Badajoz by troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington 1814) 6 April 1812

Napoleon I in the Pesthouse at Jaffa touching plague victims, 11 March 1799
543831 Napoleon I in the Pesthouse at Jaffa touching plague victims, 11 March 1799. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info)

French campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt (1798-1801) Coloured engraving, 1847
543712 French campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt (1798-1801) Coloured engraving, 1847; (add.info.: Napoleon Bonparte (1769-1821) addressing his troops

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) Scottish soldier. Copperplate engraving London 1833
530858 Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) Scottish soldier. Copperplate engraving London 1833; (add.info.: General leading successful Anglo-Turkish force against French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658)
527986 Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658). Cromwell dismissing the Rump Parliament, 1653. Engraving c1885.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC
6117234 Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC; (add.info.: The Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC, between Alexander the Great (centre) and Darius III (to Alexandera's left)

Aeneas and his family flee Troy
6116919 Aeneas and his family flee Troy; (add.info.: As Troy burns behind him Trojan hero Aeneas and his family flee. He carries his father Anchises on his back)

Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, Prince of Ascoli, , after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres
3473244 Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, Prince of Ascoli, , after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub

Italian Wars 1494-1559 (engraving)
3600002 Italian Wars 1494-1559 (engraving); (add.info.: Italian Wars (1494-1559). Conflicts that involved the major states of Western Europe and most of the Italian city-states

Sidney Smith
3586493 Sidney Smith; (add.info.: Portrait of Sidney Smith (1764-1840) a British naval officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658). Cromwell refusing the crown, 1657
527987 Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman. Lord Protector (1653-1658). Cromwell refusing the crown, 1657. Engraving c1885.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Death of Nelson (1758-1805) on board 'HMS Victory' at battle of Trafalgar. Engraving 1827
533134 Death of Nelson (1758-1805) on board 'HMS Victory' at battle of Trafalgar. Engraving 1827; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pensinular War: Spanish guerilla brought to safety (c1809). Engraving after David Wilkie
536037 Pensinular War: Spanish guerilla brought to safety (c1809). Engraving after David Wilkie.; (add.info.: Pensinular War: Spanish guerilla brought to safety (c1809)

John Moore (1761-1809) Scottish-born British soldier: Lieut-General, c.1885 (engraving)
536575 John Moore (1761-1809) Scottish-born British soldier: Lieut-General, c.1885 (engraving); (add.info.: Defeated Soult at Corunna (La Coruna) 16 January 1809 but fatally wounded

Prussian Lancers and Cossacks fighting French troops. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543825 Prussian Lancers and Cossacks fighting French troops. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration of an incident during the Peninsular Campaign demonstrating the humanity of French soldiers
543813 Illustration of an incident during the Peninsular Campaign demonstrating the humanity of French soldiers. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info)

Battle of Talivera, 27-28 July 1809. Engraving
536544 Battle of Talivera, 27-28 July 1809. Engraving; (add.info.: Bayonet charge by the 48th Foot, the Northamptonshire Regiment, awarded battle honours by Wellington); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Peninsular War: Siege of Saragosa (Zaragoza) 16 June-13 August 1808. Wood engraving
536457 Peninsular War: Siege of Saragosa (Zaragoza) 16 June-13 August 1808. Wood engraving.; (add.info.: Maria Augustin, Maid of Sarogossa)

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569
535869 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569.; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Battle of Montcontour 3 October 1569)

Napoleon at the Battle of Lutzen, 2 May 1813. 19th century (lithograph)
542497 Napoleon at the Battle of Lutzen, 2 May 1813. 19th century (lithograph); (add.info.: Napoleon forced the Prussian and Russian forces to retreat but)

Napoleon in Egypt, 1798, visiting the Pyramids. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543877 Napoleon in Egypt, 1798, visiting the Pyramids. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Napoleon I at the Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543810 Napoleon I at the Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info.: The outcome was a resounding French victory the capture of the entire Austrian)

Napoleon I of France, Engraving after the equestrian portrait by Gerard
531160 Napoleon I of France, Engraving after the equestrian portrait by Gerard.; (add.info.: Emperor of France from 1804. Napoleon at Austerlitz,2 December 1805.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Wellington with his Staff doffing his hat (to Blucher)
527853 Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Wellington with his Staff doffing his hat (to Blucher). This battle brought to an end the Napoleonic Wars. Watercolour sketch by John Atkinson

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) Scottish soldier, 19th century (engraving)
533485 Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) Scottish soldier, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: General leading successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria), Egypt

The repulse of the Turks at the Siege of Vienna, Austria in 1529, from 'The Book of Martyrs' by John Foxe, pub
5242609 The repulse of the Turks at the Siege of Vienna, Austria in 1529, from 'The Book of Martyrs' by John Foxe, pub. c.1865 (print) by English School, (19th century).

Jean Baptiste Eble
3252993 Jean Baptiste Eble; (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Eble, 1758-1812. French General, engineer and artilleryman during the Napoleonic Wars. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900).

Hernando de Alarcon, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473268 Hernando de Alarcon, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Hernando de Alarcon, 1466 - 1540)

Sidney Smith
3586490 Sidney Smith; (add.info.: Portrait of Sidney Smith (1764-1840) a British naval officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars

Sidney Smith
3586489 Sidney Smith; (add.info.: Portrait of Sidney Smith (1764-1840) a British naval officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars

Jean-Charles Pichegru, 19th century (engraving)
3733640 Jean-Charles Pichegru, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804) a French general of the Revolutionary Wars

Balkan Wars: Flight of Turkish peasants towards Constantinople, 1912 (print)
527259 Balkan Wars: Flight of Turkish peasants towards Constantinople, 1912 (print); (add.info.: From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 24 November 1912.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Alexander I Russia and Napoleon I of France meeting on a raft in the middle of the river Nieman, 25 June 1807
532127 Alexander I Russia and Napoleon I of France meeting on a raft in the middle of the river Nieman, 25 June 1807. engraving c1880; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars)

French Religious Wars 1562-1968. The Peace of Amboise, 12 March 1563
535857 French Religious Wars 1562-1968. The Peace of Amboise, 12 March 1563; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1968. The Peace of Amboise, 12 March 1563, which ended the first religious war)

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving
531476 Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving.; (add.info.: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain, 16 January 1809, viewed from the sea

Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794, French Revolutionary Wars. Use of 'The Entreprenant' as reconnaissance balloon
528359 Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794, French Revolutionary Wars. Use of 'The Entreprenant' as reconnaissance balloon the first use of a balloon in warfare, contributed to French victory

Napoleon's campaign of 1809. Late 19th century (engraving)
542558 Napoleon's campaign of 1809. Late 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Napoleon and General Massena on the island of Lobau, May 1809)

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"The Battle of Waterloo: A Historic Clash that Shaped Nations" In the annals of history, few battles have left such an indelible mark as the Battle of Waterloo. On June 18, 1815, amidst the rolling fields and muddy terrain near the Belgian village of Waterloo, a clash for supremacy unfolded. It was here that empires collided and destinies were decided. One iconic moment etched in memory is "The Last Stand of the Imperial Guards at Waterloo. " These fearless soldiers fought with unwavering loyalty until their last breaths, defending their emperor's honor against overwhelming odds. Their sacrifice became a symbol of resilience and courage in the face of certain defeat. Another unforgettable scene from this historic battle was "Scotland for Ever. The charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo. " With bagpipes blaring and kilts billowing in defiance, these Highland warriors charged into battle with unmatched ferocity. Their bravery echoed through time as they fearlessly faced enemy lines to secure victory. Amidst chaos and carnage, one cannot overlook "the Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of Waterloo. " This fortified stronghold stood as a bastion against relentless attacks. Its defenders valiantly held their ground against Napoleon's forces, turning back wave after wave to protect their comrades-in-arms. And who can forget "Death of Nelson (West)"? Admiral Horatio Nelson's demise during the Napoleonic Wars remains an enduring testament to his leadership on sea. His final moments aboard HMS Victory inspired generations with his immortal words: "England expects that every man will do his duty. " From Europe to Asia, conflicts raged on various fronts like "Napoleonic / Leipzig Batt" or even closer home during the "Battle of Sobraon 1846". Each engagement had its own significance – shaping borders or altering power dynamics forever. As we reflect upon these chapters in human history, it is crucial to remember the sacrifices made and lessons learned.