Wars Collection (page 6)

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)

British troops at the Siege of Badajoz, Spain, in 1812 during the Peninsular War
3062195 British troops at the Siege of Badajoz, Spain, in 1812 during the Peninsular War.; Private Collection; (add.info.: After the painting by Vereker Hamilton)

Charles II
3253012 Charles II; (add.info.: Charles II, 1467-1538. Member of the House of Egmond who ruled as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen)

English Civil Wars: Battle of Naseby 14 June 1645. Charles I trying to rally his troops for a final charge against
531436 English Civil Wars: Battle of Naseby 14 June 1645. Charles I trying to rally his troops for a final charge against Cromwell's forces

Torres Vedras, north of Lisbon, Portugal, where Wellington constructed three lines of defence against French in
532224 Torres Vedras, north of Lisbon, Portugal, where Wellington constructed three lines of defence against French in Peninsular War - 14 October 1809

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) with his staff at the Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815. Engraving
536028 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) with his staff at the Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815. Engraving; (add.info.: Arthur Wellesley)

Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV, c.1858 (engraving)
537786 Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV, c.1858 (engraving); (add.info.: Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV. Elizabeth Woodville and the Duchess of York, Widow and mother of Edward IV)

Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus
537570 Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus. 13th-12th BC (drawing based on an antique vase); Universal History Archive/UIG.

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Second charge at the battle of Dreux, 19 December 1562
535850 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Second charge at the battle of Dreux, 19 December 1562.; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Second charge at the battle of Dreux, 19 December 1562)

Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815
542555 Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815, welcomed by his supporters

The Travels and Exploits of General Bonaparte in Various Countries. Napoleon Bonaparte (1760-1821)
543787 The Travels and Exploits of General Bonaparte in Various Countries. Napoleon Bonaparte (1760-1821). French popular coloured engraving.; (add.info.: France)

Balkan Wars: Peter I King of Serbia, breaking the bread 1912 (print)
527258 Balkan Wars: Peter I King of Serbia, breaking the bread 1912 (print); (add.info.: King of Serbia performing the traditional ceremony of breaking the bread offered to him by the Mayor of a town)

Dutch cartoon protesting against Oliver Cromwell's rule in Britain. It shows him as Hercules clad in a lionskin
528111 Dutch cartoon protesting against Oliver Cromwell's rule in Britain. It shows him as Hercules clad in a lionskin, breaking open the royal money barrel, thus ending the Long Parliament

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560
535842 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560)

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Chartres
535863 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Chartres.; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Siege of Chartres)

Archduke Charles of Austria rallies some of 115,000 Austrian troops he commanded to victory at Aspern Essling 21-22 May
533532 Archduke Charles of Austria rallies some of 115,000 Austrian troops he commanded to victory at Aspern Essling 21-22 May 1809

Trojan Horse: Greek raiding party secreting themselves in the great wooden horse, 13th or 12th century BC
537576 Trojan Horse: Greek raiding party secreting themselves in the great wooden horse, 13th or 12th century BC. 1830 (engraving from the Rev)

Penelope and her loom, 1866 (engraving)
537599 Penelope and her loom, 1866 (engraving); (add.info.: Penelope and her loom. In Ancient Greek legend wife of Ulysses, mother of Telemachus and an example of domestic virtue)

Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815
542500 Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815, welcomed by his supporters

Capture of the Dutch fleet, frozen in at Den Helder, by the French Hussars under General Jean-Charles Pichegru
542587 Capture of the Dutch fleet, frozen in at Den Helder, by the French Hussars under General Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804) in January 1795. Engraving.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Plan of the Battle of Waterloo, June 16-18, 1815. From Historical Atlas, published 1923
2603479 Plan of the Battle of Waterloo, June 16-18, 1815. From Historical Atlas, published 1923..

New Ulm, Minn. distant view from the north, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
New Ulm, Minn. distant view from the north, between 1880 and 1899

Allegory on the Turkish Wars, c. 1600. Creator: Hans von Aachen
Allegory on the Turkish Wars, c. 1600

Covenanters prayer meeting in the glen of Drumclog, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, prior to the Battle of Drumclog, Sunday 1 June 1679

Group of Marathas during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819), between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, India. Date: 1818

Uniforms of the Portuguese Infantry, 1800s
Uniforms of the Portuguese Army, 1800s. Officer 1, infantry officer 2, Lisbon police guards 3, and armed peasant from the Algarve 4. Portuguese soldiers in French Dragoon and Guards uniforms in rear

Map of Third Crusade and Childrens Crusade
Map of the Third Crusade and the Childrens Crusade, showing various routes and territories. Date: 1190

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR Surviving veterans meet after 74 years ! Date: 1805 - 1879

Military General Service Medal, 1793-1814
This medal was awarded to Captain G.J. Call in 1848, together with the clasp CUIDAD RODRIGO. It is one of 17 campaign medals awarded to members of the Call family, now in the museum collection

Russian postcard 1853
3785679 Russian postcard 1853'; (add.info.: Russian postcard 1853'. Upper class man in a top hat is driven in a sleigh. 1903. Start date of Crimean War. red cross); Lebrecht History

Russo-Japanese war 1905
3785889 Russo-Japanese war 1905; (add.info.: Russo-Japanese war 1905 Caption reads; heroic river-crossing by the Cossacks in Manchuria.); Lebrecht History

Traffic at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Morning commuter traffic. Archival shot scanned from transparency; 1972. Scanned images may prove a little n Archival images scanned from transparencies can

Knight in war-harness, 19th century (print)
3794125 Knight in war-harness, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Knight in war-harness / armour on horseback - Middle Ages)

Colonies of North America in 1776 (print)
3781938 Colonies of North America in 1776 (print); (add.info.: Colonies of North America in 1776 Statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776)

Charge of French cavalry at the Battle of Neerwinden or Landen, in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), 29 July 1693, part of the Nine Years War (1688-1697). Date: 1693

The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 22 June 1679, fought between government troops and militant Presbyterian Covenanters, part of the Scottish Covenanter Wars

Sir Hector Maclean of Duart, 2nd Baronet of Morvern, leading the charge at the Battle of Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, fought between the English

Charge of the Clan Maclean infantry (a Highland Scottish clan) at the Battle of Kilsyth, near Stirling, Scotland, 15 August 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Oliver Cromwell leading the English New Model Army against a Scottish army led by David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, at the Battle of Dunbar, Scotland, 3 September 1650

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Edgehill, Warwickshire, 23 October 1642, during the English Civil War (1642-1646). Date: 1642

English attack on Puerto Rico, Battle of San Juan, June 1598, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1598

Suit of full armour, mid-15th century, as worn during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). Date: mid-15th century

The Battle of Towton, West Riding of Yorkshire, fought in a snowstorm on 29 March 1461, during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). It was a Yorkist victory. Date: 1461

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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.