Historic Battle Illustrations

Illustrations from major historical battles, depicting cavalry engagements and troop movements, rich in detail and reminiscent of classic battle art.

Illustration depicting the Battle of Medina de Rioseco. Fought during the Peninsular War on 14 July 1808 when a combined body of Spanish militia and regulars moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid. Dated 1808

This illustration dates to the early 1920s. The caption reads: The Thin Red Line of Balaklava. This stirring picture shows the gallant siege of the Ninety-third Highlanders at the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. This engagement was fought October 25, 1854, and was the scene of the famous "Charge of the Light Brigade," which Tennyson has immortalized in his poem of that name.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: FIRST PRUSSIAN DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF PANGE (COURCELLES) 14 AUGUST 1870

Balaclava, 25th October 1854. The Charge of the Scots Greys, 1884. Artist: Unknown

Conquest of a French artillery battery by the 7th Prussian Cuirassier Regiment at Mars-la-Tour on 16 August, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Eroberung einer französischen Artilleriebatterie durch das 7. preußische Kürassierregiment bei Mars-la-Tour am 16. August, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The Battle of Princeton during the American Revolution, January 3, 1777

Explosion of Russian artillery. The Crimean War, 1855, Engraving

Second Italian war of Independence. Napoleon III in the Battle of Solferino. (June 24, 1859). Engraving 1881.

Battle of Weissenburg - 4th August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War

Attack on the hill of Shipka, 1877, Epinal lithograph. Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

Illustration depicting the Battle of Medina de Rioseco. Fought during the Peninsular War on 14 July 1808 when a combined body of Spanish militia and regulars moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid. Dated 1808

Thomas Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Bull Run during the USA Civil War

World War I (1914-1918). Serbian military confrontation (Allies) with infantry Hungarian-Croatian (Central Powers), near river Drina, between Loznica and Ljes_nica, Serbia. Engraving."La Esfera", 1915.

Centre of the British army in action at Waterloo 18 June 1815, the last battle of the Napoleonic Wars. After W Heath.

Battle of Gyor 28 June 1848 by Vinzenz Katzler. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria enters in Gyor leading the Austrian troops. Vinzenz Katzler

ESCENA DE LA BATALLA DE CASTILLEJOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. GENERAL JUAN PRIM (1814-1870) CONDE DE REUS.

Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815). Napoleon's army was defeated by the European coalition led by Wellington. Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

Battle of the Big Horn Cprt. 1899 Kurz & Allison Art Publishers (American)

British cavalry counter-attack against the greatly superior Russian attack and successfully rout the enemy 5 November 1854

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Turks try to retake Great Yagni on 13 October. Turkish infantry assault the Great Yagni. Engraving by Valnay. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

British Cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War British Cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665067

The American retreat from Long Island at the end of the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. After a 19th century engraving.

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, by Thure de Thulstrup, c. 1885-87. The specific scene is not identified, but the white building appears to be the Dunker Church. The Union soldiers advanced toward, but were unable to break, the Confederate line near the Church (BSLOC_2018_7_155)

US Civil War. Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, April 1, 1865. Union cavalry commander, Gen. Philip Sheridan, attacked the right flank of Lee's line and cut off the Confederate's last railroad into Richmond. Two days later the Confederate forces evacuated Petersburg and Richmond, retreating west to Appomattox (BSLOC_2018_9_161)

The Battle of Issus, Alexander the Great, 356-323 B.C. defeats Darius, by Dudley Tennant from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Karl und sein Stab in der Schlacht bei Orleans, Frankreich, am Abend des 4. Dezember, im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 187...

The War for the Union, 1862A Cavalry Charge Published 1862 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

Military and munity mutiny views charge of Highlanders before Chwnpore under General Havelock Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

US Civil War. The Overland Campaign, Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1863. The Union army attacked the heavily fortified Confederate position in three separate assaults, all of which failed, resulting in 7,000 Union casualties, to only 1,500 for the Confederate defenders (BSLOC_2018_9_123)

The Württemberg artillery on the heights of Villiers in the fight on 2 December, France, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Die württembergische Artillerie auf den Höhen von Villiers im Kampf am 2. Dezember, Frankreich, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/71, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Prince Anton von Hohenzollerns death in the Battle of Königgrätz from illustrated newspaper, Unknown

Battle of Blenheim August 1704. Artist: Unknown

Schleswig-Holstein Question. The First Schleswig War or Three Years' War (1848-1851). Fighting between the Danes and Prussians at the Battle at Kolding on April 23, 1849. Nineteenth century colored engraving.

The fight at the Bloody Angle, Third Day of Battle of Gettysburg, USA Civil War

Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800, French Revolutionary Wars. Belligerents: France, Austria, Bavaria.

Indian Mutiny 1857-1859, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Great War of Independence: Death of Brigadier Adrian Hope during British attack on Fort Roodamow 15 April 1858. Hand-coloured engraving.

Napoleon I 1769 1821 with his Old Guard at Waterloo. 19th century engraving by Jules Jacquet after a picture by Richard Caton Woodville

the Storming of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 15th,1862. Artist: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907

Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), commander of English army in the Flanders (1793-1795), leading the allied attack on the French camp on hills near Valenciennes. The town was besieged from 23 May to 28 July 1793, when garrison surrendered to the allies, Austria, Britain and Hanover. In later life he was known as 'The Grand Old Duke of York'. Engraving.

Military Persons in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, The storming of the Guard at Gravelotte, called Bataille de Saint-Privat in France, was a battle in the Franco-Prussian War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

King William in the Battle of Gravelotte, France, on 18 August, in the Franco-German War 1870/1871. The Battle of Gravelotte, or Gravelotte St. Privat, was the largest battle during the Franco-Prussian War / König Wilhelm in der Schlacht von Gravelotte, Frankreich, am 18. August, im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870/1871. Die Schlacht von Gravelotte, oder Gravelotte St. Privat, war die größte Schlacht während des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

The Battle of Moodkee in India, 1845, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Albrecht Adam (1786-1862). German painter. Battle Scene, 1838. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Albrecht Adam pencil and pen depiction of Radetzky and Hess at the Battle of Novara, showing cavalry and infantry positions, executed in black-gray and gray, March 1849.

Battle of Secessionville, James Island, SC, June 16, 1862 - Bayonet charge upon the Confederate Batteries under General Stevens. USA Civil War

Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854: The British Highland Brigade attacking the Russians.

Storming of the village of Le Bourget by Prussian Guards, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Prussian Guards storming the village of Le Bourget, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

US Civil War. Atlanta Campaign, May 7 Sept. 2, 1864. Battle of Resaca, May 13-16, 1864, began as a Union attempt to cut the supply line of the Confederate Army led by Gen. Joseph Johnson. Union cavalry moves through a gap to attack Confederate infantry, with Union foot soldiers and cannons firing at the Confederates on either side of the ridge. The battle ended inconclusively with a Confederate retreat, and Union pursuit (BSLOC_2018_9_68)

Battle of Champagne, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Fighting at Le Bourget, November 2, 1870. Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.

The battle of Smolensk on August 1812 by Zhigimont, Pyotr Ivanovich (1914-)/ State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow/ 1956/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Soviet Art/ 110x141/ History

The Battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). From An Illuminated History of North America, from the earliest period to the present time, publishe

FROM THE BATTLE NEAR AMIENS ON THE 23RD OF DECEMBER 1870. THE STORMING OF THE RAILWAY DAM NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX BY THE 44RTHERS. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870. Georg Koch (1857-1936) was a very well-known German painter, woodcut and lithograph artist of the late 19th - early 20th century. Pupil of his father Carl Koch, he also studied at the Berlin Academy.

The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, took place on 21 July 1861 and was the first significant land battle of the American Civil War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.

Historical drawing, Battle of Villiers or Villiers-Champigny, Bataille de Champigny, 30 November 1870 during the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia

The Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346, (1910). Artist: Unknown

Battle at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, USA Civil War

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Battle in Transwaal in October 1899, during the Second Boer War. Engraving.

The Battle of Marengo took place on 14 June 1800 during the Second Coalition War at Marengo, a village in the present-day Italian province of Alessand...

Battle of Friedland - Napoleon defeats the Russians. Date: 14 June 1807

'Defence of the Granary at Essling', 1809, (1896). Artist: Unknown.

The Battle of Inkerman on November 5, 1854 by Norie, Orlando (1832-1901) / Private Collection / 1855 / Great Britain / Colour lithograph / History / 52,5x70,4

1840s SEPTEMBER 1847 AMERICAN TROOPS STORMING PALACE HILL AT THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Battle of Pleven by Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, Oil on canvas, 1885, 1837-1898, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Artillery Museum, 111x192

The Battle of Alma, September 20, 1854: The Highlanders attacking the Russian redoubt led by General Sir Colin Campbell shown in tartan trews and wearing a Scottish bonnet urging on his kilted troops., Crimean War (1853-1856)

After Winslow Homer, The War for the Union 1862A Cavalry Charge, 5 July 1862, wood engraving on newsprint.

Custer's Last Stand, Advertising

The Federals' last stand at Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, American Civil war, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume XLI, November 15, 1862. Digitally colorized image.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). The Northern army under the leadership of French General Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907). Colored engraving.

Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1863. Fighting in a crater created by a mine explosion beneath Confederate works, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Storm on Weissenburg / on 4 August 1870

NAPOLEON EN SAN JUAN DE ACRE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) NAPOLEON I.

Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), "Poland has not yet died". Gravelotte 1870; Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939), Anczyc, Władysław Ludwik and company (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1875-1948); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

The Imperial Parade on Longchamp near Paris on March 3, 1871, woodcut, France, Europe

Military Persons in the Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Attack of the Ducal Brunswick Hussar Regiment No. 17 at Flavigny, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Battle between the troops of Cortes and the Indians of Tabasco, 1519. Volume I. Drawing by J. Altarriba and engraved by J. Carrafa, 1825. Colored.

Prince of Orange leads the Dutch troops at Quatre-Bras, 1815; First attack of the Franschen, by Neerlands immortal warsheld, dismissed. at Les Quatre Bras, the 16 June 1815; First series of four plates of the battles at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo. Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, leads the Dutch troops against a French attack during the Battle of Quatre-Bras, June 16, 1815.

Run a Hungarian. One of them in front of his comrades in length, vintage engraving. Run a Hungarian. One of them in front of his comrades in length, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656948

Prince of Orange leads the Dutch troops at Quatre-Bras, 1815, Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer, 1815 print Willem Frederik George, Prince of Orange, leads the Dutch troops against a French attack during the Battle of Quatre-Bras, June 16, 1815. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching battle (+ land forces) Eighty-white

Arrival of the mission in Bissandugu, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Assault of Brockenbrough's Confederate Brigade (Heth's Division) upon the Stone Barn of the McPherson Farm, Battle of Antietam, USA Civil War

Illustration of Battle Of Chickamauga in USA Civil War

Battle of Shiloh, known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing. A battle between the United States Union and the Confederate States. The American Civil war took place in South-western Tennessee 1863.

France, 1805-1814 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Battle of Coatit, January 1895. War in Abyssinia, Ethiopia, 19th century.

The War in Denmark: the assault on No. 4 Redoubt at Düppel - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'Since the seaward redoubts, No. 1 and No. 2, had been dismantled and silenced by the Prussian cannonade on former days, No. 4, which was the largest and most formidable of all, became the principal stronghold of the Danes to the left of their line. It commanded the road which leads from Gravenstein to Sonderburg right up the hill of Düppel, so that if this redoubt were once taken the enemy's artillery might find an easy passage to the rear of the Danish position...These observatio

Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876. General George Armstrong Custer, 1839 - 1876. The battle was the most important in the Great Sioux War of 1876. After a work

Battle of Princeton, New Jersey USA 1775, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Tropas de infantería en un combate por la vanguardia francesa. Grabado de 1884.

The French army arising out of the island of Lobau, vintage engraving. The French army arising out of the island of Lobau, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656484

The Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863

Spanish soldiers in Denmark swearing an oath to remain faithful to the homeland (1808). Chromolithography. "Historia de la Revolución Española" (desde la Guerra de la Independencia a la Restauración en Sagunto), por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

THE WARS OF RELIGION The Ligue Catholique organises the 'Day of Barricades' in Paris, with street fighting between the opposing parties

Chelmsfords column returns to bury the dead from the Battle of Isandlwana and to retrieve the wagons 1879. Unknown

Attack on the Castle Chapultepec / Ataque del Castillo de Chapultepec - Mexican American War, 1848

1870 in France, Texts, Artillery of France, Battle of Sedan, French Zouaves, Use of weapons, Paintings in Ardennes (department), 1907, France, Sedan, Schlacht bei Sedan 1870

Wellington defeats Ney at QUATRE BRAS, foiling Napoleon's plan to prevent the joining of the British and Prussian armies

Crimean War (1853-1856). Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-1855, by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud (1856-1928). The city, on the Black Sea, was besieged for 11 months. Detail. Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol. Crimean Peninsula. Ukraine.

Battle of the Prussian Garden at Gravelotte, called in France Bataille de Saint-Privat, on 18 August, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

The Emperors Parade on Longechamp near Paris, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

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