Historic Battle Scenes

Dramatic depictions of historical military battles and conflicts in monochrome, showcasing soldiers, weapons, and tumultuous landscapes.

Snow-Shoe Dance of the Apache” after lithograph by George Catlin, 1844-45, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891
Snow-Shoe Dance of the Apache” after lithograph by George Catlin, 1844-45, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891
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American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Valley Forge. Pennsylvania. Continental Army's camp in winter, 1777-1778. Engraving.
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España. Tercera guerra carlista (1872-1876). Detención de una diligencia por los carlistas. Grabado de 1885.
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THE FAMINE IN ASIA MINOR, 1875: DEPARTURE FROM CELEPHKIA OF A CONVOY WITH GRAIN SENT BY THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT
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Fatal railway accident at Kentish-Town, on the north and south western junction line: scene of the disaster on Monday night, 1861. A ballast-train was struck by a passenger train. The engine '...leaped from the rails...and rolled down the embankment...with a hideous dull sound and...frightful screeches...four carriages, in which were a number of passengers followed...The moans of the dying, the cries of the wounded, and the lamentations of those who missed their relatives, were to be heard on every side...Men were engaged in dragging corpses from under wheels...Many ladies ran about with lin
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Saxon siege battery, 24-pounder, in front of Fort Rosny, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign
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Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Siege of Delhi - engineers blowing up the Cashmere Gate so that Colonel Cambell's men could pass into the city, September 1857. Wood engraving c1895
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Battle of Bavarian infantry with Turcos and Znaben in the hop fields near Weissenburg, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe
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Das Reitbrennen beim Anlegen eines Feldes in der Steiermark, Brandrodung, 1898, Österreich, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903956
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The Flight of the Emperor Charles - Charles V flees suddenly over the Alps to escape the German Rebels
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Spanish-American War, between Spain and the USA in 1898, due to the US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Engraving. " La Ilustracio_n Iberi_ca", 1898.
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Beerdigung auf Sylt, der Sarg wird mit der Kutsche zum Friedhof gefahren, die Trauergäste laufen hinterher, 1880, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903360
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COLONO DEL OESTE LABRANDO SUS CAMPOS CON CABALLOS - GRABADO.
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Middle Ages. Crusades. Battering Rams. 11th century. Engraving, 19th century.
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''A Notre Aile Droit; Le combat dans Sommesous', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.
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THE SAILORS' QUARREL NEAR BAYONNE
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French gun battery in World War I
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'How the Chateau was Taken', World War I, France, 1915. Artist: Unknown
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MacDonald, Alexandre .
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Illustration by S. Begg showing British soldiers during World War I receiving a hamper full of Christmas produce sent from home, including tinned food, a turkey, fruit cake and mince pies. Date: Christmas number 1915
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Peninsular War: Siege of Saragosa (Zaragoza) 16 June-13 August 1808. Maria Augustin, Maid of Sarogossa, encouraging fellow citizens to re-man gun battery and resume firing on French besiegers under General Lefebre. Wood engraving.
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INDIAN TRAPPERS OF THE NORTH-WEST, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING
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Italy - 19th century, Expedition of the Thousand - Transporting Benedetto Cairoli (Pavia 1825 - Naples 1889).
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The old poacher, old man with rifle waits in hiding for game, hunted hare, two boys are curious / Der alte Wilderer, alter Mann mit Gewehr wartet im Versteck auf Wild, erlegter Hase, zwei Jungen sind neugierig dabei, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Marching on the ice during the Norwegian expedition in Greenland, 1888, engraving.
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The siege of Rome by the Ostrogothic king Witiges in 540. The Romans defend the city by throwing down marble statues, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original
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David shows Saul that he spared him, 1st Book of Samuel, chapter 24, mountain landscape, cave, army, weapons, mercy, spare, horses, rider, rock, Bible, Old Testament, historical illustration 1885
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The defeated troops of Napoleon's army return home, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO NORWAY: HAULING IN THE SEINE UNDER THE BUARBRAE, SANDVENVAND, HARDANGER
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The 'Quinta Giornata' - the five-day uprising in Milano - involves serious street fighting : this is the scene at the barricades erected at the Porta Tosa.
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Colección de cromos de los Exploradores españoles (boy scouts). Jóvenes exploradores realizando tareas económicas con tenacidad y perseverancia. Años 1930.
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The last cannon shot marking the close of the Paris World Exposition, 1889, engraving. France, 19th century.
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The Knight of the sad figure is taken to jail. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore
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Nach einem Schneesturm in Dakotah sind ein Kind und eine Frau erfroren und liegen im Schnee, 1888, Amerika, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903313
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Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were under siege. Some of the women, including widow of a sergeant who had been killed, fought side-by-side with the soldiers. Illustration published London c1880
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Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were under siege.
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George Washington and His Men at Valley Forge; Illustration from Cassell's History of England, King's Edition Part 33
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The French Miners Strike. - The scene at the approach to a mine-head in the St. Etienne area, where striking miners have erected rough barricades and instituted a picket guard to prevent police from taking control of the pit-head buildings. October 24, 1948. (Photo by Sports & General Press Agency Limited).
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Bismarck and Liberty ca. 1885 Thomas Nast American, born Germany. Bismarck and Liberty 393291
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Spnaish Civil War (1936-1939). Shhoting of Andalusian farmers. Engraving by Antonio Luna included in the compilation 'Los dibujantes en la guerra de Espa-a' (The Drawers in the Spanish War, Madrid-Valencia, 1937). Engraving.
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Two men were talking to the extremity of the port, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.
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Postillion Christmas Eve. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879
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US Civil War, Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, Feb. 14-16, 1862. Union soldiers search by torch-light through a wooded area for wounded soldiers from Schwartz's Missouri battery, during the Union siege of Fort Donelson (BSLOC_2018_7_25)
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Finland : A banner imprinted with Stalin's image fails to protect the Russians from the Finns
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The Clothes Washers Etretat, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.
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General Francis Marion in his swamp encampment inviting a British officer to dinner, USA Revolutionary War
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Members of the 1883 Nordenskiold Expedition in Greenland using skis to penetrate the inland ice.
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Illustration showing two Nationalist soldiers firing their weapons from a bell tower, with a woman reloading their rifles, during the Spanish Civil War, 1937. This illustration was made by a Nationalist supporter in a village near Huesca. Date: 1937
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Destruction in the Church of Perouse in Belfort, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign
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Cholera epidemic in Europe: travellers from Switzerland en route for Italy being kept in quarantine at Bardonnechia, Italy, for five days. Illustration published London, 16 August 1884
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Battle of Camerone, campaign of Mexico, 1863, (20th century). Artist: Jean Basin
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Napoleon at St. Helena, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.
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Engraved image titled: 'Opium Smoking-The Lascar's Room in Edwin Drood', from Harper's Weekly. A 'Lascar' was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent or other countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, employed on European ships from the 16th century until the beginning of the 20th century. The word comes from the Persian Lashkar, meaning military camp or army, and al-askar, the Arabic word for a guard or soldier. The Portuguese adapted this term to lascarim, meaning an Asian militiaman or seaman, especially those from South Asia.
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'Une revue des regiments Russes au camp de Mailly; Au passage des generaux, qui, selon la tradition, les remercient de leur belle attitude, les soldats russes, dune meme voix, poussent cette exclamation, echo des moeurs patriarcales de leur armee : " Nous somme heureux de satisfaire Votre Excellence ! "', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".
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The Crimea Revisited: the Tartar Shepherd, 1869. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.
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'THE LAST VOYAGE OF HENRY HUDSON' FROM THE PICTURE BY JOHN COLLIER; HENRY HUDSON, THE GREAT NAVIGATOR, MADE HIS LAST VOYAGE TO THE POLAR SEAS IN 1610. IN THE SUMMER OF 1611 HIS CREW MUTINIED AND SET HIM ADRIFT IN AN OPEN BOAT WITH HIS SON, JOHN HUDSON, AND SOME OF THE MOST INFIRM OF THE SAILORS. THEY WERE NEVER HEARD OF MORE.
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France (1901). Alpine soldiers saved by his fellows. Illustration of Paul Dufresne published in 'Le Petit Journal' (February 10, 1901). Engraving.
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Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). March of the prisoners of Port-Arthur on the road of Dalny. Engraving by L. Sabattier.
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Artwork: "On the Target "Artist: Karl Busch U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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Tsar Alexander II assassinated by nihilists : clearing the route for the funeral procession. Date: March 1881
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'The War on the Yser', French WWI postcard, 1914-1918. Artist: Unknown