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Historic Battle Scenes

Illustrations depicting significant historical battles, showcasing military tactics, soldiers in action, and dramatic landscapes from various periods.

French infantry and Russian hussars in combat at Austerlitz by Goupil-Fesquet, Frederic (1817-1878) / Private Collection /France / Watercolour on paper / History / 21,2x28,6

Surrender of General Cornwallis; at York-Town Virginia; USA in 1781. Creator N. Currier c1846. Print shows Major General O'Hara; surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln.

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. Prunt c1883. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

Colonel Juan Pascal Pringles on horseback during the Battle of Chancay of 1825. Argentina, 19th century.

Engraving Of George Washington On Horseback Taking Command Of Continental Army

Battle of Spotsylvania Va May 8 to 18 1864 in US Civil War

Battle; End of the 17th century (1690-00-00-1699-00-00);battles, battle scenes, multi -stone scenes

General Philippe Petain at Verdun, 1916. World War I, France, 20th century.

France, The oath of the army after the distribution of the eagles on the Champs de Mars

St Albans Grand Steeple Chase on March 8, 1832, a famous cross-country horse race in England from 1830 to 1839, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

An incident at the Battle of Isandlwana (Isanhlwana). Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill (24th Regiment) dying to save the Queen's colours. 22 January, 1879. Zulu War. After painting by CE Fripp.

Italy. Genoa, 878-1684 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

GROS, Antoine Jean, Baron (1771-1835). Capitulation of Madrid. 4th December 1808. 1810. Detail. War of Independence. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Frederick Kemmelmeyer, First Landing of Christopher Columbus, 1800 1805 First Landing of Christopher Columbus

A Charge by Carabaos - American Soldiers charged by Carabaos during the Phiilippine American War 1899

Battle of Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862, was an early, 'small' fight by US Civil War standards. Union won this victory in Southeastern Kentucky, after the Confederates General, Felix Zollicoffer, was killed. Union troops forced the Confederates to retreat to Murfreesboro, Tennessee (BSLOC_2018_7_45)

China. The Boxer Rebellion. Battle of Tientsin (June 1900). Etching. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Civica Raccolta delle Stampe 'Achille Bertarelli' (Achille Bertarelli collection of prints).

New Imaging of Epinal / N ° 968 / Fire and Destruction of the Paris City Hall / Insurgents (May 1871). (IT)

Cándido López, landing of the Argentine army in front of the trenches of Curuzú, 1891, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina.

Battle of Ridgeway, Ontario (Canada West) 2 June 1866. Rout of Canadian troops by an irregular Irish-American army, the Fenians, left. An attempt put pressure on Britain to negotiate the formation of an Irish Republic. Coloured lithograph c1868.

assault on Kashmiri Gate by British soldiers during Indian rebellion of 1857 Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Painting of the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453, in the Panorama 1453 History Museum, Istanbul, European side, Istanbul Province, Turkey, European side, Europe

battle of Vitoria, engraving, Álava Armory Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.

The war of Germany against France./no.31./Sreed at Le Bourget near Paris on the 30th October 1870. (TI)

The war in Germany against France./no.27./Fight against Franctireurs near Raon on the 6th October 1870. (TI)

The Execution of Marshal Michel Ney near the Luxembourg Garden on 7 December 1815 by Goubaud, Innocent Louis (1780-1847) / Private Collection / 1816 / France / Aquatint / History / 25,8x36,5

Triumphal entry into Paris by the German army

Passage Of The Delaware by Thomas Sully

France, 1835 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Moncey, Duke of Conegliano, good Adrien.

Rough-Riders, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, U.S.V. Commander, Spanish American War

Surrender of the town of Ulm, October 20, 1805, Charles Thevenin, circa 1810

Mexican-American War 1846-1848: Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, near today's Brownsville, Texas. U.S. dispute General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexicans under Aria No Aristae. Hand -colored copper engraving.

Mexican War, Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846. General Zachary Taylor's army of 3,000, won this battle with superior cannons and anti-personnel shot, 'grape and canister'. It was Ulysses Grant's first military combat (BSLOC_2018_10_14)

Military tactics for continental service : A hint to corpulent officers , Military officers, Obesity. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Mexican American War. Battle of Monterey, Sept. 21-23, 1846. US troops observe smoke from the fighting from a distance. Within the city, Generals William Worth attacked from the west, and Zachary Taylor led troops from the east, in house to house fighting on Sept. 23rd. In Monterrey during the Mexican-American War (BSLOC_2019_8_13)

History by Polybius. Volume I. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. "Traite de La Colonne" (Treaty of the Column). How to form and fight in it. Division of a column to form two of one. Detail. Later colouration.

France, 1860 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Les Grandes Journees de la Revolution Francaise, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection.

The war in Germany against France./no.38./schlacht near Bapaume on January 3, 1871. (TI)

fine arts, Vereshchagin, Vasily, (1842 - 1904), painting, ""Sudden Attack"", 1871, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow,

Seventh Regiment on Review; Washington Square; New York 1851 Oil on canvas Otto Boetticher ca. American 1816-after 1864

Italy. Piedmont and Savoy, 1730-1747 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Defenders of the Empire, advertisement for Claymore whisky, by Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, 1924

French Imperial Guard offering a banquet to the Russian Imperial Guard after the Peace of Tilsit (Treaties of Tilsit), signed June 30, 1807. Napoleonic era, 19th century.

Infantry in Continental Army (1771-83) by Henry Alexander Ogden, (1856-1936)

American army uniforms, Spanish-American War, drawing by Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXV, No 21, May 22, 1898.

Murders at the Paseo del Prado in Madrid on May 2, 1808. Madrid, library of the royal palace. Author: LOPEZ ENGUIDANOS TOMAS. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. SPAIN.

GUERRA DEL TRANSVAAL-AFRICA DEL SUR. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

French invervention in Mexico: Battle of Puebla, 5 May 1862 (Battle of Cinco de Mayo). The French under General Charles Lorencez were decisively by the Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza. The fortified monastery of Guadalupe as General Porfirio Díaz leads a detachment of Mexican cavalry in a charge against French troops.

mujer soldado, oleo sobre tela, Sanmiguel, Museo Militar de Menorca, antiguo cuartel de Cala Corb, plaza central de Es Castell, construido por los bri...

Battle of the Boyne, Comic History of England

American Civil War 1861-1865. Chattanooga Campaign: Battle of Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1863. Union forces under Grant defeated Confederate army under Bragg. Print sponsered by McCormick Harvesting Co., 1886.

Garibaldini (Garibaldi volunteers) the day before the battle, by Filippo Palizzi (1818-1899). Detail.

American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga. Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1777, by John Trumbull, American, oil on canvas, 1822-32. In center is victorious American general Horatio Gates, courteously declining to accept Burgoyne's sword. General Daniel Morgan, appears dressed a uniform based on the fringed Virginia hunting shirt (BSLOC_2019_3_148)

Princes Maurice and Frederick Henry at the Valkenburg Horse Fair. Prince Maurice and Frederick Henry at the Valkenburg Horse Fair. De prinsen van Oranje Maurits en Frederik Hendrik op de paardenmarkt te Valkenburg. Dating: 1618. Measurements: support: h 54.2 cm × w 133.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne.

Siege of Vicksburg Published 1888. The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 July 4; 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

The war in Germany against France./no.46./The victory collection of troops in Berlin on 16 June 1871. (TI)

Artillerymen, by Henri Rousseau, circa 1894, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

King William III at the battle of the Boyne on horseback leading troops into battle. 1874 illustration. The Battle of the Boyne in 1690 between rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones, near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland. The battle, won by William, and helped ensure the continuation of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland.

History by Polybius. Volume II. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Treaty of military attacks. Ballistae and catapults battery. Engraving. Later colouration.

Battle of Enotichopco, American Conflicts

Battle of Reichshoffen, Franco-Prussian war, 6th August 1870. French infantry of an African regiment making a bayonet charge against a Prussian artillery position. The Battle of Reichshoffen (Battle of Worth), the first major engagement of the war, ended in a defeat for the French. From a private collection.

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 siege of Paris 19.9.1870 - 28.1.1871 Bavarian entrenchment before Paris painting by Eugen Adam 1875 Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt,

Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800. French under Bonaparte defeat the Austrians. French charge led by Francois Kellermann (1770-1835), son of Marshal Kellermann. Early 19th century Sevres plate.

The Army Camp at Rijen. Established in 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was destined to be short lived. In 1830 a revolt in Brussels broke out and led to the founding of the independent state of Belgium. King William I refused to accept this. In the summer of 1831, he gathered Dutch troops in this army camp at Rijen, close to the Belgian border, and prepared a campaign against the Belgians.

Remember Your Regiment, American Conflicts

General Pierre Cambronne (1770-1842) French soldier. At the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, he was in command of the remains of the Old Guard. Seriously wounded, he was taken prisoner by the British after the battle. Trade card c 1900. Chromolithograph.

Cándido López, landing of the Argentine army in front of the trenches of Curuzú, 1891, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Republic of Argentina.

Marching soldiers by Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko, Watercolour on paper, 1880, 1851-1895, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 33x44

Washington at Valley Forge - George Washington on horseback in snow at Valley Forge.

1770s GEORGE WASHINGTON REVIEWING TROOPS ON THE MARCH TO VALLEY FORGE DECEMBER 16 1777 PAINTED BY ARTIST WILLIAM T TREGO IN 1883

General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant (27 April 1822-23 July 1885), and his generals, painting by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

THE LEXINGTON OF 1861. Popular political print depicts soldiers of 6th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers fighting with pro-secessionist Baltimore mob on April 19, 1861. The troops were en route to Washington, DC to join the Union armies at the beginning of the US Civil War (BSLOC_2018_6_87)

Colour print depicting Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee. A soldier is seen holding an American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Created by James Fuller Queen (1821-1886). Dated 1873

Infographic about the Battle of Hastings (1066), war in which Norman fought against Saxons. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 5000x3139.

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