Historic Battle Scenes

Detailed engravings of historic battles, featuring knights, soldiers in formation, and intense combat scenarios, evoking a sense of valor and struggle.

'Advance of the Highlanders at the Alma', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Batalla de Muret. Consistió en la escaramuza decisiva de la llamada cruzada albigense; enfrentó a Pedro II de Aragón, sus vasallos y sus aliados, contra las tropas cruzadas y las de Felipe II de Francia en 1213. El rey D. Pedro II de Aragón murió en la batalla y Catalunya perdió su influencia en el Llanguedoc. Grabado.

Victorious entry of the Bavarian troops in Munich on 16 July 1871, reception by the Crown Prince of the German Reich at University Square, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Crusaders Storming Nicae, 1097

Defensive action on the Mont-Valerien near Paris on 19 January 1871, position of the artillery of the IVth Army Corps at Chatou, France, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Verteidigungsaktion auf dem Mont-Valerien bei Paris am 19. Januar 1871, Stellung der Artillerie des IV. Armeekorps bei Chatou, 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.

Woodcut by Nikolaus Hogenberg between 1520 and 1539 depicting a battle between naked men and farmers, illustrating conflict and social unrest in early 16th-century Europe.

'Charge of the Highlanders before Cawnpore, under General Havelock', 1857, (c1860). Artist: Unknown

The capture of Petersburg during the USA Civil War, April 1865

The storming of Alkmaar, 1573, 1864 - 1880 photograph The storming of Alkmaar by Spanish soldiers, 1573. Male to man fights on the walls of the city. Women also fight between the Alkmaarders. Perhaps the moment before Kitman conquers the Spanish banner. Photo of the painting by Hilverdink. paper albumen print Victory, position was Alkmaar

Henry Bolingbroke (John of Gaunt's son) and Thomas Mowbray (Duke of Norfolk) prepare to charge each other in a joust.

Conquest of Mexico, 1519. Hernan Cortes (1488-1547), Spanish conqueror of Mexico, defeats the Indians who oppose his landing. Engraving in "Historia de Espana". 19th century.

Spanish ships clash with Turkish fleet at the Great Siege of Malta (Assedju l-Kbir), 1565. Ottoman Empire tried to invade the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller.

Attack of Indians at Fort Dearborn, Illinois, 1812 (c1880). Artist: Hooper

Battle of the Granicus (May 334 BC). The Macedonian King Alexander the Great defeated the Persians. Engraving by A. Roca based on a painting by Charles Lebrun. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume I, 1854. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Maritime rescue of shipwrecked people with a rocket apparatus, historical engraving, 1869

Three Chinese anti-foreign officials about to be decapitated; crowd watching. Process print after F. de Haenen, ca. 1900.

Chant 6. Saint Louis (in the form of an angel) interrupting the battle at the gates of Paris, 1728, by Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752)., 1728., London, France. History, Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598, Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610. Engravings

CHIVALRIC GAMES, TILTING AT THE RING.

A "Negro" Regiment in Action (from "Harper's Weekly") March 14, 1863 Thomas Nast American, born Germany. A "Negro" Regiment in Action (from "Harper's Weekly") 429267

THE TURKO SERVIAN WAR, CIRCASSIANS CARYING OFF BULGARIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ENGRAVING 1876, TURKEY, SERBIA

The Northmen taking Possession of Iceland. Illustration from the Harmsworth History of the World

An attempt to assassinate Napoleon, by Breton royalists, kills 22, injures many more, destroys much property, but he himself escapes thanks to his coachman's skill.

events Cimbrian War 113 - 101 BC Cimbri and Teutons in combat with the Romans wood engraving after drawing by Heinrich Leutemann 2nd half 19th century,

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, defeat of the farmers under Thomas Münzer near Frankenhausen. Thomas Müntzer, born around 1489, died May 27, 1525, a theologian, reformer and revolutionary in the time of the Peasants' War, defeat of the peasants under Thomas Müntzer at Frankenhausen. Thomas Müntzer, born around 1489, died May 27, 1525, a theologian, reformer and revolutionary in the time of the Peasants' War, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

War of the Spanish Succession (1705-1714). Catalonia. "Battle of Almenara" (27 July 1710). The Bourbon-Spanish army, led by the Marquis of Villadarias (1642-1716), was defeated by Austracist troops under the command of the Austrian prince Guido von Starhemberg (1657-1737) and the British James Stanhope (1673-1721). The Spanish-Bourbon army was forced to leave Catalonia. Philip V's retreat after the defeat at Almenara. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

Polish Winged Cavalry of the Seventeenth Century, drawn by W. Camphausen, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

The attempt on Alexander II Romanov in St Petersburg, March 13, 1881. Russia, 19th century.

Invasion of Mohammedan insurgents, Mongolia. Asia. Trip to Mongolia by Nikolai Mijailovich Przewalski in 1870-1873, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Civil war that confronted Carlists, supporters of the Infante Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, against the Isabelinos (Elizabethans), defenders of Isabel II and the regent María Cristina de Borbón. Northern Front. Attack by Liberal troops on the road to Legazpia. Illustration by Manuel Miranda. Engraving by Pedro Celestino Maré. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842. Author: d. ca.1880). Spanish engraver. MANUEL MIRANDA. 19th century Spanish artist. Pedro Celestino Maré (fl.1842-1862.

Rubens, Peter Paul, Schut, Cornelis (I), Southern Netherlands, Jode, Pieter de (II), Tabula III. Ducit Ferdinandus exercitum per Alpes, Invia virtuti nulla ets via, Ferdinand leading his troops over the Alps; entry of Ferdinand into Ghent in 1635 (no. 8), reverse - stamped, Ferdinand of Austria on horseback as army commander leading his troops over the Alps, July 1634. Depiction top right on the obverse of the triumphal arch Arcus Fernandi on the Vrijdagmarkt. Sheet no. 8 in a set of 42 plates illustrating the publication of the description of the entry of Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria into Ghent on 28 January 1635 as the new governor of the Spanish Netherlands., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 370 mm, width 268 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1606-11-22 - 1674, print maker, prentmaker, 1635 - 1636, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, after, after painting by, W

'The Defence of Rorke's Drift, 22nd to 23rd January 1879', 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

Battle of Majuba Hill, 27 February 1881, lst Boer War. British under General Colley, routed by the Boers. 92nd Gordon Highlands in retreat. Engraving

Plate # 8 Lithographic sketches 1823, lumberjack indicating its path to a soldier. (Title Title)

Chiriguanos. Batlle. Victory. Celebration. Bolivia. Engraving, 1880.

Conrad V of Germany. King of the Germans, Sicily and Jerusalem. Scene of his Execution. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

Mail coach in the pampas of South America, historical illustration, about 1886

Moorish manners and customs - a barbarous mode of punishing a woman. 1889.

Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours or Poitiers, 10 October 732

At Fontenoy (also spelled Fontenay and Fontenet), a village in north central France, in July of A.D. 841, Charles II of France and Louis the German, both grandsons of Charlemagne, defeated their brother Emperor Lothair I. The battle, pictured in this early 20th-century illustration, led to the Treaty of Verdun in 843, which partitioned the Frankish Empire between the three brothers, all sons of Louis I (son of Charlemagne).

Turkish convoy surprised in a ravine by the Montenegrins during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

'Attack on the Isle of Wight', July 1545, (c1880). Artist: Unknown.

The Battle of Leckerbeetje - Sebastiaen Vrancx, circa 1640

Medieval tournament. Engraving. 19th century.

The early 1900s caption reads: WELLINGTON ENTERING BADAJOZ BY THE BREACH HIS TROOPS HAD STORMED.Wellington and the English helped Spain against Napoleon. Badajoz was a vast fortress held by the French, and the English troops captured it by the most heroic valor. Wellington, instead of entering the conquered fortress by the gates, climbed up alone and bareheaded by the same route which his men had mounted in a storm of fire. As he scaled the crumbling walls, the bloody and exhausted heroes above cheered him to the echo!" The Siege of Badajoz, which occurred from March 16 through April 6 in 18

Godfrey of Bouillon, Gottfried von Bouillon, 1060- 1100, a Frankish knight and one of the leaders of the First Crusade, attacking Jerusalem, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Medieval Tournament

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, execution of Setzenwei, Christoph Ganner-Setzenwein, Tyrolean peasant leader, German Peasants' War, execution of Setz...

Russia, 1853-1854. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Driving Sacrificial Victims into de Fiery Mouth of Baal. Engraving after the painting by Henry Motte. The Iberian Illustration, 1885.

Peter III of Aragon (1240-1285), so-called "the Great". King of Aragon, Valencia (as Peter I) and Count of Barcelona (as Peter II). Equestrian portrait. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

The battle on Concord bridge, American colonists attempting to stop the British Army, April 19, 1775, American Revolutionary War, engraving, United States of America, 18th century.

The Conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortés, González, Miguel and Juan (active End of 17th cen.)

Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). A convoy of Boers. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

UPRISING OF THE FRENCH PEASANTRY IN 1789.The early 1900s caption reads: It was the country peasantry of France who suffered most from the tyranny of her kings. It was therefore these brutalized peasants who were at first most savage in revolt. They assaulted the chateaux of the nobility, burned them and slew the masters who had so long trodden upon them. It was a wild time; a strange mingling of the highest and basest emotions, as suggested here.

The Distribution of the Eagles, its real name the Oath of the army made to the Emperor after the distribution of the eagles, December 5, 1804. History

Guerra de África. Año 1860. Lucha entre españoles y marroquíes por el rescate de heridos. Dibujo de Ortego. Grabado de 1860.

The Battle of Hastings 1066 from The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey, London c. 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

A STORM AT LONG BRANCH, DRAWN BY JAMES E. KELLY., 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Historia de España. Batalla de Covadonga en el año 722 entre el ejército del rey astur Don Pelayo y tropas de Al-Andalus, que resultaron derrotadas; esta batalla se considera el arranque de la Reconquista.

The Romans passing under the yoke at the Caudine Forks. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.

The Erzherzog (archduke) Johann von Osterreich, Reichsverwefers (Reich protector) rides through the streets of Frankfurt. Date: 14 July 1848

Fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume I, 1854.

William III at the Battle of the Boyne in County Meath. Ireland. on 11 July 1690. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Executions ordered by Henry VIII. A: Bishiop Fisher, 17 June 1535. B: Thomas More, 9 July 1535. C: Countess of Salisbury. From 'Theatrum crudelitatum nostri temporis' Anvers, 1587.

During the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination. Depicted here is street fighting in Warsaw, on the first day of the uprising.

Historia de España. Entrada triunfal en Nápoles de don Alfonso V de Aragón (1396-1458), el Magnánimo, en 1442. Grabado de 1872.

Battle of Pyramids, July 21, 1798

Russia, 1853-1854. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Destruction of the Carthusian Monastery, Perth, by Rioters, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Nationalist soldier during the Spanish Civil War;illustration 1937

Afghanistan. A skirmish in the past of Khyber, vintage engraving. Afghanistan. A skirmish in the past of Khyber, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656983

The charge, right detail, second state , Campaigns & battles, War casualties, Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) at the Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644.

Der Sieger, Soldat auf dem Pferd in vollen Galopp, nach einem Gemälde von L. Koch, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19....

The Battle of Otumba. Anoyimous painting. Army Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Crusades. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

The Flemish defeat Robert d'Artois at Courtrai - known as the Battle of the Spurs.

Arabische Späher zu Pferd bei der Erkundung, 1870, Arabien, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originald...

Bombing (TF)

Switzerland, 1875-1909 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Switzerland

Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820

Major William Hodson 1821-1858 captures and kills the 3 sons of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II, during the crushing of the Indian Mutiny 1857.

Ada (11881223) Countess of Holland is captured during the siege of the fort at Leiden 1203 AD

At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined European-led army equipped with modern rifles and artillery over a vastly larger force armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. However, it was not until the Battle of Umm Diwaykarat, a year later, that the final Mahdist forces were defeated.

Heroic act of Sir William Russell during the siege of Zutphen, 1586, Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, After Valentijn Bing, 1855 print Heroic act of Sir William Russell during the siege of Zutphen by the troops of the count of Leicester, September and October 1586. Russell climbs an enemy ramp along the skewer of a defender. Amsterdam paper steel engraving Victory, position was Zutphen

Historia de Catalunya. Batalla del Panissars, noviembre del año 1285; final de la cruzada francesa contra la Corona de Aragón. Cromo editado en 1905.

Storming of Ochakov on December 6, 1788 Ochakov, by the Russians, Ukraine, Russia / Stürmung von Otschakiw am 6. Dezember 1788, Otschakow, durch die Russen, Russland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

900s 1000s VIKING SHIP AT BATTLE NORSE RAID ON ENGLISH COASTLINE DURING REIGN OF KING OLAF

Napoleon Rode Away With A Small Suite Through St. Peter's Gate, 1902. Artist: William Barnes Wollen.

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Húsares. Grabado. Original por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Crossing of the 12th Army Corps over the Rhine at Fort Montebello on 3 August 1870, illustrated war chronicle 1870-1871, Franco-German campaign, Germany, France, Europe

Playing at the Quintain Medieval Jousting Game

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, The Council at Hall with its Arms, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, e...

ACCION DEL 1 DE ENERO DE 1860 - EPISODIOS DE LA GUERRA DE AFRICA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Siege of Saigon, a two-year siege of the city by the Vietnamese after its capture on 17 February 1859 by a Franco-Spanish flotilla under the command of the French admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly, was one of the major events of the Conquest of Cochinchina (1858-62). Saigon was of great strategic importance, both as the key food-producing area of Vietnam and as the gateway to Cochinchina.

events Eighty Years' War 1568 - 1648 fall of Maastricht 29.6.1579 Spanish soldiers plundering and killing contemporary copper engraving,

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c.1043-1099), known as El Cid. Castilian nobleman, military leader and diplomat. Conquest of Valencia (June 15, 1094). Spain. Colored engraving.

Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820

French convoy being attacked by Moroccan guerrillas in Morocco. Illustration from the Petit Journal, 1903.

Engraving depicting The Red Cross collection the wounded British after the second battle of Teb in Sudan. Dated 19th Century

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