Historic Battles and Sieges

Engravings illustrating notable historical battles and sieges, highlighting military encounters and the experiences of troops throughout history.

Engraving depicting King Edward III of England (1312-1377) at the historic siege of Calais. Dated 14th Century

Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Battle of Gembloux (1578) between Spanish forces led by John of Austria (1547-1578) and a rebel army under Antoine de Goignies with victory of the Spanish forces. Engraving.

Assassination of the French plenipotentiaries at Rastadt, April 28, 1789. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Lothair 941 to 986 leads his army into battle from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

The Anglo-Manipur war (1891) saw the conquest of Manipur by British Indian forces and the incorporation of the small Assamese kingdom within the British Raj. Subsequently Manipur became a Princely State under British tutelage.

NORTHMEN WARRIORS IN COMBAT.

Tthe war in Morocco the Spanish captain Guilloche heroically defends his cannon at the battle of Melilla, 1893

The Battle of Zülpich, Tolbiacum, in 496 was a decisive victory of the Franks under Clovis I against the Alamanni, which ensured Frankish supremacy, illustration, reproduction of a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

John the Blind, King of Bohemia, is dramatically killed leading his cavalry at the front of the field.

Knights at a Tournament, Vogel, Hermann (1854-1921)

Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. El Congo. El paso de un río durante la estación lluviosa en Africa alemana. Grabado, detalle. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.

Tunisia / Italy: Hannibal's army crossing the Alps during the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE). Woodcut print by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1905), 1866.

THE AFGHAN WAR

Illustration depicting the women of Montmartre marching to defend a barricade and carrying a banner saying 'The Commune or Death'. Dated 19th Century

Greeks and Trojans battle over the naked corpse of Patroclus outside Troy. Menelaus and Ajax protected the body until Achilles could retrieve it. Combattimento pel Cadavere di Patroclo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842.

Execution of a Sudanese mutineer by hanging. Wood engraving by C.J. Staniland.

THE BATTLE OF TOKAR, EASTERN SOUDAN

A standard-bearer of the 10th legion in bearskin leads Roman infantry onto a beach at Sandwich, 54BC. Julius Caesar in breastplate and coat stands on board an anachronistic steamboat. Britons in animal skins with maces and cudgels fight them in the sea. Landing of Julius Caesar. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott ABecketts Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1880.

Marcus Furius Camillus (ca 446 BC-365 BC)

Monseigneur affres a barricade.

Death of King Harold at The Battle of Hastings 1066

Italy, unknown, Dente, Marco, Trajan fighting the Dacians, verso - stamped, Emperor Trajan fighting the Dacians on horseback. Two Dacians lie under his rearing horse. On the right two captured Dacians with Roman soldiers behind them., print, prent, prints, height 250 mm, width 364 mm, Italian, 1486 - 1527, print maker, printmaker, 1498 - 1532, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), after an image by

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. Action at Vargas (November 3, 1833). The inhabitants of the city of Santander, siding with the Elizabethan side, fought against and defeated the Carlist troops who were trying to take the city. Fortification of Santander. Engraving. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842.

History of Spain. Battle of Covadonga, 722. It was the first victory won by Christian military forces in Iberia after the Islamic conquest of Hispania. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883.

GORDON IN CHINA, 1863 - 4, LEADING THE 'EVER VICTORIOUS ARMY'

The combat between William and Robert at Gerberoy, 1079

Guerra del Rosellón, también llamada Guerra de los Pirineos o Guerra de la Convención, (1793-1795). Conflicto entre la España de Carlos IV y la Primera República Francesa. Sitio de Rosas (1794-1795). Comenzó el 28 de noviembre de 1794 y duró hasta el 4 de feberro de 1795, fecha en que la guarnición española abandonó la localidad y las fuerzas francesas, al mando de Dominique Catalina de Perignon, tomaron el control. Pérdida de Rosas. Grabado. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft ; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816

Death of Saul and his armour bearer in battle with the Philistines. Rather than be captured, they fell on their swords. "Bible" I Chronicles. Chromolithograph by J.M. Kronheim & Co c1870

Skrzetuskis journey to Sich, illustration for Henryk Sienkiewiczs novel “With Fire and Sword". Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

CABRERA GRIÑO, Ramón (Tortosa,1806-Wentworth, 1877). Militar español. A la muerte de Carnicer (1835) fue nombrado comandante en jefe de las fuerzas carlistas del Bajo Aragón, Maestrazgo y comarca de Tortosa y posteriormente fue jefe militar de los carlistas en la llamada Guerra dels Matiners. R. Cabrera durante el transcurso de la Guerra Carlista. Grabado.

LA VUELTA DE LA BATALLA. Author: FRANCISCO LAMEYER (1825-1877). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-DIBUJO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hilltop position defended to the end by nationalist forces: Spanish Civil War 1936 By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). General Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (1848-1925), commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies in Manchuria, visits the Russian advanced troops in the Shaho river. Engraving in "La Ilustracion Artistica".

The natives of Iyugu preparing themselves for war. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

Caesar regaining the loyalty of mutinous soldiers of the 10th legion in the Campus Martius, Rome, 47 B.C. Julius Ceasar, 100 B.C.- 44 B.C. Roman general and statesman. From Cassell's Illustrated Uni

Engraving depicting the death of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. Harold Godwinson (1022-1066) the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Dated 11th century

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Juan Prim y Prats (1814-1870). Spanish military and politician. Amazing reception after the Hispano-Moroccan War (1859-1860) with a triumphal arch in the Saint James square on September 8, 1860. Engraving."La Ilustracion", 1887.

The capture of the dunes by the troops discharged from the fleet, during the attack on August 20, 1883, to the strongholds of Hue during the French expedition in Tonkin, Northern Vietnam, illustration form the magazine L'Illustration, Journal Universel, year 41, volume LXXXII, no 2121, October 20, 1883.

Napoleonic wars by Richard Bong, woodcut, 1853-1935, private collection

Spanish Civil War: anarchists seize a train in 1936 drawing by J. Valverde

Capture of a Boer convoy by General French and his troops near Kimberley during The Second Boer War. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

The struggle to strengthen Soviet power in Turkestan in 1920.

Atop a fortification of a town, a young girl is surrounded by three soldiers. One of the soldiers sits on a basket and smokes pipe. In the background a cannon., Soldiers with a young girl, print maker: Reinier Craeyvanger, (mentioned on object), Reinier Craeyvanger, Amsterdam, 1822 - 1880, paper, etching, w 147 mm × h 201 mm

The Battle of Assaye was a significant battle in the Second Maratha War between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company. It took place on 23 September 1803 near Assaye in western India. India. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry

Demüthigung gefangener Feinde durch das Joch Humiliation of captured enemies by passing them under the yoke still image. Bilderbogen, Conjectural works. 1852 - 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Captives, Yokes, Prisoners of war, Armies , Roman+ , To 499, Warriors , To 499, Victory celebrations

Bombardment of Genoa, 1684, by Francesco Gandolfi (1824-1873). Italy, 17th century.

The death of Dundee at the Battle of Killiekrankie, 1689. John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, 1648 -1689, aka 7th Laird of Claverhouse until raised to the viscountcy in 1688. Scottish s

Third Celtiberian War or Numantine War (143-133 B.C.) between Celtiberian tribes of Hispania Citerior and the Roman government. The heroic end of Numance. After beeing sieged by the troops of the Consul Scipio Aemilianus, the Numantines committed suicide rather than surrender to Rome. Engraving by Rafael del Castillo. "Historia de Espana Ilustrada", 1871.

Spanish civil war: soldiers from Spanish Sahara in support of Franco Drawing by C. Sáenz de Tejada

Postcard from Russia showing anti-tank operations against the advancing German army circa 1942

This etching by Nikolaus Hogenberg depicts the triumphal procession of Emperor Charles V and Pope Clemens VII after the imperial coronation in Bologna on February 24, 1530, showing ceremonial figures and carriages.

The plague in Naples, 1656 Italy, print maker: Caspar Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

Third Celtiberian War or Numantine War (143-133 B.C.) between Celtiberian tribes of Hispania Citerior and the Roman government. The heroic end of Numance. After beeing sieged by the troops of the Consul Scipio Aemilianus, the Numantines committed suicide rather than surrender to Rome. Engraving by Rafael del Castillo. "Historia de Espana Ilustrada", 1871.

Historia. Italia. Tercera guerra de independencia. Tropas al mando de Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) contra las tropas francesas que daban soporte al Papa Pio IX y los estados pontificios en 1867. Grabado de 1896.

Illustration depicting the Battle of Lepanto. The Battle of Lepanto involved a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V, decisively defeated the fleet of the Ottoman. Dated 16th Century

Entry into Singapore, of John Crawfurd and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, on behalf of the British East India Company, to develop the southern part of Singapore as a British trading post 1824,

Military and munity mutiny views attack of mutineers on Redan battery at Lucknow 30th July 1857 Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

The death of General Edward Braddock. a British soldier and commander-in-chief of the 13 British colonies in North America. near the Monongahela River on July 9. 1755. He was killed at the beginning of the French and Indian War. which was part of the Seven Years' War between the colonies of British America and New France. digital reproduction of a historical original

SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE The Turks under Sultan Mehmed II make their final assault on the Byzantine capital

Gallic Wars. Arveni tribe with roman military ensigns or standards. Engraving by Kaeseberg. Detail. 19th century. The Iberian Illustration, published Spain, 1872. Author: Kaesebergs.

Michael Dmitrievich Skobelev Mikhail Dmitrievic Skobelev, 1843 to 1882, a Russian general of the Tsarist army, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digital...

'Fishing among the Thlinkits in Alaska', 1882.Artist: J Whitney

First Crusade. Burying the Dead After the Battle of Dorylaeum, Anatolia. Returning to the battlefield to bury the dead, the Crusaders strip the Saracen corpses. Engraving by Gustave Dore, 19th century.

POLO MATCH BY ELECTRIC LIGHT AT THE RANELAGH CLUB, 1880

Outlying picket of the Highland Brigade at Benares From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

Die Rettung der Hauptstadt in Rom durch die heiligen Gänse, Italien, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. J...

Gauls fleeing before the Roman Advance - Bituit and his people are conquered by the Romans

Saving the Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur during the Barbary Wars

Street fighting from house to house. Spanish Civil War illustration 1938

Colombia. Civil war. Fight with knife in the surroundings of Santa María between the army and the insurgents. Drawing published in Le Petit Journal. Year 1902.

Battle Charge, 1865-1874, black ink wash with gouache on wove paper, sheet: 33.97 × 52.23 cm (13 3/8 × 20 9/16 in.), Hammat Billings (artist) American, 1816 - 1874

'Parade of Troops'. Spain, Circa 1633/1634. Dimensions: 17,2x36,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FELIX CASTELLO.

The early 1900s caption for the illustration reads: Defence of Cimbrian Women at Vercellae. Two vast hordes of northern barbarians, the Cimbri and the Teutones, threatened to swarm over Rome. They defeated several armies, but were annihilated by the famous general, Marius. He destroyed the Teutones in one great battle, and then met the Cimbri. There were 200,000 of these warriors, and they formed themselves into a great square, with the ranks chained together to be unbreakable. The Roman legions broke through and slew them all. They then attacked the thousands of Cimbrian women who refused to

España. Sucesos de Melilla. Muerte del general Juan García Margallo (1839-1983) durante el ataque de los rifeños al Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas el veintiocho de octubre 1893. Grabado popular de la época.

Arrival of Italian immigrants to New York. 1863. Colored engraving.

Punic War, in which Romans and Carthaginians fought (3th-2nd Century BC). Hannibal defeated the Roman legions met him in Spain, and crossed the south of France. He passed the Alps and defeated the Romans in Trevia (218 BC).

Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859-1941, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia,1888-1918 and his wife Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein, 1858-1921, in Jerusalem

Julius Caesar's first attempt to invade Britain. Date: 55 BC

The Battle of Hastings, 1066, (19th century). Depiction of the famous battle between the invading Normans under William the Conqueror, and the Saxon army of King Harold in Sussex. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle.

World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg greatly weakened the Russian Army in the initial phases of the war. The growing influence of Gregory Rasputin over the Romanovs did a great deal to damage the royal family and by the end of the spring of 1917, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government. By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in those areas it controlled. The transition in Russia over the space of four years was remarkable - the fall of an autocracy and the establishment of the worlds first communist government.

Haitian Revolution, Insurrection, 1791

Marco Antonio (83-30 a.JC), general romano aliado de César. Orador elocuente y hábil militar. A la muerte de César, junto a Octaviano y Lépido formó parte del Segundo Triunvirato. Grabado de 1866.

Spanish-Cuban-American War 1898: Capture from the Spanish of El Caney, El Paso and fortifications of Santiago de Cuba by US forces, 1 July 1898. The naval battle in the bay took place on 3 July with the destruction of Spanish fleet.

Insurrection in Cuba : Senora Clara Santos heroically leads a charge of rebel cavalry Date: 1906

The Siege of La Rochelle, Henri-Paul Motte, 1846-1922, French, Stronghold of Huguenots, La Rochelle was starved into surrender during Cardinal Richelieu's campaign to break their power in France

Soldier of the Rajah of Baroda

The Battle of Arsuf was a battle at the time of the Third Crusade, in which the forces under Richard the Lionheart defeated those under Saladin near the village of Arsuf, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095-99 and the 13th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

The Battle of Pente Pigadia - fought during the First Balkan War between the Ottomans and the Kingdom of Greece. Ottoman Commander Esat Pasha, having set up his headquarters at Pente Pigadia, began an attack against the Greek positions on 5th November 1912 with 5 battalions. Due to bad weather and the early onset of snow, the attack petered out to local actions, which ended with the Ottoman withdrawal seven days later. Here the Greek Orthodox priest urges forward the standard bearer and the Gre

The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187 between the Crusader states in the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid Sultan Salah ad-Din, known in the West as Saladin, and is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, Third Crusade, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095-99 and the 13th century, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original

Italian propaganda postcard showing Italian soldiers invading Ethiopia 1936

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