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Historic Military Battles and Charges

Depictions of significant historical military engagements, featuring cavalry charges and infantry confrontations from various wars, rendered in detailed art.

Crimean War 1853-1856: Siege of Sebastopol - Taking the Malakoff Redoubt 8 September 1855.

Caucasian War by Polidor Ivanovich Babaev, Oil on canvas, 1813-1870, Russia, Makhatchkala, State Art Museum of the Dagestan Republic

Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Battle of Trevino, July 7, 1875. The Alferez Valdes picks up the dead body of Enrique Torres Cañamas, Captain of the Lancers' Regiment of the King. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875. Colored.

Soviet Russian world War Two postcard showing two Russian soldiers relaxing

Guerra en el Riff. Año 1909. Carga de caballería del escuadrón Alfonso XII.

At Sempach Arnold of Winkelried defeats the Austrians of Duke Leopold.

Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947) State Central Military Museum, Moscow 1927 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Indian warriors attacking stagecoach by Stanley Borack, 20th century

Image reproduction: Julian Fa AT (1853-1929), passing; from: "Biesiada Literacka" 1899, No. 50 (December 15) p. 468; Husnik & häusler (Praga; Reprographic Zak 1888-1936), Biesiada Literacka (Warsaw; magazine; 1876-1917); 1899 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

Sketch of war by SEM 1915-1916; Back of tricnes SEM (Georges Goursat, said, 1863-1934). "Sketch of war, 1915-1916; return of trenches". Color photomechanical process.

The Bersaglieri Charge at Porta Pia, by Michele Cammarano (1835-1920), oil on canvas, 290x472 cm.

The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Molly Pitcher at Monmouth - Gilbert Gaul, 1897 - Print shows Molly Pitcher loading a cannon during the battle at Monmouth

Beside them stood the women, quietly loading guns

The battle before Villers-Bretonneux, August 8th, 1918. Date/Period: 1920. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 119.30 mm (4.69 in); Width: 241.30 mm (9.50 in). Author: Harold Septimus Power.

American Army at Yang-Tsoum, China, Boxer Rebellion, 6 August 1900. Artist: Unknown

Roumania, 1881-95 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Romania

Roumania, 1881-95 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Romania

Sheridans Wagon Trains in the Valley. Early morning mist and smoke, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

FRANCE : Beaten back by the German advance, the British evacuate mainland Europe via the beaches of DUNKIRK, under heavy attacks from the enemy

Giant spectral, Judge Lynch, holds a book labeled Lynch Law, while leading a procession. Behind the variously armed people, in the distance is a small column of smoke, the scene of a lynching. In the early 20th century, Progressives advocated the removal of unfit judges, and more broadly, they sought to abolish lynching by Federal Law. Southern strength in the US Senate made this impossible. 1912 political cartoon (BSLOC_2017_20_89)

The Battle of Raszyn, on 19 April 1809. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), painter

Prussian Army, Train Officer, Pontoon Train on the March, Pontoniers are genius troops designed for bridge building, Germany, ca 1900, digitally resto...

Boer War, Soldiers greet the wounded outside the battlefield at the Modder River, 1899, Soldiers. Military Uniforms, War Wounded, Ambulance, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, Boer War, Soldiers greet the wounded outside the battlefield at the Modder River, Soldiers. Military Uniforms, War Wounded, Ambulance, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

The Scream of Shrapnel on San Juan Hill by Frederic Remington, (1861-1909)

Italy. Revolutions of 1848. Five Days of Milan. Barricade in Porta Tosa (Porta Vittoria). 22 March. Lithography, 19th century.

Taking a 4.7"" naval gun across the Tugela river during the Battle of Colenso, Natal, South Africa in 1899. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

The Fuehrer on the Battle Ground 1941 Conrad Hommel Painting

Return from hunting. Drawing from the picture of Julian Fałat. Heuer, Gustav (N.N.), KIRMSE, K. (N.N.)

The dramas of Mining - The explosion of a mine at Introdacqua, Italy 1913

Cowboys fight in winter landscape

Norway : the German invaders fight their way through the mountains to Trondheim

Boxer Rebellion: Battle in Peking, Aug.14-15, 1900 Artist Unknown

Germany, Prussia, 1756-1759 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

French cavalry horses drink at a river; France; World war one 1915

Battle in Caucasus by Franz Roubaud, oil on canvas, 1888, 1856-1928, Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Makhatchkala, State Art Museum of the Dagestan Republic, 338x428

España. Guerra de Marruecos. Campaña de 1909. Desembarco en Barcelona de los reservistas repatriados. Author: Navarrete.

An Uhlan cavalry charge

Great Britain, 1644-1900 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

The Pursuit. Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919). Oil on canvas. 50.8 x 61cm.

World War I (1914-1918). After the Battle of Caporetti (October 24-November 9, 1917) on the Italian front appear hopes in the bulletins of the high commands. Engraving in La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

1st World War, attacking marines in Flanders (original pictorial text from 1915, original colouring), illustration, reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, Marine soldiers crawling through the darkness on the beach, illuminated by a large searchlight

Pike exploring on snow shoes

Painting depicting a 25 Pounder Gun and Team in action on the Alamein Front. By John Berry (1920-2009) wartime artist. Dated 1942

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.

The first World war. Italian front (1916). The Italian infantry crosses the the river Isonzo. Illustration by J. Simont.

World War I: two men carrying a stretcher among the trenches in France. Watercolour drawing by D. Lindsay, ca. 191-.

Alexander I of Bulgaria with his chiefs of staff observing the Battle of Dragoman, November 23, 1885. Serbian-Bulgarian War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

Scutari returned to Albania . The Last Montenegrins leave the city with the military honors.

United States Army general officers in uniform in 1835

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Battle of Tetouan. 1863. Central detail. Battle between the Spanish troops under General O'Donnell's command and the Moroccan troops led by Muley-el-Abbas, on the 4th February 1860. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia.

Trained mountaineers as well as soldiers - Italys famous Alpine troops forcing a frontier pass in the Carnic Alps. World War One, 1915.

Germans infantry cross the river Don on inflatable rafts.

First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: First engagement between French and Madagascan forces. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886. France Colonisation Topee Malagassy Madagascar Chromolithograph Trade Card

Cándido López, Despues de la batalla de Curupaytí, 1893, óleo sobre tela, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South America.

Battle of Sceinovo, where Bulgarian troops held back the Turks' advance for two days, 1877. Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

Painting titled 'Truman's Battery' by Dominic D'Andrea. Dated 1918

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train on Trans-Siberian Railway carrying wounded to Port Arthur. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 15 May 1904.

This painting depicts United States Army general officers in uniform in 1835. The painting dates to 1899.

LA BATALLA DE TETUAN EL 2 DE FEBRERO DE 1860 - SIGLO XIX. Author: MARIANO FORTUNY Y MARSAL (1838-1874). Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. CONDE DE REUS. GENERAL PRIM. LEOPOLDO O DONNELL (1809-1867) I DUQUE DE TETUAN. GENERAL JUAN PRIM Y PRATS (1814-1870). LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL (1809/1867) I DUQUE DE TETUAN.

World War I (1914-1918). Italian troops defending theri positions against the enemy using stones. 1917.

Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752-1798, British, A London Riot, undated. Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper.

At Bumeliana the desert wind uncovers the skeletons of the fallen in October 1911 during the Italo turkish war

Torchlight procession of students (Studenten Fackelzug), 1859, by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905).

Switzerland, 1875-1909 part 2. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Switzerland

MANIOBRAS ALPINAS - GRABADO COLOREADO - SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Landing ammunition for the insurgents, under fire, Spanish-American War, Cuba, 1898. Artist: Unknown

"GUERRILLEROS EN EL GUADARRAMA" - SIGLO XIX. Author: MUÑOZ CUESTA DOMINGO. Location: BANCO DE ESPAÑA-COLECCION ARTE. MADRID. SPAIN.

Captain Meriwether Lewis Meeting the Shoshones Charles Marion Russell (1865-1926/American)

France, 1870 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Executed Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.

The conquest of Siam: The handing over of the Krat and Koh-Kong Territories to a representative from the Republic of Siam (Thailand) by Siamese authorities. From the Petit Journal (20th century).

Bavaria, Bavarian Army, dismounted Uhlans firing at the incoming enemy, Germany, ca 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Italian. Abrozzo region. Brigandage. Chiavone band, led by Luigi Alonzi known as Chiavone (1825-1862)Lithography by Masutti, 1863.

Buttes-Chaumont Isidore Pils (1813-1875). "Buttes-Chaumont on May 31, 1871". Drawing.

The Battle of Rezonville painted by the artists Detaille and DeNeuville in 1883.

BULGARIA / TURKEY The Bulgarians bombard the Turkish city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople)

Italy/Eritrea: Italian propaganda poster featuring an Eritrean ascari soldier of the (Italian colonial) 43rd Eritrean Battalion ('Verdi Azzuri/Green and Blue'), c. 1939

German prisoner of war (front), World War I; escorted by Russian soldiers. Artist N. Samokish.

Cándido López, After the Battle of Curupaytí, 1893, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

North Korea, Pyongyang. Paintings within the Sino-Korean Friendship Tower of American soldiers being defeated by North Korean and Chinese armies in the Korean War.

Saxony, Saxon Army, Feldjäger on the shooting range practising, Germany, c. 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century origin...

Soviet Russian propaganda postcard showing Russian fighter plane attacking a German convoy. Circa 1942. World War Two

PRIMO DE RIVERA , MIGUEL. POLITICO Y MILITAR ESPAÑOL. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA 1870 - 1930. " DESEMBARCO DE ALHUCEMAS " ( DETALLE ) OLEO DE JOSE MORENO CARBONERO. 1825. JUNTO A JOSE SANJURJO.

World War I (1914-1918). Balkan Front. October 1918. Italian troops entering Berat, Albania, escorted by the population. Engraving. La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

The Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German-controlled port of Tsingtao (now Qingdao) in China during World War I by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom. It took place between 31 October and 7 November 1914 and was fought by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom against Germany. It was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, and also the first Anglo-Japanese operation during the war.

Italian postcard depicting an Italian volunteer fighting in the Nationalist army during the Spanish Civil War

German Emperor William Hare Shooting on engraving from the 1800s. Published by The Graphic in 1894 from a sketch by E.Hosang.

But, Nikolai Yakovlevich (*1928) Diorama of the Battle of Kursk, Belgorod 1986 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Campaign hospital of the Russian troops in Manchuria. Arrival of a wounded. Engraving by R. Caton Woodville. "La Ilustracio_n Artistica", 20th century. Colored.

Smoke of a .45 - Charles Marion Russell, 1908

DEFENSA ANTIAEREA-GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA-. Author: ARTURO REQUE MERUVIA-KEMER-. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Prussian soldiers fleeing the French captivity, 1807, Napoleonic Wars, historical painting

Prisoners of war, Italian Bersaglieri returning from a reconnaissance, 1861, by Silvestro Lega (1826-1895), oil on canvas, 58x94 cm.

The resumption of war, a Turkish parliamentarian arriving in the Bulgarian camp bearing the message announcing the end of the Armistice. By Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), illustration from La Domenica del Corriere, February 9, 1913.

Cavalry tank in action , Tanks Military science, Military personnel, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The Kronstadt rebellion in March 1921 by Samoresov, Viktor Konstantinovich (*1919)/ State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1957/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Soviet Art/ 180x360/ History

A Catalan flag flies behind a communist militia fighter in Barcelona, during the Spanish civil war

German world War Two postcard showing the hardships of the German army in Poland in the winter of 1939

Russia, 1898-1899. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

The 1906 caption reads: Flight of Charles V. The Emperor Charles V the mightiest monarch of his time in Europe, had to flee from a sudden and unexpected German rebellion. Suffering severely from the gout, he was jolted in frantic haste over the Alpine passes to a safer land. His enemies could, perhaps, have captured him, but purposely delayed pursuit, saying they had no cage for so large a bird. This was the Second Schmalkaldic War, also known as the Princes' Revolt, an uprising of German Protestant princes led by elector Maurice of Saxony against the Catholic emperor Charles V that broke o

World War I (1914-1918). George V, King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936), visiting the graves of the dead British soldiers on the French front. Drawing by Ugo Matania (1888-1979). La Esfera, 20th century. Colored.

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