Historic Military Confrontations

Engravings illustrating various battles and military moments throughout history, depicting soldiers in conflict and strategic maneuvers.

'The Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava', c1880. Artist: C.R..

The Hundred Days correspond to a period of Napoleonic adventure, from March 20 to June 28, 1815. Napoleon flees from the island of Elba on February 26

The Carrickshock incident, Carrickshock massacre, or battle of Carrickshock, a confrontation between the Irish Constabulary and local Catholic tenant farmers near Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, 14 Dec

War of Spanish Succession. French victory at Denain. Date: 1712

A transport of goods under the protection of the Landsknecht in the Middle Ages, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The capture of rebel guns by the cavalry of Roberts' brigade, 1857. The capture of Indian Rebel cannons by Lieutenant (later Field Marshal) Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC (1832-1914) during the Indian Mutiny (First War of Indian Independence). Black and White Illustration

CONFLICT BETWEEN THE 10TH HUSSARS AND COSSACKS, AT KERTCH

Battle of Jena (14 October 1806). The French army under Napoleon defeated the Prussian troops commanded by Frederick William III of Prussia. Napoleon I at the Battle of Jena. Napoleon reviewing the Imperial Guard. The scene depicts Napoleon attending to the salute of a Grenadier of the Imperial Guard. Murat is shown riding behind him. Drawing by Edouard Girardet after the painting by Horace Vernet. Engraving by Paul Girardet. ""Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire"" (History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon), by A. Thiers. Volume VII. Published in Paris, 1847.

'The Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava', c1880. Artist: C.R..

THE CRIMEAN WAR

French Revolutionary Wars. War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Italian campaigns. Battle of Castiglione (5 August 1796). The French army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte defeated an Austrian army led by Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724-1794), being forced to retreat to Mantua. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving by C. Maurand. History. Author: Eugene Joseph Viollat (d. 1901). French artist. Charles Maurand (1824-1904). French engraver.

Defeat of the Saxons by Arthur, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

literature fairy tales and legends Reimer von Wiemerstedt kills the landsknecht leader Thomas Slentz (Schleinitz) in the Battle of Hemmingstedt wood engraving illustration from a book by Wilhelm Zimmermann 19th century,

Gipsy Tribe on the March

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz, 1721, 1773, was a Prussian officer and one of the greatest German cavalry generals at the Battle of Rossbach,...

Military and mutiny tantia topee s soldiery India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Led by Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, Polish forces fight valiantly at Ostrolenko, but are eventually defeated by the Russians and forced to retreat to Warsaw.

Spanish-Moroccan War (1859-1860). Charging the Spanish infantry against the Arab cavalry. Engraving "Universal Museum" (1860).

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Also called War of the East. Treaty of San Stefano. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891) announcing to his troops that peace has been signed at San Stefano, March 3, 1878. Illustration by Vierge. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Vierge. 19th century illustrator.

Capture of a French spy at Metz on August 23, 1870, France, German-French War 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe

The Battle of Staoueli, Algeria, June 19, 1830, steel engraving on china paper, 13x19 cm, from Galerie Historique de Versailles, Histoire de France, Charles Gavard Publisher, Paris, circa 1840.

The Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066, fought between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman c

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), War. French cavalry charging at Sedan; from: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany". Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, Gorazdowski, Edward (1843-1901), woodcutter

Francis I of France besieging Pavia, Italy, 28th October 1524 (1882-1884).Artist: Frederic Lix

'After Atbara: Brothers in Arms', 1898, (c1900). Second Sudan War: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Sudanese rebels, called Mahdists or Dervishes, on the banks of the River Atbara. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne

Crusades. Florine, the duke of Burgundy´s daughter, courageously fights alongside her fiance, the king of Denmark´s son. Author: GUSTAVE DORÉ.

The Battle of Woerth on 6 August 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War near the village of Woerth in Lower Alsace, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Attack of the 7th Cuirassier regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Graf von Schmettow, Franco-Prussian War 1870/71, Battle of Vionville, 16 August 1870, woodcut, France, Europe

events War of the Sixth Coalition 1812 - 1814 Battle of Montmirail 11.2.1814 steel engraving after Felix Philippoteaux 19th century,

The Entrance of Charles VIII of France (1470-1498) into Florence. Dated 15th Century

Tweebosch. In the Battle of Tweebosch on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War.

Engraving depicting the last stand of a great Polish general at the Battle of Cecora in 1620. Dated 17th Century

Engraving of the Russian army's uniforms of the 1st Cavalry Division Guard. Dated 1812

March of the Turkish troops from Kamiesch to Balaclava, 1855, woodcut, Turkey, Asia

Prussian soldiers and horse teams with guns force the steep climb to the heights at Spichern on 6th August, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Preußische Soldaten und Pferdegespanne mit Geschützen erzwingen den steilen Anstieg auf die Höhen bei Spichern am 6. August, 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.

Amsterdam, Smit, Jan Willem, J., Vermandel, Willem, Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, King, Theodoor, Scenes from the life of Prince William I, 1568-1584, Romero becomes in't eind' with Hendrik Handgemeen, Battle between Romero and Hendrik van Nassau at Mons, 1572, Battle between Romero and Hendrik, Count of Nassau, both on horseback, during the battle for Mons, 1572. Sixth song., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 275 mm, width 220 mm, 1748-02-03 - 1829-01-31, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1780, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, after a design by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Piedmontese defeat the Austrians at Staffalo.

Battle of Seneffe 1674 between French troops on one side and imperial units and imperial troops on the other during the Dutch War, on the left the wounded Field Marshal Count Waldeck, although already in French captivity, freed again and on the right the death of Count Rochefort, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Francois Severin Marceau (Francois Severin Marceau-Desgraviers) (1769-1796). French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Funeral of General Marceau, 20 September 1796. Drawing by Philippoteaux. Engraving by Quesnel. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

The death of French Marshal Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, on July 27, 1675 near Salzbach, today Sasbach, Baden, during the Dutch War was a strategic turning point during the Wars of Louis XIV, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

Prince of Orange in the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The Prince of Orange is injured during the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Central the prince on horseback that grabs to his shoulder, his staff rushes. A dragonder comes from the right with the conquered French standard on which the Namur Austerlitz, Jena and Wagram. In the foreground on the left an injured Scottish soldier. Design drawing for a print. See also the pendant.

Marshal Villars storming the entrenchments of Denain on 27 July 1712, The Battle of Denain took place from 24 July 1712 during the War of the Spanish ...

Turros captured by North German soldiers near Woerth, historic illustration, illustrated war chronicle 1870 to 1871, German campaign against France

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, scene from Campaign in France 1792, an autobiographical prose writing on the campaign against Jacobin France by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cavalry and Foot People in Fight, Theodorus van Kessel, After Peeter Snayers, 1656 print Battlefield on an open plain, where foot people and cavalry with swords and spears are on top of each other. In the foreground, a figure is almost trampled by a horse, while an infantryman tries to pierce a rider with his spear. Behind the infantryman with the spear a man attempts to crawl away from the battlefield. This print is part of a six -part series about cavalry battles. paper etching battle (+ cavalry, horsemen). being attacked; defence (+ infantry)

Tuareg fight with a French detachment in the Sahara. 19th century

Capture of a French spy at Metz on August 23, 1870, France, German-French War 1870/1871 / Gefangennahme eines französischen Spions bei Metz am 23. August 1870, Frankreich, Deutsch-Französischer Krieg 1870/1871, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Pursuit of Tatars. unknown

Ferdinand, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Battle of Naseby - Charles I in action (with Lord Carnewarth - in full armour)

Charge of the 5th Lancers at the Battle of Elandslaagte. After drawing by R. Caton Woodville. Boer War.

Battle near Leipzig, October , The battle near Leipzig on October , Franz Gerasch -, Lithographic, after, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger -, drawer

French Revolutionary Wars. War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Italian campaign. Battle of Valvasone or Tagliamento (16 March 1797). The army of the French Republic led by Napoleon Bonaparte attacked the Austrian Habsburg forces under Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The Austrian army fought a rearguard action against the French vanguard led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte at the Tagliamento river crossing, but was defeated and withdrew to the northeast. French troops crossing the Tagliamento River. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Brugnot. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 2nd part, 1879.

'The Victory of Kandahar (Cavalry Pursuit to the Arghandab River)', (1901). Creator: Unknown.

Battle of Bouvines, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA. ESPAÑA 1808-1814. REINADO DE FERNANDO VII. " EL GRAN DIA DE GERONA , 19/9/1809 ". GRABADO DE UN CUADRO DE CESAR ALVAREZ DUMONT. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Capture of gun at Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Battle of Blenheim (August 13, 1704). The troops of the Grand Alliance, under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, won a victory over the Franco-Bavarian army. Engraving. La ilustración. Revista hispano-americana, 1884.

Otto the Great in the Battle of Lechfeld on August 10, 955, the East Franconian army under King Otto I against the mounted warriors of the Magyars. The Hungarians were crushingly defeated, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical

Russian empire. Anti-Semitic movement. Expulsion of the Jews in a Podolian village. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Bernardo Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish artist. Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

'Indian Horse Artillery Galloping Into Action', 1850s, (1901). Creator: George Francklin Atkinson.

Théodore Gericault, Light Artillery Officer of the Imperial Guard (Officier d'artillerie legerie de la garde imperiale), 1823 Light Artillery Officer of the Imperial Guard (Officier d'artillerie legerie de la garde imperiale)

King William with his staff on the evening after the Battle of Sedan on the heights of Floing, 2 September 1870, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Battle of Mars-la-Tour 16.8.1870 charge of the Prussian 1st Guard Dragoons wood engraving after Emil Huenten (1827 - 1902),

History of the Medici, The Battle of Mons Regionis

General Ignatief handing over to Grand Duke Nicholas the text of the Treaty of San Stefano after the signing at the end of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, aka Nic

A Country Racecourse, circa 1830

Historical depiction of the Battle of Mount Witkow, Ziskaberg, 1420, Hussite Wars, also called Bohemian Wars or Hussite Uprising, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

The first German soldiers in Paris on the morning of 1 March 1871, France, Franco-German campaign of 1870-1871, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Cavalry fight between the forces of Sheridan and Stuart, at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, Virginia, May 11, 1864. USA Civil War

WEISSENBURGTHE FIRST BATTLE OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.The early 1900s caption reads: This picture, drawn at the time and on the spot, shows the first of those fierce German charges by which France was overwhelmed in the war of 1870. The Frenchmen, unprepared, outnumbered two to one, and assailed with a bravery equal to their own, were hurled back here and everywhere, and the war was one long series of German triumphs.

1. Napoleon III on August 2 at Saarbrucken; 2. Napoleon III on September 2 at Doncheryz: "K Osy" 1870, No. 279 (November 3), p. 276; Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899), Holewi Ski, Józef (1848-1917), Styfi, Jan (1839-1921), K Osy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1870 (1850-00-00-1875-00-00);

Segunda Intervención Francesa en México. Toma de Jonuta (21 de febrero de 1863). Tropas invasoras francesas al mando de Eduardo González Arévalo ocupan el territorio de Tabasco. Grabado. Biblioteca Nacional. París. Francia.

Hussars from Austria and Hungary, c. 1885, Soldiers, Cavalry, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original dat...

Boer Assault on British Colony

The English and French armies at the Battle of Crecy, 1346. English longbowmen defeat the French crossbowmen in the foreground, while the French cavalry flee behind. The Battle of Crecy. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, George Routledge, London, 1868.

Netherlands, Kruseman, Cornelis, Victory in the Battle of Boutersem, 1831, verso - stamped, 12 August 1831. Centrally standing on the ground the Prince of Orange who exchanges his horse, part of whose leg has been shot off, for another horse handed to him by Major Hoyel. Behind the prince his brother Frederik and his staff on horseback. On the left a cannon, in the foreground and on the right dead and wounded., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 146 mm, width 182 mm, print maker, engraving maker, 1831 - 1840, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Nederlands, 1797-09-25 - 1857-11-14

The Portuguese succession crisis of 1580. The fall of Lisbon. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582), 3rd Duke of Alba and supreme commander in Portugal in 1580, defeated Antonio I of Portugal in the Battle of Alcantara and reduced Portugal to the subjection of Philip II of Spain. Engraving.

The French expedition to Italy returns in triumph and parades through the streets of Paris to tumultuous applause.

Bavarian Chevau-legers and Uhlans pursue a French balloon mail, German-French campaign of 1870 / Bayerische Chevau-Legionäre und Ulanen verfolgen eine französische Ballonpost, deutsch-französischer Feldzug von 1870, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Schlacht von Seneffe 1674 zwischen französischen Truppen auf der einen Seite und kaiserlichen Einheiten und kaiserlichen Truppen auf der anderen Seite...

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Second Boer War. Battle of Colenso, December 15, 1899. Boer forces led by Louis Botha defeated the English army of General Sir Redvers Buller. Engraving.

The 1906 caption reads: CHARGE OF THE IRISH BRIGADE AT RAMILLIES.When the Catholic king, James II., was driven from England, many of his loyal Irish subjects clung to him and joined his exile in France. There, under Louis XIV, they fought gloriously against the hated English. Our illustration shows them at Ramillies, where they made a dashing charge against the English of Marlborough. Even their valor could not, however, save the incompetent French general from defeat; and they were sacrificed in vain. The Battle of Ramillies fought on May 23, 1706 was an overwhelming victory for the Grand

The 1906 caption reads: PULTOWAA PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH.This spirited picture shows the warriors of the time of Peter the Great. His long and remarkable struggle against the Swedes and their mighty leader Charles XII ended at Pultowa, in southern Russia, where the Swedesthen esteemed the best soldiers of Europewere completely overthrown. We have here a preliminary skirmish, showing the differing methods of warfare of the Cossack and Swedish horsemen. The Battle of Poltava (July 8 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar P

Fighting in Roman streets.

The last knight of Hohen-Realta plunging into the abyss of the Via Mala, Switzerland, historical engraving, circa 1885, Europe

The life of American Indians. The caravan, California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, also known as 'Theodore', imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government. The punitive expedition launched by the British in response required the transportation of a sizable military force hundreds of miles across mountainous terrain lacking any road system. The force consisted of 13,000 British and Indian soldiers, 26,000 camp followers and over 40,000 animals, including elephants. It set sail from Bombay in upwards of 280 steam and sailing ships. The advance guard of engineers landed at Zula on the Red Sea, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Massawa. The decisive battle took place at the mountain fortress of Magdala on April 10-11, 1868. British casualties were 2 killed and 18 wounded, while the Ethiopians lost 700 killed and 1,400 wounded. The defeated emperor Tewodoros com

Conquest of Tunis. Emperor Charles V expedition in June 1535 to recover Tunisia from the Ottoman admiral Barbarossa. Engraving after a fragment of a tapestry from the series entitled "History of the Conquest of Tunisia" (Flemish school), located in the Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain. Charles V arrived in Barcelona on April 3, 1535. Depiction of the review of troops in Barcelona on May 14, formed by gentle knights. Emperor Charles V reviewing the troops before they embark on the Portuguese caravels, the Genoese galleys and the Castilian ships. Actually this event took place in La Laguna, just outside the port of Perpignan. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, 1876.

Two men on horseback, one clutching a child are being pursued by others brandishing swords. Etching by D. Félix, 1866.

Pieneman, Jan Willem, Netherlands, Craeyvanger, Reinier, Battle of Waterloo, 1815, verso - stamped, The Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815. View of the battlefield at the moment when the English commander Wellington hears that Prussian help is on the way. The wounded Willem, Prince of Orange, is being led away in the left foreground. The commanders and other officers on horseback are in the middle, wounded and dead soldiers in the right foreground. In the background the fighting rages on the battlefield., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 294 mm, width 373 mm, Dutch, 1812-02-29 - 1880-01-10, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1850, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), 1779-11-04 - 1853-04-08

Highlanders at the Battle of the Alma, 20th September 1854, Crimean War

Mier Stefan Potocki under these waters, an illustration to Henryk Sienkiewicz's "Fire and Sword" to say; Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924); 1901 (1901-00-00-1901-00-00);Potocki, Stefan (Ca 1624-1648), Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846-1916). With Fire and Sword, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, 17th century (history), 17th century (costume.), Battle of yellow waters (1648), Poland (culture), illustration projects, Polish drawings , war, purchase (provenance), death

Engagement near the Tugela River, 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting a battle in Aranjuez during the Peninsular War. Dated 19th Century

events Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 cavalry combat etching by Jacques Courtois 17th century,

Convoys of female slaves, with children, apparently in Africa, chained together and carrying heavy bundles. Wood engraving.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Raid near Balingen/German Peasants' War, raid near Balingen, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

Ruiters Met Lansen, Simon Frisius, after Antonio Tempesta, 1595 - 1628 print On the right are cavalrymen with lances on a hill. They look out on a battle. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: Italy paper etching military discipline (+ cavalry, horsemen). battle

French Revolution of 1848. The Parisians took up arms on 23 and 24 February 1848, leading to the abdication of King Louis-Philippe I (1773-1850). The crowd storming the Tuileries on 24 February 1848, the king's refusal to grant universal suffrage. Louis-Philippe I and his family fleeing Paris. Engraving by E. Coppin and Trichon. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V, 1855.

''The Cavalry Manoevres; The Guards on the march from Aldershot to Churn camp, arriving at a watering place', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

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