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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 Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava', c1880. Artist: C.R..
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EL GENERAL PRIM RECIBE A LOS VOLUNTARIOS CATALANES EN MARRUECOS - 3/12/1860 - GRABADO - SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID.
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Caesar crossing the Rubicon. 49 Bc. Cyclopedia of Universal History, 1885. Later colouration.
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Engraving Of George Washington On Horseback Leading Troops At Battle Of Monongahela French And Indian War 1754-1763
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The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, aka the Battle of Shiloh,  April 6-7, 1862, during The American Civil War.  From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c. 1880.
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Burning the farm of a treacherous Burgher during the second Boer War. From South Africa and the Transvaal War, by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.
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European weapons, vintage engraving. European weapons, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647572
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Death of Colonel Edward D. Baker at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia, 1861, Baker was an incumbent US Senator, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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The English at Battle of Cressy attempt to breach the walls, using cannon, catapults, and long ladders.
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War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention, (1793-1795). Conflict between the Spain of Charles IV and the First French Republic. Siege of Rosas (November 28, 1794-February 4, 1795). The Spanish garrison abandoned the town and French forces commanded by Catherine-Dominique de Perignon took control. Loss of Rosas. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by  the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.
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Fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854.
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Scene during the Franco-Prussian War: General Auguste-Alexandre Reille delivered a letter from Emperor Napoleon III to King William I of Prussia near Sedan, in which he offered his unconditional surrender, school painting, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical
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An accident at a military horse show, military riding, a horse has fallen with rider at an obstacle, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Boer War, An army surgeon at work on a battlefield where many wounded lie, South African War (1899-1902), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.
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An attack on an escort of the 80th regiment at the Intombi River during the Zulu War.  Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant W.R. Ussher, 80th Regiment.     Date: 1879
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Passage du Mont St. Bernard (Napoleon's Army Crossing the St. Bernard Pass). Dated: 1822. Dimensions: image: 35.8 x 41.6 cm (14 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.) sheet: 42.1 x 58.3 cm (16 9/16 x 22 15/16 in.). Medium: lithograph on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Théodore Géricault.
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History of France. Fete de la Federation (Festival of the Federation). Commemoration of the first anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille, symbol of the beginning of the French Revolution. Paris, Champ de Mars, 14 July 1790. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Jonnard. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.
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Arrest of Vigneaux in the state of Sonora, Mexico, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833-1900) Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862
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The liberal movement in Russia, fighting in St Petersburg. Russian Revolution of 1905, Russia, 20th century.
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The founders of Los Angeles Sandham, Henry, 1842-1910. still image. Prints. 1883-12. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, United States , 1700-1799, Spaniards , California , Los Angeles (Calif.) , 1780-1789, Banners , 1780-1789, Crosses , 1780-1789, Missions , California , Los Angeles (Calif.) , 1780-1789
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The Lord Mayor's Show, 1845. Annual celebration for the inauguration of a new Lord Mayor of London: Spectacle Maker John Johnson was chosen in 1845. Besides the state coach of the Lord Mayor, the procession was made up of livery companies, watermen, heralds, riders in historical costume including knights in armour, hussars, aldermen and officials. 'The Lord Mayor elect was received throughout with every demonstration of respect, and occasionally with considerable cheering; not so his predecessor. Hence at various points in the route, especially at Walbrook and the junction of Cheapside with St
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Bohun against the background of the battle, illustration to "Fire and Sword"; Meisenbach, Georg (1841-1912), Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899); 1883-1891 (1883-00-00-1891-00-00);
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Napoleon's retreat from Russia, 1812. Napoleon Bonaparte,1769-1821, Emperor of the French. Drawn by Raffet, engraved by J. Smith.
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Union Officers at the Battle of Chattanooga
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Guerra en el Riff. Año 1909. Asalto y ocupación de un atalayón rifeño.
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Ricardo I Corazón de León (1157-1199). Rey de Inglaterra. Mandó la Tercera Cruzada a Palestina en 1911. Grabado de 1866.
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The Norwegians at the Battle  of Hafrsfjord.
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The Peterloo Massacre: hussars charging the people, Manchester, 1819 (c1890). Creator: Unknown.
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Joan of Arc (c1412-1431) French patriot and martyr, wounded and captured while trying to relieve Compiegne, then under siege by the Burgundians - 1430. Colour-printed wood engraving c1860.
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Two hundred knights attacking twenty thousand Saracens, First Crusade, 1096, 1146, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835), Napoleon on the field of the battle of Eylau, 9 February 1807, Oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris
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'Battle of Bunker Hill', (1877). Creator: Unknown.
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Battle of Laon, vintage engraving. Battle of Laon, vintage engraved illustration. History of France  1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656468
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Charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte, 2nd Boer War, South Africa, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 21 November 1899
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Cossacks charging Boxers during Boxer Rebellion, China, engraving in Italian newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, 1900
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Logone-Birni village, bank of the Logone River. Cameroon. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880
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Daniel Vierge, Les Chiens savants, 1883 Les Chiens savants
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'Murder of Prince Edward', 1471 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.
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Tuna hunting with harpoons, tuna, fishing in La Madrague on the coast of Provence, in 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date not known, Europe
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Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko, 1828-1901, General of the Russian army, historic woodcut, c. 1880
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Egyptians in Battle with Ethiopians, Illustration by C.F. Klimsh, Cyclopaedia of Universal History, Volume 1, The Ancient World, by John Clark Ridpath, the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1885
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Skiopticone image with motif from Boer War. Soldier on horseback.
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The caption reads: Advance of the Indians under Blackfish. Blackfish, chief of the Shawnee, had adopted Boone into the tribe. Blackfish adopted Boone as his son (Blackfish's favorite son had died in battle). Boone agreed and remained for a while - when the Shawnee were preparing another attack, Boone escaped and returned to Boonesborough. This illustration shows the shwnee under Blackfish attacking Boonesborough.
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Siege of Vienna by Turks , and their defeat 1683 unknown artist 17th century detail
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How King Arthur drew his sword Excaliber for the first time. King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
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Italy. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1815 part 4. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy
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Battle of Ucles, 1108. The prince Sancho falls from the horse and Garcia Ordonez is protecting him.
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Marcel, seeking reform and  hostile to Jean II and his  son, the future Charles V,  prepares to open the Paris  gates to the king of Navarre  but is murdered by Maillart.
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Historia de España. Batalla de Valls en febrero de 1809, también conocida como la batalla del Pont del Goi, durante la Guerra del Francés entre las fuerzas del mariscal Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr y las fueras españolas del general Teodoro Reding. Grabado de 1880.
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Scene from the early months of World War I when the British Expeditionary Force were fighting the Germans in the open.  A French soldier in old style uniform with bright red trousers tends to his wounds, British soldiers guard German prisoners and a local priest acts as a Red Cross worker.  1914
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Knight, woman fighting the Moors in the Fifth 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 from a 19th century original
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The Uprising of Bolotnikov, the Peasant War under the Leadership of Ivan Bolotnikov. Major peasant, Cossack, and noble uprising of 1606-1607 led by Ivan Bolotnikov and several other leaders. At the time of the highest point of the uprising (the Siege of Moscow in 1606), more than 70 cities in the south and center of Russia were under the control of the rebels.
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Founding of Buenos Aires; (capital of Argentina) in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza y Luj·n. Mendoza (c. 1487 ñ June 23; 1537) was a Spanish conquistador; soldier and explorer; and the first adelantado of the Viceroyalty of the RÌo de la Plata.
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Painting depicting soldiers firing guns by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1865-1888) British artist. Dated 1880
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Julius Caesar crosses the  Rubicon, marking the frontier  of his province, thus  symbolising his intention to  invade Italy
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The War Against Gibeon, Old Testament Battle
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THE BLACK MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION
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France, 1815 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France
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Boer Rifleman taking up position on the site of the decisive battle of Majuba Hill
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Disarmament of Kolchakites (From the picture of M.I. Avilov.)
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Arabs on the March. Artist: Adolf Schreyer (German, Frankfurt 1828-1899 Kronberg). Dimensions: 22 5/8 x 37 3/4 in. (57.5 x 95.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: ADOLF SCHREYER.
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French-Algerian War (1832-1847). Capture of Mascara's city by French troops. December 5, 1835. Popular engraving.
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Boer War: Siege of Mafeking by Boers 12 October 1899 - 17 May 1900: defending British troops making a night sortie.
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First Italo-Ethiopian War. Conflict between Italy and Ethiopia, 1895-1896. Ras Makonnen(1852-1906) fighting Italian troops during the siege of Mekele, 1896. Drawing by Walter Molino (1915-1997). La Domenica del Corriere.
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Alarm drill in the military, in the cavalry stables, 1899, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe
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Emperor Wilhelm II on horseback on the manoeuvre field, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of Prussia, 27 January 1859, 4 June 1941, House of Hohenzollern, was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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BATTLE OF THE LOWSEN MOUNTAINS French troops come to the aid  of the Montenegro forces,  fighting against Austria
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'Siegfried captures Ludegast', 1919. Battle scene, a contest between knights on horseback above many fallen and those who fight on foot with long  From "Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages", by H. A. Guerber. George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1919
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Historia de España. Primeros pobladores. Los Celtas habitaron la península ibérica desde finales de la Edad de Bronce, en el siglo XIII ac. hasta la romanización de Hispania.
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In 1757, several Indian tribes, among them the Oneidas and Senecas, crossed Lake Champlain to aid the French, with whom they had allied themselves in the French and Indian War. Here they meet with the French troops under the Marquis of Montcalm before the siege of Fort William Henry.
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Russians confront the British  at close quarters with fixed  bayonets
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Revolución rusa (1917-1923). El camarada Iossif Stalin (1879-1953) en el frente del sur de Tsaritsin Skii con las unidades del primer ejército de caballería bolchevique.
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Make way for liberty! A card showing an Afro-American Union soldier bayonetting a Confederate soldier
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China - 19th century - Boxer Rebellion, 1900. French officers killed at Quang-Tcheou-Wang, December 1899
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Biterolf on horseback, protagonist of the Middle High German Dietrich epic Biterolf and Dietleib. Biterolf is King of Toledo, hero of a Middle High Ge...
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GUERRA RUSO JAPONESA-COSACOS Y KOUNGOUSES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901). Western troops defending their positions in the neighborhood of the legations in Peking, besieged by rebel boxers. Engraving.
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Battle of Vienna, 1683 - Frans Geffels
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Juan Prim (1814-1870). Spanish political and military. General Prim in his tent. African War between Spain and Morocco. Colored engraving from 'The Universal Museum' (1860).
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Barricade of the White Square, defended by women during the bloody week - Paris Commune, 1871
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On a hot trail, Scout pointing out tracks to another scout, Gen. Miles, who is en route to Cheyenne reservation with his troops with carbine lying on ground, 1885
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Entry into the Tiguipa mission. Bolivia, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Expedition to the Pilcomayo Delta by French explorer Emile Arthur Thouar from Le Tour du Monde 1889
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The Bulgarian artillery moving towards Gurguliat. Serbian-Bulgarian War, Bulgaria, 19th century.
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Scene from the Cape Frontier Wars, South Africa
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P-DET-BATALLA DE HIGUERUELA ENTRE CASTELLANOS Y MOROS EN 1431- PINTADA EN 1585-ANTES DE RESTAURAR. Author: GRANELLO-TAVARON-CASTELLO Y CAMBIASSO. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Cossacks by Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko, Watercolour on paper, 1880, 1851-1895, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 33x44
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Death of Lieutenant Lecerf, Battle of Napa, Nigeria, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
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A surprise to themselves by Bernhard Gillam, 1856-1896, artist, 1885. Illustration shows, at center, a Mahdi soldier and a Chinese soldier gloating over recent victories;on the left the British army is routed by Mahdi forces in the Sudan, and on the right, the French army is routed by Chinese forces in 'Tonquin' (i.e., Tonkin or North Vietnam).
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Evening of the battle of Rezonville (Gravelotte). Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard at rest, 16 August 1870 by Detaille, Edouard (1848-1912) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1883 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre,History / 180x210 /
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Fu'ad Pasha returning from his visit to the pyramids, May 8, 1852, Cairo, Egypt, illustration by Blanchard, engraving by Best, Hotelin and Co, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 486, Volume XIX, June 19, 1852.
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BATALLA DE BRUCH - SIGLO XIX - ESPAÑOLES CONTRA FRANCESES - GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA. Location: Museo Municipal. MANRESA. Barcelona. SPAIN.
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The Battle of Hastings, 1066, (19th century). Artist: Unknown
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Zouave was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army, normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962. The name was also adopted during the 19th century by units in other armies, especially volunteer regiments raised for service in the American Civil War. The characteristic zouave uniform included short open-fronted jackets, baggy trousers and often sashes and oriental headgear.
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Giuseppe garibaldi
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Aztec warriors attack the fleeing Spaniards.
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Army of Saxony, 1745 in Germany, Paintings in Saxony, Battle of Kesselsdorf, Artillery of Germany, Flags in the Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Military use of horses, 1901, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Kesselsdorf, Schlacht bei Kesselsdorf
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