Historical Military Expeditions

Engravings depicting major military events, including colonial landings and battles from the 19th century, showcasing soldiers, cannons, and strategic confrontations across varied landscapes.

The scene of the action, where 3,000 zulus attacked the tiny fort and hospital at Rorke's Drift. 140 British soldiers kept the Zulus at bay. Date: 1879

COLONIALISMO. PRIMERAS EXPEDICIONES AFRICANAS. DESEMBARCO DE LOS MARINEROS DE "LA PENELOPE" EN BLOCKHAUS (GRAND-BASSAN), el 15 DE MARZO DE 1849. Costa del Oro. Africa Occidental. Dibujo realizado por M. Calvés.

Franco-Prussian War

Engraving depicting the storming and capture of the North Fort, Peiho. Dated 1860

French reinforcements march through Italy for a renewed attack on Garibaldi's Republicans at Rome. Date: June 1849

The scene of the action, where 3,000 zulus attacked the tiny fort and hospital at Rorke's Drift. 140 British soldiers kept the Zulus at bay. Date: 1879

Illustration depicting the a Russian expedition to Khiva, crossing the River Oxus

"Tunisia. After the conquest of the country by France, and the constitution of the French Protectorate in 1881, there were subsequently some revolts in the regions of Kairouan and Sfax.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). On 24 April 1877 Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire and its troops crossed Romanian territory. Russian luggage fleet in Baniasa. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.

Russian Steamers Shelling the French Camp, Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. Sketch by Lieutenant Edgar G. Bredin, Royal Artillery, '...taken from a French redoubt, the guns of which are manned by the French navy...Two Russian steamers performed a very daring exploit...one was a steam frigate, and the other the Vladimir...As the frigate passed along, a rapid discharge of shells was made against the new English batteries on the right...the Russian frigate became an object of general attention to all the troops on the heights...she commenced to throw shot and shell towards the French works, whi

The Siege of Sebastopol - part of Captain Wodehouse's Battery, 1854. Crimean War. British encampment and firing positions. Clouds of smoke on the left indicate fighting. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

NAPOLEON III. EMPERADOR DE FRANCIA. 1808-1873. " BATALLA DE SOLFERINO " , 24 - 06 - 1859. VICTORIA DEL EMPERADOR SOBRE AUSTRIA. GRABADO DE LA REVISTA " EL MUSEO UNIVERSAL " , AÑO1859.

Crimean War: removing the wounded from the Redan. Wood engraving by E.A. Goodall.

Fort Negley, Nashville, Tennessee - USA Civil War, circa 1862

THE CRIMEAN WAR

THE ZULU WAR

The Battle of Freiburg, Germany, August 1644, the Thirty Year War, steel engraving on china paper, 13x17 cm, from Galerie Historique de Versailles, Histoire de France, Charles Gavard Publisher, Paris, circa 1840.

The coffin containing Napoleon's body is ceremonially escorted in a carriage with a four-horse carriage to the quay at St Helena, where the body will be embarked to return to France, Napoleon's body leaves the island of St Helena Le corps de Napol, Victor Adam, (mentioned on object), print maker: Jean Baptiste Arnout, (mentioned on object), printer: Benard Lemercier & Cie, Paris, 1840 - 1841, paper, h 223 mm - w 300 mm

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. The 180th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers burying Confederate dead, on Friday, Sept 19th. They are in the area of sunken road, now known as 'Bloody Lane', one of the most desparate fights of the battle (BSLOC_2018_7_164)

Presentation of colours to the Calcutta Kolkata volunteer guard by the viscountees canning West Bengal India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Wood engraving depicting the riots in New York. The rioters are seen burning and sacking the coloured orphans. Dated 1863

Franco-Prussian War

SERASTOPOL, FROM CAREENING CREEK, AFTER THE STORMING

Crowd of people listening to political speakers, flying the stars and stripes, the American flag. Date: 1850

Pittsburg station and the Pennsylvania railroad workshops after the revolt, railroad strike in the United States of America, illustration by Smeeton Tilly from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1801, Volume LXX, September 1, 1877.

events War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797 Battle of Roveredo 4.9.1796 contemporary copper engraving by A.D. St. Aubin after drawing by Carle Vernet,

The disposal battle in front of Vienna on September , Unknown

Town of Mont-Dore-les-Bains, vintage engraving. Town of Mont-Dore-les-Bains, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679684

Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier: view of the Chumla Valley and village of Umbeylah from the position held by the British force on the Goroo Heights, 1864. View of '...a remarkable incident in this brief but stubborn war...The crag picket, which was the key to our position, is situated on the summit of an almost precipitous hill about 700 ft. above our camp...The enemy, knowing well how necessary this position was to the security of the British forces, attacked it thirty-five times...The party occupying the work were...driven out of it, with...about forty men killed a

España. Catalunya. Primera guerra carlista (1833-1840). Levantamiento del sitio de Olot. Victoria de los liberales a las ódrdenes del brigadier Beccar en septiembre de 1835.

Round-up of the Bulgarians, First Crusade, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Battle of Tagliamento, Italy, on 16 March 1797, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Brussels, Burggraaff, Vinkeles, Abraham, Netherlands, Flooding of the Kamperdijk, and devastation caused by it at Oosterwolde and Doornspijk, on 4 February 1825, Breach of the Kamperdijk, 1825, verso - stamped, Breach of the Kamperdijk and devastation caused by the water at Oosterwolde and Doornspijk during the heavy storm of 4 February 1825. Part of a group of illustrations from a commemorative book of the flood of 1825., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 215 mm, width 315 mm, Dutch, 1790-09-26 - 1864, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1826, paper, lithography (technique), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Belgian, printer

Deliverance of Corsica, October 20, 1796. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire contemporaine par l'image 1872

The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-42), known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice. Chinese officials wished to stop what was perceived as an outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium, and confiscated supplies of opium from British traders. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports, objected to this seizure and used its newly developed military power to enforce violent redress. In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking-the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties-granted an indemnity to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hong Kong Island, thereby ending the trade monopoly of the Canton System. The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium

Franco-Prussian War

D'Urville takes possession of Adelie Land, 31 January 1840, during Dumont d'Urville's expedition in the Antarctic, 1840.

The Siege of Petersburg - Large Fort thrown up on the left of the Union Line near the Weldon Railroad by the 5th Army Corps, American Civil War, 1864

Fiji islands warriors dance, Fiji islands. Melanesia, Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Voyage to the Great Viti, great equinoctial ocean by John Denis Macdonald 1855. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Site of the battle of 490 BCE when a Greek army (mainly Athenian) defeated the very much larger force of Persian invaders. A messenger ran back to Athens with the news. Date: 1877

British soldiers surveying the damage to the old fort at Rorke's Drift, where 137 British soldiers held out against 3,000 zulus at the beginning of the Zulu wars. Date: 1879

THE ZULU WAR

Her Majesty inspecting the Aldershott Division at Frimley, 1858. '...the whole division consisted of eleven regiments of infantry, two regiments of cavalry, twenty-four guns, a detachment of engineers, and a battalion of the Military Train, in all about 12,000 or 13,000 men - a very respectable force to move with facility even for a few miles along a turnpike-road...the Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, who was attired in the undress uniform of a general officer... took up their stations on Frimley-green...The column of troops...marched past the Queen's carriage without carrying arms o

Vintage photograph. Battle of Chapultepec, Sept 12, 1847

Peshawur or Peshawar mutiny Futtehpore or Fatehpur scene engagement between General Havelock Nena Sahib Uttar Pradesh Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Bulthuis, Jan, Hausdorff, Netherlands, Vrijdag, Daniël, View of a French battery, at the place called de Hel, towards Willemstad, Bombardment of Willemstad by a French battery called de Hel, 1793, verso below - stamped, Willemstad seen from a French battery called de Hel, during the bombardment by the besieging French revolutionary troops, February 1793., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 192 mm, width 226 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1765 - 1765, print maker, printmaker, 1793 - 1793, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1750 - 1801-05-29

The Review by Her Majesty of Rifle Volunteers at Edinburgh: view looking towards Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, 1860. From a sketch by B. Clayton. 'Looking beyond the crowd to the highest point of Salisbury Crags, away to the extreme right your eye rests immediately with pleasure on some military tents whose light and airy look of snowy whiteness, gleaming in the sunshine, at once gets effect from and gives it to the foreground, dark with the dense mass of human figures. As you turn your gaze for a yet more extensive range you behold far up on the very peak of Arthur's Seat, in solitary gl

Military and munity mutiny views encampment at Ahmednuggur of General Woodburn s brigade Ahmednagar Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Crossing the Base or Basing River, Exploring expedition of General Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) in Africa in the late 19th century, Illustration, Reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, Scene at the river with mules and people in a natural environment

Camp of the Siege Train (General Sir J. Burgoyne), at Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. 'The spirit of over-confidence, which is the characteristic of the British nation will be loth to hear that Sebastopol did not fall, as was anticipated at home, after a twelve hours' cannonade. On the contrary, the contest hitherto has been between mud fort and mud fort - between offensive works and offensive works; and when these forts are taken or destroyed, the real task of taking the town will commence. It will be a severe trial this taking or destroying of Sebastopol; and many days, perhaps weeks, will el

THE CHINESE BRINGING TO THE BRITISH HEADQUARTERS THE 300,000 TAELS AS COMPENSATION TO THE RELEASED BRITISH PRISONERS AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED

Attack and taking of Saigon by Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. France in extreme east, war of China. The battle of Canton was a military conflict betwee

Guerra de Crimea. Rusia. Vista aérea de Sebastopol, su puerto y sus fortificaciones. Grabado de 1854.

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Prison of the Bastille 14 July 1789 Paris. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Sherman's March Through South Carolina - Burning of Mcphersonville February 1, 1865

BURNING OF 'THE SANTA MARIA' FRIGATE IN SEBASTOPOL HARBOUR, SKETCHED BY J.A. CROWE

The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-42), known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice. Chinese officials wished to stop what was perceived as an outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium, and confiscated supplies of opium from British traders. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports, objected to this seizure and used its newly developed military power to enforce violent redress. In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking-the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties-granted an indemnity to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hong Kong Island, thereby ending the trade monopoly of the Canton System. The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium

Engraving depicting the conflict at the Porta Tosa. Porta Vittoria (formerly Porta Tosa) was a city gate in the Spanish walls of Milan, Italy. Dated 19th century

NORTH VIEW OF A PORTION OF THE CURRAGH CAMP, ENGLISH CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE PRINCE OF WALES IN IRELAND, JULY 13, 1861

The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon Churchyard, 1862. The Hartley Colliery disaster of 16 January 1862 was a coal mining accident in Northumberland which resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children. '...there were probably 60,000 persons present...carts containing a layer of straw were slowly driven to the door of each cottage, and, amid the weeping and still more agonising signs of silent grief in every sorrowstricken house, the coffins were lifted over the side of the cart and packed in loads of five each...by three o'clock, nearly all t

The Zulus having met with effective resistance from the British garrison of the fortified post near Rorkesdrift had retired, although they had succeeded in setting the various buildings on fire. To the left is the house of the Rev. Witt and to the right is the house used as a Hospital. On the foreground, to the left, the mounted men, under Lieut Col Russell, galloping up to the Hospital to rescue the beleaguered garrison.

DANISH ENCAMPMENT AT SWINSHEAD, UK, 1847

The Advance on Port Hudson - The Baggage Train of General Augur's Division crossing the Bayou Montecino, March 13, 1863. USA Civil War

Piedmontese army passing the Ticino near Galliate, Piedmont, 1859, Second War of Independence, lithograph by Carlo Perrin from the drawing by Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), 22x15 cm, from Album Storico-Artistico della Guerra d'Italia (Historic-Artistic album of the Italian War), Turin.

North west and Kashmir entry of the governor general of India into Peshawar Pakistan Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

1800s 1860s FEDERAL TROOPS BENG LANDED FOR ATTACK ON FORT FISHER ON CAPE FEAR NEAR WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA JANUARY 1864

Hill 60 on the southern flank of the Ypres Salient. A sketch of the German position just before its capture by British, April 17, 1915. From The Great World War A History Volume III, published 1916.

Jefferson City, Capital of Missouri - The arrival of General Fremont's Division, September 28, 1862. USA Civil War

Army march of the twelve tribes of Israel with the Tabernacle, print maker: Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1705, paper, etching, h 140 mm × w 310 mm

The War in Afghanistan: General Gough's camp at Gundamuk, 1880. '"We were all prepared," says General Frederick Sleigh Roberts. "On the south and west sides the enemy did not show much determination; but on the north-east corner of the Behmaroo heights some thousands collected, and evidently contemplated assaulting the position...As soon as the intention of the enemy was fully developed, I determined on a counter-attack with cavalry and artillery. These issued by the gorge between the Behmaroo heights, and, opening fire on the enemy's flank, speedily dislodged them from the pl

This image shows the advanced force of Sir Robert Napier's Army apporaching Islamgee, the location of King Theodore's camp. The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British Government. Date: 30th May 1868

THE RECENT REBELLION IN CANADA: FIRST LOG AND MUD HOUSES BY THE STONY INDIANS UNDER THE DIRECTON OF MR. PAYNE, WHOM THEY AFTERWARDS MURDERED (LEFT); STERN-WHEEL STEAMERS 'ALBERTA' AND 'NORTH-WEST' CONVEYING TROOPS UP THE NORTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER TO FORT PITT (RIGHT)

Shelling the rebel rifle pits on the Rappahannock--previous to the third crossing of Sedgwicks corps June 5th. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864, Military service, United States, Army of the Potomac, Corps, 6th (1862-1865) , Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Troop movements, Union, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Rappahannock River , United States, Virginia, Franklin's Crossing , VI Corps.

General view of ground on which the Battle of Magenta was fought 4 June 1859 (Second War of Italian Independence). French victory. Tinted lithograph.

This drawing by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission, which was sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy. The intention of the expedition was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants. On the voyage north, a side trip to the Mun River in Siam was organized by Commander de Lagree. The Mun River is a tributary of the Mekong. Today, a controversial hydroelectric dam, the Pak Mun Dam, is built near the confluence of the two rivers.

A boma is a cattle enclosure, palisade, small fort or district government office used in many parts of the African Great Lakes region, 1887, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

The Civil War in America: retreat of the Federalists after the fight at Ball's Bluff, Upper Potomac, Virginia - from a sketch by our special artist, 1861. 'It is hardly credible that 1800 men should have been sent across a river...and left unsupported when 30,000 of the division to which they belonged were within sound of their rifles...The 15th Massachusetts...knew the odds to be greatly against them...as the deadly fire of the Mississippi riflemen drove them back each time...seeing the utter uselessness of contending against their powerful enemy, the few surviving combatants slowly fell back

History of Exploration, 18th century, Argentina. Patagonians welcoming Commander Byron. Engraving by Robert de Launay, from the Cook Atlas, 1784 (second voyage, 1772-1775).

The Light Brigade at Balaclava.

'Reconnoitering the Fortress of Sebastopol previous to the Commencement of the Siege', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

Fire at Nottingham Castle. When residents of the notorious Nottingham slums rioted in 1831 (in protest against the Duke of Newcastle's opposition to the Reform Act 1832) they burned down the mansion. Note the people celebrating the fire in the foreground of the picture. Date: 1831

Montmedy city and fortress on the day after the handover, 15 December 1870, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

An engraving depicting the digging of salt from salt pans. Dated 19th century

GUERRA CARLISTA. TERCERA GUERRA CARLISTA. ( 1872 - 1876 ). REINADO DE ALFONSO XII. " ACCION DE CASTELLFULLIT , AÑO 1874 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Die Rückkehr des französischen Königs Ludwig XVI. von Varennes nach Paris am 25. Juni 1791, Frankreich, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Origin...

DEATH OF GARIBALDI BY THE PAPAL AND FRENCH TROOPS

The Cretans have another go at getting rid of their Turkish rulers : Turkish forces advance against the insurgents at Fort Paleocastro : this attempt fails like the others. Date: 1878

Attack on the rebel works. Fredericksburg. Dec. 13th, 1862 December 13, drawing on tan paper pencil and Chinese white, 10.3 x 35.4 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Military and munity mutiny views engagement at Ghazeodeen Nuggur India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Siege of Sevastopol, British troops inside the captured Redan, Crimean War 1853-1856, After William Simpson, Tinted Lithograph

This 1866 illustration shows a sand-bag battery at Fort Moultrie. During the first battle of the Civil War (April 12-13, 1861), Confederates at Fort Moultrie fired on Union troops in Fort Sumter. Confederate forces successfully used both forts to protect Charleston from a combined Union navy and army siege from 1863 to 1865. Though heavily damaged by Union bombardments during the Civil War, Fort Moultrie played a key role in the Confederate defense of Charleston harbor.

French Revolutionary Wars. Battle of Rivoli, 14-15 January 1797. Victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austrian.

BURFORD'S PANORAMA OF THE POLAR REGIONS, THE 'INVESTIGATOR' SNOW WALLED IN FOR THE WINTER

Burning of the Evans-Gordon train, at Wounded Knee Creek, near the north boundary of Nebraska, 325 miles west of Sioux City. M. B. Brubacher (Artist) 1875

Sheridan's Campaign - Signal defeat of the Rebel General Rosser, The "Saviour of the Valley", by General Tobert - Desperate effort of Rosser at Mount Jackson to save his last gun, 1864 - American Civil War

Blasting of the rocks of Ballets Point near New York, 19th century, America, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century, historical, exact date unknown.

The game of tabas, a game of chance consisting of the throwing of some bones as dice. Creole games of La taba. Paraguay, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Expedition to the Pilcomayo Delta by French explorer Emile Arthur Thouar from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Francia. Guerras napoleónicas. Batalla de Craonne el 7 de marzo de 1814 que enfrentó el ejército frances contra la Sexta Coalición integrada por Reino Unido, Rusia, Prusia, Suecia, Austria y algunos estados alemanes. Grabado del siglo XIX.

The arrival of Jules Fabre at the Sebres bridge near Paris in the first week of the truce, France, after the German-French campaign of 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe

Battle of Montebello, 9 June 1800, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

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