Battles and Historical Conflicts

Engravings and illustrations depicting significant battles from various wars, highlighting combat scenes and military strategies throughout history.

The Battle of Palestro, after a work by Gustave Dore. The Battle of Palestro, 30-31 May 1859 is thought to be the last European battle in which a European monarch participated. In the illustration D

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Skirmishes between the Prussian outposts encircling Paris and the besieged. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

The Battle of Majuba Hill, near Volksrust, South Africa, during the First Boer War. British forces under the command of Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War, Volume 1 by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Battle of Sedan (1-2 September 1870). The Prussian army defeated and captured the entire French army, including Emperor Napoleon III who took part in the battle and surrendered his army. Scene depicting an episode of the battle. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

The Battle of Palestro, after a work by Gustave Dore. The Battle of Palestro, 30-31 May 1859 is thought to be the last European battle in which a European monarch participated. In the illustration D

Napoleonic Wars. War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Battle of Lodi (10 May 1796). It faced the army led by Napoleon Bonaparte against the coalition troops commanded by General Sebottendorf. Napoleon won a victory that allowed him to conquer the bridge of Lodi, on the banks of the Adda River. Lodi bridge crossing. Drawing by Philippoteaux. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Second-Lieutenant G.H. Woolley winning Victoria Cross in the defense of Hill 60 with his men. First man from Territorial Army to win VC

"1815", Napoleons old guard at Waterloo

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. At mid-day on June 25, Custers 600 men entered the Little Bighorn Valley. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and all of his soldiers were dead. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Standm (seen here), marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War.

Schlacht zwischen den Gemeinden Chevilly und Villejuif bei Paris am 30. September 1870, Tirailleurlinie der kämpfenden 2. Kompanie des preußischen 6. ...

The Battle of Petersburg, Union 18th Corp regiment overrunning part of General Beauregard's line, 1864

The Second United States Cavalry at Beverly Ford | Library of Congress

Artillery going into action at Gettysburg, USA Civil War

Expulsion of the French from the Heights at Villiers by the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No.106 on November 30th, France, Franco-German War 1870/71 / Vertreibung der Franzosen von den Höhen bei Villiers durch das 3. Bataillon des Königlich Sächsischen Infanterie-Regiments Nr.106 am 30. November, Frankreich, 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.

Capture of Turcos by North German riflemen, fighter near Woerth, Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe

Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain) (November 30, 1808). Polish cavalry, commanded by Jan Kozietulsk, fighting against the Spanish troops of General Benito de San Juan. Polish Chevau-legers of the Imperial Guard fighting alongside the French in battle. Drawing by Karl Girardet. 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 IX. Published in Paris, 1849. Author: Karl Girardet (1813-1871). Swiss artist. Paul Girardet (1821-1893). Swiss-born French copper engraver.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Battle of Wörth, 6 August 1870. Prussian troops commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William, and led by General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), defeated the French under Marshal MacMahon (1808-1893) near the village of Woerth in Alsace. Cavalry charge by the 8th and 9th Cuirassier Regiments to protect the retreat of MacMahon's army. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Left bank of the Meuse in front of Mouzon, August 1870, 4 hours Auguste Lan�on (1836-1885). The left bank of the Meuse in front of Mouzon, August 30, 1870, 4 hours. Engraving.

Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher, the Prince of Wahlstatt, after the Battle of Waterloo, woodcut

THE CRIMEAN WAR

König Wilhelm in der Schlacht von Gravelotte, Frankreich, am 18. August, im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870-1871. Die Schlacht von Gravelotte, oder G...

Shell from the Naval Brigade dispersing Boers from behind the Seven Sisters Kopjes, during the action of the 7th March 1900 at Le Gallais Kopje, near Osfontein, South Africa during The Second Boer War. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Turks try to retake Great Yagni on 13 October. Turkish infantry assault the Great Yagni. Engraving by Valnay. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Charge of the 9th Lancers to save the guns at Mons drawn by Archibald Webb

Crimean War: ambulance men removing the wounded from the Battle of Sebastopol. Wood engraving.

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Infantry at the Charge, 1870. From 'The Graphic'. (London, 3 September 1870). Wood engraving. France. Germany.

BATTLE OF OMDURMAN : the charge of the Lancers Date: 2 September 1898

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: PRUSSIAN GUARD NEAR SAINT-PRIVAT ON 18 AUGUST 1870

Lancers, Paintings in Ardennes (department), Franco-Prussian War, 1908, France, Douzy (commune déléguée), Douzy, 1. Ulanen, Regiment Nr. 17 bei Douzy

Battle of Fehrbellin, 1678. Between Swedish and Brandenburg-Prussian troops. Germania, 1882. Engraving.

The French Fuhrer Masses His Forces: Napoleon at Boulogne in 1804 preparing for his invasion of England. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821), was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.

Frederick (the Great) in the Battle of Leuthen, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

The Battle of the Nations near Leipzig took place from 16 to 19 October 1813, here the storming of the Grimma Gate, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

MILITARY MANOEUVRES AT ALDERSHOT

LANCEROS BELGAS CARGANDO CONTRA LOS ULANOS-AGOST 1914. Location: MUSEE DE L'ARMEE. France.

The Capture of Suchum-Kale by the Turks on 15 May 1877 (Russo-Turkish War) Artist Unknown Illustration Private Collection

The Battle of Dogali, by Michele Cammarano (1835-1920).

''Halt !'-Charge of Lancers at the Royal Military Tournament', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890.

Surrender in Gerone in 1809. Engraving. Barcelona, museum of modern art. Author: BARRAN L. Location: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. Barcelona. SPAIN.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Burning of Schladming, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne leading his troops as they storm the British position of Stony Point during the Battle of Stony Point, July 16, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. Afte

Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814). Catalunya. Última batalla contra los franceses en el llano de Barcelona el 16 de abril de 1814. Grabado de 1861.

Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815. Wellington with his Staff doffing his hat (to Blucher). Watercolour sketch by Joh Atkinson published in The Sunday Times, 21 July 1888.

Upton's Brigade at the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House, USA Civil War

Prince of Orange at the Battle of Quatre-Bras, 16 June 1815 during the Coalition Wars in what is now Belgium, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period.

French infantry charging alongside Irish Guards and Grenadiers at Ypres during the First World War. Drawn from a description by Private P. Gilleece of the Irish Guards who lost his left arm and three fingers in the action. October - November 1914

The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War

Battle at Noisebille on 31 August 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Battle at Noisebille on 3 August 1870, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

The Battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805

'The Pipers at Longueval: how the Highlanders were led into battle on July 14, 1916', First World War, (c1920). Scots pipers of the 9th (Scottish) Division leading the charge to retake Longueval during the Somme offensive in northern France. After Richard Caton Woodville II. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

The first of two battles of Bull Run was the first major clash of the Civil War. Both were major victories for the Confederate forces.

Battle of Spottsylvania.. Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Campaigns & battles, Artillery (Weaponry), Fighting, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

''La Bataille des Flanders; Le 11 novembre, le 1er corps anglais, commande par Douglas Haig, reffoule le Garde prussienne devant Ypres', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Battle of Gettysburg in the US Civil War

The Battle of Gettysburg, July, 1863

Attack on the Malakoff redoubt on 7 September 1855 by Simpson, William (1832-1898) State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855, Sevastopol 1855 Great Britain Colour lithograph Graphic arts History

The Battle of Nashville, December 15-18, 1864, lithograph by Kurz & Allison, 1891

Texas Rangers attack a Native American encampment Date: 1858

GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA. ESPAÑA 1808-1814. REINADO DE FERNANDO VII. " CAPITULACION DE GERONA ". GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Battle of Austerlitz, vintage engraving. Battle of Austerlitz, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656593

Engraving depicting the Battle of Villaviciosa. The Battle of Villaviciosa (11 December 1710). between a Franco-Spanish army led by Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendome and Philip V of Spain and a Habsburg-allied army commanded by Austrian Guido Starhemberg. The battle took place during the War of the Spanish Succession,

The Battle of Montmirail 11 February 1814. French victory under Napoleon . Defeat of Russian and Prussian forces. Horace Vernet (1789-1863) French painter. Oil on canvas.

Reform of England's electoral system. Third Reform Act, 1884. Universal franchise was not established, although countryside and urban suffrage was equalised. Great popular meeting against the House of Lords, held at Hyde Park (London), on 19 July 1884, as the Lords voted against the new act. Deputy Mr. Bright, who had decided to retire from political life, announced to the crowd that he would remain in his seat of honour to fight, once again, the "good fight", the great battle for freedom. Drawing by Manuel Alcázar. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). August 15, 1884. Author: Manuel Alcázar Ruiz (1858-1914). Spanish artist. Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

Capture of Fort De Russy, Louisiana on March 14, 1864 by the Federal Forces under General Andrew Jackson Smith, USA Civil War

Charge of the Highlanders before Cawnpore under General Havelock Major General Henry Havelock 1795 to 1857 Britsh General From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

Crimean War 1853-1856: Maude's batttery of horse in action agaisnt Russians, 19 September 1854.

GRABADO-BATALLA DE ALMANSA 1707-GUERRA DE SUCESION ESPAÑOLA-VICTORIA DE FELIPE V. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Carga de Dragones en Gravelotte, detalle. Grabado. Original por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

The Battle of Mir on 9 July 1812, Masurovsky, Viktor Viketyevich (1859-after 1923)

'Havelock's column attacking the mutineers before Cawnpore', 1857, (c1860). Artist: Unknown

Italy ,19th century, Third War of Independence - Charge of Genoa Cavalry in Custoza, 24th June 1866. Painting by Giuseppe Gabani (1846-1899). Detail.

General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn (June 25 + 26, 1876)

Franco-Prussian War. Battle of Sedan (September 1, 1870). Oil on canvas.

Sheridan's final charge at Winchester - Philip Henry Sheridan leading troops in battle. USA Civil War

'The Battle of Ulundi - Final Rush of the Zulus. The British Square in the Distance', 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

EL GENERAL SAN MARTIN EN LA BATALLA DE CHACABUCO EL 12 DE FEBRERO DE 1817. GENERAL JOSE SAN MARTIN (1778-1850).

1800S 1890Sillustration Charge Of American Troops Up San Juan Hill July 1 1898 During Spanish American War

Fort Wagner in South Carolina was the scene of bitter fighting in 1863, as this violent and dramatic engagement shows. Date: 1863

Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher's fall at the battle of Ligny, 1815, historic illustration, 1877

Carolingian period. Europe. Hunting party. Hunting dogs. Engraving, Germania, 1882. Detail.

"The Custer Fight" by Charles Marion Russell. Lithograph. Shows the Battle of Little Bighorn, from the Indian side.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

Battle of Wissembourg, engraving. Franco-Prussian War, France, 19th century.

American Revolution. Siege of Yorktown. 400 American troops under the command of Alexander Hamilton storm the British Redoubt #10 on the night of Oct. 14, 1781. The attack was successful, as was a parallel French attack by troops led by Lafayette on British Redoubt #9 (BSLOC_2019_3_185)

BATALLA DE MOLINS DE REI EL 21 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1808 - GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE.

Spanish-American War. War conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898, the result of the North American intervention in the Cuban war of independence. Spanish soldiers rejecting the landing of US troops on the coast of Cienfuegos (Cuba). Illustration by M. Alcazar. Detail. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Russian Infantry, in hastily constructed trench, awaiting Austrian attack during World War I

1807, Friedland ca. 1861-75 Ernest Meissonier French This work, the largest and most ambitious painting by an artist renowned for meticulously rendered cabinet pictures, evokes one of Napoleon Bonapartes greatest victories. Meissonier made hundreds of preparatory studies for it, including drawings and sculptural models. He conceived the picture as part of a cycle of five key episodes in the life of the Emperor, only one other of which was completed: The Campaign of France—1814, an image of defeat (Musée d'Orsay, Paris). The present work gained notoriety in 1876, when the American department store magnate Alexander T. Stewart purchased it from the artist, sight unseen, for the then astronomical sum of $60,000.. 1807, Friedland 437052

Battle of Sadowa (Sadova, Koniggratz), Bohemia, 3 July 1866, the decisive battle in the Austro-Prussian War. Austria defeated by Prussia. Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, looking over the battlefield. From 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 18 August 1866).

events Second Schleswig War 1864 Battle of Als 29.6.1864 wood engraving drawing by August Beck (1823 - 1872),

Fight at Kelly's Ford Sleepers battery, 1863 November 7, drawing on brown paper pencil and Chinese white, 12.9 x 35.5 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Nationalist artillery position overrun by republican militia during the Spanish civil war. Illustration By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.

Battle of Gettysburg, American Civil War, 1-3 July 1863. Artist: Unknown

Arabian Fantasy. Traditional fantasy horse show under the walls of Hail, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Bloody Easter 1525, Great Peasants War or Great Peasants Uprising, German Peasants War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

George Washington takes command of the Continental Army, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1775

The Battle of Affroun, April 27, 1840, Algeria, steel engraving on china paper, 18x15 cm, from Galerie Historique de Versailles, Histoire de France, Charles Gavard Publisher, Paris, circa 1840.

Reproduction of a painting: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942), The desperate fight continues. Fragment of the `Battle of the Pyramids`; excerpt from a magazine. Karoli, Aleksander (1838-1916), photographer, Biesiada Literacka (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1876-1917), publisher

Reform of England's electoral system. Third Reform Act, 1884. Universal franchise was not established, although countryside and urban suffrage was equalised. Great popular meeting against the House of Lords, held at Hyde Park (London), on 19 July 1884, as the Lords voted against the new act. Deputy Mr. Bright, who had decided to retire from political life, announced to the crowd that he would remain in his seat of honour to fight, once again, the ""good fight"", the great battle for freedom. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). August 15, 1884.

BATTLE OF FONTENOY British infantry (34th Life Guards) in action at Fontenoy, Belgium.

History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). The Carlist general Ramón Cabrera (1806-1877) and his army entering France. Illustration by J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. "Historia de la Guerra Civil y de los Partidos Liberal y Carlista" (History of the Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist parties). Volume III. 1891. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.

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