Historical Battle Illustrations

Engravings depicting famous battles and military events from various wars, featuring cavalry, soldiers, and battle scenes, capturing intense moments in history.

Battle of Hohenlinden, Bavaria, 3rd December 1800 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

Crimean War 1853-1856, the burial of Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, England, Sewastopol, Crimea, woodcut, Russia, Europe

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Battle of Sedan 1.9.1870 charge of the French cavalry reserve contemporary wood engraving,

Battle of Alcolea, the troops of Marshal Serrano remove the bridge defended by the royal troops under the command of the Marquis of Novaliches, Defeat of royalist troops, 1868, Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Battle of Hohenlinden, Bavaria, 3rd December 1800 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8 1815

Battle of Borodino, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Surrender of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall at Trenton, NJ December 25, 1776

Fight Rocquencourt, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

ABD-EL-KADER AND HIS MOORISH ALLIES

events War of the Seventh Coalition 1815 Battle of Waterloo 18.6.1815 French Emperor Napoleon I leaving the battlefield wood engraving 19th century,

events War of the Second Coalition 1799 - 1802 Battle of Cassano d'Adda 27.4.1799 infantry in close combat wood engraving 19th century,

Oudinot, the French commander, with his staff, preparing for a fresh attack on Garibaldi's republicans who currently hold Rome. Date: June 1849

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 behind the lines Prussian lancers with a spy disguised as priest contemporary wood engraving,

Cossacks, 1886. Artist: Unknown

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Engagement between Prussian army Uhlans and French Chasseurs d'Afrique. August 1870. Engraving. ""Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia"" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Stag-hunting in the Reign of George II. - from a painting by Frederick Tayler, 1854. 'The stout, plump, coarse-bred horses; the huge hunting-horns; the yeoman pricker, with the slow lyme hounds in couples, with which he has marked down the stag for the swifter pack to "force" down - all speak of the age of slow, stately, scientific hunting, which was carried on in this country under the forms, and with the terms of our Norman conquerors, until the progress of agriculture thinned our forests and exterminated the great herds of deer, which, down to the middle of the eighteenth century,

Arrival of the Prussian Gards in the positions in front of Paris on 20 September, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Engraving showing the Texans of Longstreet's Corps retaking the outer line of entrenchments, on the south side of the James River, from the Unionist army. Date: 1864

Pin the Battle of Ligny, Blucher overthrown by the charge of cuirassiers, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II

Sonderbund War Battle of Gislikon 23.11.1847 defeat of the Sonderbund against federal troops contemporary engraving by H. F. Leuthold Zuerich,

Royalty on Tour The Royal visit to India Grand review at Delhi The Gallop Past India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

This shows the soldiers from the 42nd Highlanders engaged in the front of the battle against the Ashantis during the 2nd Ashanti War towards the end of 1873. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. This sketch comes from a supplement entitled From Cape Coast to Coomassie, a narrative of The A

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Battle of Worth, 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. Capture of a French mitrailleuse by a company of the 2nd Hessian Infantry Regiment, Nr. 82, XI Prussian Army Corps. Illustration based on a sketch of a wounded officer. 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.

Landing of the French army in Sidi Fredj, vintage engraving. Landing of the French army in Sidi Fredj, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656574

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: diversions of the camp - the Highland Games, 1865. View of '...the Highland games of the London Scottish corps...which afforded so much diversion to many of the volunteers and of the ladies and gentlemen who visited their camp'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND

events Great Turkish War 1683 - 1699 Battle of Senta 11.9.1697 soldiers from Brandenburg engraving 19th century,

Alexander the Great quelling a mutiny amongst his soldiers, who have rebelled following his announcement that the army is now to be disbanded. He lays hands on one of the ringleaders, calling them by name and for them to be arrested, before making a rousing speech to quell the mob. Date: 324BC

On the road in the Franche Comte, French prisoner transport, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign

1863 ENGRAVING OF GENERAL PICKETTS DIVISIONS CHARGE ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA USA

General Goffe repulsing the Indians at Hadley Massachusetts USA 1675 General William Goffe c.1605-c.1679 English soldier parliamentarian and regicide From a 19th century print engraved by J Stephenson after E H Corbould

De Soto's Discovery Of The Mississippi Artist Unknown Engraving

DOS DE MAYO - 1808 - MUEREN DAOIZ Y VELARDE DEFENDIENDO EL PARQUE DE ARTILLERIA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-ABANICOS. SPAIN. DAOIZ LUIS. VELARDE PEDRO.

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Battle of Mars-la-Tour 16.8.1870 clash between Prussian and French cuirassiers wood engraving after painting by Professor Braun Leipzig 19. Jahrhundert,

Generic Image; Infantrymen waiting for the signal to advance; Crimean War 1855. Siege of Sevastopol. Black and White Illustration

events War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797 Battle of Lodi 10.5.1796 French infantry forcing the passage over river Adda wood engraving 19th century,

Der Tod des Prinz Louis Ferdinand bei Saalfeld am 10. Oktober 1806, Friedrich Ludwig Christian von Preußen, von Preußen, 18. November 1772, preußische...

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, peasants' camp near Laupheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe

Thorvald Erikson wounded by the Red Men, Native Americans

Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi (Coomassie), capital of the Ashanti during its brief capture by the British and native troops. The second Ashanti War fought between,1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Date: 4 April 1874

Withdrawal of the French cavalry after the Battle of Orleans, France, German-French campaign of 1870/1871, woodcut, France, Europe

Der Tod des Prinz Louis Ferdinand bei Saalfeld am 10. Oktober 1806, Thüringen, Deutschland, Friedrich Ludwig Christian von Preußen, Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preußen, 18. November 1772 - 10. Oktober 1806 , ein preußischer Prinz aus dem Hause Hohenzollern, Feldherr, Komponist und Pianist / The death of Prince Louis Ferdinand at Saalfeld on October 10, 1806, Thuringia, Germany, Frederick Ludwig Christian of Prussia, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, November 18, 1772 - October 10, 1806 , a Prussian prince from the House of Hohenzollern, general, composer and pianist, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt,.

España. Catalunya. Entrada del rey Fernando VII en Catalunya tras su liberación una vez acabada la Guerra de la Independencia y ser reconocido como rey de España, marzo de 1814. Grabado de 1910.

After a provisional government has been announced by the insurgents, the national flag is introduced and carried into battle.

Feldpredikt im 15. Jahrhundert, Prediger steht auf einer Holzkanzel und spricht zu den Soldaten, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorla...

The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775

'The Battle at Gujerat', 19th century. Artist: Unknown

The Subjugation of the Zuppans in Dalmatia, Historical, Reproduction of an original with a scene from the 19th century.

Vintage Photograph. Surrender of new Amsterdam by Dutch to English from lithograph

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, shelling of Neckarsulm, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, Europe

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Mounted rebel Sepoys charging through the streets of Delhi - May 1857. Engraving published c1895.

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 19th century, Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845, 7th President of the United States at the Battle of Pensacola in the War of 1812

Feldpredikt im 15. Jahrhundert, Prediger steht auf einer Holzkanzel und spricht zu den Soldaten / Field sermon in the 15th century, preacher stands on a wooden pulpit and speaks to the soldiers, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt,.

Gaius Iulius Caesar and his soldiers reached Britain, 55 BC the History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Engraving showing British infantry, firing in ranks, at the Battle of Gubat, Sudan, 19th January 1885. Date: 7 March 1885

Mahdist War (1881-1899). Insurrection of Sudan. It faced the followers of Sudanese religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, against Egyptian Khedivate troops, who were later joined by British forces. The Mudir of Dongola attending a review of the British troops, commanded by Herbert Stewart (1843-1885), after arriving from Wadi Halfa at the Mudir's court in August 1884. Stewart held the rank of brigadier-general, commanding a cavalry brigade that had been ordered to Khartoum to relief Major-General Charles George Gordon. Engraving by Vela. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Eugenio Vela (d. 1895). Spanish engraver.

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Battles of Saratoga (1777). Second Saratoga: Battle of Bemis Heights (October 7). Engraving.

Prussian barricade on the Rueil road: French peasants waiting to pass to their villages, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. 'The villages of Rueil and Bougival, west of Mont Valérien, were occupied by a body of German troops, who had erected several barricades...across the roads from Paris...their materials being a strange mixture of stones, earth, and common timber, with the wreck of houses, household furniture, from the ruined habitations of the people lately dwelling near there. When an opening was made for the passage of the Prussian artillery to the forts, a crowd of poor people, who had fle

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian Cossacks at drill.

Attack in Mongolia, were five hundred and we were five, vintage engraving. Attack in Mongolia, were five hundred and we were five, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656328

Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman After drawing by R. Caton Woodville in Illustrated London News 24 September 1898 From: A Roving Commission by Winston S. Churchill published by Scribners 1930, Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman After drawing by R. Caton Woodville in Illustrated London News September 24 1898 From A Roving Commission by Winston S. Churchill published by Scribners 1930, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

State of Culture in the 16th century, Battle of the Landsknechte, after a painting by H. Holbein, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

'The Battle of Borodino', 1812, (1829), (1850). Creator: James Baylis Allen.

Island of Cuba. The Ten Years' War (1868-1878). It was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. On October 10, 1868, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and his followers proclaimed independence, starting the conflict. A squad of Cuban volunteers cautiously advancing in an exploration service. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, December 30, 1876.

Verney Lovett Cameron arriving at the village of Oulonnda, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Max Mahon's conquered tent camp near Reichshofen used as a field hospital, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870-1871 illustrated war history, German-French campaign, Weber

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Hans Schnabel is captured in Meiningen. The carpenter Hans Schnabel from Muennerstadt led the Bildhaeuser Haufen, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe

Scene showing the eviction of an Irish peasant farmer and his family during the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840's. As landlords sought to rid their estates of pauperized farmers and labourers, as many as 500,000 people were evicted in the years from 1846 to 1854. Date: 1848

Defeat of the Turks by Prince Eugene at The Battle of Zenta, aka Battle of Senta, September 1697. Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, 1663 - 1736, aka Prince Eugene Field marshal in the army of

Advance of the Wisconsin men, showing Federalists(Unionists), on the secessionist position. Part of the first battle of Bull Run. Date: 1861

España. Catalunya. Tercera guerra carlista. El somatén catalán patrullando en las montañas cercanas a Berga. Grabado de 1875.

The Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813 was a battle of the Napoleonic Wars, with Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The royalists under Novaliches are defeated by the republicans under Serrano, a decisive battle after which Isabela flees to Paris and is formally deposed.

Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny, also known as the Sepoy Mutininy or the Great War of Independence: Siege of Delhi; Colonel Campbell's troops storming the Cashmere Gate after engineers had blown it up. From 'Illustrated London News' 1857. Wood engraving.

events hussite wars 1419 - 1436 battle at Hiltensried 21.9.1433 engraving after painting by Anton Bauer 19t century,

Departure of the Caravan, drawing by Ferdinandus based on a sketch by Serpa Pinto, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right) and Prussian (left) troops. Wood engraving c1880.

The Troops of Carthage with the Elephants, Order of Battle, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

The Eastern Question. Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876-1878). Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876. Ottoman troops marching towards the border of Serbia. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, July 8, 1876.

Afghanistan. A skirmish in the past of Khyber, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

1860s MAY 1864 LT. GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT AT BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS ATTACK AT SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE VIRGINIA

Charles XII of Sweden in Battle, Anonymous

''The Victory off Cape St. Vincent, February 14, 1797, Nelson Carrying the "San Josef", after R. Westall,R.A. ', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Albert Achilles in Battle with the Suabians, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

The Battle of Munfordville, September 14, 1862

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner. Baker's steamboat being hauled through cuttings in river grass during his expedition up the White Nile. Wood engraving from 'The Illustrated London News' 1874.

Death of Davy Crockett after siege at the Alamo Texas 1936. November 3, 1955.

A naval battle in India, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Britain resumes the land offensive: The Victory of Waterloo 1815. The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition under the command of the Duke of Wellington.

At Cape Helles, Lancashire Fusiliers land and charge the Turks despite heavy fire; many are killed, but Captain Willis wins the VC

March of the Imperial Guard Grenadiers on Moscow, 10 September 1812, Napoleon's Troops in Russia, Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Disarming the 11th Irregular Cavalry at Berhampore1857 From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858

War of the Spanish Succession. Catalonia campaign. Siege of Barcelona, 1714. The Bourbon troops fought against the city's resistance, reaching hand-to-hand combat in the early morning of 11 September in the streets near the walls of the Ribera neighbourhood. The bastion of Saint Peter was reconquered up to eleven times by the resistance. Rafael de Casanova (ca. 1660-1743), Conseller en Cap (Councillor in Chief) of Barcelona, flew the flag of Saint Eulalia, patron saint of the city, to lead a desperate counterattack. In this action he was wounded by a gunshot wound in the thigh, handing over the flag to Juan de Lanuza (ca. 1626-1723), Count of Plasencia, protector of the military Brac. Rafael de Casanova wounded in the breach of the bastion of Saint Peter. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on July 1, 1097, between the crusaders and the Seljuk Turks, near the city of Dorylaeum in Anatolia, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Napoleonic Wars (1803Ð1815). Retreat of the Napoleonic armies of the Russian front in the winter of 1813. Engraving.

'Fletcher's Defence of the Redoubt at Tanjore', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

ULTIMOS COMBATES EN ESTELLA ENTRE LIBERALES Y CARLISTAS - GRABADO SIGLO XIX.

The Storming of the Düppel Redoubts, Düppeler Schanzen, Danish Dybbøl skanser, were a Danish fortification near Düppel in southern Jutland. This is wh...

Batalla de los castillejos, general Prim, grabado. Museo municipal de Reus, Tarragona, España.Siglo XIX.

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