Enemy Collection (page 44)

British First Airborne troops using a 75mm gun, Arnhem; Seco
Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing a 75mm gun at an enemy position near Arnhem, September 1944

Military Multi-Cycle On trial at Aldershot, 1887
Illustration showing the British Army trials of a Multi-cycle, a pedal machine for twelve soldiers and their equipment, at Aldershot, 1887

Aviators chasing the enemy
A French parasol monoplane flying at nearly 10, 000 feet, photographed by another French machine. The photograph was taken during an engagement with German aircraft near Nancy

Enemy guns at the Lord Mayors Show
Enemy guns captured at Loos paraded through the streets of London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

Herakles & Periclymene
To outwit his enemy Herakles, Periclymene keeps changing shape, but when he turns himself into an eagle, Herakles is able to shoot him down

German soldiers relaxing in Orleans; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Illustration showing an atmospheric candlelit scene of German soldiers relaxing with enemy french women and children, during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1

Saying what they think of treason at home
Irish soldiers are depicted fighting on the Western front during the First World War, leaving their trenches and charging the enemy

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

A Look Out Up the Mast
Engraving showing a Royal Navy seaman up the mast of a Cruiser, keeping a lookout for the enemy with a telescope, 1890. In the background some signals have been run up another mast

Thiers home Sacked
The home of Thiers, a bitter enemy of the Commune, in the place Saint-Georges, is sacked by the Communards

SEA BATTLE 1550 - 3
Fire-ships are despatched against the enemy vessels - but first the attacker must get to windward of his victim

Televising a unit of Londons Land Defence Force against ene
In December 1936 the B.B.C carried out its first transmission from outside at night. A mock air-raid was staged so that Londoners could see how the Territorial Army had prepared itself for the onset

Lost Seamen Letter
A letter from the Ministry of War Transport to a mother whose son has been lost at sea following the sinking of his ship by the enemy

Seamen Missing at Sea
A letter informing a mother that there is still no news about her son, since his ship Inverness was sunk one month ago by the enemy. He is presumed drowned

Missing Seamen 1941
Letter to a mother whose son was drowned when his ship was sunk by the enemy. It gives information about his pension arrangements

Death Certificate 1941
Death certificate issued when Alan Sandersons ship Inverness is sunk by the enemy in the North Atlantic in World War Two. He is missing, supposed drowned

Battle of Wartenburg - Blucher, with a greatly superior force, defeats the French under Bertrand : here, the Leibregiment is at close quarters with the enemy

Scylla into Lark
Scylla, daughter of Nisus but in love with his enemy Minos, betrays him, but Minos is appalled at her behaviour and rejects her, whereupon she is transformed into a lark

Battle Villa Viciosa
BATTLE OF VILLA VICIOSA During the battle, Felipe V, king of Spain, feels a need to sleep : the duc de Vendome offers him a bed made of flags captured from the enemy

Arnold Winkelried
ARNOLD WINKELRIED Swiss hero who, at the battle of Sempach, drew the enemy weaponry to himself, thus sparing his companions

British / Indian Army Ww1
" India will help" -- A British and an Indian officer join forces to fight the enemy

Defending a Fort
As the enemy approaches, the defenders prepare to repel them with guns and bows : by pulling on ropes, half-cut trees can be felled to fall on the attackers

1878 / AFGHAN WAR
The 8th Kings Regiment make their way up the Peiwar Kotul, attacking enemy positions

Wwi / Germans under Fire
German artillery struggle through the mud, while under enemy fire

Robin Hood Keeping Watch
Robin Hood keeping a lookout for his enemy, Guy of Gisbourne, from a safe distance

French Defensive Mines
Engineers of the French army laying defensive mines to hamper an enemy attack

French Cavalry Advance
French cavalry advance against the enemy, preceded by the avant-garde of eclaireurs, and flanc-gardes looking out for obstacles and signs of the enemy

L ATTAQUE
Led by their commander, wielding his sabre, French infantry move forward to attack the enemy, with bayonets fixed to their guns

Battle Line Advances
A French ligne de combat (battle line) advances on the enemy, using whatever cover is available

French Ligne De Combat
When French infantry engage the enemy, they take up a ligne de combat (battle line)

Awaiting Attack
French infantry take up positions on the edge of a wood to await an enemy attack

Defensive Position
French infantry take up a defensive position behind earthworks, where they await the enemy attack with fortitude and resolution

Soldiers Boxing
The exercise de la boxe is not only good for French soldiers health but encourages them not to fear the enemy. Date: circa 1900

French Cavalry in Wood
French cavalry make use of cover as they advance on the enemy. Trees may hamper progress but they provide protection and conceal movement

French Laying Mines
French sappers laying mines, tunneling towards the enemy lines where they will plant mines which when detonated should destroy the enemys defences

Allies Resolve to Fight
The Allies kneel together to face the enemy as one

WW1 / 1915 / EAST AFRICA
In East Africa, the British learn that the Germans are tougher enemy than they expected

French Artillery - 10
While enemy cavalry attack, a gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale uses his ramrod to ensure the charge is home in the barrel of his muzzle-loading gun

Wwi / Pte Boyd / 1914 / Deeds
Private J.Boyd of the Irish Guards single-handedly captures an enemy machine-gun. He is subsequently awarded the D.C.M

Soviet Radio Operator
Soviet shortwave radio operator communicating with forces behind the enemy lines

German Look out Post
A German look-out post, up a tree, spotting enemy artillery

Titus Manlius Torquatus
TITUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS Roman soldier and statesman, depicted vanquishing an enemy in single combat

Bulldog and Bloodhound
AN ENGLISH BULL-DOG and a CORSICAN BLOODHOUND John Bull savages his enemy

Natural Obstacles
Eritreans fighting alongside Italians have to contend with natural obstacles as well as the enemy

Charging the Enemy
A Life Guardsman charging the enemy - his foes lie vanquished at his feet

Seven Days Battle / Elson
The Seven Days Battles - Federal troops flanking the enemy

Ww1 / Wurttemberg Trench
Wurttemberg troops observing. An officer uses a pair of binoculars in order to observe enemy movements

Thrilling Action in Air
High drama above the clouds as a gunner fires in pursuit of an enemy plane

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