Attack Collection

Cornfield at the Battle of Antietam, Civil War
Union troops charging through the cornfield at Antietam, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bayeaux Tapestry portraying the Norman Conquest
Norman invasion of England in 1066 A.D. Color lithograph reproduction of part of the Bayeux tapestry

The Canadians at Ypres - William Barnes Wollen
The Canadians at Ypres 1915 - This depicts the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry at Bellewaerde Ridge on 8th May 1915

Queen Boudica of the Iceni Tribe. Commanded a combined army of British tribes which rose up and sacked Camulodunum (Colchester)

BATTLE OF AGINCOURT, 1415. Battle between the French and English at Agincourt, France, 1415, with archers in the front and cavalry massed behind them

British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Date: 1914

Zulu War Rorkes Drift
RORKEs DRIFT Defending the hospital against the Zulu attack

Suffragette Suffragists on the WarPath. Four gleeful suffragettes attack policeman lying prostrate on the ground. Captioned, Jump on him. He is only a mere man. Date: circa 1907

Britains Sea Power Is Yours
World War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - depicting a British submarine crew at action stations during an attack

Buffalo soldiers charging to the rescue
Captain Dodges black troopers to the rescue in the west. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1
Australian troops hold the line at Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens during a German attack during the Battle of Amiens in April 1918

Battle of Waterloo
THE HUNDRED DAYS Battle of WATERLOO The action at 11 am - the French attack Houguemont, Napoleon tempting Wellington to expose his centre

ZULU WAR 1880
Privates Flawn and Fitzpatrick each win a Victoria Cross during an attack on Sekukunis town

Kraken attacking ship during a storm
A mythical Kraken attacking a sailing vessel during a storm

WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941

Giant octopus
Plate 26 from Histoire naturelle des Mollusques by Count Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon, 1805

B-25 Mitchell Bomber taking off from Hornet; Second World
Photograph showing an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber taking off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on 18th April 1942

WW2 poster -- gas attack, with instructions on how to put on your gas mask, what to do if the gas rattles sound, and what to do if you get gassed. Date: 1940s

Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2
A panoramic daytime scene of devastation following a flying bomb attack in London during the latter stages of the Second World War. Rescue workers look for buried casualties

GODZILLA. A scene from one of the Godzilla movies

BATTLE OF CRECY, 1346. The Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346. Detail from Chroniques de Froissart, 14th century manuscript

Native American attack on a western stagecoach
Western stagecoach fighting off Native Americans on the plains. Printed color halftone reproduction of a Frederic Remington illustration

Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar

Winston Churchill inspecting the damage to the House of Commons after an attack during the Blitz

Zulu War Rorkes Drift
RORKEs DRIFT Lieutenant-Colonel Russell and his men arrive at the garrison to find that Bromhead, Chard and their men have held out against a massive Zulu attack the previous day

The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918 (1919). HMS Vindictive was a British Arrogant-class cruiser built at Chatham Dockyard. She was launched on 9 December 1897 and completed in 1899

Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963
CIVIL RIGHTS, 1963. Police dog attacking a young black man during the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, spring 1963

Viking raid under Olaf I
Viking raid along the English Channel led by Olaf Tryggvason, 900s AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British army burning the White House in 1814 during the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Apache Helicopter Firing Rockets
An Apache Attack helicopter of the Army Air Corps in Afghanistan fires rockets at insurgents during a patrol in 2008. Designed to hunt and destroy tanks

Paolo Uccello. The Battle of San Romano. 1456
Paolo Uccello (1397-1475). The Battle of San Romano. Counterattack of Michelotto da Cotignola. 1456. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

WWI Poster, Remember Scarborough
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Remember Scarborough! Great Britains resolve to crush the German Barbarians. Enlist Now! Date: 1915

The attack carrier USS Coral Sea enters Pearl Harbour
September 1960

ZULU WAR, 1879. The defense of Rorkes Drift, South Africa, by British soldiers during the Zulu War. Line engraving, 1879

Ancient Greeks holding the pass of Thermopylae, 480 BC
Greeks under Leonidas holding off the Persian invasion at Thermopylae, 480 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

German trench attack WWI
German soldiers attacking out of a trench during World War I

An Anxious Moment
Artist: Leavers, Lucy Ann - Title: An Anxious Moment - Date: 1895 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 81.3 x 118.1

The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V. C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939)
The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V.C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939). The Storming of the Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and the Gurkhas, 1897

Army Lynx Helicopter
Advanced high speed multi-purpose twin engined Lynx helicopter. Used by the Army and RMs. Crew consists of 1 x pilot and an observer. Speed 180 knots. 2 x Rolls-Royce Gem engines

The Men of Arnhem by Bryan de Grineau
The Men of Arnhem: " A Superb Feat of Arms Performed by our First Airborne Division." - The Prime Minister. The First Airborne Division beating off a heavy attack by German S.S

Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section

WWII: POSTER, c1943. Attack with me says Potato Pete. Lithograph, c1943

Remagen Bridgehead: the 27th Armored Infantry Batallion of the U. S. Army 9th Division crossing the Rhine River over
WWII: RHINE RIVER, 1945. Remagen Bridgehead: the 27th Armored Infantry Batallion of the U.S. Army 9th Division crossing the Rhine River over the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, 7 March 1945

Barbary Pirates threatening US commander Stephen Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decaturs life saved in a shipboard battle off Algeria. Color lithograph

Wolf Canis lupus snarling Minnesota N America winter

The Battle of the Roer Triangle; Second World War, 1945
Sketch showing the Allied Second Army crossing the Vloed Beek in Holland during a night attack on the 17th January 1945. On the left of the image one can see sappers constructing an improvised

Zulu War Rorkes Drift
RORKEs DRIFT Chard and Bromhead with their men, the morning after the Zulu attack had been withstood

Saving the Queens Colour at the Battle of Isandlwana (colour litho)
3697386 Saving the Queens Colour at the Battle of Isandlwana (colour litho) by Neuville, Alphonse Marie de (1835-85); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two Wellington bombers by G. H. Davis
Two Wellington bombers: two outstanding aircraft ready to strike. Equally famous in attack and defence: a Wellington MK 1A and (above) a Wellington Mk II. Date: 1940

The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, Sussex
These images show the Skeleton Army, opponents of the Salvation Army organised by those interested in Sunday drinking, rioting against one of the Salvation Armys religious Sunday processions

The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c. 1842 (oil on canvas)
XIR200589 The Battle of Montgisard, 25th November 1177, c.1842 (oil on canvas) by Lariviere, Charles-Philippe (1798-1876); 314x563 cm; ChAteau de Versailles

T lymphocytes and cancer cell, SEM C001 / 1679
T lymphocytes and cancer cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of T lymphocyte cells (green) attached to a cancer cell

NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

San Bushmen rock painting, Lesotho, Southern Africa
A stunning rock painting near Hermon (now in Lesotho) drawn by San Bushmen, depicting the hunting of oxen and conflict between two rival tribes

Use of an arquebusse, 16th century
Spanish arquebusier, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Cavalry charge during Napoleons final battle at Waterloo, 1815. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Confederate charge up Little Round Top, held by the 20th Maine Regiment, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

Battle of Munfordville, Kentucky, Civil War
Confederates charging Union fortifications at Munfordville, Kentucky, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

Empire Air Day Poster
A poster for the Empire Air Day on Saturday 20th May 1939 at Warmwell near Dorchester. The Hawker Hurricane planes played a key role in attack and defence during WW2

Apache Helicopter Takes off from HMS Ocean During Operation Ellamy
An Army Air Corps Apache helicopter takes off from HMS Ocean during Operation Ellamy, the UKs contribution to UNSCR1973 in the Mediterranean Sea

BATTLE OF FRANKLIN, 1864. The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, 30 November 1864. Lithograph, 1891, by Kurz & Allison

Gas mask. This device is to allow the user to breathe during a chemical gas attack, or in a smoke-filled building. The tube at lower left is for drinking liquids such as water

KING KONG, 1976. King Kong straddling the World Trade Center. Advertisement, 1975, for Dino de Laurentiis remake, released the following year, of the original King Kong film of 1933

VIETNAM WAR: ARTILLERY. An American artilleryman discards a spent shell casing, ejected from a 105mm Howitzer in the central highlands of South Vietnam, March 1967

DANCE OF DEATH, 1538. Death and the Soldier. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger, from The Dance of Death, published in 1538

Arabs fighting tigers in the desert
Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Grizzly bear attacking a Pawnee hunter
Pawnee Indian and his horse attacked by grizzly bears, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British army marching in formation up Breeds Hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill, American Revolution, 1775 Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

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General George Washington crossing the Delaware. Printed color halftone of a painting by Leutze

Russian Propaganda Poster
A Russian Propaganda Poster from the early Bolshevik era, depicting a red army cavalry soldier charging into battle on a fine white steed, sword raised in agressive pose

Captain Charles Upham
Portrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions

The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwells Menagerie, 1850
Engraving showing Ellen Bright (1832-1850), a Lion Queen animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwells Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850

Arsenal vs. Mansfield Town, F. A. Cup Fourth Round, 1929
Photograph showing the Mansfield Town goalkeeper jumping highest to punch clear the ball and deny an Arsenal attack during the F.A. Cup fourth round tie at Highbury, 26th January 1929

The Zulu Wars. Zulu method of advancing to the attack
Large war party of Zulus with shields and spears held in front of them, including one with a rifle, running into battle

U-Boats - Cutaway
The internal accommodation of a U-boat as it prepares to attack a convoy of Allied merchantmen : though labelled U-65, the Germans did not at this time possess 65 U-boats

Siege of Malta 1565
Jean de la Valette defends the island against the Turks

What will they say of this in England? Wellington to the troops at Waterloo (chromolitho)
5234164 What will they say of this in England? Wellington to the troops at Waterloo (chromolitho) by Hillingford, Robert Alexander (1825-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Up, Guards, and at them! Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo (chromolitho)
5234168 Up, Guards, and at them! Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo (chromolitho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Up, Guards, and at them)

General Sheridan at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, 1st April, 1865 (colour litho)
STC354308 General Sheridan at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, 1st April, 1865 (colour litho) by Ogden, Henry Alexander (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Union General Philip H)

British Nurses Retreat with the Serbian Army
The Serbs Retreat Before The Austrian Attack: British nurses retreat with the Serbian army Date: 1915

WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s

Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley
Various scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans

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"Unleashing the Warrior Spirit: A Historical Journey through Epic Attacks" Queen Boudica of the Iceni Tribe: Fearless and Fierce, she led a relentless attack against Roman oppressors. Bayeaux Tapestry portraying the Norman Conquest: Witness the pivotal moment when William the Conqueror launched his audacious attack on England. The Canadians at Ypres - William Barnes Wollen: Steadfast and resolute, Canadian soldiers bravely faced enemy lines during a fierce attack in World War I. Suffragette Suffragists on the WarPath: These courageous women fought relentlessly for their rights, launching an empowering attack on societal norms. Battle of Agincourt, 1415: Archers standing tall as English forces launch a devastatingly effective attack against French adversaries in this medieval clash. Zulu War Rorkes Drift: Against all odds, British soldiers valiantly defended their position during an intense Zulu attack in South Africa's historic battle. WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask: Amidst air raids and uncertainty, women played vital roles protecting themselves from potential gas attacks during World War II. German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1: Witness a dramatic naval encounter as Australian forces launch a daring assault against a formidable German warship. British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815: Experience history unfolding as British troops march forward with unwavering determination to secure victory over Napoleon's forces. The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, 1918 (1919). Artist Charles John De Lacy captures bravery personified as Allied forces execute a daring raid to cripple German submarine bases during World War I. Paolo Uccello's "The Battle of San Romano, "1456.