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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

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Part of the Magna Carta preamble

Portion of the Preamble to the Magna Carta.
Watercolor wash on a 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an original copy in the British Museum

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British army takes the field in a reenactment of the surrender at Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia.
Digital photograph of a National Park Service event on the actual field of surrender at Yorktown Battlefield on the 225th anniversary of the surrender

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