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15688 Collection

Background image15688 Collection: Dundees Royal Arch

Dundees Royal Arch
The late victorian Royal Arch in Dundee, Scotland, circa 1895. The arch was built in 1848 to celebrate a visit by Queen Victoria four years previously, and demolished in 1964

Background image15688 Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
The Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan, 2nd September 1898. British forces fire on the Mahdist warriors advancing toward them, from the protection of a zeriba

Background image15688 Collection: Dundee

Dundee in Scotland, as seen from the Law (an extinct volcano rising above the city), circa 1920. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image15688 Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
British soldiers prepare to fire on a Sudanese warrior who bears the Black Flag of the Mahdists during the Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan, 2nd September 1898

Background image15688 Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
General MacDonalds brigade of Sudanese soldiers repels an attack from the Mahdists, under the Khalifas son, during the Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan, 2nd September 1898. From a drawing by H. M

Background image15688 Collection: Pressmen On Camels

Pressmen On Camels
A group of five war correspondents and their guides travelling across the desert from Berber by camel while covering the British Sudan campaign of 1898. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image15688 Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
Mahdist forces assemble under the Khalifa Abdullah al-Tshi before the Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan, 2nd September 1898

Background image15688 Collection: Inside Khartoum

Inside Khartoum At Last, 1st October 1898. The British forces, under Lord Kitchener, take possession of the city of Khartoum

Background image15688 Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
The 21st Lancers, a British light cavalry regiment, clear the way to Omdurman in the Sudan, through strong resistance from the Khalifas forces, 2nd September 1898

Background image15688 Collection: After The Battle

After The Battle
1898: British troops march past the Mahdis tomb at Omdurman in the Sudan, after their victory in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898

Background image15688 Collection: Mahdis Tomb

Mahdis Tomb
1898: The Mahdis tomb at Omdurman in the Sudan, after being damaged by British gunboats in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898. The tomb was later restored and redecorated

Background image15688 Collection: Leaving Wad Hamed

Leaving Wad Hamed
Soldiers of the British 1st Brigade leave camp at Wad Hamed, on the bank of the Nile in the Sudan, to begin their march on Omdurman, August 1898

Background image15688 Collection: Charge Of The 21st Lancers

Charge Of The 21st Lancers
British light cavalry regiment, the 21st Lancers, clears the way to Omdurman in the Sudan, meeting strong resistance from the forces of Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, 2nd September 1898

Background image15688 Collection: Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort, on the north bank of the Thames at Tilbury, Essex, circa 1760. Built from 1672, the fort was equipped with artillery to prevent warships getting up the river to London

Background image15688 Collection: Chinese Army

Chinese Army
Speeding the Parting Stranger by C. E. Fripp, 1895. Published in the Graphic, 7th September 1895. The artists final impression of the Chinese Army upon leaving Peking (Beijing)

Background image15688 Collection: Malakand Pass

Malakand Pass
After the Chitral campaign, British and Indian military engineers build a road over the Malakand Pass connecting Peshawar with the Swat Valley in the North-West Province of India. Drawn by J


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