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Background image5 4 H War Collection: Paris Commune

Paris Commune
Cobblestones ripped from the streets and used for barricades on the Quai Pelletier and the Pont d Arcole during the siege of the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Boers In Trenches

Boers In Trenches
Boer soldiers manning their trenches outside Mafeking during the Boer War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Fredericksburg Attack

Fredericksburg Attack
13th December 1862: The attack on Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The confederates, under Robert E Lee, defeated the Union troops after three days of battle

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Matabele War

Matabele War
9th December 1893: Attack on the laager of wagons during the Matabele war in South Africa. Original Publication: Illustrated London News Attack on The Laager Of Wagons painted by R Caton Woodville

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Ruined interior of the Palais des Tuileries in Paris

Ruined interior of the Palais des Tuileries in Paris
The ruined interior of the Palais des Tuileries in Paris. It was destroyed in 1871 by supporters of the Commune of Paris, the French revolutionary government during the Franco-Prussian War

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Eat Less Bread

Eat Less Bread
circa 1916: A World War I poster urging civilians to Eat Less Bread. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Royal Salute Abroad

Royal Salute Abroad
1901: A royal salute on the Kings birthday by British troops involved in opening up Nigeria by fighting against the Aros. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - The Opening Up Of Nigeria

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Mafeking Relief

Mafeking Relief
1900: Crowds outside the home of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941) created 1st Baron Baden-Powell, celebrating the relief of Mafeking

Background image5 4 H War Collection: British Soldiers

British Soldiers
1900: Lord Roberts Infantry crosses the Zand River as a balloon watches for the Boers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Matabele War

Matabele War
circa 1895: The disbanding of the Buluwayo field force during the Matabele war. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Fredericksburg Bridge

Fredericksburg Bridge
1865: High bridge crossing the Appomattox river near Farmville, Virginia, damaged during the American Civil War. Original Publication

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Lookout Battle

Lookout Battle
circa 1867: The Yankees advancing on the Confederates at the Battle of Lookout Mountain during the American Civil War. Original Publication: From the painting by Thomas Nast

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Civil War Trench

Civil War Trench
May 1862: Battery Number One of the Federal Army of Potomac in their trenches near Yorktown, Virginia. Original Publication

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Setting Up Camp

Setting Up Camp
circa 1916: Australian soldiers making camp in Belgium. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Post War Salvage

Post War Salvage
November 1928: A ship, scuttled in 1919 with the rest of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow is raised to be broken up for salvage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Blue Bell

Blue Bell
circa 1900: A soldier singing the first verse of Blue Bell, a popular Boer War song, to his loved one. Rotary Photo (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Kimberley Siege

Kimberley Siege
24th March 1900: The town of Kimberley under siege by Boer troops during the Boer War. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1900 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Pondicherry

Pondicherry
circa 1778: A battle taking place at Pondicherry, the capital of French India. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: British Tank

British Tank
circa 1918: A British Mark A Whippet Medium tank advancing through the mud to penetrate the German lines at Morcourt. Only two hundred of these tanks were ever manufactured

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Chinese Militia

Chinese Militia
Chinese militia from up-country, armed with clubs and wicker shields, during the Second Chinese Opium War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Yokohama Flags

Yokohama Flags
Rickshaws on the streets of Yokohama which are decorated with flags in honour of the Japanese Naval victory in the Sea of Japan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Tsarevich

Tsarevich
The Russian battleship Tsarevich in the German treaty harbour of Kiaochau in China. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Loading Shells

Loading Shells
German soldiers loading shells in the Ruhr. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Alexandria

Alexandria
The Egyptian city of Alexandria in ruins after Anglo-French bombardment during the Anglo-Egyptian conflict over control of the Suez Canal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Infantrymen

Infantrymen
A company of infantry near Harpers Ferry during the American Civil War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Cavalry Charge

Cavalry Charge
25th October 1854: A cavalryman brandishes his sword as he gallops in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Prussians At Palace

Prussians At Palace
2nd February 1871: Prussian troops in front of the Palace of St-Cloud during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Hohenlinden

Hohenlinden
3rd December 1800: Battle of Hohenlinden in Bavaria where the French army under General Moreau defeated the Austrians under Archduke John. Original Artist - Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Wilmington Harbour

Wilmington Harbour
1864: Confederate sailors on board the Lillian run the Union blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina during the American Civil War

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Blockade Runner

Blockade Runner
6th August 1864: The Confederate ship Lizzie, built in the Clyde and transported to America. She made regular trips between Galveston, Texas and Havana, Cuba

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Balkan Unrest

Balkan Unrest
1st August 1877: A Russian gun boat and torpedo boats engaging Turkish batteries near Silistra. Sketched for an illustrated newspaper. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Battle Of Fair Oaks

Battle Of Fair Oaks
31st May 1862: The US Civil Wars Battle of Fair Oaks. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Entering Ping Yang

Entering Ping Yang
1st February 1904: Hundreds of Japanese infantry men wait to enter Ping Yang in Korea. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Peace Announcement

Peace Announcement
1st September 1905: Russians reading the announcement of the end of the Russo-Japanese War in the Fruit Market, Moscow. L Illustration - pub. 1905 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Japanese Naval Base

Japanese Naval Base
1st May 1905: The Japanese naval base in the Elliot Islands during the Russo-Japanese War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Tsarevich Limps Home

Tsarevich Limps Home
10th August 1904: The Russian battleship Tsarevich puts into Kinchan in a badly-battered condition after a battle off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Body Armour

Body Armour
circa 1915: Body armour from the first world war. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Hit Cannon

Hit Cannon
1882: An Egyptian cannon which suffered a direct hit on the muzzle at Fort Pharos, in the Anglo-French bombardment of Alexandria during the Anglo-Egyptian conflict over control of the Suez Canal

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Kiel Harbour

Kiel Harbour
1914: A zeppelin passenger airship passes overhead during a British Naval visit to Kiel Harbour just before the start of the first world war. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Mounted Detectives

Mounted Detectives
circa 1900: Mounted Boers of the Detective Department during the second Boer War. (Photo by D Barnett/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Gettysburg Gateway

Gettysburg Gateway
July 1863: The gateway to the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, scene of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Croix d Avocourt

Croix d Avocourt
26th August 1916: Soldiers sitting around the Croix d Avocourt, near Verdun, France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Prisoners March

Prisoners March
1905: Russian prisoners of war, captured by the Japanese, arrive in port. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Military Music

Military Music
1864: The regimental band and men of the 35th Infantry Regiment in an advanced position at Duppel, during the war between Prussia (allied with Austria) and Denmark

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Alpine Bombers

Alpine Bombers
circa 1915: British bombers flying in formation over a mountain range, possibly the Alps. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Russian Guns

Russian Guns
September 1917: Captured Russian machine guns and mortars in possession of the German Army at Riza, in Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Ministry Ruins

Ministry Ruins
The Ministry of Finance in the Rue de Rivoli in ruins after the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image5 4 H War Collection: Barricade In Paris

Barricade In Paris
A barricade at the Porte Maillot during the revolt by supporters of the Paris Commune. The Arc de Triomphe is in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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