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The Battle of Vittoria by Thomas Jones Barker. The Duke of Wellington overlooks the Dragoons and Artillery moving forward at the Battle of Vittoria during the Peninsula War, surrounded by his staff officers. |
Napoleon Leading His Army by Jan Van Chelminski. (PC) Napoleon's Grande Armee was comprised of around 600,000 troops at its peak, it was known for its organization, discipline and innovative tactics, including rapid manoeuvres and sophisticated coordinated attacks. Despite its initial successes, the Grande Armee suffered severe losses during the ill-fated Russian campaign of 1812 which led to its eventual decline and the weakening of Napoleon's military power in Europe. |
Officer de Chasseur Cheval by Theodore Gericault. No text for this item |
Napoleon III at Solferino by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. The Battle of Solferino, fought on 24th of June 1859 was the last battle at which both armies were commanded by their monarch; the French army commanded by Napoleon III and his Allies Victor Emmanuel II and his Sardinian Army were victorious over the Austrian Army commanded by Emperor Franz Joseph. |
Passage of the Bidassoa by R Beavis. Napoleonic art print showing the British Artillery and Horse Artillery crossing the Bidassoa as the Duke of Wellington looks on during the Peninsula War |
Assault on the Church Yard, The Kolberger Regiment at Grossbeeren By Carl Rochling The Battle of Grossbeeren, fought on August 23rd 1813, was a major engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon. It took place near the village of Grossbeeren, south of Berlin, between the Prussian forces, led by General Karl von Gneisenau, and the French army under General Pierre Augereau. The battle resulted in a decisive victory for the Prussians, who successfully repelled the French advance towards Berlin. This victory boosted the morale of the Coalition forces and contributed to the broader campaign against Napoleons rule in Germany. |
The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras, 16th of June 1815 by Jan Wlliam Pieneman. Two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the left wing of Napoleons Armee Du Nord clashed with Wellingtons allied forces at Quatre Bras. the battle would be indecisive, a tactical victory for Wellington but a strategic one for Napoleon |
The Prussian Trumpeter By Richard Knotel (PC) Pictured here, Major Crazy Platen and his trumpeter of the Lithuanian Dragoons engaged in combat with a French uhlan during the Battle of Mockern on the 5th of April 1813. The trumpeter is seen here delivering a blow with his instrument after the uhlan had wounded Major Platen with his sabre. |
The Dawn of Waterloo by Lady Elizabeth Butler. Depicting troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) on the morning of 18th June 1815. before the Battle of waterloo, and their great charge into history. |
Battle of Klissura, Epirius, 1792 by Dennis Dighton. Battle between Greek and Turk forces at the battle of Klissura, Epirius, 1792. |
Point of the Advance Guard (Title in French) by Edouard Detaille. Depicting members of the 9th Regiment of Hussars 1806. |
The Prussian Pursuit of the French at the Battle of Hanau by Richard Knotel. No text for this item |
Fuentes Onoro, May 5th 1811 (Ramsays Battery of Horse Artillery) by William Barnes Wollen. No text for this item |
Battle of Friedland by Horace Vernet. As the evening draws to a close Napoleon is seen riding amongst his men after their victory at the Battle of Friedland. Due to the French pressure the Russian Commander General Levin Bennigsen moved his army back to his main camp at Konigsberg in June 1807, while his army of 60,000 men crossed the River Alle at Friedland. It was faced by a French force of 26,000 under the command of Marshal Jean Lannes. The Russian Commander attacked early on the 14th of June. The much smaller force fought of the Russian attacks for nine hours, giving time for the main French force of 80,000 to arrive. Marshall Neys Force came up from the south and attacked the Russian left flank which gave way all the way along the river until just outside Friedland where it was halted. A second corps under the command of General Laude Victor came to the support of Neys left flank. Victor also brought up 30 Artillery pieces which blasted the Russians at very short range. The Russians that were massed in the tiny village and unable to cross the River received huge numbers of casualties due to the artillery fire. General Bennigsens army was decimated with most of his troops killed, wounded or forced to cross the river. The actual looses were 11,000 dead, 7,000 wounded and many thousands of troops drowned trying to cross the river. This compared to the French losses of 1372 killed 9,108 wounded. The French army pursued the Russians with Marshal Soult occupying Konigsberg on June 16th. A few days later Czar Alexander I arranged a truce and on the 25th of June on a barge like raft on the River Niemen along with the Prussian King Frederick Willaim III drew up the Treaty of Tilset. Prussia ceded to France all the territories West of the Elbe, becoming the Kingdom of Westphalia and from the area of Poland both Russia and Prussia recognised the new state, The Duchy of Warsaw. |
Un Jour de Revue sons L Empire en 1810 by H Bellange. No text for this item |
Portrait of Wellington by Chris Collingwood. Arthur Wellesley is shown in his uniform of Lt. General (with the most honourable Order of the Bath) at the time of the Battle of Vimiero 21st August 1808. |
The Battle of Oberselk on 3rd February 1864 by Fritz L' Allemand The Battle for Ober-Selk fought on February 3rd, 1864, was part of the Second Schlesswig War. Austrian forces under Major General Leopold Gondrecourt successfully captured the village of Konigshugel from danish defenders, despite fierce resistance. The battle's outcome provided the Austrians with a significant strategic advantage, leading to the eventual abandonmnet of the Dannevirke by Danish forces. |
The 27th Foot (Inniskilling) at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. Heroically standing their ground against the French Artillery the 27th were described after the battle as lying dead in a square. |
The Battle of Talavera, 27th-28th July 1809 by David Rowlands. The six-pounder guns of Captain C.D. Sillerys Company, 7th Battalion Royal Artillery were in the centre of the British line, firing round shot and case shot into the advancing columns of French infantry. |
The Death of Sir Thomas Picton at Waterloo by William Holmes Sullivan (PC) "Many anecdotes of individual prowess have been preserved; but of, all the brave men who were in the British Army on that eventful day, none deserve more honour for courage and indomitable resolution than Sir Thomas Picton, who, as has been mentioned, fell in repulsing the great attack of the French upon the British left centre. It was not until the dead body was examined after the battle that the full heroism of Picton was discerned. He had been wounded on the 16th at Quatre Bras by a musket ball, which had broken two of his ribs; and caused also severe internal injuries; but he had concealed the circumstance, evidently in expectation that another and greater battle would be fought in a short time, and desirous to avoid being solicited to absent himself from the field. His body was blackened and swollen by the wound, which must have caused severe and incessant pain; and it was marvellous how his spirit had borne him up and enabled him to take part in the fatigues and duties of the field. The bullet which on the 18th killed the renowned leader of "the fighting division" of the Peninsula, entered the head near the left temple and passed through the brain, so that Pictons death must have been instantaneous." - From 'Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World' by Sir Edward Creasy |
Siege of Pensacola by David Rowlands. Gunners of Captain W. Johnstons Company, 4th Battalion Royal Artillery, tenaciously defend the Queens Redoubt against the Spanish army. |
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