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(Detail From) They Attack Unaware by Vasily Vereshchagi The war between Imperial Russia and the Emirate of Bukhara, fought from 1866 to 1868, was part of Russia's push into Central Asia. Russia sought to control the region, including the strategically important Emirate of Bukhara, to secure trade routes and extend its influence. |
The Battle of Kulm by Carl Rochling. No text for this item |
French Horse Guards by Edouard Detaille. Military art print of French Grenadiers a Cheval at the battle of Eylau, 8th February 1807, fought against the Russian Army, a victory for Napoleon. |
Remise Au Senat Des Trophees by Edouard Detaille. Displaying the captured standards from the Battles of Austerlitz and Ulm through the streets of Paris. |
La Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms. French dragoons attack a Spanish farmhouse where they believe Spanish guerillas are hiding. |
Royal Scots at Waterloo by Brian Palmer. Royal Scots 1st of Foot about to form square around their colours during the Battle of Waterloo. |
The Capture of General Cambronne by Richard Knotel. Depicting Colonel Hugh Halkett and the German Landwehr battalion Osnabruck capturing General Cambronne. |
Distribution of the Eagles by Jacques Louis David. No text for this item |
The Wounded Cuirassier by Theodore Gericault (PC) Part of the classic collection. |
Charge of the Life Guards by Mark Churms. Captain Montague Lind, leading a Squadron of the 1st Life Guards against the 12th regiment of Cuirassiers during the battle of waterloo, Hougoumont Farm can be seen in the distance. |
The Battle of Hanau by Horace Vernet. The campaign of Leipzig forced Napoleon to retire to the west of the Rhine, in the course of which he defeated a force of Germans at Hanau near Frankfurt on 30th October 1813. |
95th Rifleman, Waterloo 1815 by Stuart Liptrot. No text for this item |
French 4th Regiment of Dragoons by Jim Lancia. No text for this item |
Hougoumont by Robert Gibb. Showing the 1st Foot Guards and The Coldstream Guards struggling to close the gates at Hougoumont Farm against the Heavy French forces at the Height of the the battle of waterloo. During the Battle of waterloo the 1st Foot Guards and the Coldstream Guards losses were as follows. 1st Foot Guards, 125 Killed, 352 Wounded, and the Coldstream Guards losses, were 97 killed and 446 wounded and four missing. |
La Garde a LEtendard du ler Regiment de Carabiniers by Benigni. No text for this item |
Charge of the 2nd Carabiniers against the Square of the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) at the Battle of Waterloo by Brian Palmer. No text for this item |
Lancers in a Stable by Horace Vernet. In the reletive comfort of a stable, two Polish Lancers rest and tend one of their horses. |
Square of the 42nd Charged by French Cuirassiers at Quatrebras by Harry Payne. 16th June 1815. 'A most destructive fire was opened; riders, cased in heavy armour, fell tumbling from their horses.' Anton, Military Life |
Waterloo, 18th June 1815 - Charge of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons by Brian Palmer. To the cheers of Vive L'Empereur 17,000 men of d'Erlon's Corps advanced on the allied left centre in an attempt to break Wellington's line that was already shaken by a massive artillery bombardment. To counter this threat, Wellington launched his heavy cavalry. Forming the centre of the Union Brigade, so called from the composition of English, Irish and Scottish regiments, the Inniskillings charged through the allied infantry and artillery straight to d'Erlon's advancing coloumns inflicting serious casualties and taking many prisoners. Despite appalling losses, the heavy cavalry had gained a welcome respite for Wellington's hard pressed infantry. |
Fight for the Standard by Richard Ansdell. Depicting sergeant Ewart dispatching a French cavalryman on his way back with the Eagle and Standard captured from the French 45th Regiment of Foot. |
The Passage of the Bidassoa by Wellingtons Army, 7th October 1813 by J P Beadle. No text for this item |
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