British Battles On Land And Sea

Caption printed with sketch says 'Sketch of Lord Chelmsford made by an officer shortly before the battle of Ulundi', which was July 1879. Frederick Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (31 May 1827 – 9 April 1905)

The English attack during the 1213 Battle of Damme.

The Jacobite Highlanders advance at the Battle of Prestonpans.

The English assault during the 1598 Battle of San Juan.

A map of the positions of the attacking fleet during the Battle of Suomenlinna

The 1545 French invasion of the Isle of Wight.

British infantry attempt to scale the walls of Badajoz, the site of one of several horrific sieges conducted during the Peninsular War.

The 1679 Battle of Bothwell Bridge.

The 1804 Battle of Deeg, an East India Company victory over the Maratha Empire.

The 1803 Battle of Delhi, a British East India Company victory over the Maratha Empire.

The 1217 Battle of Sandwich (1217), also called the Battle of Dover.

An 1873 depiction of the 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah.

The 19 May 1652 Battle of Goodwin Sands, the first battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War

Richard I of England at the Battle of Jaffa.

A map of the November 1, 1803 Battle of Laswari.

A map of the 1813 Battle of Nivelle.

A map of the 1814 Battle of Orthez.

The 1811 Battle of Redinha, a French rearguard action to cover their withdrawal from Portugal.

A map of the 1808 en:Battle of Roliça.

A map of the final French attack of the Battle of Talavera.

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A map of the Second Battle of Porto, also called the Battle of the Douro.

A map of the 1813 Battle of the Nive.

The crew of the HMS Pelican prepare to board the USS Argus.

The 1809 Walcheren Campaign in the War of the Fifth Coalition.

The 1855 en:Battle of Suomenlinna, part of the Crimean War.

Drawing of Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead (1845-1892) who was second in command of troops stationed at Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu wars in January 1879, where he won a VC.

The 1874 burning of Coomassie (Kumasi, during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War.

James Scott is found hiding in a ditch after the failure of his Monmouth Rebellion

A depiction of the 1860 Battle of Taku Forts, also called Battle of the Peiho Forts.

Drawing of Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard (1847-1897) who commanded troops stationed at Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu wars in January 1879, where he won a VC.

The charge of Clan Maclean at the.

The Scots charge at the Battle of Halidon Hill. It does not go well for them.

An illustration of the death of Sir Andrew Barton.

An illustration of the death of Thomas Picton.

British boats sinking as they retreat at the Battle of Saint Cast.

After the Battle of Banockburn, King Edward I of England tried to retreat to Stirling Castle, but the castle's lord honored an agreement with the Scottish and refused to let him enter.

THE STORMING OF CADIZ, SPAIN 1596

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex enters London after the First Battle of Newbury.

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A map of the 1759 Invasion of Guadeloupe. Moore was on board HMS Woolwich

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James II of England lands at Kinsale with an army to attempt to regain power in Ireland, Scotland, and England.

James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, lands at Lyme Regis during the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion.

The charge of the Cameron Jacobite forces at the Battle of Killiecrankie

William Grey charges with the English cavalry in the early stages of the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh.

The 1651 siege of Tantallon Castle, which led to the ruin and abandonment of the castle.

The Scots crossing the ford at the 1640 Battle of Newburn

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine at the Battle of Edgehill. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maratha sailors boarding the EIC's Ranger, 1783. मराठी: कंपनी सरकारच्या रेंजर जहाजावर चढाई करताना मराठे खलाशी, १७८३.

The February 18, 1653 Battle of Portland.

British infantry storm the fortress at Ciudad Rodrigo during Wellington’s campaign in Spain.

A map of the 1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, where English forces assaulted the French-held fortress.

An 1871 map of the Siege of San Sebastián

A map of the positions of both sides before the 1779 Siege of Savannah.

The charge of Sir Hector Maclean's forces at the Battle of Inverkeithing

A wounded Philip Sidney, (on stretcher), at the Battle of Zutphen.

The Spanish attack on Penzance in 1595, part of the Battle of Cornwall.

The English fleet attacks at the Battle of Camaret.

The ill-fated 1814 British Siege of Bergen op Zoom.

The Scottish Covenanters attack Montrose's Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Kilsyth.

Pitched combat between the English and Scottish forces at the Battle of Flodden.

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The charge of Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham, at the Battle of Falkirk

Edward the Black Prince travels through Roncesvalles during his Spanish campaign.

The Scots and English fight over the English standard at the.

Agnes Reston, known as the "Heroine of Matagorda" for her actions to help wounded soldiers during the Peninsular War.

The armed merchant ship Mountjoy breaks through the defensive boom to relieve the Siege of Derry.

A Victorian illustration of the end of the Siege of Basing House.

The 1318 Capture of Berwick. The Scottish took it from the English.

English troops storm the Spanish positions at the Capture of Cádiz.

British troops storm Fort Louis during the 1759 Invasion of Guadeloupe.

The taking of the west sconce during the Siege of Zutphen in 1591. The figures in women's clothing are disguised English soldiers.

Rescue of Colonel Murray during the Assault on Thalner, 1818

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Wellesley fording the Kaitna prior to the battle of Assaye, 1803

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The Chevalier de St. George, surrenders his sword to Anson onboard the Prince George. He remarked, to Anson, in allusion to two of his now captured ships being named La Gloire and L' Invincible: "Monsieur, vou More

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The charge of Sir Hector Maclean's forces at the Battle of Inverkeithing

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