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Seeking the Way by David Pentland. (PC) Don River, Russia, 17th January 1943. Alpini scouts spearhead the 40,000 strong mass of stragglers retreating from the Don front in the wake of the Soviet Little Saturn offensive. Two columns of Alpini and Italians from other commands, plus various Germans and Hungarians fought twenty-two battles and covered 200 km on foot in fifteen days to regain their own lines. |
Ave Caesar! Morituri Te Salutant (Hail Caesar! We Who Are about to Die Salute You) by Jean Leon Jerome (PC) Part of the classic collection. |
The Old Soldier by Ivan Berryman (PC) An Old Knight of the Teutonic Order after many years of service, having fought the crusades in the Holy Land and returned to Europe to continue the battle against pagans in the Baltic states, he is shown wearing the distinctive black cross on his white cloak. |
Enemy Ahead by David Pentland. (PC) North Africa, 18th November 1941. Italian Autoblinda armoured cars of Gen. Gambara's XX Mobile Corps trade shots with forward reconnaissance elements of the British 22nd Armoured Brigade, during the initial hours of Operation Crusader. Their quick withdrawal to report their contact would give the Italian main force a timely warning of the unexpected attack. |
Those Who had Fought so Well. The Survivors of the Light Brigade Returning from the Valley of Death by Harry Payne. (PC) No text for this item |
The Battle of Loudon Hill 1296 by Mike Shaw. (PC) In 1296 an English convoy escorting a shipment of looted gold was passing through the Irvine valley to the port of Ayr. It was led by an English Knight by the name of Fenwick, who in 1291 had killed the father of William Wallace, Sir Malcolm. Wallace, who was fighting a guerilla war on the English invaders, planned an attack at Loudon Hill where the road on which Fenwicks convoy was travelling had to pass through a steep gorge. Wallace had about fifty men and Fenwick close to one hundred and eighty. The Scots blocked the road with debris and attacked on foot. The English charged, but the Scots held firm. Fenwick armed with a spear, turned his horse in the direction of Wallace, who in turn felled Fenwicks horse with his claymore. The unhorsed Englishman was no match on the ground where he, along with one hundred of his convoy, met their deaths. |
The Uhlans - Black Brunswick Lancers c.1815. (PC) No text for this item |
Reflection by Ivan Berryman (PC) A lone knight of the Knight's Templar sits in prayer and reflection. |
The Last Shot at Colenso by Richard Caton Woodville. (PC) Lt Roberts K.R.R. with Captain Schofield and Congreve, with all their ammunition used, they drew upon the emergency rounds of Case (their last shot) They stood to attention beside the gun and in an instant later fell pierced through by Boer Bullets. Lt Roberts earned his VC. |
British Artillery Entering The Enemy Lines at Tel-El-Kebir by John Charlton (PC) In 1879 the financial difficulties of Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, caused a Franco-British intervention, as a result of which Ismail was dethroned by the Sultan of Turkey and was succeeded by Tewfik Pasha, his son. In 1882 an Egyptian Nationalist uprising followed under Arabi Pasha, and ended up carrying out massacres of Europeans within Egypt. This led to a British bombardment and land assault. Sir Garnet Wolseley led the British forces that took part in the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir, which was ultimately won and led to the capture of Arabi Pasha. Historical book plate published in 1920. |
Motherland, the Battle of Stalingrad, September 1942 by David Pentland (PC) OT34 Flamethrower tank and men of Col. Krickmans 6th Guards Tank Brigade take part in the Soviet counter attacks of 13th-27th September in defence of the southern factory district of Stalingrad before the final offensive in October. |
The Hunters by David Pentland. (PC) The Fezzan, Libya, North Africa, November, 1942. The Italian Reparto Celere 3 of the 'Raggruppamento Sahariano AS', was the first unit to be equipped with the unique Camionetta 42 'Sahariana'. The platoon was used for patrols and had its first clashes with the LRDG on 17 November, when it lost one Sahariana, and on 25 November, when it succeeded in destroying four out of the eight enemy vehicles it encountered. |
The Sole Survivor of the Cabul Garrison, 1842 by Harry Payne. (PC) Dr William Brydon, wounded, exhausted, and with a tiring steed beneath him, is the lone survivor of a force of around 16,000 soldiers and others who had been ousted from Cabul (modern day Kabul) in November 1842. Assured of a safe retreat through the freezing Khyber Pass in January 1843, the force was treacherously slaughtered over many days. Those who remained were killed or taken prisoner at a last stand at Gandamak, but a few had become separated, including Dr William Brydon. The last six survivors were set upon by villagers and killed, with the sole exception of Dr Brydon, who escaped to tell the horrific tale. |
The Grenadier Guards Saluting The Colour by Douglas Macpherson (PC) Prior to going on guard for the day an assembly of grenadier guards salute the colour. |
Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms (PC) The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one hundred each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two in the morning on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent where they remained till half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible task ahead of them, and subjected to a violent electric thunderstorm, the troops waited in a state of savage anticipation. Wild senseless laughter was said to have preceded the attack on the breach which could not be entered except in single file under heavy fire. The troops attacked in succession, but were struck down by hundreds. General Graham then ordered the artillery to fire over the heads of the assailants, clearing the ramparts. A shell ignited a quantity of powder, and under cover of the explosions, the storming party forced its way into the town. San Sebastian was savagely sacked and burned, and the good name of Wellingtons Army suffered as it had done at Badajoz. The civilians were raped, robbed and murdered in revenge for the heavy losses suffered by the troops. The Franco-Spanish governor retired the citadel (San Marcial) and on the 9th September, after a gallant resistance of over a week, surrendered the charge he had so faithfully defended. The casualties among the officers of the first Guards were one Officer, Ensign Burrard, First battalion (a son of Sir Henry Burrard who was responsible for the disastrous Treaty of Cintra) severely wounded, since dead, and one Officer, Ensign Orlando Bridgeman, wounded. In the Coldstream Guards, one officer ensign Thomas Chaplin, According to Lord Saltoun there were in round numbers, 150 casualties amongst 200 Guardsman. Total losses of volunteers from all regiments were 1500 men. (text by Atlanta Clifford, assistant to the Curator-The Guards Museum) In the painting. you see Ensign Chaplin lying wounded, attended by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards, Orlando Bridgeman is calling Assistant Surgeon Bacot, First Foot Guards, to go to the aid of his fellow officer, Burrard. |
La Salle at the Battle of Wagram by Mark Churms (PC) Depicting General La Salle before his last charge before being killed at the Battle of Wagram. |
All That Was Left of Them by Richard Caton Woodville. (PC) Illustrates the scene at Modderfontein Farm where a squadron of the 17th lancers were pinned down by a large Boer force, and fought to the finish. Modderfontein Farm in the Eastern Cape, about 10 miles from Tarkastad, was the the battle on the 17th September 1901, between the 17th Lancers who had camped there, and General Jan Christiaan Smut's Boer Commandos. C squadron of the 17th Lancers lost 3 Officers and 35 troopers, a single action in which the 17th Lancers lost more men in one day than any other day, inclduing that of the infamous charge of the Light Brigade. Also killed that day were three gunners from the Royal Garrison Artillery. Another account states that out of 130 men, 29 were killed and 41 wounded. All Officers had been killed or wounded. |
The Defence of La Haye-Sainte, 18th June 1815 by Chris Collingwood. (PC) The garrison under the command of Major G Baring consisted of the 2nd Light Battalion of the 2nd Brigade Kings German Legion and reinforced by two Nassau companies. Here Major Baring is seen leading his Legion against Quiots Brigade (54th and 55th of the line) |
87th Regiment at the Battle of Vitoria by Brian Palmer. (PC) The 87th Regiment defend the walls against the French 13th Dragoons as they charge by during the Battle of Vitoria. |
The Knights Wrath by Ivan Berryman (PC) A Templar Knight of the medieval order best known today as the Knights Templar. Existing from the early 12th century for nearly two hundred years when they were disbanded by the Pope after members in France were arrested, tortured and murdered under the orders of King Philip IV, the order are closely linked to The Crusades and faded as an organistaion after the Holy Land was lost. King Philip IV was in deep financial debt to the order who had grown rapidly in wealth and made innovations in early banking and he used the end of the Crusades to successfully push for the disbandment of the order. |
The Roman War Machine by Chris Collingwood. (PC) A Centurion orders the formation of a shield wall. Note that the title of this image has changed since we printed the postcard version - it has the title Roman Wall. |
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