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British Squares Halt the French Cavalry Charge at Waterloo
Image by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

British Squares Halt the French Cavalry Charge at Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers (18 June 1815), oil on canvas by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1874. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
British Attack on Portobelo, 1739
Image by Samuel Scott

British Attack on Portobelo, 1739

A detail of an 18th-century oil painting by Samuel Scott showing the British attack on Portobelo in November 1739 by Admiral Vernon. Portobelo, now in Panama, was a major port on the Spanish Main and a collection point for the treasure fleets...
The Latest Dated Cuneiform Tablet in the British Museum
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

The Latest Dated Cuneiform Tablet in the British Museum

This is the latest datable clay tablet in the British Museum. It gives the monthly positions of the planets in the zodiac signs and the dates of their characteristic phenomena. Dates of solstices, equinoxes, and eclipses are also given. The...
Celtic Helmet, British Museum
Image by British Museum

Celtic Helmet, British Museum

A peaked copper-alloy helmet decorated in La Tene style. This style of helmet inspired the Roman "coolus" type helmet, which was one of the more common helmets used by Roman soldiers until its gradual replacement by the so-called "Imperial...
British Lee Tank, El Alamein
Image by J.P.H. Flack - Imperial War Museums

British Lee Tank, El Alamein

A Lee tank of the British Eighth Army at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)
British Attack on Ghazni
Image by W.Taylor

British Attack on Ghazni

An illustration showing the British East India Company's successful attack on the Afghan fortress of Ghazni in July 1839. The attack was during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Army Museum, London)
British Grenadier, 40th Regiment of Foot, 1767
Image by R. H. Raymond Smythies

British Grenadier, 40th Regiment of Foot, 1767

A British grenadier from the 40th Regiment of Foot circa 1767. Published in the Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment by R. H. Raymond Smythies, 1894.
Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Image by Jack Borno

Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Okanagan Lake, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Okanagan Lake is said to be inhabited by the water serpent Ogopogo. Bodies of water are often associated with elemental water spirits or monsters in Native American lore, as in the...
British Soldier Shaving in the Desert
Image by J.T.Silverside - Imperial War Museums

British Soldier Shaving in the Desert

A 1942 photograph of a British tank regiment soldier shaving in the desert in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
Manticore in British Library
Image by Unknown Artist

Manticore in British Library

A depiction of a manticore found in the British Library. Manticore Bestiary Harley MS 3244, ff 36r-71v.
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