The Defense of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse De Neuville (GL) COU44DHM202GL. The Defense of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse De Neuville. By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand to hand along the mealie bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie bags with a Martini Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously
he became King of the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899
The Might of the Roman Legions by Chris Collingwood
The British formed patrols guarding the coasts of the British Isles and significantly reduced the toll on shipping that the German U-boats were taking
HMS Belfast During the Battle of North Cape by Randall Wilson
In just 395 missions he scored 152 victories - including 9 in a single day - and was awarded the Knight's Cross
slowly roll over in its death throes above the beaches near Dunkirk on 21st May 1940
It was his 25th birthday
The submarine slowly moved across the bows of the Thordis to a position 30 or 40 yards away on her portside
At the end of October
Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman
British M5 Halftracks and Grenadier guards of the 1st Motor Battalion
Okinawa Landing - USS Colorado by Anthony Saunders