British history Gallery

William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne, 1668

William of Orange, later King William III of England, leading the Dutch army in England's Glorious Revolution.
Hand-colored engraving

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British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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British army takes the field in a reenactment of the surrender at Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia.
Digital photograph of a National Park Service event on the actual field of surrender at Yorktown Battlefield on the 225th anniversary of the surrender

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