Government Collection (page 247)

Communards on the March
The Communards sally forth with flags flying to defend Paris against the government forces from Versailles at Porte Maillot

Artillery Seized
Mitrailleuses captured by government forces from the defeated Communards, parked near the Bourse

Food Supplies
Getting food is a risky business, with fighting in progress between Communards and government forces throughout the city

Buildings Fired
On the evening of 23 May, many government buildings are deliberately fired by the Communards as they face defeat

Fighting at Pigalle
Encounter between government troops and Communards in the place Pigalle

Manhunt in Catacombs
Government troops hunt for Communards hiding in the Catacombs of Paris

Government Troops Enter
Government troops of the 26th regiment swarm into Paris by the Porte Saint-Cloud

Fighting Rue Rivoli
Street fighting in the rue de Rivoli between Communards and government forces

Napoleon and Army
President Napoleon visits the garrison of Paris, making sure they are still loyal to his government

French Elections
After Napoleons coup, French voters choose their government. Date: 20 December 1851

Rooftop Insurgents
In the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, insurgents hurl anything they can lay hands on at the government troops

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Pius VII Returns
Pius VII returns from exile following Napoleons defeat : his feet are kissed by Carlo Emanuele IV as he enters St Peter s, and he forms a reactionary government

L abbe Gregoire
Controversial cleric l abbe Gregoire is elected to the Chambre des Deputes, but his election is quashed by the government who deplore his liberal views

Wartime Leaflets
Three public information leaflets, issued in Britain during World War Two, Air Raid Precautions, Your Gas Mask and Evacuation: Why and How

Vendee Submission
After Napoleon, first consul, offers them an amnesty, the royalist leaders submit to the government : their surrender brings the bitter Vendee struggle to an end

Defiance at Lyon - 3
When the revolutionary army capture Lyon, which has defied the Paris government, Collot d Herbois carries out a massive destruction of property in the city

Vendee : Catholics
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside

Rt. Hon. Henry Matthews
HENRY MATTHEWS Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff, politician and lawyer. Home Secretary in Lord Salisburys first government

Labour Party
Photograph showing early members of Labour Party. The first Labour government was formed in January 1924 by J.Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937 and shown here in the front row, second from left)

Madrid Insurrection 1
Insurrection against the government in Madrid - barricades in the plaza San Geronimo, near the Prado

Cartagena Attacked
Cartagena, which has declared itself independent, is besieged by government forces

Constitution at Madrid
The new constitution is proclaimed at Madrid, though Spaniards are still far from being of one mind as to what kind of government they want

Civil War Refugees
Refugees : as civil war rages between the government and the Carlists, the villagers of Guetaria flee taking their belongings with them

Isabelas Stuff
When Isabela is deposed and flees to Paris, representatives of the interim government make an inventory of her property in the palace at Madrid

Hernani Bombarded
Government forces bombard Carlist-held Hernani. [Unless its the other way about !]

Madrid Insurrection 3
Insurrection against the government in Madrid - confrontation between the insurgents and the government forces in the plaza Mayor

Madrid Insurrection 2
Insurrection against the government in Madrid - insurgents set fire to the palace of Christina, the queen mother

PRISONERS
Activists against the new regime are arrested and imprisoned; with the nation divided on the best form of government, there is no lack of dissidents

Generalo donnell
When Espartero resigns, General O Donnell forms a government : this provokes riots in Madrid, but he subdues them

Cartagena Insurgents
Sailors from ships in the harbour of Cartagena land at Fort Navidad : the canton declares itself independent, defying the government who label the rebels pirates

National Workshops
National workshops are set up by the provisional government

Prim at Madrid
Following the deposition of queen Isabela, general Prim makes a triumphant entry into Madrid. He will form a provisional government

Fighting at Cadiz - 2
Fighting between supporters and opponents of the provisional government by the city walls

Fighting at Valencia
Government troops confront the Catalonian rebels at the Ponte Serranos

Anti-Papal Demo
At Madrid, a demonstration in front of the home of the papal nuncio protests against the concordat arranged by the royalist government

Fighting Near Bilbao
Fierce fighting between government troops and Carlists at Carreras, near Bilbao : federalists make a sortie from their entrenchment

Republican Guards
Guards of the federal republic in the streets of Madrid, as civil war breaks out again between the republican government and Carlist legitimists

Against Espartero
In Seville and elsewhere there is growing antagonism to Esparteros government : street orators exhort the populace to insurrection

OSCEOLA, leader of the Seminoles in their resistance to forced emigration; he was tricked and imprisoned by the government, and died in prison

Fall of Provisional
Poster announcing the fall of Kerenskys provisional government, and its replacement by the Soviet regime

Palace after Kerensky
Damage and litter in the Winter Palace, Petrograd, after it is stormed by the Bolsheviks and Kerenskys provisional government ejected

Kornilovs Surrender
Defeated by government forces, supporters of Kornilovs coup negotiate a surrender

Soldiers Leave for Front
Soldiers prepare to leave for the front, now serving the provisional government rather than the tsar

Patriotic Demo Moscow
Patriotic demo in Red Square, Moscow : but who are the true patriots - Kerenskys provis- -ional government who staged this demo, or the bolsheviks waiting in the wings ?

Kornilovs Soldiers
A group of Kornilovs soldiers who backed him in his abortive attempt to overthrow Kerenskys provisional government

Deserting Soldiers
Disillusioned with Kerenskys provisional government, soldiers desert from the battle front against the Germans

Moscow Junkers March
The Junkers support the provisional government against the Bolsheviks : they march past barricades in Moscows Arbat Square

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