British: Did you mean...?

The British evacuate Boston in March 1776, after the Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776), in the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Image by William James Aylward, 1911. New York Public Library.

A photograph showing British troops landing in Algeria from SS Duchess of Richmond as part of Operation Torch, the Allied North Africa Landings of November 1942. (Imperial War Museums)

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 soldiers attack the American position at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. Print by E. Percy Moran, 1909. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, Washington D.C.

A photograph of the British airship R 34 landing at Long Island, New York on 6 July 1919 having crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the first airship to do so. (Library of Congress)

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.

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...

A January 1941 photograph showing a British Matilda tank with a captured Italian flag and its way to Tobruk. The attack on Tobruk was part of Operation Compass (9 Dec 40 - 7 Feb 41), the Allied offensive which won several important victories...

A 1918 British poster to raise funds for weapons during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing British commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade attacking Sword Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944. The brigade was led by Lord Lovat (seen in the photo on the right of the column wading in the sea). (Imperial War Museums)