Banderillero waiting for the bull charge to stick the banderillas on the animal loin Taken during a bullfight at the Real Maestranza bullring Seville Spain on 15 June 2006

The Renaissance Art 16th Century Spain Saint Lorenzo the royal Monastery Builded by Felipe the second 1557 wish Juan Herrera was in charge of the works when Juan Bautista de Toledo died in 1567 Madrid Spain

General Lyons charge at the Battle of Wilsons Creek Missouri 1861 in which he was killed Lyons was first Union general to be killed in the Civil War

Dogberry's Charge To The Watch Marks, Henry Stacy(1829-1898 British) Roy Miles Gallery, 29 Bruton St., London W1 *ADDRESS MUST BE INCLUDED IN CREDIT!

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Italian physicist. On table are two of his inventions, the Voltaic pile (wet battery) on left, and electrophorus, an apparatus demonstrating electrostatic charge by induction.

Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Monmouthshire, c1830. This scene is on the river Severn a few miles from Ironbridge. On the left, behind the tall chimney, it is possible to see the iron walkway giving access to the two blast furnaces in order to charge them with ore and fuel.

The Battle of Issus Alexander the Great 356 323 BC defeats Darius by Dudley Tennant from the book The Outline of History by HG Wells Volume 1 published 1920

Louis Edward Nolan (1818-1854) English soldier & and writer on cavalry, Shot during the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava while trying to divert the brigade (Crimean War), 1854, Wood engraving

English troops under fire in Talbot Street, facing a charge by the rebels, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Rebellion, May 1916, Half-tone

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-56. Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, 15 October, 1854. Lord Raglan gave order for the disastrous British charge. Immortalised in Tennyson's poem. Early 20th century colour-printed lithograph.