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Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902.Artist: Lafayette

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Sir Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times. Awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858 for his actions during the Indian Mutiny, Roberts is best known for his march to capture Kandahar during the Second Afghan War of 1878-1880. He was made Baron of Kandahar and Waterford in 1892 and promoted to Field Marshal in 1895. Roberts commanded the reinforcements sent to South Africa in 1900 after the setbacks of the early part of the Boer War. After his successful intervention in the South African campaign, he returned to England to become Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, a position which he held until 1904, when he retired from the army. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902)

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Sergeant Ewart capturing the Eagle at Waterloo, illustration from '

STC397054 Sergeant Ewart capturing the Eagle at Waterloo, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths (colour litho) by Wollen, William Barnes (1857-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ensign Charles Ewart (1769-1846), Scottish soldier of the Royal North British Dragoons; captured the regimental eagle of the 45th Regiment of the Line at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

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The Black Watch. Forward the 42nd! at the Alma, 1854, (1939)

The Black Watch. Forward the 42nd! at the Alma, 1854, (1939). The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854), which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War, took place in the vicinity of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan defeated General Menshikov's Russian army, which lost around 6000 troops. Here a Scots regiment under Sir Colin Campbell storm a Russian-held hill. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]

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