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Cranston Fine Arts Antique Prints |
Antique military prints by Victorian military artists including antique military prints by John Charlton, Richard Simkin, William Barnes Wollen. |
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Saving the Guns at the Battle of Maiwand by Richard Caton Woodville. In July 1879 during the Afghan Campaign. Ayub Khan and an army of over 35,000 warriors were marching onto Kandahar. The British force under the command of General Burrows decided to fight. With a force, no more than 3,300 strong, took up position in a tiny hamlet of Mahmudabad, within 2 hours many of the British had been slaughtered, but with nightfall the remnants of the brigade retreated. The picture shows C battery of the Royal Horse Artillery withdrawing with the enemy in hot pursuit. |
Officer Viceroy Body Guard by John Charlton (1897) No text for this item |
Royal Engineer by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
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