Highland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro mb-code 1620159 addressing a crowd in Trafalgar

addressing a crowd in Trafalgar Square

Published as the Act directs Dec: 29

Principal front of the Bank of England

although great efforts were being made to assist the Lancashire victims of the Cotton Famine

pictured outside ground

Highland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro mb-code 1620159 addressing a crowd in TrafalgarHighland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro, Peninsular War, 1808 (1816). 'Anecdote of the Bravery of the Scotch Piper of the 11th Highland Regiment at the Battle of Vimeiro'. The British army commanded by Wellington defeated the French under Junot. The 11th Highland Regiment's piper continues to play despite having been wounded. From Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes, published by Edward Orme, 1816.