German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 The lower figures are portraits

The lower figures are portraits of a Gascon knight and the author paying his respects to the knight who had sent for him to accompany him to England

[A small space but rich in various herbs]

the Conservative Leader of the Conservative Party

In 1845-1847 he assisted the British archaeologist AH Layard in his first expedition to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 The lower figures are portraitsGerman troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914).