Galloping Through The Battle Ruins
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Lord Woseley crosses the battlefield at Tel el-Kebir following the British victory over the Urabists. The triumphant British soldiers cheer their commander, while standing over Urabist prisoners. Many of the prisoners would be paroled on condition of joining the Khedive’s army, and quickly were deployed south to deal with the Mahdists.
(Lady Butler)
Gotta love Thomas Sowell
I don’t dislike Keynes that much but this is fucking gold.
A good essay regarding those social justice advocates who have been popping up on the internet recently.
Scotland Forever! - Elizabeth Thompson (1881)
This painting depicts a Scottish cavalry charge during the Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Charles IV of Spain and His Family - Fransisco Goya (1800)
This painting looks pretty boring on the surface,but it’s actually a clever work of satire. Goya was commissioned by Charles to paint a portrait of him and his family. Because Charles IV was a corrupt monarch and Goya likely hated him, the King’s family are portrayed as excessively lavish and pompous. The expressions on the King and Queen are priceless. The painting hanging on the wall in the background is of Lot and his daughters (from Sodom and Gomorrah). Goya is also depicted in the back, casting a judgmental eye on the royal family. The poet Théophile Gautier described Goya’s painting as looking like “the corner baker and his wife after they won the lottery”.
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Calvary Engagement during the Battle of Königgrätz - Alexander von Bensa (1866)
The Battle of Königgrätz was fought in 1866 by Prussia against the Austrian Empire. Prussia emerged victorious, annexing the regions of Sadowa and Königgrätz from Austria.
The Last Cartridge - Alphonse de Neuville (1873)
Alphonse de Neuville - The Cemetary of Saint Privat (1881)
The Battle of the Cemetary of Saint Privat was fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 when French troops commanded by Marshal Bazaine fought the first and second corps of the Prussian army.
Alphonse-Marie Aldolphe de Neuville - Episode from the Franco-Prussian War (1875)
Alphonse de Neuville -In the Trenches (1874)
Alphonse-Marie Aldolphe de Neuville - The Defense of Rorke’s Drift (1882)
The battle of Rorke’s Drift followed the British defeat at Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). 150 British troops defeated 4000 Zulu warriors during the battle.The Zulus lost 350 men at the cost of only 17 British soldiers.
Little Known Facts about General Ulysses S. Grant
- Although General Grant was reported to be a small man, in actuality he was five feet, eight inches tall. This was above average for the mid-nineteenth century man who was about five feet, seven inches. General Grant did not start life as a small baby, however, weighing ten and three quarters pounds at birth.
- At nine years of age young Ulysses was so adept at breaking horses to pace that many farmers in the region came to him for assistance in training their animals. His intense love for horses continued throughout his life. He set a high jump record at West Point that lasted for more than twenty-five years.
- Grant was very thin during the war, weighing only one hundred and thirty-five pounds. He was a very sparse eater. He abhorred red meat of any kind, and the sight of blood made him ill. Consequently, he insisted on his meat being cooked on the verge of being charred. He would not eat any kind of fowl, but was fond of pork and beans, fruit, and buckwheat cakes.
- In the heat of battle, when his staff officers were full of anxiety, Grant calmly smoked his cigar and never lost his composure. His nerves of steel were a wonder to all around him. He could write dispatches while shells burst around him and never flinch.
- On the day Lincoln was assassinated, Grant’s wife Julia was stalked by John Wilkes Booth. If the general had accepted the invitation to go to Ford’s Theater with the presidential party, there may have been a double tragedy. They went instead to Burlington, New Jersey, to see their children.
Sources -Campaigning with Grant, by Horace Porter.
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant.
Captain Sam Grant, by Lloyd Lewis.
A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant, by Albert D. Richardson.
