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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST: THE DANNEWERK, REDOUBT NO. 10, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. '...view of the Redoubt No. 10, commanding the road and line of railway, from which a party of men are clearing away the snow [on] this famous rampart. The Danes were obliged...to abandon it and retire northward, on the evening of Feb. 5...the fate of the Dannewerk was to be ingloriously lost...The Austrian and Prussian commanders have taken counsel together for the final demolition of this huge double line of fortified earthworks, which extends from near the town of Schleswig, on the eastern side of the duchy, to the river Treen, some miles above its confluence with the Eider, on the western coast...when the western districts of South Schleswig are flooded the only road from that country to Middle Schleswig is that passing under the batteries of the Dannewerk. Denmark, by her own strength, has not been able to hold fast this door against the German invaders...The Dannewerk batteries are being disarmed, and seventy or eighty pieces of heavy artillery divided between the Austrians and Prussians...a hundred of the Austrian Sappers, with the assistance of four hundred labourers, commenced the demolition of the ramparts on Monday last (Feb. 22)'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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FUNERAL, ON SUNDAY LAST, OF SERGEANT DRANSFIELD...TOWER HAMLETS ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS, 1865. CREATOR: C. R..
Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield, R.E., instructor to the 1st Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. '...a few days ago, in Victoria Park [in East London],...Sergeant Dransfield, of the Royal Engineers, while performing his duties as instructor to the 1st Tower Hamlets Volunteer Engineers, was killed by the premature explosion of a mine...His funeral, last Sunday, in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Bow, was attended with military honours...Every member of the corps wore a band of crape on the left arm...The officers wore a black sash, a band, with a bow of crape, round the busby, black gloves, and the grenade and sword-knot covered with crape...The coffin was conveyed to the grave on a gun-carriage, drawn by four black horses. It bore the inscription, "William Lewis Dransfield. Died Oct. 6, 1865, Aged 34 years."...the coffin was covered with a black pall edged with white; over this was spread the union jack...As might have been expected, the volunteer force was very strongly represented, almost every metropolitan corps sending its complement...The route was lined by thousands of spectators...A military salute was fired by a company of deceased's comrades'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield...Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. Creator: C. R.. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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REVIEW AND SHAM FIGHT OF THE DOVER AND SHORNCLIFFE GARRISONS AT ROUND DOWN, FOLKESTONE, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Review and Sham Fight of the Dover and Shorncliffe Garrisons at Round Down, Folkestone, 1865. 'The troops were formed into two divisions...the infantry brigade occupying the hill on the cliff side...composed of the Scots Fusilier Guards, the Royal Engineers, the 48th and the 89th Regiments; that on the northern hill...consisting of the Dover brigade of Royal Engineers, 60th Rifles, and the 89th Regiment. Two squadrons of the 1st Royal Dragoons and a battery of the Royal Horse Artillery were posted on each hill...the entire force [numbered] about 7000 men... heavy firing by artillery and infantry ensued...The heat of the contest appeared to be round about Hougham Court Farm, from which the defenders eventually made a capital retreat for a short distance behind some copses, where they re-formed, and both divisions again threw out skirmishers, and afterwards poured a volley or two into the teeth of the enemy, who, however, continued to advance to the Downs, where a third line of defence...was formed, and heavy volleys continued to fire simultaneously with the discharge of the field-pieces along the valley, until the four squadrons of cavalry combined and made a dashing charge in line, which discomfited the enemy and ended the sham fight'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Review and Sham Fight of the Dover and Shorncliffe Garrisons at Round Down, Folkestone, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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