Listed for the Connaught Rangers by Lady
Butler. Depicts two Irish peasants in traditional dress being marched through a
Kerry glen by a recruiting party of the 88th Regiment (Connaught Rangers).
The Dawn of Waterloo by Lady Butler.
Depicting troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots
Greys)
on the morning of 18th June 1815. before the Battle of waterloo, and their
great charge into history.
Scotland Forever by Lady Butler.
Probably the best known painting of the gallant charge of the Royal
North Dragoons, The Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. According to an
eyewitness Alexander Armour " at the start of the charge of the greys
had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled
"The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we
rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling "Now my
boys Scotland Forever"
Steady the Drums and Fifes by Lady Butler .
The drummer boys of the 57th (die-hards) drawn up under fire on the
ridge of Albuera, (16th May 1811), Peninsula war
Quatre Bras by Lady Butler.
28th Gloucester Regiment shown in square repelling the French cavalry.
Halt by Lady Butler.
Depicting the end of the last charge of the 10th Hussars at Waterloo.
Halt on a Forced March by Lady Butler.
The painting shows a gun team of the Royal Horse Artillery with wounded
soldiers on the Limber during the retreat to Corunna in the winter of
1808-1809, during the Peninsula War.
Within Sound of the Guns by Lady Butler .
The picture shows a despatch rider coming under fire from Boer
Marksmen. The picture is also known as A Yeomanry Scout Galloping With
Despatches in the Boer War.
Retreat From Mons by Lady Butler.
Showing the Royal Horse Guards during world war one. The battle of Mons was the first major battle
fought by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The BEF had advanced
along a 20 mile front along the Mons canal, and were on there left flank
of the French 5th army. But when the French army had been defeated
at the Battle of the Sambre on the 22nd August . The British
commander Sir John French agreed to hold his position until the morning of
the 23rd. the BEF were attacked by the German first Army
. The German infantry advance was repelled by the British infantry.
and sustained very large losses and th4e British lost 1600 killed or
wounded. But with the French forces retreating the British forces
had no alternative but to retreat also. and on the morning of the 24th
August they began retreating to the outskirts of Paris over a fourteen day
period.
The Charge of the Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry at Huj by
Lady Butler. One of the last cavalry charges in British Military history, 8th November
1917.
