BROWN
(Robert, Sergeant Major, 1st Regiment R.E.I.V.)
Document signed
recording the depositions of Sergt. John Pronton, Sergt. James Newbury, and the statements of Mr Keefe, Landlord of the Thistle & Crown, Billet Lane, and Corporal James Dunn, concerning the abusive language and drunken behaviour of Sergt. Rippon, Light Infantryman, on one occasion Rippon's unsheathed sword was "carried to the Bar and left there for a Gallon of Beer", the Landlord refused to accept it and it remained there three days, meanwhile Rippon threw "his Sash & Sword Belt" on the floor, whereupon Dunn saw "some of the men twist the Sash round him and pull him about the room", Rippon boasted of drinking "ten glasses of spirits that morning", 1 side folio, no place, 31st January
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
51962
£175
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BRUCE
(Sir Henry Harvey, 1862-1948, Admiral)
Fine signature from end of Autograph Letter Signed,
traces of mounting on verso
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
11392
£10
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BRUGÈRE
(Henri Joseph, 1841-1918, Commander-in-Chief, French Army)
Letter signed to 'Monsieur', in French with translation,
saying he has passed his letter and good wishes of the 7th to the President of the Republic, Sadi CARNOT, 1837-1894, President from 1887, returning also his own good wishes, 1 side 8vo., Office of the President, Paris, 11 January
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
14762
£45
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY AT WAR
BULLA
(Viktor Karlovich, Russian photographer)
Group of photographs taken during the Russo-Japanese war,
giving a vivid picture of General Alexei Nikolaevich KUROPATKIN, (1848-1925), and his officers at work near the front, of military supplies being organised, the countryside through which they were fighting, and the railway itself, one print (no. 12) shows Kuropatkin at the railway station at Liao Yang, scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the summer of 1905, 28 prints 4½" x 6½", Manchuria, 1904 -
one print has a small fault from light, otherwise in good average condition, edges a little worn
Item Date:
1905
Stock No:
53144
£1250
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BULLER
(Sir Redvers, 1839-1908, Commander-in-chief in South Africa)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Cocks
saying he has "had a good many letters about Sir F. Milman all strongly recommending him and I have no doubt that he is a very good man. I do not though think that I have the slightest chance of being able to employ him ... any appointment I might make, though I do not at present see reasons to suppose that I should make any, would be temporary only and I imagine that that is the last thing Sir F. Milman wishes ...", 2 sides 8vo., Private Secretary's Lodge mourning paper, Dublin, 27th August
faded
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
39462
£275
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