Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I Size:XS: 30 x 30cm The Comte had published a

The Comte had published a pamphlet called Un Debat sur l'Inde au Parlement Anglais in which he compared in unflattering terms French parliamentary procedures for debate with the superior ones of the British parliament

A neat play on words as Punch illustrates the popularity of golf in Scotland as well as increasing meteorological knowledge

an imsomnia cure widely misused in the late 19th century

30th September 1972

with a section through the flower

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I Size:XS: 30 x 30cm The Comte had published aCasualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918. The town was captured by Australian troops on 25th April, at the cost of over 1200 lives, a sacrifice honoured by an Australian war memorial built there in 1919. Stereoscopic card detail.