3. An officer's silk sash used in supporting Sir John Moore when carried in a blanket from the battlefield of Coruña to the Citadel after he was mortally wounded on January 16, 1809.
4. A civilian's hat worn by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, who commanded the Third Division at the Battle of Vittoria, June 21, 1813, when the French army was totally defeated by the allied armies. He wore the civilian head-dress owing to inflammation of the eyes.
5. A saddle used by Field-Marshal Prince Blücher von Wahlstadt at the Battle of Waterloo.
6. An umbrella of King Prempeh, who was taken prisoner by the British troops under Colonel Sir Francis Scott at Coomassie in 1896. The umbrella was presented to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria.[33]
[33] The descriptions are those given with the exhibits at the Museum.
Books and Newspapers of Military Interest.—In this class quite a wide range of matter is to be found. Books on military subjects containing fine illustrations, especially when coloured, are always valuable, and if more than seventy or eighty years old are never likely to depreciate in worth. When the illustrations depict army dress or refer to implements of warfare, the books should be especially prized. Volumes having for the subjects the descriptions of battles or accounts of tactics are, however, not sought for, as a rule. The Army List must not be forgotten. Early copies—the first appeared in 1814—are eagerly snapped up whenever offered for sale—as many soldiers of rank endeavour to secure complete sets of them.
A CUTTING FROM THE TIMES OF NOVEMBER 9, 1796, which is of much interest, as it shows that problems of recruiting were just as difficult of solution a century and a quarter ago as they are to-day.
LIGHT HORSE VOLUNTEERS,
Of LONDON AND WESTMINSTER.