3-043-778 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Autumn Campaign: near Witchampton - Second Division Southern Army advancing from Cranborne, 1872. British Army manoeuvres. 'On Thursday week was fought the battle of Witchampton, which is spoken of as by far the most interesting and instructive of any that have passed since the Southern Army was assembled. We give an Illustration, from a sketch by our Special Artist, of the Second Division advancing as defenders from Cranborne to Race Down. The first line is lying down behind a ridge. At the right, in the foreground, are the 88th Connaught Rangers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.