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Sir Garnet Wolseley, K.C.B., commander of the expedition for the Ashantee War, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

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Sir Garnet Wolseley, K.C.B., commander of the expedition for the Ashantee War, 1873. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. F. R. Window. 'This distinguished officer, who left England at the end of last week to take command of the military expedition against the Ashantees on the Gold Coast of West Africa, has of late years been regarded as one of the ablest conductors of such an enterprise that could be chosen from those in the prime of life already noted for past services in different fields of action...He was at the siege of Lucknow and defence of the Alumbagh, in the war of the Indian mutiny, when the despatches mentioned him with praise, and his conduct was rewarded with a step of brevet rank. He served in 1860 on the staff of the Quartermaster-General, through the war in China, for which, as for his previous services in three other wars, he received medals and other tokens of distinction. In October, 1867, he was appointed Quartermaster-General in Canada...He commanded the Red River expedition of 1870, in which his skilful management was justly applauded...Sir Garnet Wolseley is a K.C.B. and a Knight of St. Michael and St. George; he wears also the French order of the Legion of Honour, and the Turkish order of the Medjidieh'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

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HRM25A13_232

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12,0Mo (939,2Ko) / 16,4cm x 18,3cm / 1938 x 2164 (300dpi)

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