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Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

The most powerful French locomotive that was running in 1914
The most powerful French locomotive running in 1914. The Mikado began service in 1914 and was used by the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Railway Company for goods transportation

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

A JACOBIN
Originally a club of Breton deputies, the Jacobins eventually number about 500, 000 members throughout France, representing the hard, uncompromising viewpoint

Barras in Favour
Une matinee chez Barras - skilful general and adroit politician, he keeps his head while so many are losing theirs, until he eventually falls out with Napoleon

Mr George Lewis
GEORGE HENRY LEWIS Society lawyer. Acted in many sensational Victorian cases and eventually represented the Prince of Wales and other members of society

Disloyalty / Arrested / 1393
Sire de la Riviere arrested for supposed disloyalty, but eventually released

Basing House Besieged
BASING HOUSE, a strategically located Royalist stronghold, is attacked periodically by the Parliament army : eventually Cromwell takes it and burns it to the ground

Friedrich Schweidnitz
The Prussians under Friedrich der Grosse besiege Schweidnitz, and eventually take it from the Austrians

Wittekind Opposes
Wittekind, king of the Saxons, urges his people to oppose Charlemagne, but their efforts are in vain and eventually they have to submit to him as Emperor

GEORGE HUDSON (1800-71)
GEORGE HUDSON English financier. Invested inheritance in railways and eventually controlled over 1000 miles of railroad. Lost fortune due to corruption

Francoise De Bretagne
FRANCOISE D AMBOISE, duchesse de BRETAGNE noted for her piety while married, when widowed she became a Carmelite nun, and eventually prioress

Defence of Wardour Cast
WARDOUR CASTLE, Wiltshire is heroically defended by Lady Blanche Arundel, but she is eventually forced to surrender. However, the Royalists recapture it later

Laboratory of LA Voisin
The laboratory of La Voisin, (Catherine Deshayes), Parisian adventuress, black magician and fortune teller who was eventually burnt for her wickedness

Canton Taken by Japs
Canton : Japanese forces close in on the city, and eventually take it

Abdul Hamid Ii / Pj 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Abdul Hamid Ii / Rire 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Titus Oates / R White
TITUS OATES Anti-Catholic agitator, notorious for his bigotry and intransigence, for which he had eventually to flee the country

Spanish. Suc. War / Ramilles
BATTLE OF FONTENOY The duke of Cumberland successfully routs the French, but the failure of his Dutch allies leads eventually to a defeat

Chilperic I
CHILPERIC I Merovingian king of Neustria known as Herod to his contemporaries, and eventually assassinated

Louis XIII Weds
Louis XIII weds Anne d Autriche, who will eventually be the mother of Louis XIV

James Iii, Scotland
JAMES III, KING OF SCOTLAND - Allied to the English and eventually murdered by Scottish noblemen

Williams Burial Forbade
William I is about to be buried at Caen, Normandie, when Ascelin Fitzarthur claims the territory : the lords make a settlement and eventually proceed with the funeral

Antaeus and Pigmies
The Libyan giant Antaeus impresses the Pigmies, but he will eventually be defeated by Herakles, who lifts him off the ground whence he derives his strength

Crime / Maybrick / 1889
The coroners inquest at the Maybrick. Mrs Florence Maybrick is eventually found guilty of poisoning her husband, James Maybrick and imprisoned

Cartouche Portrait
LOUIS DOMINIQUE CARTOUCHE Celebrated French bandit, eventually cornered on a Paris rooftop

Barking Creek
A small sailing boat makes its way down Barking Creek, which eventually joins the River Thames; in the 1850s, the creek was home to Englands largest fishing fleet

Spanish Settle Florida
Despite the reluctance of its people to be colonised, Florida is conquered and settled by the Spaniards, leading eventually to Miami beach and Disneyworld

Siege of Zaragoza
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN Siege of ZARAGUZA (Saragossa) Despite heroic resistance, the Spanish eventually have to yield the town to the French on 21 February 1809

Romanus IV Diogenes
ROMANUS IV DIOGENES and his wife Eudoxia are blessed by Jesus, but by no one else, for he is soon deposed, blinded and eventually murdered

Mary the Egyptian
actress at Alexandria, later penitent, eventually saint

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