Becoming desperately short on supplies he decided to press on the Albany regardless but found the road blocked by a Continental army under Maj Gen Horatio Gates
This aircraft was the third to attack the Mohne dam
they successfully defended against determined German counterattacks
home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean
He served through the Kaffir War 1877-8 before his bravery at Rorkes Drift for which he was presented with the Victoria Cross by Lord Wolseley on August 3rd 1879
Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. (P) SHN237 Becoming desperately short on suppliesDHM6275P. Robert the Bruce by Jason Askew. Far ahead of Edward II's main army, marching from Falkirk to relieve Stirling Castle, rides the English vanguard. Late on that day, 23rd June 1314, these horsemen advance along the Roman road and cross Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, rides out ahead of his formations to observe the enemy's advance. One of the English Knights, Sir Henry De Bohun, seeing the King's vulnerable position, gallops