Ninth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal mb-height 2007 A gentleman is shown to

A gentleman is shown to the left of the instrument as an indication of scale

King George VI and Princess Margaret

This cartoon relates to Disraeli's Bill to purify the Thames

when he lost it to James 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett

she was brought into harbour without aid

Ninth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal mb-height 2007 A gentleman is shown toNinth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal, 17th August 1808. At the Battle of Rolia the British under Wellington defeated the French under General Henri Delaborde, near the village of Rolia in Portugal. Formerly spelled Roleia in English, it was the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War.