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... Unlike London, which suffered from a severe thunderstorm on Tuesday when racing was at its height at Goodwood, the weather was at its best, and the many visitors enjoyed a fine day. The first race of all, the Ham (Produce) Stakes was won by Kalindi, owned by Mr. C. Wadia and ridden by M. Beary Kalindi, who is shown finishing in the picture reproduced above, won by a head, with three 'eI1^ ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 179 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Graphic 

THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN ASHANTI: The subdued King ... of Akim carried on his Throne beneath the shadow of ..

... THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN ASHANTI The subdued King ng of Akim carried on his Throne beneath the shadow of his State Umbrella. The trouble in Ashanti is practically over. Nearly forty rebellious kings are now in their work. The British officers, ...

Published: Saturday 08 December 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 151 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic 

HIGH EXPLOSIVE: What the Term Means

... HIGH EXPLOSIVE What the Term Means. Material Name Nature Ingredients, &c. Where and How Used GUNPOWDER Propellant Mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur in the proportion of 79, 18, and 3. Used all over the world for cen turies, and by the British since the Battle of Crecy, but now practically abandoned as a pro pellant or explosive, being used chiefly as a primer with various ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 527 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic 

SHOCK TACTICS--THE DEATH RIDE OF VON BREDOW

... SHOCK TACTICS-- THE DEATH RIDE OF VON BREDOW £y T. H. MANNERS HOWE From the fighting man of the bandolier and magazine rifle to the undisciplined levy of the iron age, and even further back in the gloom of the early world, there have always been two ways of meeting your adversary in the open and impressing him with the force of your arguments. These two methods are known as shock and fire ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1910
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 922 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic 

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... the fifteenth-century church with its twin towers, the only remaining portion of the great Benedictine abbey which was once famous throughout the length and breadth of France. At the time when Lieutenant Power made this painting the roof of the nave had been shattered and the interior exposed to the wind and rain. The Australian troops fought round this district, which lies to the east of Amiens. ...

Published: Saturday 15 March 1919
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 67 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic 

PICTURES OF LIFE IN FRANCE: Despatch-riding at Night

... PICTURES OF LIFE IN FRANCE DeVmlung CAVALRYMEN RETURNING TO BILLETS BEHIND THE LINES IN FRANCE The abive sketch, taken from a correspondent s sketch-book, shows two cava'rymen returning to the farm in which they are billeted and exchanging views with a French peasant woman. Both horses bear the War Office mark branded on the flank From a sketch by a correspondent THE DANGER OF DESPATCH-RIDING ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 164 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

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... Catholic Episcopate for the occasion, struck three blows in succession on the centre of the door, reciting after each blow a sacred verse, to which the choir gave a response. He then resumed his seat on the throne, and the door, which had been already unloosened by the masons of. the Basilica, was, by a special contrivance, made to drop on a truck ready to receive it and carried into a side ...

Published: Saturday 17 January 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 209 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic