3-066-015 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Military Tournament at Agricultural Hall for the Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows, at Islington, 1881. '1. Lance v. Sword; 2. Artillery Driving Competition; 3. and 4. Tent Pegging; 5. A Lancer; 6. Sword v. Bayonet; 7. The Victor...[Scenes during a] tournament, or rather, as it is strictly denominated, the "Assault-at-Arms." [in order to raise funds for army widows]...These exciting performances were witnessed by large numbers of spectators, from two to five o'clock, and in the evening from seven to ten, with very great interest and pleasure. The Sketches we present are Illustrations of the contest between lance and sword, in which case the swordsman has been knocked off his horse; the artillery driving; the tent-pegging, the combat of sword with bayonet (both on foot), and some incidents that occurred to one or two of the mounted champions. It should be observed that the swords were represented by sticks, and the lances had round knobs instead of points at their ends'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.