3-078-261 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Major-General C. B. Brackenbury, R.A., 1890. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Window and Grove. 'This accomplished military officer, Director of Artillery studies at Woolwich, died of heart disease, in a railway carriage, on June 20...He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, entered the Royal Artillery, and...became Colonel [in] 1882. He has been an Assistant Instructor in Artillery, Assistant Director of Artillery studies, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in the Intelligence Department of the War Office, Superintending Officer of Garrison Instruction, Assistant Director of Military Education, and Superintendent of the Royal Gunpowder Factory. In 1887 he was appointed Director of Artillery Studies...[He] was present at the siege of Sebastopol, and went through the Bohemian campaign of 1866 and the campaign of Le Mans with the army of Prince Frederick Charles, in 1871. He also accompanied the Russian army during the campaign of 1877, in Bulgaria, and crossed the Balkans...He was one of the best and most extensive writers on all military subjects, and was the author of...many essays and lectures on military affairs; and a "Life of Frederick the Great".' From "Illustrated London News", 1890.