3-078-276 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches at the Royal Military Tournament, Agricultural Hall, Islington: spectators, 1890. 'The eleventh annual Military Tournament was opened by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany on Wednesday, June 18, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo... The veteran Earl of Albemarle, who carried the colours of the 14th Regiment at the battle of Waterloo, and who is in his ninety-first year, was one of the spectators on the first day, when some feats of skill, including the decapitation of sham heads mounted on poles, struck off by the swords of mounted soldiers at full gallop around the arena, lemon-cutting, tilting at the ring, and tent-pegging, were performed by non-commissioned officers and men of different regiments. There was also a combined movement of cavalry, infantry, mounted infantry, machine-guns, artillery, and engineers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.