Lord Napier of Magdala makeshift Example of an aneurism

Example of an aneurism

'George Greatly Admires Ethel's Beautiful Complexion'

To her breast she holds the dove of peace

French cartoonist and illustrator

Lord Napier of Magdala makeshift Example of an aneurismLord Napier of Magdala, 1878. Napier was commissioned in the Bengal engineers in 1826. He served in the first and second Sikh Wars and helped in the relief of Lucknow in 1858 during the Indian mutiny. In 1867 68 he commanded what was regarded as a textbook campaign to free British prisoners in Ethiopia, culminating in the capture of Magdala, for which he was raised to the peerage. He went on to become commander in chief of the forces in India in 1870