Ninth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal Size:XL: 100 x 70cm is covered in green cloth

is covered in green cloth and on this rests a set of papers and a letter opener on a red-lined blotter with a single yellow-paper bound book

pictured with Soviet Union Gymnastics Team

Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck

South view of the Bank of England

Ninth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal Size:XL: 100 x 70cm is covered in green clothNinth Regiment of Foot, Battle of Roleia, Portugal, 17th August 1808. At the Battle of Rolia the British under Wellington defeated the French under General Henri Delaborde, near the village of Rolia in Portugal. Formerly spelled Roleia in English, it was the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War.