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Storming of Dargai during the Pathan
Revolt of 1897. The Battle of Dargai, a British victory over the Afridis, is
shown in military art prints of the Gordon Highlanders and Gurkhas
storming the Heights of Dargai, including military art print of Piper
Findlater of the Gordon Highlanders
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Dargai by Robert Gibb.
The 1st Gordon Highlanders about to take the heights of Dargai which were held by the Afridis. During the engagement on the 20th October 1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men.
Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 18 inches (76cm x 46cm). Price £45.00
Open edition print. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £38.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM0079
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Charge of the Gordon Highlanders by Stanley Berkeley.
Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £28.00
ITEM CODE VAR0446
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Storming of Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders. The Wounded Pipers Gallantry by Richard Caton Woodville.
Christmas, which is essentially the spirit of home, turns our thoughts more sympathetically then at any other season of the year to our kinsmen across the seas, especially to our soldiers in the lonely outposts of the Empire. This picture recalls a famous incident in the story of our Indian Frontier which was thrilling the Motherland about this time twelve years ago. On August 23rd, 1897, the warlike tribe of the Afridis attacked Ali Musjid and Fort Maude. In October a British force was despatched to punish them by invading Tirah, their summer home, and on the 20th of the month occurred the fight on the Dargai Heights, where the enemy had taken up a strong position. The Gurkhas were first sent up, but were met with a withering fire. Then the Derbys and the Dorsets tried to rush the entrenchments; but at last the (1st) Gordon Highlanders were told off for the perilous task. Headed by their pipers, and led by Lieut.-Colonel Mathias, they dashed through a murderous fire, and in forty minutes won the height, leaving three officers and thirty men killed and wounded on the way. The individual acts of courage were equally splendid, and the conduct of the pipers in particular roused great enthusiasm. Their Lance-Corporal was shot through the chest, but Piper Findlater, after being shot through both feet and unable to stand, sat up under a heavy fire and continued playing the Cock o the North to encourage his comrades. His gallantry raised an enormous wave of public enthusiasm. He received the V.C. and retired on a pension to his native Aberdeenshire.
Open edition print. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE DHM0020
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| Storming of Dargai Heights by the 1st
Gordon Highlanders. The Wounded Pipers Gallantry by Caton Woodville
Christmas, which is essentially the spirit of home, turns our thoughts
more sympathetically then at any other season of the year to our kinsmen
across the seas, especially to our soldiers in the lonely outposts of the
Empire. This picture recalls a famous incident in the story of our Indian
Frontier which was thrilling the Motherland about this time twelve years
ago. On August 23rd, 1897, the warlike tribe of the Afridis attacked Ali
Musjid and Fort Maude. In October a British force was despatched to punish
them by invading Tirah, their summer home, and on the 20th of the month
occurred the fight on the Dargai Heights, where the enemy had taken up a
strong position. The Gurkhas were first sent up, but were met with a
withering fire. Then the Derby's and the Dorsets tried to rush the
entrenchments; but at last the (1st) Gordon Highlanders were told off for
the perilous task. Headed by their pipers, and led by Lieut.-Colonel
Mathias, they dashed through a murderous fire, and in forty minutes won
the height, leaving three officers and thirty men killed and wounded on
the way. The individual acts of courage were equally splendid, and the
conduct of the pipers in particular roused great enthusiasm. Their
Lance-Corporal was shot through the chest, but Piper Findlater, after
being shot through both feet and unable to stand, sat up under a heavy
fire and continued playing the "Cock o' the North" to encourage
his comrades. His gallantry raised an enormous wave of public enthusiasm.
He received the V.C. and retired on a pension to his native Aberdeenshire. Dargai
by Robert Gibb The 1st Gordon Highlanders about to take the heights of
Dargai which were held by the Afridis. During the engagement on the 20th October
1897, the regiment lost three Officers and thirty men.
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