Highland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro Finish:Single A convoy of steamships proceeds

A convoy of steamships proceeds up the river watched by crowds in the foreground

near the Mansion House'

Liverpool's two cathedrals (Anglican and Catholic) - linking them together is Hope Street

April 1967 X3882-001

'A Sea-Side Riddle'

Highland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro Finish:Single A convoy of steamships proceedsHighland troops at the Battle of Vimeiro, Peninsular War, 1808 (1816). 'Anecdote of the Bravery of the Scotch Piper of the 11th Highland Regiment at the Battle of Vimeiro'. The British army commanded by Wellington defeated the French under Junot. The 11th Highland Regiment's piper continues to play despite having been wounded. From Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes, published by Edward Orme, 1816.