Warring against the heavens: seeking to scare a comet. The Dalai Lama holding the ashes of his first embodiment. A cricket match: tickling crickets with rats' whiskers to encourage them to fight. The strangest uniforms in one of the strangest of scenes. The five-colours replaces the dragon: New China in London. Crying the war: drumming-up troops in a Turkish village. King Ferdinand’s sword-arm: the Bulgarian commander-in-chief. Schlacht bei Villiers am 30 November 1870 / G. von Niethamer victoria league war pamphlets Britain's part in the war / ed. by the Dowager Countess of Jersey and Edward Cook Villiers, his five decades of adventure / F. Villiers : Vol. 2 Schlachten bei Villiers und Champigny am 30 Nov. u. 2 Dez. 1870, sowie das Gefecht auf dem Berge Mesly / E. von Schmid zweite Schlacht bei Villiers am 2 December 1870 / E. von Schmid