Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton Finish:10-pack London Circa 1971

London Circa 1971

with short

To accompany Mr Palmer's pamphlet on the Thames floods

22nd November 1973

The Axillary artery has been injected with wax prior to amputation and dissection

Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton Finish:10-pack London Circa 1971Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, 1461 (1864). Lord Fauconbridge (1410 1463), leading the vanguard of Edward IV's (1422 1483) Yorkist army, orders his archers to shoot volleys of arrows and then retire. The battle, the largest and bloodiest to be fought on British soil, was a resounding victory for the Yorkists over the Lancastrian army.