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| Keywords: Ronald Bertram Lane Vanity Fair 22 March 1906.jpg Caricature of Major-General Sir Ronald Bertram Lane Caption read Rowdy <br>Accompanying biographical note in Vanity Fair read Of his coolness and humour those who were in the Zulu War have still a story to tell A certain war correspondent of assurance and reputation had declared that if the Zulus were crushed that they would not fight again Lane held a contrary opinion and a bet of a tenner was the result The battle of Ulundi followed The firing had been a trifle wild The Zulus were within two hundred yards and coming on fast An order was given to resume volley firing In the few seconds pause Lane was heard to call out cheerily to the correspondent 'I say as we don't seem likely to get out of this square I'll trouble you to hand over that tenner now' He is now Lieutenant-Governor of the Chelsea Hospital and his old friends still call him 'Rowdy Lane' Original pencil watercolour and bodycolour Published in Vanity Fair 22 March 1906 <br>Downloaded from http //www christies com/LotFinder/lot_details aspx from salesummary pos 6 intObjectID 4647135 1906 creator Leslie Ward PD-old-auto 1922 DEFAULTSORT Lane Ronald Bertran Vanity Fair caricatures military people Caricatures by Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair British Army officers British military personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War | ||||
