The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home thin trees where he went to watch

where he went to watch the Ajax vs

2 January 1918

Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English romantic poets and is esteemed by some scholars as the finest lyric poet in the English language

Edward III (1312-1377) of England laid siege to Calais

30th September 1972

The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home thin trees where he went to watch'The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home', 1819 (1904). On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peter's Field in Manchester to hear speeches supporting parliamentary reform and the repeal of Corn Laws. 11 people were killed and between 400 and 700 wounded. A print from Social England, edited by HD Traill and JS Mann, volume VI. (Cassell and Company Limited, London, 1904).