Trial by Battle mb-copyright The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images Slim Jim Phantom

Slim Jim Phantom

A man in plus fours carries a golf bag

with holes in his shoes

presented by the Spanish regency

View of Leadenhall Chapel

Trial by Battle mb-copyright The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images Slim Jim Phantom'Trial by Battle', 1877. In this battle, Russia is on the right clad in the skin of the Russian Bear, and Turkey, having cast off its sheep's clothing to reveal the skin of the wolf, is on the left. In April 1877, Russia declared war against Turkey and, within hours, 50,000 troops entered Romanian territory. This was because, on the 16th April, Russia had entered into a convention with the Romanian government under the terms of which Romania