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"This statue stands in a prominent position in Kelvingrove Park looking over to Glasgow University.

This very fine bronze monument shows Lord Roberts mounted on a horse and below it there are relief carvings of soldiers and horse-drawn wagons. The very fierce-looking man at the rear of the monument is War, the female figure at the front is Victory and the motto Virtute et valore means 'By virtue and courage.' The main inscription is quite typical of its time - art and politics often go hand in hand - and it is all about fighting for an empire and putting down rebellions. This is actually a copy of the monument erected in Calcutta in 1898, though the Indian version does not have the same inscription.

The exploits of Lord Roberts have also been commemorated by the Dundee poet William McGonagall (1830-1902) who, in his poem General Roberts in Afghanistan, summed up the soldier`s achievements with the words:
Success to Lord Roberts; he`s a very brave man,
For he conquered the Afghans in Afghanistan,
With an army about seven thousand strong,
He spread death and desolation all along.

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