Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military JournalH. Colburn, 1866 |
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... BRITISH ARMY PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT , PUBLISHERS , SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN , 13 , GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET . SOLD ALSO BY BELL AND BRADFUTE , EDINBURGH ; D. ROBERTSON , GLASGOW , M'GLASHAN AND GILL ...
... BRITISH ARMY PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT , PUBLISHERS , SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN , 13 , GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET . SOLD ALSO BY BELL AND BRADFUTE , EDINBURGH ; D. ROBERTSON , GLASGOW , M'GLASHAN AND GILL ...
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... British soldier . " Colonel Mackinnon ( in his " History of the Coldstream Guards " ) and other writers have attributed the introduction or adoption . of the British uniform to William III .; but there are sufficient proofs of its ...
... British soldier . " Colonel Mackinnon ( in his " History of the Coldstream Guards " ) and other writers have attributed the introduction or adoption . of the British uniform to William III .; but there are sufficient proofs of its ...
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... British Army was adopted simply from the circumstance , that it was the royal colour of the kingdoms of Eng- land and Scotland , centuries before the union of the crowns or of the countries ; red and blue being the royal livery of ...
... British Army was adopted simply from the circumstance , that it was the royal colour of the kingdoms of Eng- land and Scotland , centuries before the union of the crowns or of the countries ; red and blue being the royal livery of ...
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... British Army . " Henry VIII . passed to Bulloigne with an army divided into three battalions , " says a curious work , printed at London in 1630. * " In the vantguard were 12,000 footmen and 500 light - horsemen , cloathed in blew ...
... British Army . " Henry VIII . passed to Bulloigne with an army divided into three battalions , " says a curious work , printed at London in 1630. * " In the vantguard were 12,000 footmen and 500 light - horsemen , cloathed in blew ...
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... British Grenadiers ' of immortal memory ! · According to Fosbroke , after throwing the grenade , on receiving the words Fall on , ' they rushed on the enemy with hatchets , which they wore in addition to muskets , slings , swords and ...
... British Grenadiers ' of immortal memory ! · According to Fosbroke , after throwing the grenade , on receiving the words Fall on , ' they rushed on the enemy with hatchets , which they wore in addition to muskets , slings , swords and ...
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Страница 10 - London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. AS he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities...
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