Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military JournalH. Colburn, 1866 |
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... troops , there is abundant evidence . * Bellona , the sister of Mars , is depicted by ancient painters and described by the poets , as being clad in garments stained with blood , and the planet which bears the name of the warlike god is ...
... troops , there is abundant evidence . * Bellona , the sister of Mars , is depicted by ancient painters and described by the poets , as being clad in garments stained with blood , and the planet which bears the name of the warlike god is ...
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... troops ; in the time of the Crusades , the English wore white crosses ; but Henry VIII . had troops in white with a red cross . From the commencement of the 14th century , the Scots wore blue surcoats with white St. Andrew's crosses ...
... troops ; in the time of the Crusades , the English wore white crosses ; but Henry VIII . had troops in white with a red cross . From the commencement of the 14th century , the Scots wore blue surcoats with white St. Andrew's crosses ...
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... troops in Ireland detailed at some length , but the colours are not stated . For an officer in winter , " a cassock of broad cloth , with bays , and trimmed with silk lace , 27s . 6d . A doublet of canvas , with silk buttons , and lined ...
... troops in Ireland detailed at some length , but the colours are not stated . For an officer in winter , " a cassock of broad cloth , with bays , and trimmed with silk lace , 27s . 6d . A doublet of canvas , with silk buttons , and lined ...
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... troops with great slaughter , we find that " the red - coat musketeers " were cut to pieces by Viscount Aboyne and his Gordons . It may be worth mentioning here that the chequer on the bonnets of our Highland regiments was first adopted ...
... troops with great slaughter , we find that " the red - coat musketeers " were cut to pieces by Viscount Aboyne and his Gordons . It may be worth mentioning here that the chequer on the bonnets of our Highland regiments was first adopted ...
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... troops varied ; hence , we find , that in the year 1685 , when the North Lincolnshire ( now 10th ) Regiment of Foot was raised by John , Earl of Bath , it wore blue coats , which were lined with red , and the men had waistcoats ...
... troops varied ; hence , we find , that in the year 1685 , when the North Lincolnshire ( now 10th ) Regiment of Foot was raised by John , Earl of Bath , it wore blue coats , which were lined with red , and the men had waistcoats ...
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