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AN
Historical Review
OF THE
ROYAL MARINE CORPS.
PRICE ONE GUINEA IN BOARDS.
AN
HISTORICAL REVIEW
OF THE
ROYAL MARINE CORPS,
FROM ITS
ORIGINAL INSTITUTION DOWN TO THE PRESENT ERA,
1803.
DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION,
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.
BY ALEXANDER GILLESPIE,
FIRST LIEUTENANT AND UPWARDS OF TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AN OFFICER IN IT.
BIRMINGHAM:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY M. SWINNEY, No. 75, HIGH-STREET;
SOLD ALSO BY T. EGERTON, MILITARY-LIBRARY, WHITEHALL; MESSRS. RICHARDSON,ROYAL EXCHANGE; MESSRS. LONGMAN AND REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW;AND T. OSTELL, AVE-MARIA-LANE, LONDON.
1803.
Memorable for its Gallant Defence by a Body of Seamen, and Marines under Sr. Sidney Smith,& Colonel, now Sr. John Douglas Knt. &c. &c. against Buonoparte, & the Flower of the French Egyptian Army.
Most Gracious Prince,
With mixed sentiments of Loyalty and Gratitude, I now lay thefollowing Work under your Royal Shelter.
In having deigned to become its Patron your Royal Highness hasplaced me under a double tie, as it is a precious mark ofcondescension bestowed upon myself, enhanced in value from itsbeing a sure earnest of predilection for my Corps.
To cherish Patriotism, Subordination and Allegiance, is thebounden duty of every subject; but more peculiarly so, during timesof public dang