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THE RIFLE BRIGADE
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
THE HISTORY
OF THE
RIFLE BRIGADE
(THE PRINCE CONSORT’S OWN)
FORMERLY THE
95th
BY
SIR WILLIAM H. COPE, BART.
LATE LIEUTENANT RIFLE BRIGADE
WITH MAPS AND PLANS
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1877
TO
FIELD-MARSHAL
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
&c. &c.
COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
THIS RECORD OF THE SERVICES OF
THE RIFLE BRIGADE
IS
BY HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION
MOST RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED
PREFACE.
A wish had long been entertained and often expressedby Riflemen, both by those serving in the Regiment andby those who had formerly served in it, that a detailedrecord of its services should be compiled. It wassuggested to me by many of my friends that I shouldundertake this task. The will certainly was notwanting; but the ability to carry out their wish hasnot, I fear, been equal to their partial opinion, or tomy own desire to do justice to the subject.
The materials for such a compilat