For the reproduction of the colours of "The Queen's" and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers I am indebted to the courtesy of the commanding officers of those two distinguished regiments. A close relationship exists between them. When Tangier and Bombay passed into our possession as the dowry of Queen Catharine of Braganza two regiments were raised as garrisons for our new possessions. The one proceeded to Tangier, and after some years of hard fighting, returned to England, to be known as "The 2nd Queen's." The other went to Bombay, and for two long centuries nobly upheld the honour of our name under the title of "The Bombay Europeans." On the transfer of the East India Company to the Crown the regiment appeared in the Army List as the 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers. Twenty years later, when regimental numbers were thrown into the melting-pot and the nomenclature of historic regiments changed, the Bombay Regiment became the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and as such worthily maintained its old reputation in South Africa. The Royal Scots and the Munster Fusiliers may claim seniority to the Queen's and the Dublins, but the battle honours on the colours I have selected cover the whole period with which I deal--from Tangier to Ladysmith, from Arcot to Lucknow. I would, in conclusion, beg those--and they are many--whose knowledge of regimental history is far deeper than my own to deal gently with the many imperfections in this book--an unworthy tribute of homage to the incomparable heroism of the British soldier. C. B. NORMAN. _January, 1911._ BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY CHAPTER I BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1662-1902 Tangier, 1662-1680--Gibraltar, 1704--Gibraltar, 1779-1783--Maida, 1806--Mediterranean--Mediterranean, 1901-02. TANGIER, 1662-1680. In the year 1910, just two centuries and a half after the event, the regiments which upheld British honour on the coast of Morocco were authorized to bear the above battle honour on their colours and appointments: Royal Dragoons, 1662-1680. Grenadier Guards, 1680. Coldstream Guards, 1680. Royal Scots, 1680. The Queen's, 1662-1680. The King's Own Lancaster Regiment has been unaccountably omitted from this list; but there is no doubt that the 4th (King's Own), under Colonel Kirke took part in the final series of actions with the Moors prior to our evacuating the fortress.