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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Name: Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Author: Norman, Charles Boswell

Norman, Charles Boswell

Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History

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    "   Pekin.
  1861-65. New Zealand.
  1867. Abyssinia.
  1873-74. Ashantee.
  1877-79. South Africa.
  1878-80. Afghanistan.
  1878. Ali Masjid.
    "   Peiwar Kotal.
    "   Charasia.
  1879. Kabul.
    "   Ahmed Khel.
  1880. Kandahar.
  1882. Egypt.
    "   Tel-el-Kebir.
  1884. Egypt.
  1884-85. Nile.
  1885. Abu Klea.
    "   Kirbekan.
  1885. Suakin.
    "   Tofrek.
  1885-87. Burmah.
  1887. West Africa.
  1892-1894. West Africa.
  1895. Defence of Chitral.
    "   Chitral.
  1897-98. Punjab Frontier.
  1897. Malakand.
    "   Samana.
    "   Tirah.
    "   Hafir.
  1898. Atbara.
    "   Khartoum.
    "   Sierra Leone.
  1899-1902. South Africa.
  1899. Modder River.
  1900. China.
    "   Pekin.
    "   Ashanti.
    "   Defence of Kimberley.
    "   Relief of Kimberley.
    "   Paardeburg.
    "   Defence of Ladysmith.
    "   Relief of Ladysmith.




CONTENTS


                                                       PAGES

  ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS                    vii

  CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS                    xi

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS                                  xxi

  INTRODUCTION                                         xxiii


  CHAPTER I

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1662-1900

  Tangier, 1662-1680--Gibraltar, 1704--Gibraltar, 1779-1783
  --Maida, 1806--Mediterranean--Mediterranean, 1901-02  1-11


  CHAPTER II

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1695-1709

  Namur, 1695--Blenheim, 1704--Ramillies, 1706--Oudenarde,
  1708--Malplaquet, 1709                               12-23


  CHAPTER III

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTHERN EUROPE, 1743-1762

  Dettingen--Minden--Emsdorff--Warburg--Wilhelmstahl   24-35


  CHAPTER IV

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

  Louisburg, 1758--Quebec, 1759--Monte Video, 1807--Detroit,
  August 12, 1812--Miami, April 23, 1813--Niagara,
  July 25, 1814--Bladensburg, October 24, 1814         36-48


  CHAPTER V

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1751-1764

  Arcot--Plassey--Condore--Masulipatam--Badara--Wandewash
  --Pondicherry--Buxar                                 49-65


  CHAPTER VI

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1774-1799

  Rohilcund, 1774--Carnatic--Guzerat, 1778-1782--Sholinghur,
  1781--Mangalore, 1783--Mysore--Nundy Droog, 1791--Rohilcund,
  1794--Seedaseer, 1799--Seringapatam, 1799            66-87


  CHAPTER VII

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN FLANDERS, 1793-1799

  Lincelles--Nieuport--Villers-en-Couche--Beaumont--Willems
  --Tournay--Egmont-op-Zee                             88-96


  CHAPTER VIII

  BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN THE WEST INDIES, 1759-1810

  West Indies, 1759-1810--Guadeloupe, 1759--Martinique,
  1762--Havana--St. Lucia, 1778--Martinique, 1794--St.
  Lucia, 1796--St. Lucia, 1803--Surinam--Dominica--Martinique,
  1809--Guadeloupe, 1810                              97-121


  CHAPTER IX

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

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