The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"Almack, Edward
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The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"
Almack, Edward
Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys)
"Thus opened the Battle of Balaklava, the engagement continued
through the day with separate incidents, with intervals between
them, and marked by singular interest. Sir Edward Hamley, after
speaking with measured words of one of these incidents which
immediately preceded the well-known cavalry charge of the Heavy
Brigade, says, 'There was something almost theatrical in the
grandeur of this portion of the spectacle; the French stationed on
the heights, and the English passing along them, looked down, as if
from the benches of an amphitheatre, on the two bodies of cavalry
meeting in mortal shock on the level grassy plain, which enclosed
on every side by lofty mountains would have been a fit arena for a
tournament of giants.'"
The next home movements of the Regiment were: 1857, Newbridge; 1858
and 1859, Dublin; 1860, Newbridge; 1861, Dublin; 1862 and 1863,
Edinburgh; 1864, Birmingham; 1865, Aldershot; 1866, Newbridge; 1867,
Dublin; 1868, Dundalk; 1869, Cahir; 1870, Dublin; 1871, Longford; 1872
and 1873, Edinburgh; 1874, Aldershot; 1875, Brighton; 1876 and 1877,
Leeds; 1878, York; 1879 and 1880, Dundalk; 1881, Dublin; 1882 and 1883,
Ballincollig; 1884 and 1885, Edinburgh; 1886 and 1887, Aldershot;
1888, Brighton; 1889 and 1890, Dundalk; 1891 and 1892, Newbridge;
1893, Dublin; 1895 and 1896, Aldershot; 1897, Hounslow; 1898 and
1899, Edinburgh; 1900, 1901, and 1902, South Africa; 1903 and 1904,
Stellenbosch in Cape Colony; 1905, Norwich; 1906, Edinburgh; 1904,
Middelburg.
[Illustration:
MEMORIAL
ERECTED TO THE
MEMORY OF
FALLEN HEROES
+OF THE+
ROYAL SCOTS GREYS
UNVEILING CEREMONY
PERFORMED BY
THE RT. HON.
EARL OF ROSEBERY,
+K.G.+, +K.T.+,
EDINBURGH,
+16th November, 1906+.]
_Lord Rosebery, at the unveiling of the Memorial, spoke as follows_:--
+Colonel Coventry Williams, and Gentlemen of the Scots Greys+,
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