A Brief History of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps
by Sir Edward Hutton
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Hutton, Edward, Sir, 1848-1923
- Title
- A Brief History of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UA: Military science: Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army. King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57761
- Release Date
- August 24, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.
- 2.CONTENTS. — MAPS.
- 3.Preface.
- 4.PART I.—1755–1824. — I. 1755–1763.— Origin of the Regiment and its Services in North America. — II. 1764–1807.— West Indies and the American War. — III. 1808–1824.— Peninsular War. 60th The Royal American Regiment becomes 60th The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps.
- 5.PART II.—1825–1870. — IV. 1825–1856.— Sikh War—South Africa. — V. 1857–1860.— Delhi. Rohilkund. Pekin. — VI. 1861–1870.— North America. Red River.
- 6.PART III.—1871–1902. — VII. 1871–1881.— India. Afghan War. South Africa. Zulu War. First Boer War. — VIII. 1882–1885. Egypt. Tel el Kebir , 1882. El Teb, Tamai , 1884.— Nile Expedition , 1884–85.— Mounted Infantry . — IX. 1886–1898.— Indian Frontier. Chitral. Manipur. Wreck of the “Warren Hastings.” — X. 1899–1902.— South Africa. Talana Hill. Defence of Ladysmith. Relief of Ladysmith. Transvaal. — First Battalion. — Second Battalion. — Third Battalion. — Fourth Battalion. — Rifle Reserve Battalion. — Ninth Battalion. — The Mounted Infantry of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps. — Rifle Depot.
- 7.PART IV. — A Retrospect.
- 8.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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