In all our little wars or pic-nics in Abyssinia, 1868; Ashantee, 1874; Africa, 1879-80; Afghanistan, 1879-80; Egypt, 1882-4, they have ever proved more than a match for multitudinous fanatics. These noble fellows have won their spurs from nobler foes, armed with as good a weapon as their own; but it is not my intention to follow these gallant regiments through all the muddles the “grand old man” has got them into. Suffice it to say that the Zulus, Abyssinians, Ashantees, Afghans, Egyptians, and the wild fanatical Soudanese will respectfully remember the men in petticoats; and should our country get into any other muddle we feel confident these loyal-hearted sons of Scotland will ever do their duty. We now wish them, and the loyal boys of the Green Isle, a hearty “God speed.”
THE BRITISH ARMY, 1886.
The following table will prove of much interest to all who wish to trace the crimson records of our army. It will show all the battles and campaigns that have been fought from 1704 up to 1884, compiled from the Horse Guards Records, according to seniority:—
Regiment. Name of Engagement.
1st Life Guards.—Dettingen, Peninsula, Waterloo, Egypt, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir.
2nd Life Guards.—Dettingen, Peninsula, Waterloo, Egypt, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir.
Royal Horse Guards (the Blues).—Dettingen, Peninsula, Waterloo, Egypt, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir.
1st King’s Dragoon Guards.—Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Waterloo, Sevastopol, Taku Forts, Pekin, South Africa, 1879.
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays).—Lucknow.