... 1881 the 51st had bhie facings, _ the 105 th buff. The 51st was made light infantry ' m 1809. The present 2nd Battalion was originally the East India Company's 2nd Madras European Regi- ment It became the 2nd Madras European Light ...

... Formed 1787. 3rd ond tth Battalions ordered to be formed io 1900. sth Battalion, late Royal Elthorne, or sth Middlesex (Light Infantry) Militia. 6th Battalion, late mth, or Royal South Middlesex Militia. Regimental bodges : —The plume of the Prince of Wales ...

... the day of Waterloo, and saw no more fighting until the Crimea, when it was present at the principal battles as part of the Light Division; and at the attack on the Redan on the 18th June, it lost its famous Colonel, Lacy Yea. Now it has earned fresh glory ...

... Heads, bands, and feet chopped off. Next day, at 2.30, wa were heavily attacked by o large body of Boxers, both osvolry and infantry, but we repulsed them and drove them back for five miles, killing about 50 of them. This fight lasted until dusk. We were ...