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NICKNAMES OF BRITISH REGIMENTS

... which it was f• , rmed having been en called on account of their dark tartan.. The phrase Light Bebe marks out the 43rd, albeit it is claimed by all light infantry soldiers. The 44th swell with natural vanity over their distiaetiens as the Old Stubborn ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1879
Newspaper: Ashton Standard
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 476 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

REVOLT ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER. SHARP FIGHTING : BRITISH LOSSES. MAJOR LUMB WOUNDED

... Beufial Lancers, two companies of the Somer-setshirve Light Infantry—not four as stated yestor. ~day—and the whole of the 20th Panjaub Infantry, “or about 1,200 men. He found the enemy, numbering 6,000, extended in line covering two miles, their right rutinfiou ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1897
Newspaper: Ashton Standard
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 657 | Page: 10 | Tags: none