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1、OSPREY'MEN-AT-ARMSSERIESTextbyALANSHEPPERDColourplatesbyMICHAELYOUENSMEN-AT-ARMSSERIESEDITOR:PHILIPWARNER'THEDEVIL'SOWN'TextbyALANSHEPPERDColourplatesbyMICHAELYOUENSOSPREYPUBLISHINGLIMITEDPublishedinEnglandbyOspreyPublishingLtd,P.O.Box25,707OxfordRoad,Reading,Berkshire©Copyright
2、1972OspreyPublishingLtdThisbookiscopyrightedundertheBerneConvention.Allrightsreserved.Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposeofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,1956,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedi
3、nanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,electrical,chemical,mechanical,optical,photo•copying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofthecopyrightowner.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtothePublishers.PrintedinGreatBritainbyJarrold&SonsLtd,NorwichCJfieGonnaught'l<&gersbecameunitedundert
4、heCardwellReformsastheCJIlef9riginstworegularbattalionsofthe.ConnaughtRangers.AsweshallseethecoincidenceofthedatesoftheirformationwasonlyoneofthetiesthatboundthemtogetherforoveracenturyandaquarterofdevotedservicetotheBritishCrown.THESCOTSBRIGADEItisamatterofhistoricinterestthatt
5、heCon•naughtRangerscanclaimadirectlinkwiththeancientScotsBrigadethatwasraisedin1572fortheWarofDutchIndependence.TheScotsBrigaderemainedintheserviceoftheNetherlandsforovertwohundredyearsandforthemajoritySEPTEMBER1793ofthisperiodtheregimentswereofficiallyheldtoWithindaysoftheexecu
6、tionofLouisXVIthebepartofthearmedforcesoftheScottishandRevolutionaryGovernmentofFrancedeclaredlaterBritishCrown.Asearlyas1577theregimentswaronGreatBritainandHolland.ThedatewascarriedthewhiteStAndrewsCrossonablue1February1793.Francehadneverbeensoun•backgroundastheirColourandunder
7、theirprepared.Thearmyhadshrunkto150,000nationalflagwonundyingfame.TheBrigadeeffectives-lessthanonefifthofitsnominalrecruitedintheLowlands,marchedto'Scotsstrength.Eighteenmonthspreviouslytwo-thirdsduty',andintheveryearlydaysworetheoldtimeoftheofficercorps,aftergenerationsofheredi
8、tarygreatbeltedplaid.When,undertheTruceofservic
