Nevill, Ralph, 1865-1930, Menzies, William Gladstone, 1879- · London : The Connoisseur publishing company · leaf 66
V.; this, however, is carried onlywhen the sovereign is present. At the battle of Barossa, three companies of the 1st Guards, togetherwith the 87th Regiment, made a desperate charge, in which they captured theEagle of the 8th French Light Infantry, the favourite regiment of theEmperor Napoleon,… … Z U-,> X < ^ I ,, s t/i — c - 2 ^ i 3 5 a -;^- - o —a o V « ■> O t: nailed to the flagstaff, and not screwed on, as was the usual custom in theFrench Army. This, he declared, was to show that the regiment wasinvincible, and that it was not in human power to deprive it of its standard.The…
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