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Strona 76
... corps were raised to meet the recurring threats of invasion , and other dangers of different kinds ; and the oldest regiment of the kind of which I have discovered any trace was the Kilkenny Rangers , a ca- valry corps , formed in 1777 ...
... corps were raised to meet the recurring threats of invasion , and other dangers of different kinds ; and the oldest regiment of the kind of which I have discovered any trace was the Kilkenny Rangers , a ca- valry corps , formed in 1777 ...
Strona 79
... corps was scarlet and blue , their motto , " Pro aris et focis ; " the Attorneys ' regiment of Volunteers was scarlet and Pomona green ; a corps called the Irish Brigade , and composed princi- pally of Catholics , ( after the increasing ...
... corps was scarlet and blue , their motto , " Pro aris et focis ; " the Attorneys ' regiment of Volunteers was scarlet and Pomona green ; a corps called the Irish Brigade , and composed princi- pally of Catholics , ( after the increasing ...
Strona 80
... corps are represented as having been em- bodied in 1777 ; but they were for the most part only incorporated for a local or occasional purpose , without any view to general organization . All these corps after- wards adopted the ...
... corps are represented as having been em- bodied in 1777 ; but they were for the most part only incorporated for a local or occasional purpose , without any view to general organization . All these corps after- wards adopted the ...
Strona 84
... corps , varying from three to five hundred men ; Lord Charlemont took the com- mand of companies raised in Armagh ; and in the metropolis of Ireland numerous regiments were formed by the different professions , and the command was given ...
... corps , varying from three to five hundred men ; Lord Charlemont took the com- mand of companies raised in Armagh ; and in the metropolis of Ireland numerous regiments were formed by the different professions , and the command was given ...
Strona 86
... corps as not exceeding eight thousand men , some without arms , and in the whole very few who are liable to a suspicion of disaffection . " The reasoning was cogent and curious ; but it is not a little strange to find an elaborate essay ...
... corps as not exceeding eight thousand men , some without arms , and in the whole very few who are liable to a suspicion of disaffection . " The reasoning was cogent and curious ; but it is not a little strange to find an elaborate essay ...
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