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HISTORY
OF THE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
VOL. II.
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Major-General Sir Alexander J. Dickson,
G.C.B. AND K.C.H.,,
Deputy Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery,
AND
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HISTORY
OF THE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS.
By CAPTAIN FRANCIS DUNCAN, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D.,
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL RECORDS;
FELLOW OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
AND OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
“L’histoire de l’Artillerie est l’histoire du progrès des sciences, et partant de la civilisation.”
VOLUME II.
WITH A FRONTISPIECE.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1873.
The right of Translation is reserved.
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TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
FIELD-MARSHAL THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE,
K.G., G.C.B., K.P., G.C.M.G.,
COLONEL OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY,
THIS
HISTORY OF ITS SERVICES
IS RESPECTFULLY, AND BY PERMISSION,
DEDICATED BY
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PREFACE.
Unforeseen circumstances having arisen sincethe publication of the First Volume of this work,which rendered it possible that the Author might beunable to complete the narrative while holding theappointment of Superintendent of the RegimentalRecords, it has become necessary to modify the originalplan. There were two alternatives,—either to compressthe history between 1783 and the present date into onevolume, sacrificing many matters of minor interest,—orto write, as fully as in the former volume, thehistory of a period additional to that already treatedof, leaving the subsequent years and their campaignsto be described either by the Author’s successor, orby himself at some future time. After consultationwith some of the senior officers of the Corps, thelatter alternative has been adopted; and the additionof certain statistical tables, and of a copious index toboth volumes, will, it is hoped, render t