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A History of the 17th Lancers

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc.

John Hale

First Colonel of the 17^th Light Dragoons.

A History Of the 17th Lancers (DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN)

BY

HON. J. W. FORTESCUE

London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1895

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To the Memory OF MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM BEFORE QUEBEC 13TH SEPTEMBER 1759 THIS HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT RAISED IN HIS HONOUR BY HIS COMRADE IN ARMS JOHN HALE IS PROUDLY AND REVERENTLY INSCRIBED