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Map and Plan Drawing History of Berkshire George Washington The British Army

ALSO EDITOR OF Great Campaigns in Europe

FIELD MARSHAL THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &C., &C.

From a Photograph by Werner & Son, Dublin

THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY

BY Lieut.-Colonel C. COOPER KING, F.G.S.

WITH PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1897

IN TOKEN OF A LENGTHENED FRIENDSHIP I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF HER MAJESTY’S ARMY TO ITS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF F.-M. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.