NINTH QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS1715-1936, Sheppard, Major 9781845749781 New<-

NINTH QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS1715-1936, Sheppard, Major 9781845749781 New<-

\n\nNINTH QUEEN\u2019S ROYAL LANCERS 1715-1936\n\nNINTH QUEEN\u2019S ROYAL LANCERS 1715-1936\n\nThe Lancers originated in a unit \u2013 Wynn\u2019s Dragoons \u2013 raised to put down the 1715 Jacobite rebellion at the battle of Preston. It was also used to put down the 1798 Irish rebellion, culminating in the battle of Vinegar Hill. The Lancers took part in two of the more ill-starred miliary ventures of the era \u2013 the failed assault on Buenos Aires and the Walcheren expedition \u2013 but was more successful in the Peninsular War. Transferred to India, it took part in the conquest of the Punjab and the relief of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny. The Lancers marched on Kabul in the Second Afghan War and relieved the siege of Kimberley in the Boer War, when it was also present at Cronje\u2019s Boer surrender at Paardeburg. The Lancers came into their own in the guerilla operations on the Veldt that followed \u2013 when they were up against the cavalry of the legendary Boer comm;

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