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The Campaigns and History
of the
Royal Irish Regiment
From 1684 to 1902
BY
Lieutenant-Colonel G. le M. GRETTON
LATE 3RD BATTALION, LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
NAMUR, 1695 | BLENHEIM | RAMILLIES |
OUDENARDE | MALPLAQUET | EGYPT |
CHINA | PEGU | SEVASTOPOL |
NEW ZEALAND | AFGHANISTAN, 1879-80 | EGYPT, 1882 |
TEL-EL-KEBIR | NILE, 1884-5 | SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-02 |
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1911
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