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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Includes: Black & white photographs‚ within the text; Musical scores (1);

From the cover: “This is the inspiring story of the oldest regiment of the Household Troops‚ older than the British Army itself‚ raised by Charles I in Scotland in 1642 as ‘a Guard for His Own Person’. It is‚ furthermore‚ an account of almost legendary discipline‚ courage and endurance and tells of the Scots Guards and the part they played in such famous battles as Fontenoy‚ Dettingen‚ Talavera‚ Barrosa and Waterloo‚ where their defence of Hougoumont Farm‚ in Wellington’s own words‚ ‘decided the fate of the battle’. As the Scots Fusilier Guards they fought throughout the appalling Crimean campaign‚ where the 1st Battalion won five Victoria Crosses‚ and in the Boer War their extraordinary marching powers were the wonder of the Army. In 1914 they held the Germans at bay…

• Cover art by Timothy Jaques
• Edited by Sir Brian Horrocks
• In the Famous Regiments series
• 8¾” x 5½”
• 149 pages.
• ISBN: 0-8505-2012-6
• Dustwrapper over Blue boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
• Packed Weight: 1.20 Kg.

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