A FAMILIAR HISTORY

OF

THE BRITISH ARMY.

OF

THE BRITISH ARMY,

FROM

The Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time,

INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT, AND THE
PROGRESS OF THE

VOLUNTEER ORGANISATION.

BY

Author of an

J. H. STOCQUELER,

'Illustrated Life of the Duke of Wellington; the Memoirs of Sir William Nott;' the Military
Encyclopædia;' the Old Field Officer;' the British Soldier;' the 'Familiar History of India;' the
'Familiar History of the United States;' the Volunteers' Hand-Book;' the 'Oriental
Interpreter; the Wonders and Beauties of Creation;''Fifteen Months'
Pilgrimage through Persia, Armenia, Turkey, Russia,
Germany, Holland,' &c., &c.

LONDON:

EDWARD STANFORD, 6 AND 7 CHARING CROSS, S.W.

1871.

ΤΟ

THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS

OF

The British Army,

TOWARDS WHOM THE AUTHOR HAS FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS STOOD IN

FRIENDLY RELATIONS AS

A MILITARY JOURNALIST,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE DEDICATED, WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND ADMIRATION

OF THE VALOUR, DISCIPLINE, AND LOYALTY WHICH HAVE AT

ALL TIMES DISTINGUISHED

THE ROYAL FORCES.