The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th

The title calls the book The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th, by William Henry Cope. The text says a rupture took place between England and Persia, in consequence of the Shah’s advance upon Herat.

The 1st Battalion marched from Chatham in two divisions on May 1 and 2, 1837, and arrived at Woolwich and Deptford on the 2nd and 3rd. While the Battalion was quartered at Woolwich, Lieutenant-Colonel William Eeles died in command of it on October 11, having served in the Regiment thirty-two years, appointed to it in 1805. A large force of Ashantees, sweeping round from the west, had attacked Quarman, about a mile to the south, on the line of communication, and Captain Dugdale’s company, which formed the rear-guard of the Battalion, was at once ordered to Quarman. In 1815 the companies of the 1st and 2nd Battalions joined those Battalions on their arrival in Flanders, and the two companies of the 3rd Battalion were, with the 2nd Battalion, in Sir Frederick Adam’s brigade at Waterloo.