The Story of the Guides
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The Story of the Guides is by G. J. Younghusband. The book is dedicated by special permission to His Majesty King Edward VII, Colonel-in-Chief, Queen's Own Corps of Guides. The text says the duties of the Corps of Guides were clearly and concisely defined in accordance with Sir Henry's precepts, and that it was to contain trustworthy men, who could, at a moment's notice, act as guides to troops in the field. The text says readers of the Napoleonic wars will remember that, after the battle of Borghetto, the Great Captain raised a Corps des Guides.
The text asks, What could an escort of seventy-five men, however brave, do against thousands, and tens of thousands, of armed men? Cavignari therefore took the bold course, which British officers, before and since, have taken. Quentin Battye is described as mortally wounded and passing peacefully away at Delhi with the words Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori on his lips.
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- G. J. Younghusband
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
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- Military History
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