MISCELLANEOUS.
* controvert ha* .arisen wit% reference K> the n«nrtion. that no Genera officer ever before commanded l ny British troop* as those rawed In Winder Park on July 9.h. One of the few 1 ; who survive thow day., tit with reference to tbe army ;; Ter bis aommaßd stood t-nt. -m. on the>rniQß t ber lOth ' *f 1 The battle of Njvelle wa won by 44074 British soldiers. In the battle of Toulouse only 22,419 wer; engaged, and at Waterloo 25 389. If >u add to tbweiasfcOSW officer, and men of the German Legion, the total amount will be 31,698. I need scarcely add that to each of these arm es were attached the corp* of Portn*«i«« .and laniards, or eke of Hanovanani. Brmawick, N«an troops and Net. horlvrterfl. Bui; the str.ctfy B itnh force was on eajh occasion ,noh as I bave stated it to be' correspondent, quoting AW* Hiitory of Europe,' says that the Duke of Wellington reviewed in Paro, after Waterloo, 60,000 .British tfO^T* «ight never before seen, and probably never to be'seeu *g afa*
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 October 1881, Page 3
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177MISCELLANEOUS. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 October 1881, Page 3
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