British 33rd foot Regiment Colours N.America 1775-1783

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British 33rd foot Regiment Colours N.America 1775-1783

Post by nevermore » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:58 am

British 33rd foot Regiment Colours N.America 1775-1783

War came in 1775, and the 33rd, under its young Colonel, Earl Cornwallis, was part of the reinforcement sent to America early in 1776. The Regiment was, at that time, said to be the best trained regiment in the British Army and as a result was known as "The Pattern". On arrival in America the Regiment was brigaded with the Guards and subsequently took part in numerous battles both in the north, around New York and Philadelphia, and later in the south, in Georgia and the Carolinas. It was in North Carolina at Guildford Court House that it fought one of its toughest battles.

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