. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. see beneath the sultry sun their polished bayonets glance;We hear anear the throbbing drum, the bugle challenge ring;Quick bursts and loud the flashing cloud, and rolls from wing to wing;But on the height our buhvark stands tremendous in its gloom, —As sullen as a tropic sky, and silent as a tomb. As these troops disembarked and paraded at the Point be-low, the specfecle must have extorted the admiration even ofthe rude bands who, with compressed lips and bated breath,awaited theii coming. Let us review the kings regulars asthey stand in battle arra
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. see beneath the sultry sun their polished bayonets glance;We hear anear the throbbing drum, the bugle challenge ring;Quick bursts and loud the flashing cloud, and rolls from wing to wing;But on the height our buhvark stands tremendous in its gloom, —As sullen as a tropic sky, and silent as a tomb. As these troops disembarked and paraded at the Point be-low, the specfecle must have extorted the admiration even ofthe rude bands who, with compressed lips and bated breath,awaited theii coming. Let us review the kings regulars asthey stand in battle array. The scarlet uniforms, burnished arms, and perfect discipline are common to all thebattalions. The 4th, or Kings Own, stands onthe right in the place ofhonor. They have thekings cipher on a redground, within the garter,with the crown above, inthe centre of their the corners of the sec-ond color, which everyregiment carried, is theLion of England, theirancient badge. The gren-adiers have the kingsPercys ]Northum-Dragon on their. BRITISH FLAG CAPTURED AT YORKTOWN. crest and cipher on the front of their caps. berland Fusileers have St. George and the colors, and on the grenadiers caps and arms. The Eoyal Irish display a harp in a blue field in the centre of their colors, with a crown above it; and in the three corners of the second color is blazoned the Lion of Nassau, the arms of King William III. The caps of the grenadiers show the kings crest and the harp BUNKER HILL AND THE MONUMENT. 55 and crown. An officer of this regiment was the first Britonto mount the redoubt. The Eoyal Welsh have the Prince of Wales arms, — threefeathers issuing out of a coronet. In the corners of the secondcolor are the badges of Edward the Black Prince, a rising sun,red dragon, and plumed cap, with the motto Ich dien. Themarines are clothed and armed in the same manner as hisMajestys other corps of infantry, their uniform scarlet, turnedup with white, white waistcoats and breeches. The
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