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    TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
    IN
    THE RIFLE BRIGADE.

    BY THE LATE
    WILLIAM SURTEES,
    QUARTERMASTER.

    WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND
    T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON.

    MDCCCXXXIII.


    EDINBURGH:
    PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PAUL'S WORK, CANONGATE.




    TO
    MAJOR-GEN. SIR ANDREW F. BARNARD,
    K.C.B. and K.C.H.
    AND THE OFFICERS OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE,
    THESE REMAINS OF MY DECEASED BROTHER
    ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
    BY THEIR OBLIGED AND MOST
    OBEDIENT SERVANT,
    JOHN SURTEES.




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