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2nd Battalion • Northamptonshire

Regiment, on ito de partière from the

Colony.

2.

I was invited by

the

promoters to take part in the

proceedings; but, though having

declined to de

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• for

various reasons,

especially from a reluctance to make a procedent, which might hereafter prove inconvenient, I

in

have, nevertheless, much pleasure mentioning my general accord with the favourable views

expressed

OV

that occasion with

regard

regard to this fine Regiment. The general conduct of the

the men in.

their relations with the civil

population has been highly-

Actiofectory;

; and

if

as I do not

doubt, they well deserve the high character for military efficiency,

especially as regards musketry,

which is

is

6 given to

n to them by the. local experts, their condition on

the who

hole reflects

much credit on

Colonel Anderson and the other

officers, who, I have been pleased

to observe on several occasions,