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Out with the Berkshire Yeomanry, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

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Out with the Berkshire Yeomanry, 1881. '1. Carrying despatches "as the crow flies"; 2. Ten minutes for refreshment - wet without but dry within; 3. An imposing spectacle!; 4. The advance-guards score - "Put it down to the War-Office"; 5. "Dressed in a little brief authority" - Shakspeare; 6. The long and the short of it; 7. Skirmishing...The lively Sketches that fill one of our pages this week represent various incidents of the march, the muster, and the field manoeuvres, which are characteristic of this feature in provincial society. The Yeomanry Cavalry, as well as the Infantry Militia, are distributed between the several Military Divisions of the United Kingdom; the Berks Yeomanry, for instance, which has its head-quarters at Hungerford, being attached to the Aldershott Division...They would immediately find their allotted place in case of need for the mobilisation of the forces at home, each Division under the command of its own General, with a complete and efficient Staff; and we may feel quite sure that, whenever the threatened "Battle of Dorking" is to be fought in good earnest, the Yeomanry Cavalry will be ready to do their duty, as well as any of the Volunteer Rifle Corps'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

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