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The Connaught Rangers 1812

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A soldier of the 88th Regiment of Foot, the Connaught Rangers (the "Devil's Own"), 1812. One of the great Irish regiments of the British Army, the 88th served with General Picton's 3rd Light Division in the Peninsular Wars in Spain against Napoleonic France.
They served as the Forlorn Hope in the storming Ciudad Rodrigo in 1812, leading the way in the bloody assault.
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CanoScan LiDE 110
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