CAPT. W. W. KNOLLYS, 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS. HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1866. The right of Translation is reserved. 210. e. 125. PREFACE. IN offering these Memoirs to the public, the Authors wish to take the opportunity of expressing their thanks to the various individuals by whose assistance they have been enabled to bring to a conclusion a work upon which for many months past they have been constantly engaged. To General Sir Thomas Brotherton, K.C.B., Lieutenant-General Lord de Ros, Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.H., Colonel Boyd, Colonel Tompkinson, Colonel Luard, Colonel and Captain Tonnochy, to whom they are indebted for much valuable information, they particularly desire to render their grateful acknowledgments. With such assistance, in addition to that derived from the private papers of the deceased General, and other sources of information to which they had access, the Authors trust that the volumes which they now submit to the judgment of their Readers will be found to contain a comprehensive view of the public and private life of one of England's most distinguished soldiers. |