THE HISTORY OF THE TENTH FOOT.
The History of the Tenth Foot. By Albert Lee. 2 vols. (Gale and Polden. 25s. net.)—The Tenth Foot, now known as the Lincolnshire Regiment, a title appropriately recognised by the binding of the volumes in Lincoln green, was raised in 1685, and was called, after the fashion of the time, by the name of its first colonel, John Earl of Bath, a sturdy Cavalier, who received a better return from the restored Stuarts than most of his fellows. It declared for William of Orange, and was under fire for the first time at Steenkirk on August 3rd, 1692. It went through the campaigns of the four following years. It entered on another period of active service under Marlborough, taking part in the great fight at Blenheim and other battles. But it would take long to enumerate all the actions in which this regiment has distinguished itself. The War of Independence in America was a trying time for it; so reduced in numbers was it that it was sent home in 1778. Eight years later it was despatched to the West Indies ; in 1798 it had its first service in India, and after India came Egypt. The regiment had a part in the later campaigns of the Peninsular War. It had a distinguished part in the Sikh Wars, and finally, as represented by its Second Battalion, did not a little hard work in South Africa. Mr. Lee has accompanied his story of these services with details suggested from time to time of military life, pay, rations, and the like. The second volume gives a complete roll of officers, occu- pying a hundred pages. Altogether, this book deals in a very satisfactory way with a great subject.
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