• Tho Royal Artillery ehxiros with tho Royal - Engineers tfao peculiar distinction of having •served in every campaign in which tho Briarmy has fought since the regiment was .piis&d.'. for whilo there are many 'batteries only one raiment. i'Tie 'ancestorof tho'Vl was the' Train of ArtillCTTv' first. nusted*in HenryVllTs time. Its guns w6re 'kjiown as culverins. sakers, «uid falcons, ;-Tho' culverin .was fragged', into ,a/:fion by a, 't.tahlm of -draught horses, the drivers were ■frfoajitena- and the gßanewdsEi.'vas .Mnyfoody
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17402, 24 August 1918, Page 12
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78Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17402, 24 August 1918, Page 12
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