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Pro patria et rege, poems on war, its characteristics and results, selected in aid of the Belgian relief fund, from British and American sources

William Angus Knight (1836–1916), 1915

Named on the pages for Battle of Naseby, Battle of Fontenoy, Battle of the Alma.

machine-read Machine-read (OCR) from a scanned book at the Internet Archive: expect misread words and names. The scan itself is at the library.

draft Matched to the battles automatically; not yet reviewed.

Passages that name the battles; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.

14 June 1645

Battle of Naseby

THOMAS CAMPBELL.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
The Battle of Naseby
OH ! WHEREFORE come ye forth, in triumph from

11 May 1745

Battle of Fontenoy

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
'Neath the banners of Montrose
Like a storm-cloud swept the tartan ;
On the field of Fontenoy
They held nobly up their banner.

20 September 1854 (8 September Old Style)

Battle of the Alma

WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN.
How ebbs it back from strife ?
The steps that scaled the heights of Alma
Wake but faint echoes here ;
The flags we sent come back, though rent

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