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Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes

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  • A French soldier returning from the American War of Independence is rewarded with the Order of Saint Louis and the hand of a rich man's daughter as his bride. Line engraving by J.J. Avril, 1784, after P.A. Wille.

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    A military treatise on the appointments of the army Containing many useful hints, not touched upon before by any author: and proposing some new regulations in the army, which will be particularly useful in carrying on the war in North-America. Together with a short treatise on military honors. By Lieutenant Webb, of His Majesty's Forty-eighth Regiment. [One line Latin epigram].

    Webb, Thomas, 1724-1796. | Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]
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    A French soldier returning from the American War of Independence is rewarded with the Order of Saint Louis and the hand of a rich man's daughter as his bride. Line engraving by J.J. Avril, 1784, after P.A. Wille.

    Pierre-Alexandre Wille | Date: 1784 | Reference: 42716i

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