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The '''11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)''' was a [[Cavalry regiments of the British Army|cavalry regiment]] of the [[British Army]] established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the [[World War I|First World War]] and [[World War II|Second World War]] but then amalgamated with the [[10th Royal Hussars|10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own)]] to form the [[Royal Hussars]] in 1969.

==History==

===Formation to end 18th century===
[[File:David Morier (1705^-70) - Private, 11th Dragoons, 1751 - RCIN 401513 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|A private of the 11th Dragoons ([[David Morier]], 1750)]]

The regiment was formed at [[Colchester]] in July 1715 by [[Philip Honywood (British Army officer, died 1752)|Philip Honeywood]] as '''Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons''', one of 16 raised in response to the [[Jacobite rising of 1715|1715 Jacobite rising]]. It fought in the [[Battle of Preston (1715)|Battle of Preston]] that ended the revolt in England and while many of these formations were disbanded in 1718, Honeywood's remained in being.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Army; 11th Dragoons |url=http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=11th_Dragoons |website=The Seven Years War |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref>

During the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]], the regiment took part in the December 1745 [[Clifton Moor Skirmish]], allegedly the last military engagement on English soil, as well as [[Battle of Culloden]] in April 1746, often cited as the last pitched battle on British soil.<ref>Cannon, p. 8</ref> After 1751, regiments were numbered, rather than being named after the current Colonel, and it became the '''11th Regiment of Dragoons'''.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11h.htm |title=11th Hussars |publisher=Regiments.org |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104213155/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11h.htm |archive-date=4 January 2007  }}</ref>

When the [[Seven Years' War]] broke out in 1756, the regiment took part in the 1758 raids on [[Raid on St Malo|St Malo]] and [[Raid on Cherbourg|Cherbourg]].<ref>Cannon, p. 13</ref> Attempting to divert French forces from [[Hanover]], they failed to achieve this aim and the regiment was shipped to Germany in May 1760 as part of the [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby|Marquess of Granby]]'s cavalry corps, winning its first [[battle honour]] in July at [[Battle of Warburg|Warburg]].<ref>British Army; 11th Dragoons</ref> It was also present in the Allied victory at [[Battle of Villinghausen|Villinghausen]] in July 1761, which forced the French onto the defensive and ultimately led to the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris in 1763]].<ref>Cannon, p. 16</ref>

In 1755, each dragoon regiment added a reconnaissance or 'light' troop; in February 1779, these were detached, that from the 11th helping form the [[19th Royal Hussars|19th Light Dragoons]], which in 1862 became the [[19th Royal Hussars]].<ref name=regiments/> While dragoons had previously been mounted infantry, as part of a tactical rethink, the 11th was re-designated in 1783 as 'light cavalry' and became the '''11th Regiment of Light Dragoons.'''<ref name=regiments/>

During the [[French Revolutionary Wars]], two squadrons of the 11th Light Dragoons took part in the Duke of York's [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Low Countries campaign in 1793-95]], including  the action at [[Battle of Famars|Famars]] and the sieges of [[Siege of Valenciennes (1793)|Valenciennes]] and [[Siege of Landrecies (1794)|Landrecies]].<ref>Cannon, pp. 22–24</ref> It was also involved in the [[Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland]], including the October 1799 battles of [[Battle of Alkmaar (1799)|Alkmaar]] and [[Battle of Castricum|Castricum]].<ref name="Cannon, p. 32">Cannon, p. 32</ref>

===The 19th century===
[[File:William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Charge of the Light Brigade]], October 1854; 11th Hussars, second line, left flank]]
[[File:11th-hussars-officer-1856.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Officer of the 11th Hussars, ca 1856, in distinctive 'cherry-picker' colours]]
With the exception of a short spell in [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egypt]] during the victorious campaign of 1801, the regiment did not see active service again until it was sent to [[Portugal]] in April 1811, where it joined the [[Peninsular War]] campaign.<ref name="Cannon, p. 32"/> In August, a ten-man piquet was surprised and captured at [[San Martín de Trevejo]] in Spain, an incident that may have given rise to the regiment's nickname, ''The Cherry Pickers'', which tradition associates with a mishap occurring in the vicinity of a cherry orchard.<ref name=Empire>{{cite web |author=Luscombe, Stephen |author2=Griffin, Charles |title=11th Light Dragoons |url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm |website=British Empire |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> It fought at [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|Badajoz]] in April 1812 and the [[Battle of Salamanca]] in July 1812 before returning to Britain.<ref>Cannon, pp. 50–51</ref> During the campaign of 1815, it arrived at Ostend as part of [[John Ormsby Vandeleur (British Army general)|Vandeleur]]'s brigade, and went on to fight at [[Battle of Quatre Bras|Quatre Bras]] and [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]].<ref name=Empire/>

[[File:11thhussars1884 GordonRelief.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The 11th Hussars on the 1884 [[Nile Expedition]]]]
In 1819, the regiment moved to India, where it remained until 1836.<ref>Cannon, p. 71</ref> It was deployed at the [[Siege of Bharatpur (1825–1826)|Siege of Bharatpur]] between 1825 and 1826.<ref name="Creighton">{{cite book |last1=Creighton |first1=James Norman |title=Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore |date=1830 |publisher=Allen & Co, London |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narrative_of_the_Siege_and_Capture_of_Bhurtpore_(IA_pli.kerala.rare.12964).pdf |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> Shortly before returning to Britain, the [[James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan|Earl of Cardigan]] became lieutenant-colonel; embarked on a series of changes, which were intended to increase regimental prestige but resulted in a number of highly publicised disputes, including the so-called 'Black Bottle' affair.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woodham Smith |first1=Cecil |title=The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade |date=1953 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-001278-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/reasonwhybehinds00wood/page/63 63–66] |edition=1987 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reasonwhybehinds00wood/page/63 }}</ref>

In 1840, the 11th Light Dragoons served as escort to [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] on his arrival in England to marry Queen Victoria. She appointed Prince Albert [[colonel of the regiment]].<ref name=regiments/> and granted them the title '''11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars'''.   Prince Albert's interests included military tactics and equipment and he helped design the regiment's new uniforms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Jules |title=Prince Albert and reform of the Victorian army |url=https://www.military-history.org/articles/prince-albert-and-the-victorian-army.htm |website=Military History |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

The regiment served in the [[Crimean War]], as part of the [[Light cavalry|Light Brigade]] commanded by Cardigan, now a Major General and fought at the [[Battle of Alma]] in September 1854.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/alma.htm|title=The Battle of the Alma|publisher=British Battles|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> It was also involved in the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] in October 1854; due to miscommunication, Cardigan led the brigade against unbroken and more numerous Russian forces and while able to withdraw to its starting position, it suffered heavy losses as a result.<ref>{{cite book |last1=David |first1=Saul |title=The Homicidal Earl: the Life of Lord Cardigan |date=1997 |publisher=Little Brown |isbn=978-0-316-64165-4 |pages=420–424}}</ref>

The 11th lost three officers and 55 men in the debacle,<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Balaclava |url=https://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/battle-of-balaclava/ |website=British Battles |access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> while Lieutenant Dunn was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for rescuing two members of his troop.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette |issue=21971 |date=24 February 1857 |page=655 }}</ref> [[Edward Richard Woodham|Edward Woodham]] of the 11th Hussars later acted as chairman of the organising committee for the 21st Anniversary dinner held at [[Alexandra Palace]] for survivors of the Charge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Julien's Family History |url=http://www.julienco.com/balaclava.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630000726/http://www.julienco.com/balaclava.html |archive-date=30 June 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2009  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.julienco.com/balaclava.pdf |title=The Balaclava Banquet at Alexandra Palace|publisher=Illustrated London News |date=30 October 1875|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> The regiment was renamed the '''11th (or Prince Albert's Own) Hussars''' in 1861.<ref name=regiments/> A detachment took part in the 1884 [[Nile Expedition]] and during the [[Second Boer War]], it participated in the February 1900 [[Relief of Ladysmith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=496|title=11th Hussars|publisher=Anglo-Boer War|access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>

In 1911 Prince Albert's great-grandson [[Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia]] became [[colonel-in-chief]] of the regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28494|page=3734|date=16 May 1911}}</ref> He was removed in October 1914 following the outbreak of the First World War.<ref>{{Hansard|url=1915/dec/21/the-crown-prince-of-prussia|house=lords|title=The Crown Prince of Prussia}}</ref>

=== The First World War ===
[[File:Xi Hussars on the Western Front 1914-1915 Q51194.jpg|thumb|right|150px|11th Hussars machine gun section, [[Zillebeke]] winter 1914–1915]]
The regiment landed in France as part of the [[1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Cavalry Brigade]] in the [[1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)|1st Cavalry Division]] in August 1914 for service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/hussars.htm|title=The Hussars|access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref> The regiment took part in the [[Great Retreat]] and the regiment, working with the [[2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)|2nd Dragoon Guards]], conducted a cavalry charge which led to the capture of eight [[Artillery|guns]] at [[Néry]] in September 1914.<ref name=Empire/> In an action during the [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Battle of Messines]] in October 1914 a squadron from the regiment endured a heavy German bombardment that left many of its soldiers buried in a trench while another squadron from the regiment used a vantage point at the top of a building to train a [[machine gun]] on the Germans.<ref name=Empire/> At the [[Second Battle of Ypres]] in April 1915 the regiment, working with the [[Durham Light Infantry]] and [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers|9th Lancers]], held the village of [[Hooge, Ypres|Hooge]] despite being under attack from the German forces using poison gas.<ref name=Empire/> In spring 1918 the commanding officer of the regiment Colonel Rowland Anderson led a bayonet assault at [[Sailly-Laurette]] which, taking the Germans by surprise, led to them being completely repulsed.<ref name=Empire/>

===The inter-war years===
{{See also|1938 al-Bassa Massacre}}
The regiment was renamed the '''11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)''' in 1921;<ref name=regiments/> it became the first British cavalry regiment to become [[Mechanization|mechanized]] in 1928 and it became involved in suppressing the [[1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine|Arab revolt]] in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] in 1936.<ref name=Empire/>

===The Second World War===
[[File:IWM-E-380-Morris-CS9-libyan-frontier-19400626.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Men of the 11th Hussars with their [[Morris CS9]] armoured car, taking a halt while on patrol near the Libyan frontier, Egypt, July 1940]]
The regiment, which had been located in [[Egypt]] when the war started, deployed as part of the divisional troops of the [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|7th Armoured Division]] and conducted raids on Italian positions in [[Italian Libya]] using armoured cars during the [[Western Desert Campaign]]. It captured [[Fort Capuzzo]] in June 1940<ref>Playfair, pp. 113, 118</ref> and, in an ambush east of [[Bardia]], captured General Lastucci, the Engineer-in-Chief of the [[Tenth Army (Italy)|Italian Tenth Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warlinks.com/armour/11_hussars/11huss_40.php|title=Report on operations of 16 June 1940|publisher=War diaries of the 11th Hussars|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

Following the [[Italian invasion of Egypt]] in September 1940, the regiment took part in the British [[counterattack]] called [[Operation Compass]], launched against Italian forces first in Egypt, then Libya. It was part of an ''ad hoc'' combat unit called [[Combeforce]], commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel [[John Frederick Boyce Combe|John Combe]], that cut the retreating Tenth Army off and led to their surrender at the [[Battle of Beda Fomm]] in February 1941.<ref>Macksey p. 135</ref> The regiment fought at the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] in October 1942. The regiment took part in the [[Allied invasion of Italy]] in September 1943 and, after the [[Normandy landings]] in June 1944, took part in the [[North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45|North-West Europe Campaign]].<ref name=nam>{{cite web|url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/11th-hussars-prince-alberts-own|title=11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207124509/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/11th-hussars-prince-alberts-own|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>

=== Post-war ===
[[File:11th Hussars monument.jpg|thumb|left|200px|11th Hussars monument at the [[National Memorial Arboretum]]]]
The regiment was posted to Wavell Barracks in [[Berlin]] in 1945 and, after tours at various locations in [[Lower Saxony]] including [[Jever]], [[Delmenhorst]], [[Osnabrück]] and [[Wesendorf]], it returned home in March 1953.<ref name=bau>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-armoured-corps/11th-hussars.html|title=11th Hussars|publisher=British Army units 1945 on|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> It deployed to [[Johor Bahru]] in [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] in July 1953 during the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref name=bau/> After returning home, it moved to [[Hadrian's Camp]] in Carlisle as an Armoured Basic Training Unit in August 1956, then to Lisanelly Barracks in [[Omagh]] back into the armoured reconnaissance role in August 1959, and then deployed to [[Aden]] in November 1960 shortly before the [[Aden Emergency]].<ref name=bau/> It returned to England in November 1961 and then moved to Haig Barracks in [[Bergen-Hohne Garrison|Hohne]] in October 1962 where, after becoming the first regiment to use [[Chieftain (tank)|Chieftain]] tanks in regular service in 1967, it remained until returning home again in January 1969.<ref name=bau/> The regiment was amalgamated with the [[10th Royal Hussars|10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]], to form the [[Royal Hussars]] on 25 October 1969.<ref name=regiments/>

==Regimental museum==
The regimental collection is held by [[HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars]] which is based at [[Peninsula Barracks]] in [[Winchester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horsepowermuseum.co.uk/?page_id=73|title=The museum|publisher=Horsepower|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-date=7 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607032903/http://horsepowermuseum.co.uk/?page_id=73}}</ref>

==Notable members==
* [[James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan]] — leader of the Charge of the Light Brigade
* [[Alexander Roberts Dunn]] — the first Canadian to win the [[Victoria Cross]], for rescuing two soldiers during the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Tim Forster]] — Racehorse trainer of 3 [[Grand National]] winners
* [[John Ashley Kilvert]] — survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade and later mayor of [[Wednesbury]] 
* [[David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson]] — British politician
* [[Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall]] — British politician
* [[William Henry Pennington]] — survivor of the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] and later a Shakespearean actor
* [[Nicholas Soames]] — British politician
* [[Prince Michael of Kent]]
* [[Frankland-Payne-Gallwey baronets|Sir Philip Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 6th Baronet]]
* [[Harry Flashman]] — fictional anti-hero
* [[Antony Beevor]] — writer
* [[John Frederick Boyce Combe]] — World War II leader of Combe Force
* [[Ted Dexter]] — England international cricketer and administrator

==Battle honours==
The battle honours of the regiment were as follows:<ref name=regiments/>
* ''Early wars'': Warburg, Beaumont, Willems, Egypt, Salamanca, Peninsula, Waterloo, Bhurtpore, Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sevastopol
* ''The Great War'':  Mons, Le Cateau, [[Retreat from Mons]], [[Marne 1914]], [[Aisne 1914]], [[Messines 1914]], [[Armentières 1914]], [[Ypres 1914]] '15, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, [[Somme 1916]] '18, Flers-Courcelette, [[Arras 1917]], [[Scarpe 1917]], [[Cambrai 1917]] '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Amiens, [[Albert 1918]], Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, [[France and Flanders 1914–18]]
* ''The Second World War'': Egyptian Frontier 1940, Withdrawal to Matruh, Bir Emba, Sidi Barrani, Buq Buq, [[Bardia 1941]], Capture of Tobruk, Beda Fomm, [[Halfaya 1941]], Sidi Suleiman, [[Tobruk 1941]], Gubi I II, Gabr Saleh, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Taieb el Essem, [[Relief of Tobruk]], Saunnu, Msus, [[Defence of Alamein Line]], Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Enfidaville, Tunis, [[North Africa 1940–43]], Capture of Naples, Volturno Crossing, [[Italy 1943]], Villers Bocage, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pinçon, Jurques, Dives Crossing, La Vie Crossing, Lisieux, Le Touques Crossing, Risle Crossing, Roer, Rhine, Ibbenburen, Aller, [[North-West Europe 1944–45]]

==Commanding Officers==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2021}}
The Commanding Officers have been:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/REGIMENTAL%20COs.pdf|title=Regiments and Commanding Officers, 1960 - Colin Mackie|page=25|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
*1958–1961: Lt.-Col. J. Anthony N. Crankshaw
*1961–1963: Lt.-Col. Philip D.S. Lauder
*1963–1965: Lt.-Col. Richard D. Sutton
*1965–1966: Lt.-Col. Thomas A. Hall
*1966–1968: Lt.-Col. Peter M. Hamer
*1968–1969: Lt.-Col. Clive H. Robertson

==Colonels—with other names for the regiment==
The colonels of the regiment were as follows (the [[Marquess of Lothian|Kerr]] family provided the colonels for two-thirds of the regiment's first century):<ref name=regiments/>

* 1715 [[Philip Honywood (British Army officer, died 1752)|Philip Honywood]] —Honywood's or Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons
* 1732 [[Lord Mark Kerr (governor)|Lord Mark Kerr]] — Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons
;11th Regiment of Dragoons (1751)
A royal warrant provided that in future regiments would not be known by their colonels' names, but by their "number or rank" on 1 July 1751

* 1752 [[William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian|William, Marquess of Lothian]]
* 1775 [[James Johnston (died 1795)|James Johnston]]

; 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons (1783)
* 1785 [[Thomas Gage]]
* 1787 [[Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover|Joseph, Lord Dover KB]]
* 1789 [[Studholme Hodgson]]
* 1798 [[William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian|William, Marquess of Lothian KT]]
* 1813 [[Lord William Bentinck|Lord William Bentinck GCB GCH]]
* 1839 Gen. Lord [[Lord Charles Manners (British Army officer, born 1780)|Charles Henry Somerset Manners]], KCB
* 1839 Lt-Gen. Philip Philpot

;11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars (1840)
* 1840 F.M. [[Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel]], Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (The Prince Consort), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, KSI
* 1842 Gen. Sir [[Arthur Benjamin Clifton]], GCB, KCH
* 1842 Gen. [[Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart]] (Lord Greenock), GCB
* 1847 Gen. Sir [[Henry Wyndham (British Army officer)|Henry Wyndham]], KCB
* 1860 Lt-Gen. [[James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan]], KCB

;11th (or Prince Albert's Own) Hussars (1861)
* 1868 Gen. [[George William Key]]
* 1871 Gen. [[Charles Hagart]], CB
* 1873 Gen. Sir [[Archibald Little (British Army officer)|Archibald Little]], GCB
* 1875 Gen. [[William Neville Custance]], CB
* 1886 Gen. [[William Charles Forrest]], CB
* 1902 Lt-Gen. Sir [[Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley]], KCB, KCVO

;11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) (1921)
* 1926 Maj-Gen. [[Thomas Tait Pitman]], CB, CMG
* 1939 Brig-Gen. Sir [[Archibald Fraser Home]], KCVO, CB, CMG, DSO
* 1945 Maj-Gen. [[John Frederick Boyce Combe]], CB, DSO
* 1957 Col. Adam Trevor Smail, DSO
* 1965–1969 Col. Sir John Charles Arthur Digby Lawson, Bt, DSO, MC (to [[Royal Hussars|The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]]
* ''1969 Regiment amalgamated with [[10th Royal Hussars|10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]] to form [[Royal Hussars|The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]]''

==See also==
* [[British cavalry during the First World War]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Cannon|first=Richard|title=Historical record of the Eleventh, or the Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715 and of its subsequent services to 1842|year=1842|publisher=John W. Parker|isbn=978-0-665-48490-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/cihm_48490}}
* {{cite book|first=Major Kenneth |last=Macksey |author-link=Kenneth Macksey |series=Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century |number=Battle Book 22 |title=Beda Fomm: The Classic Victory |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |year=1972 |orig-date=1971 |oclc=473687868 |others=SBN 345-09748-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Playfair, Major-General I. S. O.|year=2004|title= The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Early Successes Against Italy (to May 1941). History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. I. |publisher=Naval & Military Press|isbn= 1-84574-065-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Reid|first= Stuart |year=1996|title=1745, A Military History of the Last Jacobite Rising|publisher=Sarpedon |isbn=978-1-885119-28-5}}

== External links ==
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