Excerpt from The British Army, Vol. 1: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment
The subject is a wide one, and expands upon inquiry at first materials presented themselves but scantily, afterwards their superabundance imposed the task of selection. It is full of interest to all: during the eight centuries that have rolled away Since the Norman Conquest, this country has under gone such changes, that its history appears like the fiction of the romancer; neither can we attain to any consummation or resting-place, for events as fitful and remarkable as any that have passed are still in progress, our armaments are even now in a state of transition, 'brown Bess is converted into a Snider, our wooden walls into iron plates.
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