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Title: The Story of the Highland Regiments
Release Date: September 13, 2018 [eBook #57897]
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NOVELS. THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE. SHALLOWS.
BOOKS FOR BOYS. MUCKLE JOHN. THE GHOST ROCK.
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[Illustration: THE CAMERONS AT FUENTES DE ONORO.]
East and South my children scatter, North and West the world they wander.
Yet they come back to me, Come with their brave hearts beating, Longing to die for me,
Me, the grey, old, weary mother, Throned amid the Northern waters.
Published by A. & C. Black, Ltd. 4, 5, & 6 Soho Square, London, W. 1915
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER CAPTAIN HENRY TRELSS WATSON 2ND BATT. KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO FELL AT YPRES, MARCH 6, 1915