Show ARMY AS RESULT OF RIOT comparatively trivial incident led to the formation of present british force the movement to preserve ken en wood the beautiful hampstead estate from the clutches of 0 the builders reminds the student ot of military history that the bloody little fight which occurred there in 1661 led to the reconstitution ution ol of the british regular army thomas venner a wine cooper was the leader of a set oi of ia fanatics naties known as fifth monarchy men who announced their determination not to sheathe their swords till babylon should be a hissing and a curse and the kings of 0 the earth should be bound in chains and the nobles in fetters of iron fifty of these zealots zealous on twelfth night emerged from their meeting place in coleman street and overpowered the city trained bands the assault was repulsed by the lord mayor in person who suddenly aroused and scantily clad at the head of a band of followers drove the insurgents sur gents to highgate where in caen wood a sharp encounter witia with the life guards took place tile the following day with several casualties to the household cavalry the rising was put down w without further difficulty but the result was wag the arrest of the process of the disbandment ban dment of troops and the reorganization of the army of which the existing life guards blues grenadier and coldstream Cold stream guards were the nucleus montreal herald |