Eureka Reporter | 1908-08-14 | Page 7 | A Breeches Stratagem

A breeches stratagem after the battle of Ra millies had been won by the great duke ot of marl borough lord john hay who corn com banded a regiment of scotch dra goons when the regiment ot of foot called the king kings s consisting of 1200 1 men submitted to him and surrena ered their arms and colors ordered to prevent their running away and the necessity of setting a strong guard over them that every man should hould cut a piece out of the waist band of his breeches which obliged them to hold them up with one band hand and in that posture they marched with a guard of only 25 dragoons dra goona and a sergeant charles XII did some thing like thia this by the muscovites after the battle of narva