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Show REGIMENTAL COLORS IN PAWN Odd Experiences of British Emblems Once Greatly Prized by Thoeo Who Carried Them. Tho discovery of tho long lost colors of tho old oOth roglmont In tho garden of Funtlngton Iioubo, near, Chichester, Is a romlndor of tho strango fates that havo bofallen so many of thoso glorious glor-ious military emblems, London Tit-Hits Tit-Hits remarks. Tho colors of thu 81st foot slnco disbanded wero captured by American pirates during tho war of Independence and hidden away In Ireland; tho cn)ora of tho 20th res'.-lnoni res'.-lnoni weio dollberately burnt prior to tho surrender at Saratoga to provont their capturo by tho enemy. At Ilergon-op-Zoom tho Hoyal ''cots, to savo their precious colors from falling fall-ing into French hands, Bank them deop In tho rlvur, though tho enemy later flshed them out; nnd when tho second battalion of tho 8th foot was disbanded nt Portsmouth In 181G thu colora were cut Into small pieces and distributed among tho officers. Ono of tho colors of tho 1st North-nrnptonshlrn North-nrnptonshlrn regiment, which had been carried right through the peninsular campaign, was discovered some years ngo In n pawn broker's shop, though bow It got thoro Is a mystery to this day. A similar uncertainty attnehos to a pair of old colors of tho 2d Hor-dor Hor-dor reglmont, which wero recovorod from a London pawn broker, who was ofTorlng thorn for sale, by Lord Archibald Archi-bald Campbell In 1888. Four years later four colors which had accompanied tho Oloucestor rogt-ma-.t In Egypt and In tho peninsula weru rocovered from a York pawnbroker. pawn-broker. It appeai kd that, having beon bequeathed by nn old colonel of. tho reglmont to his son, thoy were ultimately ulti-mately secured by a Borvnnt, who, falling fall-ing on ovll times, pawned thnni 'or R few shillings. |