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226 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1857.troops,on which occasion the rear-admiral addressedthe regiments as follows :" Officers andsoldiers of the 91st, the time is near when wemust part, and I now offeryou myforsincere thanksyour admirable discipline, and for your heartysupport. In Greece, just as in the Black Sea,or before Sebastopol, English and French troopshave proved the firmness of their alliance inthe midst of circumstances of the gravest nature.A cheer, then, for the united flags of France andold "England !On the 26th of the same month her Majesty'sminister at Athens reviewed the regiment, andafter the march past addressed them as folio ws :"Officers and men of the 91st, I have witnessedyour evolutions to-dayevery one must feel in seeingwith the satisfaction whichthe exercises ofBritish troops, amongst whom, I need not say,your regiment holds a distinguished place forefficiency and discipline.But you have otherclaims to praise of a special character. A Britishforce has now occupied, in conjunction withFrench allies, this country for nearly three years,not invited, and yet not in the territory of anenemy a difficult and often a very delicateposition, requiring much firmness and circumspec-