THE FEU DE JOIE
was firel as usual. At 12 o'clock precisely the JNaval B/.gr0.0 fi'ed twenty
rounds of the big guns, to wbich the improvements in the carriages have just been completed by Mr James Mackie. The firing was veiy successful except in that some of the caps appeared to be defective and one cartridge had to be drawn. Tli3 infantry were drawn up in line on the Goods Wharf, but the firing for some reason was not satisfactory. Owing to the-irregularity in discharging the rifles, the effect was anything but good. The feu de joie having been accomplished, the Navals marched to the Goods Wharf, headed by their excellent Dram and Fife Band, and. there met the other companies, whence the whole body marched to the
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1992, 24 May 1875, Page 2
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128THE FEU DE JOIE Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1992, 24 May 1875, Page 2
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