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The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), which gained a reputation both for indiscipline and for its prowess as shock troops and streetfighters with the bayonet while serving under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War in Spain.

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  • The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1793 as the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), which gained a reputation both for indiscipline and for its prowess as shock troops and streetfighters with the bayonet while serving under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War in Spain.
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  • The Connaught Rangers (88th Foot & 94th Foot)
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  • The Devil's Own
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  • 2 Regular Battalions
  • 2–4MilitiaandSpecial ReserveBattalions
  • Up to 2 Hostilities-only Battalions
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  • Quis Separabit (Who will divide us) (Latin)
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