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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Historical Record of the Eighteenth or The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot: From Its Formation in 1684 to 1848 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: October 18, 2016 [EBook #53308] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the -text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>More detail can be found at <a href="#TN">the end of the book.</a></p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<h1> -<span class="lsp">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxl">THE EIGHTEENTH,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OR</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl">THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT;</span></h1> - - -<p class="p2 pfs70">CONTAINING</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100">AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT<br /> -IN 1684,</p> -<p class="pfs100">AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES<br /> -TO 1848.</p> - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">COMPILED BY</p> - -<p class="pfs120">RICHARD CANNON, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>,</p> - -<p class="pfs70 lsp">ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.</p> - -<p class="p1" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<p class="p2 pfs120">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs120 lsp">PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,</p> -<p class="pfs90">30, CHARING CROSS.</p> - -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs70">MDCCCXLVIII.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p class="p10" /> - -<p class="pfs70">LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,<br /> -FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="lsp2">GENERAL ORDERS.</span></h2> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="p2 right small"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right small padr1"><em>1st January</em>, 1836.</p> - -<p class="noindent">His Majesty has been pleased to command that, -with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, -as well as to Individuals who have distinguished -themselves by their Bravery in Action -with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of -every Regiment in the British Army shall be published -under the superintendence and direction of -the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall -contain the following particulars, viz.:—</p> - -<p class="noindent">—— The Period and Circumstances of the Original -Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it -has been from time to time employed; The Battles, -Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has -been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement -it may have performed, and the Colours, -Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the -Enemy.</p> - -<p class="noindent">—— The Names of the Officers, and the number of -Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or -Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span>Date of the Action.</p> - -<p class="noindent">—— The Names of those Officers who, in consideration -of their Gallant Services and Meritorious -Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have -been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other -Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.</p> - -<p class="noindent">—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned -Officers, and Privates, as may have -specially signalized themselves in Action.</p> - -<p>And,</p> - -<p class="noindent">—— The Badges and Devices which the Regiment -may have been permitted to bear, and the -Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices, -or any other Marks of Distinction, have been -granted.</p> - -<p class="right padr4">By Command of the Right Honorable</p> -<p class="right padr2">GENERAL LORD HILL,</p> -<p class="right"><em>Commanding-in-Chief</em>.</p> - -<p class="p2 right smcap">John Macdonald,</p> -<p class="right padr1"><em>Adjutant-General</em>.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="lsp2">PREFACE.</span></h2> - - -<p class="noindent">The character and credit of the British Army must -chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which -all who enter into its service are animated, and -consequently it is of the highest importance that any -measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, -by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved, -should be adopted.</p> - -<p>Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment -of this desirable object than a full display of the noble -deeds with which the Military History of our country -abounds. To hold forth these bright examples to -the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to -incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those -who have preceded him in their honorable career, -are among the motives that have given rise to the -present publication.</p> - -<p>The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, -announced in the "London Gazette," from whence -they are transferred into the public prints: the -achievements of our armies are thus made known at -the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span> -of praise and admiration to which they are entitled. -On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament -have been in the habit of conferring on the Commanders, -and the Officers and Troops acting under -their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks -for their skill and bravery; and these testimonials, -confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's -approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier -most highly prizes.</p> - -<p>It has not, however, until late years, been the practice -(which appears to have long prevailed in some of -the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep -regular records of their services and achievements. -Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining, -particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services.</p> - -<p>This defect will now be remedied, in consequence -of His Majesty having been pleased to command -that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and -ample record of its services at home and abroad.</p> - -<p>From the materials thus collected, the country -will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties -and privations which chequer the career of those who -embrace the military profession. In Great Britain, -where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, -and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span> -long a period, being undisturbed by the <em>presence of -war</em>, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively -little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service and of the casualties of climate, to which, -even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in -every part of the globe, with little or no interval of -repose.</p> - -<p>In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which -the country derives from the industry and the enterprise -of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy -inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on -the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,—on -their sufferings,—and on the sacrifice of valuable life, -by which so many national benefits are obtained and -preserved.</p> - -<p>The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, -and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great -and trying difficulties; and their character has been -established in Continental warfare by the irresistible -spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the -gallantry and steadiness with which they have maintained -their advantages against superior numbers.</p> - -<p>In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, -ample justice has generally been done to -the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but -the details of their services and of acts of individual<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span> -bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments.</p> - -<p>These Records are now preparing for publication, -under his Majesty's special authority, by Mr. -<span class="smcap">Richard Cannon</span>, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant -General's Office; and while the perusal of them cannot -fail to be useful and interesting to military men -of every rank, it is considered that they will also -afford entertainment and information to the general -reader, particularly to those who may have served in -the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.</p> - -<p>There exists in the breasts of most of those who -have served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit -de Corps</i>—an attachment to everything belonging -to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative of -the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of -the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been -of paramount interest with a brave and civilized -people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes -who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood -"firm as the rocks of their native shore:" and when -half the world has been arrayed against them, they -have fought the battles of their Country with unshaken -fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,—victories so complete and surprising, -gained by our countrymen, our brothers,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span> -our fellow citizens in arms,—a record which revives -the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant -deeds before us,—will certainly prove acceptable to -the public.</p> - -<p>Biographical Memoirs of the Colonels and other -distinguished Officers will be introduced in the -Records of their respective Regiments, and the -Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to -time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying -the value and importance of its services, will be -faithfully set forth.</p> - -<p>As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record -of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, -so that when the whole shall be completed, the -Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs80">INTRODUCTION</span><br /> -<span class="xxs">TO</span><br /><br /> -<span class="xl lsp2">THE INFANTRY.</span></h2> - -<hr class="r20a" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<p class="p2 noindent">The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been -celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness, -and the national superiority of the British troops -over those of other countries has been evinced in -the midst of the most imminent perils. History contains -so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery, -that no doubts can be raised upon the facts which -are recorded. It must therefore be admitted, that -the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is -<span class="smcap">Intrepidity</span>. This quality was evinced by the -inhabitants of England when their country was -invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, on -which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into -the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they descended -from their ships; and, although their discipline -and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing -intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, including -Cæsar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms -consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons -of rude construction. They had chariots, to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span> -axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron -resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long -chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and -fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit -or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off -with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were, -however, unavailing against Cæsar's legions: in -the course of time a military system, with discipline -and subordination, was introduced, and -British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted -to the greatest advantage; a full development of -the national character followed, and it shone forth -in all its native brilliancy.</p> - -<p>The military force of the Anglo-Saxons consisted -principally of infantry: Thanes, and other men of -property, however, fought on horseback. The -infantry were of two classes, heavy and light. -The former carried large shields armed with spikes, -long broad swords and spears; and the latter were -armed with swords or spears only. They had also -men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and -javelins.</p> - -<p>The feudal troops established by William the -Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Introduction -to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse; -but when the warlike barons and knights, with their -trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although -these were of inferior degree, they proved stout-hearted -Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipendiary -troops were employed, infantry always constituted -a considerable portion of the military force;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span> -and this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i> has since acquired, in every quarter -of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the -armies of any nation at any period.</p> - -<p>The weapons carried by the infantry, during the -several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows -and arrows, half-pikes, lances, halberds, various -kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour -was worn on the head and body, and in course of -time the practice became general for military men -to be so completely cased in steel, that it was -almost impossible to slay them.</p> - -<p>The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the -destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the -fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms -and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and -arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but -British archers continued formidable adversaries; -and, owing to the inconvenient construction and imperfect -bore of the fire-arms when first introduced, -a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow -from their youth, was considered a valuable acquisition -to every army, even as late as the sixteenth -century.</p> - -<p>During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth -each company of infantry usually consisted of -men armed five different ways; in every hundred -men forty were "<em>men-at-arms</em>," and sixty "<em>shot</em>;" -the "men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-axe -men, and thirty pikemen; and the "shot" were -twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty -harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his -principal weapon, a sword and dagger.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span></p> - -<p>Companies of infantry varied at this period in -numbers from 150 to 300 men; each company had -a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation recommended -by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:—the colour in the centre of -the company guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen -in equal proportions, on each flank of the -halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank of -the pikes; half the archers on each flank of the musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were -much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal -proportions on each flank of the company for skirmishing.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> -It was customary to unite a number of companies -into one body, called a <span class="smcap">Regiment</span>, which -frequently amounted to three thousand men: but -each company continued to carry a colour. Numerous -improvements were eventually introduced in the -construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found -impossible to make armour proof against the muskets -then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without -its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was -gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, -and the infantry were reduced to two classes, -viz.: <em>musketeers</em>, armed with matchlock muskets, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiii" id="Page_xiii">[xiii]</a></span>swords, and daggers; and <em>pikemen</em>, armed with pikes -from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.</p> - -<p>In the early part of the seventeenth century -Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the -strength of regiments to 1000 men. He caused the -gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in -flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each containing -a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and -carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment -into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division -of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of forming -four regiments into a brigade; and the number -of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each -regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that -his infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated -Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers; and his -armies became the admiration of other nations. His -mode of formation was copied by the English, -French, and other European states; but so great -was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that -all his improvements were not adopted until near a -century afterwards.</p> - -<p>In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-service, -styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678 -each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30 -pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with -light firelocks. In this year the King added a company -of men armed with hand-grenades to each of -the old British regiments, which was designated the -"grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived -as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiv" id="Page_xiv">[xiv]</a></span> -similar to those at present in use were adopted about -twenty years afterwards.</p> - -<p>An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by -order of King James II., to guard the artillery, and -was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot). -This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did -not carry pikes.</p> - -<p>King William III. incorporated the Admiral's -regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised -two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the -war in this reign, each company of infantry (excepting -the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14 -pikemen and 46 musketeers; the captains carried -pikes; lieutenants, partisans; ensigns, half-pikes; -and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the -Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again -formed on the breaking out of the war in 1702.<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p> - -<p>During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were -laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed -with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the grenadiers -ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades; -and the regiments were directed to lay aside -their third colour: the corps of Royal Artillery was -first added to the Army in this reign.</p> - -<p>About the year 1745, the men of the battalion -companies of infantry ceased to carry swords; during<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xv" id="Page_xv">[xv]</a></span> -the reign of George II. light companies were added -to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of -General Officers recommended that the grenadiers -should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had -never been used during the Seven Years' War. Since -that period the arms of the infantry soldier have been -limited to the musket and bayonet.</p> - -<p>The arms and equipment of the British Troops have -seldom differed materially, since the Conquest, from -those of other European states; and in some respects -the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed to -be inferior to that of the nations with whom they -have had to contend; yet, under this disadvantage, -the bravery and superiority of the British infantry -have been evinced on very many and most trying -occasions, and splendid victories have been gained -over very superior numbers.</p> - -<p>Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like -champions who have dared to confront a host of -foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any -arms. At <em>Crecy</em> King Edward III., at the head of -about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August, -1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to -have amounted to 100,000 men; here British valour -encountered veterans of renown:—the King of Bohemia, -the King of Majorca, and many princes and -nobles were slain, and the French army was routed -and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward -Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black -Prince, defeated, at <em>Poictiers</em>, with 14,000 men, -a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry, -and took John I., King of France, and his son<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvi" id="Page_xvi">[xvi]</a></span> -Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415, -King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 -men, although greatly exhausted by marches, privations, -and sickness, defeated, at <em>Agincourt</em>, the -Constable of France, at the head of the flower of -the French nobility and an army said to amount to -60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.</p> - -<p>During the seventy years' war between the United -Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, -which commenced in 1578 and terminated -in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable -spirit and firmness;<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and in the thirty -years' war between the Protestant Princes and the -Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the service -of Sweden and other states were celebrated for -deeds of heroism.<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> In the wars of Queen Anne, -the fame of the British army under the great -<span class="smcap">Marlborough</span> was spread throughout the world; -and if we glance at the achievements performed -within the memory of persons now living, there is -abundant proof that the Britons of the present age -are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvii" id="Page_xvii">[xvii]</a></span>which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds -of the brave men, of whom there are many now -surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the -brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army, -which had been vainly styled <em>Invincible</em>, to evacuate -that country; also the services of the gallant -Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Peninsula, -under the immortal <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>; and the -determined stand made by the British Army at -Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had -long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain, -and had sought and planned her destruction by -every means he could devise, was compelled to -leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to -place himself at the disposal of the British Government. -These achievements, with others of recent -dates in the distant climes of India, prove that the -same valour and constancy which glowed in the -breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt, -Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the -Britons of the nineteenth century.</p> - -<p>The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust -and muscular frame,—intrepidity which no danger -can appal,—unconquerable spirit and resolution,—patience -in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obedience -to his superiors. These qualities,—united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate -and give a skilful direction to the energies and -adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection -of officers of superior talent to command, whose -presence inspires confidence,—have been the leading -causes of the splendid victories gained by the British<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xviii" id="Page_xviii">[xviii]</a></span> -arms.<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> The fame of the deeds of the past and -present generations in the various battle-fields where -the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered, -surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory; -these achievements will live in the page of history to -the end of time.</p> - -<p>The records of the several regiments will be found -to contain a detail of facts of an interesting character, -connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant -exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the -world, where the calls of their Country and the commands -of their Sovereign have required them to -proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xix" id="Page_xix">[xix]</a></span> -active continental operations, or in maintaining colonial -territories in distant and unfavourable climes.</p> - -<p>The superiority of the British infantry has been -pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries, -and admitted by the greatest commanders which -Europe has produced. The formations and movements -of this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i>, as at present practised, while -they are adapted to every species of warfare, and to -all probable situations and circumstances of service, -are well suited to show forth the brilliancy of military -tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific -principles. Although the movements and evolutions -have been copied from the continental armies, yet -various improvements have from time to time been -introduced, to ensure that simplicity and celerity by -which the superiority of the national military character -is maintained. The rank and influence which -Great Britain has attained among the nations of the -world have in a great measure been purchased by -the valour of the Army, and to persons who have the -welfare of their country at heart the records of the -several regiments cannot fail to prove interesting.</p> - - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> A company of 200 men would appear thus:—</p> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="structure of a company"> -<tr><td colspan="4"></td><td> <img src="images/026-flag.jpg" width="20" alt="flag" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td> - <td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc"></td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Halberds.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The musket carried a ball which weighed <span class="small"><sup>1</sup></span>/<span class="xs"><sub>10</sub></span>th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed <span class="small"><sup>1</sup></span>/<span class="xs"><sub>25</sub></span>th of a pound.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps -in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of -Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under -Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and -in its subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at -the siege of Barcelona in 1705.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed -in 1590, observes:—"I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation -would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field, -let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish -infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For -instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the -Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or -Buffs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> <em>Vide</em> the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> "Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes -the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to -that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty -desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the consideration -of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, -discipline, and military system, which has given the full energy to the -native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the -superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly -arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty."—<em>General -Orders in 1801.</em> -</p> -<p> -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards -Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result -of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated:—"On -no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more -manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered -necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and -which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages -were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by -the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, -that, whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there -is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not -how to yield,—that no circumstances can appal,—and that will ensure -victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means."</p> -</div></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxii" id="Page_xxii">[xxii]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxiii" id="Page_xxiii">[xxiii]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs135">THE EIGHTEENTH,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100 lsp">"THE HARP AND CROWN,"</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">AS THE BADGES OF DISTINCTION CONNECTED WITH ITS ROYAL TITLE;</p> - -<hr class="r15" /> -<p class="pfs90">THE ARMS OF NASSAU,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">WITH THE MOTTO</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs90">"VIRTUTIS NAMURCENSIS PREMIUM,"</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">AS A LASTING TESTIMONY OF THE GALLANTRY DISPLAYED IN THE STORMING</p> -<p class="pfs70">AND CAPTURE OF THE CASTLE OF NAMUR IN 1695 IN THE</p> -<p class="pfs70">PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM III.;</p> - -<hr class="r15" /> -<p class="pfs90">THE WORD "EGYPT" WITH THE "SPHINX,"</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE EXPULSION OF</p> -<p class="pfs70">THE FRENCH ARMY FROM EGYPT IN THE YEAR 1801;</p> - -<hr class="r15" /> -<p class="pfs70">AND</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs90">THE WORD "CHINA" WITH THE "DRAGON,"</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">FOR ITS SERVICES IN THE WAR WITH CHINA FROM 1840 TO 1842.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxiv" id="Page_xxiv">[xxiv]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxv" id="Page_xxv">[xxv]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs150">EIGHTEENTH,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - - -<hr class="r15" /> -<h2 class="no-brk"><span class="lsp">CONTENTS</span></h2> - -<p class="pfs70">OF THE</p> - -<p class="pfs135 lsp">HISTORICAL RECORD.</p> - -<hr class="r15" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc xs">YEAR</td><td></td><td class="tdr xs">PAGE</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1684</td><td class="tdl">Formation of the regiment in Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Arthur Earl of Granard appointed to be Colonel</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1685</td><td class="tdl">Decease of King Charles II.</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Accession of King James II.</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarkation of the regiment for England</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture and execution of the Duke of Monmouth</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiment re-embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1686</td><td class="tdl">Proceedings in Ireland in favour of the Roman Catholics</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Arthur Lord Forbes appointed Colonel in succession to the Earl of Granard</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1687</td><td class="tdl">Encamped on the Curragh of Kildare</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1688</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">4</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Prince of Orange arrived from Holland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Adhesion of a certain number of the officers and soldiers to the Protestant cause</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Protestant officers and soldiers marched into Hertfordshire with the regiment</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Irish Roman Catholic soldiers sent to the Isle of Wight</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvi" id="Page_xxvi">[xxvi]</a></span> - 1688</td><td class="tdl">Lord Forbes retired from the service, and succeeded in the Colonelcy by Sir John Edgeworth</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Colonel —— Talbot, Earl Tyrconnel, appointed by King James II. as Lord-lieutenant of Ireland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Prince of Orange elevated to the throne with the title of King William III.</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1689</td><td class="tdl">Regiment marched to Chester</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sir John Edgeworth deprived of his commission, and succeeded in the Colonelcy by Edward Earl of Meath</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Arrival of King James II. in Ireland, with troops from France</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">King William III. assembled an army at Chester</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiment marched to Highlake, and embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege of Carrickfergus</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Dundalk</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Quartered at Lisburn during the winter</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1690</td><td class="tdl">King William III. arrived in Ireland and assumed the command of the army</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of the Boyne</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Dublin, and reviewed at Finglass</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Detached against Castle-Connell</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in an unsuccessful assault upon Limerick</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege of Limerick raised</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched towards Mullingar</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to the relief of Birr</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Stationed at Mullingar during the winter</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1691</td><td class="tdl">Detachment advanced towards Dunmore</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Quitted Mullingar, and engaged in the siege of Ballymore</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the siege of Athlone</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— at the battle of Aghrim</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched against Galway</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the siege and capture of Limerick</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Termination of hostilities in Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvii" id="Page_xxvii">[xxvii]</a></span> - 1692</td><td class="tdl">Regiment embarked for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Naval action off La Hogue, and French fleet nearly destroyed</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Menace of French invasion ceased</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Projected expedition to the coast of France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Certain regiments ordered to Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiment landed at Ostend</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Furnes and Dixmude</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Lieut.-Colonel F. Hamilton promoted to the Colonelcy in succession to the Earl of Meath, retired</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1693</td><td class="tdl">Embarked as Marines on board the fleet</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Disembarked and proceeded to Norwich</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to London, and reviewed by King William III. in Hyde Park</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ostend</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1694</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Louvain</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the siege of Huy</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into winter quarters at Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Rank of the regiment fixed as EIGHTEENTH of the infantry of the line</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1695</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege of Namur</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— in storming the castle of Namur</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">King William III. conferred on the regiment the title of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT OF IRELAND</span>, - with the <span class="fs70">HARP IN A BLUE FIELD AND THE CROWN OVER IT</span>, the privilege of bearing his own arms, <span class="fs70">THE LION OF NASSAU</span>, on its colours; with the motto <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Virtutis Namurcensis Premium</i></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Title afterwards changed to "<span class="fs70">THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT</span>"</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of the fortress of Namur</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into winter quarters at Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1696</td><td class="tdl">Served under the Prince of Vaudemont</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1697</td><td class="tdl">Joined the army of Brabant under King William III.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxviii" id="Page_xxviii">[xxviii]</a></span> - 1697</td><td class="tdl">Termination of the war, and treaty of Ryswick</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at Ostend for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Cork</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1699</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Waterford, thence to Dublin</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1700</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Kinsale</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1701</td><td class="tdl">Hostilities recommenced with France</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Holland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed on Breda Heath by King William III.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1702</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Rosendael</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege of Kayserswerth</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— in skirmish near Nimeguen</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the allied army</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the siege of Venloo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Extraordinary attack of Fort St. Michael</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege and capture of Ruremonde</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">————————————— of Liège</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Retired to Holland, and entered winter quarters at Huesden</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1703</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege and capture of Huy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— at the siege and capture of Limburg</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Breda</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1704</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Breda to the Danube</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined the Imperial army</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Schellenberg</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Crossed the Danube</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and capture of Rayn</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Blenheim</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marshal Tallard and many officers and soldiers made prisoners</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Holland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1705</td><td class="tdl">General Ingoldsby appointed to be Colonel, in the place of General Hamilton (retired)</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Maestricht</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the recapture of Huy</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Passed the works of Helixem and Neer-Hespen</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to winter quarters in Holland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1706</td><td class="tdl">Advanced to Tongres</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxix" id="Page_xxix">[xxix]</a></span> - 1706</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Ramilies</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Brussels, Lierre, Ghent, Bruges, &c.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— of Oudenarde and Antwerp</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and surrender of Ostend</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Attack and surrender of the fortress of Menin</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the fortress of Aeth</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to winter quarters at Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1707</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in active field-movements</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1708</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked at Ostend for England to repel invasion by the Pretender</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Recaptured Ghent and Bruges from the French</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Oudenarde</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and surrender of Lisle</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1709</td><td class="tdl">———————— of Tournay</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Malplaquet</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Extraordinary collision between the two regiments called "<em>Royal Regiments of Ireland</em>:" one in the <em>English</em> service, the other in the <em>French</em> service, both regiments bearing the <em>Irish Harp</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Employed in the siege of Mons</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into winter quarters in Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1710</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in forcing the lines at Pont-à-Vendin</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— at the siege of Douay</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— at the siege of Bethune</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— at the siege of Aire</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Ghent</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1711</td><td class="tdl">Passage of the French lines at Arleux</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and capture of Bouchain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into winter quarters at Lisle</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1712</td><td class="tdl">Lieut.-Colonel Stearne promoted to be Colonel in succession to General Ingoldsby (deceased)</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched from Lisle, and encamped beyond Bouchain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined the army under the Duke of Ormond</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Suspension of hostilities</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxx" id="Page_xxx">[xxx]</a></span> - 1713</td><td class="tdl">Rank of the Royal Irish Regiment as 18th regiment of foot in the English army, directed to take date from the time of its arrival in England, in 1688</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Conclusion of the treaty of peace at Utrecht</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1714</td><td class="tdl">Remained in the garrison of Ghent until the Barrier Treaty was signed</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Reception of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough on passing through Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1715</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England on account of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, leaving the Lieut.-Colonel and 100 men in the castle of Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Landed at Greenwich, marched to Gloucester, and thence to Oxford</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1716</td><td class="tdl">Rencontre at Oxford, in consequence of acts of disloyalty evinced in that town</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1717</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Portsmouth</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Lieut.-Colonel William Cosby promoted to the Colonelcy in succession to General Stearne, who retired</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1718</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Minorca</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1727</td><td class="tdl">Detachment of 500 men proceeded from Minorca to reinforce the garrison of Gibraltar, besieged by the Spaniards</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1732</td><td class="tdl">Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Cosby, appointed Governor-in-Chief of New York</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1735</td><td class="tdl">Colonel John Armstrong appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to Sir Charles Hotham</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1742</td><td class="tdl">Colonel John Mordaunt appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Armstrong</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned from Minorca to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1744</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed on Hounslow Heath by Field-Marshal the Duke of Cumberland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1745</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Landed at Ostend, and marched to Mons</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxi" id="Page_xxxi">[xxxi]</a></span> - 1745</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for England in consequence of Charles Edward, son of the Pretender, having landed in Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Landed at Gravesend, and embarked for Leith</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1747</td><td class="tdl">Colonel John Folliott appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir J. Mordaunt</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1748</td><td class="tdl">Returned from Scotland to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Conclusion of the treaty of peace at Aix la Chapelle</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1749</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1751</td><td class="tdl">Royal warrant issued for regulating the clothing, colours, &c.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1755</td><td class="tdl">War recommenced with France</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England, marched to Edinburgh</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1757</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for Ireland, and remained there during the Seven Years' War</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdl">General Sir John Sebright, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Folliott (deceased)</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1767</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from Ireland for North America</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1775</td><td class="tdl">Commencement of war with America</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the village of Lexington</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to destroy American stores at Concord</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the battle at Bunker's Hill</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1776</td><td class="tdl">Quitted Boston and embarked for Nova Scotia</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England and stationed at Dover Castle</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Coxheath</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1779</td><td class="tdl">———— at Warley</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1780</td><td class="tdl">———— at Finchley</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1782</td><td class="tdl">Termination of the American war</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Jersey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1783</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Guernsey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in quelling a mutiny in the 104th Regiment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received the thanks of the Lieut.-Governor and of the States of the Island, accompanied by one hundred guineas for - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxii" id="Page_xxxii">[xxxii]</a></span> - distribution among the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, for their loyal and spirited conduct</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1783</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Portsmouth, and embarked for Gibraltar</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1793</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from Gibraltar to take possession of Toulon in aid of the French loyalists and in the name of Louis XVII.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Evacuated Toulon after destroying the shipping, arsenal, and magazines</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the Island of Corsica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and capture of the town and fortress of Calvi</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">General Sir James Pulteney, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir John Sebright, Bart., deceased</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1796</td><td class="tdl">Withdrawn from the Island of Corsica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to the Island of Elba</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the coast of Italy, and took possession of Campiglia, Castiglione, and Piombino</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for Elba</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1797</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Gibraltar</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1800</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from Gibraltar for service in the Mediterranean</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Minorca</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sailed to Genoa to co-operate with the Austrians</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Minorca</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked on an expedition against Cadiz</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sailed to Gibraltar on the design of the expedition being relinquished</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded again to Minorca</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sailed to Malta, and joined the armament under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sailed to Marmorice Bay</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Alexandria, and anchored in the Bay of Aboukir</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxiii" id="Page_xxxiii">[xxxiii]</a></span> - 1801</td><td class="tdl">Landed at Aboukir</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Advanced to Alexandria</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Alexandria on the 21st of March</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Rosetta</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Captured Fort St. Julian</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Advanced up the banks of the Nile</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in operations at El Aft and Rahmanie</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and capture of the city of Cairo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Alexandria, and expulsion of the French from Egypt</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Authorized to bear the <em>Sphinx</em> with the word <em>Egypt</em></td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Malta</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1802</td><td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace concluded at Amiens</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1803</td><td class="tdl">War with France recommenced</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Augmented to two battalions</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Two battalions embarked for Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received a complimentary letter from the magistrates and clergy of Haddington</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1804</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Landed at Ramsgate and encamped on Barham Downs</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Second battalion embarked for Jersey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1805</td><td class="tdl">First battalion embarked for Jamaica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1807</td><td class="tdl">Second battalion embarked for <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Curaçoa'">Curaçao</ins></td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1809</td><td class="tdl">First battalion embarked for St. Domingo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">St. Domingo surrendered by the French</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">First battalion returned to Jamaica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1810</td><td class="tdl">Second battalion embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1811</td><td class="tdl">—————— proceeded to Jersey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">General Lord Hutchinson, afterwards Earl of Donoughmore, appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir James Pulteney, Bart., deceased</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1814</td><td class="tdl">Termination of the war with France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Disbandment of the second battalion</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxiv" id="Page_xxxiv">[xxxiv]</a></span> - 1817</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England from Jamaica</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1817</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Brighton</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Furnished the guard of H. R. H. the Prince Regent at the Pavilion</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1818</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Gosport</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received the thanks and approbation of the public authorities of several of the principal places in Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1820</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Cork</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1821</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Malta</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1824</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the Ionian Islands</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received the testimonial of General the Marquis of Hastings</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1832</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at Corfu for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of General Lord Aylmer to the Colonelcy in succession to General the Earl of Donoughmore, deceased</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1834</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1837</td><td class="tdl">Formed into Six Service and Four Depôt Companies preparatory to embarkation for Foreign Service</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Service companies embarked for Ceylon</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1838</td><td class="tdl">Depôt companies embarked from Dublin for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1839</td><td class="tdl">Removed from Colombo to Trincomalee</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Three companies embarked from Portsmouth</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1840</td><td class="tdl">War commenced with China</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Six companies embarked from Ceylon for China</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Island of Chusan</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————— city of Ting-hae-hien</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1841</td><td class="tdl">Possession taken of Hong-Kong</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiment sailed up the Canton river, and the City of Canton surrendered</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Island and City of Amoy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————— Island of Koolangsoo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Island of Chusan again taken possession of</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the City of Chinhae</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxv" id="Page_xxxv">[xxxv]</a></span> - 1841</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the City of Ningpo</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1842</td><td class="tdl">Four companies stationed at Ningpo, and five companies at Koolangsoo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Defeat of the Tartars and Chinese in an attack upon Ningpo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Tsekee, and heights of Segaon</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Forced the Chankee Pass</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Attack and capture of the city of Chapoo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Employed on an expedition up the Yangtse-Keang river</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Woosung, Poonshau, and the city of Shanghae</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the city of Chin Keang-foo by storm</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Nankin, the ancient Capital of China</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_75">75</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Conditions of Peace agreed</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The word "<em>China</em>" and the device of the "<em>Dragon</em>" authorized to be borne on the colours and appointments</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Nankin to Chusan</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1843</td><td class="tdl">Head-quarters at Koolangsoo</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————— removed to Chusan</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1845</td><td class="tdl">————————— to Hong-Kong</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1847</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at Hong-Kong, and engaged in operations on the Canton River</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Hong-Kong</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Calcutta</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1848</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Fort William, Bengal</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Conclusion</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="center">1848.</p> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="p4" /> - -<h2 class="no-brk"><span class="fs80">PLATES.</span></h2> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Colours of the Eighteenth, Royal Irish Regiment,</td><td class="tdr"><em>to face</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#PL_I">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Representation of the Battle of Blenheim, on the 13th August, 1704</td><td></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#PL_II">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Costume of the Regiment</td><td></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#PL_III">80</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxvi" id="Page_xxxvi">[xxxvi]</a></span></p> - -<h2>SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</h2> - -<p class="pfs70">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100">EIGHTEENTH, OR ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r15" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc xs">YEAR</td><td></td><td class="tdr xs">PAGE</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1684</td><td class="tdl">Arthur, Viscount of Granard</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1686</td><td class="tdl">Arthur, Lord Forbes</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1688</td><td class="tdl">Sir John Edgeworth</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1689</td><td class="tdl">Edward, Earl of Meath</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1692</td><td class="tdl">Frederick Hamilton</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1705</td><td class="tdl">Richard Ingoldsby</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1712</td><td class="tdl">Richard Stearne</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1717</td><td class="tdl">William Cosby</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1732</td><td class="tdl">Sir Charles Hotham, Bart.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1735</td><td class="tdl">John Armstrong</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1742</td><td class="tdl">Sir John Mordaunt, K.B.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_88">88</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1747</td><td class="tdl">John Folliott</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdl">Sir John Sebright, Bart.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Sir James Murray, Bart., afterwards Pulteney</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1811</td><td class="tdl">John Hely, Lord Hutchinson, K.B., afterwards Earl of Donoughmore</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_90">90</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1832</td><td class="tdl">Matthew, Lord Aylmer</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<a name="PL_I" id="PL_I"></a> -<p class="center font-open">EIGHTEENTH.<br /> -ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT.<br /> -QUEEN'S COLOUR.</p> -<img src="images/i_01a.jpg" width="650" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<p class="center font-open">REGIMENTAL COLOUR.</p> -<img src="images/i_01b.jpg" width="650" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS -<p><em>Madeley lith 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup> Strand</em></p></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs80 lsp">HISTORICAL RECORD</span></h2> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OF</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs150">THE EIGHTEENTH,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OR THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="p2" /> - -<div class="sidenote">1684</div> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot</span> existed many -years, as independent companies of pikemen and musketeers -on the establishment of Ireland, previous to -the formation of the regiment in 1684; several of these -companies having been in the service of the Commonwealth -in the time of Oliver Cromwell. At the Restoration -in 1660, King Charles II. disbanded the army -of the Commonwealth in England, and embodied several -new corps. Little alteration was, however, made in -the Irish forces, excepting the formation of a regiment -of foot guards, called the "Royal Regiment of Ireland," -which, with about twenty independent troops of -horse and eighty companies of foot, constituted the -military force of Ireland. Towards the close of his -reign, King Charles II. took particular interest in -improving the organization of the military establishments -of his dominions, and the Irish independent -troops of horse were embodied into three regiments -of cavalry; at the same time the companies of foot were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span> -constituted seven regiments of infantry. The colonelcy -of one of these corps was conferred on <span class="smcap">Arthur Earl -of Granard</span>, by commission dated the 1st of April, -1684; it is the only one of these ten regiments which -has continued in the service of the British crown; and -it now bears the title of the <span class="smcap">Eighteenth</span>, or the <span class="smcap">Royal -Irish Regiment of Foot</span>.<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1685</div> - -<p>On the 6th of February, 1685, King Charles II. -died, and was succeeded by his brother, James II.; -and in June following James Duke of Monmouth -erected the standard of rebellion in the west of England, -and asserted his own pretensions to the throne. -On this occasion the <span class="smcap">Earl of Granard's</span> regiment was -ordered to proceed to England: it embarked from -Dublin, landed at Park Gate, and marched to Chester. -In a few days after its arrival in England the -rebel army was overthrown at Sedgemoor, and the -Duke of Monmouth was subsequently captured and -beheaded; when the regiment returned to Ireland.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1686</div> - -<p>The King, being of the Roman Catholic persuasion, -soon evinced a determination to use his utmost endeavours -to subvert the Protestant religion and the constitution<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span> -of the kingdom; commencing in Ireland, -where the Catholics were more numerous than the Protestants. -The Earl of Clarendon was nominated Lord-Lieutenant; -but "Colonel —— Talbot, a furious Papist, -was empowered to model the army, and he dismissed -the greater part of the Protestant officers, filling -their places with those of his own religion. After -having performed this signal service, he came over -to England, where he was created Earl Tyrconnel -and lieut.-general of the Irish army."<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> The Earl -of Granard, not approving of these proceedings, resigned -the colonelcy of the regiment in favour of his -son, <span class="smcap">Arthur Lord Forbes</span>, whose commission as colonel -was dated the 1st of March, 1686.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1687</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1687, the regiment was encamped, -with the other Irish corps, on the Curragh of Kildare; -and the Earl Tyrconnel made a minute inspection of -every troop and company, inquiring the name of -every man, and discharging many because they were -the descendants of men who had served Oliver Cromwell. -When the regiment went into quarters, nearly -all the Protestant officers and soldiers were dismissed -from the service, a few only being retained to discipline -the recruits, and the ranks were completed with men -of the Roman Catholic religion.<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> - -<p>Colonel <span class="smcap">Lord Forbes</span> being a spirited young -nobleman of the Protestant religion, Earl Tyrconnel -paid some deference to his Lordship, to avoid an open -collision with so chivalrous an officer; and more Protestants -were retained in <span class="smcap">Lord Forbes's</span> regiment than -in any other Irish corps.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p><div class="sidenote">1688</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1688, the regiment was again encamped -on the Curragh of Kildare. Meanwhile the -proceedings of the Court in favour of Papacy and -arbitrary government, had alarmed the kingdom, and a -number of noblemen and gentlemen had invited the -Prince of Orange to come to England with an army -to support the Protestant interest. On this occasion -<span class="smcap">Lord Forbes's</span> regiment was ordered to proceed to -England:<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> it landed at Chester, marched to London, -and was quartered in the borough of Southwark.</p> - -<p>The Prince of Orange having passed Dover with a -powerful armament, the regiment was ordered to march -to Salisbury, where it joined King James's army a few -days after the Prince had landed at Torbay, and -marched to Exeter. The English army, which amounted -to thirty thousand men, had not been remodelled -as the Irish forces had been, but consisted principally -of Protestant officers and soldiers, who refused to fight -in the cause of Papacy and arbitrary government, and -many of them joined the Prince of Orange. Under -these circumstances, the King ordered the army to -withdraw towards London, and <span class="smcap">Lord Forbes's</span> regiment -marched to Colnbrook, where it was quartered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span> -when King James attempted to escape to France -Lord Forbes waited on the Prince of Orange, who -directed him to disband the Roman Catholic officers and -soldiers, and to keep the Protestants to their colours: -upwards of five hundred officers and soldiers were -dismissed, and about two hundred Protestants, of all -ranks, remained with the colours.</p> - -<p>In a few days after this event, a report was circulated -that the Irish soldiers had commenced murdering the -country people and setting fire to the villages in the -south of England. This proved false; but on the first -circulation of the report, Major Sir John Edgeworth, -who commanded the regiment in the absence of Colonel -Lord Forbes, who was with the Prince of Orange in -London (the Lieut.-Colonel, Lord Brittas, being a -Papist, had left the regiment), assembled the men at -his quarters, and formed them on parade in the court -of Lord Oslington's house, which was walled in. "The -country people, hearing that an Irish regiment was -there, came flocking from all parts to knock us on -the head; but Sir John bid them, at their peril, not -to approach, and told them we were not Irish Papists, -but true Church of England men; and seeing among -the crowd a gentleman, called to him, and desired he -would send to the minister of the parish to read -prayers to us, and if the minister did not convince -them we were all of the Church of England, we would -submit to their mercy. The minister was soon sent -for, and to prayers we went, repeating the responses -of the Liturgy so well and so exactly, that the -minister declared to the mob he never before heard -the responses of the Church of England prayers repeated -so distinctly and with so much devotion,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -upon which the mob gave a huzza, and cried '<em>Long -live the Prince of Orange!</em>' and so returned home."<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></p> - -<p>Soon afterwards the regiment marched to Hertfordshire, -and the Protestant officers of Hamilton's Irish -regiment were added to its numbers. The Irish Roman -Catholic soldiers were sent prisoners to the Isle of Wight, -and afterwards transferred to the service of the Emperor -of Germany.</p> - -<p>Lord Forbes retiring from the service at this period, -the Prince of Orange conferred the colonelcy of the -regiment on Major Sir John Edgeworth, by commission -dated the 31st of December, 1688: at the same time -measures were adopted to recruit its diminished -numbers.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1689</div> - -<p>In the beginning of April, 1689, the regiment -marched to Chester, where it was stationed several -weeks.</p> - -<p>Colonel Sir John Edgeworth having been guilty of -irregularity in procuring clothing, viz., purchasing the -old clothing of disbanded Roman Catholic soldiers, -from the Jews, to supply the recruits, instead of providing -new clothing, was deprived of his commission; -and on the 1st of May, 1689, the colonelcy was conferred -on <span class="smcap">Edward Earl of Meath</span>: Major Newcomb was -appointed lieut.-colonel, and Captain Frederick Hamilton -major.</p> - -<p>Early in May the regiment marched into Wales.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile the Prince of Orange had been elevated -to the throne; but Earl Tyrconnel, who had been -nominated lord-lieutenant of Ireland in the preceding<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -year, had retained that country in the Roman Catholic -interest; King James had arrived there with a body -of French troops, and the whole country was subject to -him, excepting Enniskillen and Londonderry, which -were defended by Protestants. To rescue the suffering -Protestants of Ireland from the power of their enemies, -King William assembled an army at Chester, under -Marshal Frederick Duke Schomberg; and the <span class="smcap">Earl -of Meath's</span> regiment being selected for this service, -marched to Highlake, where it embarked for Ireland, -and landing at White-house, near Belfast, on the 22nd -of August, joined the troops under Duke Schomberg, -who had commenced the siege of <em>Carrickfergus</em>, which -fortress surrendered a few days afterwards.</p> - -<p>The regiment advanced with the army to Dundalk, -where a camp was formed on low, wet ground, which -occasioned great loss of life among the troops from -disease. No action of importance occurred during this -campaign, and the regiment passed the winter in -quarters at Lisburn, where it furnished a daily guard -at Duke Schomberg's quarters: its ranks were completed -by zealous Protestants, who were eager to -enrol themselves under its colours, and it was the -strongest corps in the army.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1690</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1690, King William arrived in -Ireland, and the officers and soldiers of the regiment -had the honor of serving under the eye of their Sovereign. -They took part in the memorable battle of the -<em>Boyne</em>, on the 1st of July, when the army of King -William forced the passage of the river in the face of -the French and Irish forces under King James, and -gained a decisive victory.</p> - -<p>From the Boyne the regiment marched with the -army towards Dublin, and at the general review at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> -Finglass, on the 7th and 8th of July, it mustered six -hundred and seventy-eight rank and file. It afterwards -proceeded towards <em>Limerick</em>, where the defeated army -of King James had rallied, and was prepared to make -a determined stand. On arriving before the town, the -regiment was detached, with three other corps, against -<em>Castle-Connell</em>, which surrendered on being summoned.</p> - -<p>The British battering train was destroyed by a -detachment of the enemy, before it arrived at the -camp; but the King resolved to prosecute the siege, -and on the 20th of August the grenadiers of the -regiment, commanded by Captain Needham, with those -of Lord Cutts's regiment under Captain Foxon, entered -the trenches to storm one of the outworks near the -south-east corner of the wall. At two o'clock in the -afternoon the signal was given, when the grenadiers -rushed forward under a heavy fire, threw a shower of -hand-grenades into the outwork, and scaling the wall -with distinguished gallantry, captured the fort, killing -about fifty men, and making a captain and twelve men -prisoners: the remainder of the garrison escaped into -the town. The grenadiers maintained the post they -had captured; a sortie of the enemy was repulsed; -and when the soldiers of the regiment were relieved, -they retired: as they withdrew, Captain Needham was -killed by a random shot from the town.<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a></p> - -<p>A breach being made in the wall, and the approaches -carried to the foot of the glacis, the King ordered a -general assault to be made, on the 27th of August, by -half the grenadiers of the army, supported by seven -battalions, to capture the covered way and two towers -near the breach: the <span class="smcap">Earl of Meath's</span> regiment was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> -one of the corps selected for this service. The assault -was made with great gallantry; but, owing to some -misapprehension of orders, the attack failed, and the -several regiments engaged were forced to retire to the -trenches, with the loss of five hundred officers and -soldiers killed, and upwards of a thousand wounded.</p> - -<p>The regiment had Lieutenant Latham and Ensign -Smith killed; Lieut.-Colonel Newcomb died of his -wounds; Colonel the Earl of Meath, Lieutenants Blakeney -and Hubblethorn, wounded; and upwards of a -hundred soldiers killed and wounded.<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a></p> - -<p>The failure of this attack, with the approach of -unfavourable weather, occasioned His Majesty to raise -the siege, when the regiment marched with several -others, under Major-General Kirke, towards Mullingar; -but afterwards proceeded to the relief of <em>Birr</em>, -which was besieged by a body of the enemy under -Major-General Sarsfield, who retired behind the Shannon -on the approach of the British troops.</p> - -<p>The regiment was afterwards stationed at Mullingar, -which was one of the frontier garrisons, and was -actively employed during the winter in making -incursions into the enemy's cantonments.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1691</div> - -<p>Towards the end of April, 1691, a detachment of the -regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton, -accompanied a party under Colonel Brewer in a -sudden advance towards Dunore, to surprise two -thousand armed Roman Catholic peasantry, who had -taken post near that place. At daybreak on the following -morning the detachment approached the post, and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -enemy formed for battle, but soon fled, and the -soldiers pursued and killed about fifty fugitives.</p> - -<p>Quitting Mullingar in the early part of June, the -regiment was engaged in the operations of the army -under Lieut.-General Baron De Ghinkel, afterwards -Earl of Athlone:<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> it took part in the siege of <em>Ballymore</em>, -which place was captured in a few days; and afterwards -appeared before <em>Athlone</em>, in the siege of which -fortress it had several men killed and wounded.</p> - -<p>A strong detachment of the regiment took part -in the capture of <em>Athlone</em> by storm, on which occasion -the assailants rushed through the rapid stream of -the Shannon, which was breast high, carried the enemy's -works in gallant style, and in less than half an hour -were masters of the town, to the surprise of General -St. Ruth, who commanded King James's army, which -was encamped near the fortress, and who was giving a -public entertainment in his camp, when the news of -the loss of <em>Athlone</em> reached him.</p> - -<p>After putting the captured fortress in repair, the -army marched towards the enemy, who occupied a -strong position near the castle of <em>Aghrim</em>, and on the -12th of July a general engagement took place, in which -the Irish forces were overpowered and driven from the -field with severe loss, including General St. Ruth, who -was killed by a cannon ball. On this occasion the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -regiment formed part of the brigade under Major-General -Talmash: it had seven rank and file killed; -one major, two captains, one lieutenant, one ensign, -and eight rank and file wounded.</p> - -<p>After this victory, the army marched to <em>Galway</em>, -which surrendered in a few days; and the victorious -English troops proceeded to <em>Limerick</em>, where the -remains of the defeated Irish forces had assembled, -and appeared determined to make a resolute stand, -in the hope of being reinforced from France. The -regiment had the honour to take part in the siege of -Limerick; and, the army having crossed the river -Shannon and completed the investment of the place, -the Irish soon afterwards surrendered the city, and -with it every other part of Ireland of which they -retained possession, the Irish regiments being permitted -to follow King James to France, or remain in -their own country, as they should choose: the "Royal -Regiment of Ireland" was one of the corps which proceeded -to France, and was taken into the service of -Louis XIV. The <span class="smcap">Earl of Meath's</span>, now <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -regiment, was the only one of the eleven Irish corps -embodied by King Charles II. which remained in the -service of the English crown.</p> - -<p>Ireland being rescued from the domination of King -James, the regiment went into quarters in the county -of Wicklow, and in December it proceeded to Waterford -and Youghal.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1692</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1692, the King of France assembled -an army near La Hogue, and prepared an immense -fleet to convey the troops to England, to replace King -James on the throne. When this menace of invasion -was given, the <span class="smcap">Earl of Meath's</span> and several other -regiments embarked at Waterford for England,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -and landing at Bristol, proceeded from thence to -Portsmouth. Meanwhile the British and Dutch fleets -had put to sea, and while the nations of Europe were -gazing, in anxious expectation, at these preparations, -the French navy was nearly annihilated in a decisive -action off La Hogue, when the alarm of invasion ceased.</p> - -<p>Soon after this victory a powerful armament was -placed under the orders of Lieut.-General Meinhardt -Duke of Leinster (afterwards Duke Schomberg) for -the purpose of making a descent on the coast of France, -and the <span class="smcap">Earl of Meath's</span> regiment was one of the -corps which embarked on this service. The court of -France had, however, drawn so immense a number of -troops to the coast, that it was not thought advisable to -land, and the fleet sailed to the Downs, where orders -were received for a number of regiments to proceed to -Flanders. The transports sailed to Ostend, where the -<span class="smcap">Earl of Meath's</span> and several other corps landed, and -being joined by a detachment from the confederate -army under King William, they took and fortified the -towns of Furnes and Dixmude. This service being -completed, the regiment embarked for England; it -encountered a severe storm at sea, and the transports -were separated, but no loss was sustained; part of the -regiment arrived in the Thames, the remainder landed -at Harwich, and the whole were united at Bristol.</p> - -<p>The Earl of Meath, being desirous of devoting his -attention to the interests of Ireland, retired from the -regiment, and was succeeded in the colonelcy by the -lieut.-colonel, <span class="smcap">Frederick Hamilton</span>; Major Ormsby -was promoted Lieut.-Colonel, and Captain Richard -Stearne Major.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1693</div> - -<p>From Bristol the regiment marched in May, 1693, to -Portsmouth, where it embarked on board the fleet to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -serve as marines, and in June sailed to Torbay, where -the Dutch squadron joined. The first service undertaken -was the protection of about four hundred -merchant ships belonging to England, Holland, -Denmark, Sweden, Hamburg, and Flanders, engaged -in the Mediterranean trade. As the fleet proceeded -through the Channel, it presented a splendid appearance. -Captain Parker states—"All the sea, from the -line of battle to our English coast, seemed as a floating -wood covered with canvass; and as the weather -was very fair, the whole made a most glorious appearance." -After protecting the merchant-vessels through -the Bay of Biscay, the grand fleet returned, leaving a -squadron under Admiral Sir George Rooke, to continue -the voyage with them. The French monarch -had made powerful efforts to send to sea a formidable -fleet, which attempted to intercept the merchantmen -and convoy under Sir George Rooke. The English -admiral avoided an engagement with so superior a -force, and brought off the greater part of his fleet; but -many valuable vessels were captured or destroyed -by the enemy. On receiving news of this event, the -combined fleets of England and Holland attempted to -intercept the French naval force, but it got safe into -port.</p> - -<p>In the autumn the regiment landed and marched to -Norwich.</p> - -<p>During the campaign of this year, the confederate -army in Flanders had sustained severe loss at the -battle of <em>Landen</em>, and efforts were made to increase its -numbers, for which purpose Colonel <span class="smcap">Hamilton's</span> regiment -was ordered to proceed abroad. It marched to -London in December, was reviewed by King William -in Hyde Park, and embarking on the Thames, sailed to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -Ostend, where it landed, and was stationed several -months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1694</div> - -<p>Taking the field in the spring of 1694, the regiment -proceeded to the vicinity of Louvain, where it was -reviewed by the King, and afterwards took part in the -operations of the army. At the camp near Ramilies it -was formed in brigade under Major-General Ramsay, -and posted between two divisions of cavalry, in the -left wing; it afterwards shared in many toilsome -marches, also formed part of the covering army during -the siege of <em>Huy</em>, and subsequently marched into winter -quarters at Ghent.</p> - -<p>During this campaign a question arose respecting -the rank of regiments, and the King directed the -subject to be submitted to a board of general officers.<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> -Captain Parker states,—"As the general officers were -most of them colonels of regiments raised in England -by King James II., they showed great partiality on -this occasion, for they would not allow the regiments,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -raised in Scotland or Ireland, to have any rank in -the army previous to the time of their coming to -England and entering upon English pay. By this -regulation, ours, that had been regimented in the time -of King Charles II., lost rank of eleven regiments, -that had been raised by King James II. The King -thought it very hard; but as he had left the matter -to them, he confirmed their sentence." The rank of -the regiment was thus fixed as <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> in the -British line; numerical titles were, however, not generally -used until the reign of George II.<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1695</div> - -<p>Taking the field to serve the campaign of 1695, the -regiment was formed in brigade with the Fifth, Seventh, -Twenty-third, Collingwood's (afterwards disbanded), -and La Melonière's regiment of French Protestants, -in the English service, under Brigadier-General Fitzpatrick.</p> - -<p>When King William undertook the siege of the -important fortress of <em>Namur</em>, the regiment formed part -of the covering army under the Prince of Vaudemont, -against which a French force of very superior numbers -advanced under the orders of Marshal Villeroy. During -the night of the 14th of July, the hostile columns confronted -each other; the French, confident of success, -detached a body of troops to gain the rear of the allies, -and anxiously waited for daylight to commence the -action. The Prince of Vaudemont ordered his cavalry -forward; the dragoons dismounting and forming on -foot, while the artillery, and infantry with pikes trailed, -withdrew unobserved. The French prepared for the -attack, when the dragoons of the confederate forces -retired a few paces, mounted their horses, and retreated, -presenting to the surprised French what appeared to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -the magic spectacle of an army vanishing out of sight. -The enemy pursued, but the allies retreated in good -order, and took up a position in front of Ghent. This -retreat has been celebrated by historians as a fine -specimen of the art of war.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were afterwards engaged in several -manœuvres for the preservation of the maritime towns -of Flanders; in the early part of August they were -encamped between Genappe and Waterloo, and afterwards -joined the forces under King William. In the -mean time the town of Namur had surrendered; but -the castle, a strong fortress situate on a rock, still held -out, and, on the 11th of August, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -relieved one of the regiments which had suffered severely -in the siege, and took its turn of duty in the -trenches. A breach having been effected, arrangements -were made for a general assault. Three thousand -British, under Lord Cutts, were to attack the counterscarp -and the breach of the Terra Nova; three thousand -Bavarians the breach of the Cohorn; two thousand -Brandenburgers (Prussians) the upper point of the -Cohorn; two thousand Dutch the Casotte; and six -hundred men were to storm the lower town: the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -formed part of the British storming party.</p> - -<p>The regiment marched into the trenches on the 20th -of August, to take part in storming the Castle of -Namur, and the soldiers were elated with the expectation -of distinguishing themselves under the eye of their -Sovereign. The trenches being crowded with troops, -the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> and two other regiments were ordered -to Salsine Abbey, half a mile from the breach to be -attacked. A little before mid-day the assault was -made with heroic ardour, but, owing to some mistake -in the signal, all the corps did not advance simultaneously, -and the British grenadiers, who headed the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -storming party, were opposed by very superior numbers, -and sustained severe loss; Lord Cutts being among -the wounded. Hurrying from Salsine Abbey to share -in the assault, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> approached the scene -of conflict a few moments after the grenadiers had -been repulsed and forced to retire; the regiment, -however, rushed forward, stormed the breach with -signal gallantry, and planted the regimental colours -on the summit; but the enemy had constructed -a strong work within the breach, which the utmost -efforts of the officers and soldiers could not force, and -after performing "prodigies of valour" they were -obliged to retreat with severe loss. The other attacks -were more successful; and lodgments were effected in -the works. Captain Parker states—"The King saw -this action from a rising ground at the back of -Salsine Abbey, and <em>took particular notice of the behaviour -of our regiment; for ours, only, mounted the top -of the breach, and we planted our colours thereon</em>, but -could not proceed farther, because a strong retrenchment -had been thrown up on the inside, which we -could not see till we had mounted the very top of the -breach, so we were obliged to follow the crowd. His -Majesty, on this occasion, was pleased to honour us -with the title of '<span class="fs70">THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT OF -IRELAND</span>.'"<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> The King also conferred on the regiment -the privilege of bearing his own arms, "<span class="smcap">the -Lion of Nassau</span>," on its colours (on which the cross -of St. Patrick had previously been displayed); also the -"<span class="smcap">Harp in a blue field and a crown over it</span>," and -the motto, "<i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium</i>."</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p> -<p>The title was afterwards changed to "<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH -REGIMENT</span>."</p> - -<p>The regiment sustained severe loss on this occasion; -Lieut.-Colonel Ormsby, Captains Purefoy, Pinsent, -and Cateret, Lieutenants Fitzmorris and Ramme, -Ensigns Fettyplace, Blunt, Baker, and Hayter, with -eighty-six non-commissioned officers and soldiers, were -killed: Captain John Southwell and Ensign Lister -died of their wounds; Colonel Frederick Hamilton, -Captains Kane, Duroure, Seymour, and William Southwell, -Lieutenants La Planche, Brereton, Hybert, -Arphaxad, and Rolleston, Ensigns John Gifford, Ormsby, -and Blakeney, with one hundred and eighty-five -non-commissioned officers and soldiers, were wounded.<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></p> - -<p>The fire against the castle was continued, and preparations -were made for another assault, which was -prevented by the surrender of the garrison. Thus was -captured the celebrated fortress of <em>Namur</em>, which reflected -great credit on the confederate armies.</p> - -<p>This conquest terminated the campaign, and the -regiment passed the winter in garrison at Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1696</div> - -<p>During the campaign of 1696, the regiment served -with the army of Flanders under the Prince of Vaudemont; -and was formed in brigade with a battalion of the -Royals, the third, fifth, and seventeenth regiments under -Brigadier-General Selwyn; and its services were limited -to the protection of Ghent, Bruges, and the maritime -towns of Flanders. In the autumn it returned to Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1697</div> - -<p>Leaving Ghent in the spring of 1697, the regiment -joined the army of Brabant under King William, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -took part in the movements of this campaign; which -were terminated by the treaty of Ryswick, when the -British monarch saw his efforts for the liberty of -Europe, and the preservation of the Protestant religion, -attended with success.</p> - -<p>On the termination of hostilities, the regiment -marched to Ghent, where it was quartered several -weeks, and on the 10th of December embarked at -Ostend for Ireland. As two of the transports approached -the Irish coast, they were chased by a Sallee -man-of-war of eighteen guns, carrying Zealand colours. -Seeing his brave soldiers in danger of being made -slaves, Lieut.-Colonel Stearne called them on deck; -the whole resolved on a desperate defence; and it was -arranged that when the Sallee man-of-war attacked -one transport, the other should come to its assistance, -and the enemy should be boarded by the soldiers -sword in hand, not doubting but that they would overpower -the Turks and Moors, and capture the ship. -With this view the soldiers were kept out of sight to -induce the enemy to make an attack, and every man -was ready for action. "The Sallee man-of-war kept -us company about an hour, and was once, as we -thought, coming up to board us; however, she -thought better of it, fell astern, and stood off without -firing a shot."<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a> During the following night the two -transports narrowly escaped destruction from a storm; -they afterwards arrived safe in Bantry Bay; the soldiers -landed on the 24th of December, and marched to Cork, -where the regiment was assembled.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1699</div> - -<p>From Cork the regiment marched, in July, 1698, to -Waterford; in the spring of 1699 it proceeded to Dublin, -and in 1700 it was removed to Kinsale.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p> -<div class="sidenote">1700</div> - -<p>Pursuing those schemes of aggrandizement which -had repeatedly involved Europe in war, Louis XIV. -procured the accession of his grandson, Philip Duke -of Anjou, to the throne of Spain, in violation of existing -treaties; seized on the Spanish Netherlands; and -made prisoners the Dutch troops in garrison in the -barrier towns. The sudden acquisition of the Spanish -monarchy by a grandson of the most ambitious and -potent monarch of Europe, with the prospect of France -and Spain being eventually united under one sovereign, -affected the interests and agitated the public mind of -all countries.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1701</div> - -<p>War was resolved upon: the standing armies were -augmented; and while the din of hostile preparation -was heard on every side, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was placed upon a war establishment, and embarked -for Holland, where it arrived, with several other corps, -in July, 1701, and was placed in garrison at Huesden. -On the 21st of September it was reviewed on Breda-heath -by King William III.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1702</div> - -<p>Quitting Huesden in March, 1702, the regiment -proceeded to Rosendael, where the British infantry -was assembled under Brigadier-General Ingoldsby; -and at this place the troops received information of -the death of King William III., on the 8th of March, -and of the accession of Queen Anne.</p> - -<p>From Rosendael the regiment marched to the duchy -of Cleves, and formed part of the army encamped at -Cranenburg during the siege of <em>Kayserswerth</em>, on the -Lower Rhine, by the Germans. A French force of -very superior numbers attempting to cut off the communication -of the army at Cranenburg with <em>Nimeguen</em>, -the troops struck their tents on the 10th of June, and -by a forced march during the night arrived within a few<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -miles of Nimeguen as the French legions approached. -Some sharp fighting occurred, in which the British -corps in the rear-guard evinced great gallantry, and the -army effected its retreat under the works of the fortress.</p> - -<p>Additional forces having arrived from England, the -<span class="smcap">Earl of Marlborough</span><a name="FNanchor_19_19" id="FNanchor_19_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> assumed the command of the -allied army, and by a series of skilful movements he -forced the French army to make a precipitate retreat -from the frontiers of Holland to their own lines, and -he twice attempted to bring on a general engagement -under advantageous circumstances, but was restrained -by the Dutch field deputies. The French forces having -fled to their lines, the English General resolved to -attack their fortified towns, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was one of the corps detached from the main -army to undertake the siege of the fortress of <em>Venloo</em>, -situate on the east side of the river Maese, in the -province of Limburg.<a name="FNanchor_20_20" id="FNanchor_20_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> On the west side of the river -was a detached fortification of five bastions, called <em>Fort -St. Michael</em>, against which the British troops carried -on their approaches;—the Dutch and Germans attacking -other parts of the town: the whole were under -Veldt-Marshal Prince Nassau-Saarbruck. The approaches -being carried to the foot of the glacis, orders -were given to storm the covered-way, and make a -lodgment on the top of the glacis; and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment, being on duty in the trenches at the time, -was appointed to make the attack, together with the -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>grenadiers of the brigade, and a party of chosen fusiliers. -Captain Parker has given the following account -of this attack:—</p> - -<p>"The Lord Cutts sent for all the officers, and told -them, the design was to drive the enemy from the -covered-way, that they might not disturb the workmen -in making a lodgment; however, if the enemy -gave way with precipitation, we were to jump into -the covered-way, and pursue them, let the consequence -be what it would. We all thought these -were very rash orders, contrary both to the rules of -war, and the design of the attack.</p> - -<p>"About four in the afternoon (18th September), the -signal was given, and, according to our orders, we -rushed up the covered-way; the enemy gave us one -scattering fire, and away they ran: we jumped into -the covered-way, and ran after them. They made -to a ravelin, which covered the curtain of the fort, -in which were a captain and sixty men. We, seeing -them get into the ravelin, pursued them, got in with -them, and soon put most of them to the sword. They -that escaped us fled over a small wooden bridge, -that led over the moat to the fort; and here, like -madmen, without fear or wit, we pursued them over -that tottering bridge, exposed to the fire of the great -and small shot of the fort. However, we got over -the <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fausse-braye</span>, where we had nothing for it but to -take the fort or die. They that fled before us -climbed up by the long grass that grew out of the -fort; so we climbed after them. Here we were hard -put to it to pull out the palisades, which pointed -down upon us from the parapet, and, was it not for -the great surprise and consternation of those within, -we could never have surmounted this very point:<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> -but, as soon as they saw us at this work, they quitted -the rampart, and retired down to the parade in the -body of the fort, where they laid down their arms -and cried for quarter, which was readily granted -them. Thus were the unaccountable orders of Lord -Cutts as unaccountably executed, to the great surprise -of the whole army, and even of ourselves, when -we came to reflect on what we had done."</p> - -<p>The enemy had about four hundred killed, and two -hundred made prisoners. The British loss, in killed -and wounded, did not exceed forty men.</p> - -<p>Captain Parker, of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, adds,—"This -affair was the occasion of another almost as -surprising. An express came to Prince Nassau which -gave an account that Landau was taken; whereupon -he ordered the army to draw down near the town, to -fire three rounds (as a <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">feu de-joie</span>); the cannon also -of all the batteries, the mortars, and cohorns, were -ordered to fire, with the troops, into the town. -When the garrison and inhabitants saw us drawing -down on all sides, they judged it was with a design -of making such an attack on the town as we had -made on the fort, which struck such a terror into -them, that the magistrates begged the Governor to -capitulate, and not suffer them all to be put to the -sword. The first round of all our batteries, and the -small shot of the army, so affrighted them, that men, -women, and children, came flocking to the ramparts -with white cloths in their hands, crying, 'Mercy! -mercy!' and the Governor, in as great a consternation -as the rest, sent out an officer to the Prince to -desire a capitulation, which was immediately granted; -as we had other sieges to carry on this season, the -Prince allowed them honourable terms."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p> - -<p>After the capture of Venloo, the regiment was -employed in the siege of the fortress of <em>Ruremonde</em>, -which was captured in a short time; and Stevenswart -having also been reduced by a detachment from the -covering army, the navigation of the Maese was thus -cleared of the enemy up to Maestricht.</p> - -<p>Rejoining the main army after this achievement, the -regiment advanced towards the city of <em>Liège</em>, the -French forces retiring as the British approached, but -leaving a strong garrison in the citadel and Chartreuse. -The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was employed in the siege -of the citadel of Liège, and its grenadier company had -the honour to take part in the capture of that fortress -by storm, on the 23rd of October, when the British -soldiers highly distinguished themselves. They were -permitted to appropriate a large quantity of dollars -and silver plate, captured on this occasion, to their -own use.</p> - -<p>From the pleasant valley of Liège, the regiment -commenced its march, on the 3rd of November, back -to Holland, and passed the winter in garrison at -Huesden.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1703</div> - -<p>Quitting its winter quarters in April, 1703, the -regiment traversed the country to Maestricht, and -was in position near that city when the French forces, -under Marshals Villeroy and Boufflers, made a sudden -advance to surprise the British troops in their quarters, -but were defeated in their design.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Duke of Marlborough</span> assembled the army -near Maestricht, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was -formed in brigade with the eighth, thirteenth, seventeenth, -and thirty-third, under its colonel, Brigadier-General -F. Hamilton; and it advanced with the -army towards Tongres, when the French quitted their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -post and eventually retired within their fortified lines, -where the English General was desirous of attacking -them, but was prevented by the Dutch commanders -and field deputies. The services of the regiment -were afterwards connected with the siege of <em>Huy</em>, -which fortress was captured in ten days.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment formed part of the -covering army during the siege of <em>Limburg</em>, which was -commenced on the 10th of September, and on the 27th -of that month the Governor surrendered. Spanish -Guelderland being thus delivered from the power of -France, the Dutch were freed from the danger of an -invasion.</p> - -<p>After taking part in these services the regiment -marched to Breda: during the severe frosts of winter -it proceeded to Bergen-op-Zoom, to reinforce the -garrison of that fortress, and afterwards returned to -Breda, from whence it detached three hundred men -to Maestricht, to join the garrison of that city, while -the Dutch soldiers were working at the entrenchments -on the heights of Petersberg.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1704</div> - -<p>Meanwhile the united French and Bavarian armies -had gained considerable advantage in Germany, and -the Duke of Marlborough resolved to lead his British -brigades from the ocean to the Danube, to rescue the -Emperor of Germany from the menaced danger. To -engage in this splendid undertaking, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment marched from Breda on the 5th of May, -N.S., and proceeded towards the Rhine; being joined -at Bedburg by the detachment from Maestricht. -Continuing its route, the regiment proceeded to -Coblentz, where it passed the Moselle and the -Rhine, and afterwards traversed the minor states of -Germany towards the seat of war on the Danube;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> -all Europe being surprised at the ability evinced by -the British commander in conducting this daring -enterprise.</p> - -<p>Having united with the forces of the Empire, the -British advanced on the 2nd of July to attack a body -of French and Bavarians under Count d'Arco, in an -entrenched camp on the heights of <em>Schellenberg</em>, on the -left bank of the Danube. About six in the evening -the leading division, of which a detachment of the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment formed part, moved forward -under a heavy fire, and attacked the enemy's entrenchments -with distinguished gallantry. The enemy made -a determined resistance, and the assailants were repulsed; -but the attack was renewed with heroic courage, -and, after a protracted contest, the Germans co-operated -in the attack, when the entrenchments were forced, -and the French and Bavarians driven from the heights -with great slaughter. The British cavalry, charging, -completed the discomfiture of the enemy, and sixteen -pieces of ordnance, a number of standards and colours, -with the enemy's tents, and the equipage and plate of -the Count d'Arco, were captured.</p> - -<p>The regiment had one serjeant and eleven rank and -file killed; Captain Lea, Ensigns Gilman, Walsh, and -Pensant, three serjeants, and thirty-two rank and file -wounded.<a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a></p> - -<p>The victory at Schellenberg was followed by the -flight of the enemy from Donawerth; and the regiment -was engaged in the operations of the army which -penetrated Bavaria, and captured <em>Rayn</em> after a short<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> -siege. The Elector of Bavaria formed an entrenched -camp at Augsburg, to which city the allied army advanced; -but found the enemy's camp too strong to be -attacked with any prospect of success, and the troops -retired a short distance. The siege of <em>Ingoldstadt</em> was -commenced by the Germans, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment formed part of the covering army.</p> - -<p>Quitting his camp at Augsburg, the Elector of -Bavaria joined a strong body of French troops sent to -reinforce his army, and the united divisions encamped -in the valley of the Danube, near the village of -<em>Blenheim</em>.</p> - -<p>At three o'clock on the morning of the memorable -13th of August, 1704, the allied army advanced towards -the enemy, and about three o'clock in the afternoon the -British developed their attack against the French -brigades posted in the village of Blenheim; thus -commencing an engagement in which the English -troops acquired great distinction. The village being -found strongly fortified, it was environed by a few corps, -and the army passed the little river Nebel to attack -the enemy's lines. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment directed -its attacks against the right wing of the Gallo-Bavarian -army, and was engaged with the chosen troops -of France, under Marshal Tallard; its heroic conduct -reflected the highest lustre on the British arms, and it -contributed materially to the complete overthrow and -discomfiture of the opposing host. The French were -chased from the field with great slaughter, and the -loss of their cannon, baggage, and many troops captured, -including the brigades posted in the village of Blenheim: -Marshal Tallard, and several officers of distinction, -were among the prisoners. The left wing of the -enemy was also overpowered by the Germans, and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -victory was complete and decisive: the powerful armies -of France and Bavaria being literally destroyed. -Thus, on the banks of the Danube, was achieved by -British valour a trophy which will serve as a monument -to commemorate the national glory to the end -of time. The conduct of the brave soldiers who -conquered in the interior of Germany was the admiration -of surrounding states, and has been lauded by -numerous historians: the <span class="smcap">Duke of Marlborough</span> -was elevated to the dignity of a <span class="smcap">Prince</span> of the <span class="smcap">Roman -Empire</span>.</p> - -<p>The loss of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was Captains -Brown, Rolleston, and Vaughan, Ensign Moyle, five -serjeants, and fifty-two rank and file killed; Major -Kane, Captains Lepenitor and Hussey, Lieutenants -Smith, Roberts, Blakeney, and Harvey, Ensign Trips, -nine serjeants, and eighty-seven rank and file -wounded.<a name="FNanchor_22_22" id="FNanchor_22_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a></p> - -<p>From the Danube, the regiment traversed the -country to the banks of the Rhine, crossed that river -at Philipsburg on the 7th of September, and formed -part of the covering army encamped at Croon-Weissemberg -during the siege of <em>Landau</em>, which was undertaken -by the Germans. When the siege drew towards -a close, the regiment marched to Germersheim, where -it embarked in boats on the Rhine, and in twelve days -arrived at Nimeguen, where it landed, and, marching -to Ruremonde, passed the winter at that place.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="PL_II" id="PL_II"></a> -<p class="p1" /> -<img src="images/i_b_028fp.jpg" width="700" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.<br /> -THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM.<br /> -Aug<sup>t</sup> the 13<sup>th</sup> 1704.<br /> - -<p class="center"><em>J.M. Jopling del<sup>t</sup></em> - -<span class="pad10"><em>Madeley lith 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup> Strand</em></span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>For Cannon's Military Records</em></p></div> -</div> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - - -<div class="sidenote">1705</div> - -<p>Brigadier-General Hamilton, having become advanced -in years, retired from active service, and was -permitted to dispose of the colonelcy of the regiment to -Lieut.-General Ingoldsby, from the twenty-third foot, -who was appointed colonel of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -by commission dated the 1st of April, 1705.</p> - -<p>From Ruremonde the regiment marched to the -vicinity of Maestricht, where it joined the army; and -afterwards proceeded by Juliers, through a mountainous -country, to the valley of the Moselle, where it encamped -near the city of Treves. The army passed the -Moselle and the Saar in the early part of June, with -the view of carrying on the war in that direction; but -the Duke of Marlborough, being disappointed of the -co-operation of the Germans, marched his army back -to the Netherlands, which occasioned the soldiers much -fatigue. On arriving at the Maese, a detachment was -employed in recapturing <em>Huy</em>, which the enemy had -taken during the absence of the army up the Moselle.</p> - -<p>A formidable barrier of forts and entrenchments had -been constructed with great labour and expense to arrest -the progress of the British General; but by menacing -the lines to the south of the Mehaine, to draw the -French army to that quarter, and afterwards making a -forced march to the right during the night of the 17th -of July, these stupendous works were passed at <em>Helixem</em> -and <em>Neer-Hespen</em>, with little opposition; and the French -and Bavarian troops, which hurried to the spot to drive -back the leading corps of the allied army, were repulsed -with severe loss. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was formed in brigade on this occasion with the -twenty-fourth, twenty-ninth, and Temple's (afterwards -disbanded), under Brigadier-General Webb, and, -being in the main body of the army, did not sustain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -any loss. After this brilliant success, the designs of -the British commander were frustrated by the opposition -of the Dutch Generals, and little further advantage -was gained.</p> - -<p>The regiment returned to Holland for winter quarters, -and was stationed at Worcum.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1706</div> - -<p>Taking the field in May, 1706, the regiment proceeded -to the general rendezvous of the army near -Tongres, and, advancing from thence in the direction -of Mont St. André, on Whit-Sunday the 23rd of May, -the British commander discovered a powerful French -army, under Marshal Villeroy and the Elector of -Bavaria, in position at that place, with their centre at -the village of <em>Ramilies</em>, which was occupied by a considerable -body of troops.</p> - -<p>Diverging into the plain, the allied army formed -line and advanced towards the enemy; the <span class="fs70">ROYAL -IRISH</span> regiment, being in the right wing, formed on the -heights of Foulz, and, descending into the low grounds -near the Little Gheet river, menaced the enemy's left, -at Autreglise and Offuz, with an attack. This movement -occasioned the enemy to weaken his centre to -support his left flank, when the Duke of Marlborough -instantly reinforced his centre, and made a determined -attack upon the enemy's position at the weakened -point. For some time the officers and soldiers of the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment were spectators of the fight; -but at a critical moment they were brought forward, -and they contributed to the complete overthrow of the -forces of France, Spain, and Bavaria. The warlike -brigades of the enemy, a few hours before so formidable -and menacing, were driven from the field with great -slaughter, and the loss of many officers and soldiers -taken prisoners, also of their cannon and many stand<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>ards -and colours. After pursuing the fugitives a -considerable distance, the regiment halted for the night, -surrounded by the ensanguined trophies of this day of -glorious triumph to the British arms.</p> - -<p>Retreating to Louvain, the broken remains of the -enemy's splendid army halted a short time, and -soon afterwards abandoned that city, and also Lierre, -Ghent, Damme, and Bruges. The magistrates of -these towns, together with those of Brussels, Malines, -and Alost, renounced their allegiance to the Duke of -Anjou, and declared in favour of the House of Austria. -The garrisons of Oudenarde and Antwerp surrendered; -Ostend withstood a short siege and then capitulated. -Thus the successes of the allied arms were splendid -beyond all precedent.</p> - -<p>Towards the end of July, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was detached from the main army to take part in the -siege of the fortress of <em>Menin</em>, which was considered one -of the masterpieces of <span class="smcap">Vauban</span>, the celebrated French -engineer, and was provided with a numerous garrison -well supplied with everything necessary for a protracted -defence. The garrison disputed every yard of ground -with sanguinary tenacity; but the allies carried on the -siege with vigour, and brought their approaches to the -foot of the glacis, where a storming party was assembled -to attack the covered-way. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was appointed to take part in this service. The -signal being given, the assailants rushed forward to the -palisades, and threw a shower of hand-grenades into -the covered-way; then, entering amidst the confusion, -overthrew all opposition. General Stearne states,—"This -proved warm service; for though we drove the -enemy at once out of the counterscarp, they sprung<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -two mines upon us, and from their works plied us -with a most violent fire, which we lay exposed to -until our workmen had thrown up an entrenchment -sufficient to cover us. In this action our regiment -had six officers and upwards of eighty soldiers killed -and wounded."<a name="FNanchor_23_23" id="FNanchor_23_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a></p> - -<p>The Governor, finding himself unable to arrest the -progress of the besieging force, surrendered.</p> - -<p>The fortress of <em>Aeth</em> was afterwards captured, and -this event terminated the campaign. Thus fortresses -which had resisted powerful armies for months and -years, and provinces disputed for ages, were the conquests -of a summer: the nations of Europe witnessing -with astonishment the splendid achievements of the -forces under the Duke of Marlborough. After sharing -in the brilliant successes of this campaign, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL -IRISH</span> regiment passed the winter at Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1707</div> - -<p>In May, 1707, the regiment again took the field, and -was formed in brigade with the second battalion of the -Royals, the eighth, twenty-fourth, and Temple's regiments, -under Brigadier-General Sir Richard Temple -(afterwards Viscount Cobham). During this campaign, -the French army avoided a general engagement, and -the summer was passed by the opposing armies in -manœuvring and watching each other's movements. -In the autumn, the regiment marched to the castle of -Ghent, of which its commanding officer, Colonel Stearne, -was appointed governor.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1708</div> - -<p>Finding his armies beaten on the continent, the -French monarch fitted out an expedition for the purpose<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -of landing the Pretender in Scotland, to embroil -Great Britain in civil war; and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment -was one of the corps ordered home to repel the invaders: -it embarked from Ostend in the middle of March, -1708, and sailed to the river Tyne; but the English -fleet chased the French squadron from the British -coast, and the regiment returned to Flanders.</p> - -<p>When the opposing armies took the field, the French -had obtained possession of Ghent and Bruges by treachery; -but the English General surprised the French on -the march near <em>Oudenarde</em> on the 11th of June, and -gained a decisive victory. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment -formed part of the leading brigade of the van of the -army, under Major-General Cadogan, and with the -eighth, twenty-third, and thirty-seventh regiments, descended -from the high grounds between Eyne and -Bevere, forded a rivulet, and attacked seven battalions -of the Swiss regiments of Pfeffer, Villars, and -Gueder, which had taken post at Eyne: after a sharp -contest British valour prevailed, and Brigadier-General -Pfeffer, with three entire battalions, were made prisoners -of war: the remainder were either killed, or intercepted -in their attempt to escape, and made prisoners. -The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> afterwards attacked a body of troops -posted in the enclosures, and soon drove the French -from their ground. As the regiment was advancing in -pursuit, a numerous body of French cavalry menaced -it in front and flank, and it fell back to the hedges, -where it repulsed the French horsemen. Other -British brigades arriving, the whole advanced; a fierce -conflict of musketry ensued, and charge succeeded -charge until darkness put an end to the conflict, and -thus saved the French army from complete annihilation.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -The enemy made a precipitate retreat during the -night.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel Stearne commanded the regiment on -this occasion, and he states in his journal,—"Our regiment, -though the first that engaged, had only one -lieutenant and eight men killed, and twelve men -wounded."</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment formed part of the force -employed in the siege of the important fortress of -<em>Lisle</em>, the capital of French Flanders, and the regiment -had numerous opportunities of distinguishing itself -during the long and determined defence made by a -numerous garrison under Marshal Boufflers. The -citadel did not surrender until the 9th of December. -The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> had two captains and three subalterns -killed, the major and several other officers wounded, -and two hundred non-commissioned officers and soldiers -killed and wounded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1709</div> - -<p>A strong detachment of recruits replaced the losses -of the regiment, and it was in a highly efficient state -when it took the field to serve the campaign of 1709. -The Duke of Marlborough menaced the French army -with an attack, which occasioned Marshal Villars to -weaken the garrisons of the fortified towns to strengthen -the army in the field, when the allies besieged <em>Tournay</em>. -The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were detached, under the Prince of -Orange, to drive the French detachment from Mortagne -and St. Amand, and, having accomplished this service, -joined the besieging army, and carried on its approaches -at the seven fountains. The regiment was -engaged in storming the breaches in the Ravelin and -Half-Moon; and on the 29th of July it was in readiness -to take part in storming the town, which was prevented<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -by the surrender of the place, the garrison retiring into -the citadel.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> took part in the siege of the citadel -of Tournay, which was celebrated for the extent of its -underground works. Captain Parker, of the regiment, -states in his journal,—"Our approaches against this -citadel were carried on mostly underground, by sinking -pits several fathom deep, and working from -thence until we came to their casemates and mines. -These extended a great way from the body of the -citadel, and in them our men and the enemy frequently -met, and fought with sword and pistol. We -could not prevent them springing several mines -which blew up some of our batteries, guns and all, -and a great many men, in particular a captain, -lieutenant, and forty (the London Gazette says -thirty) men of our regiment." The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -lost a lieutenant and several men in the combats -underground; and ten grenadiers were suffocated in -one of the galleries. In the early part of September -the governor surrendered.</p> - -<p>From Tournay the army marched in the direction -of Mons, and, the French taking up a position near -<em>Malplaquet</em>, a general engagement took place on the -11th of September, when the enemy was forced from -his entrenchments with loss. Captain Parker states,—"The -part which our regiment acted in this battle was -something remarkable. We happened to be the last -of the regiments which had been left at Tournay to -level the approaches, and did not come up till the -lines were formed. We were ordered to draw up -on the right of the army, opposite a skirt of the wood -of Sart, and, when the army advanced to attack the -enemy, we entered the wood in our front. We con<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>tinued -marching till we came to a small plain, on the -opposite side of which we perceived a battalion of -the enemy drawn up, a skirt of the wood being in -its rear. Colonel Kane, who was then at the head -of the regiment, having drawn us up, and formed -our platoons, advanced towards the enemy, with the -six platoons of our first fire made ready. When we -arrived within a hundred paces of them, they gave -us a fire of one of their ranks; whereupon we halted, -and returned them the fire of our six platoons at -once, and immediately made ready the six platoons -of our second fire, and advanced upon them again. -They then gave us the fire of another rank; and we -returned them a second fire, which made them -shrink; however they gave us the fire of a third rank, -after a scattering manner, and then retired into the -wood in great disorder; on which we sent our third -fire after them and saw them no more. We advanced -up to the ground which they had quitted, and found -several of them killed and wounded; and among the -latter was one Lieutenant O'Sulivan, who told us -the battalion we had engaged was the '<span class="smcap">Royal Regiment -of Ireland</span>.'<a name="FNanchor_24_24" id="FNanchor_24_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a> Here, therefore, was a -fair trial between the <span class="smcap">two Royal Regiments of -Ireland</span>, one in the <span class="smcap">British</span> and the other in the -<span class="smcap">French</span> service; for we met each other upon equal -terms, and there was none else to interpose. We had -but four men killed and six wounded; and found -near forty of them on the spot killed and wounded.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -The advantage on our side will be easily accounted -for, first from the weight of our ball; for the French -arms carry bullets of 24 to the pound, whereas our -British firelocks carry ball of 16 only to the pound, -which will make a considerable difference in the execution: -again, the manner of our firing was different -from theirs; the French, at that time, fired all -by ranks, which can never do equal execution with -our platoon firing."</p> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel Stearne gives nearly the same particulars, -and adds—"We marched into the wood after -them (the Royal Irish in the French service); and -when we had got through, we found our army -mounting the enemy's last entrenchments, and our -brother <em>harpers</em><a name="FNanchor_25_25" id="FNanchor_25_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> scoured off as fast as their heels -could carry them. Thus ended this great and -terrible battle, which was the most obstinate engagement -on both sides that has been known in the -memory of man: the killed and wounded on both -sides was very great."</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were afterwards employed in -covering the siege of <em>Mons</em>, and passed the winter in -quarters at Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1710</div> - -<p>From Ghent the regiment advanced on the 14th of -April, 1710, and took part in the operations by which -the French lines were passed at <em>Pont-à-Vendin</em>; and -also formed part of the covering army during the siege -of <em>Douay</em>, and also during the siege of <em>Bethune</em>; and -was afterwards detached, under the Prince of Anhalt, -to attack the town of <em>Aire</em>, situate on the banks of the -river Lys. In the siege of this place many difficulties -had to be overcome, from the nature of the ground, -and from the determined defence of a numerous<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -garrison: the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment had three officers -killed, and five wounded; also about eighty soldiers -killed and wounded. The garrison surrendered on the -9th of November; and the regiment, afterwards returned -to Ghent.<a name="FNanchor_26_26" id="FNanchor_26_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1711</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> again took the field in April, 1711, -and were employed in the operations by which the -boasted impregnable French lines were passed at -<em>Arleux</em>, and the opportunity of attacking the fortified -town of <em>Bouchain</em>, situated on both sides of the river -<em>Scheldt</em>, was ensured. The regiment formed part of -a detachment of twenty battalions, commanded by -Lieut.-General the Earl of Orkney, which took post -on the north and north-west side of the town and river, -and advanced to drive the French from the heights of -Wavrechin. Captain Parker states, "Our British -grenadiers marched to the top of the hill on the left -of their works, in order to begin the attack on that -side: here we were posted in a field of wheat, about -seventy or eighty paces from their works, expecting -every moment the signal to fall on. I must confess -I did not like the aspect of the thing: we plainly saw -their entrenchment was a perfect bulwark, strong and -lofty, and crowded with men, and cannon pointed -directly at us: we wished much that the Duke might -take a nearer view. * * * * While I was -musing, the Duke of Marlborough, ever watchful,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -ever right, rode up unattended, and posted himself -on the right of my company of grenadiers, from whence -he had a fair view of the greater part of the enemy's -works. It is quite impossible for me to express the -joy which the sight of this man gave me. I was well -satisfied he would not push the thing unless he saw -a strong probability of success; nor was this my -notion alone; it was the sense of the whole army, -both officers and soldiers, British and Foreigners; -and, indeed, we had all the reason in the world for it, -for he never led us on to any one action that we did -not succeed in. He stayed only three or four minutes, -and then rode back: we were in pain for him while -he stayed, lest the enemy might have discovered him, -and fired at him, in which case they could not well -have missed him. He had not been longer from us -than he stayed when orders came to us to retire. -As the corn we stood in was high, we slipped off -undiscovered, and were a good way down the hill -before they perceived that we were retiring, and -then they let fly all their great and small shot after -us; but as we were by this time under the brow of -the hill, all their shot went over our heads." This -statement of a distinguished officer of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -regiment shows how fully the great Duke of Marlborough -possessed the confidence of his troops.</p> - -<p>During the siege of <em>Bouchain</em>, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment was actively engaged in the trenches and the -attacks; but did not sustain a very severe loss. Lieut.-Colonel -Stearne states,—"In this siege our regiment -had four officers wounded but none killed, and about -forty men killed and wounded; the grenadiers suffered -most. Bouchain being taken, our regiment was ordered -to Tournay, where we were quartered the -remaining part of the campaign, from whence we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -escorted what provision came that way to the army -which continued about Bouchain." In October the regiment -marched to Lisle, where it passed the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1712</div> - -<p>In February, 1712, Lieut.-General Ingoldsby died, -and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by -Lieut.-Colonel Stearne, who had held a commission in -the corps thirty-four years, and wrote an account of its -services.<a name="FNanchor_27_27" id="FNanchor_27_27"></a><a href="#Footnote_27_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a></p> - -<p>From Lisle the regiment advanced in April to some -high ground beyond Bouchain, where a camp was formed -of several corps, and entrenchments thrown up. The -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment afterwards joined the army under -the orders of the Duke of Ormond, and its grenadier -company advanced on a reconnoitring party into -Picardy; but a suspension of hostilities took place soon -afterwards, and the army withdrew to Ghent, where -the regiment passed the winter. The power of France -was reduced, its armies defeated, its frontier towns -captured, its ambitious monarch was forced to sue for -peace, and the treaty of Utrecht gave repose to Europe.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1713</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment had acquired a high -reputation during the war; and a board of officers -being assembled in London, to decide on the rank of -regiments, Colonel Stearne sent Captain Parker to -England to claim rank for the regiment from the date -of its formation in 1684, which would have given it -rank as <span class="fs70">FIFTH</span> foot; but this was not granted, and it -continued to take date and rank in the English army -from the time of its arrival in England in the autumn -of 1688.<a name="FNanchor_28_28" id="FNanchor_28_28"></a><a href="#Footnote_28_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p> - -<p>During the winter, a very serious mutiny occurred -among the troops stationed at Ghent, to which the -soldiers were incited by a man, whom Captain Parker -calls "a pettifogging attorney from London," who had -entered the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment. This dangerous -combination was suppressed, and ten of the ringleaders -were executed.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1714</div> - -<p>After the conclusion of the treaty of peace, the -British regiments quitted Flanders, excepting the -eighth and <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, which were appointed to -garrison the citadel of Ghent until the barrier treaty -was signed. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough -passing through Ghent, the officers of the two regiments -met His Grace without the town, to show their respect -to the character of their former commander.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1715</div> - -<p>On the breaking out of the rebellion of the Earl of -Mar, in the autumn of 1715, the regiment was ordered -to proceed to England, leaving the lieut.-colonel and a -hundred men in the castle of Ghent; it landed at -Greenwich, and marched to Gloucester, where it was -joined by the party from Ghent in February following.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1716</div> - -<p>From Gloucester the regiment marched to <em>Oxford</em>; -many persons at this celebrated university were -disaffected to the government of King George I., and -on the Prince of Wales's birthday, when the officers of -the regiment were assembled at one of the inns, to -celebrate the day, they were assailed by stones thrown -from a house on the opposite side of the street. A -number of soldiers, hearing that their officers had been -thus assailed by the Jacobites, came running to the -spot, and soon destroyed the windows of the house -from whence the stones had been thrown. They afterwards -went from street to street, and broke the windows -of persons who refused to illuminate for the Prince of -Wales's birthday. The Vice-Chancellor sent a com<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>plaint -to His Majesty's privy council, and the officers -were called upon for an explanation. The subject was -afterwards investigated by the House of Lords, and, -after several debates, the university was censured for -not observing the birthday of the Prince of Wales, -afterwards King George II.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1717</div> - -<p>In May, 1717, the regiment marched to Portsmouth, -where it received orders to hold itself in readiness to -proceed abroad.</p> - -<p>Brigadier-General Stearne obtained permission to -dispose of the colonelcy of the regiment to Lieut.-Colonel -William Cosby, from the first troop, now first -regiment of life guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1718</div> - -<p>Soon afterwards the regiment embarked for the -island of Minorca, where it arrived in the early part of -1718, and it was stationed there many years, during -which period little occurred worthy of being recorded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1727</div> - -<p>In 1727, when the Spaniards besieged <em>Gibraltar</em>, a -detachment from the regiments at Minorca proceeded -to that fortress, under Colonel Cosby of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL -IRISH</span> regiment, to reinforce the garrison. This detachment -took part in the successful defence of -Gibraltar against the power of Spain, and when the -siege was raised, it returned to Minorca.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1732<br />1735<br />1742</div> - -<p>While the regiment was at Minorca, Colonel Cosby -was succeeded by Sir Charles Hotham, Baronet, in -1732; and, in 1735, King George II. nominated -Colonel John Armstrong to the colonelcy. This officer, -dying in 1742, was succeeded by Colonel John Mordaunt, -from the forty-seventh regiment.</p> - -<p>In the same year, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was -relieved from duty at Minorca, and returned to -England: it landed at Portsmouth and Southampton, -and marched to Taunton, and the neighbouring towns, -where it passed the winter.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1743</div> - -<p>From Taunton the regiment marched, in the spring -of 1743, to Exeter and Plymouth, where it was reviewed -by Lieut.-General Lord Tyrawley.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1744</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1744, the regiment marched to -Richmond, and other towns near Hounslow Heath, and -was reviewed by His Royal Highness the Duke of -Cumberland. "The regiment gained great reputation -by its discipline and good appearance, and had the -pleasure of being assured of His Royal Highness' -approbation."<a name="FNanchor_29_29" id="FNanchor_29_29"></a><a href="#Footnote_29_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a> After the review, the regiment -marched to Fareham, and mounted guard over the -French and Spanish prisoners at Portchester Castle.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1745</div> - -<p>At the battle of Fontenoy, the British troops, supporting -the interests of the house of Austria against the -power of France and Bavaria, were repulsed in their -attempts to raise the siege of Tournay, and sustained -severe loss; and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was ordered -to join the British army in Flanders. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -embarked at Gravesend, with a detachment of foot -guards and the fourteenth regiment, landed at Ostend, -and, advancing up the country, joined the army, commanded -by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, -at the camp at Lessines, in May, 1745. The -French, having a great superiority of numbers, captured -several strong towns, and besieged <em>Ostend</em>, when the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> were selected to reinforce the garrison of -that fortress. The regiment accordingly marched to -Antwerp, where it embarked on board of Dutch billanders, -in which it sailed to Flushing, where it was -removed on board of transports that conveyed it to -Ostend, which town was found abandoned by the inhabitants, -and besieged by a numerous French force. -The garrison did not exceed three thousand men, a -number very inadequate to the defence of the place;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -the fortifications had been neglected and were out of -repair; and the Austrian governor permitted the enemy -to gain possession of the sluices before he had inundated -the country round the town. The means of a long -defence were wanting, and, after holding out until the -ammunition was nearly expended, and the guns of the -fortress dismounted, the governor capitulated, on condition -that the garrison should march to the quarters of -the allied army. The writer of the continuation of General -Stearne's journal complains of the treacherous conduct -of the French on this occasion, in causing the garrison -to make a considerable détour, employing agents to -induce, by promises of reward, the soldiers to desert, -and, after a march of twenty miles in one day, delivering -the garrison up at a frontier village cantonment -about seven in the evening, and having a numerous -force ready to cut off the fatigued men at an early -hour on the following morning. This was, however, -defeated; the Duke of Cumberland sent a General -officer to take charge of the troops on their arrival, -and, instead of allowing the tired soldiers to go into -quarters, he ordered them to load their muskets, fix -their bayonets, and march for Mons. The writer, before -alluded to, states, "As we every moment expected the -enemy, we continued our march in the greatest -order; not a whisper was to be heard: the officers who -were present will always remember with pleasure -the discipline and good disposition every regiment -showed on that occasion." ... "So narrow was our -escape, that the French got to their ground within -an hour of our passing it, and we saw them in the -morning encamped about two miles from Mons."</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, and other corps from -Ostend, remained at Mons about three weeks, watched -by a numerous French force; but on the approach of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -detachment from the allied army, the enemy retired: -the regiments then marched out at midnight, arrived -at Charleroi on the following day, and afterwards joined -the army near Brussels.</p> - -<p>In the autumn of this year, Charles Edward, eldest -son of the Pretender, raised the standard of his father -in Scotland, and, being joined by a number of Highland -clans, penetrated into England. On this occasion the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment marched to Williamstadt, where -it embarked for England, and, arriving at Gravesend -on the 5th of November, landed and joined the camp -at Dartford, where it remained several weeks, and lost -the surgeon and a number of men from diseases produced -by being exposed to severe weather in a camp -in the winter months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1746</div> - -<p>The regiment returned to Gravesend in March, 1746, -and embarked for Scotland, with the twelfth, sixteenth, -and twenty-fourth foot. These corps arrived at Leith -on the 19th of April, as the guns of Edinburgh castle -were firing for the victory gained over the rebels at -Culloden, and this terminated the rebellion.</p> - -<p>The regiment waited at Leith until the return of an -express from the army, when it received orders to sail -northward; it landed at Nairn on the 1st of May, was cantoned -in the neighbourhood of that place three weeks, -and afterwards joined the army at Inverness, at which -place the regiment was encamped until the autumn, -when it marched into quarters at Nairn, Elgin, &c.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1747</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1747, the regiment marched to -Fort Augustus, and encamped among the mountains -near that place, under the orders of Major-General -Blakeney, until October, when it marched to Edinburgh -castle, and Stirling.</p> - -<p>Major-General Sir John Mordaunt was removed to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> -the twelfth dragoons in December of this year, and -was succeeded in the colonelcy by Colonel John Folliott, -from the sixty-first foot, a newly-raised corps, afterwards -disbanded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1748<br />1749<br />1750</div> - -<p>Returning to England in the spring of 1748, the -regiment was stationed at Berwick, Newcastle, and -Carlisle, where it remained until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, -when it marched to Glasgow, and embarked -for Ireland on the 18th of February, 1749. It was -stationed at Enniskillen and Ballyshannon twelve -months, and was removed in 1750 to Kinsale, and in -1751 to Cork.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1751</div> - -<p>In the Royal warrant of the 1st of July, 1751, the -uniform of the regiment is directed to be scarlet, faced -with blue. The First, or King's colour, to be the great -union; the Second, or regimental colour, to be of blue -silk with the union in the upper canton; in the centre -of the colour, the <span class="smcap">Harp</span> in a blue field and the <span class="smcap">Crown</span> -over it; and in the three corners of the colour, the -<span class="smcap">Lion of Nassau</span>, the arms of King William III. On -the grenadier caps, the <span class="smcap">Harp and Crown</span>, as on the -colours. The <span class="smcap">Harp and Crown</span> to be painted in -the same manner on the drums and bells of arms, -with the rank of the regiment underneath.<a name="FNanchor_30_30" id="FNanchor_30_30"></a><a href="#Footnote_30_30" class="fnanchor">[30]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1752<br />1753<br />1754</div> - -<p>From Cork the regiment marched, in 1752, to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -Waterford; in 1753 it proceeded to Dublin, and in -1754 to Londonderry and Ballyshannon.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1755</div> - -<p>Disputes having arisen between Great Britain and -France, respecting the extent of the British territories -in North America, hostilities commenced, and the -regiment was suddenly ordered to England in the -spring of 1755. It landed at Liverpool on Easter -Sunday, the 3rd of April, and marched to Berwick, -where the establishment was augmented to seventy-eight -men per company, and two companies were -afterwards added: in October the regiment marched -to Edinburgh, where it was stationed during the -winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1756</div> - -<p>In February, 1756, the two additional companies were -incorporated in the fifty-sixth regiment, then newly -raised; and in May the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were reviewed by -Lieut.-General Bland, commanding the forces in North -Britain, and afterwards marched to Fort William, with -numerous detachments at various posts in the Highlands.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1757</div> - -<p>Orders were received in February, 1757, for the -regiment to proceed to Ireland, and it was stationed -in that part of the United Kingdom during the -remainder of the seven years' war.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1762</div> - -<p>Lieut.-General Folliott died in January, 1762, and -in April King George III. conferred the colonelcy of -the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment on Major-General Sir John -Sebright, Bart., from the eighty-third foot, which corps -was disbanded in 1763.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1767<br />1775</div> - -<p>In 1767 the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment proceeded from -Ireland to North America, where it was stationed when -the unfortunate misunderstanding occurred between -Great Britain and her North American colonies on -the subject of taxation. The Americans manifested<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -a disposition to violence, and three companies of the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were stationed at Boston, the capital of -the state of Massachusetts, under the Governor of the -province, General Gage.</p> - -<p>General Gage, having ascertained that the Americans -had collected a quantity of military stores at <em>Concord</em>, -detached the grenadiers and light infantry, including -the companies of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, to effect the destruction -of these stores. These companies embarked in -boats, under Colonel Smith, of the tenth, on the -evening of the 18th of April, 1775, and sailed up -Charles river to the marshes of Cambridge, where they -landed and marched towards Concord. At the -village of <em>Lexington</em> they were opposed by a party of -American militia; some firing occurred, and several -men were killed and wounded: thus the first blood -was spilt, and open resistance followed. The King's -troops continued their march to Concord, and effected -the destruction of the stores. In the meantime the -country had been alarmed for many miles, and, when -the soldiers commenced their journey back to Boston, -they were fired upon from behind the walls, trees, fences, -barns, &c., on both sides of the road, and skirmish -succeeded skirmish until they arrived at Lexington, -where they were met by Earl Percy's brigade, with -two field-pieces. The fire of the artillery checked the -Americans, and the troops continued their march to -Boston. The flank companies of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment had two men killed and four wounded on this -occasion.</p> - -<p>This open resistance to legal authority was followed -by the appearance of multitudes of armed -Americans in the neighbourhood of Boston, and on -the night of the 16th of June they commenced throw<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>ing -up entrenchments on the peninsula of Charleston, -on a height called <em>Bunker's Hill</em>; and on the -following day General Gage detached a body of -troops, of which the flank companies of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL -IRISH</span> regiment formed part, to drive the Americans -from the hill. The attack was made about three o'clock -in the afternoon, and British valour was conspicuously -displayed; but the Americans had a great superiority -of numbers and a strong post. The King's troops -were twice arrested in their progress, but by a determined -effort they carried the height at the point -of the bayonet, and triumphed over thrice their own -numbers. The loss of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> was limited -to three rank and file killed, Lieutenant William -Richardson and seven rank and file wounded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1776</div> - -<p>Although the valour and discipline of the British -corps in North America were so conspicuous as to -excite the admiration of their country, yet the few -corps at Boston were beset by such multitudes of -opponents, that it became impossible for these excellent -qualities to be exercised with any prospect of -ultimate success; and in the middle of March, 1776, -the town was abandoned, the British troops embarking -for Nova Scotia.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1777</div> - -<p>Soon afterwards the regiment received orders to -transfer its men fit for service to other corps, and -return to Europe: it arrived in England in July, -1776, and was stationed at Dover Castle, where it -remained during the year 1777.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>From Dover, the regiment proceeded to Coxheath, -where an encampment was formed of the Royal -Dragoons, five regiments of infantry, and fifteen -battalions of militia.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1779</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1779, the regiment was encamped<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -at Warley, in the Essex district, with three other -corps of regular infantry and ten battalions of militia, -under Lieut.-General Parker.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1780<br />1782</div> - -<p>The regiment was encamped at Finchley in 1780, -and afterwards in Hyde Park; and in 1782 it proceeded -to the island of Jersey, where its numbers -were reduced to the peace establishment in consequence -of the termination of the American war.</p> - -<p>Leaving Jersey in February, 1782, the thanks of -the Commander of the forces at that station were -conveyed to the officers and soldiers of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, -for their conduct while under his command. The -regiment was afterwards stationed at Guernsey, where -an alarming mutiny occurred among the soldiers of the -104th regiment, who fired upon their officers, and took -possession of the fort. They were invested by the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, commanded by Major Mawby, -and a battalion of militia, and were forced to submit. -The lieut.-governor thanked the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, -in orders, for its loyal and spirited conduct on this -occasion, in the strongest terms, and promised to take -the earliest opportunity of bringing its meritorious conduct -before the King. The States of the island also -conveyed the expression of their thanks and approbation -of the excellent behaviour of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, -accompanied by a vote of 100 guineas, to be divided -among the non-commissioned officers and soldiers.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1783</div> - -<p>In July, 1783, the regiment proceeded to Portsmouth, -and in October it embarked for the fortress of Gibraltar.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793</div> - -<p>While the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was employed in -protecting the important fortress of Gibraltar, a revolution -occurred in France; Louis XVI. was beheaded -by his subjects in 1793; and while anarchy and blood<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>shed -prevailed in France, the republicans of that -country sought to involve other nations in the same -calamities. War was the result. A powerful party -favourable to monarchy still existed in France, many -patriots stood forward in the cause of royalty, and the -inhabitants of <em>Toulon</em> joined with Admiral Turgot -in delivering up that port to the British, who took -possession of the place in the name of Louis XVII. -A numerous republican army advanced against Toulon, -and the allies made exertions to procure troops for the -defence of the town and harbour. Some corps of -French loyalists were embodied; detachments of -Spaniards, Neapolitans, and Sardinians were procured, -and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was withdrawn from -Gibraltar to aid in the protection of this important -place.</p> - -<p>The regiment arrived at Toulon in November, and -was actively employed in the defence of the place -upwards of a month, during which period it was frequently -engaged with the republican troops of France.</p> - -<p>A battery having been erected by the enemy on the -heights of <em>Arenes</em>, which much annoyed one of the -principal outposts, a party of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> joined -the troops under Major-General David Dundas, which -issued from Toulon on the morning of the 30th of -November, crossed the river, traversed olive-grounds, -intersected with stone walls, ascended a height cut into -vine-terraces, and, surprising the French on their post, -drove them from the battery with signal gallantry. -The object in view was thus accomplished, but the -impetuosity of the soldiers could not be restrained; -they pursued the enemy too far, and, encountering -fresh adversaries, were forced to retire with loss. The -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment had seven men killed on this<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -occasion, twenty-four wounded, four serjeants, one -drummer, and twenty-nine rank and file missing.</p> - -<p>Much difficulty was experienced in defending Toulon -with twelve thousand men, of five different nations, -against thirty to forty thousand French troops; -a circumference of fifteen miles having to be occupied -by a number of posts which required nine -thousand men for their protection, so that three-fourths -of the men were constantly on duty. On the 17th of -December, the French attacked the British quarter -under Captain William Conolly of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, who -defended his post with great gallantry until the enemy -had forced the Spanish side, when he fell back fighting -to another position. The regiment lost Ensign George -Minchin and two rank and file on this occasion. The -enemy afterwards attacked the posts on the mountain -of Pharou, where another party of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> was -engaged, and lost one serjeant and five rank and file.</p> - -<p>The line of posts being forced, it was found impossible -to preserve the town and harbour, and the French -shipping, arsenal, and magazines were set on fire, and -the troops of the several nations embarked on board of -the fleet on the 19th of December.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794</div> - -<p>After the evacuation of Toulon, the fleet proceeded -to the bay of Hières, and arrangements were made for -attacking the island of <em>Corsica</em>: the fleet weighed anchor -on the 24th of January, 1794; but was dispersed by a -gale of wind. Early in February a landing was effected -in the gulf of Fiorenzo in the island of Corsica, and a -series of operations were commenced by which the -greater part of the island was speedily reduced, and an -assembly of Deputies afterwards agreed to unite Corsica -to the British dominions.</p> - -<p>The fortified town of <em>Calvi</em>, situate on a tongue of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> -land which forms a beautiful harbour thirty-three miles -from <em>Bastia</em>, the capital of Corsica, still held out in the -French interest, and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel David Douglas Wemyss, -was selected to join the troops, under Lieut.-General -C. Stuart, appointed for the reduction of this fortress. -The regiment accordingly sailed from Bastia, and, -having landed near Calvi on the 19th of June, took -post on a ridge of mountains three miles from the town. -Owing to the numerous rocky heights and steep acclivities -before the town, the soldiers and seamen had to -make roads along difficult precipices, to drag guns up -the mountains, and to carry up materials for erecting -the batteries, which they performed with cheerfulness. -A practical breach having been made in the west side -of the Mozello, on the 18th of July the light infantry -(including the light company of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>) and -the second battalion of the Royals, commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel Moore, "proceeded with a cool steady -confidence, and unloaded arms, towards the enemy, -forced their way through a smart fire of musketry, -and, regardless of live shells flung into the breach, or -the additional defence of pikes, stormed the Mozello; -while Lieut.-Colonel Wemyss, with the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment, and two pieces of cannon under the direction -of Lieutenant Lemoine of the royal artillery, equally -regardless of opposition, carried the enemy's battery -on the left, and forced the trenches without firing a -shot."<a name="FNanchor_31_31" id="FNanchor_31_31"></a><a href="#Footnote_31_31" class="fnanchor">[31]</a></p> - -<p>After the capture of these important posts, the siege -of Calvi was prosecuted with vigour, and on the 10th -of August the garrison surrendered.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span></p> -<p>The loss of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was limited -to six rank and file killed; Lieutenant William -Johnston, one serjeant, and ten rank and file -wounded.</p> - -<p>In the early part of this year, General Sir John -Sebright, Bart., died; and the colonelcy of the regiment -was conferred on Major-General Sir James Murray, -Bart., who afterwards took the surname of Pulteney.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795<br />1796</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was stationed in the -island of Corsica during the year 1795, and nine -months of 1796. In the mean time the success of the -French arms, particularly the brilliant career of General -Bonaparte in Italy, had produced a change of -sentiment among the inhabitants of Corsica. Bonaparte -was a native of the island; the Corsicans gloried in him -as a man who reflected honour on their country, and they -regretted that the island had become annexed to Great -Britain, as this event placed them in hostility to their -victorious countryman, and they began to plot measures -to effect its separation. It appearing evident that the -expense of the defence would exceed the advantage -derived from the possession of the island, the British -troops were withdrawn in October, and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -proceeded to the island of Elba.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1797<br />1798<br />1799</div> - -<p>Soon afterwards the regiment was detached, with a -small force under Colonel Wemyss, to the coast of Italy; -the troops landed on the 7th of November, and, having -driven the French from the principality of Piombino, -occupied the towns of Campiglia, Castiglione, and -Piombino, with some advanced posts in the Tuscan -states. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> were commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -H. T. Montresor, and distinguished themselves -on several occasions. They waded through an inundation -of near three miles, to attack the town of <em>Campiglia</em>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -and made the French garrison prisoners. The enemy -receiving considerable reinforcements, and advancing -in force against those towns, the British troops were -withdrawn from Italy, and returned to Elba. During -the winter, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment sailed for -Gibraltar, where it arrived in the beginning of 1797, -and was stationed at that fortress during the two -following years.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1800, the regiment was withdrawn -from Gibraltar, to join the armament preparing for -active service in the Mediterranean: it proceeded to -Minorca, where the land-forces were assembled, and in -the summer sailed under the orders of Lieut.-General -Sir Ralph Abercromby for Genoa, to co-operate with -the Austrians; but the victories gained by the French -in Italy occasioned this enterprise to be abandoned, -and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> returned to Minorca.</p> - -<p>The regiment afterwards sailed with the expedition -against <em>Cadiz</em>, and it had entered the boats of the -fleet for the purpose of effecting a landing and attacking -Cadiz, when orders were received to return on -board the shipping; the attack of this place having -been relinquished in consequence of an infectious disease -of a fatal character ravaging the city; and the armament -sailed to Gibraltar.</p> - -<p>After some delay, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment again -proceeded to Minorca.</p> - -<p>In the meantime a powerful French army had taken -possession of Egypt, with the view of colonizing that -country, and making it the base of future conquests -in the east, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was called -from Minorca to take part in the expulsion of the -boasted invincible legions of France from Egypt. The -regiment accordingly quitted Minorca without landing,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> -and sailed to Malta, where it joined the armament under -Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, and was formed -in brigade with the thirtieth, forty-fourth, and eighty-ninth, -under the orders of Brigadier-General Doyle. -The troops were soon restored and reanimated, after -having been so long at sea, by the abundance of fresh -provisions which the island of Malta afforded, and the -comforts of the beautiful city of Valetta, and on the -20th of December the fleet sailed for the bay of Marmorice, -in Asiatic Turkey, where it arrived in nine days.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1801</div> - -<p>In this bay, environed by mountains covered with the -foliage of trees, the troops remained several weeks, -while preparations were being completed, and a plan -of co-operation was arranged with the Turks, whose -tardy proceedings detained the expedition some time. -On the 23rd of February, 1801, the fleet again put to -sea, presenting a splendid sight; the magnitude of the -armament, and the gaiety of the brave men on board, -being calculated to excite emotions of an interesting -character. On the 1st of March, the armament arrived -off the celebrated city of Alexandria, and anchored in -the bay of <em>Aboukir</em>.</p> - -<p>Early on the morning of the 8th of March, five thousand -British troops entered the boats to effect a landing -in the face of an adverse army, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment, having joined the second brigade under Major-General -Cradock, entered some small Greek ships to -be in readiness to support the gallant men who should -first land on the shores of Egypt. A rocket gave the -expected signal, and the clear silence of the morning -was instantly broken by the deep murmur of a -thousand oars urging forward the flower of a brave -army, whose polished arms gleamed in the rays of the -morning sun. Suddenly the thunder of artillery shook<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> -the ground, and a tempest of balls cut the surface of -the water; but the British soldiers speedily gained -the shore in the face of this tempest of war, and, rushing -forward to close upon their enemies with the bayonet, -soon decided the contest and forced the French to -retreat with loss. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel Montresor, was one of the first -corps which landed to support the leading division, and -to participate in this splendid triumph of British valour.</p> - -<p>Advancing towards Alexandria, the British troops -encamped near Mandora Tower, and on the 13th of -March they proceeded through a wood of date-trees -to attack the French forces posted on a ridge of heights -in front. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> deployed under a heavy -fire, with the other corps of their brigade, and -executed the manœuvre with admirable order and -precision; and, advancing upon their adversaries, compelled -the French to retire from their position. A -strong body of French cavalry charged the leading -corps of the British right column, but was repulsed. -Under the cover of some sand-hills, a body of French -dragoons rode towards the British second brigade, and -attempted to penetrate the interval between the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> and the regiment on their left: the French -troopers were checked by a prompt and well-directed -fire from the light company of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, which -was followed by a rapid platoon fire from the regiment, -and the French horsemen made a precipitate retreat. -They belonged to the eighteenth French dragoons, and -had been mistaken, by one British battalion, for a -foreign corps in the English service.</p> - -<p>The French, having been driven from their post, -fell back to an entrenched position before Alexandria; -and the British, after reconnoitring the ground, en<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>camped -in front of the enemy's lines. Speaking of -the conduct of the army, on this occasion, in general -orders, Sir Ralph Abercromby stated that he -felt it "incumbent on him particularly to express -his most perfect satisfaction with the steady and -gallant conduct of Major-General Cradock's brigade." -The conduct of the brigade was also commended -in the General's public despatch.</p> - -<p>The loss of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was Captain -George Jones, killed; three officers, one serjeant, and -forty-five rank and file wounded.</p> - -<p>On the morning of the 21st of March, the French -issued from their position, and attacked the British -line; but they encountered an opposition which they -were unable to overcome, and the English army was -once more triumphant over the numerous veteran -troops of France. This action afforded the <span class="fs70">ROYAL -IRISH</span> regiment another opportunity of gaining honour -on the distant shores of Egypt; and its gallant bearing -throughout the day was conspicuous. This victory -was however clouded with the fall of the brave <span class="smcap">Sir -Ralph Abercromby</span>, who died of wounds received in -action. He was succeeded in the command of the -army by Major-General (afterwards Lord) Hutchinson.</p> - -<p>Soon afterwards a body of British troops traversed -the country to <em>Rosetta</em>, where a small force of British, -Turks, and Greeks was assembled, and took post at -Hamed. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, and two other -corps, followed on the 13th of April, and, after the -surrender of Fort St. Julian, a strong division of the -army advanced up the banks of the Nile, to attack -the French troops in Upper Egypt.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment took part in the operations -by which the French were driven from <em>El Aft</em>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -and from the fortified post of <em>Rahmanie</em>, and forced to -retire upon Cairo.</p> - -<p>Following the retreating enemy up the country, the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> arrived, with the army, at the vicinity -of the celebrated pyramids of Egypt, in the early part -of June; and after a halt of several days they advanced -upon the city of <em>Cairo</em>, which was besieged by -the united British and Turkish forces, and in a few -days the garrison surrendered, on condition of being -sent back to France.</p> - -<p>The capture of the capital of Egypt added fresh -laurels to the British arms; and the troops which had -acquired these honours retired down the Nile to the -vicinity of <em>Alexandria</em>, and, having driven in the French -outposts, commenced the siege of that place with vigour. -In the beginning of September, the garrison surrendered, -on condition of being sent back to France.</p> - -<p>Thus was Egypt delivered from the power of France; -and the British troops, which overcame the boasted -<em>invincible</em> legions of Bonaparte, and forced the <em>Army of -the East</em> to surrender its conquests, were rewarded with -the thanks of Parliament, the approbation of their -Sovereign, and the royal authority to bear on their -colours the "<span class="smcap">Sphinx</span>," with the word "<span class="smcap">Egypt</span>;" and -the officers were permitted to receive gold medals from -the Grand Seignior.</p> - -<p>Immediately after the conquest of Egypt, the British -generals and admirals endeavoured to promote still -further the interests of their country by preparing to -make additional acquisitions, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment was one of the corps selected to proceed on -another expedition. Several corps sailed on the 12th -of September; but were met at sea by a ship of war -bringing information that the preliminaries of a treaty<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -of peace were signed; the troops proceeded to Malta, -where the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment arrived in October.</p> - -<p>After performing garrison duty at Valetta for -six weeks, the regiment proceeded to the island of -Elba, and occupied the fortress of Porto Ferrajo, the -French being in possession of other parts of the -island.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802</div> - -<p>The treaty of Amiens being concluded, the regiment -sailed for Ireland in the summer of 1802, and after -landing at Cork proceeded to Armagh.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1803</div> - -<p>War was resumed in 1803, and in the summer of -that year the regiment marched to Newry, where it -was augmented to <em>two battalions</em>, from the army of -reserve. Both battalions were completed to 1100 men -each in less than two months, and in October the first -battalion embarked from Ireland for Scotland; it -landed at Greenock, and proceeded from thence to -Edinburgh. It was followed to Scotland by the second -battalion, which was stationed a short time at Stirling -castle; but on the removal of the first battalion from -Edinburgh to Haddington, the second battalion proceeded -to Dunbar.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1804</div> - -<p>The threat of invading England made by Napoleon -Bonaparte, with the progress of the naval preparations -on the coast of France, and the presence of a numerous -French army at Boulogne, occasioned the regiment to -be withdrawn from Scotland in the summer of 1804, -and to proceed to the south of England, to be in -readiness to repel the invaders, should they venture to -land. On quitting Haddington, Lieut.-Colonel Montresor -received a highly gratifying letter from the -magistrates and clergy of that place, expressing their -admiration of the peaceable and regular behaviour of -the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the first<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> -battalion during their stay at Haddington, and a tribute -of public respect to the officers for their gentlemanly -deportment towards the respectable inhabitants in the -neighbourhood.</p> - -<p>Both battalions landed at Ramsgate, and joined the -troops encamped on Barham Downs. On the breaking -up of the camp, the second battalion embarked for the -island of Jersey.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805</div> - -<p>Towards the end of January, the first battalion embarked -for the island of Jamaica, where it arrived in -May.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1807</div> - -<p>In 1807 the second battalion proceeded to the -West Indies, and was stationed at the island of -<ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Curaçoa'">Curaçao</ins>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808<br />1809</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment being employed in -guarding the colonial possessions of Great Britain, its -services were valuable to the Crown and to the kingdom, -and the exemplary conduct of both battalions was -commended by the general officers under whom the -regiment served; but the performance of this duty -precluded the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> sharing in the brilliant -campaigns of the British army in the Peninsula, where -several corps acquired numerous honorary inscriptions -for their regimental colours.</p> - -<p>The first battalion sailed from Jamaica on the 7th -of June, 1809, with the troops under Major-General -Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael, to aid the Spaniards in -their attempt to reduce the city of <em>St. Domingo</em>. The -British troops landed about thirty miles from the -place, and, advancing to the besieged fortress, found -the Spanish army greatly reduced by sickness. Prompt -measures were adopted for an attack on the place by -storm by the British troops, and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were -under arms to take part in this service, when hostilities<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -were suddenly terminated by the surrender of the -French garrison.</p> - -<p>After the deliverance of the city of St. Domingo -from the power of France, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> returned -to Jamaica.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1810</div> - -<p>Very severe losses having been sustained by the -second battalion from the climate of the West Indies, -it was directed to transfer its men fit for service to the -first battalion, and embark for England to recruit. It -arrived at Ottery barracks, in Devonshire, in October -1810, and was joined by the regimental depôt, amounting -to upwards of five hundred men.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1811 the second battalion proceeded -to the island of Jersey.</p> - -<p>On the decease of General Sir James Pulteney, -Bart., His Royal Highness the Prince Regent conferred -the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment on -Lieut.-General John Lord Hutchinson, K.B., afterwards -Earl of Donoughmore, from the fifty-seventh -regiment, by commission dated the 27th of April, -1811.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814</div> - -<p>The second battalion was employed on garrison duty -in the island of Jersey until the power of Napoleon -Bonaparte was overthrown by the armies of the allies, -and the Bourbon family was restored to the throne of -France, which was accompanied by the restoration of -peace to Europe. A reduction was, in consequence, -made in the strength of the British army, and the -second battalion of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was -disbanded at Jersey on the 24th of October 1814, -transferring its non-commissioned officers and private -soldiers fit for duty to the first battalion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1817</div> - -<p>After twelve years' service in Jamaica, during -which time it had suffered severely from the effects of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> -climate, and had lost upwards of fifty officers and -nearly three thousand non-commissioned officers and -soldiers, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment received orders to -return to England. It landed at Portsmouth in March, -1817, in so complete a state of discipline and efficiency, -that it was ordered to proceed to Brighton, where it -had the honour of furnishing the usual guard for the -Prince Regent during His Royal Highness' stay at -the Pavilion. The regiment was afterwards removed -to Chatham and Sheerness, and in August it proceeded -to Hilsea barracks.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1818</div> - -<p>Early in 1818 the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment marched to -Haslar barracks and Gosport; in December it embarked -for Ireland, and, after landing at Cork, proceeded -to Fermoy.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1819</div> - -<p>From Fermoy the regiment marched, in January, -1819, to Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Duncannon-fort, -and Kilkenny; and the excellent conduct of the men, -during their stay in these quarters, elicited the admiration -and gratitude of the public authorities of the -several places, which was communicated to the corps in -the strongest terms.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1820</div> - -<p>In July, 1820, the regiment marched to Cork.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1821</div> - -<p>Orders having been received for the regiment to -transfer its services to Malta, it embarked from Cork -in February, 1821, and after its arrival on that island -the head-quarters were established in the Cottonera -district, with one company detached to the small island -of Gozo.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1822</div> - -<p>In November, 1822, the regiment was removed to St. -Elmo barracks and Valetta, where the detached company -joined from the island of Gozo.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1823</div> - -<p>After remaining twelve months at St. Elmo barracks, -the regiment was removed to Floriana barracks in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> -November, 1823, detaching two companies to Fort -Manuel and Tignie.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1824</div> - -<p>On the 8th of May, 1824, the first division of the -regiment embarked from Malta for the Ionian Islands, -and was followed by the head-quarters in June, on -which occasion the following general order, dated -Malta, 18th of June, 1824, was issued:—</p> - -<p>"The Marquis of Hastings, having been long acquainted -with the high character of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment of infantry, cannot suffer that distinguished -corps to quit this island without expressing his -regret at losing its services. The report made to -him, by Major-General Sir Manley Power, of the -uniformly excellent conduct maintained by the officers -and men of the regiment, during their residence here, -authorizes the Marquis of Hastings to request that -they will accept his applause, and his sincere wishes -for their future welfare.</p> - -<p class="right padr4">"<em>By command of His Excellency</em>,</p> -<p class="right"><span class="smcap">"C. Bayley</span>, A.M.S."</p> - -<p>The last division of the regiment arrived at Corfu -on the 24th of June, and occupied quarters in the -citadel.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1825</div> - -<p>In July, 1825, four companies and the head-quarters -proceeded to Fort Neuf, leaving the remaining companies -in the citadel. In August the regiment was formed -into six service and four depôt companies.</p> - -<p>The head-quarters and flank companies returned to -the citadel on the 14th of November, and on the same -day four battalion companies embarked for Santa -Maura, furnishing detachments at Calamas, Magnassia, -Fort Alexandria, San Nicolo, Fort Constantine, Scorpio, -San Nichola, and Vassaliki.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1832</div> - -<p>The regiment remained at the Ionian Islands until -February, 1832, when it embarked from Corfu for England, -and landed at Portsmouth on the 7th of March.</p> - -<p>The decease of General the Earl of Donoughmore -occurred in the summer of 1832, when King William -IV. appointed Lieut.-General Matthew Lord Aylmer, -K.C.B., from the fifty-sixth foot, to the colonelcy of the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, by commission dated 23rd of -July, 1832.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1834<br />1835<br />1836</div> - -<p>The regiment remained in England until May, 1834, -when it embarked from Liverpool, and, landing at -Dublin, was stationed in Ireland nearly three years, -during which period it preserved its high character.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837</div> - -<p>Having received orders to transfer its services to -the British possessions in Asia, the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -was divided into six service and four depôt -companies, and on the 10th of January, 1837, the -service companies embarked for Ceylon, under the -orders of Colonel George Burrell: they landed at -Colombo on the 1st of June, and were stationed at -that place and at Galle.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1838</div> - -<p>In the autumn of 1838 the depôt companies embarked -from Dublin, and, landing at Portsmouth, were -stationed in South Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1839</div> - -<p>The service companies remained at Colombo and -Galle until February, 1839, when a change of quarters -took place, and they were stationed at Trincomalee -and Galle, where they continued until March of the -following year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1840</div> - -<p>In the mean time a course of violence and spoliation -had been commenced by the Chinese government -against the persons and property of the British merchants -trading with that empire, in consequence of the -introduction of opium into China, which was prohibited<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> -by the Chinese laws, but was tacitly admitted by the -local authorities, who did not enforce the law. At -length, however, the Chinese authorities commenced -summary measures without sufficient previous notice, -and the British superintendents of trade found it -necessary to apply to the Governor-General of India -for a number of ships of war and armed vessels for -the protection of life and property. The violence of -the Chinese, however, could not be restrained by reason -or menace, but the thunder of British artillery was -necessary to enforce forbearance.</p> - -<p>The British government found it necessary to send -an expedition to the Chinese seas, to compel the -government of the "Celestial empire" to acknowledge -the principles of international law, as adopted by -civilized nations, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment was -one of the corps selected for this service. Three -companies from the depôt embarked from Portsmouth -in October, 1839, and arrived at Bombay in March, -1840, and they afterwards sailed for China: three -companies embarked from Trincomalee in May, and -three from Galle in June, and sailed for the Chinese -seas.</p> - -<p>Hostilities having been found unavoidable, it became -important to gain possession of a portion of the Chinese -territory, and the governor of <em>Chusan</em>, an island lying -off the coast, and comprising in its jurisdiction a small -group of islands, was summoned to surrender in the -beginning of July. He, however, made dispositions to -defend the place, and on the morning of the 5th of -July the shore was crowded with Chinese troops, and -the landing place, wharf, and adjoining hill displayed -an array of military power. The British shipping -silenced the enemy's war-junks and batteries; and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -right wing of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, commanded -by Major Henry William Adams, with the Royal -Marines of the fleet, forming the advance, landed. They -were followed by other corps, and the British troops, -commanded by Brigadier-General George Burrell, -Lieut.-Colonel of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, took up a position -in front of the fortified city of <em>Ting-hae-hien</em>, from whence -a sharp fire was kept up for some time; but before -the following day the Chinese soldiers fled in a panic. -The city was taken possession of, and this success gave -presage of future conquests; but the climate proved -injurious to the health of the troops, and many soldiers -died.</p> - -<p>This display of British prowess was followed by -negotiations; and in August the other three companies -of the regiment landed on the island of Chusan, a -detachment taking post at Tsin-Kong.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1841</div> - -<p>The tardy councils of the Chinese were expedited by -the activity of the British naval force, and in the early -part of 1841 they agreed to give up the island of Hong-Kong, -pay an indemnity of six million dollars, and open -a direct intercourse for trading upon an equal footing. -The detachment of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> stationed at Tsin-Kong -joined the head-quarters, and on the 17th of -February the regiment embarked for Hong-Kong, -where it arrived in seven days, and the island was -taken possession of; but the Chinese authorities appeared -by their conduct to have no intention of fulfilling -the other stipulations of the treaty. Hostilities -were in consequence resumed, and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment sailed with the expedition up the Canton -river. The fleet silenced the batteries of <em>Wantong</em>, -and a body of troops landing, the island was captured -without the loss of a man, thirteen hundred Chinese<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -soldiers surrendering prisoners of war. Continuing -the voyage up the river, the fleet arrived at the bar, -destroyed the enemy's war-junks, and the works were -stormed and captured by the Marines, &c. As -the expedition pursued its voyage up the river, the -Chinese abandoned several batteries and armed rafts, -and solicited terms of peace; but procrastination -appeared to be their only object, and the British fleet -advanced. The forts in front of <em>Canton</em> soon fell -under the fire of British artillery, the Chinese flotilla -was destroyed, and terms of peace were again solicited -by the authorities of the "Celestial empire." While -negotiations were pending, bodies of Tartar troops -were arriving at <em>Canton</em>, which exposed the object of -the enemy; and on the 24th of May the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment and other British troops landed. On the -following day they advanced against the fortified -heights on the north of the city, and dispositions were -made for the attack, when the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel Adams, supported by the Royal -Marines, the whole under Major-General Burrell, were -directed to carry a hill in their front.</p> - -<p>Major-General Sir Hugh Gough stated in his -public despatch,—"About half past nine o'clock the -advance was sounded, and it has seldom fallen to -my lot to witness a more soldierlike and steady -advance, or a more animated attack. Every individual, -native as well as European, steadily and -gallantly did his duty. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> and forty-ninth -were emulous which should first reach their -appointed goals; but under this impulse, they did -not lose sight of that discipline which could alone -ensure success."</p> - -<p>The heights were carried by a spirited effort, the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -British colours waved triumphantly on the captured -forts, and the soldiers looked down on Canton within a -hundred paces of its walls.</p> - -<p>A fortified Chinese camp had been established on the -high ground on the north-east of the city, and from this -camp bodies of the enemy advanced against the -British troops. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, forty-ninth, and a -company of Marines, met and repulsed the principal -attack, and, following the fugitives along a causeway, -stormed and captured the entrenched camp in gallant -style. Major-General Sir Hugh Gough stated in his -despatch,—"I have to record my approval of the -spirited conduct of Captain <span class="smcap">John Grattan</span>, who -commanded the two leading companies of the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> across the causeway." The camp was -burnt, and the magazines were destroyed.</p> - -<p>On the following morning a flag of truce was seen on -the walls, and hostilities were suspended; but procrastination -still appearing to be the object of the Chinese, -preparations were made to attack the city by storm, and -the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> were under arms waiting for the signal -to rush forward and achieve the conquest of the celebrated -city of Canton, when an agreement to terms -suddenly prevented further hostilities, the Chinese -paying six millions of dollars for the redemption of -Canton, and opening the port for trade.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -Henry William Adams, had two men killed; -Captain John James Sargent, Lieutenants George -Hilliard and David Edwards, and sixteen men -wounded.</p> - -<p>On the 2nd of June, the regiment embarked for the -ceded island of <span class="smcap">Hong-Kong</span>, where it arrived in a few -days; and this station proving healthy and convenient, -works were constructed for its protection.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></p> - -<p>The Emperor of China disregarded the stipulations -of treaties, and issued a mandate for the extermination -of the English who dared thus to insult his coasts and -capture his towns, offering, at the same time, immense -rewards for the heads of the British commanders, and -even a large sum for the head of a private soldier. -His decrees were responded to by depriving him of a -greater extent of territory; and on the 22nd of August -the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> sailed on an expedition against the -island and city of <em>Amoy</em>, situate in a fine gulf in the -province of Fokien, the great tea district of China. -On the 25th of August the fleet arrived before Amoy, -which was defended by five hundred pieces of cannon -and a numerous force; but nothing could withstand -the combined efforts of the British naval and land -force. On the following day the works were bombarded -two hours. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> landed about three -o'clock, with little opposition, and escaladed a castellated -wall with great gallantry. They were speedily -within the works, and afterwards charged up a precipitous -gorge in the face of two posts of defence, and -rushing forward with great gallantry, the Chinese -and Tartar soldiers fled in dismay, after firing a few -shots. The regiment remained on the heights above -the city during the night; and on the following morning -the troops advanced towards the wall. No resistance -was made, the advance of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -escaladed the walls,—opened the gates,—and the city -was taken possession of. The small island of <em>Koolangsoo</em> -was captured on the preceding day. The loss of the -regiment was limited to two men wounded.</p> - -<p>On the 5th of September, the regiment sailed with -the expedition for the recapture of <em>Chusan</em>, which -island had been given up in consequence of the stipulations -of the first treaty. The place was found more<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> -strongly fortified than before, and a resolute stand was -made by the Chinese; but British skill and valour -prevailed. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> landed on the 1st of -October, stormed the enemy's works with great -gallantry, under Lieut.-Colonel Adams, and occupied -the Joss-house hill, Captain Francis Wigston particularly -distinguishing himself at the head of the -grenadier company of the regiment. The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -afterwards entered the city of Ting-hae-hien at the -western gate, and the British colours were speedily -planted in triumph on the walls. The regiment had one -serjeant and six rank and file wounded on this occasion.</p> - -<p>On the following day the regiment traversed the -island to Tsin-kong, and afterwards proceeded to -Sahoo; but returned to Ting-hae-hien on the 4th of -October, and on the 6th embarked with the expedition -against the city of <em>Chinhae</em>, the military depôt of the -province, situate on the mainland opposite Chusan, -and surrounded by a wall of extraordinary height and -thickness. The troops landed on the 10th of October, -advanced through a difficult country towards the city, -and stormed the works covering the approach to the -place, overthrowing all opposition. "The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -charged up a deep gorge to the left, and broke -through the central encampment, carrying everything -before them."<a name="FNanchor_32_32" id="FNanchor_32_32"></a><a href="#Footnote_32_32" class="fnanchor">[32]</a> The city was captured, and in -it was an extensive arsenal, and cannon foundry, with -military stores. The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> crossed the river and -entered the city on the same evening: their loss was -one man killed and three wounded.</p> - -<p>From Chinhae the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> proceeded up the -river on the 13th of October, against the fortified city<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -of <em>Ningpo</em>, where no resistance was met with. The -troops landed and formed on the ramparts, the band of -the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> playing "God save the Queen," and -they took possession of the second city in the province of -Che-Keang, containing a population of three hundred -thousand souls. The regiment was afterwards stationed -in the city of Ningpo some time; and the Chinese -having garrisoned several forts up the river, the flank -companies embarked on the 27th of December, with an -expedition to dislodge the Chinese and Tartar soldiers -from their posts, but the enemy fled without waiting to -be attacked, and the companies returned to Ningpo.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1842</div> - -<p>The flank companies proceeded to You-You on the -10th of January, 1842, and were engaged in routing -the enemy, and destroying their encampment the day -following.</p> - -<p>During the first three months of the year 1842, four -companies of the regiment were stationed at the city -of Ningpo, under Major Nicholas R. Tomlinson, and five -companies at Koolangsoo, under Major Jeremiah -Cowper.</p> - -<p>On the 10th of March a numerous army of Tartars -and Chinese made a sudden attack upon <em>Ningpo</em>, escalading -the walls, and forcing some of the gates, with -great spirit, and the few British forces in garrison were -enveloped by crowds of assailants; but the bravery of -the British was conspicuous, and they triumphed over -their numerous opponents. A guard of the regiment, -consisting of Lieutenant Anthony W. S. F. Armstrong, -one serjeant, and twenty-three rank and file, stationed -at the West-gate, being attacked by large numbers, -behaved steadily, and gallantly drove the enemy back, -capturing two banners, the bearers of which had -been shot at the gate: the spirited behaviour of Lieu<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span>tenant -Armstrong was commended in the public despatches.</p> - -<p>Five days afterwards, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> embarked -from Ningpo, and sailed up the river to attack the -enemy's posts. On the 15th of March they were -engaged at <em>Tsekee</em>, and the heights of <em>Segaon</em>, which -were captured; and the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> also took part in -forcing the <em>Chankee-pass</em>: they returned to Ningpo on -the 17th of March.</p> - -<p>Three companies of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were withdrawn -from Koolangsoo at the end of March, and proceeded -in a steam-vessel to Ningpo, to reinforce the garrison: -in April two companies proceeded from Ningpo to -Chinhae. One company was afterwards withdrawn -from Chinhae and five from Ningpo, to take part in -the expedition against the fortified city of <em>Chapoo</em>, under -the command of Lieut.-Colonel Tomlinson. A landing -was effected on the 18th of May; British prowess was -again conspicuous, and the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> were distinguished -for their heroic bearing at the attack and -capture of this place, on which occasion Lieut.-Colonel -<span class="smcap">Nicholas R. Tomlinson</span> fell at the head of the regiment, -"in full career of renown, honoured by the -corps, and lamented by all."<a name="FNanchor_33_33" id="FNanchor_33_33"></a><a href="#Footnote_33_33" class="fnanchor">[33]</a></p> - -<p>The loss of the regiment at the capture of this place -was Lieut.-Colonel Tomlinson, one serjeant, and three -rank and file killed; Lieutenants Edward Jodrell and -Alexander Murray, one serjeant, one drummer, and -twenty-seven rank and file wounded. Major Jeremiah -Cowper was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel on -the 19th May, 1842, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel -Tomlinson; and Brevet Major John Grattan received -the Majority. These brilliant successes had taught the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> -Chinese the true character of British skill, spirit of -enterprise, and valour, yet, with unaccountable infatuation, -the authorities of the "Celestial empire" still -looked for success, and their resistance gave the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> opportunities of gaining additional -honours. In June six companies of the regiment were -employed in an expedition up the Yangtse-Keang -river, and took part in the capture of the fortified post -of <em>Woosung</em>, and also in the capture of <em>Poonshau</em>; they -afterwards advanced against the city of <em>Shanghae</em>, which -was taken possession of without opposition.</p> - -<p>The company of the regiment stationed at Chinhae -was withdrawn to take part in active operations, and -seven companies sailed with the expedition to carry on -operations against <em>Chin-Keang-foo</em>, one of the strongest -and most important cities of China. To proceed on -this enterprise the fleet left Woosung on the 6th of -July, the Chinese troops were driven from <em>Suyshan</em>, -and on the 20th of July the armament approached -Chin-Keang-foo. A landing was effected, and the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> evinced the same intrepidity and valour -in the attack of the enemy's entrenched camp, and at -the capture of the city by storm, on the 21st of July, -for which they had previously been distinguished. -On passing through the city and suburbs, the troops -witnessed the painful spectacle of hundreds of the dead -bodies of men, women, and children, lying in the houses, -numerous families having destroyed themselves -sooner than outlive the disgrace of their city being -captured by foreigners.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment had Captain Charles -J. Russell Collinson and two soldiers killed; Lieutenant -Scroope Bernard, one serjeant, and fifteen rank -and file wounded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span></p> - -<p>This brilliant success of the British arms filled the -Chinese empire with consternation and dismay, and the -English General prepared to carry his victorious troops -into the heart of the empire, and attack <em>Nankin</em>, the -ancient capital of China, to which place the fugitives -from Chin-Keang-foo had fled for refuge. Embarking -on the 29th of July to carry out this important -object, the armament proceeded against the celebrated -city of Nankin, where the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> and other corps -arrived on the 9th of August, when a great portion of -the troops landed, and the ancient capital of China -was environed by the British naval and land forces. -This decisive step produced the desired results; the -court of China could no longer hope that its legions -would eventually arrest the victorious career of the -British arms, and conditions of peace were acceded to; -the Chinese paying an indemnity, and ceding a portion -of territory to the British crown.</p> - -<p>Thus terminated a war in which the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, -or the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span>, regiment, had acquired additional -reputation; a hostile nation had been impressed with -a just sense of the capabilities of the English arms; -and important commercial and national advantages -had been acquired for the British empire.</p> - -<p>Her Majesty, in consideration of the gallantry displayed -by the troops employed on the coasts and rivers -of China, was graciously pleased to permit the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> (<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span>), twenty-sixth, forty-ninth, -fifty-fifth, and ninety-eighth regiments, and Royal -Artillery, to bear on their colours and appointments -the word "<em>China</em>," and the device of the "<em>Dragon</em>," -in commemoration of their distinguished services.</p> - -<p>After the termination of the contest, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -sailed from Nankin to the island of Chusan, where<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> -they arrived in October: the head-quarters sailed for -Koolangsoo on the 17th of November, leaving four -companies of the regiment at Chusan.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1843</div> - -<p>The regiment remained at Koolangsoo during the -year 1843.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844</div> - -<p>On the 1st of April the light company embarked at -Koolangsoo, and arrived at Chusan on the 10th of -that month. The head-quarters proceeded from -Koolangsoo to Chusan in the middle of May, and -remained there during the year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1845</div> - -<p>The head-quarters of the regiment proceeded from -Chusan to Hong Kong on the 22nd of February: the -left wing arrived at Hong Kong from Chusan on the -12th of May.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1846</div> - -<p>During the year 1846 the regiment remained at -Hong Kong.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1847</div> - -<p>The head-quarters, consisting of twenty-four officers, -thirty-four serjeants, seven drummers, and four hundred -and sixty-eight rank and file, embarked at Hong -Kong for active service on the 1st of April, 1847, and -were employed during the combined naval and military -operations on the Canton river under Major-General -D'Aguilar, C.B., and returned to Hong Kong on the -morning of the 9th of April, 1847, leaving a detachment -at Canton of three officers, six serjeants, and -sixty-two men, which returned to Hong Kong on the -2nd of June following.</p> - -<p>The regiment, consisting of twenty-five officers and -six hundred and fifty-two men, embarked at Hong -Kong for Calcutta on the 20th of November, 1847.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1848</div> - -<p>The regiment arrived at Calcutta on the 10th of -January, 1848, and occupied the barracks at Fort -William, where it continued to be stationed on the 1st -of June, 1848, at which period the record is concluded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> - -<p>The foregoing pages, after diligent research, contain, -as far as possible, a faithful detail of the services of -the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH, ROYAL IRISH, REGIMENT OF FOOT</span>.</p> - -<p>The career of this highly honorable corps can only -be appreciated as a public body, and as a portion -of the military force of the British empire, after a -perusal of its gallant deeds in the various situations -and services on which it has been employed.</p> - -<p>The circumstance of its first formation in the reign -of King Charles II.,—of its adhesion to King James II. -on his succeeding to the British throne in 1685,—and -of the severe test to which the army was exposed at the -Revolution in 1688,—all prove the value of the corps, -and the difficulties with which its principal officers had -to contend at a period when the English nation was -endeavouring to rid itself of a sovereign of Popish -principles, and to establish a Protestant Government.</p> - -<p>The decided conduct of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH, ROYAL -IRISH</span>, regiment on the commencement of the Revolution -in 1688, and throughout the contest in Ireland -until 1691, evinced a steady loyalty and determination, -on which King William III. found he could rely.</p> - -<p>The same confidence was placed in this regiment -by King William during the campaigns in Flanders -from 1691 to 1697, for which the most distinguished -honours were conferred by His Majesty on the corps -on account of its heroic services.</p> - -<p>In the war of the Spanish Succession, during the -reign of Queen Anne, from 1702 to 1712, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH, -ROYAL IRISH</span>, regiment is recorded as having -shared in the numerous sieges and victories under the -Duke of Marlborough, as detailed in the Regimental -Record.</p> - -<p>After the cessation of hostilities by the Treaty of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> -Utrecht, in 1713, the services of the regiment were -equally efficient and useful in the British possessions, -particularly at the island of Minorca, from whence it -proceeded in 1727 to Gibraltar, when the Spaniards -again besieged that fortress.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT</span> was again employed in -Flanders during the war of the Austrian Succession, -from 1743 to 1748.</p> - -<p>The regiment shared also in the arduous duties of -the British troops employed during the early part of -the American war, which commenced in 1775.</p> - -<p>The next important service on which the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH, -ROYAL IRISH</span>, regiment was engaged, was the ever-memorable -campaign of the British army in Egypt, -which succeeded in repelling from that country the -French army, which had vainly styled itself "invincible," -and through the efforts of which Napoleon Bonaparte -intended to open a route to India, and thereby disturb, -if not annihilate, the British possessions in Asia.</p> - -<p>After returning from Egypt, the services of this -valuable regiment were employed in guarding the -colonial possessions in the West Indies for a period -of twelve years, during which the British army acquired -additional honours and distinctions by its services in -the Peninsula, which terminated in 1814, and afterwards -by the decisive battle and overthrow of the -French army at Waterloo.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> was employed on garrison duty -from 1821 to 1832 in the islands of the Mediterranean.</p> - -<p>In 1837 the regiment was embarked for Ceylon, and in -1840 it formed part of the expedition to the Chinese seas, -and by its gallantry eventually compelled the government -of the "<em>Celestial empire</em>" to cede a portion of -territory to the British Crown, and to pay an indemnity<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -for losses sustained: the word <em>China</em> and the device of -the <em>Dragon</em>, authorized by Her Majesty to be borne on -the colours and appointments of the regiment, are -proud memorials of its services in this distant scene of -warfare, which was a novel arena, not only to the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, but to European troops generally. The -regiment was again employed during the military -operations on the Canton river in 1847, and towards -the close of that year proceeded to the East Indies.</p> - -<p>After a service of twelve years in the eastern parts of -the world, the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH, ROYAL IRISH</span>, regiment has -received instructions to be prepared to return to its -native country, on being relieved by the <em>ninety-sixth</em> -regiment from the New South Wales Colony.</p> - -<p>In drawing this summary, the compiler could not conclude -the record of the arduous services of so meritorious -a regiment, without an endeavour to do justice to -its loyalty and devotedness to ten successive sovereigns, -and to its zeal and usefulness in the cause of its country, -during a period of one hundred and sixty-five years.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="center">1848.</p> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<a name="PL_III" id="PL_III"></a> -<p class="center font-open">EIGHTEENTH,<br /> -ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT.</p> -<img src="images/i_b_080.jpg" width="550" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -<p class="right"><em>Madeley lith 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup> Strand</em></p> -<p class="center">FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS.</p></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> - - -<h2><span class="fs80">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</span></h2> - -<p class="pfs70">OF THE</p> -<p class="pfs150">EIGHTEENTH,</p> -<p class="pfs120">OR THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p class="center smcap">Arthur Viscount of Granard.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st April, 1684.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Arthur Forbes</span>, son of Sir Patrick Forbes, a Baronet of -Nova Scotia, was a cavalry officer in the Royal army during -the rebellion in the reign of King Charles I., and attained -the rank of Colonel in 1646. In 1651 he held a considerable -command in the north of Scotland, and after the defeat of -the Scots army at Worcester on the 3rd of September, 1651, -Colonel Forbes opposed the progress of the English under -General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, but was -eventually defeated, and fled to Ireland, where he was -permitted by Oliver Cromwell to possess his paternal estate. -He took an active part in bringing about the Restoration in -1660, and was appointed one of the commissioners of the -Court of Claims in Ireland: he was also nominated captain -of an independent troop of horse, and elected a member of -Parliament for Mullingar. He took an active part in preventing -the breaking out of a conspiracy against the government -in Ireland, in 1663; in 1670 he was sworn a member -of the Privy Council, and nominated Marshal of the army,—a -rank not continued in the service; and in 1671 he was -constituted one of the Lords Justices of Ireland. His<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> -services were rewarded, in 1675, with the dignity of Baron -Clanehugh, and <span class="smcap">Viscount of Granard</span>; and in April, -1684, his Lordship was nominated Colonel of one of the -regiments, formed of independent companies in Ireland, at -that period, now the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, or the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment. In September following he was promoted to -the rank of Lieut.-General, and two months afterwards he was -advanced to the dignity of <span class="smcap">Earl of Granard</span>. In March, -1685, King James II. nominated the <span class="smcap">Earl of Granard</span> -one of the Lords Justices of the kingdom, and he was also -appointed Chairman of the Council; in 1686 his Lordship -resigned the colonelcy of the regiment in favour of his son, -Arthur Lord Forbes. Being pressed upon to proceed with -unusual severity against the Protestants, he wrote to the -King for permission to resign; but His Majesty wrote an -answer with his own hand, requesting him to continue in -office: he, however, advocated the cause of the Protestants -with so much warmth, that he was dismissed by King James -in March, 1689. The Earl of Granard attached himself -to the interests of King William III. He was sworn of the -Privy Council in December, 1690; and he commanded the -troops at the reduction of Sligo, in 1691.</p> - -<p>The Earl of Granard built the Church of Castle-Forbes, -and established the linen manufactory at that place. He -died in 1694.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Arthur Lord Forbes.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st March, 1686.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Arthur Lord Forbes</span>, son of the Earl of Granard, held a -commission in the army in Ireland in the reign of King -Charles II., and in 1686 he succeeded his father in the -colonelcy of the regiment which is now the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, or -the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment. He was a spirited young -nobleman, and succeeded in retaining more Protestants in -his regiment than were to be found in any other corps in the -army in Ireland. He joined the Prince of Orange at the -Revolution in 1688, when he withdrew from the service. He -succeeded to the dignity of <span class="smcap">Earl of Granard</span> on the -decease of his father in 1694. He died in August, 1734.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir John Edgeworth.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 31st December, 1688.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This officer held a commission in the army in the reign of -King Charles II., and was appointed Captain of a non-regimented -company of pikemen and musketeers in Ireland. -He was afterwards promoted to the Majority of the Earl of -Granard's regiment, now <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, which corps he -accompanied to England at the Revolution in 1688, when he -joined the Prince of Orange's interest, and was promoted -to the Colonelcy of his regiment. Being afterwards found -guilty of irregularity in providing clothing for his regiment, -he was dismissed the service.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Edward Earl of Meath.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st May, 1689.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">The Honourable <span class="smcap">Edward Brabazon</span>, second son of -Edward, second Earl of Meath, was appointed Captain of a -non-regimented company of pikemen and musketeers in the -summer of 1661, and he was afterwards nominated keeper of -the royal parks in Ireland, and ranger of Phœnix Park, near -Dublin. He subsequently commanded a troop of cuirassiers; -but falling under the displeasure of the lord-lieutenant, the -Earl of Essex, he was removed from his appointments: he -was, however, restored to favour at a subsequent period. In -1684 he succeeded, on the death of his brother, to the -dignity of <span class="smcap">Earl of Meath</span>. He joined the Prince of -Orange at the Revolution of 1688, and in May, 1689, he was -appointed Colonel of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, which -corps he accompanied to Ireland, and served at the siege of -Carrickfergus and at the battle of the Boyne; he also -evinced great gallantry at the siege of Limerick, where he -was wounded. He was sworn a member of the Privy -Council in December, 1690. After the deliverance of -Ireland from the power of King James was accomplished, he -chose to remain in that country in order to devote himself to its -interests, and withdrew from the army. He died in 1708.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Frederick Hamilton.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 19th December, 1692.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Frederick Hamilton</span> rose to the command of one of the -independent companies in Ireland in the reign of King -Charles II., and in 1684 his company was incorporated in -Lord Mountjoy's regiment. Being a zealous Protestant, -Captain Hamilton was deprived of his commission by Earl -Tyrconnel, and remained unemployed until the Revolution of -1688, when King William III. gave him a company in -Lord Forbes's, now the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> foot, and promoted him -to the Majority of the regiment. He accompanied the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> to Ireland, served at the siege of Carrickfergus, -the battle of the Boyne, and at the storming of Limerick, -where he distinguished himself, and was promoted to the -Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel -Newcomb, who was mortally wounded. He served -at the siege of Athlone, and at the battle of Aghrim, in 1691; -also at the second siege of Limerick: and in 1692 he commanded -the regiment in the expedition under Meinhardt -Duke of Leinster; in December of the same year he succeeded -the Earl of Meath in the Colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -regiment. He served the campaign of 1694 under King -William, and in 1695 he distinguished himself at the siege -of Namur, and was wounded at the assault of the Castle. In -May, 1702, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, -and the four regiments under his command were engaged in -the sieges of Venloo and Ruremonde. He also commanded -a brigade during the campaign of 1703; was promoted to -the rank of Major-General on the 1st of February, 1704, and -served the campaign of that year in Germany, taking part in -gaining the victories at Schellenberg and Blenheim. Having -become advanced in years and infirm, he retired from the -service in 1705, Queen Anne giving him permission to sell -the colonelcy of his regiment to Lieut.-General Ingoldsby.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Richard Ingoldsby.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st April, 1705.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Richard Ingoldsby</span> entered the army in the reign of King -Charles II., his first commission being dated the 13th of June, -1667. He adhered to the Protestant interest at the Revolution -in 1688, and served under King William III., who -promoted him to the Colonelcy of the Twenty-third Regiment -in February, 1693. He commanded the Twenty-third at the -siege of Namur, in 1695, and in June, 1696, he was promoted -to the rank of Brigadier-General. On the breaking out of the -war in 1701, he was sent to Holland with a body of British -troops, and he highly distinguished himself during several -campaigns under the great Duke of Marlborough. He was -promoted to the rank of Major-General on the 9th of March, -1702, and served in that capacity during the campaigns of -that and the following year. In January, 1704, he was promoted -to the rank of Lieut.-General, and his name is found -among the officers who distinguished themselves at the -battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim. After acquiring a -high reputation in the field, he was honoured with the -appointments of one of Her Majesty's Lords Justices, and -Master of the Horse for Ireland. He died on the 29th of -January, 1712.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Richard Stearne.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th February, 1712.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This officer commences a journal of his services in the following -words:—"In the year 1678 I got a commission from -King Charles II. to be Ensign to Captain John St. Ledger's -company, then one of the independent companies of Ireland; -and in the following year I was made Lieutenant to the -same company. In the year 1684 all the independent -troops and companies in Ireland were incorporated into -regiments; Captain St. Ledger's company being one of -those that composed the regiment commanded by the Earl -of Granard"—now the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, or <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span></span> -regiment of foot. He accompanied his regiment to England -at the Revolution in 1688, and on the 1st of March, 1689, he -was appointed Captain of the company to which he belonged. -He served with his regiment in Ireland, at the siege of -Carrickfergus, the battle of the Boyne, the sieges of Limerick -and Athlone, the battle of Aghrim, and the second siege of -Limerick, besides several detached services. In 1692 he was -promoted to the majority of his regiment. He served in the -expedition under the Duke of Leinster; and afterwards -joining the army in Flanders, was at the siege of Namur, -where his regiment distinguished itself and acquired the title -of the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment: Lieut.-Colonel Ormsby being -killed on this occasion, King William promoted Major -<span class="smcap">Stearne</span> to the lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment. He served -in the Netherlands and Germany during the whole of the -wars of Queen Anne, was at the battles of Schellenberg, -Blenheim, Ramilies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, and also at -the forcing of the French lines in 1705, 1710, and 1711, -and took part in numerous sieges, at which the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> -distinguished themselves. Lieut.-Colonel Stearne was promoted -to the rank of Colonel in 1707, and to that of Brigadier-General -in 1711; in 1712 he was rewarded with the colonelcy -of his regiment; he was also nominated Governor of the Royal -Hospital at Dublin. He concludes the journal of his numerous, -distinguished, and meritorious services in the following -words:—</p> - -<p>"In the month of May, 1717, the regiment received orders -to march to Portsmouth, and there I take my leave of them, -for, in the month of January following, His Majesty gave -me leave to resign my regiment to Colonel William Cosby, -after having served six crowned heads of England, and been -forty years attached to one company without ever being -removed from it; having made twenty-one campaigns; -having been in seven field-battles—fifteen sieges—seven -grand attacks on counterscarps and breaches—two remarkable -retreats—at the passing of four of the enemy's lines—besides -several other petty actions; and, through -God's assistance, never had one drop of blood drawn from -me in all those actions. After I had disposed of my -regiment, I went to my government in Ireland." Brigadier-General -Stearne died on the 1st of November, 1732.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">William Cosby.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 24th December, 1717.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Willam Cosby'">William Cosby</ins></span> was many years an officer in the cavalry of -the royal household, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant and -Lieut.-Colonel of the first troop, now first regiment, of life -guards; from which he was promoted, in December, 1717, to -the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, or the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment. He accompanied the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> to Minorca, -and commanded a detachment of five hundred men sent from -that island to Gibraltar, when the Spaniards besieged that -fortress in 1727. He was subsequently nominated Governor -of the Leeward Islands, and in January, 1732, he was -appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New -York and New Jersey, when he relinquished the colonelcy -of his regiment. In 1735 he was promoted to the rank of -Brigadier-General. He died on the 2nd of May, 1737.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir Charles Hotham, Bart.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 7th January, 1732.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Charles Hotham</span> entered the army in the reign of Queen -Anne, and served on the Continent under the great Duke of -Marlborough. In 1723 he succeeded to the dignity of a -Baronet. He was nominated to the colonelcy of the -<span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, or the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment, in 1732, and -removed to the second troop of horse grenadier guards in -1735. He died in 1738.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">John Armstrong.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 13th May, 1735.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This officer entered the army in 1704, and served with reputation -under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough. -After distinguishing himself on several occasions he was promoted -to the lieut.-colonelcy of the fifteenth regiment, and -was promoted to the rank of Colonel in December, 1712. In<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> -1717 he obtained the colonelcy of a newly-raised regiment, -which was disbanded in the following year. He was rewarded -with the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span>, and promoted to the -rank of Brigadier-General, in 1735, and in 1739 he was -advanced to the rank of Major-General. He died on the 15th -of April, 1742.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir John Mordaunt, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th December, 1742.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">On the 25th of August, 1721, this officer entered the army, -and after a progressive service of several years he rose to the -rank of Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in the third foot guards, -from which he was promoted to the colonelcy of a newly-raised -corps, now forty-seventh, in 1741, and was removed to -the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment in the following year. Having -been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in June, 1745, -he commanded a brigade against the rebel army, and distinguished -himself, at the battle of Falkirk, on the 17th of -January, 1746. He afterwards served under His Royal Highness -the Duke of Cumberland, and was detached with two -regiments of dragoons and the Campbell Highlanders in pursuit -of the rebels on their retreat from Stirling. At the -decisive battle of Culloden he commanded a brigade of infantry, -and gained additional reputation; and afterwards -proceeding to the Netherlands, he distinguished himself at the -head of a brigade at the battle of Val, in 1747. In the -autumn of the same year he was promoted to the rank of -Major-General; he was afterwards removed to the twelfth -dragoons, and in July, 1749, to the fourth horse, now seventh -dragoon guards; in November following he was removed to -the tenth dragoons. He was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General -in 1754, and to that of General in 1770. His services -were also rewarded with the dignity of Knight of the Most -Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and the government of -Berwick. He died in October, 1780.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">John Folliott.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 22nd December, 1747.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">After serving with reputation in the subordinate commissions, -this officer was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the -seventh horse, now sixth dragoon guards, in June, 1737, and -his constant attention to all the duties of commanding officer -of that distinguished corps was rewarded, in June, 1743, -with the colonelcy of the sixty-second regiment (afterwards -disbanded); from which he was removed, in 1747, to the -<span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment. He was promoted to the rank of -Major-General in 1754, and to that of Lieut.-General in 1758; -he was also nominated Governor of Ross Castle. He died in -January, 1762, at which period he was Member of Parliament -for Sligo.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir John Sebright, Bart.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st April, 1762.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">John Sebright</span> was many years an officer in the first foot -guards, in which corps he was promoted to the rank of -Captain and Lieut.-Colonel on the 2nd of May, 1749; and in -October, 1758, he was nominated to the colonelcy of the -eighty-third foot. In 1761 he was promoted to the rank of -Major-General; and was removed to the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> regiment -in the following year. On the decease of his brother -in 1765, he succeeded to the dignity of <span class="smcap">Baronet</span>. He was -promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General in 1770, and to that -of General in 1782. His decease occurred on the 23rd of -February, 1794.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir James Murray, Bart.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 26th February, 1794.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">James Murray</span> served in the army in the Seven Years' War, -and was appointed Major in the ninety-seventh foot in April -1762: in the following year his regiment was disbanded. In -1771 he succeeded, on the decease of his father, to the dignity -of <span class="smcap">Baronet</span>. He was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel -in 1772; and served with reputation in the American war, -particularly at the defence of St. Christopher. In 1789 he -was honoured with the appointment of Aide-de-camp to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> -King, with the rank of Colonel; and in 1793 he was appointed -Adjutant-General to the army in Flanders, commanded by His -Royal Highness the Duke of York, and promoted to the rank -of Major-General; and while employed on the Staff in Flanders -he was nominated Colonel of the <span class="fs70">EIGHTEENTH</span> regiment, his -commission being dated the 26th of February, 1794. Having -married the Countess of Bath, he assumed the surname and -arms of <span class="smcap">Pulteney</span>. In the summer of 1800 he commanded -an expedition against the fortress of Ferrol, in Spain; after -viewing the town and defences he resolved not to lose time -in attacking this place, but to join the armament under Lieut.-General -Sir Ralph Abercromby. In 1807 he was nominated -Secretary at War, and held that appointment two years: in -1808 he was promoted to the rank of General. His decease -occurred on the 26th of April, 1811, and was occasioned by -an injury received from the explosion of a powder-flask while -shooting on his estate at Buckenham, in Norfolk.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">John H. Lord Hutchinson, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 27th April, 1811.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">The Honourable <span class="smcap">John Hely Hutchinson</span> entered the army in -January, 1774, as Cornet in the eighteenth light dragoons, -and in October, 1776, he was promoted Captain of a company -in the sixty-seventh regiment: in 1777 he was elected a -Member of Parliament for Cork. On the 21st of September, -1781, he was advanced to Major in the seventy-seventh, or -Atholl Highlanders, in which corps he rose to the rank of -Lieut.-Colonel in 1783; but his regiment was disbanded soon -after the termination of the American war. Having previously -studied tactics at Strasburg, he again visited the -Continent, and acquired additional information on military -subjects. Soon after the commencement of the French revolutionary -war he returned to the United Kingdom; was promoted -to the rank of Colonel on the 1st of March, 1794; and, -taking great interest in raising the ninety-fourth regiment, -he was appointed Colonel of that corps in October. He -served two campaigns in Flanders, as extra Aide-de-camp to -Sir Ralph Abercromby. He was promoted to the rank of -Major-General in 1796; and, serving in Ireland during the -rebellion in 1798, he was second in command at the action at -Castlebar. He also served in the expedition to Holland in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> -1799, and honourable mention is made of his gallant conduct -in the public despatches. Having given proof of his capabilities -as a General officer, he was nominated second in -command in the expedition to Egypt, under Lieut.-General -Sir Ralph Abercromby; and after the death of that officer, -from wounds received in the action of the 21st of March, the -command of the troops devolved on Major-General Hutchinson, -who found himself suddenly placed at the head of the -army under circumstances of a peculiarly difficult character. -In the subsequent operations in Egypt he evinced talent and -energy, sustaining the honour of his Sovereign, promoting -the glory of his country, and forcing the French "Army -of the East" to evacuate Egypt. For his services in this -enterprise he twice received the thanks of both Houses of -Parliament; he gained the approbation of his Sovereign, was -nominated a Knight of the Bath, received the Order of the -Crescent from the Grand Seignior, was elevated to the peerage -by the title of <span class="smcap">Baron Hutchinson of Alexandria</span> and of -Knocklofty in the county of Tipperary, and received an -important addition to his income: he was also nominated -Governor of Stirling Castle. In 1803 his Lordship was promoted -to the rank of Lieut.-General.</p> - -<p>The subsequent services of Lord Hutchinson were of a diplomatic -character: in November, 1806, he proceeded on an -extraordinary mission to the Prussian and Russian armies; and -he afterwards proceeded to the court of St. Petersburg. In -1806 he was nominated to the colonelcy of the fifty-seventh -regiment, and was removed, in 1811, to the <span class="fs70">ROYAL IRISH</span> -regiment: in 1813 he was promoted to the rank of General. -On the decease of his brother, in 1825, he succeeded to the -title of <span class="smcap">Earl of Donoughmore</span>. He died on the 6th of July, -1832.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Matthew Lord Aylmer.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 23rd July, 1832.</em></p> - -<p class="p4 center fs80">THE END.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="chapa" /> -<p class="pfs70"> -London: Printed by <span class="smcap">William Clowes</span> and <span class="smcap">Sons</span>, Stamford Street,<br /> -For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> This regiment has furnished several historians of its early services. -The first is General Richard Stearne, who was nominated -ensign of one of the independent companies in 1678, and colonel of -the regiment in 1712: his narrative comprises a period of forty-one -years,—viz. from 1678 to 1719, and is continued by an officer of -the regiment to 1759: this work is in manuscript. The journal of -Captain Parker, who entered the regiment as private in 1689, rose -to the rank of captain, and retired in 1718, embraces the services of -the regiment during that period, and was afterwards published by -his son. General Richard Kane, who was many years an officer of -the regiment, gives an account of its services, in the wars of King -William III. and of Queen Anne, in a work on military discipline. -Private Millner also published a journal of the campaigns from 1701 -to 1712. No other regiment has produced so many historians of -its services.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> Smollett.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> General Stearne, Captain Parker, Bishop Burnett, Smollett, &c.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> <em>List of Irish Troops which came to England at the Revolution -in 1688.</em></p> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td></td><td class="tdc fs80" colspan="2">Number of Officers<br />and Soldiers. </td><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Colonel Butler's dragoons, disbanded by the Prince of Orange</td><td class="tdr">635</td><td class="tdr"> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battalion of Foot Guards <span class="pad4">ditto</span></td><td class="tdr">641</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Lord Forbes's</span> Regiment, now the <span class="smcap">Eighteenth</span>, or <span class="smcap">Royal Irish</span></td><td class="tdr">771</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Major-General Hamilton's regt., disbanded by the Prince of Orange</td><td class="tdr">771</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr">Total<span class="pad4"> </span></td><td class="tdr">2818</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr" colspan="2"><em>Official Records.</em></td></tr> -</table> - -</div> - -<div class="p1 footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> General Stearne's Journal. A similar statement is also given -in Captain Parker's Memoirs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> Story's History of the War in Ireland.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> This list is from Story's History of the War in Ireland; the -Journals of General Stearne and Captain Parker say six officers -killed and eight wounded, but do not give their names.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> The Baron De Ghinkel was born in Guelderland: he commenced -his military career in early life, and obtained the Order of the -Elephant from the Prince of Orange for services in Flanders. -He accompanied King William III to Ireland in 1690, and served -under Marshal Duke Schomberg, and afterwards under Count Solms: -he was appointed to succeed the latter in the chief command of the -army in Ireland, and after the termination of the war in 1691, his -Majesty conferred on him the honor of the Irish peerage with the title -of <em>Earl of Athlone</em> and <em>Viscount Aghrim</em>: he died at Utrecht in 1705.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_14_14" id="Footnote_14_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> The rank of the several regiments of the British Army was -first regulated by a Board of General Officers assembled in the -Netherlands, by command of King William III., on the 10th -June, 1694. -</p> -<p> -Another Board of General Officers was assembled by order of -Queen Anne in 1713, to decide on the rank and precedence of -regiments raised subsequently to 1694. -</p> -<p> -A third Board was assembled, by command of King George I., in -1715, for the same purpose. -</p> -<p> -These Boards recommended that English regiments, raised in -England, should take rank from the dates of their formation; and -that English, Scots, and Irish regiments, raised for the service of a -foreign power, should take rank from the dates of their being placed -on the English establishment. -</p> -<p> -The numerical titles of regiments, as fixed on the principle laid -down in the reports of the Boards of General Officers, above alluded -to, were confirmed by the warrant issued by authority of King -George II., dated 1st July, 1751,—and also by the warrant of King -George III., dated 19th December, 1768.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_15_15" id="Footnote_15_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> See <a href="#Footnote_30_30"><span title="Footnote [30]">Note inserted at page 46.</span></a></p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_16_16" id="Footnote_16_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16_16"><span class="label">[16]</span></a> A similar statement is made in General Stearne's Journal, and is -corroborated by other evidence.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_17_17" id="Footnote_17_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17_17"><span class="label">[17]</span></a> This list is from D'Auvergne's History of the Campaigns in -Flanders. General Stearne gives a greater number; as he appears -to include slight wounds not noticed in the official returns. Captain -Parker's statement agrees with the above.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_18_18" id="Footnote_18_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18_18"><span class="label">[18]</span></a> General Stearne's Journal.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_19_19" id="Footnote_19_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19_19"><span class="label">[19]</span></a> Colonel John Churchill was created Baron Churchill on the -14th May, 1685;—Earl of Marlborough on the 9th April, 1689;—and -Duke of Marlborough on the 14th December, 1702.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_20_20" id="Footnote_20_20"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20_20"><span class="label">[20]</span></a> The British regiments at the siege of Venloo were the eighth, -thirteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth, under Brigadier-General -F. Hamilton and Lieut.-General Lord Cutts.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_21_21" id="Footnote_21_21"></a><a href="#FNanchor_21_21"><span class="label">[21]</span></a> Boyer's Annals of Queen Anne. The regimental historians do -not give the names of the officers in their lists of killed and wounded -on this occasion.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_22_22" id="Footnote_22_22"></a><a href="#FNanchor_22_22"><span class="label">[22]</span></a> This list is taken from General Stearne's Journal; he, being -lieut.-colonel commanding the regiment at the time, had every -opportunity of being well acquainted with its loss. His list does not -correspond exactly with that given by Captain Parker. In the list in -Boyer's 'Annals of Queen Anne,' there is another wounded officer -included, viz. Lieutenant Weddle.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_23_23" id="Footnote_23_23"></a><a href="#FNanchor_23_23"><span class="label">[23]</span></a> The names of the officers killed and wounded are not given. -Captain Parker states that he was wounded; his list says seven officers -killed and eight wounded.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_24_24" id="Footnote_24_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24_24"><span class="label">[24]</span></a> This corps was styled <em>foot-guards</em> in the reigns of King Charles -II. and King James II.; the second battalion came to England at the -Revolution, and was disbanded by the Prince of Orange. The first -battalion adhered to King James, and at the treaty of Limerick, in -1691, transferred its services to the crown of France.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_25_25" id="Footnote_25_25"></a><a href="#FNanchor_25_25"><span class="label">[25]</span></a> Alluding to both regiments bearing the Irish Harp on their -Colours.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_26_26" id="Footnote_26_26"></a><a href="#FNanchor_26_26"><span class="label">[26]</span></a> The following curious statement is inserted in Lieut.-Colonel -Stearne's journal:—"During the siege of Aire, provisions were very -scarce; but one thing gave the soldiers relief, and it is indeed almost -incredible—and it was the hoards of corn which the mice had laid -up in store-houses in the earth, which our men found, and came home -daily loaded with corn, which they got out of these hoards." -Captain Parker alludes to the same circumstance, and adds,—"These -hoards were from four to six feet under ground, and in -many of them our men found some pecks of corn."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_27_27" id="Footnote_27_27"></a><a href="#FNanchor_27_27"><span class="label">[27]</span></a> On the appointment of <em>Lieut.-Colonel Stearne</em> to the colonelcy, -Captain Parker states,—"He had served in the regiment from its -establishment, and, <em>being a brave and gallant man</em>, he rose gradually, -by long service and good fortune, until, from an ensign, he -became our colonel."</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_28_28" id="Footnote_28_28"></a><a href="#FNanchor_28_28"><span class="label">[28]</span></a> See <a href="#Footnote_14_14"><span title="Footnote [14]">Note inserted at page 14.</span></a></p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_29_29" id="Footnote_29_29"></a><a href="#FNanchor_29_29"><span class="label">[29]</span></a> Continuation of General Stearne's Journal.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_30_30" id="Footnote_30_30"></a><a href="#FNanchor_30_30"><span class="label">[30]</span></a> The Warrant of the 1st July, 1751, issued by command of King -George II., contained regulations for the Standards, Colours, Clothing, -&c., of the regiments of Cavalry and Infantry, in order to -ensure uniformity throughout the army. In this warrant it was -directed, that in the centre of each colour the <em>Number</em> of the rank of -the regiment should be painted or embroidered in gold Roman -characters. In the colours of those regiments authorised to bear any -<em>Royal Devices</em>, or <em>Ancient Badges</em>, the <em>Rank</em> of the regiment should -be painted, or embroidered, towards the upper corner. -</p> -<p> -A Warrant was also issued by King George III., on the 19th -December, 1768, containing regulations on the same subject.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_31_31" id="Footnote_31_31"></a><a href="#FNanchor_31_31"><span class="label">[31]</span></a> Lieut.-General Stuart's despatch.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_32_32" id="Footnote_32_32"></a><a href="#FNanchor_32_32"><span class="label">[32]</span></a> Major-General Sir Hugh Gough's despatch.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_33_33" id="Footnote_33_33"></a><a href="#FNanchor_33_33"><span class="label">[33]</span></a> Sir Hugh Gough's despatch.</p></div> - -</div> - - -<div class="transnote pg-brk"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the -text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>The original text has a dot under superscripted letters; this -has been removed in the etext.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, -Hong Kong, Hong-Kong; foot-guards, foot guards; situate; harquebus; -enrol; ensanguined.</p> - -<p> -<a href="#Page_xxxiii">Pg xxxiii</a>, 'Curaçoa' replaced by 'Curaçao'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_45">Pg 45</a>, sidenote '1746' was moved up one paragraph to a more - relevant position.<br /> -<a href="#Page_61">Pg 61</a>, 'Curaçoa' replaced by 'Curaçao'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_87">Pg 87</a>, 'Willam Cosby' replaced by 'William Cosby'.<br /> -</p> -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of the Eighteenth or -The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot: From, by Richard Cannon - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - -***** This file should be named 53308-h.htm or 53308-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/3/0/53308/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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