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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 Seventh, or the Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars: From Its Formation in 1690 to 1842 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: January 6, 2017 [EBook #53900] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTH *** - - - - -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.) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - More detail can be found at the end of the book. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORDS - - OF - - THE BRITISH ARMY. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836._ - -His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with a 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. - - ---- 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. - - ---- The Names of the Officers and the number of Non-Commissioned - Officers and Privates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying - the Place and Date of the Action. - - ---- 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. - - ---- The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers - and Privates as may have specially signalized themselves in - Action. - - And, - - ---- 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. - - By Command of the Right Honourable - GENERAL LORD HILL, - _Commanding-in-Chief_. - - JOHN MACDONALD, - _Adjutant-General_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -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. - -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 honourable career, are among the motives that -have given rise to the present publication. - -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 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. - -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. - -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. - -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 long a period, been undisturbed -by the _presence of war_, 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. - -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. - -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. - -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 bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments. - -These Records are now preparing for publication, under His -Majesty's special authority, by Mr. RICHARD CANNON, 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. - -There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, -or are serving, in the Army, an _Esprit de Corps_--an attachment -to every thing 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,--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. - -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. - -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. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE SEVENTH, - - OR - - THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF - - HUSSARS: - - CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF - - THE ORIGIN OF THE REGIMENT IN 1690, - - AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1842. - - - _ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE UNIFORM._ - - - LONDON: - JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. - - M.DCCC.XLII. - - - - - LONDON: - HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, - ST. MARTIN'S LANE - - - - -[Illustration: Seventh (or Queen's Own) Hussars. - - To face Title-page.] - - - - - THE SEVENTH, - - OR - - THE QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS, - - BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS THE WORDS - - "PENINSULA," AND "WATERLOO," - - TO COMMEMORATE - THEIR GALLANTRY IN SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, - IN 1813 AND 1814, - - AND AT THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, - IN 1815. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - Year Page - - 1689 Several Independent Troops of Horse and Dragoons - raised in Scotland 10 - - ---- Battle of Killicrankie 11 - - 1690 The Independent Troops formed into two regiments - of Cavalry 12 - - ---- Their Services during the Campaign of 1690 -- - - ---- The two Regiments incorporated, and constituted a - regiment of Dragoons, now SEVENTH HUSSARS 13 - - 1694 Proceeds to the Netherlands 14 - - 1695 Action at Moorsleede 16 - - ---- Covering the Siege of Namur 16 - - 1696 Serves under the Prince of Vaudemont 18 - - 1697 ---------------- Elector of Bavaria -- - - ---- Embarks for England 19 - - 1698 Marches to Scotland -- - - 1711 Embarks for Holland 21 - - ---- Serves under the Duke of Marlborough -- - - 1712 ---------------- Duke of Ormond -- - - 1713 Proceeds to Ireland 23 - - 1714 Reduced after the Peace of Utrecht -- - - 1715 Re-Established -- - - ---- Styled _Her Royal Highness the Princess of - Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons_ 26 - - ---- Battle of Dumblain 27 - - 1716 Marches to England 28 - - 1721 Returns to Scotland 29 - - 1722 Proceeds to England -- - - 1727 Styled the _Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons_ 30 - - 1733 Marches to Scotland 31 - - 1735 Returns to England -- - - 1740 Encamped near Newbury 31 - - 1741 Proceeds to Scotland 32 - - 1742 Returns to England--Embarks for Flanders -- - - 1743 Battle of Dettingen 33 - - 1745 --------- Fontenoy 35 - - 1746 --------- Roucoux 36 - - 1747 --------- Val 37 - - 1749 Returns to England 38 - - 1751 Description of the Clothing and Standards 39 - - 1754 Proceeds to Scotland 41 - - 1755 A Light Troop added to the Establishment -- - - 1758 Expedition to St. Maloes 42 - - ---- Capture of Cherbourg 43 - - 1760 Proceeds to Germany -- - - ---- Battle of Warbourg 44 - - 1761 --------- Kirch-Denkern 46 - - ---- Skirmishes at Eimbeck and Foorwohle -- - - 1762 Battle of Groebenstein 47 - - 1763 Returns to England--Light Troop Disbanded 48 - - 1766 Drummers replaced by Trumpeters 49 - - 1768 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1769 Returns to England -- - - 1773 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1774 Returns to England -- - - 1778 Encamped near Bury St. Edmunds 50 - - 1779 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1781 Returns to England -- - - 1783 _Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons_ 51 - - 1784 _Blue_ Clothing adopted 51 - - 1786 _Blue_ Cloaks ---- 53 - - 1793 Embarks for Flanders 54 - - ---- Attack on Lannoy 55 - - 1794 Action at Prémont 56 - - ---- Battle of Cateau -- - - ---- --------- Tournay 57 - - ---- Actions at Roubaix and Mouvaux 58 - - ---- Second Battle of Tournay 62 - - ---- Skirmish near Breda -- - - 1794 Skirmish near Nimeguen 63 - - 1795 Retreats through Holland to Germany -- - - ---- Embarks for England 64 - - 1799 ----------- Holland -- - - ---- Battle of Bergen 65 - - ---- --------- Egmont-op-Zee -- - - ---- Actions at Beverwyck and Wyck-op-Zee 66 - - ---- Embarks for England 67 - - 1807 Equipped as a _Regiment of Hussars_ 68 - - 1808 Embarks for Spain -- - - ---- Action at Sahagun 70 - - ---- ------ near Carrion -- - - ---- ------ Benevente 71 - - 1809 Retreats to Corunna--Embarks for England 73 - - 1810 Proceeds to Ireland 74 - - 1813 Returns to England -- - - ---- Embarks for Spain -- - - ---- Passage of the Bidassoa 75 - - 1814 Battle of Orthes 76 - - ---- --------- Toulouse 77 - - ---- Returns to England 78 - - 1815 Embarks for Flanders -- - - ---- Battle of Quatre-Bras 79 - - ---- Action at Genappe 79 - - ---- Battle of Waterloo 80 - - ---- Capture of Cambray 82 - - ---- Advances to Paris -- - - 1816 Forms part of the Army of Occupation -- - - 1818 Returns to England 83 - - 1819 Marches to Scotland -- - - 1820 Embarks for Ireland -- - - 1823 Returns to England 84 - - 1826 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1828 Embarks for Ireland 85 - - 1830 _Scarlet Pelisses_ adopted -- - - 1831 Returns to England -- - - 1833 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1834 Returns to England 86 - - 1837 Embarks for Ireland 86 - - 1838 Four service troops embark for Canada -- - - ---- Employed against the Insurgents in Lower Canada -- - - 1841 Resumes wearing _Blue Pelisses_ -- - - 1842 The Conclusion 87 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. - - 1690 Robert Cunningham 89 - - 1696 William, Lord Jedburgh 90 - - 1707 Patrick, Lord Polwarth 91 - - 1709 Honorable William Kerr -- - - 1741 John Cope 92 - - 1760 John Mostyn 93 - - 1763 Sir George Howard, K.B. 94 - - 1779 Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. -- - - 1795 David Dundas 96 - - 1801 Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., K.St.P., - G.C.H. 99 - - - SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS 101 - - - SUCCESSION OF MAJORS 102 - - -The Plate of the Uniform in 1842, to follow the Title-Page. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE SEVENTH, - - OR, - - THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT - OF - HUSSARS. - - -[Sidenote: 1688] - -THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF HUSSARS was originally a corps of -heavy cavalry, and was formed of independent troops of horse and -dragoons, raised in Scotland during the commotions which followed -the Revolution of 1688, when a number of patriotic Scots arrayed -themselves, under the banners of William and Mary, and fought -against the adherents of King James II., who sought to establish -papacy and arbitrary government. - -[Sidenote: 1689] - -After King James's flight to France, England became comparatively -tranquil, and the establishment of the Prince and Princess of -Orange on the throne, in February, 1689, was hailed with public -rejoicings. In Scotland, the Catholic clans, and other partisans of -King James were numerous; and, while the chivalrous Viscount Dundee -aroused the Highlanders to arms, the Duke of Gordon held the castle -of Edinburgh, of which he was governor, in the interest of the -Stuart dynasty. - -King William sent Major-General Mackay, an experienced officer, -who had served in the armies of France and Holland, to take the -command of the forces in Scotland; and, while Viscount Dundee was -organising a plan of co-operation among the clans, additional corps -were embodied by the government. - -The Earl of Annandale, who was one of the first of the Scottish -noblemen to advocate the principles of the Revolution, raised -a troop of horse; a second was raised by the Lord Belhaven, a -nobleman distinguished for his steady opposition to the tyrannical -measures of King Charles II., and King James II.; and a third -troop was raised by William, Laird of Blair: independent troops of -dragoons were also embodied by several gentlemen who were zealous -for the interests and welfare of their country; also several -regiments and independent companies of foot. - -While these corps were being embodied, Viscount Dundee descended -from the mountains with several bands of Highlanders, seized -on the town of Perth, and took the Laird of Blair, and his -lieutenant, the Laird of Pollock, prisoners. These gentlemen were -carried about like felons, in an ungenerous triumph, for six weeks, -and afterwards sent to the Isle of Mul, where the Laird of Blair -died, in consequence of the barbarous treatment he received. - -The Earl of Annandale's and Lord Belhaven's troops of horse, having -been completed and equipped, took the field, and formed part of the -force under Major-General Mackay, which engaged the Highlanders and -Irish, under Viscount Dundee, at the pass of _Killicrankie_, on -the 27th of July, 1689, and were the only cavalry corps with the -army on that occasion[1]. For a short time after the commencement -of the action, the advantage was on the side of Major-General -Mackay. When the infantry began to give way before the superior -numbers of the clans, the two troops of horse were ordered -forward,--one on the right, and the other on the left,--to attack -the flanks of the opposing army; but, being untrained men, instead -of dashing, sword in hand, upon the adverse ranks, they halted at -a short distance, and commenced a straggling fire with carbines -and pistols. This mode of attacking a body of men on foot of very -superior numbers, could not fail to prove disastrous; and the two -troops were speedily driven from the field with loss. The army -was defeated; but the ability evinced by Major-General Mackay, in -conducting the retreat, and in assembling another army, with the -loss of the Jacobite commander, Viscount Dundee, who was killed at -the commencement of the action, occasioned the result to be less -disastrous than was anticipated, and the Highlanders were forced to -take refuge in their mountain fastnesses. - -[Sidenote: 1690] - -In the beginning of 1690 the newly-raised horse were formed into -a regiment, of only three troops, of which the Earl of Eglintoun -was appointed colonel,--the Honorable William Forbes (eldest -son of Lord Forbes), lieut.-colonel,--and Sir George Gordon, of -Edinglassie, major; the dragoons were also formed into a regiment -of three troops, under the command of Lord Cardross,--Jackson, -lieut.-colonel, and--Guthrie, major; at the same time three of the -newly-raised regiments of foot were incorporated into one, which -were placed under the orders of Colonel Cunningham. - -During the subsequent contest the two cavalry corps performed -much harassing and faithful service; they took part in several -skirmishes, and evinced intrepidity and valour; the clans were -repulsed and driven back to the mountains; garrisons were placed -in the heart of the Highland districts, and the adherents of King -James lost all hope of success. - -In the following winter the Scots army was remodelled; several -corps of infantry were disbanded; and the two regiments of cavalry, -of three troops each, were incorporated and constituted a regiment -of dragoons, of six troops of fifty men each, of which ROBERT -CUNNINGHAM was appointed colonel by commission dated the 30th -of December, 1690; William Forbes was appointed lieut.-colonel; -and Patrick Hume, major. The corps thus formed now bears the -distinguished title of the SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, REGIMENT OF -HUSSARS, and its services form the subject of the following pages. -Until the reign of King George II., it was distinguished by the -name of its colonel. - -[Sidenote: 1691] - -[Sidenote: 1692] - -Being constituted of men of approved fidelity and devotion to the -principles of the Revolution, CUNNINGHAM'S regiment was held in -estimation by the government; it was quartered near the confines -of the Highlands, to hold in check the disaffected clans; and was -afterwards removed to the vicinity of Edinburgh. In August, 1691, -a proclamation was published, proffering indemnity and pardon to -all persons who would submit to the government and take the oath -of allegiance to King William and Queen Mary. Before the end of -January, 1692, the heads of clans had ratified their submission, -and hostilities ceased in Scotland. - -[Sidenote: 1693] - -The British monarch had, in the mean time, engaged in a war with -Louis XIV., and on His Majesty's return to England, after the -termination of the campaign of 1693, the two Scots regiments of -dragoons (Livingstone's, now Second, or the Scots' Greys, and -CUNNINGHAM'S, now SEVENTH HUSSARS) were selected to proceed on -foreign service. - -[Sidenote: 1694] - -CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons commenced their march from Scotland in -February, 1694, and on arriving at Berwick they were placed on the -English establishment; at the same time exertions were made to -complete an augmentation of two troops, and of ten additional men -and horses to each of the six old troops. The augmentation troops -left Scotland in the spring, and the six old troops continued their -march southward until they arrived at London, where the eight -troops were united in May, and the whole embarked at Greenwich for -the Netherlands. - -The regiment, commanded by its colonel, Robert Cunningham, landed -at Williamstadt, in North Brabant, on the 31st of May; advanced up -the country to the vicinity of Arschot, and was reviewed by King -William on the 16th of June, together with Livingstone's regiment: -and the hardy and warlike appearance of the Scots troopers -elicited the commendations of His Majesty, and of the British and -foreign general officers present at the review. - -After several marches the regiment was encamped at Mont St. -André, where an army of eighty-eight thousand men of several -nations was assembled under the command of the British monarch, -and CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons were formed in brigade with Eppinger's -(foreign), Essex's (now fourth), and Wynne's (late fifth), -regiments of dragoons, under the orders of Brigadier-General -Wynne. No general engagement occurred; and after taking part in -the operations of a toilsome campaign, the regiment went into -cantonments for the winter among the Flemish peasantry, in the -villages between Ghent and Sas van Ghent. - -[Sidenote: 1695] - -From its winter quarters, the regiment marched in April, 1695, to -Dixmude, in West Flanders; it joined the army in May, at the camp -at Arseele, and was formed in brigade with Dopf's (Dutch) dragoons -under Brigadier-General Wynne. - -In the beginning of June, the army advanced to Becelaer. On the -14th of that month five hundred dragoons (among whom was a large -detachment from CUNNINGHAM'S regiment) under the command of the -Earl of Portland and Brigadier-General Wynne, left the camp with -the view of intercepting a numerous French force, which was -moving quietly across the country to attack the bread-waggons of -the confederate army, on their way from Bruges to the camp. On -arriving at _Moorsleede_, the French detachment was found in the -village, with the streets barricaded with waggons and implements -of husbandry. The dragoons instantly dismounted and attacked the -barricades with signal gallantry, CUNNINGHAM'S men evincing true -Scottish heroism; and in a few moments the French gave way and -fled, leaving a number of killed and wounded behind them, and one -captain and thirty men prisoners. Count de Soissons, brother of -Prince Eugene of Savoy, served as a volunteer on this occasion, and -expressed, in the strongest terms, his admiration of the valour -of the dragoons. Lieutenant Webb, and several men were killed; -Captains Collins and Holgate were wounded. Brigadier-General Wynne, -who commanded the brigade of which CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons formed -part, received a severe wound of which he afterwards died. - -When King William undertook the siege of the important fortress -of _Namur_, the regiment formed part of the covering army under -Charles Henry of Lorraine, Prince of Vaudemont, and on the evening -of the 14th of July, it was formed in order of battle, while the -immense columns of the enemy, commanded by Marshal Villeroy, were -seen in the open grounds in front. The two armies confronted -each other during the night, and the French commander, having -an immense superiority of numbers, detached a division to turn -the right flank of the confederate army. The Prince ordered a -retreat, which he masked with judgment; the cavalry advancing to -the front--the dragoons dismounting and forming on foot at extended -files, while the artillery, and infantry, with their pikes trailed -and colours furled, quietly withdrew. The enemy prepared for the -attack, and sent forward a cloud of light musketeers to commence -the action; but the dragoons retired a few paces and mounted their -horses, and when the enemy thought to have commenced the battle, -the skeleton squadrons withdrew; presenting to the astonished -French what appeared to be the magic spectacle of an army vanishing -out of sight. The enemy's horsemen galloped forward in pursuit; -but the allies effected their retreat in good order to Ghent, from -whence CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons were detached, with Rosse's troopers, -and twelve battalions of infantry under Lieut.-General Sir Henry -Bellasis, to cover Nieuport, a place celebrated for the victory -gained by the English and Dutch, over the Spaniards under Archduke -Albert, on the 2nd of July, 1600[2]. - -The regiment was stationed between Bruges and Nieuport, until -Marshal Villeroy advanced towards Namur with the view of raising -the siege, when it proceeded to Brussels, which city the French -had, a short time previously, bombarded. The enemy's designs -were frustrated; Namur was captured; the regiment left Brussels, -and, after encamping a short time on the Bruges canal, went into -cantonments in the villages on the banks of the canal of Ostend, in -the Pays du Nord. - -[Sidenote: 1696] - -When the army took the field to serve the campaign of 1696, the -excellent condition of this corps excited admiration; it mustered -four strong squadrons, and when King William saw the regiment, -he promoted its colonel, ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, to the rank of -brigadier-general. - -During the summer of this year the regiment served with the army of -Flanders under the Prince of Vaudemont, and was brigaded with the -regiments of Eppinger and Miremont, commanded by its colonel. It -was employed in defensive operations for the preservation of Ghent, -Bruges, and the maritime towns of Flanders. It passed the winter in -the villages behind the Bruges canal. - -On the 1st of October, 1696, Brigadier-General Cunningham was -succeeded in the colonelcy by WILLIAM, LORD JEDBURGH, eldest son of -the Marquis of Lothian. - -[Sidenote: 1697] - -The regiment, bearing the title of JEDBURGH'S dragoons, served the -campaign of 1697 in Flanders with the army commanded by the Elector -of Bavaria, and was formed in brigade with the regiments of -Nassau-Sarbruck, and Opdam, under the orders of Brigadier-General -Pyper. It took part in several operations; and in May joined King -William's army in Brabant, but, subsequently, returned to Flanders. -In September tranquillity was restored in Europe by the treaty of -Ryswick. - -During the winter JEDBURGH'S dragoons embarked from Flanders, and -after landing at Harwich in December, proceeded to London, where -they occupied quarters for several weeks; at the same time their -numbers were reduced to a peace establishment. - -[Sidenote: 1698] - -The regiment left its cantonments in Southwark, in February, 1698, -on route for Scotland, where it arrived towards the end of March. - -[Sidenote: 1702] - -[Sidenote: 1703] - -[Sidenote: 1704] - -[Sidenote: 1705] - -[Sidenote: 1706] - -The accession of Queen Anne, in 1702, was followed by another -war on the continent; but the exertions made by the friends of -the Pretender to effect his elevation to the throne, rendered it -necessary to detain an efficient force at home, and Jedburgh's -was one of the corps selected to remain in Scotland, where it -was stationed, while the army under the renowned Marlborough was -gaining laurels in Germany and the Netherlands[3], the fields of -Blenheim, Ramilies, &c., giving dreadful proof of British valour. - -[Sidenote: 1707] - -In April, 1707, Patrick Lord Polwarth was appointed colonel of the -regiment, in succession to the Marquis of Lothian, who was removed -to the colonelcy of the Scots foot guards. - -[Sidenote: 1708] - -The king of France having fitted out a fleet and embarked troops -in the early part of 1708, for the invasion of Britain by the -Pretender, Lord Polwarth's regiment was held in readiness to take -the field at a moment's notice, and the establishment was augmented -to fifty-four men per troop; but the French fleet was driven from -the Scottish coast, and the country was preserved from the horrors -of civil war. - -[Sidenote: 1709] - -In October, 1709, Lord Polwarth was succeeded in the colonelcy by -William Kerr, brother of the duke of Roxburgh. - -[Sidenote: 1710] - -[Sidenote: 1711] - -The gallant achievements of the forces under the great duke of -Marlborough had, in the mean time, removed the theatre of war from -the frontiers of Holland to the confines of France; Louis XIV. -assembled an immense army to preserve the interior of his kingdom -from the power of his opponents; and Queen Anne sent additional -corps to the scene of contest. KERR'S dragoons were selected to -proceed to the Netherlands; their establishment was augmented, in -March, 1711, to sixty men per troop; and in the same month they -embarked at Leith, but were driven back to the Frith and detained -by contrary winds until the end of April, when they sailed for -Holland. - -Having been detained by the weather, the regiment did not arrive -until the army had taken the field, and the men and horses had -suffered by being so long on board of ship; they consequently -remained in Holland for a short time in quarters of refreshment, -and afterwards commenced their march for the frontiers; but when -passing through Brabant, they were ordered to halt at Brussels. The -regiment appears to have remained in reserve during the campaign of -this year. - -[Sidenote: 1712] - -Taking the field in the spring of 1712, the regiment formed part of -the army commanded by his grace the duke of Ormond, which advanced -to the confines of France, and was ready to carry the war into -Picardy; but the French monarch, finding his generals overmatched, -and his armies beaten and dispirited, agreed to the conditions of -a treaty of peace. A suspension of hostilities was proclaimed, and -the army retired to Ghent, and after encamping a short period went -into quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1713] - -In the summer of 1713 the regiment was ordered to embark at Dunkirk -for Ireland. The royal dragoons had, in the mean time, returned -from Spain dismounted[4], and the government, contemplating the -disbanding of KERR'S regiment, directed its horses to be embarked -for Dover and delivered to the royal dragoons. The following order -was received on this subject:-- - - "ANNE R. - - "OUR will and pleasure is, that upon the embarkation of our - regiment of dragoons under your command, for our kingdom - of Ireland, you cause all the horses belonging to the - non-commissioned officers and private dragoons thereof to be - delivered over to such person or persons as shall be appointed to - receive the same; your said regiment being to continue unmounted - until further orders. - - "Given at our court at Kensington, this 6th day of June, 1713, in - the twelfth year of our reign. - - "By Her Majesty's command, - "WILLIAM WYNDHAM." - - _To our trusty and well-beloved Colonel William Kerr, - commanding one of our regiments of dragoons, - Flanders._ - -The regiment arrived at Dunkirk on the 15th of August, and having -delivered up its horses, embarked for Ireland on the 21st of that -month. - -[Sidenote: 1714] - -After the conclusion of the treaty of Utrecht, the strength of -the army was reduced, and Colonel KERR'S regiment of dragoons was -disembodied in Ireland in the spring of 1714. - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -At the time this regiment was reduced, the royal dragoons and Scots -greys were augmented, and many men from Kerr's dragoons entered -these two veteran corps. Few months, however, elapsed after the -decease of Queen Anne, (1st August, 1714,) and the accession of -King George I., when a change took place in the circumstances of -the British court. His Majesty arrived from Hanover on the 17th -of September. The result of the measures pursued by the ministry -of Queen Anne, during the last three years of her reign, was soon -manifested in the prevalence of Jacobin principles, and the king -found it necessary to augment the army. One of the first acts -of His Majesty on this occasion, was the restoration of KERR'S -regiment of dragoons, now the SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS, by a -warrant under the sign manual, of which the following is a copy:-- - - "GEORGE R. - - "WHEREAS we have thought fit that a regiment of dragoons be - immediately formed to be under your command, to consist of - one colonel, one lieut.-colonel, one major, one chaplain, one - adjutant, one chirurgeon, and six troops, each consisting of one - captain, one lieutenant, one cornet, one quarter-master, one - serjeant, two corporals, one drummer, one hautboy, and thirty - private dragoons, (including two for widows.) And, WHEREAS we - have directed our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin - Thomas, Earl of Strafford, to deliver over unto you the two - youngest captains, two youngest lieutenants, two youngest - cornets, and the two youngest quarter-masters, together with the - non-commissioned officers and private men of the two youngest - troops of our royal regiment of dragoons under his command, - with the horses, arms, clothing, and accoutrements; and also - our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin David, Earl of - Portmore, to deliver unto you the three youngest captains, three - youngest lieutenants, three youngest cornets, and three youngest - quarter-masters, together with the non-commissioned officers - and private men of the three youngest troops of our regiment of - dragoons under his command, with their horses, arms, clothes, - and accoutrements; our will and pleasure is, that you receive - from the said Earl of Strafford, and the said Earl of Portmore, - the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and private men - directed to be delivered over unto you as aforesaid, towards - forming the said regiment of dragoons. And we do hereby authorize - you, by the beat of drum, or otherwise, to raise so many - volunteers as shall be wanting to complete and fill up the said - regiment to six troops, each consisting of the numbers aforesaid. - And all magistrates, justices of the peace, constables, and - other of our officers, whom it may concern, are required to be - assisting unto you, in providing quarters, impressing carriages, - and otherwise, as there shall be occasion. - - "Given at our court at St. James', this 3rd day of February, - 1714-15, in the first year of our reign. - - "By His Majesty's Command, - "WILLIAM PULTENEY." - - _To our trusty and well-beloved - Colonel William Kerr._ - -In compliance with this order, Captains Lewis Dollon's and Peter -Renourds' troops from the royal dragoons, and Captains William -Crawford's, George Dunbar's and James Levingtone's troops from -the greys, (being augmentation troops raised when KERR'S regiment -was disembodied,) with a sixth troop raised near London, were -constituted a regiment, which now bears the designation of SEVENTH, -OR QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS; but was then styled "KERR'S DRAGOONS." - -Soon after its second formation, the regiment marched into quarters -in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the county of Durham; and in July His -Majesty was pleased to confer upon it the distinguished title of -"HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES' OWN ROYAL REGIMENT OF -DRAGOONS"[5] in honour of Wilhelmina Carolina, consort of his Royal -Highness the Prince of Wales. - -The augmentation of the army, and other measures adopted by -the government for the preservation of tranquillity, did not -sufficiently intimidate the disaffected so as to prevent an appeal -to arms. In the early part of September the Earl of Mar raised -the standard of the Pretender in the Highlands, and summoned the -friends of the Stuart dynasty to his aid. At the same time, the -PRINCESS OF WALES'S dragoons were ordered to march to Scotland and -join the troops commanded by Major-General Whetham, encamped at -Stirling. - -At this camp the regiment remained several weeks; additional forces -arrived; the establishment was augmented, and the Duke of Argyle -took the command of the army. The rebel forces, ten thousand -strong, advancing with the view of penetrating southward, the -King's troops, not four thousand men, proceeded to the vicinity of -_Dumblain_, to oppose the progress of the clans. On the morning -of Sunday, the 13th of November, the two armies confronted each -other on Sheriff-muir, and the PRINCESS OF WALES', with Carpenter's -(third), and a squadron of the Inniskilling (sixth) dragoons -were on the left of the line, under Major-General Sabine and -Brigadier-General Newton. The action commenced on the right, where -the royal forces overthrew their opponents and chased them from -the field. On the left the fortune of the day was in favour of -the rebels; six hundred select Highlanders surprised the infantry -in the act of forming, and put them into confusion. The gallant -Colonel KERR led his regiment of dragoons (the SEVENTH) to the -charge with signal intrepidity; his horse was killed under him; -but he speedily mounted another, and his brave troopers, with some -gentlemen volunteers and Carpenter's squadrons, drove the rebel -horsemen before them, capturing a standard. Colonel KERR had a -second horse killed under him, and a rebel trooper fired a pistol -at his breast, which did him no harm, although his coat was torn. -The royal infantry on the left were unable to recover from the -disorder into which they had fallen; they retired before the clans; -their communication with the remainder of the army was cut off; and -mingling with the cavalry, both became confused, and fell back a -short distance to gain an opportunity of re-forming their ranks. -They retired beyond Dumblain, and took possession of the passes, -to prevent the clans penetrating to Stirling. Meanwhile, the right -wing of the king's army had returned from the pursuit of the left -wing of the rebel forces: the Earl of Mar withdrew with the clans -during the night, and the Duke of Argyle returned with the royal -forces to Stirling. - -Colonel KERR lost three horses on this occasion; the regiment had -also two troop horses killed, and one man and four horses wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1716] - -In January, 1716, the royal army, having been augmented, advanced -against the rebels, who fled in every direction. The Pretender and -his principal officers escaped to the continent; the common men -dispersed; and the rebellion being suppressed, the regiment went -into quarters in Fife. - -In the following spring, the PRINCESS OF WALES' dragoons returned -to England, and occupied quarters in Yorkshire; but proceeded -southward during the summer; and in December one troop was ordered -to attend His Majesty on his landing from Hanover. - -[Sidenote: 1717] - -[Sidenote: 1718] - -The regiment occupied quarters in Lincolnshire in the summer of -1717; passed the following winter in Yorkshire; and in July, 1718, -was reviewed by Major-General Macartney, at Leicester. - -[Sidenote: 1719] - -[Sidenote: 1720] - -In July, 1719, one troop was employed in suppressing riots at -Halifax. In December, 1720, the regiment was occupying quarters -in Lancashire, and received orders not to permit any person to land -from the Isle of Man, in consequence of a report that the plague -was in that island. - -[Sidenote: 1721] - -[Sidenote: 1722] - -[Sidenote: 1723] - -[Sidenote: 1724] - -The regiment marched to Scotland in April, 1721; it returned to -England in April, 1722; and after encamping several months near -Manchester, went into quarters in the town. It encamped near -York in June, 1723, from whence it marched, in the autumn, into -Berkshire; and in January, 1724, detachments were employed on -revenue duty on the Hampshire and Dorsetshire coast; in April -following, the remainder marched into Yorkshire and Durham. - -[Sidenote: 1725] - -[Sidenote: 1726] - -Lieut.-General Carpenter reviewed the regiment at York, in -September, 1725; and Lieut.-General Sir Charles Wills, in April, -1726. - -[Sidenote: 1727] - -On the prospect of war between Holland and the Emperor of Germany, -the regiment was augmented, in February, 1727, to nine troops, -and four regiments of cavalry and eight of infantry were held in -readiness to assist the Dutch; but no embarkation took place. - -King George I. died in June of this year, on his journey to -Hanover; and his son, George, Prince of Wales, succeeded to the -throne: the Princess of Wales became Queen, and this regiment was -honoured with the title of "THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS." -It marched to the vicinity of Hounslow in October, and was reviewed -on the heath, on the 28th of that month, by King George II., who -was pleased to express his high approbation of its appearance -and discipline. After the review it marched into cantonments in -Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, with a detachment on revenue duty on -the Sussex coast. - -[Sidenote: 1728] - -A detachment attended the Princess Amelia at Bath, in May, 1728; -in July the regiment was reviewed at Salisbury; and in the autumn -another detachment was ordered to attend the Princess Amelia at -Bath. - -[Sidenote: 1729] - -[Sidenote: 1730] - -[Sidenote: 1731] - -In 1729 the establishment was reduced from nine to six troops. -In 1730 the regiment occupied cantonments in Dorsetshire, -Somersetshire, and Wiltshire; and was reviewed on Hounslow-heath, -on the 15th of May, 1731, by King George II., attended by several -noblemen and general officers; its warlike appearance, the -condition of the horses, and the discipline of the regiment, were -commended. - -[Sidenote: 1732] - -[Sidenote: 1733] - -[Sidenote: 1734] - -After the review, the QUEEN'S OWN DRAGOONS returned to their -former quarters; in 1732 they were removed to Gloucestershire and -Herefordshire; and in April, 1733, they commenced their march for -Scotland, where they remained during the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1735] - -[Sidenote: 1736] - -[Sidenote: 1737] - -[Sidenote: 1738] - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -Returning to England in April, 1735, the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons -proceeded into quarters in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, with -detachments on revenue duty on the coasts of Lincolnshire and -Norfolk, in which duties they were employed during the remainder -of that and in the two succeeding years; and in 1738 they marched -into quarters in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. In 1739 they -furnished detachments on coast duty in Sussex; at the same, war -having been declared against Spain, the establishment was augmented -to four hundred and thirty-five men. - -[Sidenote: 1740] - -[Sidenote: 1741] - -During the summer of 1740, the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons were encamped, -with four other regiments of cavalry and four of infantry, near -Newbury, under the orders of Lieut.-General Wade; and subsequently -near Kingsclear; in October the regiment marched from the camp to -cantonments in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. In 1741 they -marched into Scotland. - -The Honourable William Kerr, after commanding the regiment upwards -of thirty years with reputation to himself, and advantage to the -service, was succeeded in the colonelcy by Major-General Sir John -Cope, K.B., by commission, dated the 12th of August, 1741. - -In the mean time, the death of Charles VI., Emperor of Germany, had -been followed by war on the continent; and the Elector of Bavaria, -aided by the French monarch, was endeavouring to deprive the -Archduchess, Maria Theresa, of the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia. - -[Sidenote: 1742] - -The QUEEN'S OWN dragoons left Scotland in April, 1742: and soon -after their arrival in England, they were selected to form part -of an army of sixteen thousand men, sent to the Netherlands -under the command of Field-Marshal the Earl of Stair, to support -the interests of the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. The regiment -embarked in the early part of August; and after landing at Ostend, -marched a few stages up the country, where it halted until the -beginning of the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1743] - -In February, 1743, the regiment commenced its march for Germany; -and after taking part in several manœuvres, it was encamped at -Aschaffenburg, where King George II. and the Duke of Cumberland -joined the army. On the 26th of June, as the troops were marching -along the bank of the river Maine, a French force was discovered -in position near _Dettingen_, a village in the Bavarian States, -in the circle of the Lower Rhine; and King George II. commanded -the British, Austrians, and Hanoverians to form line opposite the -enemy. After a severe cannonade of several hours' duration, the -French advanced from their formidable position, and a series of -charges of cavalry, with a heavy fire of musketry, commenced on -the left of the allied army, and extended along the front. During -the heat of the engagement, the regiment which forms the subject -of this memoir, had an opportunity of displaying its intrepidity -and prowess in close combat with the cavalry of the opposing army, -and obtained the approbation of its sovereign. The British dragoons -encountered the French _gens d'armes_ and household cavalry, and, -though without armour, they fought their steel-clad opponents with -signal gallantry. Twice the British horsemen were forced back; -but, rallying and returning to the charge, at the third onset -they overthrew the opposing squadrons, and chased them from the -field with great slaughter, and with the loss of several standards -and kettle drums. The infantry of the allied army evinced great -bravery, and a complete victory was gained over the enemy. - -The QUEEN'S OWN regiment of dragoons had Lieutenant Falconer, -Cornet Hobey, one serjeant, ten rank and file, and twenty-two -horses killed; Lieutenant Frazer, Cornet St. Leger, one -quarter-master, two serjeants, thirteen rank and file, and thirteen -horses wounded: Cornet St. Leger afterwards died of his wounds. - -After passing the night in the open grounds near the field of -battle, the regiment marched on the following day to Hanau, and -was subsequently encamped with the army on the banks of the -Kinzig. In the early part of August the king proceeded towards the -Rhine, passed that river beyond Mentz, and advanced to Worms. The -QUEEN'S OWN dragoons were employed in West Germany, but nothing of -importance occurred; and in the autumn they re-passed the Rhine, -and marched back to Brabant and Flanders, where they remained -during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1744] - -The regiment served the campaign of 1744 under Field-Marshal Wade, -and was employed in several movements, but no general engagement -occurred, and in the autumn it marched into winter quarters at -Bruges. - -[Sidenote: 1745] - -The establishment having been augmented, the regiment was joined -in the spring of 1745, by a number of men and horses from England. -Soon afterwards it took the field, and advanced with the troops -commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, to the -relief of _Tournay_, which fortress was besieged by an immense -French army. On the 10th of May, two troops of the QUEEN'S OWN -dragoons were employed in driving back the enemy's out-guards and -piquets; and on the following day, they were engaged in supporting -the attack of the infantry on the formidable position, occupied -by the French, near the village of _Fontenoy_. The centre of the -position was twice forced by the British regiments; but the Dutch -having failed in their point of attack, a retreat was ordered. -Towards the close of the action, several squadrons of cavalry -charged with signal intrepidity, but were unable to retrieve the -fortune of the day, and the army withdrew to Aeth. - -The regiment lost, on this occasion, ten men, and forty-six -horses killed; Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, Captain-Lieutenant -Ogilvy, Lieutenant Forbes, Cornet Maitland, Quartermaster Smith, -thirty-five men, and forty-seven horses wounded; one man and two -horses missing. - -After the capture of Tournay, the French army advanced with such -overwhelming numbers, that the allies were unable to prevent the -loss of several important towns. The QUEEN'S OWN dragoons were -employed in defensive operations, and were encamped a short time -before Brussels. - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -Meanwhile, a rebellion had broken out in Scotland, and Charles -Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, was at the head of the -insurgent clans. Several corps were ordered to return to England; -and in February, 1746, the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons proceeded to -Williamstadt and embarked; but some delay was occasioned by severe -weather, and one transport was stranded. The regiment disembarked -to wait for more favourable weather; in the mean time, the prospect -of a speedy termination to the rebellion occasioned the order for -its return to be countermanded. - -The war on the continent was continued; the regiment, having -received a remount of one hundred and two men, and one hundred -and fifty-six horses, took the field in the summer of 1746, and -served on the Dutch frontiers, under the command of General Sir -John Ligonier, and afterwards under Prince Charles of Lorraine. -On the 11th of October, the regiment was formed in line, with the -Greys and Inniskilling dragoons, with its right behind _Roucoux_, -a village near the city of Liege, while the infantry occupied the -houses and streets of several hamlets along the front. An immense -French force, commanded by Marshal Saxe, advanced and attacked the -left of the allied army; and by superior numbers, succeeded in -carrying the villages, and a retreat was ordered. As the enemy's -infantry emerged from among the houses, the Greys, Inniskilling, -and QUEEN'S OWN dragoons, dashed forward, broke their ranks, and -chased them back in gallant style. The army afterwards withdrew -to the vicinity of Maestricht; and the regiment passed the severe -winter months in cantonments in the country along the Lower Maese. - -[Sidenote: 1747] - -In the spring of 1747, the regiment encamped a short period -near the banks of the Scheldt, and was subsequently employed in -operations on the Great Nethe and the Demer, during which period a -remount of fifty men and one hundred and twenty horses, joined from -England. On the 1st of July, it confronted the French army in one -of the valleys in the province of Liege, and passed the night in a -state of constant readiness for action. - -The French infantry descended from the hills on the following -morning, and made a furious attack on the troops stationed in the -village of _Val_. After much severe fighting, the enemy, by means -of a great superiority of numbers, forced the centre of the Allied -army. The cavalry of the left wing was ordered forward, and the -QUEEN'S OWN dragoons had another opportunity of distinguishing -themselves. Having broken the enemy's first line, the British -dragoons continued their victorious career, and overthrew a second -line with terrific violence; then, mixing with the French horsemen -and musketeers, used their broad swords with dreadful execution. -While pursuing their opponents, they received a volley from -some French infantry posted in a hollow, and behind hedges, and -several men and horses fell mortally wounded. The survivors rushed -furiously upon the infantry, drove them from behind the hedges, and -pursued them across the fields with great slaughter. This brilliant -success enabled the Duke of Cumberland to make arrangements for a -retreat; and the army withdrew to Maestricht, where it arrived on -the same evening. - -The regiment lost several men and horses on this occasion; and had -Cornet Bulmere, five men, and ten horses captured by the enemy. It -was subsequently stationed a short time in the province of Limburg, -and was employed in various operations until the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1748] - -In the spring of 1748, the army again confronted the enemy in the -province of Limburg. Preliminary articles for a treaty of peace -were agreed upon; a suspension of hostilities took place, and the -British troops went into cantonments among the Dutch peasantry. - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -During the following winter, the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was -concluded. The British troops left Holland; and the QUEEN'S OWN -dragoons, after landing at Purfleet in January, 1749, were reduced -to a peace establishment, and quartered at Norwich and Yarmouth, -with detachments on coast duty. - -[Sidenote: 1750] - -The regiment was inspected by Lieutenant-General Campbell at Wells, -in April, 1750, and at Gloucester in October following; and by -Lieutenant-General Onslow at Gloucester in April, 1751. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -On the 1st of July, 1751, King George II. issued a warrant relative -to the colours, standards, and clothing of the several regiments, -from which the following particulars have been extracted respecting -the SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. - -COATS,--scarlet, double-breasted, without lapels, lined with white; -slit sleeves turned up with white; the button-holes ornamented with -narrow white lace; the buttons flat, of white metal, set on three -and three; a long slash pocket in each skirt; and a white worsted -aiguillette on the right shoulder. - -WAISTCOATS AND BREECHES,--white. - -HATS,--bound with silver lace, and ornamented with a white metal -loop and a black cockade. - -BOOTS,--of jacked leather, reaching to the knee. - -CLOAKS,--of scarlet cloth, with a white collar, and lined with -white shalloon; the buttons set on three and three upon yellow -frogs, or loops, with a blue stripe down the centre. - -HORSE FURNITURE,--of white cloth; the holster-caps and housings -having a border of royal lace, with a blue stripe down the centre; -the Queen's cipher within the garter, embroidered on each corner of -the housing; and on the holster-caps, the King's cipher and crown, -with VII. D. underneath. - -OFFICERS,--distinguished by silver lace; their coats and waistcoats -bound with silver embroidery; the button-holes worked with silver; -and a crimson silk sash worn across the left shoulder. - -QUARTER-MASTERS,--to wear a crimson sash round their waists. - -SERJEANTS,--to have narrow silver lace on the cuffs, pockets, and -shoulder-straps; silver shoulder-knots, or aiguillettes, and blue -and white worsted sashes tied round their waists. - -DRUMMERS and HAUTBOYS,--clothed in scarlet coats lined with blue, -and ornamented with royal lace with a blue stripe down the centre; -their waistcoats and breeches of white cloth. - -GUIDONS,--The first or King's guidon to be of crimson silk, -embroidered and fringed with gold and silver; in the centre the -rose and thistle conjoined and crown over them, with the motto -_Dieu et mon Droit_ underneath: the white horse in a compartment in -the first and fourth corners, and VII. D., in gold characters, on -a blue ground, in a compartment in the second and third corners. -The second and third guidons to be of white silk, in the centre the -Queen's cipher within the garter on a crimson ground: the white -horse on a scarlet ground in the first and fourth compartments, and -VII. D. within a wreath of roses and thistles upon a scarlet ground -in the second and third compartments. - -[Sidenote: 1752] - -[Sidenote: 1753] - -[Sidenote: 1754] - -The regiment was inspected at Birmingham, in October, 1751, by -Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Honeywood; at Lichfield, in April, -1752, by Lieutenant-General Campbell; and at Manchester in April, -1753, by Major-General Cholmondeley. In October following it -commenced its march to Scotland, and remained in that part of the -kingdom upwards of four years, during which period the undetermined -limits of the British territory in North America had given rise to -another war with France. - -[Sidenote: 1755] - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -[Sidenote: 1757] - -Hostilities commenced in 1755, and the establishment of the QUEEN'S -OWN dragoons was augmented to three hundred and forty-seven -officers and men. A seventh troop was also added, of which -Captain-Lieutenant William Erskine was appointed captain by -commission dated the 25th of December, 1755, and the officers and -men of this troop were mounted on small horses and equipped as -_light dragoons_. The establishment of the light troop was fixed, -by a royal warrant dated the 29th of January, 1756, at three -officers, one quarter-master, two serjeants, two drummers, and -sixty-three rank and file; but it was subsequently augmented to -upwards of one hundred officers and men. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -In the spring of 1758 the SEVENTH dragoons quitted Scotland, and -were stationed in Yorkshire, the head-quarters being at York; from -whence the light troop was detached to Portsmouth to take part in -an expedition against the French coast, under the orders of Charles -Duke of Marlborough. A brigade was formed of the light troops of -nine regiments of dragoons, under the orders of Colonel Eliott, of -the horse grenadier guards; and when a landing had been effected -(6th June) on the coast of Brittany, the light horsemen gave signal -proof of their activity and usefulness on several occasions. They -took a distinguished part in the capture of the suburbs of _St. -Maloes_, and in the destruction, by fire, of the privateers and -other vessels, amounting to upwards of one hundred sail, in the -harbour; also in the destruction of extensive magazines of maritime -stores. The light cavalry subsequently advanced several miles up -the country, and evinced zeal and activity in skirmishing with the -French troops. The expedition not being of sufficient strength -to undertake the siege of St. Maloes, the troops re-embarked and -returned to England. The light cavalry subsequently took part in -a second enterprise against the French coast, under the orders -of Lieutenant-General Bligh, when CHERBOURG was captured, and the -works, with the shipping in the harbour and iron ordnance were -destroyed, and the brass ordnance sent as trophies to London. A -second landing was also effected near St. Maloes; but no advantage -resulted, and considerable loss was sustained on re-embarking. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -After landing at Portsmouth in September, the light troop of the -QUEEN'S OWN proceeded to Hackney, and afterwards to Romford; -the remainder of the regiment occupying cantonments in Essex -and Middlesex, from whence it marched, in November, 1759, to -Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Hertfordshire. - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -In the mean time Hanover and the adjoining states had become the -theatre of war, and a British force, commanded by the gallant -Marquis of Granby, was serving with the troops of Hanover, -Hesse, and Brunswick, the whole commanded by Prince Ferdinand of -Brunswick; and in March, 1760, the six heavy troops of the SEVENTH -dragoons received orders to proceed to Germany. - -The QUEEN'S OWN dragoons, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel George Lawson -Hall, embarked on the river Thames, and sailed for Germany in the -beginning of April: having a quick passage, they arrived in the -river Weser, landed above Bremen, the capital of a duchy of the -same name in Lower Saxony, and joined the allied army commanded -by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, at the camp on the heights of -Fritzlar, in the principality of Lower Hesse, on the 21st of April. -They were formed in brigade with the dragoons of Price-schenik, -under the orders of Colonel Bremar. - -Being opposed by a French army of very superior numbers, the -allies were restricted to defensive operations, and the SEVENTH -took part in several toilsome marches and skirmishes. At length -thirty thousand French troops crossed the river Dymel to cut off -the communication of the allies with Westphalia, and a favourable -opportunity occurring to attack this detached force, the QUEEN'S -OWN dragoons, with several other corps, under the Hereditary -Prince of Brunswick, advanced to Liebenau, where they passed the -Dymel, and making a detour of many miles, gained the left flank of -the enemy's position at _Warbourg_, on the 31st of July. Prince -Ferdinand was advancing with the main body against the enemy's -front; but before his arrival, the enemy had been attacked in flank -and rear, and were retiring. The cavalry under the Marquis of -Granby and Lieut.-General Mostyn arrived at a favourable moment; a -gallant charge of the British squadrons decided the fortune of the -day, and the French made a precipitate retreat across the Dymel. -The SEVENTH dragoons supported the infantry in the attack of the -enemy's flank, and by a spirited charge towards the close of the -action, contributed to the success of the day. The conduct of the -British cavalry was commended by the Marquis of Granby, in his -public despatch, and Prince Ferdinand declared in general orders, -that "_all the British cavalry performed prodigies of valour_." -The regiment being eager in the pursuit, had four men and horses -captured by the enemy; three of the men, however, escaped and -rejoined the regiment. - -Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, K.B., died on the 28th of July, 1760; -and King George II. conferred the colonelcy on Lieut.-General -Mostyn, from the fifth, royal Irish, regiment of dragoons. - -The SEVENTH dragoons were encamped near the banks of the Dymel, -until winter, when the soldiers were directed to build huts -to protect themselves and horses from severe weather. They -subsequently went into cantonments in the villages in that part of -the bishopric of Paderborn. - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -The army was suddenly called from its winter quarters in February, -1761, and penetrating, during a heavy snow, into the enemy's -cantonments, captured several towns and extensive magazines of -forage and provision; but afterwards returned to its former -quarters, and the SEVENTH were again quartered in villages in the -bishopric of Paderborn. - -On taking the field in the beginning of May, 1761, the SEVENTH -were formed in brigade with the Scots greys and Ancram's (eleventh) -dragoons, commanded by Colonel Harvey. After much manœuvring, some -skirmishing, and many long and toilsome marches, they were encamped -on the heights of Denkernberg, between the rivers Asse and Lippe, -and formed part of the Marquis Granby's corps, which had its right -in front of the village of _Kirch-Denkern_. This post was attacked -on the 15th, and again on the 16th of July; the SEVENTH were formed -in column behind the centre of this part of the position, and -supported the infantry; the enemy was repulsed; the cavalry dashed -forward, but were prevented charging by the nature of the ground. - -The regiment was subsequently employed in operations which brought -on slight skirmishes; but no general engagement occurred. In August -it was employed on the Dymel. In the early part of November it -was engaged in dislodging a French corps from a strong camp near -_Escherhausen_, in the duchy of Brunswick; and afterwards marched -to _Eimbeck_, where another skirmish occurred. These movements -were designed to surprise the French army in dispersed quarters; -but the enemy having gained time to assemble his forces, this -regiment, with several other corps, marched during the night of -the 7th of November, through a heavy snow to _Foorwohle_, where -another skirmish occurred, and the British dragoons evinced -signal gallantry. The SEVENTH were encamped in the snow until the -following morning, when the British had another skirmish with their -opponents; and they subsequently marched to the heights between -Mackensen and Lithorst. When the army went into winter quarters, -the regiment was cantoned in East Friesland. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -The season for military operations having arrived, the QUEEN'S OWN -dragoons again took the field, and were encamped at Brackel, and -subsequently on the heights of Tissel: they were formed in brigade -with the Eleventh dragoons, under Lieut.-Colonel George Lawson -Hall, of the SEVENTH. They left their camp before day-break on the -morning of the 24th of June, 1762, and having crossed the Dymel, -advanced against the French camp at _Groebenstein_. The enemy was -surprised, and made a precipitate retreat upon Cassel, with the -loss of their tents and baggage; and one division being surrounded -in the woods of Wilhelmsthal, surrendered. The SEVENTH pursued the -French in the direction of Cassel, and took several prisoners; they -subsequently encamped near Holtzhausen. - -During the remainder of the campaign, the regiment continued -actively employed, and was frequently engaged in detached services; -the enemy was forced to abandon several important positions, -and Cassel was captured by the allies. Preliminary articles -for a treaty of peace having been agreed upon, a suspension of -hostilities took place, and the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons, and other -British cavalry, went into quarters in the bishopric of Munster. - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -Peace having been concluded, the thanks of Parliament were -communicated to the army, and in February, 1763, the SEVENTH -commenced their march from Germany, through Holland, to -Williamstadt, where they embarked for England. After landing -at Harwich they were stationed at Chelmsford, Springfield, and -Colchester. The light troop, which had not been on foreign service -with the other troops of the regiment, was disbanded; and the -establishment was reduced to six troops of three officers, one -quarter-master, two serjeants, two corporals, one drummer, and -twenty-eight private men each; eight men per troop were equipped as -light dragoons, and the remainder as heavy dragoons. - -In May, 1763, Lieut.-General Mostyn was removed to the First -dragoon guards; and Major-General Sir George Howard, K.B., was -appointed colonel of the SEVENTH dragoons, from the third foot, or -buffs. - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -In January, 1764, a squadron was employed on revenue duty on -the Suffolk coast. On the 9th of April following, King George -III. reviewed the regiment in Hyde Park, and expressed his high -approbation of its appearance and discipline. In the same year, -orders were received for the regiment to be mounted on long-tailed -horses;--for epaulettes to be worn on the left shoulder instead -of aiguillettes, and for the men's boots to be of a lighter -description than formerly. - -[Sidenote: 1765] - -[Sidenote: 1766] - -The regiment occupied quarters in Sussex, in 1765, and was removed -to Northampton and Leicestershire in 1766; at the same time, the -DRUMMERS on the establishment were directed to be replaced by -TRUMPETERS. - -[Sidenote: 1767] - -[Sidenote: 1768] - -[Sidenote: 1769] - -From Leicestershire, &c., the regiment was removed to York in -May, 1767, and to Scotland in the spring of 1768, but returned -to England in the early part of 1769, and was quartered in -Warwickshire. - -[Sidenote: 1770] - -[Sidenote: 1771] - -[Sidenote: 1772] - -[Sidenote: 1773] - -In April, 1770, the regiment marched into Dorsetshire and -Somersetshire; in June, 1771, it was removed to Canterbury, and -employed on coast duty until April, 1772, when it marched into -Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Lincolnshire. In the spring -of 1773 it commenced its march for Scotland, where it was stationed -during the succeeding twelve months. - -[Sidenote: 1774] - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -[Sidenote: 1776] - -[Sidenote: 1777] - -Returning to England in the summer of 1774, the regiment was -stationed in Lancashire; in 1775 it was removed into Worcestershire -and Staffordshire; in 1776 it was employed on revenue duty on the -Sussex coast; and in 1777 it was engaged in similar duties on the -coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -In the summer of 1778 the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons were encamped near -Bury St. Edmunds, together with three other regiments of dragoons -and two battalions of militia, under the command of Major-General -Warde. - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -Lieut.-General Sir George Howard, C.B., was removed in April, 1779, -to the first dragoon guards, and King George III. conferred the -command of the QUEEN'S OWN dragoons on Major-general Sir Henry -Clinton, K.B. - -An augmentation had, in the mean time, been made to the strength -of the regiment, in consequence of the American war; and in April, -1779, the men, equipped as light dragoons, were incorporated, with -detachments from the second, third, fifteenth, and sixteenth, into -a regiment, which was numbered the twenty-first light dragoons. - -[Sidenote: 1780] - -[Sidenote: 1781] - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -Soon after this event the SEVENTH dragoons marched to Scotland, -where they remained two years, and on their arrival in England, in -May, 1781, they were quartered at Durham. In the summer of 1782 -they were removed to Salisbury, and in 1783 to Newbury. - -The great usefulness of light cavalry had been fully proved during -the reign of King George II., and also during the American war; and -after the conclusion of a treaty of peace in 1783, the QUEEN'S -OWN dragoons underwent a change of clothing and equipment;--the -cocked hats were replaced by helmets; boots, saddles, belts, and -other articles of equipment, of a light construction, were adopted; -carbines of a smaller size than those before used, were received; -the standard height for men and horses was reduced; and the -regiment was constituted a corps of LIGHT DRAGOONS. - -[Sidenote: 1784] - -The change of equipment having taken place, the regiment was -employed in the travelling escort duty for the royal family; it was -quartered at Hounslow, and other villages, on the road from London -to Windsor; and during the summer of 1784 it was reviewed, on -Hounslow heath, by His Majesty, when its appearance and discipline -procured the expression of his royal approbation. - - -REGULATIONS FOR THE CLOTHING OF THE LIGHT DRAGOONS.--_April, 1784._ - -The clothing of a private light dragoon to consist of a jacket and -shell, under-waistcoat, and leather breeches. - -The jacket and shell to be of _blue_ cloth, the collars and cuffs -of the royal regiments to be red, and those of the other regiments -to be of the colour of the facing of the regiment, looped upon the -breast, and edged with white _thread_ cord, and to be lined with -white, the Eleventh and Thirteenth regiments excepted, which are to -be lined with buff. - -The under-waistcoat to be of flannel, with sleeves, and made so as -to be buttoned within the waistband of the breeches. - -The breeches to be of buckskin. - -N.B.--The make of the dress, and method of placing the cord upon -the breast of the jacket, to be exactly conformable to the pattern -approved of by His Majesty. - -OFFICERS AND QUARTER-MASTERS,--The dress uniform of the officers -and quarter-masters of the light dragoons to be made according to -the King's regulation of the 19th of December, 1768, excepting -that the coats are to be blue, and faced with the same colour as -the private men, and that the royal regiments are to be faced with -scarlet. - -FIELD UNIFORM OF THE OFFICERS AND QUARTER-MASTERS,--The jacket -and shell to be made up in the same manner as those of the men, -excepting that the shell is to have sleeves, and that the looping -is to be of silver, the Thirteenth regiment excepted, which is to -be of gold. - -SERJEANTS,--To be distinguished by gold or silver looping. - -CORPORALS,--To be distinguished by a gold or silver cord round the -collar and cuff. - -TRUMPETERS,--To have a jacket and shell the colour of the facing of -the regiment, with lace instead of looping in front and down the -seams. - -N.B.--A pattern suit of clothing, made up according to these -regulations, will be deposited at the Army-Comptroller's Office, -Horse Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1785] - -The SEVENTH Light Dragoons marched, in the summer of 1785, into -quarters in Sussex, where the following order, dated Horse Guards, -February 6, 1786, was received:-- - - SIR,--His Majesty has been pleased to order, that the colonels - commanding regiments of Light Dragoons shall, for the future, - supply them with _blue_ cloaks, instead of red, in proportion as - the red ones, now in use, wear out, and that new cloaks shall - become necessary. - - I have, &c., - (Signed) WILLIAM FAWCETT, - _Adjutant-General_. - -[Sidenote: 1786] - -[Sidenote: 1787] - -[Sidenote: 1788] - -[Sidenote: 1789] - -In May, 1786, the SEVENTH dragoons were removed to Guildford, -and in July to Maidstone; in 1787 they marched to Canterbury; -and afterwards to Greenwich and adjacent villages, from whence -they proceeded to Norwich; they passed the summer of 1788 in -Nottinghamshire; in the following winter they proceeded to the -vicinity of London, and after occupying cantonments at Staines a -few months, resumed their former quarters at Hounslow, &c., in -April, 1789, and took part in the escort duty for the royal family. - -[Sidenote: 1790] - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -Having been relieved from escort duty, the regiment marched, in -June, 1790, into cantonments in Sussex, the head-quarters being -established at Lewes, from whence they were removed, in April, -1791, to Brighton, and in June of the same year to Canterbury. In -the summer of 1792 the regiment marched to Nottingham. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -A revolution had in the mean time taken place in France, and the -tyrannical and barbarous proceedings of the republicans, who had -seized on the powers of the government in that kingdom, filled -Europe with wonder and with abhorrence of the ruthless perpetrators -of the numerous tragedies which took place; their crimes were -increased by the execution of their sovereign Louis XVI.; the -British ambassador consequently received instructions to quit -Paris, and active preparations were made for war. Two troops were -added to the QUEEN'S OWN light dragoons, and in the spring of 1793 -four troops, under the command of Major Osborne, embarked for the -Netherlands, to form part of the army under His Royal Highness the -duke of York, designed to co-operate with the allies in repelling -the aggressions of the French republic on Holland and the Austrian -Netherlands. The depôt troops were stationed at Manchester. - -Having joined the forces commanded by the duke of York, the two -squadrons of the SEVENTH took part in the operations of the army. -After retiring from before Dunkirk, the troops re-assembled at -Furnes and Dixmude, and were stationed for some time on the -frontier of West Flanders. His royal highness having resolved to -make every possible effort for the protection of the Austrian -Netherlands, determined to re-capture Menin, and, as a diversion to -favour this design, Major-General Abercromby was directed to attack -_Lannoy_ with a body of troops, of which a squadron of the SEVENTH -formed a part. The attack was made on the 28th of October: the -French having been driven from the town by the artillery, the light -dragoons galloped forward in pursuit with distinguished gallantry, -overtook their opponents, cut down one hundred with their sabres, -took fifty-nine prisoners, and captured five pieces of artillery, -besides tumbrils and baggage waggons, for which they were honoured -with the approbation of Major-General Abercromby and of His Royal -Highness the duke of York. The only loss sustained by the SEVENTH, -on this occasion, was two men wounded. - -The regiment performed much hard service on out-post duty during -the following winter. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -On the 16th of April, 1794, the regiment advanced to the heights -above Cateau, where it was reviewed by the emperor of Germany, and -on the succeeding day, supported the attack of the infantry and -artillery on _Prémont_, _Vaux_, &c. - -When the siege of _Landrécies_ was undertaken, the QUEEN'S -OWN formed part of the covering army encamped at _Cateau_. At -day-break, on the 26th of April, while a thick fog covered the -fields and villages near the British camp, a few pistol-shots in -front gave indication that the advance-posts were engaged, and soon -afterwards the piquets were seen retiring before crowds of French, -whose movements were partly concealed by the fog. The SEVENTH -were speedily mounted and formed in front of their camp-ground; -the cannonade became louder and louder, and the fog clearing, the -duke of York detached the cavalry of the right wing to turn the -enemy's left flank, while the SEVENTH and Eleventh light dragoons' -and two squadrons of Archduke Ferdinand's hussars, supported by -several other corps, moved forward to reconnoitre the French column -advancing from Prémont and Marets. Encountering their opponents in -the plain of St. Celian, the SEVENTH and Eleventh light dragoons -raised a loud shout and dashed furiously against the adverse ranks -of war, while the German hussars joined gallantly in the charge, -and the enemy was overthrown and pursued with dreadful carnage. The -SEVENTH were distinguished for their heroic ardour and contempt of -danger, and Lieutenant O'Laughlin eminently signalized himself. -Twelve hundred Frenchmen fell in the charge and pursuit, and ten -pieces of cannon, with eleven tumbrils filled with ammunition, -were captured, exclusive of those taken by the remainder of the -army. A writer who was present at this engagement (Robert Brown of -the Coldstream guards), states in his Journal, published in 1795, -"_the_ SEVENTH _and Eleventh light dragoons performed prodigies of -valour on our left_." The Duke of York observed in general orders, -after complimenting several other corps, "_Nor is the determined -gallantry with which the_ SEVENTH _and Eleventh light dragoons -attacked the enemy on the left (notwithstanding their numbers), -less worthy of every commendation_." The loss of the regiment on -this occasion was one man and seven horses killed, nineteen men and -six horses wounded. - -After the fall of Landrécies, the regiment proceeded by forced -marches to the vicinity of _Tournay_; and on the 10th of May, when -the French attacked the British position with thirty thousand -men, it had another opportunity of signalizing itself. The enemy -having failed in his attempt to turn the British left, directed his -efforts against the centre. A favourable opportunity presenting -itself, sixteen British and two Austrian squadrons were detached, -under Lieut.-General Harcourt, against the enemy's right, and by a -determined charge broke the French columns. A second charge proved -decisive; the French were defeated, and the British troops were -thanked in general orders for their excellent conduct. The SEVENTH -had six horses killed; four men and four horses wounded; and two -horses missing. - -A general attack having been resolved upon, with the view of -compelling the French to evacuate Flanders, the QUEEN'S OWN light -dragoons were selected to take part in this enterprise, and were -attached to one of the columns, under His Royal Highness the Duke -of York, which advanced at an early hour on the morning of the 17th -of May, to the vicinity of Lannoy, where the troops halted a short -period, until a thick fog cleared off, when they resumed their -march. Arriving at _Roubaix_, the place was gallantly captured, -and the troops reposed a few hours in the town. As the sun was -declining in the western horizon, and the shades of evening were -gathering over the provinces of Flanders, Lieut.-General Abercromby -received orders to attack a village two miles distant, called -_Mouvaux_, which was situated on a rising ground, surrounded by -palisades and entrenchments, protected by flanking redoubts, and -defended by a strong body of republican troops. This enterprise -was undertaken with cheerful alacrity; the flank battalion of the -foot guards stormed the works, and the SEVENTH light dragoons, led -by Lieut.-Colonel William Osborne, (a most gallant officer, who -had been twenty years in the regiment[6]), made a detour round -the village, followed by the Fifteenth light dragoons, under -Lieut.-Colonel Churchill. As the French soldiers began to give -way before the furious onset of the foot guards, and issuing from -among the houses, attempted to escape by the rear of the village, -they were charged by the two cavalry regiments with the most -distinguished bravery. The SEVENTH were in front on this occasion; -arriving at a _chevaux-de-frise_, a few men of the regiment -dismounted, and, though exposed to a sharp fire of musketry, -cleared a space for the troops to pass, when the two regiments -rushed with terrific violence upon the French infantry, broke their -ranks, and cut them down with a dreadful slaughter, capturing -three guns. When the two regiments returned from the pursuit, the -evening was far advanced, and they passed the night in the village. - -The Austrians having failed in several of their points of attack, -the enemy was enabled to bring nearly his whole force against the -daring Britons who had thus attacked his position; and the morning -of the 18th of May was ushered in by a tremendous cannonade. -Multitudes of French cavalry, infantry, and artillery, appeared -advancing in every direction; and by nine o'clock, Lieut.-General -Abercromby found the few men he had with him nearly surrounded -by crowds of opponents; at the same time he received orders from -the Duke of York to retire to the heights behind Roubaix. He fell -back fighting; and as he passed through the town, his rear was -pressed by hosts of enemies, who followed, shouting and assailing -the British with grape and musketry. From Roubaix the division -proceeded towards Lannoy; being beset by superior numbers, the -soldiers had to dispute every foot of ground, and to keep up a -running fight. The SEVENTH and Fifteenth light dragoons were -constantly engaged on the flanks and in the rear. _Lannoy_ being -found occupied by the French, the British division took to the -fields, passing over hedges and ditches, constantly fighting crowds -of opponents, the light cavalry evincing the most noble ardour and -intrepidity; and the SEVENTH thus exhibiting, under accumulated -disasters and difficulties, the innate bravery of Britons, and -the great value of light cavalry. One of the foot guards who was -present (Browne), observes in his Journal, "Our British light -cavalry which were with us (the Seventh, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth) -performed wonders of valour, charging the enemy with unexampled -courage whenever they approached; it was no uncommon thing to -see _one_ of them attack _three_ of the French dragoons at once, -in order to rescue the prisoners they were carrying off. It was -owing to their bravery that so few prisoners were taken; they also -retook numbers from the enemy. As soon as we reached the village -of Templeuve, we halted and formed; and from thence marched to our -former position, behind the village of Blandin. Our loss proved to -be very inconsiderable to what might have been expected, for it was -rather to be wondered at that one of us escaped." The loss of the -SEVENTH was, four horses killed; six men and ten horses wounded; -and fifteen men and thirty-two horses prisoners of war and missing. -The conduct of the British on this trying occasion was highly -commended by the Emperor of Germany; and the Duke of York expressed -his approbation of the valour and firmness of the corps engaged. - -The troops returned to their former position in front of -_Tournay_, where the British were attacked on the 22nd of May; -they repulsed their opponents, who were forced to retire with the -loss of seven pieces of artillery. The loss of the SEVENTH on this -occasion was limited to one troop horse. - -The immense numbers which the enemy was enabled to bring forward, -at length forced the allies to retreat from the Austrian -Netherlands to the United Provinces; and during this retrograde -movement the SEVENTH were frequently engaged in out-post duty, -in covering the retiring army, and in numerous rencounters with -detachments of French cavalry. - -Tn August the army was encamped near _Breda_, on a large plain -bestrewed with the vestiges of war, to give the Dutch an -opportunity of putting the fortress in a state of defence. While -at this camp, a piquet of the SEVENTH and Sixteenth light dragoons -surprised one of the enemy's out-guards. The French dragoons fled -at the first onset; and many of them forsook their horses to escape -across walls and other fences where mounted troopers could not -pursue them; seven men were, however, made prisoners, and forty -horses were captured. - -One hundred thousand French advanced to attack thirty-five thousand -British, and the Duke of York made a further retrograde movement. -In October the army defended the passage of the Waal from the -island of Bommel until it communicated with the Austrians on the -left. The enemy constructed batteries before _Nimeguen_; a sortie -was made on the 4th of November, in order to destroy the French -works, and the QUEEN'S OWN light dragoons formed part of the force -employed on this service. The infantry led on by Major-General -De Burgh (afterwards Earl of Clanricarde), stormed the enemy's -entrenchments in gallant style, when a dreadful carnage ensued, -the French fighting with resolution, but the British proved -irresistible with the bayonet: as the enemy fled from their works, -the SEVENTH and other cavalry charged them in the rear and cut them -down with great slaughter. "Here" (Captain Jones states in the -Historical Journal) "the British performed prodigies of valour": a -thousand opponents lay weltering on the plain and among the works; -the troops were thanked in general orders for their services on -this occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -At length a severe frost enabled the enemy to advance in the -beginning of 1795, across the rivers on the ice, and the British, -being no longer capable of resisting the very superior numbers -of their opponents, retired through Holland to Germany. During -this retreat the troops endured very great hardship and privation -from severe weather, and from the hostile spirit manifested by -the Dutch, who had imbibed principles favourable to the French -interest. The SEVENTH light dragoons were employed in covering -the retrograde movements, and had occasional skirmishes with -the enemy's leading corps. After their arrival in Germany, they -occupied quarters of refreshment for several weeks; during the -summer they were encamped on one of the plains of Westphalia; and -in November returned to England. - -On the decease of General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., his Majesty -conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General David -Dundas, by commission dated the 26th of December, 1795. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -[Sidenote: 1798] - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -The QUEEN'S OWN light dragoons occupied various quarters in England -until the summer of 1799, when they were encamped near Windsor, -and were reviewed by the King, who was pleased to express, in -very gracious terms, his royal approbation of their appearance -and field movements. In the mean time the British government had -resolved to make, in connection with the Russians, an attempt to -deliver Holland from the power of the French republic; and the -SEVENTH embarked for this service at Ramsgate, in the beginning of -September, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel HENRY LORD PAGET, -who was appointed to the command of the cavalry employed in this -expedition, consisting of the SEVENTH, Eleventh, Fifteenth, and -part of the Eighteenth light dragoons; the whole being under the -orders of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. - -On the advance of the army on the 19th of September, the SEVENTH -were attached to the column under Lieut.-General de Hermann, which -attacked the enemy at half-past three in the morning, and by -eight gained possession of _Bergen_, a large village surrounded -by extensive woods; but the Russians, overlooking the formidable -resistance they were to meet with, had not preserved the necessary -order, and they were driven back with the loss of many men, and -Lieut.-Generals de Hermann and Tchertchekoff taken prisoners. - -In the attack of the enemy's position on the 2nd of October, the -SEVENTH formed part of the cavalry attached to the column commanded -by Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, which advanced along the -beach to within a mile of _Egmont-op-Zee_, where a corps of French -infantry was posted among the sand-hills, with a numerous body of -cavalry and artillery on the beach. A sanguinary contest ensued, -in which the heroic perseverance of the British was conspicuous. -Late in the evening the enemy's cavalry made an attempt on the -British horse artillery on the beach: but were charged with -signal intrepidity by the light dragoons under Colonel LORD -PAGET, and driven with considerable loss nearly to the town. The -British established themselves among the sand-hills, where they -passed the night, and on the following day gained possession of -Egmont-op-Zee[7]. The SEVENTH had two men and four horses killed on -this occasion, and eleven men and twenty-five horses wounded. - -Part of the regiment was engaged on the 6th of October, in driving -the enemy from his position between _Beverwyck_ and _Wyck-op-Zee_, -which proved a sanguinary service; but the SEVENTH did not sustain -any loss. - -These gallant efforts were not seconded by the Dutch, and severe -weather, with other causes, having rendered a retreat necessary, -the SEVENTH under LORD PAGET, covered the movement. Some -skirmishing took place, and several pieces of cannon fell into the -hands of the enemy, when his lordship led one squadron on to the -charge with signal gallantry, and breaking in upon and repulsing a -force six times more numerous than his own, retook the cannon and -with them several pieces belonging to the enemy. - -Circumstances having occurred to induce the Duke of York to vacate -Holland, the regiment returned to England in December, and was -stationed at Canterbury. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -[Sidenote: 1801] - -In the year 1800 the QUEEN'S OWN light dragoons were stationed at -Windsor and Hounslow, to perform the escort duty for the royal -family; in 1801 they were quartered at Reading, with detached -troops in Sussex, from whence they were removed to Oxfordshire and -Wiltshire. - -Lieut.-General Sir David Dundas was removed to the Scots Greys in -May, 1801, and the lieut.-colonel of the SEVENTH, Colonel HENRY -W. LORD PAGET (now MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY), was advanced by King -George III. to the colonelcy of the regiment, as a special mark -of royal favour and approbation for his personal merit, and for -the excellent state of discipline and efficiency manifested on all -occasions by the corps under his orders. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -Peace having been concluded with the French republic, in 1802, -the establishment of the regiment was reduced; but in 1803, the -treacherous conduct of Napoleon Bonaparte gave rise to another war, -and the establishment was again augmented. When Bonaparte made his -ostentatious, but vain, preparations for the invasion of Great -Britain, the SEVENTH were stationed at Ipswich and Norwich, and -were held in readiness to repel the invaders, should they venture -to approach the shores of Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -In 1804 the establishment was augmented to ten troops. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -In 1805 directions were received for the light dragoon appointments -and clothing to be changed for those of HUSSARS; the alteration -took place on the 25th of December, 1807; and the regiment -subsequently obtained the designation of "SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, -REGIMENT OF HUSSARS." - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -After passing six years at Ipswich and Norwich, the SEVENTH HUSSARS -proceeded to Guildford in July, 1808; and when on their march -they were reviewed by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, on -Hounslow-heath. Important events had, in the mean time, transpired -on the continent and in the peninsula, and Portugal and Spain had -become subject to the tyrannical sway of Bonaparte, who had nearly -attained the zenith of his power. Portugal was delivered during the -summer of 1808, by British skill and valour; and a powerful effort -in aid of the Spaniards, who were endeavouring to free themselves -of the French yoke, having been resolved upon by the British -government, the SEVENTH HUSSARS were selected to take part in this -enterprise. - -Eight troops, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Vivian, and -consisting of two lieut.-colonels (Vivian and Kerrison), two -majors (Hon. Berkeley Paget and Hon. G. H. C. Cavendish), eight -captains, six lieutenants, four cornets, four staff-officers, -six quarter-masters, 717 non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, -and privates, and 677 troop-horses, embarked at Portsmouth in -October; on arriving at Corunna, in November, the horses were slung -overboard, and they swam to the shore. The regiment marched by -squadrons to Astorga, from whence it proceeded, with the Tenth and -Fifteenth hussars, towards Salamanca, to join the troops advancing -from Portugal under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, K.B. The British -commander had been promised that his advance should be covered -by a powerful and victorious Spanish army, and that numerous and -enthusiastic legions of patriots were ready to co-operate with -him; but not a Spanish soldier was in his front;--the enemy was at -hand;--those armies with which he had been ordered to co-operate -had been routed and dispersed, and Bonaparte was approaching the -capital of Spain in triumph. Twenty-three thousand Britons were -not able to cope with three hundred thousand French; but Sir John -Moore resolved to push boldly forward, and menace the French lines, -that he might thus draw Bonaparte with a powerful army from the -capital, which would give time for the southern provinces of Spain -to organize their means of resistance, and for the discomfited -Spanish armies to re-assemble. The boldness and ability with which -this resolution was executed, surprised Napoleon, and deserve the -commendation of posterity. The SEVENTH HUSSARS were employed in -this enterprise, and a piquet of the regiment was engaged on the -21st of December, with the Tenth and Fifteenth hussars, commanded -by Lieut.-General LORD PAGET, in driving a body of French dragoons -from _Sahagun_, when about twenty of the enemy were killed, -and thirteen officers and one hundred and fifty-four men taken -prisoners, in a sharp sword-fight which lasted about twenty minutes. - -The approach of Bonaparte with an immense army rendered it -necessary for the British to withdraw, and the heavy baggage, with -several brigades of infantry, commenced retiring; at the same -time the cavalry patroles advanced up to the French lines and -skirmished, to conceal the retrograde movement. On the morning of -the 25th of December a squadron of the SEVENTH HUSSARS, commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel Kerrison, advanced towards _Carrion_, and -encountering a French detachment of about equal numbers, made -them all prisoners except the officer, who wounded Lieut.-Colonel -Kerrison in the arm, and escaped. - -The regiment commenced its retreat a few hours after this affair; -and the army rested two days at _Benevente_, a rich open town -situate in a plain extending from the Gallician mountains to the -neighbourhood of Burgos. The infantry afterwards continued the -retreat, while the cavalry remained in the town, and had parties -watching the fords of the little river Esla. Soon after day-break -on the 29th of December, six hundred cavalry of the French imperial -guard crossed the stream and advanced into the plain; the British -detachments retired fighting, and a piquet of the SEVENTH HUSSARS, -under Lieutenant Lowther, was sharply engaged. Being joined by -part of the Third German hussars, the piquets charged the French -leading squadrons with signal gallantry, the ground was obstinately -disputed, and a particularly animating scene presented itself. -Baggage mules and followers of the army were scattered over the -plain, the town was filled with tumult, the distant piquets and -videts were galloping in from right and left; the French were -pressing forward, and every appearance indicated that the enemy's -whole army was come up and passing the river. Suddenly LORD PAGET -led the Tenth hussars at speed into the plain; the piquets that -were engaged united, and the whole charged. In an instant the scene -changed, the French were seen galloping back, with the British -at their heels; they plunged into the stream without breaking -their ranks, and having gained the opposite heights, they wheeled -round and appeared inclined to come forward a second time; but -the British horse artillery opening upon them, they retired. -Fifty-five killed and wounded Frenchmen lay on the plain, their -general, Lefebre Desnouettes, and several other officers, were -taken prisoners, and many of those who escaped across the river, -were wounded. The piquet of the SEVENTH HUSSARS suffered severely, -nearly every man being either killed or wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -The enemy planted heavy cannon on the bank of the river, and made a -show of re-crossing; but LORD PAGET guarded the fords all the day, -and at night withdrew with the cavalry. The SEVENTH were constantly -in the rear of the army, with the other hussar regiments, during -the remainder of the retreat; they, however, suffered little from -the swords of the enemy; but the effects of frost, snow, and of a -deficiency in the supplies of provision and forage, were severely -felt. The want of horse-shoes was a serious evil, which was owing -to the impracticability of the forge carts accompanying the -regiment. When the army withdrew from the position at Lugo, during -the night of the 8th of January, 1809, the SEVENTH HUSSARS were -left behind to keep up the bivouac fires, and to cover the retreat, -and they were in the rear of the army until it arrived within -three leagues of Corunna. - -On arriving at Corunna, the regiment mounted two hundred and fifty -horses only, out of six hundred and eighty which had marched -from that port about two months before, and many of those which -remained, were destroyed for the want of transport, which could -be obtained only for the officers' horses and for about ninety -troop-horses. - -The French were defeated in a general action fought on the 16th -of January, when SIR JOHN MOORE fell mortally wounded. The army -afterwards embarked and returned to England. Thus the British had -intercepted the blow which was descending to crush Spain; time had -been given to enable the patriots to re-organize their armies; -and Bonaparte being recalled to France, by the news that Austria -and Russia were arming to oppose him, the war was protracted in -Spain. On the passage to England the Despatch transport, having -on board Major the Hon. G. C. Cavendish, Captain G. Dukinfield, -and Lieutenant the Hon. Edward Waldegrave, with one hundred and -thirteen men, and forty-four horses, was wrecked near the Lizard, -on the coast of Cornwall, and only seven men escaped. - -After its arrival from Spain, the regiment was quartered at -Guildford, from whence it proceeded to Weymouth; in May, 1810, it -embarked at Liverpool for Ireland, and was stationed at Dublin, -with detached troops at Athy and Carlow. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -In 1811 the head-quarters were removed to Dundalk, where they -remained during the year 1812; and in 1813 the regiment embarked at -Dublin for England. - -Having landed at Liverpool, the regiment proceeded to London; it -was stationed at Hyde Park barracks, Hampton Court, and Hounslow, -and performed the king's duty during the absence of the household -cavalry on foreign service. - -The glorious victories gained by the allied army under Field -Marshal the Marquis of Wellington had, in the mean time, -accomplished the deliverance of Portugal, and of nearly all Spain, -from the despotic sway of Bonaparte, and the SEVENTH HUSSARS were -selected to take part in completing the overthrow of the tyrannical -power of Napoleon. Eight troops, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. -Hussey Vivian, embarked at Portsmouth on the 15th of August, and -landed at Bilboa, the capital of Biscay, in Spain, on the 1st -of September; and two additional troops joined from England in -October. The regiment was formed in brigade with the Tenth and -Fifteenth hussars, commanded by Major-General Lord Edward Somerset. - -After the surrender of the castle of St. Sebastian the regiment -advanced, and having joined the army, supported the infantry at -the passage of the _Bidassoa_, and advanced as far as Vera on the -borders of France. The SEVENTH HUSSARS subsequently retired through -the Pyrenean mountains to the vicinity of Pampeluna, which fortress -surrendered on the 31st of October. - -Colonel Richard Hussey Vivian having been appointed to the command -of a brigade of cavalry, the command of the regiment devolved on -Lieut.-Colonel Edward Kerrison. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -After occupying village cantonments near Pampeluna for several -weeks, the SEVENTH HUSSARS marched through the Pyrenees and -joined the army in France. On the 18th of December they took the -out-post duty at Cambo, a town eight miles from Bayonne, where -the French army, under Marshal Soult, lay in a fortified camp. On -the 31st of December, the regiment took the out-post duty on the -road leading to St. Jean Pied de Port, where a French division -was stationed. The weather becoming very severe, the regiment -went into cantonments in the beginning of 1814, near Hasparan, in -Gascony, thirteen miles from Bayonne: in these quarters forage was -particularly scarce, and the horses suffered in condition from -being fed on chopped gorse and about three pounds of oats a day. -The foraging parties sent towards the French lines, had frequent -skirmishes, and on one of these occasions, Captain Peter Augustus -Heyliger was wounded. - -The weather having become more clear, the army advanced in the -middle of February, and on the 24th the hussar brigade proceeded to -the bank of the Gave d'Oléron, in the expectation of being engaged. -Captain Fraser and twelve men of the SEVENTH passed the river under -a heavy fire, and were followed by Captain Verner's squadron, for -the purpose of supporting a body of infantry which had crossed the -stream and were seriously engaged; but the enemy being in force, -and the ground such that cavalry could not act, the squadron was -re-called. The enemy abandoning his position, the regiment crossed -the river in pursuit, and halted at the village of Boren. - -Marshal Soult concentrated his forces behind the Pau at _Orthes_; -the allies advanced to attack him; and the SEVENTH HUSSARS, having -crossed the river, were engaged in driving the enemy from his -position on the 27th of February. About 10 o'clock the regiment -was ordered to cover the sixth division and the guns; and when -the French gave way, it dashed forward in pursuit, and by a -brilliant charge it overthrew a body of opponents, and took sixty -prisoners: this occurred about 3 o'clock. Shortly afterwards -the regiment was again ordered to charge, and being led forward -by Colonel Kerrison with signal gallantry, it was once more -successful, and sixteen officers, with about seven hundred men, -were made prisoners. The Marquis of Wellington observed in his -public despatch: "Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton took -advantage of the only opportunity which occurred, to charge with -Major-General Lord Edward Somerset's brigade in the neighbourhood -of _Sault de Navailles_, where the enemy had been driven from the -high road by Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill. _The_ SEVENTH -HUSSARS _distinguished themselves upon this occasion, and made many -prisoners_." - -The regiment had four men and five horses killed; Major William -Thornhill, Captain P. A. Heyliger, Lieutenant Robert Douglas, nine -men, and eleven horses wounded. - -After the battle of Orthes the SEVENTH HUSSARS were employed a -short time at Villeneuve de Marsan, in the department of the -Landes; also at Roquefort and Captieux, in protecting the rear -of the army from the depredations of parties of brigands. From -these quarters the regiment advanced, and rejoining the army near -_Toulouse_, supported the infantry in the action at that place on -the 10th of April. - -When the French withdrew from Toulouse, the regiment moved forward -and was employed in the out-post duty. - -At length hostilities were terminated by the abdication of -Bonaparte and the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty. Thus a war -of unprincipled aggression, begun in acts of fraud and perfidy, -and carried on with treachery, cruelty, and rapine, ended with the -downfall of its author, and the humiliation and dispersion of his -boasted invincible legions. - -After the termination of hostilities, the regiment reposed a month -in village cantonments; and on the 1st of June commenced its march -for Boulogne, where it embarked for England, and, after landing, -it marched to Romford, and in September to Brighton. Its services -were subsequently rewarded with the honour of bearing the word -"PENINSULA" upon its appointments. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -Riots having occurred in London towards the end of February and in -the beginning of March, 1815, in consequence of the introduction -into Parliament of a bill to regulate the importation of grain, -the SEVENTH HUSSARS were suddenly ordered to proceed thither from -Brighton. - -The return of Bonaparte to France, the sudden defection of the -forces of Louis XVIII., and the elevation of the usurper to the -throne, filled Europe with astonishment. War was resolved upon, and -on the 25th of March three squadrons of the QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS, -commanded by Col. Sir Edward Kerrison, marched from London for -foreign service; they embarked at Dover, landed at Ostend, and, -after marching a few stages up the country, went into cantonments, -and were formed in brigade with the Fifteenth hussars, and -Second hussars of the King's German legion, under the orders of -Major-General Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B. On the 29th of May they -were reviewed, with other brigades of the cavalry, by Field-Marshal -his Grace the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by Marshal Von -Blucher, the commander of the Prussian army. - -Bonaparte, endeavouring, by one of those rapid movements for -which he had been so famous, to interpose between the British and -Prussian armies, and beat them in detail, suddenly attacked and -drove in the out-posts, and early on the morning of the 16th of -June the SEVENTH HUSSARS advanced to support the troops engaged -at _Quatre Bras_. After a march of many miles, they arrived at -the scene of conflict; the French were repulsed, and the troops -bivouacked in the fields. - -The Prussians having been defeated and forced to retreat, the Duke -of Wellington made a corresponding movement on the 17th of June, to -preserve his communication with them, and the SEVENTH HUSSARS were -engaged, with other corps, in covering this retrograde movement. -On passing through the village of _Genappe_, the French lancers -began to press upon the rear of the retiring army, and the SEVENTH -were directed by their colonel, Lieutenant-General the Earl of -Uxbridge, to charge. This order was executed with signal bravery; -but the lancers, being sustained by a great mass of cavalry, and -having their flanks secure, presented an almost impenetrable row -of pikes, through which the hussars were unable to break. The -regiment rallied and charged a second time; but the lancers, being -well supported and advantageously posted, were enabled to maintain -their ground. Some impression had, however, been made, and two -squadrons of the first regiment of life guards coming up at speed, -the weight and power of their charge broke the lancers, who were -pursued through the village with great slaughter. The retreat -was afterwards continued with skirmishing and cannonading to the -position in front of the village of _Waterloo_, where the army -passed the night exposed to a heavy rain. - -On the following day the hard contested and sanguinary battle -of _Waterloo_ was fought,--a battle memorable in the annals of -Europe,--where the fate of empires was decided by the sword, and -the British troops acquired immortal honour! During the early -part of the action the SEVENTH HUSSARS supported the infantry, -and towards the evening they were ordered forward. Moving from -Hugomont, they acted nearly on the reverse of the enemy, and by -a series of brilliant charges, most nobly executed, contributed -to the final overthrow of the French army. On this occasion -the officers and men proved their resolution to support the -high character which the regiment had so long borne; and their -conduct was publicly noticed and attested in the strongest -and most unequivocal terms by the commander of the cavalry, -Lieutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge, who, after having gone -through this arduous day, received a wound at the close of the -action by which he lost his right leg. - -The loss of the regiment on the 17th and 18th of June was, one -serjeant, fifty-five rank and file, and eighty-four horses killed; -Captains J. W. Robins, W. Vernor, and P. A. Heyliger; Lieutenants -R. Douglas, E. Peters, and R. Beattie; with nine serjeants, one -trumpeter, eighty-three rank and file, and one hundred and sixteen -horses wounded. - -The gallant conduct of the regiment on this occasion, was -subsequently rewarded with the honour of bearing the word -"WATERLOO" on its appointments; the officers and men received each -a silver medal; and the privilege of reckoning two years' service -for that day, was conferred on the subaltern officers, and also on -the non-commissioned officers and private men. - -On the 19th of June, the regiment advanced in pursuit of the -French, who fled in dismay towards Paris; on the evening of -the 24th, it was at the capture of _Cambray_ by escalade, by -Lieut.-General Sir Charles Colville's division. On arriving at the -vicinity of Paris, the war was terminated, by the surrender of the -capital, and the restoration of Louis XVIII. to the throne of his -ancestors. - -After occupying village cantonments near Paris for several months, -and taking part in several grand reviews, at which the Emperors -of Russia and Austria, and the Kings of Prussia and France, were -present, the SEVENTH HUSSARS were selected to form part of the -army of occupation in France, and they proceeded to Estaples and -neighbouring villages. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -In the summer of 1816, the SEVENTH marched to quarters between -St. Omer and Dunkirk, for the purpose of field exercise and -review, and were joined by a squadron from England. On the 22nd of -October, the Duke of Wellington reviewed the army on the plains of -St. Denain, and witnessed the troops go through the formula of a -mock engagement. The SEVENTH afterwards returned to their former -quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -In February, 1817, the regiment was again quartered near St. -Omer, for the convenience of field exercise; it was subsequently -stationed between Cambray and Valenciennes, and was again reviewed -in October, by the Duke of Wellington, together with the remainder -of British troops, and the Saxons, Danes, and Hanoverians. The -regiment was afterwards stationed at Cassel and adjacent villages. - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -Several changes of quarters took place in 1818; and the regiment -was at the grand military spectacles, when the army was seen by -their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Cumberland, and -when the Russians, British, Saxons, Danes, and Hanoverians were -reviewed, by the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Prince of -Orange, Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael, &c., &c. After these -reviews, the army of occupation quitted France: the SEVENTH HUSSARS -embarked at Calais, landed at Dover and Ramsgate, and marched to -Chertsey, &c. - -On the night of the 1st of December the regiment attended the -funeral of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -[Sidenote: 1820] - -In 1819, the regiment marched to Scotland; in August, 1820, it -embarked at Port Patrick for Ireland; and the head-quarters were -stationed twelve months at Dundalk. - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -In August, 1821, the regiment marched to Dublin, on the occasion of -the visit of His Majesty King George IV. to the capital of Ireland. -On the 18th of August, the king reviewed the SEVENTH HUSSARS, with -the other troops in garrison at Dublin, on which occasion the -regiment was commanded by its colonel, the Marquis of Anglesey. In -September the establishment was reduced from eight to six troops. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -Leaving Dublin in December, 1822, the regiment proceeded to -Newbridge; in June, 1823, it embarked at Waterford, and landing -at Bristol, proceeded to Richmond and other villages in the -neighbourhood of Hounslow. - -On the 15th of July the two regiments of life guards, Blues, Third -light dragoons, and SEVENTH and Fifteenth hussars, with a brigade -of horse artillery, were reviewed on Hounslow-heath by his Royal -Highness the Duke of York. - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -After the review the SEVENTH HUSSARS marched to Brighton, -Chichester, and Hastings, with detachments on revenue duty on the -coast; but returned to the vicinity of Hounslow in the spring -of 1824, the head-quarters being at Hampton Court; and on the -7th of July they were again reviewed, with the same corps as in -the preceding year, on Hounslow-heath, by the Duke of York. The -head-quarters were afterwards removed to Hounslow barracks, and the -regiment took the escort duty. - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -In July, 1825, the regiment proceeded to York, Beverley, and -Newcastle; in April, 1826, it marched to Scotland, and was -stationed at Edinburgh and Perth, with parties on revenue duty at -Cupar, Angus, and Forfar; and in March, 1827, it left Scotland for -the South of England. - -On the 12th of April the SEVENTH HUSSARS were reviewed on -Hounslow-heath by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who was pleased -to express his unqualified approbation of their appearance and -discipline. After the review they continued their march to Brighton -and Chichester. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -[Sidenote: 1829] - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -Leaving these quarters, the regiment proceeded to Liverpool in -March, 1828, and embarking for Ireland, landed at Dublin, where it -was stationed until May, 1829, when it was removed to Newbridge, -and in May, 1830, to Dundalk, Monaghan, and Belturbet. - -On the 2d of August, 1830, a general order was issued for the -whole of the cavalry, with the exception of the Royal Horse -Guards (Blues), to be dressed in _red_; the SEVENTH HUSSARS were -consequently furnished with red pelisses in the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1831] - -The regiment left Dundalk, &c., in April, 1831, for Newbridge, and -in June proceeded to Dublin and embarked for England. After landing -at Liverpool, it marched to Birmingham, with detached troops at -Coventry and Kidderminster. - -[Sidenote: 1832] - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -In March, 1832, the regiment proceeded to Norwich, Ipswich, and one -troop to Boston. In the month of March of the following year it -proceeded to Scotland, and was stationed at Hamilton and Glasgow, -and in February, 1834, performed much extra duty in consequence -of riots among the cotton spinners and calico printers in the -neighbourhood of Glasgow. - -[Sidenote: 1835] - -On the 2d of May, 1834, the regiment left its quarters in Scotland, -and proceeding to England, was stationed at York and Newcastle; and -in April, 1835, it marched to Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, and -Boston. - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -In April, 1836, the regiment proceeded to Hounslow, and took the -escort duty. In June, 1837, it embarked at Bristol for Ireland, -landed at Cork, and the head-quarters were established at -Ballincollig, from whence they were removed in August to Cork, and -in September to Dublin, where they passed the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -Orders having been received for the regiment to transfer its -services to Canada, it was divided into four service and two depôt -troops; the service troops embarked at Cork on the 1st of May, -1838; and arrived at Montreal in June. In November, 1838, they were -employed against the insurgents in Lower Canada, and one troop was -similarly employed in January, 1839. - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -During the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, the service troops were -stationed at Montreal and Laprairie. In the year 1841 orders were -received to resume blue pelisses. The Service Troops have continued -in Canada to the summer of 1842, the date of the conclusion of this -memoir. - - -The record of the services of the SEVENTH, or QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS, -for a period of one hundred and fifty years, (as contained in the -preceding pages,) exhibits a proof, among the other portions of -the British army, of attachment to their officers, of loyalty and -fidelity to their sovereign, and of zeal and devotedness to their -country. On all occasions, when their services have been required -to meet a foreign enemy, they have entered upon the difficulties of -active warfare with readiness and a determination to perform the -duties allotted them; and their bravery and contempt of danger have -been strongly evinced. Their gallantry at the battle of Dettingen -in 1743; their conduct at _Warbourg_ in 1760, under the Marquis -of Granby, and on other occasions in Germany during the Seven -years' War;--their boldness and intrepid bearing in conflict with -the enemy at _Cateau_, _Roubaix_, _Tournay_, and _Mouvaux_, under -the Duke of York, in 1794, which received His Royal Highness's -strongest commendations, afford instances of the most determined -bravery. - -The proofs of true courage were further adduced by the firm -conduct of the SEVENTH HUSSARS in the advance into Spain under -Lieut.-General Sir John Moore in 1808, and in the retreat to -Corunna in January, 1809, as detailed in the Regimental Record. -The gallantry of the regiment at the battle of Waterloo, in June, -1815, gained an imperishable addition to its fame; and the deeds -of the officers and men, who fought on that glorious occasion, -are sufficient to perpetuate an emulous desire in the present and -future members of the corps to rival the exertions of their brave -predecessors. - -The smart, active, and soldier-like appearance of the regiment, -its correct and orderly conduct in quarters, and its gallantry in -the field, have acquired a high character in the estimation of the -country, and proved it to be a valuable acquisition to the crown -and to the government. - -In thus recording the commendations due to so distinguished a -regiment as the SEVENTH Hussars, the compiler of this Record, with -true respect towards the gallant officer and nobleman at the head -of the corps, ventures to associate his fame and honour with those -of his regiment, with which, for more than forty years, they have -been identified: General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G. and G.C.B., -assumed the command of the SEVENTH Hussars as Lieutenant-Colonel on -the 6th of April, 1797; he shared with his regiment in the dangers -and honours of the conflicts in Holland in 1799; at Sahagun and -Benevente in 1808; in the retreat to Corunna in 1809; and at the -all-crowning victory of Waterloo in 1815, where he lost his leg by -a cannon shot. In future ages the gallant and heroic deeds of this -nobleman will be the admiration of every member and friend of the -British army. - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE SEVENTH, - -OR - -QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT - -OF - -HUSSARS. - - -ROBERT CUNNINGHAM. - -_Appointed 30th December, 1690._ - -ROBERT CUNNINGHAM was an officer of reputation in the Scots brigade -in the service of Holland, and was wounded at the battle of St. -Denis, in 1678. Proceeding to Scotland, he became a warm advocate -for the principles of the Revolution of 1688, and having performed -faithful services in that cause, he was rewarded with the colonelcy -of a regiment of foot formed during the winter of 1689-90. When -the clans tendered their submission to King William's government, -Colonel Cunningham's regiment was disbanded, and he obtained the -command of a corps of dragoons, now the SEVENTH HUSSARS. He served -with his regiment, under King William, in the Netherlands, during -the campaigns of 1694, 1695, and 1696, and in the summer of the -last-mentioned year he commanded a brigade of dragoons in Flanders. -At the close of the campaign he was succeeded in the colonelcy by -Lord Jedburgh. - - -WILLIAM, LORD JEDBURGH. - -_Appointed 1st October, 1696._ - -The Honorable WILLIAM KERR, son of Robert, fourth Earl and first -Marquis of Lothian, steadily supported the principles of the -Revolution, and rose to the rank of colonel in the army on the -1st of March, 1692. He succeeded, in the same year, to the title -of LORD JEDBURGH; and on the 1st of October, 1696, King William -appointed him to the colonelcy of a regiment of dragoons, now the -SEVENTH HUSSARS. In 1702, Queen Anne promoted him to the rank -of brigadier-general. On the decease of his father, in 1703, -he succeeded to the title of MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN[8]. The rank -of major-general was conferred on his lordship in 1704; in the -succeeding year he was invested with the order of the Thistle; and -in January, 1707, he obtained the rank of lieut.-general. On the -25th of April following he obtained the colonelcy of the third foot -guards, from which he was removed in 1713, in consequence of his -political views not being in accordance with those of Queen Anne's -new ministry. After the accession of King George I., his lordship -was appointed to the staff of North Britain. He died in 1722. - - -PATRICK, LORD POLWARTH. - -_Appointed 28th April, 1707._ - -This officer was the son of Sir Patrick Hume, of Polwarth, who was -one of the most conspicuous and vigorous characters of the age in -which he lived, was a strenuous opposer of the proceedings of King -Charles II. in Scotland, and was created, by King William, Lord -Polwarth, and Earl of Marchmont. - -PATRICK HUME was educated in Holland, and the Prince of Orange gave -him a commission in the Dutch service. He accompanied His Highness -to England at the Revolution, and when his father was elevated to -the dignity of Earl of Marchmont, he was styled LORD POLWARTH. He -was appointed major of a regiment of dragoons, now SEVENTH HUSSARS, -in 1694; lieut.-colonel in 1697, and colonel in 1707. He died in -1709. - - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM KERR. - -_Appointed 10th October, 1709._ - -The Honorable WILLIAM KERR, third son of Robert, Earl of Roxburgh, -and brother of John, first Duke of Roxburgh, served with reputation -on the continent, under the celebrated John, Duke of Marlborough. -In 1709 he was rewarded with the command of a regiment of dragoons, -now SEVENTH HUSSARS, and on the accession of King George I. he -was appointed groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales. He -highly distinguished himself at the battle of Dumblain, on the 13th -of November, 1715, where, according to the accounts published at -the time, he had three horses killed under him, was wounded in -the thigh, and had his coat torn by a pistol bullet. The care and -attention which he paid to the interests of his corps, procured -him the affection and esteem of the officers and soldiers. He was -promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1727, to that of -major-general in 1735, and to that of lieut.-general in 1739. He -died in 1741, after commanding the regiment nearly thirty-two years. - - -JOHN COPE. - -_Appointed 12th August, 1741._ - -JOHN COPE entered the army in March, 1707, and speedily rose -to the lieut.-colonelcy in the second or Scots troop of horse -grenadier guards. He obtained the rank of colonel in the army in -1711. In 1730 he was promoted from the horse grenadier guards -to the colonelcy of the thirty-ninth foot, from which he was -removed to the fifth foot, in 1732. He was promoted to the rank -of brigadier-general in 1735; was removed to the ninth dragoons -in 1737; and advanced to the rank of major-general two years -afterwards. He served several years on the staff of Ireland, -obtained the colonelcy of the SEVENTH dragoons in 1741, and -proceeded, in the summer of 1742, to Flanders with the army -commanded by Field-Marshal the Earl of Stair. In the beginning of -the following year he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, -and having signalized himself, under the eye of his sovereign, at -the head of the second line of cavalry, at the battle of Dettingen, -he was constituted a knight of the Bath. - -SIR JOHN COPE was commander-in-chief in Scotland when the rebellion -of 1745 broke out in the Highlands, and a small body of troops, -under his immediate command, was defeated by the clans under the -young Pretender, at Preston Pans, which unfortunate circumstance -enabled the rebels to penetrate into England. He died in 1760. - - -JOHN MOSTYN. - -_Appointed 18th August, 1760._ - -JOHN MOSTYN served in the thirty-first foot, in which corps -he rose to the rank of captain, and in 1742 he was appointed -captain-lieutenant in the second foot guards. Having joined his -company on foreign service, he was engaged at the battle of -Fontenoy, where the foot guards highly distinguished themselves, -and he was wounded. In December, 1747, he was promoted to the -rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to King George II.; -and in 1751 he obtained the colonelcy of the seventh foot, from -which he was removed to the thirteenth dragoons in 1754. In 1757 -he was promoted to the rank of major-general; he was removed to -the fifth dragoons in 1758, and to the SEVENTH dragoons in 1760. -He commanded a brigade of infantry under the Duke of Marlborough -in the expedition to the coast of France in 1758; in 1759 he was -promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and serving in Germany -under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, he distinguished himself on -several occasions. At the conclusion of the war he was removed to -the first dragoon guards, and was promoted in 1772, to the rank of -general. He died in March, 1779. - - -SIR GEORGE HOWARD, K.B. - -_Appointed 13th May, 1763._ - -GEORGE HOWARD entered the army in the reign of King George I., -and after serving the crown a period of nineteen years, he -obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of the third foot on the 2nd of -April, 1744. He commanded the regiment at the battles of Fontenoy, -Falkirk, Culloden, and Val; and in 1749 he succeeded his father -in the colonelcy of the corps. He served with distinction in -Germany during the seven years' war; was promoted to the rank of -major-general in 1758, and to that of lieut.-general in 1760: and -at the conclusion of the peace in 1763, he was removed to the -SEVENTH dragoons, and advanced to the dignity of a knight of the -Bath. In 1777 he was promoted to the rank of general; in April, -1779, he was removed to the first dragoon guards; and was promoted -to the rank of field-marshal in October 1793; he was also a member -of the privy council, and governor of Jersey. He died on the 16th -of July, 1796. - - -SIR HENRY CLINTON, K.B. - -_Appointed 21st April, 1779._ - -HENRY CLINTON, grandson of Francis, sixth Earl of Lincoln, held -a commission in an independent company of foot at New York, from -which he was removed in 1751, to a lieutenancy in the second -foot guards, and in 1758 he was promoted to the rank of captain -and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards. Having gained great -credit for his conduct during the seven years' war, in which the -foot guards had several opportunities of acquiring distinction, -he was promoted, in 1762, to the rank of colonel in the army; -and in November, 1766, King George III. rewarded him with the -colonelcy of the twelfth regiment of foot, then at Gibraltar; he -was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1772. On the breaking -out of hostilities in America, in 1775, this distinguished officer -was sent with reinforcements to General Gage, at Boston, with -the local rank of lieut.-general, and signalized himself at the -battle of Bunker's Hill. In January, 1776, he was promoted to the -local rank of general in America; he proceeded to North Carolina, -and commanded the troops which made an unsuccessful attempt on -Charlestown; and afterwards commanded a division of the army, -under General Sir William Howe, in the descent on Long Island. -In the action at Brooklyn he evinced ardour and ability; also in -the skirmish at White Plains, and in the capture of Rhode Island, -in December, the same year. In 1777, he commanded the troops at -New York, and captured forts Clinton and Montgomery, and was -rewarded with the order of the Bath. In 1778 he was appointed -commander-in-chief in North America; in May he joined the army at -Philadelphia from whence he withdrew to New York, and while on -the march he repulsed an attack of the Americans at Freehold. He -subsequently had success in several affairs of minor importance; -and while engaged in these services, he was appointed to the -colonelcy of the SEVENTH dragoons. In December, 1779, he embarked -with a large force for South Carolina, and, after overcoming -numerous difficulties, he captured Charlestown, for which he -received the thanks of parliament. He sustained the character -of a brave, zealous, and accomplished officer; but he was so -circumstanced in America, that he was unable to add much to his -reputation by the energetic and gallant efforts which he made in -that country; and after experiencing pain and mortification from -numerous causes, he returned to England in June, 1782, having been -succeeded by General Carleton, afterwards Lord Dorchester. - -The rank of general in the army was conferred on SIR HENRY CLINTON -in 1793; he held the government of Limerick; and in 1795 he was -appointed governor of Gibraltar. He was many years a member of -parliament; and was also groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of -Gloucester. His decease occurred on the 23rd of December, 1795. - - -DAVID DUNDAS. - -_Appointed 26th December, 1795._ - -DAVID DUNDAS was one of the most distinguished officers of the age -in which he lived, for his perfect knowledge of the principles of -military tactics. He commenced his military education at the age -of thirteen in the academy at Woolwich, and at fifteen he assisted -in a survey of Scotland; in 1756 obtained a commission in the -fifty-sixth regiment. In 1758 he proceeded with the expedition -to the coast of France as an assistant quarter-master-general; -and in the following year obtained the command of a troop in a -newly-raised regiment of light dragoons (Eliott's light horse), now -the fifteenth, or King's hussars. He served with his regiment in -Germany in 1760 and 1761; in the following summer he accompanied -an expedition to Cuba, as aide-de-camp to Major-General Eliott, -and was actively employed in the reduction of the Havannah. After -the peace he resumed his post in his regiment, in which he rose -to the rank of major; and, urged by an ardent desire to acquire a -perfect knowledge of every branch of his profession, he obtained -permission to proceed to the continent, to observe the practice -of the French and Austrian armies. In 1775 he procured the -lieut.-colonelcy of the twelfth light dragoons, joined the regiment -in Ireland shortly afterwards, and in 1778 obtained the appointment -of quarter-master-general in that country. In 1782 he was removed -to the lieut.-colonelcy of the second Irish horse, now the fifth -dragoon guards. In 1785 he again proceeded to the continent, -attended the exercises of the Prussian troops during three summers, -and after his return he presented His Majesty with a detailed -account of their evolutions. - -Colonel Dundas, having become a proficient tactician, produced, -in 1788, a highly useful work on the principles of military -movements, which became the basis of our army regulations for -field exercises. His abilities obtained for him the favour and -attention of King George III., who appointed him adjutant-general -in Ireland, for the purpose of introducing his system of tactics -into the army of that country. In 1790 Colonel Dundas was promoted -to the rank of major-general. In 1791 he obtained the colonelcy -of the twenty-second foot, and in the same year was placed on the -Irish staff, but he resigned that appointment in 1793 to engage in -service of actual warfare. After the commencement of hostilities -with the French republic, Major-General Dundas was employed on a -military mission to the island of Jersey, and was subsequently -sent to the continent to confer with the Duke of York respecting -the siege of Dunkirk. From Flanders he proceeded to Toulon, which -had recently been taken possession of by a British armament; and -his services there, although he was ultimately obliged to evacuate -the place, called forth the approbation of his sovereign and of -the British nation. After abandoning Toulon, he made a descent -on Corsica, which island was reduced and annexed to the British -dominions; but shortly afterwards he received directions to proceed -to Flanders, where he arrived in the spring of 1794, and commanded -a brigade of cavalry at the battle of Tournay on the 22d of May, -1794. Major-General Dundas was actively employed in the retreat -through Holland, and the corps under his immediate command gained -considerable advantage over the enemy in two successive actions -near Gelder-Malsen; he highly distinguished himself also in an -attack upon the French post at Thuyl, in December of the same year. -He continued with the British troops in Germany during the summer -of 1795, and in December was appointed colonel of the SEVENTH -Light Dragoons. After his return to England he was appointed -quarter-master-general to the army; and he composed the celebrated -regulations for the field exercises and movements for the cavalry, -which were approved by his Royal Highness the Duke of York and by -King George III., and ordered to be exclusively adopted throughout -the cavalry. - -In 1799 Lieut.-General Dundas commanded a division of the allied -army under the Duke of York, in the expedition to Holland; he -distinguished himself in several actions with the enemy, and was -highly commended by His Royal Highness in his public despatches. -In 1801 he was appointed colonel of the second, or Royal North -British dragoons, and was constituted governor of Fort George. -In 1802 he was promoted to the rank of general; and in the -following year, when the French were preparing to invade England, -he was placed in command of the troops in the southern district, -which comprised the counties of Kent and Sussex. In 1804 he was -appointed governor of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, and created -a Knight of the Bath. On the 18th of March, 1809, His Majesty was -pleased to confer on this distinguished veteran the appointment of -commander-in-chief of the army, on the resignation of Field-Marshal -His Royal Highness the Duke of York, which appointment he -held until the 25th of May, 1811, when His Royal Highness was -re-appointed. He was also appointed colonel-in-chief of the rifle -brigade on the 31st of August, 1809. He was promoted to the -colonelcy of the King's dragoon guards on the 27th of January, -1813. He died in 1820, after a distinguished service of upwards of -sixty years. - - -HENRY W., LORD PAGET, - -NOW - -MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, KG., GCB., K.ST.P., GCH. - -_Appointed 16th May, 1801._ - - - - -SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS - -OF THE - -SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, REGIMENT OF HUSSARS. - - - +----------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+ - | Name. | Date of | Remarks. | - | | Appointment. | | - +----------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+ - | William Forbes | Dec. 30, 1690 | Removed in 1697. | - | | | | - | Hon. Patrick Hume, } | March 30, 1697 | { Appointed colonel of the | - | afterwards Lord } | | { regiment, April 28, 1707. | - | Polwarth } | | { | - | | | | - | Sir John Johnston | April 28, 1707 | Removed in 1711. | - | | | | - | Archibald Lord } | Oct. 30, 1711 | { Promoted to the colonelcy of | - | Wandale, } | | { the third foot, April 4, | - | afterwards Earl } | | { 1713.--Died of wounds | - | of Forfar } | | { received at the battle of | - | | | { Dumblain in 1715. | - | | | | - | James Lord Torphichen| April 4, 1713 | { Distinguished himself at the | - | Re-appointed | Jan. 31, 1715 | { battle of Dumblain.--Retired | - | | | { in 1722. | - | | | | - | | | { Promoted to the colonelcy of | - | Thomas Fowke | June 25, 1722 | { the 54th foot (afterwards | - | | | { disbanded) in 1741. | - | | | | - | William Erskine | Jan. 21, 1741 | Retired in 1751. | - | | | | - | John Guerin | March 3, 1751 | Removed in 1757. | - | | | | - | George Lawson Hall | May 14, 1757 | Retired in 1761. | - | | | | - | John Litchfield | Oct. 14, 1761 | Removed in 1765. | - | | | | - | | | { Retired from the regiment in | - | Thomas Hay | June 14, 1765 | { 1771, but retained his rank | - | | | { in the army. | - | | | | - | | | { Promoted to the colonelcy of | - | Thomas Bland | Feb. 27, 1771 | { the fifth dragoon guards in | - | | | { 1790. | - | | | | - | | | { Removed to the | - | John William Egerton | Nov. 18, 1790 | { lieut.-colonelcy dragoons | - | | | { of the fourteenth light in | - | | | { 1797. | - | | | | - | William Osborne | March 1, 1794 | { Exchanged to sixteenth light | - | | | { dragoons in 1797. | - | | | | - | Henry W. Lord } | | | - | Paget, now Marquis } | April 6, 1797 | { Promoted to the colonelcy of | - | of Anglesey, K.G., } | | { the regiment in 1801. | - | &c. } | | | - | | | | - | John G. Le Marchant | June 1, 1797 | { Removed to second dragoon | - | | | { guards in 1801. | - | | | | - | Michael Barne | July 19, 1799 | Retired in 1805. | - | | | | - | John Walhause | May 16, 1801 | { Exchanged to twenty-fifth | - | | | { light dragoons in 1804. | - | | | | - | Richard Hussey | Dec. 28, 1804 | Promoted major-general in 1814.| - | Vivian | | | - | | | | - | Edward Kerrison | April 4, 1805 | Ditto ditto 1819.| - | | | | - | William Thornhill | Aug. 12, 1819 | Retired in 1826. | - | | | | - | James John Fraser | Sept. 28, 1826 | Retired on half-pay in 1830. | - | | | | - | Edward Keane | June 15, 1830 | { Exchanged to half-pay | - | | | { unattached in 1833. | - | | | | - | Charles John Hill | April 5, 1833 | To half-pay unattached in 1837.| - | | | | - | John James Whyte | Oct. 21, 1837 | | - +----------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+ - - - - -SUCCESSION OF MAJORS - -OF THE - -SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, REGIMENT OF HUSSARS. - - - +----------------------------+----------------+ - | | Date of | - | Name. | Appointment. | - +----------------------------+----------------+ - | George Wishart. | Dec. 30, 1690 | - | | | - | Patrick Hume, afterwards } | 1694 | - | Lord Polwarth } | | - | | | - | John Johnston | March 30, 1697 | - | | | - | George Douglas | April 28, 1707 | - | | | - | Archibald Lord Wandale | Sept. 22, 1711 | - | | | - | --------- Preston | Oct. 30, 1711 | - | | | - | James Lord Torphichen | Feb. 15, 1712 | - | | | - | James Nasmyth | April 15, 1714 | - | | | - | Matthew Stewart | Jan. 31, 1715 | - | | | - | James Agnew | April 4, 1733 | - | | | - | John Guerin | July 23, 1748 | - | | | - | Edward Harvey | March 8, 1751 | - | | | - | James Wharton | Jan. 5, 1754 | - | | | - | George Lawson Hall | April 8, 1755 | - | | | - | James Shipley | May 14, 1757 | - | | | - | John Litchfield | Feb. 10, 1758 | - | | | - | Thomas Hay | Oct. 14, 1761 | - | | | - | Thomas Bland | June 14, 1765 | - | | | - | Robert Lawrie | Feb. 27, 1771 | - | | | - | Thomas Warburton | April 26, 1779 | - | | | - | William Osborne | March 7, 1787 | - | | | - | Richard Watson | March 1, 1794 | - | | | - | Michael Barne | March 1, 1794 | - | | | - | John Walhouse | Oct. 18, 1798 | - | | | - | William Calcraft | July 19, 1799 | - | | | - | Charles Taylor | May 16, 1801 | - | | | - | Richard Hussey Vivian | March 9, 1803 | - | | | - | Edward Kerrison | May 12, 1803 | - | | | - | James Stuart | Sept. 28, 1804 | - | | | - | Hon. Berkeley Paget | April 4, 1805 | - | | | - | William Tuyll | Jan. 1, 1807 | - | | | - | Hon. G. H. C. Cavendish | June 23, 1808 | - | | | - | Charles Denshire | Feb. 23, 1809 | - | | | - | George Cholmley | April 27, 1809 | - | | | - | Edward Hodge | May 7, 1812 | - | | | - | William Thornhill | April 8, 1813 | - | | | - | William Verner | June 17, 1815 | - | | | - | Thomas William Robins | Dec. 24, 1818 | - | | | - | Edward Keane | Dec. 16, 1819 | - | | | - | James Hamlyn Williams | Oct. 24, 1821 | - | | | - | James John Fraser | Feb. 27, 1823 | - | | | - | William Shirley | June 17, 1824 | - | | | - | Hon. George Berkeley } | Sept. 28, 1826 | - | Molyneux } | | - | | | - | Charles John Hill | Dec. 31, 1827 | - | | | - | Philip Dundas | Dec. 3, 1830 | - | | | - | John James Whyte | April 5, 1833 | - | | | - | Arthur William Biggs | Oct. 21, 1837 | - | | | - | Thos. Edmund Campbell | Nov. 4, 1840 | - +----------------------------+----------------+ - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] These two troops have, by several authors, been erroneously -styled "regiments." - -[2] See the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or the Buffs, from -page 63 to 66. - -[3] The following speculative account of the regiment is extracted -from Mc Pherson's Secret History of England; edition of 1775, -vol. 2, page 7; Mr. Scott's relation, "An Account of the State of -Scotland, in July, 1706." - -"The Earl of Lothian's regiment of dragoons (as I remember) -consists of six companys, each company, including serjeants -corporals, and drummers, is thirty men. The colonel's character -is already given. The lieut.-colonel is son to Polwarth, now -called Earl of Marchmont. When the late Earl of Hume listed, this -lieut.-colonel was thought well-affected, and very much under the -influence of Hume; but what to say of him now I know not. The major -of the regiment, John Johnston of Westraw, is reported to have -loyal inclinations, being much managed that way by his very loyal -lady, whom few of any side must trust." - -[4] See the Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, -pages 52 and 53. - -[5] - - _Whitehall, 1st August, 1715._ - -"GENTLEMEN, - -"His Majesty having been pleased to declare the regiment of -dragoons whereof the Honorable William Kerr is colonel, to be -'HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES' OWN ROYAL REGIMENT OF -DRAGOONS,' I am desired you will acquaint the Right Honorable the -Lord Townshend therewith, that a commission may be accordingly -prepared, constituting the said William Kerr, Esq. colonel of the -said regiment. - - "I am, &c., - "WILLIAM PULTENEY," - (_Secretary at War_.) - - _The Secretaries to - The Lord Townshend._ - - -[6] An instance of ardent attachment and zeal was exemplified by a -detachment of the SEVENTH light dragoons, who, having been informed -that Lieut.-Colonel Osborne had been made prisoner, rushed forward -among the enemy and rescued him. - -[7] An instance again occurred of gallantry in a detachment having -pressed forward in consequence of a report that Colonel Lord Paget -had been taken prisoner: the report proved incorrect, but the zeal -of the men of the SEVENTH and their attachment to their officers -was on this, as on other occasions, strongly manifested; and -although His Lordship felt it necessary to restrain this excess of -ardour, he could not withhold an expression of his feeling of the -good intentions of his brave corps. - -[8] Macky, in his characters of the Scottish nobility, speaking -of the Marquis of Lothian, observes--"He hath abundance of fire, -and may prove a man of business when he applies himself that way; -laughs at all revealed religion, yet sets up for a pillar of -presbytery, being very zealous, though not devout. He is brave in -his person; loves his country and his bottle; a thorough libertine; -very handsome; hair black; with a fine eye; 45 years old." - - - LONDON: - HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, - ST. MARTIN'S LANE. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. 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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 Seventh, or the Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars: From Its Formation in 1690 to 1842 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: January 6, 2017 [EBook #53900] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTH *** - - - - -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" /> - -<p class="p6" /> -<p class="pfs135">HISTORICAL RECORDS</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs80">OF</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs180 lsp">THE BRITISH ARMY.</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[Pg iii]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="lsp2">GENERAL ORDERS.</span></h2> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="p2 right small"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right small padr1"><em>1st January, 1836.</em></p> - -<p class="in2">His Majesty has been pleased to command, -that, with a 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>—— 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>—— The Names of the Officers and the number -of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, Killed -or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the Place and -Date of the Action.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span></p> - -<p>—— 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>—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned -Officers and Privates as may have specially -signalized themselves in Action.</p> - -<p>And,</p> - -<p>—— 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 Honourable</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_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="lsp2">PREFACE.</span></h2> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<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 -honourable 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 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span> -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 long a period, been 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span> -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 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span> -served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit de Corps</i>—an -attachment to every thing 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,—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 pg-brk" /> - -<h1> -<span class="lsp large">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl">THE SEVENTH,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OR</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="large">THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxl">HUSSARS:</span></h1> - -<p class="p4 pfs70">CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs100 lsp">THE ORIGIN OF THE REGIMENT</p> -<p class="pfs100 lsp">IN 1690,</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs70">AND OF</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100">ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">TO</p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp">1842.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="pfs80"><em>ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE UNIFORM.</em></p> -<hr class="r30a" /> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100 lsp">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs100">JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.</p> -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs70">M.DCCC.XLII.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="pfs70"> -LONDON:<br /> -HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS,<br /> -ST. MARTIN'S LANE</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<div><a name="TP" id="TP"></a></div> -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_title_page_fp.jpg" width="600" alt="" /> -<div class="caption right">Seventh (or Queen's Own) Hussars. -<span class="pad4 padr2">To face Title-page.</span> -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="pfs180">THE SEVENTH,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs150 lsp">THE QUEEN'S OWN</p> - -<p class="pfs200">HUSSARS,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70 lsp lht">BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS<br /> -THE WORDS</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">"PENINSULA," <span class="small">AND</span> "WATERLOO,"</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70 lsp lht">TO COMMEMORATE<br /> -THEIR GALLANTRY IN SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE,<br /> -IN 1813 AND 1814,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70 lsp lht">AND AT THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF WATERLOO,<br /> -IN 1815.</p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vq" id="Page_vq">[v]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="lsp">CONTENTS.</h2> -<hr class="r20" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Year</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1689</td><td class="tdl">Several Independent Troops of Horse and Dragoons raised in Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Killicrankie</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1690</td><td class="tdl">The Independent Troops formed into two regiments of Cavalry</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Their Services during the Campaign of 1690</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The two Regiments incorporated, and constituted a regiment of Dragoons, now <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1694</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to the Netherlands</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1695</td><td class="tdl">Action at Moorsleede</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Covering the Siege of Namur</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1696</td><td class="tdl">Serves under the Prince of Vaudemont</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1697</td><td class="tdl">——————— Elector of Bavaria</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1698</td><td class="tdl">Marches to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1711</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Holland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Serves under the Duke of Marlborough</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1712</td><td class="tdl">——————— Duke of Ormond</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1713</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1714</td><td class="tdl">Reduced after the Peace of Utrecht</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1715</td><td class="tdl">Re-Established</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Styled <em>Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Dumblain</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1716</td><td class="tdl">Marches to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1721</td><td class="tdl">Returns to Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1722</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1727</td><td class="tdl">Styled the <em>Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1733</td><td class="tdl">Marches to Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1735</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viq" id="Page_viq">[vi]</a></span> - 1740</td><td class="tdl">Encamped near Newbury</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1741</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1742</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England—Embarks for Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1743</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Dettingen</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1745</td><td class="tdl">———- Fontenoy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1746</td><td class="tdl">———- Roucoux</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1747</td><td class="tdl">———- Val</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1749</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1751</td><td class="tdl">Description of the Clothing and Standards</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1754</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1755</td><td class="tdl">A Light Troop added to the Establishment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1758</td><td class="tdl">Expedition to St. Maloes</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Cherbourg</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1760</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Germany</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Warbourg</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1761</td><td class="tdl">———- Kirch-Denkern</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Skirmishes at Eimbeck and Foorwohle</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Groebenstein</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1763</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England—Light Troop Disbanded</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1766</td><td class="tdl">Drummers replaced by Trumpeters</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1768</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1769</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1773</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1774</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778</td><td class="tdl">Encamped near Bury St. Edmunds</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1779</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1781</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1783</td><td class="tdl"><em>Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1784</td><td class="tdl"><em>Blue</em> Clothing adopted</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1786</td><td class="tdl"><em>Blue</em> Cloaks ———</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1793</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Flanders</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Attack on Lannoy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Action at Prémont</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Cateau</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— Tournay</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Actions at Roubaix and Mouvaux</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Second Battle of Tournay</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Skirmish near Breda</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viiq" id="Page_viiq">[vii]</a></span> - 1794</td><td class="tdl">Skirmish near Nimeguen</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1795</td><td class="tdl">Retreats through Holland to Germany</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1799</td><td class="tdl">————— Holland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Bergen</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— Egmont-op-Zee</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Actions at Beverwyck and Wyck-op-Zee</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1807</td><td class="tdl">Equipped as a <em>Regiment of Hussars</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1808</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Sahagun</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— near Carrion</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— Benevente</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1809</td><td class="tdl">Retreats to Corunna—Embarks for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1810</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1813</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Passage of the Bidassoa</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_75">75</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1814</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Orthes</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——— Toulouse</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1815</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Quatre-Bras</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Genappe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Waterloo</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Cambray</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Advances to Paris</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1816</td><td class="tdl">Forms part of the Army of Occupation</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1818</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1819</td><td class="tdl">Marches to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1820</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1823</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1826</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1828</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1830</td><td class="tdl"><em>Scarlet Pelisses</em> adopted</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1831</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1833</td><td class="tdl">Proceeds to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1834</td><td class="tdl">Returns to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viiiq" id="Page_viiiq">[viii]</a></span> - 1837</td><td class="tdl">Embarks for Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1838</td><td class="tdl">Four service troops embark for Canada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Employed against the Insurgents in Lower Canada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1841</td><td class="tdl">Resumes wearing <em>Blue Pelisses</em></td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1842</td><td class="tdl">The Conclusion</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><hr class="r30" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1690</td><td class="tdl">Robert Cunningham</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1696</td><td class="tdl">William, Lord Jedburgh</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_90">90</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1707</td><td class="tdl">Patrick, Lord Polwarth</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1709</td><td class="tdl">Honorable William Kerr</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1741</td><td class="tdl">John Cope</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1760</td><td class="tdl">John Mostyn</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1763</td><td class="tdl">Sir George Howard, K.B.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_94">94</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1779</td><td class="tdl">Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1795</td><td class="tdl">David Dundas</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1801</td><td class="tdl">Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., K.St.P., G.C.H.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_99">99</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><hr class="r30" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl smcap">Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><hr class="r30" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl smcap">Succession of Majors</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><hr class="r30" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">The Plate of the Uniform in 1842, to follow the <a href="#TP">Title-Page.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> -<p class="p4" /> - - - <div class="chapter"></div> - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="lsp fs130">HISTORICAL RECORD</h2> - -<p class="center"> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl lsp">THE SEVENTH,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OR,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="large lsp">THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxl lsp">HUSSARS.</span></p> - -<hr class="r10" /> - - -<div class="sidenote">1688</div> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">The Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars</span> was -originally a corps of heavy cavalry, and was -formed of independent troops of horse and dragoons, -raised in Scotland during the commotions -which followed the Revolution of 1688, when a -number of patriotic Scots arrayed themselves, -under the banners of William and Mary, and -fought against the adherents of King James II., -who sought to establish papacy and arbitrary government.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1689</div> - -<p>After King James's flight to France, England -became comparatively tranquil, and the -establishment of the Prince and Princess of -Orange on the throne, in February, 1689, was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -hailed with public rejoicings. In Scotland, the -Catholic clans, and other partisans of King James -were numerous; and, while the chivalrous Viscount -Dundee aroused the Highlanders to arms, -the Duke of Gordon held the castle of Edinburgh, -of which he was governor, in the interest of the -Stuart dynasty.</p> - -<p>King William sent Major-General Mackay, -an experienced officer, who had served in the -armies of France and Holland, to take the command -of the forces in Scotland; and, while -Viscount Dundee was organising a plan of co-operation -among the clans, additional corps were -embodied by the government.</p> - -<p>The Earl of Annandale, who was one of the -first of the Scottish noblemen to advocate the -principles of the Revolution, raised a troop of -horse; a second was raised by the Lord Belhaven, -a nobleman distinguished for his steady opposition -to the tyrannical measures of King Charles II., -and King James II.; and a third troop was raised -by William, Laird of Blair: independent troops -of dragoons were also embodied by several gentlemen -who were zealous for the interests and -welfare of their country; also several regiments -and independent companies of foot.</p> - -<p>While these corps were being embodied, Viscount -Dundee descended from the mountains -with several bands of Highlanders, seized on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -town of Perth, and took the Laird of Blair, and -his lieutenant, the Laird of Pollock, prisoners. -These gentlemen were carried about like felons, -in an ungenerous triumph, for six weeks, and -afterwards sent to the Isle of Mul, where the -Laird of Blair died, in consequence of the barbarous -treatment he received.</p> - -<p>The Earl of Annandale's and Lord Belhaven's -troops of horse, having been completed and -equipped, took the field, and formed part of the -force under Major-General Mackay, which engaged -the Highlanders and Irish, under Viscount -Dundee, at the pass of <em>Killicrankie</em>, on the 27th -of July, 1689, and were the only cavalry corps -with the army on that occasion<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>. For a short -time after the commencement of the action, the -advantage was on the side of Major-General -Mackay. When the infantry began to give way -before the superior numbers of the clans, the two -troops of horse were ordered forward,—one on the -right, and the other on the left,—to attack the -flanks of the opposing army; but, being untrained -men, instead of dashing, sword in hand, upon the -adverse ranks, they halted at a short distance, and -commenced a straggling fire with carbines and -pistols. This mode of attacking a body of men -on foot of very superior numbers, could not -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>fail to prove disastrous; and the two troops were -speedily driven from the field with loss. The -army was defeated; but the ability evinced by -Major-General Mackay, in conducting the retreat, -and in assembling another army, with the loss of -the Jacobite commander, Viscount Dundee, who -was killed at the commencement of the action, -occasioned the result to be less disastrous than -was anticipated, and the Highlanders were forced -to take refuge in their mountain fastnesses.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1690</div> - -<p>In the beginning of 1690 the newly-raised -horse were formed into a regiment, of only three -troops, of which the Earl of Eglintoun was appointed -colonel,—the Honorable William Forbes -(eldest son of Lord Forbes), lieut.-colonel,—and -Sir George Gordon, of Edinglassie, major; the -dragoons were also formed into a regiment of -three troops, under the command of Lord Cardross,—Jackson, -lieut.-colonel, and—Guthrie, major; -at the same time three of the newly-raised -regiments of foot were incorporated into one, -which were placed under the orders of Colonel -Cunningham.</p> - -<p>During the subsequent contest the two -cavalry corps performed much harassing and -faithful service; they took part in several skirmishes, -and evinced intrepidity and valour; the -clans were repulsed and driven back to the -mountains; garrisons were placed in the heart<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -of the Highland districts, and the adherents of -King James lost all hope of success.</p> - -<p>In the following winter the Scots army was -remodelled; several corps of infantry were disbanded; -and the two regiments of cavalry, of -three troops each, were incorporated and constituted -a regiment of dragoons, of six troops of -fifty men each, of which <span class="smcap">Robert Cunningham</span> -was appointed colonel by commission dated the -30th of December, 1690; William Forbes was -appointed lieut.-colonel; and Patrick Hume, -major. The corps thus formed now bears the -distinguished title of the <span class="smcap">Seventh, or Queen's -Own, Regiment of Hussars</span>, and its services -form the subject of the following pages. Until -the reign of King George II., it was distinguished -by the name of its colonel.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1691<br />1692</div> - -<p>Being constituted of men of approved fidelity -and devotion to the principles of the Revolution, -<span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> regiment was held in estimation -by the government; it was quartered near the -confines of the Highlands, to hold in check the -disaffected clans; and was afterwards removed to -the vicinity of Edinburgh. In August, 1691, a -proclamation was published, proffering indemnity -and pardon to all persons who would submit to -the government and take the oath of allegiance -to King William and Queen Mary. Before the -end of January, 1692, the heads of clans had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -ratified their submission, and hostilities ceased in -Scotland.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1693</div> - -<p>The British monarch had, in the mean time, -engaged in a war with Louis XIV., and on His -Majesty's return to England, after the termination -of the campaign of 1693, the two Scots regiments -of dragoons (Livingstone's, now Second, or -the Scots' Greys, and <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span>, now <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span>) were selected to proceed on foreign -service.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1694</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> dragoons commenced their -march from Scotland in February, 1694, and on -arriving at Berwick they were placed on the -English establishment; at the same time exertions -were made to complete an augmentation -of two troops, and of ten additional men and -horses to each of the six old troops. The augmentation -troops left Scotland in the spring, and -the six old troops continued their march southward -until they arrived at London, where the -eight troops were united in May, and the whole -embarked at Greenwich for the Netherlands.</p> - -<p>The regiment, commanded by its colonel, -Robert Cunningham, landed at Williamstadt, in -North Brabant, on the 31st of May; advanced up -the country to the vicinity of Arschot, and was -reviewed by King William on the 16th of June, -together with Livingstone's regiment: and the -hardy and warlike appearance of the Scots troopers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -elicited the commendations of His Majesty, and -of the British and foreign general officers present -at the review.</p> - -<p>After several marches the regiment was encamped -at Mont St. André, where an army of -eighty-eight thousand men of several nations was -assembled under the command of the British -monarch, and <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> dragoons were formed -in brigade with Eppinger's (foreign), Essex's (now -fourth), and Wynne's (late fifth), regiments of -dragoons, under the orders of Brigadier-General -Wynne. No general engagement occurred; and -after taking part in the operations of a toilsome -campaign, the regiment went into cantonments for -the winter among the Flemish peasantry, in the -villages between Ghent and Sas van Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1695</div> - -<p>From its winter quarters, the regiment marched -in April, 1695, to Dixmude, in West Flanders; it -joined the army in May, at the camp at Arseele, -and was formed in brigade with Dopf's (Dutch) -dragoons under Brigadier-General Wynne.</p> - -<p>In the beginning of June, the army advanced -to Becelaer. On the 14th of that month five -hundred dragoons (among whom was a large detachment -from <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> regiment) under the -command of the Earl of Portland and Brigadier-General -Wynne, left the camp with the view of -intercepting a numerous French force, which was -moving quietly across the country to attack the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -bread-waggons of the confederate army, on their -way from Bruges to the camp. On arriving at -<em>Moorsleede</em>, the French detachment was found in -the village, with the streets barricaded with waggons -and implements of husbandry. The dragoons -instantly dismounted and attacked the barricades -with signal gallantry, <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> men evincing -true Scottish heroism; and in a few moments the -French gave way and fled, leaving a number of -killed and wounded behind them, and one captain -and thirty men prisoners. Count de Soissons, -brother of Prince Eugene of Savoy, served as a -volunteer on this occasion, and expressed, in the -strongest terms, his admiration of the valour of -the dragoons. Lieutenant Webb, and several -men were killed; Captains Collins and Holgate -were wounded. Brigadier-General Wynne, who -commanded the brigade of which <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> -dragoons formed part, received a severe wound of -which he afterwards died.</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 Charles -Henry of Lorraine, Prince of Vaudemont, and on -the evening of the 14th of July, it was formed in -order of battle, while the immense columns of the -enemy, commanded by Marshal Villeroy, were seen -in the open grounds in front. The two armies -confronted each other during the night, and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -French commander, having an immense superiority -of numbers, detached a division to turn the right -flank of the confederate army. The Prince -ordered a retreat, which he masked with judgment; -the cavalry advancing to the front—the -dragoons dismounting and forming on foot at extended -files, while the artillery, and infantry, with -their pikes trailed and colours furled, quietly -withdrew. The enemy prepared for the attack, -and sent forward a cloud of light musketeers to -commence the action; but the dragoons retired -a few paces and mounted their horses, and when -the enemy thought to have commenced the battle, -the skeleton squadrons withdrew; presenting to the -astonished French what appeared to be the magic -spectacle of an army vanishing out of sight. The -enemy's horsemen galloped forward in pursuit; -but the allies effected their retreat in good order -to Ghent, from whence <span class="smcap">Cunningham's</span> dragoons -were detached, with Rosse's troopers, and twelve -battalions of infantry under Lieut.-General Sir -Henry Bellasis, to cover Nieuport, a place celebrated -for the victory gained by the English and -Dutch, over the Spaniards under Archduke Albert, -on the 2nd of July, 1600<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>.</p> - -<p>The regiment was stationed between Bruges -and Nieuport, until Marshal Villeroy advanced -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>towards Namur with the view of raising the siege, -when it proceeded to Brussels, which city the -French had, a short time previously, bombarded. -The enemy's designs were frustrated; Namur was -captured; the regiment left Brussels, and, after -encamping a short time on the Bruges canal, went -into cantonments in the villages on the banks of -the canal of Ostend, in the Pays du Nord.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1696</div> - -<p>When the army took the field to serve the -campaign of 1696, the excellent condition of this -corps excited admiration; it mustered four strong -squadrons, and when King William saw the regiment, -he promoted its colonel, <span class="smcap">Robert Cunningham</span>, -to the rank of brigadier-general.</p> - -<p>During the summer of this year the regiment -served with the army of Flanders under the Prince -of Vaudemont, and was brigaded with the regiments -of Eppinger and Miremont, commanded by -its colonel. It was employed in defensive operations -for the preservation of Ghent, Bruges, and -the maritime towns of Flanders. It passed the -winter in the villages behind the Bruges canal.</p> - -<p>On the 1st of October, 1696, Brigadier-General -Cunningham was succeeded in the colonelcy -by <span class="smcap">William, Lord Jedburgh</span>, eldest son of the -Marquis of Lothian.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1697</div> - -<p>The regiment, bearing the title of <span class="smcap">Jedburgh's</span> -dragoons, served the campaign of 1697 in Flanders -with the army commanded by the Elector of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -Bavaria, and was formed in brigade with the regiments -of Nassau-Sarbruck, and Opdam, under the -orders of Brigadier-General Pyper. It took part -in several operations; and in May joined King -William's army in Brabant, but, subsequently, -returned to Flanders. In September tranquillity -was restored in Europe by the treaty of Ryswick.</p> - -<p>During the winter <span class="smcap">Jedburgh's</span> dragoons embarked -from Flanders, and after landing at Harwich -in December, proceeded to London, where -they occupied quarters for several weeks; at the -same time their numbers were reduced to a peace -establishment.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1698</div> - -<p>The regiment left its cantonments in Southwark, -in February, 1698, on route for Scotland, -where it arrived towards the end of March.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1702<br />1703<br />1704<br />1705<br />1706</div> - -<p>The accession of Queen Anne, in 1702, was -followed by another war on the continent; but -the exertions made by the friends of the Pretender -to effect his elevation to the throne, rendered it -necessary to detain an efficient force at home, and -Jedburgh's was one of the corps selected to remain -in Scotland, where it was stationed, while the -army under the renowned Marlborough was gaining -laurels in Germany and the Netherlands<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a>, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>the fields of Blenheim, Ramilies, &c., giving -dreadful proof of British valour.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1707</div> - -<p>In April, 1707, Patrick Lord Polwarth was -appointed colonel of the regiment, in succession -to the Marquis of Lothian, who was removed to -the colonelcy of the Scots foot guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1708</div> - -<p>The king of France having fitted out a fleet -and embarked troops in the early part of 1708, -for the invasion of Britain by the Pretender, Lord -Polwarth's regiment was held in readiness to take -the field at a moment's notice, and the establishment -was augmented to fifty-four men per troop; -but the French fleet was driven from the Scottish -coast, and the country was preserved from the -horrors of civil war.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1709</div> - -<p>In October, 1709, Lord Polwarth was succeeded -in the colonelcy by William Kerr, brother -of the duke of Roxburgh.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1710<br />1711</div> - -<p>The gallant achievements of the forces under -the great duke of Marlborough had, in the mean -time, removed the theatre of war from the frontiers -of Holland to the confines of France; Louis<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -XIV. assembled an immense army to preserve the -interior of his kingdom from the power of his -opponents; and Queen Anne sent additional corps -to the scene of contest. <span class="smcap">Kerr's</span> dragoons were -selected to proceed to the Netherlands; their -establishment was augmented, in March, 1711, -to sixty men per troop; and in the same month -they embarked at Leith, but were driven back to -the Frith and detained by contrary winds until -the end of April, when they sailed for Holland.</p> - -<p>Having been detained by the weather, the -regiment did not arrive until the army had taken -the field, and the men and horses had suffered by -being so long on board of ship; they consequently -remained in Holland for a short time in quarters -of refreshment, and afterwards commenced their -march for the frontiers; but when passing through -Brabant, they were ordered to halt at Brussels. -The regiment appears to have remained in reserve -during the campaign of this year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1712</div> - -<p>Taking the field in the spring of 1712, the -regiment formed part of the army commanded by -his grace the duke of Ormond, which advanced -to the confines of France, and was ready to carry -the war into Picardy; but the French monarch, -finding his generals overmatched, and his armies -beaten and dispirited, agreed to the conditions of -a treaty of peace. A suspension of hostilities -was proclaimed, and the army retired to Ghent,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -and after encamping a short period went into -quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1713</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1713 the regiment was -ordered to embark at Dunkirk for Ireland. The -royal dragoons had, in the mean time, returned -from Spain dismounted<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a>, and the government, -contemplating the disbanding of <span class="smcap">Kerr's</span> regiment, -directed its horses to be embarked for Dover and -delivered to the royal dragoons. The following -order was received on this subject:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">"ANNE R.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Our</span> will and pleasure is, that upon the -embarkation of our regiment of dragoons under -your command, for our kingdom of Ireland, you -cause all the horses belonging to the non-commissioned -officers and private dragoons thereof -to be delivered over to such person or persons -as shall be appointed to receive the same; your -said regiment being to continue unmounted -until further orders.</p> - -<p>"Given at our court at Kensington, this 6th day -of June, 1713, in the twelfth year of our reign.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr2">"By Her Majesty's command,</span><br /> -"<span class="smcap">William Wyndham</span>."<br /> -</p> - -<p class="negin1 fs80"> -<em>To our trusty and well-beloved Colonel William Kerr,<br /> -commanding one of our regiments of dragoons,<br /> -Flanders.</em><br /> -</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span></p> - -<p>The regiment arrived at Dunkirk on the 15th -of August, and having delivered up its horses, -embarked for Ireland on the 21st of that month.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1714</div> - -<p>After the conclusion of the treaty of Utrecht, -the strength of the army was reduced, and Colonel -<span class="smcap">Kerr's</span> regiment of dragoons was disembodied in -Ireland in the spring of 1714.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1715</div> - -<p>At the time this regiment was reduced, the -royal dragoons and Scots greys were augmented, -and many men from Kerr's dragoons entered these -two veteran corps. Few months, however, elapsed -after the decease of Queen Anne, (1st August, -1714,) and the accession of King George I., when a -change took place in the circumstances of the British -court. His Majesty arrived from Hanover on -the 17th of September. The result of the measures -pursued by the ministry of Queen Anne, during -the last three years of her reign, was soon manifested -in the prevalence of Jacobin principles, and -the king found it necessary to augment the army. -One of the first acts of His Majesty on this occasion, -was the restoration of <span class="smcap">Kerr's</span> regiment of -dragoons, now the <span class="smcap">Seventh, or Queen's Own -Hussars</span>, by a warrant under the sign manual, of -which the following is a copy:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="noindent">"GEORGE R.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Whereas</span> we have thought fit that a regiment -of dragoons be immediately formed to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> -under your command, to consist of one colonel, -one lieut.-colonel, one major, one chaplain, one -adjutant, one chirurgeon, and six troops, each consisting -of one captain, one lieutenant, one cornet, -one quarter-master, one serjeant, two corporals, -one drummer, one hautboy, and thirty private -dragoons, (including two for widows.) And, -<span class="smcap">Whereas</span> we have directed our right trusty and -right well-beloved cousin Thomas, Earl of Strafford, -to deliver over unto you the two youngest -captains, two youngest lieutenants, two youngest -cornets, and the two youngest quarter-masters, -together with the non-commissioned officers and -private men of the two youngest troops of our -royal regiment of dragoons under his command, -with the horses, arms, clothing, and accoutrements; -and also our right trusty and -right well-beloved cousin David, Earl of Portmore, -to deliver unto you the three youngest -captains, three youngest lieutenants, three youngest -cornets, and three youngest quarter-masters, -together with the non-commissioned officers and -private men of the three youngest troops of our -regiment of dragoons under his command, with -their horses, arms, clothes, and accoutrements; -our will and pleasure is, that you receive from -the said Earl of Strafford, and the said Earl of -Portmore, the commissioned and non-commissioned -officers and private men directed to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -delivered over unto you as aforesaid, towards -forming the said regiment of dragoons. And -we do hereby authorize you, by the beat of -drum, or otherwise, to raise so many volunteers -as shall be wanting to complete and fill up the -said regiment to six troops, each consisting of -the numbers aforesaid. And all magistrates, -justices of the peace, constables, and other of -our officers, whom it may concern, are required -to be assisting unto you, in providing quarters, -impressing carriages, and otherwise, as there -shall be occasion.</p> - -<p>"Given at our court at St. James', this 3rd -day of February, 1714-15, in the first year of -our reign.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr2">"By His Majesty's Command,</span><br /> -"<span class="smcap">William Pulteney</span>."<br /> -</p> - -<p class="negin1 fs80"> -<em>To our trusty and well-beloved<br /> -Colonel William Kerr.</em><br /> -</p></div> - -<p>In compliance with this order, Captains Lewis -Dollon's and Peter Renourds' troops from the -royal dragoons, and Captains William Crawford's, -George Dunbar's and James Levingtone's troops -from the greys, (being augmentation troops raised -when <span class="smcap">Kerr's</span> regiment was disembodied,) with a -sixth troop raised near London, were constituted -a regiment, which now bears the designation of -<span class="smcap">Seventh, or Queen's own Hussars</span>; but was -then styled "KERR'S DRAGOONS."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span></p> - -<p>Soon after its second formation, the regiment -marched into quarters in Yorkshire, Lancashire, -and the county of Durham; and in July His -Majesty was pleased to confer upon it the distinguished -title of "<span class="smcap">Her Royal Highness the -Princess of Wales' own Royal Regiment of -Dragoons</span>"<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> in honour of Wilhelmina Carolina, -consort of his Royal Highness the Prince of -Wales.</p> - -<p>The augmentation of the army, and other measures -adopted by the government for the preservation -of tranquillity, did not sufficiently intimidate -the disaffected so as to prevent an appeal to -arms. In the early part of September the Earl of -Mar raised the standard of the Pretender in the -Highlands, and summoned the friends of the -Stuart dynasty to his aid. At the same time, the -<span class="smcap">Princess of Wales's</span> dragoons were ordered to -march to Scotland and join the troops commanded -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>by Major-General Whetham, encamped at Stirling.</p> - -<p>At this camp the regiment remained several -weeks; additional forces arrived; the establishment -was augmented, and the Duke of Argyle -took the command of the army. The rebel forces, -ten thousand strong, advancing with the view of -penetrating southward, the King's troops, not four -thousand men, proceeded to the vicinity of <em>Dumblain</em>, -to oppose the progress of the clans. On -the morning of Sunday, the 13th of November, -the two armies confronted each other on Sheriff-muir, -and the <span class="smcap">Princess of Wales'</span>, with Carpenter's -(third), and a squadron of the Inniskilling -(sixth) dragoons were on the left of the line, -under Major-General Sabine and Brigadier-General -Newton. The action commenced on the right, -where the royal forces overthrew their opponents -and chased them from the field. On the left the -fortune of the day was in favour of the rebels; six -hundred select Highlanders surprised the infantry -in the act of forming, and put them into confusion. -The gallant Colonel <span class="smcap">Kerr</span> led his regiment -of dragoons (the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span>) to the charge with -signal intrepidity; his horse was killed under -him; but he speedily mounted another, and his -brave troopers, with some gentlemen volunteers -and Carpenter's squadrons, drove the rebel horsemen -before them, capturing a standard. Colonel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -<span class="smcap">Kerr</span> had a second horse killed under him, and a -rebel trooper fired a pistol at his breast, which -did him no harm, although his coat was torn. The -royal infantry on the left were unable to recover -from the disorder into which they had fallen; they -retired before the clans; their communication -with the remainder of the army was cut off; and -mingling with the cavalry, both became confused, -and fell back a short distance to gain an opportunity -of re-forming their ranks. They retired -beyond Dumblain, and took possession of the -passes, to prevent the clans penetrating to Stirling. -Meanwhile, the right wing of the king's -army had returned from the pursuit of the left -wing of the rebel forces: the Earl of Mar withdrew -with the clans during the night, and the -Duke of Argyle returned with the royal forces to -Stirling.</p> - -<p>Colonel <span class="smcap">Kerr</span> lost three horses on this occasion; -the regiment had also two troop horses -killed, and one man and four horses wounded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1716</div> - -<p>In January, 1716, the royal army, having been -augmented, advanced against the rebels, who -fled in every direction. The Pretender and his -principal officers escaped to the continent; the -common men dispersed; and the rebellion being -suppressed, the regiment went into quarters in -Fife.</p> - -<p>In the following spring, the <span class="smcap">Princess of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> -Wales'</span> dragoons returned to England, and occupied -quarters in Yorkshire; but proceeded southward -during the summer; and in December one -troop was ordered to attend His Majesty on his -landing from Hanover.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1717<br />1718</div> - -<p>The regiment occupied quarters in Lincolnshire -in the summer of 1717; passed the following -winter in Yorkshire; and in July, 1718, was reviewed -by Major-General Macartney, at Leicester.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1719<br />1720</div> - -<p>In July, 1719, one troop was employed in suppressing -riots at Halifax. In December, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '1720, the the regiment'">1720, the -regiment</ins> was occupying quarters in Lancashire, -and received orders not to permit any person -to land from the Isle of Man, in consequence of a -report that the plague was in that island.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1721<br />1722<br />1723<br />1724</div> - -<p>The regiment marched to Scotland in April, -1721; it returned to England in April, 1722; -and after encamping several months near Manchester, -went into quarters in the town. It -encamped near York in June, 1723, from whence -it marched, in the autumn, into Berkshire; and -in January, 1724, detachments were employed on -revenue duty on the Hampshire and Dorsetshire -coast; in April following, the remainder marched -into Yorkshire and Durham.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1725<br />1726</div> - -<p>Lieut.-General Carpenter reviewed the regiment -at York, in September, 1725; and Lieut.-General -Sir Charles Wills, in April, 1726.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1727</div> - -<p>On the prospect of war between Holland and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -the Emperor of Germany, the regiment was -augmented, in February, 1727, to nine troops, -and four regiments of cavalry and eight of infantry -were held in readiness to assist the Dutch; -but no embarkation took place.</p> - -<p>King George I. died in June of this year, on -his journey to Hanover; and his son, George, -Prince of Wales, succeeded to the throne: the -Princess of Wales became Queen, and this regiment -was honoured with the title of "<span class="smcap">The -Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons</span>." It -marched to the vicinity of Hounslow in October, -and was reviewed on the heath, on the 28th of -that month, by King George II., who was pleased -to express his high approbation of its appearance -and discipline. After the review it marched into -cantonments in Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, -with a detachment on revenue duty on the -Sussex coast.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1728</div> - -<p>A detachment attended the Princess Amelia -at Bath, in May, 1728; in July the regiment was -reviewed at Salisbury; and in the autumn another -detachment was ordered to attend the Princess -Amelia at Bath.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1729<br />1730<br />1731</div> - -<p>In 1729 the establishment was reduced from -nine to six troops. In 1730 the regiment occupied -cantonments in Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, -and Wiltshire; and was reviewed on Hounslow-heath, -on the 15th of May, 1731, by King<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> -George II., attended by several noblemen and -general officers; its warlike appearance, the condition -of the horses, and the discipline of the -regiment, were commended.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1732<br />1733<br />1734</div> - -<p>After the review, the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own Dragoons</span> -returned to their former quarters; in 1732 they -were removed to Gloucestershire and Herefordshire; -and in April, 1733, they commenced their -march for Scotland, where they remained during -the following year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1735<br />1736<br />1737<br />1738<br />1739</div> - -<p>Returning to England in April, 1735, the -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons proceeded into quarters -in Leicestershire and Staffordshire, with detachments -on revenue duty on the coasts of Lincolnshire -and Norfolk, in which duties they were -employed during the remainder of that and in -the two succeeding years; and in 1738 they -marched into quarters in Herefordshire and -Gloucestershire. In 1739 they furnished detachments -on coast duty in Sussex; at the same, -war having been declared against Spain, the -establishment was augmented to four hundred -and thirty-five men.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1740<br />1741</div> - -<p>During the summer of 1740, the <span class="smcap">Queen's -Own</span> dragoons were encamped, with four other -regiments of cavalry and four of infantry, near -Newbury, under the orders of Lieut.-General -Wade; and subsequently near Kingsclear; in -October the regiment marched from the camp to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -cantonments in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. -In 1741 they marched into Scotland.</p> - -<p>The Honourable William Kerr, after commanding -the regiment upwards of thirty years -with reputation to himself, and advantage to the -service, was succeeded in the colonelcy by Major-General -Sir John Cope, K.B., by commission, -dated the 12th of August, 1741.</p> - -<p>In the mean time, the death of Charles VI., -Emperor of Germany, had been followed by war -on the continent; and the Elector of Bavaria, -aided by the French monarch, was endeavouring -to deprive the Archduchess, Maria Theresa, of -the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1742</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons left Scotland in -April, 1742: and soon after their arrival in England, -they were selected to form part of an army -of sixteen thousand men, sent to the Netherlands -under the command of Field-Marshal the Earl of -Stair, to support the interests of the Queen of -Hungary and Bohemia. The regiment embarked -in the early part of August; and after landing at -Ostend, marched a few stages up the country, -where it halted until the beginning of the following -year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1743</div> - -<p>In February, 1743, the regiment commenced -its march for Germany; and after taking part in -several manœuvres, it was encamped at Aschaffenburg, -where King George II. and the Duke of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -Cumberland joined the army. On the 26th of -June, as the troops were marching along the bank -of the river Maine, a French force was discovered -in position near <em>Dettingen</em>, a village in the Bavarian -States, in the circle of the Lower Rhine; and -King George II. commanded the British, Austrians, -and Hanoverians to form line opposite the -enemy. After a severe cannonade of several -hours' duration, the French advanced from their -formidable position, and a series of charges of -cavalry, with a heavy fire of musketry, commenced -on the left of the allied army, and extended along -the front. During the heat of the engagement, -the regiment which forms the subject of this memoir, -had an opportunity of displaying its intrepidity -and prowess in close combat with the cavalry -of the opposing army, and obtained the approbation -of its sovereign. The British dragoons -encountered the French <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">gens d'armes</i> and household -cavalry, and, though without armour, they -fought their steel-clad opponents with signal -gallantry. Twice the British horsemen were -forced back; but, rallying and returning to the -charge, at the third onset they overthrew the -opposing squadrons, and chased them from the -field with great slaughter, and with the loss of -several standards and kettle drums. The infantry -of the allied army evinced great bravery, and a -complete victory was gained over the enemy.</p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> regiment of dragoons had -Lieutenant Falconer, Cornet Hobey, one serjeant, -ten rank and file, and twenty-two horses killed; -Lieutenant Frazer, Cornet St. Leger, one quarter-master, -two serjeants, thirteen rank and file, and -thirteen horses wounded: Cornet St. Leger afterwards -died of his wounds.</p> - -<p>After passing the night in the open grounds -near the field of battle, the regiment marched on -the following day to Hanau, and was subsequently -encamped with the army on the banks of the -Kinzig. In the early part of August the king -proceeded towards the Rhine, passed that river -beyond Mentz, and advanced to Worms. The -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons were employed in West -Germany, but nothing of importance occurred; -and in the autumn they re-passed the Rhine, and -marched back to Brabant and Flanders, where -they remained during the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1744</div> - -<p>The regiment served the campaign of 1744 -under Field-Marshal Wade, and was employed in -several movements, but no general engagement -occurred, and in the autumn it marched into -winter quarters at Bruges.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1745</div> - -<p>The establishment having been augmented, the -regiment was joined in the spring of 1745, by a -number of men and horses from England. Soon -afterwards it took the field, and advanced with -the troops commanded by His Royal Highness<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -the Duke of Cumberland, to the relief of <em>Tournay</em>, -which fortress was besieged by an immense French -army. On the 10th of May, two troops of the -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons were employed in -driving back the enemy's out-guards and piquets; -and on the following day, they were engaged in -supporting the attack of the infantry on the formidable -position, occupied by the French, near -the village of <em>Fontenoy</em>. The centre of the position -was twice forced by the British regiments; -but the Dutch having failed in their point of attack, -a retreat was ordered. Towards the close of the -action, several squadrons of cavalry charged with -signal intrepidity, but were unable to retrieve the -fortune of the day, and the army withdrew to -Aeth.</p> - -<p>The regiment lost, on this occasion, ten men, -and forty-six horses killed; Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, -Captain-Lieutenant Ogilvy, Lieutenant Forbes, -Cornet Maitland, Quartermaster Smith, thirty-five -men, and forty-seven horses wounded; one man and -two horses missing.</p> - -<p>After the capture of Tournay, the French -army advanced with such overwhelming numbers, -that the allies were unable to prevent the loss of -several important towns. The <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> -dragoons were employed in defensive operations, -and were encamped a short time before Brussels.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1746</div> - -<p>Meanwhile, a rebellion had broken out in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -Scotland, and Charles Edward, eldest son of the -Pretender, was at the head of the insurgent clans. -Several corps were ordered to return to England; -and in February, 1746, the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons -proceeded to Williamstadt and embarked; -but some delay was occasioned by severe weather, -and one transport was stranded. The regiment -disembarked to wait for more favourable weather; -in the mean time, the prospect of a speedy termination -to the rebellion occasioned the order for its -return to be countermanded.</p> - -<p>The war on the continent was continued; the -regiment, having received a remount of one hundred -and two men, and one hundred and fifty-six -horses, took the field in the summer of 1746, -and served on the Dutch frontiers, under the -command of General Sir John Ligonier, and -afterwards under Prince Charles of Lorraine. On -the 11th of October, the regiment was formed in -line, with the Greys and Inniskilling dragoons, -with its right behind <em>Roucoux</em>, a village near the -city of Liege, while the infantry occupied the -houses and streets of several hamlets along the -front. An immense French force, commanded -by Marshal Saxe, advanced and attacked the left -of the allied army; and by superior numbers, -succeeded in carrying the villages, and a retreat -was ordered. As the enemy's infantry emerged -from among the houses, the Greys, Inniskilling,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -and <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons, dashed forward, -broke their ranks, and chased them back in gallant -style. The army afterwards withdrew to the -vicinity of Maestricht; and the regiment passed -the severe winter months in cantonments in the -country along the Lower Maese.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1747</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1747, the regiment encamped -a short period near the banks of the Scheldt, and -was subsequently employed in operations on the -Great Nethe and the Demer, during which period -a remount of fifty men and one hundred and -twenty horses, joined from England. On the -1st of July, it confronted the French army in one -of the valleys in the province of Liege, and passed -the night in a state of constant readiness for -action.</p> - -<p>The French infantry descended from the hills -on the following morning, and made a furious -attack on the troops stationed in the village of -<em>Val</em>. After much severe fighting, the enemy, by -means of a great superiority of numbers, forced -the centre of the Allied army. The cavalry of -the left wing was ordered forward, and the -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons had another opportunity -of distinguishing themselves. Having broken the -enemy's first line, the British dragoons continued -their victorious career, and overthrew a second -line with terrific violence; then, mixing with the -French horsemen and musketeers, used their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -broad swords with dreadful execution. While -pursuing their opponents, they received a volley -from some French infantry posted in a hollow, -and behind hedges, and several men and horses -fell mortally wounded. The survivors rushed -furiously upon the infantry, drove them from -behind the hedges, and pursued them across the -fields with great slaughter. This brilliant success -enabled the Duke of Cumberland to make arrangements -for a retreat; and the army withdrew -to Maestricht, where it arrived on the same -evening.</p> - -<p>The regiment lost several men and horses on -this occasion; and had Cornet Bulmere, five men, -and ten horses captured by the enemy. It was -subsequently stationed a short time in the province -of Limburg, and was employed in various -operations until the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1748</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1748, the army again confronted -the enemy in the province of Limburg. -Preliminary articles for a treaty of peace were -agreed upon; a suspension of hostilities took -place, and the British troops went into cantonments -among the Dutch peasantry.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1749</div> - -<p>During the following winter, the treaty of -Aix-la-Chapelle was concluded. The British -troops left Holland; and the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> -dragoons, after landing at Purfleet in January, -1749, were reduced to a peace establishment, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -quartered at Norwich and Yarmouth, with detachments -on coast duty.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1750</div> - -<p>The regiment was inspected by Lieutenant-General -Campbell at Wells, in April, 1750, and -at Gloucester in October following; and by Lieutenant-General -Onslow at Gloucester in April, -1751.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1751</div> - -<p>On the 1st of July, 1751, King George II. -issued a warrant relative to the colours, standards, -and clothing of the several regiments, from which -the following particulars have been extracted -respecting the <span class="smcap">Seventh, or Queen's Own Regiment -of Dragoons</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Coats</span>,—scarlet, double-breasted, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'without lappels'">without lapels</ins>, -lined with white; slit sleeves turned up with -white; the button-holes ornamented with narrow -white lace; the buttons flat, of white metal, set -on three and three; a long slash pocket in each -skirt; and a white worsted aiguillette on the right -shoulder.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Waistcoats and Breeches</span>,—white.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hats</span>,—bound with silver lace, and ornamented -with a white metal loop and a black cockade.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Boots</span>,—of jacked leather, reaching to the -knee.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cloaks</span>,—of scarlet cloth, with a white collar, -and lined with white shalloon; the buttons set on -three and three upon yellow frogs, or loops, with -a blue stripe down the centre.</p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Horse Furniture</span>,—of white cloth; the holster-caps -and housings having a border of royal lace, -with a blue stripe down the centre; the Queen's -cipher within the garter, embroidered on each -corner of the housing; and on the holster-caps, -the King's cipher and crown, with <span class="fs70">VII. D.</span> underneath.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Officers</span>,—distinguished by silver lace; their -coats and waistcoats bound with silver embroidery; -the button-holes worked with silver; and a crimson -silk sash worn across the left shoulder.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Quarter-Masters</span>,—to wear a crimson sash -round their waists.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Serjeants</span>,—to have narrow silver lace on the -cuffs, pockets, and shoulder-straps; silver shoulder-knots, -or aiguillettes, and blue and white worsted -sashes tied round their waists.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Drummers</span> and <span class="smcap">Hautboys</span>,—clothed in scarlet -coats lined with blue, and ornamented with royal -lace with a blue stripe down the centre; their -waistcoats and breeches of white cloth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Guidons</span>,—The first or King's guidon to be of -crimson silk, embroidered and fringed with gold -and silver; in the centre the rose and thistle conjoined -and crown over them, with the motto <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Dieu -et mon Droit</i> underneath: the white horse in a -compartment in the first and fourth corners, and -<span class="fs70">VII. D.</span>, in gold characters, on a blue ground, in a -compartment in the second and third corners.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> -The second and third guidons to be of white silk, -in the centre the Queen's cipher within the garter -on a crimson ground: the white horse on a scarlet -ground in the first and fourth compartments, and -<span class="fs70">VII. D.</span> within a wreath of roses and thistles upon -a scarlet ground in the second and third compartments.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1752<br />1753<br />1754</div> - -<p>The regiment was inspected at Birmingham, in -October, 1751, by Lieutenant-General Sir Philip -Honeywood; at Lichfield, in April, 1752, by -Lieutenant-General Campbell; and at Manchester -in April, 1753, by Major-General Cholmondeley. -In October following it commenced its march to -Scotland, and remained in that part of the kingdom -upwards of four years, during which period -the undetermined limits of the British territory in -North America had given rise to another war with -France.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1755<br />1756<br />1757</div> - -<p>Hostilities commenced in 1755, and the establishment -of the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons was -augmented to three hundred and forty-seven -officers and men. A seventh troop was also added, -of which Captain-Lieutenant William Erskine was -appointed captain by commission dated the 25th -of December, 1755, and the officers and men of -this troop were mounted on small horses and -equipped as <em>light dragoons</em>. The establishment of -the light troop was fixed, by a royal warrant dated -the 29th of January, 1756, at three officers, one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> -quarter-master, two serjeants, two drummers, and -sixty-three rank and file; but it was subsequently -augmented to upwards of one hundred officers and -men.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1758</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1758 the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons -quitted Scotland, and were stationed in Yorkshire, -the head-quarters being at York; from whence -the light troop was detached to Portsmouth to -take part in an expedition against the French -coast, under the orders of Charles Duke of Marlborough. -A brigade was formed of the light -troops of nine regiments of dragoons, under the -orders of Colonel Eliott, of the horse grenadier -guards; and when a landing had been effected -(6th June) on the coast of Brittany, the light -horsemen gave signal proof of their activity and -usefulness on several occasions. They took a -distinguished part in the capture of the suburbs -of <em>St. Maloes</em>, and in the destruction, by fire, of -the privateers and other vessels, amounting to -upwards of one hundred sail, in the harbour; also -in the destruction of extensive magazines of -maritime stores. The light cavalry subsequently -advanced several miles up the country, and evinced -zeal and activity in skirmishing with the French -troops. The expedition not being of sufficient -strength to undertake the siege of St. Maloes, the -troops re-embarked and returned to England. -The light cavalry subsequently took part in a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -second enterprise against the French coast, under -the orders of Lieutenant-General Bligh, when -<span class="smcap">Cherbourg</span> was captured, and the works, with the -shipping in the harbour and iron ordnance were -destroyed, and the brass ordnance sent as trophies -to London. A second landing was also effected -near St. Maloes; but no advantage resulted, and -considerable loss was sustained on re-embarking.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1759</div> - -<p>After landing at Portsmouth in September, -the light troop of the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> proceeded to -Hackney, and afterwards to Romford; the remainder -of the regiment occupying cantonments -in Essex and Middlesex, from whence it marched, -in November, 1759, to Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, -and Hertfordshire.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1760</div> - -<p>In the mean time Hanover and the adjoining -states had become the theatre of war, and a -British force, commanded by the gallant Marquis -of Granby, was serving with the troops of Hanover, -Hesse, and Brunswick, the whole commanded by -Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick; and in March, -1760, the six heavy troops of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons -received orders to proceed to Germany.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons, commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel George Lawson Hall, embarked on -the river Thames, and sailed for Germany in the -beginning of April: having a quick passage, they -arrived in the river Weser, landed above Bremen, -the capital of a duchy of the same name in Lower<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -Saxony, and joined the allied army commanded -by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, at the camp -on the heights of Fritzlar, in the principality of -Lower Hesse, on the 21st of April. They were -formed in brigade with the dragoons of Price-schenik, -under the orders of Colonel Bremar.</p> - -<p>Being opposed by a French army of very -superior numbers, the allies were restricted to -defensive operations, and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> took part -in several toilsome marches and skirmishes. At -length thirty thousand French troops crossed the -river Dymel to cut off the communication of the -allies with Westphalia, and a favourable opportunity -occurring to attack this detached force, the -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons, with several other corps, -under the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, advanced -to Liebenau, where they passed the Dymel, -and making a detour of many miles, gained the -left flank of the enemy's position at <em>Warbourg</em>, on -the 31st of July. Prince Ferdinand <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'was advanceing'">was advancing</ins> -with the main body against the enemy's front; -but before his arrival, the enemy had been attacked -in flank and rear, and were retiring. The cavalry -under the Marquis of Granby and Lieut.-General -Mostyn arrived at a favourable moment; a gallant -charge of the British squadrons decided the fortune -of the day, and the French made a precipitate -retreat across the Dymel. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -dragoons supported the infantry in the attack of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -the enemy's flank, and by a spirited charge towards -the close of the action, contributed to the success -of the day. The conduct of the British cavalry -was commended by the Marquis of Granby, in his -public despatch, and Prince Ferdinand declared -in general orders, that "<em>all the British cavalry -performed prodigies of valour</em>." The regiment -being eager in the pursuit, had four men and -horses captured by the enemy; three of the men, -however, escaped and rejoined the regiment.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, K.B., died on -the 28th of July, 1760; and King George II. -conferred the colonelcy on Lieut.-General Mostyn, -from the fifth, royal Irish, regiment of dragoons.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons were encamped near -the banks of the Dymel, until winter, when the -soldiers were directed to build huts to protect -themselves and horses from severe weather. They -subsequently went into cantonments in the villages -in that part of the bishopric of Paderborn.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1761</div> - -<p>The army was suddenly called from its winter -quarters in February, 1761, and penetrating, -during a heavy snow, into the enemy's cantonments, -captured several towns and extensive magazines -of forage and provision; but afterwards -returned to its former quarters, and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -were again quartered in villages in the bishopric -of Paderborn.</p> - -<p>On taking the field in the beginning of May,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> -1761, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were formed in brigade with -the Scots greys and Ancram's (eleventh) dragoons, -commanded by Colonel Harvey. After much -manœuvring, some skirmishing, and many long -and toilsome marches, they were encamped on -the heights of Denkernberg, between the rivers -Asse and Lippe, and formed part of the Marquis -Granby's corps, which had its right in front of the -village of <em>Kirch-Denkern</em>. This post was attacked -on the 15th, and again on the 16th of July; the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were formed in column behind the centre -of this part of the position, and supported the -infantry; the enemy was repulsed; the cavalry -dashed forward, but were prevented charging by -the nature of the ground.</p> - -<p>The regiment was subsequently employed in -operations which brought on slight skirmishes; but -no general engagement occurred. In August it -was employed on the Dymel. In the early part of -November it was engaged in dislodging a French -corps from a strong camp near <em>Escherhausen</em>, in -the duchy of Brunswick; and afterwards marched -to <em>Eimbeck</em>, where another skirmish occurred. -These movements were designed to surprise the -French army in dispersed quarters; but the -enemy having gained time to assemble his forces, -this regiment, with several other corps, marched -during the night of the 7th of November, through -a heavy snow to <em>Foorwohle</em>, where another skirmish<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -occurred, and the British dragoons evinced signal -gallantry. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were encamped in the -snow until the following morning, when the British -had another skirmish with their opponents; and -they subsequently marched to the heights between -Mackensen and Lithorst. When the army went -into winter quarters, the regiment was cantoned -in East Friesland.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1762</div> - -<p>The season for military operations having -arrived, the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons again took -the field, and were encamped at Brackel, and -subsequently on the heights of Tissel: they were -formed in brigade with the Eleventh dragoons, -under Lieut.-Colonel George Lawson Hall, of the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span>. They left their camp before day-break -on the morning of the 24th of June, 1762, and -having crossed the Dymel, advanced against the -French camp at <em>Groebenstein</em>. The enemy was -surprised, and made a precipitate retreat upon -Cassel, with the loss of their tents and baggage; -and one division being surrounded in the woods -of Wilhelmsthal, surrendered. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -pursued the French in the direction of Cassel, -and took several prisoners; they subsequently -encamped near Holtzhausen.</p> - -<p>During the remainder of the campaign, the -regiment continued actively employed, and was -frequently engaged in detached services; the -enemy was forced to abandon several important<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -positions, and Cassel was captured by the allies. -Preliminary articles for a treaty of peace having -been agreed upon, a suspension of hostilities took -place, and the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons, and other -British cavalry, went into quarters in the bishopric -of Munster.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1763</div> - -<p>Peace having been concluded, the thanks of -Parliament were communicated to the army, and -in February, 1763, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> commenced -their march from Germany, through Holland, to -Williamstadt, where they embarked for England. -After landing at Harwich they were stationed at -Chelmsford, Springfield, and Colchester. The -light troop, which had not been on foreign service -with the other troops of the regiment, was disbanded; -and the establishment was reduced to -six troops of three officers, one quarter-master, -two serjeants, two corporals, one drummer, and -twenty-eight private men each; eight men per -troop were equipped as light dragoons, and the -remainder as heavy dragoons.</p> - -<p>In May, 1763, Lieut.-General Mostyn was -removed to the First dragoon guards; and Major-General -Sir George Howard, K.B., was appointed -colonel of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons, from the third -foot, or buffs.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1764</div> - -<p>In January, 1764, a squadron was employed -on revenue duty on the Suffolk coast. On the -9th of April following, King George III. reviewed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -the regiment in Hyde Park, and expressed his -high approbation of its appearance and discipline. -In the same year, orders were received for the -regiment to be mounted on long-tailed horses;—for -epaulettes to be worn on the left shoulder -instead of aiguillettes, and for the men's boots to -be of a lighter description than formerly.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1765<br />1766</div> - -<p>The regiment occupied quarters in Sussex, in -1765, and was removed to Northampton and -Leicestershire in 1766; at the same time, the -<span class="smcap">Drummers</span> on the establishment were directed to -be replaced by <span class="smcap">Trumpeters</span>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1767<br />1768<br />1769</div> - -<p>From Leicestershire, &c., the regiment was -removed to York in May, 1767, and to Scotland -in the spring of 1768, but returned to England in -the early part of 1769, and was quartered in -Warwickshire.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1770<br />1771<br />1772<br />1773</div> - -<p>In April, 1770, the regiment marched into -Dorsetshire and Somersetshire; in June, 1771, it -was removed to Canterbury, and employed on -coast duty until April, 1772, when it marched -into Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Lincolnshire. -In the spring of 1773 it commenced -its march for Scotland, where it was stationed -during the succeeding twelve months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1774<br />1775<br />1776<br />1777</div> - -<p>Returning to England in the summer of 1774, -the regiment was stationed in Lancashire; in -1775 it was removed into Worcestershire and -Staffordshire; in 1776 it was employed on revenue<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -duty on the Sussex coast; and in 1777 it was -engaged in similar duties on the coasts of Norfolk -and Suffolk.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1778 the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> -dragoons were encamped near Bury St. Edmunds, -together with three other regiments of dragoons -and two battalions of militia, under the command -of Major-General Warde.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1779</div> - -<p>Lieut.-General Sir George Howard, C.B., was -removed in April, 1779, to the first dragoon -guards, and King George III. conferred the command -of the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons on Major-general -Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.</p> - -<p>An augmentation had, in the mean time, been -made to the strength of the regiment, in consequence -of the American war; and in April, 1779, -the men, equipped as light dragoons, were incorporated, -with detachments from the second, third, -fifteenth, and sixteenth, into a regiment, which -was numbered the twenty-first light dragoons.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1780<br />1781<br />1782<br />1783</div> - -<p>Soon after this event the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons -marched to Scotland, where they remained two -years, and on their arrival in England, in May, -1781, they were quartered at Durham. In the -summer of 1782 they were removed to Salisbury, -and in 1783 to Newbury.</p> - -<p>The great usefulness of light cavalry had been -fully proved during the reign of King George II., -and also during the American war; and after the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> -conclusion of a treaty of peace in 1783, the -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> dragoons underwent a change of -clothing and equipment;—the cocked hats were -replaced by helmets; boots, saddles, belts, and -other articles of equipment, of a light construction, -were adopted; carbines of a smaller size than -those before used, were received; the standard -height for men and horses was reduced; and the -regiment was constituted a corps of <span class="smcap">Light Dragoons</span>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1784</div> - -<p>The change of equipment having taken place, -the regiment was employed in the travelling -escort duty for the royal family; it was quartered -at Hounslow, and other villages, on the road from -London to Windsor; and during the summer of -1784 it was reviewed, on Hounslow heath, by -His Majesty, when its appearance and discipline -procured the expression of his royal approbation.</p> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Regulations for the Clothing of the<br /> -Light Dragoons.</span>—<em>April, 1784.</em></p> - -<p>The clothing of a private light dragoon to -consist of a jacket and shell, under-waistcoat, -and leather breeches.</p> - -<p>The jacket and shell to be of <em>blue</em> cloth, the -collars and cuffs of the royal regiments to be red, -and those of the other regiments to be of the -colour of the facing of the regiment, looped upon<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -the breast, and edged with white <em>thread</em> cord, -and to be lined with white, the Eleventh and -Thirteenth regiments excepted, which are to be -lined with buff.</p> - -<p>The under-waistcoat to be of flannel, with -sleeves, and made so as to be buttoned within -the waistband of the breeches.</p> - -<p>The breeches to be of buckskin.</p> - -<p>N.B.—The make of the dress, and method of -placing the cord upon the breast of the jacket, -to be exactly conformable to the pattern approved -of by His Majesty.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Officers and Quarter-Masters</span>,—The dress -uniform of the officers and quarter-masters of the -light dragoons to be made according to the -King's regulation of the 19th of December, 1768, -excepting that the coats are to be blue, and -faced with the same colour as the private men, -and that the royal regiments are to be faced with -scarlet.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Field Uniform of the Officers and -Quarter-Masters</span>,—The jacket and shell to be -made up in the same manner as those of the -men, excepting that the shell is to have sleeves, -and that the looping is to be of silver, the -Thirteenth regiment excepted, which is to be -of gold.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Serjeants</span>,—To be distinguished by gold or -silver looping.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Corporals</span>,—To be distinguished by a gold or -silver cord round the collar and cuff.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Trumpeters</span>,—To have a jacket and shell the -colour of the facing of the regiment, with lace -instead of looping in front and down the seams.</p> - -<p>N.B.—A pattern suit of clothing, made up -according to these regulations, will be deposited -at the Army-Comptroller's Office, Horse Guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1785</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> Light Dragoons marched, in -the summer of 1785, into quarters in Sussex, -where the following order, dated Horse Guards, -February 6, 1786, was received:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span>,—His Majesty has been pleased to order, -that the colonels commanding regiments of Light -Dragoons shall, for the future, supply them with -<em>blue</em> cloaks, instead of red, in proportion as the -red ones, now in use, wear out, and that new -cloaks shall become necessary.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr6">I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed)<span class="pad6 smcap">William Fawcett</span>,</span><br /> -<span class="fs90"><em>Adjutant-General</em>.</span><br /> -</p></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1786<br />1787<br />1788<br />1789</div> - -<p>In May, 1786, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons were -removed to Guildford, and in July to Maidstone; -in 1787 they marched to Canterbury; and afterwards -to Greenwich and adjacent villages, from -whence they proceeded to Norwich; they passed -the summer of 1788 in Nottinghamshire; in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -the following winter they proceeded to the -vicinity of London, and after occupying cantonments -at Staines a few months, resumed their -former quarters at Hounslow, &c., in April, 1789, -and took part in the escort duty for the royal -family.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1790<br />1791<br />1792</div> - -<p>Having been relieved from escort duty, the -regiment marched, in June, 1790, into cantonments -in Sussex, the head-quarters being established -at Lewes, from whence they were removed, -in April, 1791, to Brighton, and in June of the -same year to Canterbury. In the summer of -1792 the regiment marched to Nottingham.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793</div> - -<p>A revolution had in the mean time taken -place in France, and the tyrannical and barbarous -proceedings of the republicans, who had seized on -the powers of the government in that kingdom, -filled Europe with wonder and with abhorrence -of the ruthless perpetrators of the numerous -tragedies which took place; their crimes were -increased by the execution of their sovereign -Louis XVI.; the British ambassador consequently -received instructions to quit Paris, and active -preparations were made for war. Two troops -were added to the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> light dragoons, -and in the spring of 1793 four troops, under the -command of Major Osborne, embarked for the -Netherlands, to form part of the army under -His Royal Highness the duke of York, designed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -to co-operate with the allies in repelling the -aggressions of the French republic on Holland -and the Austrian Netherlands. The depôt troops -were stationed at Manchester.</p> - -<p>Having joined the forces commanded by the -duke of York, the two squadrons of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -took part in the operations of the army. After -retiring from before Dunkirk, the troops re-assembled -at Furnes and Dixmude, and were stationed -for some time on the frontier of West Flanders. -His royal highness having resolved to make every -possible effort for the protection of the Austrian -Netherlands, determined to re-capture Menin, -and, as a diversion to favour this design, Major-General -Abercromby was directed to attack -<em>Lannoy</em> with a body of troops, of which a squadron -of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> formed a part. The attack -was made on the 28th of October: the French -having been driven from the town by the artillery, -the light dragoons galloped forward in pursuit -with distinguished gallantry, overtook their opponents, -cut down one hundred with their sabres, -took fifty-nine prisoners, and captured five pieces -of artillery, besides tumbrils and baggage waggons, -for which they were honoured with the approbation -of Major-General Abercromby and of His -Royal Highness the duke of York. The only -loss sustained by the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span>, on this occasion, -was two men wounded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> - -<p>The regiment performed much hard service on -out-post duty during the following winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794</div> - -<p>On the 16th of April, 1794, the regiment -advanced to the heights above Cateau, where it -was reviewed by the emperor of Germany, and -on the succeeding day, supported the attack -of the infantry and artillery on <em>Prémont</em>, -<em>Vaux</em>, &c.</p> - -<p>When the siege of <em>Landrécies</em> was undertaken, -the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> formed part of the covering -army encamped at <em>Cateau</em>. At day-break, on the -26th of April, while a thick fog covered the fields -and villages near the British camp, a few pistol-shots -in front gave indication that the advance-posts -were engaged, and soon afterwards the -piquets were seen retiring before crowds of -French, whose movements were partly concealed -by the fog. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were speedily mounted -and formed in front of their camp-ground; the -cannonade became louder and louder, and the fog -clearing, the duke of York detached the cavalry -of the right wing to turn the enemy's left flank, -while the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and Eleventh light dragoons' -and two squadrons of Archduke Ferdinand's hussars, -supported by several other corps, moved -forward to reconnoitre the French column advancing -from Prémont and Marets. Encountering -their opponents in the plain of St. Celian, the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and Eleventh light dragoons raised a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> -loud shout and dashed furiously against the adverse -ranks of war, while the German hussars -joined gallantly in the charge, and the enemy was -overthrown and pursued with dreadful carnage. -The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were distinguished for their heroic -ardour and contempt of danger, and Lieutenant -O'Laughlin eminently signalized himself. Twelve -hundred Frenchmen fell in the charge and pursuit, -and ten pieces of cannon, with eleven tumbrils -filled with ammunition, were captured, -exclusive of those taken by the remainder of the -army. A writer who was present at this engagement -(Robert Brown of the Coldstream guards), -states in his Journal, published in 1795, "<em>the</em> -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> <em>and Eleventh light dragoons performed prodigies -of valour on our left</em>." The Duke of York -observed in general orders, after complimenting -several other corps, "<em>Nor is the determined gallantry -with which the</em> <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> <em>and Eleventh light -dragoons attacked the enemy on the left (notwithstanding -their numbers), less worthy of every commendation</em>." -The loss of the regiment on this -occasion was one man and seven horses killed, -nineteen men and six horses wounded.</p> - -<p>After the fall of Landrécies, the regiment -proceeded by forced marches to the vicinity of -<em>Tournay</em>; and on the 10th of May, when the -French attacked the British position with thirty -thousand men, it had another opportunity of sig<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>nalizing -itself. The enemy having failed in his -attempt to turn the British left, directed his -efforts against the centre. A favourable opportunity -presenting itself, sixteen British and two -Austrian squadrons were detached, under Lieut.-General -Harcourt, against the enemy's right, and -by a determined charge broke the French -columns. A second charge proved decisive; the -French were defeated, and the British troops -were thanked in general orders for their excellent -conduct. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> had six horses killed; -four men and four horses wounded; and two -horses missing.</p> - -<p>A general attack having been resolved upon, -with the view of compelling the French to evacuate -Flanders, the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> light dragoons -were selected to take part in this enterprise, and -were attached to one of the columns, under His -Royal Highness the Duke of York, which advanced -at an early hour on the morning of the -17th of May, to the vicinity of Lannoy, where the -troops halted a short period, until a thick fog -cleared off, when they resumed their march. -Arriving at <em>Roubaix</em>, the place was gallantly -captured, and the troops reposed a few hours in -the town. As the sun was declining in the western -horizon, and the shades of evening were gathering -over the provinces of Flanders, Lieut.-General -Abercromby received orders to attack a village two<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -miles distant, called <em>Mouvaux</em>, which was situated -on a rising ground, surrounded by palisades and -entrenchments, protected by flanking redoubts, -and defended by a strong body of republican -troops. This enterprise was undertaken with -cheerful alacrity; the flank battalion of the foot -guards stormed the works, and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -light dragoons, led by Lieut.-Colonel William -Osborne, (a most gallant officer, who had been -twenty years in the regiment<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a>), made a detour -round the village, followed by the Fifteenth light -dragoons, under Lieut.-Colonel Churchill. As -the French soldiers began to give way before the -furious onset of the foot guards, and issuing from -among the houses, attempted to escape by the -rear of the village, they were charged by the two -cavalry regiments with the most distinguished -bravery. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were in front on this -occasion; arriving at a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">chevaux-de-frise</i>, a few -men of the regiment dismounted, and, though -exposed to a sharp fire of musketry, cleared a -space for the troops to pass, when the two regiments -rushed with terrific violence upon the -French infantry, broke their ranks, and cut them -down with a dreadful slaughter, capturing three -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span>guns. When the two regiments returned from -the pursuit, the evening was far advanced, and -they passed the night in the village.</p> - -<p>The Austrians having failed in several of their -points of attack, the enemy was enabled to bring -nearly his whole force against the daring Britons -who had thus attacked his position; and the -morning of the 18th of May was ushered in by a -tremendous cannonade. Multitudes of French -cavalry, infantry, and artillery, appeared advancing -in every direction; and by nine o'clock, Lieut.-General -Abercromby found the few men he had -with him nearly surrounded by crowds of opponents; -at the same time he received orders from -the Duke of York to retire to the heights behind -Roubaix. He fell back fighting; and as he passed -through the town, his rear was pressed by hosts of -enemies, who followed, shouting and assailing the -British with grape and musketry. From Roubaix -the division proceeded towards Lannoy; being -beset by superior numbers, the soldiers had to -dispute every foot of ground, and to keep up a -running fight. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and Fifteenth light -dragoons were constantly engaged on the flanks -and in the rear. <em>Lannoy</em> being found occupied -by the French, the British division took to the -fields, passing over hedges and ditches, constantly -fighting crowds of opponents, the light cavalry -evincing the most noble ardour and intrepidity;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> -and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> thus exhibiting, under accumulated -disasters and difficulties, the innate bravery -of Britons, and the great value of light cavalry. -One of the foot guards who was present (Browne), -observes in his Journal, "Our British light cavalry -which were with us (the Seventh, Fifteenth, and -Sixteenth) performed wonders of valour, charging -the enemy with unexampled courage whenever -they approached; it was no uncommon thing -to see <em>one</em> of them attack <em>three</em> of the French -dragoons at once, in order to rescue the prisoners -they were carrying off. It was owing to -their bravery that so few prisoners were taken; -they also retook numbers from the enemy. As -soon as we reached the village of Templeuve, -we halted and formed; and from thence -marched to our former position, behind the village -of Blandin. Our loss proved to be very inconsiderable -to what might have been expected, -for it was rather to be wondered at that one of -us escaped." The loss of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> was, four -horses killed; six men and ten horses wounded; -and fifteen men and thirty-two horses prisoners of -war and missing. The conduct of the British on -this trying occasion was highly commended by the -Emperor of Germany; and the Duke of York -expressed his approbation of the valour and firmness -of the corps engaged.</p> - -<p>The troops returned to their former position<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -in front of <em>Tournay</em>, where the British were -attacked on the 22nd of May; they repulsed -their opponents, who were forced to retire with -the loss of seven pieces of artillery. The loss of -the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> on this occasion was limited to one -troop horse.</p> - -<p>The immense numbers which the enemy was -enabled to bring forward, at length forced the -allies to retreat from the Austrian Netherlands to -the United Provinces; and during this retrograde -movement the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were frequently engaged -in out-post duty, in covering the retiring army, -and in numerous rencounters with detachments -of French cavalry.</p> - -<p>Tn August the army was encamped near <em>Breda</em>, -on a large plain bestrewed with the vestiges of -war, to give the Dutch an opportunity of putting -the fortress in a state of defence. While at this -camp, a piquet of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and Sixteenth -light dragoons surprised one of the enemy's out-guards. -The French dragoons fled at the first -onset; and many of them forsook their horses to -escape across walls and other fences where mounted -troopers could not pursue them; seven men were, -however, made prisoners, and forty horses were -captured.</p> - -<p>One hundred thousand French advanced to -attack thirty-five thousand British, and the Duke -of York made a further retrograde movement.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> -In October the army defended the passage of the -Waal from the island of Bommel until it communicated -with the Austrians on the left. The enemy -constructed batteries before <em>Nimeguen</em>; a sortie was -made on the 4th of November, in order to destroy -the French works, and the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> light -dragoons formed part of the force employed on -this service. The infantry led on by Major-General -De Burgh (afterwards Earl of Clanricarde), -stormed the enemy's entrenchments in -gallant style, when a dreadful carnage ensued, the -French fighting with resolution, but the British -proved irresistible with the bayonet: as the -enemy fled from their works, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and -other cavalry charged them in the rear and -cut them down with great slaughter. "Here" -(Captain Jones states in the Historical Journal) -"the British performed prodigies of valour": a -thousand opponents lay weltering on the plain -and among the works; the troops were thanked -in general orders for their services on this occasion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795</div> - -<p>At length a severe frost enabled the enemy -to advance in the beginning of 1795, across -the rivers on the ice, and the British, being no -longer capable of resisting the very superior -numbers of their opponents, retired through -Holland to Germany. During this retreat -the troops endured very great hardship and -privation from severe weather, and from the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> -hostile spirit manifested by the Dutch, who had -imbibed principles favourable to the French -interest. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> light dragoons were employed -in covering the retrograde movements, and -had occasional skirmishes with the enemy's leading -corps. After their arrival in Germany, they -occupied quarters of refreshment for several -weeks; during the summer they were encamped -on one of the plains of Westphalia; and in -November returned to England.</p> - -<p>On the decease of General Sir Henry Clinton, -K.B., his Majesty conferred the colonelcy of the -regiment on Major-General David Dundas, by -commission dated the 26th of December, 1795.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1796<br />1797<br />1798<br />1799</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> light dragoons occupied -various quarters in England until the summer of -1799, when they were encamped near Windsor, -and were reviewed by the King, who was pleased -to express, in very gracious terms, his royal approbation -of their appearance and field movements. -In the mean time the British government had -resolved to make, in connection with the Russians, -an attempt to deliver Holland from the power -of the French republic; and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> embarked -for this service at Ramsgate, in the -beginning of September, under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel <span class="smcap">Henry Lord Paget</span>, who was -appointed to the command of the cavalry employed -in this expedition, consisting of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span>, Eleventh, Fifteenth, and part of the -Eighteenth light dragoons; the whole being -under the orders of His Royal Highness the Duke -of York.</p> - -<p>On the advance of the army on the 19th of -September, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were attached to the -column under Lieut.-General de Hermann, which -attacked the enemy at half-past three in the -morning, and by eight gained possession of <em>Bergen</em>, -a large village surrounded by extensive woods; -but the Russians, overlooking the formidable -resistance they were to meet with, had not preserved -the necessary order, and they were driven -back with the loss of many men, and Lieut.-Generals -de Hermann and Tchertchekoff taken -prisoners.</p> - -<p>In the attack of the enemy's position on the -2nd of October, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> formed part of the -cavalry attached to the column commanded by -Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, which advanced -along the beach to within a mile of -<em>Egmont-op-Zee</em>, where a corps of French infantry -was posted among the sand-hills, with a numerous -body of cavalry and artillery on the beach. A -sanguinary contest ensued, in which the heroic -perseverance of the British was conspicuous. -Late in the evening the enemy's cavalry made an -attempt on the British horse artillery on the -beach: but were charged with signal intrepidity<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> -by the light dragoons under Colonel <span class="smcap">Lord Paget</span>, -and driven with considerable loss nearly to the -town. The British established themselves among -the sand-hills, where they passed the night, and -on the following day gained possession of Egmont-op-Zee<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a>. -The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> had two men and four -horses killed on this occasion, and eleven men -and twenty-five horses wounded.</p> - -<p>Part of the regiment was engaged on the -6th of October, in driving the enemy from his -position between <em>Beverwyck</em> and <em>Wyck-op-Zee</em>, -which proved a sanguinary service; but the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> did not sustain any loss.</p> - -<p>These gallant efforts were not seconded by the -Dutch, and severe weather, with other causes, -having rendered a retreat necessary, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -under <span class="smcap">Lord Paget</span>, covered the movement. Some -skirmishing took place, and several pieces of cannon -fell into the hands of the enemy, when his -lordship led one squadron on to the charge -with signal gallantry, and breaking in upon and -repulsing a force six times more numerous than -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span>his own, retook the cannon and with them -several pieces belonging to the enemy.</p> - -<p>Circumstances having occurred to induce the -Duke of York to vacate Holland, the regiment -returned to England in December, and was stationed -at Canterbury.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800<br />1801</div> - -<p>In the year 1800 the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own</span> light -dragoons were stationed at Windsor and Hounslow, -to perform the escort duty for the royal -family; in 1801 they were quartered at Reading, -with detached troops in Sussex, from whence -they were removed to Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Sir David Dundas was removed -to the Scots Greys in May, 1801, and the lieut.-colonel -of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span>, Colonel <span class="smcap">Henry W. Lord -Paget</span> (now <span class="smcap">Marquis of Anglesey</span>), was advanced -by King George III. to the colonelcy of -the regiment, as a special mark of royal favour -and approbation for his personal merit, and for -the excellent state of discipline and efficiency -manifested on all occasions by the corps under -his orders.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802<br />1803</div> - -<p>Peace having been concluded with the French -republic, in 1802, the establishment of the regiment -was reduced; but in 1803, the treacherous -conduct of Napoleon Bonaparte gave rise to -another war, and the establishment was again -augmented. When Bonaparte made his ostentatious, -but vain, preparations for the invasion of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -Great Britain, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were stationed at -Ipswich and Norwich, and were held in readiness -to repel the invaders, should they venture to -approach the shores of Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1804</div> - -<p>In 1804 the establishment was augmented to -ten troops.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805<br />1807</div> - -<p>In 1805 directions were received for the light -dragoon appointments and clothing to be changed -for those of <span class="smcap">Hussars</span>; the alteration took place -on the 25th of December, 1807; and the regiment -subsequently obtained the designation of -"<span class="smcap">Seventh, or Queen's Own, Regiment of -Hussars</span>."</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808</div> - -<p>After passing six years at Ipswich and Norwich, -the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> proceeded to Guildford -in July, 1808; and when on their march -they were reviewed by His Royal Highness the -Duke of York, on Hounslow-heath. Important -events had, in the mean time, transpired on the -continent and in the peninsula, and Portugal and -Spain had become subject to the tyrannical sway -of Bonaparte, who had nearly attained the -zenith of his power. Portugal was delivered -during the summer of 1808, by British skill and -valour; and a powerful effort in aid of the -Spaniards, who were endeavouring to free themselves -of the French yoke, having been resolved -upon by the British government, the <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span> were selected to take part in this enterprise.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span></p> - -<p>Eight troops, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -R. H. Vivian, and consisting of two lieut.-colonels -(Vivian and Kerrison), two majors (Hon. Berkeley -Paget and Hon. G. H. C. Cavendish), eight captains, -six lieutenants, four cornets, four staff-officers, six -quarter-masters, 717 non-commissioned officers, -trumpeters, and privates, and 677 troop-horses, -embarked at Portsmouth in October; on arriving -at Corunna, in November, the horses were slung -overboard, and they swam to the shore. The -regiment marched by squadrons to Astorga, from -whence it proceeded, with the Tenth and Fifteenth -hussars, towards Salamanca, to join the -troops advancing from Portugal under Lieut.-General -Sir John Moore, K.B. The British commander -had been promised that his advance -should be covered by a powerful and victorious -Spanish army, and that numerous and enthusiastic -legions of patriots were ready to co-operate -with him; but not a Spanish soldier was in his -front;—the enemy was at hand;—those armies -with which he had been ordered to co-operate -had been routed and dispersed, and Bonaparte -was approaching the capital of Spain in triumph. -Twenty-three thousand Britons were not able to -cope with three hundred thousand French; but -Sir John Moore resolved to push boldly forward, -and menace the French lines, that he might thus -draw Bonaparte with a powerful army from the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> -capital, which would give time for the southern -provinces of Spain to organize their means of resistance, -and for the discomfited Spanish armies -to re-assemble. The boldness and ability with -which this resolution was executed, surprised -Napoleon, and deserve the commendation of posterity. -The <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> were employed in -this enterprise, and a piquet of the regiment was -engaged on the 21st of December, with the Tenth -and Fifteenth hussars, commanded by Lieut.-General -<span class="smcap">Lord Paget</span>, in driving a body of French -dragoons from <em>Sahagun</em>, when about twenty of -the enemy were killed, and thirteen officers and -one hundred and fifty-four men taken prisoners, -in a sharp sword-fight which lasted about twenty -minutes.</p> - -<p>The approach of Bonaparte with an immense -army rendered it necessary for the British -to withdraw, and the heavy baggage, with several -brigades of infantry, commenced retiring; at the -same time the cavalry patroles advanced up to -the French lines and skirmished, to conceal the -retrograde movement. On the morning of the -25th of December a squadron of the <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span>, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Kerrison, -advanced towards <em>Carrion</em>, and encountering a -French detachment of about equal numbers, -made them all prisoners except the officer, who -wounded Lieut.-Colonel Kerrison in the arm, and -escaped.</p> - - <div class="chapter"></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> - -<p>The regiment commenced its retreat a few -hours after this affair; and the army rested two -days at <em>Benevente</em>, a rich open town situate in a -plain extending from the Gallician mountains to -the neighbourhood of Burgos. The infantry afterwards -continued the retreat, while the cavalry -remained in the town, and had parties watching -the fords of the little river Esla. Soon after day-break -on the 29th of December, six hundred -cavalry of the French imperial guard crossed the -stream and advanced into the plain; the British -detachments retired fighting, and a piquet of the -<span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>, under Lieutenant Lowther, -was sharply engaged. Being joined by part of -the Third German hussars, the piquets charged -the French leading squadrons with signal gallantry, -the ground was obstinately disputed, and a particularly -animating scene presented itself. Baggage -mules and followers of the army were scattered -over the plain, the town was filled with -tumult, the distant piquets and videts were galloping -in from right and left; the French were -pressing forward, and every appearance indicated -that the enemy's whole army was come up and -passing the river. Suddenly <span class="smcap">Lord Paget</span> led -the Tenth hussars at speed into the plain; the -piquets that were engaged united, and the whole -charged. In an instant the scene changed, the -French were seen galloping back, with the British<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -at their heels; they plunged into the stream without -breaking their ranks, and having gained the -opposite heights, they wheeled round and appeared -inclined to come forward a second time; but the -British horse artillery opening upon them, they -retired. Fifty-five killed and wounded Frenchmen -lay on the plain, their general, Lefebre Desnouettes, -and several other officers, were taken prisoners, -and many of those who escaped across the river, -were wounded. The piquet of the <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span> suffered severely, nearly every man -being either killed or wounded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1809<br />1810</div> - -<p>The enemy planted heavy cannon on the bank -of the river, and made a show of re-crossing; but -<span class="smcap">Lord Paget</span> guarded the fords all the day, and at -night withdrew with the cavalry. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -were constantly in the rear of the army, with -the other hussar regiments, during the remainder -of the retreat; they, however, suffered little -from the swords of the enemy; but the effects of -frost, snow, and of a deficiency in the supplies of -provision and forage, were severely felt. The -want of horse-shoes was a serious evil, which was -owing to the impracticability of the forge carts -accompanying the regiment. When the army -withdrew from the position at Lugo, during the -night of the 8th of January, 1809, the <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span> were left behind to keep up the bivouac -fires, and to cover the retreat, and they were in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> -the rear of the army until it arrived within three -leagues of Corunna.</p> - -<p>On arriving at Corunna, the regiment mounted -two hundred and fifty horses only, out of six -hundred and eighty which had marched from -that port about two months before, and many of -those which remained, were destroyed for the -want of transport, which could be obtained only -for the officers' horses and for about ninety troop-horses.</p> - -<p>The French were defeated in a general action -fought on the 16th of January, when <span class="smcap">Sir John -Moore</span> fell mortally wounded. The army afterwards -embarked and returned to England. Thus -the British had intercepted the blow which was -descending to crush Spain; time had been given -to enable the patriots to re-organize their armies; -and Bonaparte being recalled to France, by the -news that Austria and Russia were arming to -oppose him, the war was protracted in Spain. On -the passage to England the Despatch transport, -having on board Major the Hon. G. C. Cavendish, -Captain G. Dukinfield, and Lieutenant the Hon. -Edward Waldegrave, with one hundred and thirteen -men, and forty-four horses, was wrecked near -the Lizard, on the coast of Cornwall, and only -seven men escaped.</p> - -<p>After its arrival from Spain, the regiment was -quartered at Guildford, from whence it proceeded<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> -to Weymouth; in May, 1810, it embarked at -Liverpool for Ireland, and was stationed at -Dublin, with detached troops at Athy and Carlow.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811<br />1812<br />1813</div> - -<p>In 1811 the head-quarters were removed to -Dundalk, where they remained during the year -1812; and in 1813 the regiment embarked at -Dublin for England.</p> - -<p>Having landed at Liverpool, the regiment -proceeded to London; it was stationed at Hyde -Park barracks, Hampton Court, and Hounslow, -and performed the king's duty during the absence -of the household cavalry on foreign service.</p> - -<p>The glorious victories gained by the allied -army under Field Marshal the Marquis of Wellington -had, in the mean time, accomplished the -deliverance of Portugal, and of nearly all Spain, -from the despotic sway of Bonaparte, and the -<span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> were selected to take part in -completing the overthrow of the tyrannical power -of Napoleon. Eight troops, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -R. Hussey Vivian, embarked at Portsmouth -on the 15th of August, and landed at -Bilboa, the capital of Biscay, in Spain, on the -1st of September; and two additional troops -joined from England in October. The regiment -was formed in brigade with the Tenth and Fifteenth -hussars, commanded by Major-General -Lord Edward Somerset.</p> - -<p>After the surrender of the castle of St. Sebas<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span>tian -the regiment advanced, and having joined -the army, supported the infantry at the passage -of the <em>Bidassoa</em>, and advanced as far as Vera on -the borders of France. The <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -subsequently retired through the Pyrenean mountains -to the vicinity of Pampeluna, which fortress -surrendered on the 31st of October.</p> - -<p>Colonel Richard Hussey Vivian having been -appointed to the command of a brigade of cavalry, -the command of the regiment devolved on Lieut.-Colonel -Edward Kerrison.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814</div> - -<p>After occupying village cantonments near -Pampeluna for several weeks, the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -marched through the Pyrenees and joined -the army in France. On the 18th of December -they took the out-post duty at Cambo, a town -eight miles from Bayonne, where the French -army, under Marshal Soult, lay in a fortified -camp. On the 31st of December, the regiment -took the out-post duty on the road leading to St. -Jean Pied de Port, where a French division was -stationed. The weather becoming very severe, -the regiment went into cantonments in the beginning -of 1814, near Hasparan, in Gascony, -thirteen miles from Bayonne: in these quarters -forage was particularly scarce, and the horses -suffered in condition from being fed on chopped -gorse and about three pounds of oats a day. The -foraging parties sent towards the French lines,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> -had frequent skirmishes, and on one of these -occasions, Captain Peter Augustus Heyliger was -wounded.</p> - -<p>The weather having become more clear, the -army advanced in the middle of February, and on -the 24th the hussar brigade proceeded to the bank -of the Gave d'Oléron, in the expectation of being -engaged. Captain Fraser and twelve men of the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> passed the river under a heavy fire, and -were followed by Captain Verner's squadron, for -the purpose of supporting a body of infantry -which had crossed the stream and were seriously -engaged; but the enemy being in force, and the -ground such that cavalry could not act, the -squadron was re-called. The enemy abandoning -his position, the regiment crossed the river in -pursuit, and halted at the village of Boren.</p> - -<p>Marshal Soult concentrated his forces behind -the Pau at <em>Orthes</em>; the allies advanced to attack -him; and the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>, having crossed -the river, were engaged in driving the enemy from -his position on the 27th of February. About -10 o'clock the regiment was ordered to cover the -sixth division and the guns; and when the French -gave way, it dashed forward in pursuit, and by a -brilliant charge it overthrew a body of opponents, -and took sixty prisoners: this occurred about -3 o'clock. Shortly afterwards the regiment was -again ordered to charge, and being led forward by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> -Colonel Kerrison with signal gallantry, it was -once more successful, and sixteen officers, with -about seven hundred men, were made prisoners. -The Marquis of Wellington observed in his public -despatch: "Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton -Cotton took advantage of the only opportunity -which occurred, to charge with Major-General -Lord Edward Somerset's brigade in the neighbourhood -of <em>Sault de Navailles</em>, where the enemy -had been driven from the high road by Lieutenant-General -Sir Rowland Hill. <em>The</em> <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span> <em>distinguished themselves upon this occasion, -and made many prisoners</em>."</p> - -<p>The regiment had four men and five horses -killed; Major William Thornhill, Captain P. A. -Heyliger, Lieutenant Robert Douglas, nine men, -and eleven horses wounded.</p> - -<p>After the battle of Orthes the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -were employed a short time at Villeneuve de -Marsan, in the department of the Landes; also at -Roquefort and Captieux, in protecting the rear of -the army from the depredations of parties of brigands. -From these quarters the regiment advanced, -and rejoining the army near <em>Toulouse</em>, -supported the infantry in the action at that place -on the 10th of April.</p> - -<p>When the French withdrew from Toulouse, the -regiment moved forward and was employed in the -out-post duty.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span></p> - -<p>At length hostilities were terminated by the -abdication of Bonaparte and the restoration of -the Bourbon dynasty. Thus a war of unprincipled -aggression, begun in acts of fraud and perfidy, and -carried on with treachery, cruelty, and rapine, -ended with the downfall of its author, and the -humiliation and dispersion of his boasted invincible -legions.</p> - -<p>After the termination of hostilities, the regiment -reposed a month in village cantonments; -and on the 1st of June commenced its march for -Boulogne, where it embarked for England, and, -after landing, it marched to Romford, and in -September to Brighton. Its services were subsequently -rewarded with the honour of bearing the -word "<span class="smcap">Peninsula</span>" upon its appointments.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1815</div> - -<p>Riots having occurred in London towards the -end of February and in the beginning of March, -1815, in consequence of the introduction into -Parliament of a bill to regulate the importation -of grain, the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> were suddenly -ordered to proceed thither from Brighton.</p> - -<p>The return of Bonaparte to France, the sudden -defection of the forces of Louis XVIII., and the -elevation of the usurper to the throne, filled -Europe with astonishment. War was resolved -upon, and on the 25th of March three squadrons -of the <span class="smcap">Queen's Own Hussars</span>, commanded by -Col. Sir Edward Kerrison, marched from London<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -for foreign service; they embarked at Dover, -landed at Ostend, and, after marching a few stages -up the country, went into cantonments, and were -formed in brigade with the Fifteenth hussars, and -Second hussars of the King's German legion, -under the orders of Major-General Sir Colquhoun -Grant, K.C.B. On the 29th of May they were -reviewed, with other brigades of the cavalry, by -Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, -accompanied by Marshal Von Blucher, the commander -of the Prussian army.</p> - -<p>Bonaparte, endeavouring, by one of those rapid -movements for which he had been so famous, to -interpose between the British and Prussian armies, -and beat them in detail, suddenly attacked and -drove in the out-posts, and early on the morning -of the 16th of June the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> advanced -to support the troops engaged at <em>Quatre -Bras</em>. After a march of many miles, they arrived -at the scene of conflict; the French were repulsed, -and the troops bivouacked in the fields.</p> - -<p>The Prussians having been defeated and forced -to retreat, the Duke of Wellington made a corresponding -movement on the 17th of June, to -preserve his communication with them, and the -<span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> were engaged, with other corps, -in covering this retrograde movement. On passing -through the village of <em>Genappe</em>, the French -lancers began to press upon the rear of the retiring<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> -army, and the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> were directed by their -colonel, Lieutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge, -to charge. This order was executed with signal -bravery; but the lancers, being sustained by a -great mass of cavalry, and having their flanks -secure, presented an almost impenetrable row of -pikes, through which the hussars were unable to -break. The regiment rallied and charged a -second time; but the lancers, being well supported -and advantageously posted, were enabled -to maintain their ground. Some impression had, -however, been made, and two squadrons of the -first regiment of life guards coming up at speed, -the weight and power of their charge broke the -lancers, who were pursued through the village -with great slaughter. The retreat was afterwards -continued with skirmishing and cannonading to -the position in front of the village of <em>Waterloo</em>, -where the army passed the night exposed to a -heavy rain.</p> - -<p>On the following day the hard contested and -sanguinary battle of <em>Waterloo</em> was fought,—a -battle memorable in the annals of Europe,—where -the fate of empires was decided by the sword, and -the British troops acquired immortal honour! -During the early part of the action the <span class="smcap">Seventh -Hussars</span> supported the infantry, and towards -the evening they were ordered forward. Moving -from Hugomont, they acted nearly on the reverse<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> -of the enemy, and by a series of brilliant charges, -most nobly executed, contributed to the final -overthrow of the French army. On this occasion -the officers and men proved their resolution to -support the high character which the regiment -had so long borne; and their conduct was publicly -noticed and attested in the strongest and most -unequivocal terms by the commander of the -cavalry, Lieutenant-General the Earl of Uxbridge, -who, after having gone through this arduous day, -received a wound at the close of the action by -which he lost his right leg.</p> - -<p>The loss of the regiment on the 17th and 18th -of June was, one serjeant, fifty-five rank and file, -and eighty-four horses killed; Captains J. W. -Robins, W. Vernor, and P. A. Heyliger; Lieutenants -R. Douglas, E. Peters, and R. Beattie; -with nine serjeants, one trumpeter, eighty-three -rank and file, and one hundred and sixteen horses -wounded.</p> - -<p>The gallant conduct of the regiment on this -occasion, was subsequently rewarded with the -honour of bearing the word "<span class="smcap">Waterloo</span>" on its -appointments; the officers and men received each -a silver medal; and the privilege of reckoning -two years' service for that day, was conferred on -the subaltern officers, and also on the non-commissioned -officers and private men.</p> - -<p>On the 19th of June, the regiment advanced<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> -in pursuit of the French, who fled in dismay -towards Paris; on the evening of the 24th, it was -at the capture of <em>Cambray</em> by escalade, by Lieut.-General -Sir Charles Colville's division. On arriving -at the vicinity of Paris, the war was -terminated, by the surrender of the capital, and -the restoration of Louis XVIII. to the throne of -his ancestors.</p> - -<p>After occupying village cantonments near -Paris for several months, and taking part in -several grand reviews, at which the Emperors of -Russia and Austria, and the Kings of Prussia -and France, were present, the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -were selected to form part of the army of occupation -in France, and they proceeded to Estaples -and neighbouring villages.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1816</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1816, the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> marched -to quarters between St. Omer and Dunkirk, for -the purpose of field exercise and review, and -were joined by a squadron from England. On -the 22nd of October, the Duke of Wellington -reviewed the army on the plains of St. Denain, -and witnessed the troops go through the formula -of a mock engagement. The <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> afterwards -returned to their former quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1817</div> - -<p>In February, 1817, the regiment was again -quartered near St. Omer, for the convenience of -field exercise; it was subsequently stationed -between Cambray and Valenciennes, and was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> -again reviewed in October, by the Duke of -Wellington, together with the remainder of British -troops, and the Saxons, Danes, and Hanoverians. -The regiment was afterwards stationed at Cassel -and adjacent villages.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1818</div> - -<p>Several changes of quarters took place in -1818; and the regiment was at the grand military -spectacles, when the army was seen by their -Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Cumberland, -and when the Russians, British, Saxons, -Danes, and Hanoverians were reviewed, by the -Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Prince of -Orange, Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael, -&c., &c. After these reviews, the army of occupation -quitted France: the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -embarked at Calais, landed at Dover and Ramsgate, -and marched to Chertsey, &c.</p> - -<p>On the night of the 1st of December the -regiment attended the funeral of Her Majesty -Queen Charlotte.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1819<br />1820</div> - -<p>In 1819, the regiment marched to Scotland; -in August, 1820, it embarked at Port Patrick for -Ireland; and the head-quarters were stationed -twelve months at Dundalk.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1821</div> - -<p>In August, 1821, the regiment marched to -Dublin, on the occasion of the visit of His -Majesty King George IV. to the capital of -Ireland. On the 18th of August, the king reviewed -the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>, with the other<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span> -troops in garrison at Dublin, on which occasion -the regiment was commanded by its colonel, the -Marquis of Anglesey. In September the establishment -was reduced from eight to six troops.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1822<br />1823</div> - -<p>Leaving Dublin in December, 1822, the regiment -proceeded to Newbridge; in June, 1823, it -embarked at Waterford, and landing at Bristol, -proceeded to Richmond and other villages in the -neighbourhood of Hounslow.</p> - -<p>On the 15th of July the two regiments of life -guards, Blues, Third light dragoons, and <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -and Fifteenth hussars, with a brigade of horse -artillery, were reviewed on Hounslow-heath by -his Royal Highness the Duke of York.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1824</div> - -<p>After the review the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> marched -to Brighton, Chichester, and Hastings, with detachments -on revenue duty on the coast; but -returned to the vicinity of Hounslow in the spring -of 1824, the head-quarters being at Hampton -Court; and on the 7th of July they were again -reviewed, with the same corps as in the preceding -year, on Hounslow-heath, by the Duke of York. -The head-quarters were afterwards removed to -Hounslow barracks, and the regiment took the -escort duty.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1825<br />1826<br />1827</div> - -<p>In July, 1825, the regiment proceeded to York, -Beverley, and Newcastle; in April, 1826, it -marched to Scotland, and was stationed at Edinburgh -and Perth, with parties on revenue duty at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> -Cupar, Angus, and Forfar; and in March, 1827, -it left Scotland for the South of England.</p> - -<p>On the 12th of April the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> -were reviewed on Hounslow-heath by his Grace -the Duke of Wellington, who was pleased to -express his unqualified approbation of their appearance -and discipline. After the review they -continued their march to Brighton and Chichester.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1828<br />1829<br />1830</div> - -<p>Leaving these quarters, the regiment proceeded -to Liverpool in March, 1828, and embarking for -Ireland, landed at Dublin, where it was stationed -until May, 1829, when it was removed to Newbridge, -and in May, 1830, to Dundalk, Monaghan, -and Belturbet.</p> - -<p>On the 2d of August, 1830, a general order was -issued for the whole of the cavalry, with the -exception of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), to be -dressed in <em>red</em>; the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> were consequently -furnished with red pelisses in the -following year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1831</div> - -<p>The regiment left Dundalk, &c., in April, 1831, -for Newbridge, and in June proceeded to Dublin -and embarked for England. After landing at -Liverpool, it marched to Birmingham, with detached -troops at Coventry and Kidderminster.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1832<br />1833<br />1834</div> - -<p>In March, 1832, the regiment proceeded to -Norwich, Ipswich, and one troop to Boston. In -the month of March of the following year it -proceeded to Scotland, and was stationed at Hamilton -and Glasgow, and in February, 1834, per<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span>formed -much extra duty in consequence of riots -among the cotton spinners and calico printers in -the neighbourhood of Glasgow.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1835</div> - -<p>On the 2d of May, 1834, the regiment left its -quarters in Scotland, and proceeding to England, -was stationed at York and Newcastle; and in -April, 1835, it marched to Nottingham, Sheffield, -Derby, and Boston.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1836<br />1837</div> - -<p>In April, 1836, the regiment proceeded to -Hounslow, and took the escort duty. In June, -1837, it embarked at Bristol for Ireland, landed -at Cork, and the head-quarters were established -at Ballincollig, from whence they were removed -in August to Cork, and in September to Dublin, -where they passed the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1838<br />1839</div> - -<p>Orders having been received for the regiment -to transfer its services to Canada, it was divided -into four service and two depôt troops; the service -troops embarked at Cork on the 1st of May, -1838; and arrived at Montreal in June. In November, -1838, they were employed against the -insurgents in Lower Canada, and one troop was -similarly employed in January, 1839.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1840<br />1841<br />1842</div> - -<p>During the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, the -service troops were stationed at Montreal and -Laprairie. In the year 1841 orders were received -to resume blue pelisses. The Service Troops have -continued in Canada to the summer of 1842, -the date of the conclusion of this memoir.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p>The record of the services of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span>, or -<span class="smcap">Queen's Own Hussars</span>, for a period of one hundred -and fifty years, (as contained in the preceding -pages,) exhibits a proof, among the other portions -of the British army, of attachment to their officers, -of loyalty and fidelity to their sovereign, and -of zeal and devotedness to their country. On all -occasions, when their services have been required -to meet a foreign enemy, they have entered upon -the difficulties of active warfare with readiness -and a determination to perform the duties allotted -them; and their bravery and contempt of danger -have been strongly evinced. Their gallantry at -the battle of Dettingen in 1743; their conduct at -<em>Warbourg</em> in 1760, under the Marquis of Granby, -and on other occasions in Germany during the -Seven years' War;—their boldness and intrepid -bearing in conflict with the enemy at <em>Cateau</em>, -<em>Roubaix</em>, <em>Tournay</em>, and <em>Mouvaux</em>, under the Duke -of York, in 1794, which received His Royal -Highness's strongest commendations, afford instances -of the most determined bravery.</p> - -<p>The proofs of true courage were further adduced -by the firm conduct of the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span> in -the advance into Spain under Lieut.-General Sir -John Moore in 1808, and in the retreat to Corunna -in January, 1809, as detailed in the Regimental -Record. The gallantry of the regiment at the -battle of Waterloo, in June, 1815, gained an -imperishable addition to its fame; and the deeds<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> -of the officers and men, who fought on that -glorious occasion, are sufficient to perpetuate an -emulous desire in the present and future members -of the corps to rival the exertions of their brave -predecessors.</p> - -<p>The smart, active, and soldier-like appearance -of the regiment, its correct and orderly conduct -in quarters, and its gallantry in the field, have -acquired a high character in the estimation of the -country, and proved it to be a valuable acquisition -to the crown and to the government.</p> - -<p>In thus recording the commendations due to -so distinguished a regiment as the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> Hussars, -the compiler of this Record, with true -respect towards the gallant officer and nobleman -at the head of the corps, ventures to associate his -fame and honour with those of his regiment, with -which, for more than forty years, they have been -identified: General the Marquis of Anglesey, -K.G. and G.C.B., assumed the command of the -<span class="smcap">Seventh</span> Hussars as Lieutenant-Colonel on the -6th of April, 1797; he shared with his regiment in -the dangers and honours of the conflicts in Holland -in 1799; at Sahagun and Benevente in 1808; in -the retreat to Corunna in 1809; and at the all-crowning -victory of Waterloo in 1815, where -he lost his leg by a cannon shot. In future ages -the gallant and heroic deeds of this nobleman -will be the admiration of every member and -friend of the British army.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs80">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</span></h2> - -<p class="center"> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xl lsp">THE SEVENTH,</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OR</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="large lsp">QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> -<br /> -<span class="xxl lsp">HUSSARS.</span></p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - - -<p class="center smcap">Robert Cunningham.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 30th December, 1690.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robert Cunningham</span> was an officer of reputation -in the Scots brigade in the service of Holland, and was -wounded at the battle of St. Denis, in 1678. Proceeding -to Scotland, he became a warm advocate for the -principles of the Revolution of 1688, and having performed -faithful services in that cause, he was rewarded -with the colonelcy of a regiment of foot formed during -the winter of 1689-90. When the clans tendered their -submission to King William's government, Colonel -Cunningham's regiment was disbanded, and he obtained -the command of a corps of dragoons, now the -<span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>. He served with his regiment, -under King William, in the Netherlands, during the -campaigns of 1694, 1695, and 1696, and in the summer -of the last-mentioned year he commanded a brigade of -dragoons in Flanders. At the close of the campaign -he was succeeded in the colonelcy by Lord Jedburgh.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">William, Lord Jedburgh.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st October, 1696.</em></p> - -<p>The Honorable <span class="smcap">William Kerr</span>, son of Robert, -fourth Earl and first Marquis of Lothian, steadily supported -the principles of the Revolution, and rose to the -rank of colonel in the army on the 1st of March, 1692. -He succeeded, in the same year, to the title of <span class="smcap">Lord -Jedburgh</span>; and on the 1st of October, 1696, King -William appointed him to the colonelcy of a regiment -of dragoons, now the <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>. In 1702, -Queen Anne promoted him to the rank of brigadier-general. -On the decease of his father, in 1703, he succeeded -to the title of <span class="smcap">Marquis of Lothian</span><a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a>. The -rank of major-general was conferred on his lordship in -1704; in the succeeding year he was invested with the -order of the Thistle; and in January, 1707, he obtained -the rank of lieut.-general. On the 25th of April following -he obtained the colonelcy of the third foot -guards, from which he was removed in 1713, in consequence -of his political views not being in accordance -with those of Queen Anne's new ministry. After the -accession of King George I., his lordship was appointed -to the staff of North Britain. He died in 1722.</p> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Patrick, Lord Polwarth.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 28th April, 1707.</em></p> - -<p>This officer was the son of Sir Patrick Hume, of -Polwarth, who was one of the most conspicuous and -vigorous characters of the age in which he lived, was a -strenuous opposer of the proceedings of King Charles II. -in Scotland, and was created, by King William, Lord -Polwarth, and Earl of Marchmont.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Patrick Hume</span> was educated in Holland, and the -Prince of Orange gave him a commission in the Dutch -service. He accompanied His Highness to England at -the Revolution, and when his father was elevated to -the dignity of Earl of Marchmont, he was styled <span class="smcap">Lord -Polwarth</span>. He was appointed major of a regiment -of dragoons, now <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>, in 1694; lieut.-colonel -in 1697, and colonel in 1707. He died in 1709.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">The Honorable William Kerr.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 10th October, 1709.</em></p> - -<p>The Honorable <span class="smcap">William Kerr</span>, third son of -Robert, Earl of Roxburgh, and brother of John, first -Duke of Roxburgh, served with reputation on the continent, -under the celebrated John, Duke of Marlborough. -In 1709 he was rewarded with the command of a regiment -of dragoons, now <span class="smcap">Seventh Hussars</span>, and on -the accession of King George I. he was appointed -groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales. He -highly distinguished himself at the battle of Dumblain, -on the 13th of November, 1715, where, according to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> -the accounts published at the time, he had three horses -killed under him, was wounded in the thigh, and had -his coat torn by a pistol bullet. The care and attention -which he paid to the interests of his corps, procured -him the affection and esteem of the officers and soldiers. -He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in -1727, to that of major-general in 1735, and to that of -lieut.-general in 1739. He died in 1741, after commanding -the regiment nearly thirty-two years.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">John Cope.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 12th August, 1741.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">John Cope</span> entered the army in March, 1707, and -speedily rose to the lieut.-colonelcy in the second or -Scots troop of horse grenadier guards. He obtained the -rank of colonel in the army in 1711. In 1730 he was -promoted from the horse grenadier guards to the -colonelcy of the thirty-ninth foot, from which he was -removed to the fifth foot, in 1732. He was promoted -to the rank of brigadier-general in 1735; was removed -to the ninth dragoons in 1737; and advanced to the -rank of major-general two years afterwards. He served -several years on the staff of Ireland, obtained the -colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons in 1741, and proceeded, -in the summer of 1742, to Flanders with the -army commanded by Field-Marshal the Earl of Stair. -In the beginning of the following year he was promoted -to the rank of lieut.-general, and having signalized -himself, under the eye of his sovereign, at the head of -the second line of cavalry, at the battle of Dettingen, -he was constituted a knight of the Bath.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir John Cope</span> was commander-in-chief in Scotland -when the rebellion of 1745 broke out in the Highlands, -and a small body of troops, under his immediate -command, was defeated by the clans under the young -Pretender, at Preston Pans, which unfortunate circumstance -enabled the rebels to penetrate into England. -He died in 1760.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">John Mostyn.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th August, 1760.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">John Mostyn</span> served in the thirty-first foot, in -which corps he rose to the rank of captain, and in 1742 -he was appointed captain-lieutenant in the second foot -guards. Having joined his company on foreign service, -he was engaged at the battle of Fontenoy, where the -foot guards highly distinguished themselves, and he was -wounded. In December, 1747, he was promoted to the -rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to King -George II.; and in 1751 he obtained the colonelcy of -the seventh foot, from which he was removed to the -thirteenth dragoons in 1754. In 1757 he was promoted -to the rank of major-general; he was removed to the -fifth dragoons in 1758, and to the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons -in 1760. He commanded a brigade of infantry under -the Duke of Marlborough in the expedition to the coast -of France in 1758; in 1759 he was promoted to the -rank of lieut.-general, and serving in Germany under -Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, he distinguished himself -on several occasions. At the conclusion of the war -he was removed to the first dragoon guards, and was -promoted in 1772, to the rank of general. He died in -March, 1779.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir George Howard, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 13th May, 1763.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">George Howard</span> entered the army in the reign of -King George I., and after serving the crown a period -of nineteen years, he obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of -the third foot on the 2nd of April, 1744. He commanded -the regiment at the battles of Fontenoy, Falkirk, -Culloden, and Val; and in 1749 he succeeded his -father in the colonelcy of the corps. He served with -distinction in Germany during the seven years' war; -was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1758, and -to that of lieut.-general in 1760: and at the conclusion -of the peace in 1763, he was removed to the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> -dragoons, and advanced to the dignity of a knight of -the Bath. In 1777 he was promoted to the rank of -general; in April, 1779, he was removed to the first -dragoon guards; and was promoted to the rank of field-marshal -in October 1793; he was also a member of the -privy council, and governor of Jersey. He died on the -16th of July, 1796.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 21st April, 1779.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Henry Clinton</span>, grandson of Francis, sixth Earl -of Lincoln, held a commission in an independent company -of foot at New York, from which he was removed -in 1751, to a lieutenancy in the second foot guards, and -in 1758 he was promoted to the rank of captain and -lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards. Having gained -great credit for his conduct during the seven years' war,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> -in which the foot guards had several opportunities of -acquiring distinction, he was promoted, in 1762, to the -rank of colonel in the army; and in November, 1766, -King George III. rewarded him with the colonelcy of -the twelfth regiment of foot, then at Gibraltar; he was -promoted to the rank of major-general in 1772. On -the breaking out of hostilities in America, in 1775, this -distinguished officer was sent with reinforcements to -General Gage, at Boston, with the local rank of -lieut.-general, and signalized himself at the battle of -Bunker's Hill. In January, 1776, he was promoted to -the local rank of general in America; he proceeded -to North Carolina, and commanded the troops which -made an unsuccessful attempt on Charlestown; and -afterwards commanded a division of the army, under -General Sir William Howe, in the descent on Long -Island. In the action at Brooklyn he evinced ardour -and ability; also in the skirmish at White Plains, and in -the capture of Rhode Island, in December, the same -year. In 1777, he commanded the troops at New York, -and captured forts Clinton and Montgomery, and was -rewarded with the order of the Bath. In 1778 he was -appointed commander-in-chief in North America; in -May he joined the army at Philadelphia from whence he -withdrew to New York, and while on the march he repulsed -an attack of the Americans at Freehold. He subsequently -had success in several affairs of minor importance; -and while engaged in these services, he was -appointed to the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> dragoons. -In December, 1779, he embarked with a large force for -South Carolina, and, after overcoming numerous difficulties, -he captured Charlestown, for which he received -the thanks of parliament. He sustained the character<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> -of a brave, zealous, and accomplished officer; but he -was so circumstanced in America, that he was unable -to add much to his reputation by the energetic and -gallant efforts which he made in that country; and -after experiencing pain and mortification from numerous -causes, he returned to England in June, 1782, -having been succeeded by General Carleton, afterwards -Lord Dorchester.</p> - -<p>The rank of general in the army was conferred on -<span class="smcap">Sir Henry Clinton</span> in 1793; he held the government -of Limerick; and in 1795 he was appointed governor -of Gibraltar. He was many years a member of parliament; -and was also groom of the bedchamber to the -Duke of Gloucester. His decease occurred on the 23rd -of December, 1795.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap">David Dundas.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 26th December, 1795.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">David Dundas</span> was one of the most distinguished -officers of the age in which he lived, for his perfect -knowledge of the principles of military tactics. He -commenced his military education at the age of thirteen -in the academy at Woolwich, and at fifteen he -assisted in a survey of Scotland; in 1756 obtained a -commission in the fifty-sixth regiment. In 1758 he proceeded -with the expedition to the coast of France as an -assistant quarter-master-general; and in the following -year obtained the command of a troop in a newly-raised -regiment of light dragoons (Eliott's light horse), now -the fifteenth, or King's hussars. He served with his -regiment in Germany in 1760 and 1761; in the following -summer he accompanied an expedition to Cuba, as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> -aide-de-camp to Major-General Eliott, and was actively -employed in the reduction of the Havannah. After the -peace he resumed his post in his regiment, in which he -rose to the rank of major; and, urged by an ardent -desire to acquire a perfect knowledge of every branch -of his profession, he obtained permission to proceed to -the continent, to observe the practice of the French -and Austrian armies. In 1775 he procured the lieut.-colonelcy -of the twelfth light dragoons, joined the regiment -in Ireland shortly afterwards, and in 1778 obtained -the appointment of quarter-master-general in that country. -In 1782 he was removed to the lieut.-colonelcy of -the second Irish horse, now the fifth dragoon guards. In -1785 he again proceeded to the continent, attended the -exercises of the Prussian troops during three summers, -and after his return he presented His Majesty with a -detailed account of their evolutions.</p> - -<p>Colonel Dundas, having become a proficient tactician, -produced, in 1788, a highly useful work on the principles -of military movements, which became the basis of our -army regulations for field exercises. His abilities obtained -for him the favour and attention of King George -III., who appointed him adjutant-general in Ireland, -for the purpose of introducing his system of tactics -into the army of that country. In 1790 Colonel Dundas -was promoted to the rank of major-general. In -1791 he obtained the colonelcy of the twenty-second -foot, and in the same year was placed on the Irish staff, -but he resigned that appointment in 1793 to engage in -service of actual warfare. After the commencement of -hostilities with the French republic, Major-General -Dundas was employed on a military mission to the -island of Jersey, and was subsequently sent to the con<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span>tinent -to confer with the Duke of York respecting the -siege of Dunkirk. From Flanders he proceeded to -Toulon, which had recently been taken possession of by -a British armament; and his services there, although he -was ultimately obliged to evacuate the place, called forth -the approbation of his sovereign and of the British -nation. After abandoning Toulon, he made a descent -on Corsica, which island was reduced and annexed to -the British dominions; but shortly afterwards he received -directions to proceed to Flanders, where he -arrived in the spring of 1794, and commanded a brigade -of cavalry at the battle of Tournay on the 22d of May, -1794. Major-General Dundas was actively employed -in the retreat through Holland, and the corps under his -immediate command gained considerable advantage -over the enemy in two successive actions near Gelder-Malsen; -he highly distinguished himself also in an -attack upon the French post at Thuyl, in December of -the same year. He continued with the British troops -in Germany during the summer of 1795, and in December -was appointed colonel of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> Light -Dragoons. After his return to England he was appointed -quarter-master-general to the army; and he -composed the celebrated regulations for the field exercises -and movements for the cavalry, which were approved -by his Royal Highness the Duke of York and -by King George III., and ordered to be exclusively -adopted throughout the cavalry.</p> - -<p>In 1799 Lieut.-General Dundas commanded a division -of the allied army under the Duke of York, in -the expedition to Holland; he distinguished himself in -several actions with the enemy, and was highly commended -by His Royal Highness in his public despatches.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> -In 1801 he was appointed colonel of the second, or -Royal North British dragoons, and was constituted -governor of Fort George. In 1802 he was promoted to -the rank of general; and in the following year, when the -French were preparing to invade England, he was placed -in command of the troops in the southern district, which -comprised the counties of Kent and Sussex. In 1804 -he was appointed governor of the Royal Hospital at -Chelsea, and created a Knight of the Bath. On the -18th of March, 1809, His Majesty was pleased to confer -on this distinguished veteran the appointment of -commander-in-chief of the army, on the resignation of -Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York, -which appointment he held until the 25th of May, 1811, -when His Royal Highness was re-appointed. He was -also appointed colonel-in-chief of the rifle brigade on -the 31st of August, 1809. He was promoted to the -colonelcy of the King's dragoon guards on the 27th of -January, 1813. He died in 1820, after a distinguished -service of upwards of sixty years.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center smcap lsp">Henry W., Lord Paget,</p> - -<p class="p1 center xs">NOW</p> - -<p class="center smcap"><span class="lsp">Marquis of Anglesey,</span> KG., GCB., K.St.P., GCH.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 16th May, 1801.</em></p> - - - <div class="chapter"></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs80">SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS</span></h2> - -<p class="p1 center xs">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 center fs90">SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, REGIMENT OF HUSSARS.</p> - - -<p class="p1" /> -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="btt bll brr" colspan="4"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc bll">Name. </td><td class="tdc bl" colspan="2">Date of Appointment.</td><td class="tdc bl bl brr">Remarks. </td></tr> -<tr><td class="bb bll brr" colspan="4"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">William Forbes</td><td class="tdlx bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlx">30, 1690</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed in 1697.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Hon. Patrick Hume, afterwards Lord Polwarth</td><td class="tdlx bl">March </td><td class="tdlx">30, 1697 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Appointed colonel of the regiment, April 28, 1707.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Sir John Johnston</td><td class="tdlx bl">April</td><td class="tdlx">28, 1707</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed in 1711.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Archibald Lord Wandale, afterwards Earl of Forfar</td><td class="tdlx bl">Oct. </td><td class="tdlx">30, 1711 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Promoted to the colonelcy of the third foot, April 4, 1713.—Died of wounds received at the battle of Dumblain in 1715.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">James <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Lord Torpichen'">Lord Torphichen</ins><br />Re-appointed</td><td class="tdly bl">April<br />Jan.</td><td class="tdly"> 4, 1713<br />31, 1715</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Distinguished himself at the battle of Dumblain.—Retired in 1722.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Thomas Fowke </td><td class="tdlx bl">June </td><td class="tdlx">25, 1722 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Promoted to the colonelcy of the 54th foot (afterwards disbanded) in 1741.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">William Erskine</td><td class="tdlx bl">Jan.</td><td class="tdlx">21, 1741</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired in 1751.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John Guerin</td><td class="tdlx bl">March</td><td class="tdlx"> 3, 1751</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed in 1757.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">George Lawson Hall</td><td class="tdlx bl">May</td><td class="tdlx">14, 1757</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired in 1761.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John Litchfield</td><td class="tdlx bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlx">14, 1761</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed in 1765.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Thomas Hay </td><td class="tdlx bl">June </td><td class="tdlx">14, 1765 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired from the regiment in 1771, but retained his rank in the army.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Thomas Bland </td><td class="tdlx bl">Feb. </td><td class="tdlx">27, 1771 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Promoted to the colonelcy of the fifth dragoon guards in 1790.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John William Egerton </td><td class="tdlx bl">Nov. </td><td class="tdlx">18, 1790 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed to the lieut.-colonelcy dragoons of the fourteenth light in 1797.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">William Osborne</td><td class="tdlx bl">March</td><td class="tdlx"> 1, 1794</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Exchanged to sixteenth light dragoons in 1797.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Henry W. Lord Paget, now Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., &c.</td><td class="tdlx bl">April </td><td class="tdlx"> 6, 1797 </td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment in 1801.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John G. Le Marchant</td><td class="tdlx bl">June</td><td class="tdlx"> 1, 1797</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Removed to second dragoon guards in 1801.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Michael Barne</td><td class="tdlx bl">July</td><td class="tdlx">19, 1799</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired in 1805.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John Walhause</td><td class="tdlx bl">May</td><td class="tdlx">16, 1801</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Exchanged to twenty-fifth light dragoons in 1804.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Richard Hussey Vivian</td><td class="tdlx bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlx">28, 1804</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Promoted major-general in 1814.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Edward Kerrison</td><td class="tdlx bl">April</td><td class="tdlx"> 4, 1805</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Ditto ditto 1819.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">William Thornhill</td><td class="tdlx bl">Aug.</td><td class="tdlx">12, 1819</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired in 1826.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">James John Fraser</td><td class="tdlx bl">Sept.</td><td class="tdlx">28, 1826</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Retired on half-pay in 1830.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Edward Keane</td><td class="tdlx bl">June</td><td class="tdlx">15, 1830</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">Exchanged to half-pay unattached in 1833.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">Charles John Hill</td><td class="tdlx bl">April</td><td class="tdlx"> 5, 1833</td><td class="tdlx bl brr">To half-pay unattached in 1837.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx bll">John James Whyte</td><td class="tdlx bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlx">21, 1837</td><td class="tdlx bl brr"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="bbb bll brr" colspan="4"></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs80">SUCCESSION OF MAJORS</span></h2> - -<p class="p1 center xs">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 center fs90">SEVENTH, OR QUEEN'S OWN, REGIMENT OF HUSSARS.</p> - -<p class="p1" /> -<div class="center fs70"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="btt bll brr" colspan="6"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc bll">Name.</td><td class="tdc bl" colspan="2">Date of Appointment.</td><td class="tdc bl">Name.</td><td class="tdc bl brr" colspan="2">Date of Appointment.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="bb bll brr" colspan="6"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">George Wishart.</td><td class="tdlz bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlz">30, 1690</td><td class="tdlz bl">William Calcraft</td><td class="tdlz bl">July</td><td class="tdlz brr">19, 1799</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Patrick Hume, afterwards Lord Polwarth</td><td class="tdlz bl"></td><td class="tdlz"> 1694</td><td class="tdlz bl">Charles Taylor</td><td class="tdlz bl">May</td><td class="tdlz brr">16, 1801</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">John Johnston</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz">30, 1697</td><td class="tdlz bl">Richard Hussey Vivian</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 9, 1803</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">George Douglas</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz">28, 1707</td><td class="tdlz bl">Edward Kerrison</td><td class="tdlz bl">May</td><td class="tdlz brr">12, 1803</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Archibald Lord Wandale</td><td class="tdlz bl">Sept.</td><td class="tdlz">22, 1711</td><td class="tdlz bl">James Stuart</td><td class="tdlz bl">Sept.</td><td class="tdlz brr">28, 1804</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">———— Preston</td><td class="tdlz bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlz">30, 1711</td><td class="tdlz bl">Hon. Berkeley Paget</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 4, 1805</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">James Lord Torphichen</td><td class="tdlz bl">Feb.</td><td class="tdlz">15, 1712</td><td class="tdlz bl">William Tuyll</td><td class="tdlz bl">Jan.</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 1, 1807</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">James Nasmyth</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz">15, 1714</td><td class="tdlz bl">Hon. G. H. C. Cavendish</td><td class="tdlz bl">June</td><td class="tdlz brr">23, 1808</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Matthew Stewart</td><td class="tdlz bl">Jan.</td><td class="tdlz">31, 1715</td><td class="tdlz bl">Charles Denshire</td><td class="tdlz bl">Feb.</td><td class="tdlz brr">23, 1809</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">James Agnew</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz"> 4, 1733</td><td class="tdlz bl">George Cholmley</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz brr">27, 1809</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">John Guerin</td><td class="tdlz bl">July</td><td class="tdlz">23, 1748</td><td class="tdlz bl">Edward Hodge</td><td class="tdlz bl">May</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 7, 1812</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Edward Harvey</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz"> 8, 1751</td><td class="tdlz bl">William Thornhill</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 8, 1813</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">James Wharton</td><td class="tdlz bl">Jan.</td><td class="tdlz"> 5, 1754</td><td class="tdlz bl">William Verner</td><td class="tdlz bl">June</td><td class="tdlz brr">17, 1815</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">George Lawson Hall</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz"> 8, 1755</td><td class="tdlz bl">Thomas William Robins</td><td class="tdlz bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlz brr">24, 1818</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">James Shipley</td><td class="tdlz bl">May</td><td class="tdlz">14, 1757</td><td class="tdlz bl">Edward Keane</td><td class="tdlz bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlz brr">16, 1819</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">John Litchfield</td><td class="tdlz bl">Feb.</td><td class="tdlz">10, 1758</td><td class="tdlz bl">James Hamlyn Williams</td><td class="tdlz bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlz brr">24, 1821</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Thomas Hay</td><td class="tdlz bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlz">14, 1761</td><td class="tdlz bl">James John Fraser</td><td class="tdlz bl">Feb.</td><td class="tdlz brr">27, 1823</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Thomas Bland</td><td class="tdlz bl">June</td><td class="tdlz">14, 1765</td><td class="tdlz bl">William Shirley</td><td class="tdlz bl">June</td><td class="tdlz brr">17, 1824</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Robert Lawrie</td><td class="tdlz bl">Feb.</td><td class="tdlz">27, 1771</td><td class="tdlz bl">Hon. George Berkeley Molyneux</td><td class="tdlz bl">Sept.</td><td class="tdlz brr">28, 1826</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Thomas Warburton</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz">26, 1779</td><td class="tdlz bl">Charles John Hill</td><td class="tdlz bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlz brr">31, 1827</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">William Osborne</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz"> 7, 1787</td><td class="tdlz bl">Philip Dundas</td><td class="tdlz bl">Dec.</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 3, 1830</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Richard Watson</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz"> 1, 1794</td><td class="tdlz bl">John James Whyte</td><td class="tdlz bl">April</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 5, 1833</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">Michael Barne</td><td class="tdlz bl">March</td><td class="tdlz"> 1, 1794</td><td class="tdlz bl">Arthur William Biggs</td><td class="tdlz bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlz brr">21, 1837</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlz bll">John Walhouse</td><td class="tdlz bl">Oct.</td><td class="tdlz">18, 1798</td><td class="tdlz bl">Thos. Edmund Campbell</td><td class="tdlz bl">Nov.</td><td class="tdlz brr"> 4, 1840</td></tr> -<tr><td class="bbb bll brr" colspan="6"></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<div class="footnotes pg-brk"><h2>FOOTNOTES:</h2> - -<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> These two troops have, by several authors, been erroneously -styled "regiments."</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> See the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or the Buffs, -from page 63 to 66.</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 following speculative account of the regiment is extracted -from Mc Pherson's Secret History of England; edition of -1775, vol. 2, page 7; Mr. Scott's relation, "An Account of the -State of Scotland, in July, 1706."</p> - -<p class="pad1"> -"The Earl of Lothian's regiment of dragoons (as I remember) -consists of six companys, each company, including serjeants -corporals, and drummers, is thirty men. The colonel's character -is already given. The lieut.-colonel is son to Polwarth, now -called Earl of Marchmont. When the late Earl of Hume listed, -this lieut.-colonel was thought well-affected, and very much -under the influence of Hume; but what to say of him now I -know not. The major of the regiment, John Johnston of -Westraw, is reported to have loyal inclinations, being much -managed that way by his very loyal lady, whom few of any side -must trust."</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> See the Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, -pages 52 and 53.</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> -</p> - -<p class="right"> -<em>Whitehall, 1st August, 1715.</em><br /> -</p> - -<p> -"<span class="smcap">Gentlemen</span>, -</p> - -<p> -<span class="pad6">"His Majesty</span> having been pleased to declare the -regiment of dragoons whereof the Honorable William Kerr is -colonel, to be '<span class="smcap">Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales' -own Royal Regiment of Dragoons</span>,' I am desired you will -acquaint the Right Honorable the Lord Townshend therewith, -that a commission may be accordingly prepared, constituting the -said William Kerr, Esq. colonel of the said regiment. -</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr10">"I am, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2 smcap">"William Pulteney,"</span><br /> -(<em>Secretary at War</em>.)<br /> -</p> - -<p class="fs90"> -<em>The Secretaries to<br /> - The Lord Townshend.</em></p></div> - -<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> An instance of ardent attachment and zeal was exemplified -by a detachment of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> light dragoons, who, having -been informed that Lieut.-Colonel Osborne had been made prisoner, -rushed forward among the enemy and rescued him.</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> An instance again occurred of gallantry in a detachment -having pressed forward in consequence of a report that Colonel -Lord Paget had been taken prisoner: the report proved incorrect, -but the zeal of the men of the <span class="smcap">Seventh</span> and their attachment to -their officers was on this, as on other occasions, strongly manifested; -and although His Lordship felt it necessary to restrain -this excess of ardour, he could not withhold an expression of his -feeling of the good intentions of his brave corps.</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> Macky, in his characters of the Scottish nobility, speaking -of the Marquis of Lothian, observes—"He hath abundance of fire, -and may prove a man of business when he applies himself that -way; laughs at all revealed religion, yet sets up for a pillar of -presbytery, being very zealous, though not devout. He is brave -in his person; loves his country and his bottle; a thorough -libertine; very handsome; hair black; with a fine eye; 45 -years old."</p></div></div> - - -<p class="p4 center pg-brk"> -<span class="smcap">London:<br /> -Harrison and Co., Printers,<br /> -St. Martin's Lane.</span><br /></p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<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>Brackets (larger versions of { and } in the original tables) have been -removed in the etext version of the two tables on <a href="#Page_101">Pg 101</a> and -<a href="#Page_102">Pg 102</a>. They were confusing and unnecessary; the cell spacing and alignment is clear -and unambiguous.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, -rencounters; devotedness; impracticability; Field-Marshal, -Field Marshal; re-called, recalled; honorable, honourable.</p> - -<p> -<a href="#Page_29">Pg 29</a>, '1720, the the regiment' replaced by '1720, the regiment'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_39">Pg 39</a>, 'without lappels' replaced by 'without lapels'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_44">Pg 44</a>, 'dragoons of Price-schenik' retained, but perhaps meant to be - 'dragoons of Prince Friedrich'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_44">Pg 44</a>, 'was advanceing' replaced by 'was advancing'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_101">Pg 101</a>, 'Lord Torpichen' replaced by 'Lord Torphichen'.<br /> -</p> -</div> - - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of the Seventh, or -the Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars:, by Richard Cannon - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTH *** - -***** This file should be named 53900-h.htm or 53900-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/9/0/53900/ - -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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