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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Historical Record of the Fourteenth -or The Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: -From Its Formation in 1685 to 1845 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: February 4, 2017 [EBook #54107] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD *** - - - - -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_. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}. For example, iv^s (four - shillings), or Esq^{re}. - - 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. - - - - -[Illustration: - - BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IV^{TH}. - _and under the Patronage of_ - Her Majesty the Queen. - - HISTORICAL RECORDS, - _OF THE_ - British Army - - _Comprising the - History of every Regiment - IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE._ - - _By Richard Cannon Esq^{re}._ - - _Adjutant Generals Office, Horse Guards._ - - London - - _Printed by Authority_:] - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE FOURTEENTH, - - OR, - - THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT: - - CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF - - THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1685, - - AND OF - - ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1845. - - - _ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES._ - - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, - _MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL_. - - M.DCCC.XLV. - - - LONDON: - HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, - ST. MARTIN'S LANE. - - - THE FOURTEENTH, - - OR - - THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - - REGIMENT OF FOOT, - - BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR, - - "TOURNAY"--"CORUNNA"--"WATERLOO"--"JAVA"--"BHURTPORE," - - AND - - THE ROYAL TIGER SUPERSCRIBED "INDIA," - - IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES ON THE - CONTINENT OF EUROPE, AND IN THE EAST INDIES. - -[Illustration: (Regimental badge)] - - The Regiment also bears on the Caps of the Grenadiers and Drummers, - THE WHITE HORSE, with the motto _Nec aspera terrent_. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - Year Page - - 1685 Formation of the Regiment 9 - - ---- Names of the Officers 10 - - 1689 Proceeds to Scotland 13 - - 1692 Embarks for Flanders -- - - ---- Returns to England -- - - ---- Forms part of an expedition against the coast of - France -- - - ---- Proceeds to Ostend 14 - - 1693 Battle of Landen -- - - 1694 Forms part of the covering army during the - siege of Huy 16 - - 1695 Operations against the Fortress of Kenoque -- - - ---- Siege of the Fortress of Namur 17 - - 1696 Returns to England 20 - - 1698 Embarks for Ireland -- - - 1715 Proceeds to Scotland 22 - - ---- Battle of Sheriffmuir 23 - - 1719 Action at Glenshiel 24 - - ---- Returns to England 25 - - 1727 Defence of Gibraltar 26 - - 1742 Returns to England -- - - 1745 Embarks for Flanders 27 - - ---- Returns to England 28 - - ---- Marches to Scotland -- - - 1746 Battle of Falkirk -- - - ---- -------- Culloden 29 - - 1751 Uniform and Colours of the Regiment 31 - - 1752 Returns to England 31 - - ---- Embarks for Gibraltar -- - - 1759 Returns to England 32 - - 1765 Alterations in the Clothing 33 - - 1766 Embarks for North America 34 - - 1771 Proceeds to the West Indies -- - - ---- Employed against the Caribbees -- - - 1773 Returns to North America -- - - 1775 Detachment employed against the entrenchments - at Great Bridge 35 - - 1777 Returns to England 36 - - 1782 Embarks for Jamaica -- - - ---- Styled the Bedfordshire Regiment 37 - - 1791 Returns to England 38 - - 1793 Embarks for Holland 39 - - ---- Engaged at Famars -- - - ---- Siege of Valenciennes 40 - - ---- Siege of Dunkirk 42 - - 1794 Attack on the village of Prêmont 43 - - ---- Siege of Landrécies 44 - - ---- Battle of Tournay 47 - - ---- Forms part of the garrison of Nimeguen 50 - - 1795 Action at Gueldermalsen 51 - - ---- Returns to England 53 - - ---- Embarks for the West Indies, but returns to port 54 - - 1796 Resumes the voyage to the West Indies -- - - ---- Capture of the Islands of St. Lucia and St. - Vincent 55 & 57 - - 1797 Capture of Trinidad -- - - ---- Forms part of the Force destined to act against - Porto Rico -- - - 1803 Returns to England 60 - - 1804 A Second Battalion added 61 - - 1805 The First Battalion embarks for Hanover -- - - 1806 Returns to England -- - - 1806 Proceeds to Ireland 62 - - 1807 The First Battalion embarks for India -- - - 1808 Expedition against Tranquebar -- - - ---- The Second Battalion embarks for Spain 63 - - 1809 Battle of Corunna 64 - - ---- The Second Battalion returns to England 65 - - ---- County Title changed from "Bedfordshire" to - "Buckinghamshire" -- - - ---- The Second Battalion proceeds to Walcheren -- - - ---- Siege of Flushing -- - - ---- Battalion returns to England 66 - - 1810 The Second Battalion embarks for Malta -- - - ---- Capture of the Isle of France 67 - - 1811 Capture of Java 70 - - 1813 Attack on the piratical state of Sambas on the - western coast of Borneo 72 - - ---- A Third Battalion added -- - - 1814 The Second Battalion forms part of an expedition - against the north-west coast of Italy 73 - - ---- The Second Battalion stationed at Genoa -- - - 1815 The Third Battalion embarks for Flanders 74 - - ---- Battle of Waterloo -- - - ---- Attack on the Citadel of Cambray 77 - - ---- The Second Battalion leaves Genoa and proceeds - to France -- - - ---- The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta 78 - - ---- The Third Battalion returns to England -- - - 1816 The Third Battalion disbanded -- - - ---- The Second Battalion embarks from Malta for - the Ionian Islands -- - - 1817 Capture of the fortified town of Hatrass 79 - - ---- The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta 80 - - ---- -------------------- returns to England -- - - ---- -------------------- disbanded -- - - ---- Employed against the Pindarees -- - - 1825 Capture of Bhurtpore 83 - - 1830 Returns to England 87 - - 1832 Proceeds to Ireland 88 - - 1836 Embarks for the West Indies -- - - 1841 Proceeds to Canada 89 - - 1845 The Conclusion 90 - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. - - 1685 Sir Edward Hales, Bart. 91 - - 1688 William Beveridge 93 - - 1692 John Tidcomb -- - - 1713 Jasper Clayton -- - - 1743 Joseph Price 95 - - 1747 The Honorable William Herbert -- - - 1753 Edward Braddock 96 - - 1755 Thomas Fowke -- - - 1756 Charles Jefferies 97 - - 1765 The Honorable William Keppel 98 - - 1775 Robert Cunninghame -- - - 1787 John Douglas 99 - - 1789 George Earl Waldegrave -- - - ---- George Hotham 100 - - 1806 Sir Harry Calvert, Bart., G.C.B. -- - - 1826 Thomas Lord Lynedoch 105 - - 1834 The Honorable Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B. -- - - 1835 The Honorable Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B. -- - - 1837 Sir James Watson, K.C.B. 106 - - -PLATES. - - Colours of the Regiment _to face_ 9 - - Uniform of the Regiment " 90 - - - - -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. - - -[Illustration: 14th Regiment.] - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE FOURTEENTH, - - OR - - THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE REGIMENT - - OF - - FOOT. - - -[Sidenote: 1685] - -In the summer of 1685 England was in a state of tranquillity; the -minds of men were not, however, at ease respecting the religion -of their king, James II., but they put the best construction on -his conduct, and manufactures and commerce were flourishing; -when suddenly James Duke of Monmouth invaded the western shores -with a few followers, and asserted his claim to the sovereignty -of the realm. The din of hostile preparation instantly resounded -throughout the kingdom, and thousands of His Majesty's subjects -laid aside the pursuits of industry, and arrayed themselves under -the royal standard, to oppose the invader and his adherents. At -this juncture SIR EDWARD HALES, Baronet, of Woodchurch, in the -county of Kent, stood forward in the support of the Crown, and -raised a company of one hundred musketeers and pikemen, for the -king's service, at Canterbury and in its vicinity. Companies were -also raised by the following loyal gentlemen:-- ---- Boynton, Esq., -Robert Middleton, Henry Vaughan, Richard Brewer[1], William Broom, -John Gifford, Thomas Gifford, Mark Talbot, John Chappell, and -Rowland Watson, and these companies were constituted a regiment, -of which SIR EDWARD HALES was appointed colonel, ---- Boynton -lieutenant-colonel, and Robert Middleton major, by commissions -dated the 22nd of June, 1685; and the corps thus formed now -bears the title of the FOURTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. The general -rendezvous of the regiment was at Canterbury; two companies -had their rendezvous at Rochester and Chatham, and others at -Sittingbourne and Feversham. - -While the formation of the regiment was in progress, the rebel army -was defeated at Sedgemoor, and the Duke of Monmouth was captured -and beheaded. SIR EDWARD HALES'S regiment was, however, one of -the corps which the King resolved to retain in his service; the -establishment was fixed at ten companies of sixty men each, and in -the middle of August the regiment was encamped on Hounslow-heath, -where it was reviewed by His Majesty; it afterwards marched to -Gravesend and Tilbury, detaching two companies to Jersey, one to -Guernsey, and two to Windsor. - -[Sidenote: 1686] - -On the 1st of January, 1686, the establishment was estimated at the -following numbers and rates of pay, viz.:-- - - SIR EDWARD HALES'S REGIMENT. - - Pay per Day. - STAFF. £ _s_ _d._ - The Colonel, _as Colonel_ 0 12 0 - Lieut.-Colonel, _as Lieut.-Colonel_ 0 7 0 - Major, _as Major_ 0 5 0 - Chaplain 0 6 8 - Chirurgeon, iv^s., one mate ii^s. vi^d. 0 6 6 - Adjutant 0 4 0 - Quarter Master and Marshal 0 4 0 - ------------ - 2 5 2 - ------------ - - THE COLONEL'S COMPANY. - Pay per Day. - £ _s_ _d._ - The Colonel, as Captain 0 8 0 - Lieutenant 0 4 0 - Ensign 0 3 0 - 2 Serjeants, xviii^d. each 0 3 0 - 3 Corporals, xii^d. each 0 3 0 - 1 Drummer 0 1 0 - 50 Soldiers, at viii^d. each 1 13 4 - ------------ - Total for 1 Company 2 15 4 - ------------ - Nine Companies more at the same rate 24 18 0 - ------------ - Total per day 29 18 6 - ------------ - Per annum £10,922 12_s._ 6_d._ - -[Sidenote: 1687] - -The regiment was again encamped on Hounslow-heath in the summer of -1687, and a grenadier company was added to its establishment. At -this period the following officers were holding commissions in the -regiment, viz.:-- - - _Captains._ _Lieutenants._ _Ensigns._ - Sir Edw. Hales, (_Col._) Thomas Butler Dudley Van Burgh - G. Barclay, (_Lt.-Col._) Robert Seaton Austin Belson - John Gifford, (_Major_) Richard Boucher Thomas Heyward - John Chappell Gaven Talbot Philip Overton - Rowland Watson James Nicholson Dudley Van Colster - Thomas Weld Bryce Blair Clifford Brexton - George Latton William Carew George Blathwayt - Richard Brewer Nicholas Morgan Edward Hales - Thomas Gifford Edward Gifford Edward Pope - George Aylmer Augustin Gifford Cæsar Gage - {William Fielding } - Peter Shackerly {Francis Sanderson } Grenadier Company - - _Chaplain_, Nicholas Trapps.--_Adjutant_, James Nicholson. - _Chirurgeon_, John Ridley.--_Quarter-Master_, Edward Syng. - -After passing in review before the King and Queen, and other -members of the royal family, the regiment struck its tents and -marched to Plymouth, where it was stationed during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1688] - -From Plymouth the regiment marched to London in June, 1688, and -took the duty at the Tower until the middle of August, when it was -relieved by the Royal Fusiliers, and marched to Canterbury, and in -September to Salisbury. - -In the mean time the measures adopted by King James II. to -establish Papacy and arbitrary government had filled the country -with alarm. Among other proceedings the King claimed the power -of dispensing with the oaths, required by law, on appointment to -office; the colonel of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, SIR EDWARD HALES, -had espoused the Roman Catholic religion; he, therefore, could -not take the oaths, and was not eligible for his commission; he -was prosecuted and convicted at Rochester assizes; but he moved -the case into the Court of the King's Bench, and had judgment -in his behalf; eleven of the twelve judges taking part with the -King against the law. Many of the nobility solicited the Prince -of Orange to aid them in opposing the measures of the court, and -when the Prince arrived with a Dutch army, the King assembled his -forces at Salisbury. The result may be told in a few words:--the -English army refused to fight in the cause of Papacy and arbitrary -government; the King, accompanied by Colonel Sir Edward Hales, -and Quarter-Master Edward Syng, of this regiment, attempted to -escape to France in disguise; but they were apprehended on board -of a Custom-house vessel at Feversham, and Sir Edward Hales was -afterwards confined in the Tower of London. The King made a second -attempt, and arrived in France in safety. The Prince of Orange -issued orders for the regiment to occupy quarters at Waltham, in -Hampshire, and conferred the colonelcy on William Beveridge, an -officer of the English brigade in the Dutch service, by commission -dated the 31st of December, 1688. - -[Sidenote: 1689] - -The accession of William Prince of Orange and his consort to the -throne was opposed in Scotland, and in the spring of 1689 the -regiment was ordered to march towards the north; it was stationed -a short time at Berwick, where it was inspected on the 14th of -June by the commissioners for re-modelling the army: in August it -received orders to march to Edinburgh. - -[Sidenote: 1690] - -[Sidenote: 1691] - -The regiment was employed in various services in Scotland and -the north of England until the insurgent clans had lost all hope -of success, and in 1691 they tendered their submission to the -government of King William III. - -[Sidenote: 1692] - -In the spring of 1692, the regiment embarked for Flanders, to -take part in the war in which the British monarch was engaged, to -preserve the liberties of Europe against the ambitious projects of -the court of France. Scarcely had it arrived at the seat of war, -and taken post in one of the fortified towns of West Flanders, when -the French monarch assembled his army near La Hogue, and prepared a -fleet to convey the troops to England, for the purpose of replacing -King James on the throne. The regiment was immediately ordered to -return, and having landed at Greenwich in the early part of May, it -was held in readiness to repel the invaders, should they venture to -land on the British shores; but while the menace of invasion was -producing considerable alarm in England, the French fleet sustained -a decisive defeat off La Hogue, and the danger instantly vanished: -the hopes of the Jacobites were frustrated, and the ascendancy of -Protestant principles insured. The regiment was afterwards encamped -near Portsmouth, and it formed part of an expedition under the -Duke of Leinster, afterwards Duke Schomberg, against the coast of -France; but the French naval force having been nearly annihilated -at the sea-fight off La Hogue, Louis XIV. expected a descent, and -had drawn so many troops from the interior to the coast, that the -Duke of Leinster did not venture to land. After menacing the French -shores at several points, to produce a diversion in favour of the -confederate army in the Netherlands, the fleet sailed to the Downs, -from whence it proceeded to Ostend, where the troops landed: they -took possession of and fortified the towns of Furnes and Dixmude, -and several regiments afterwards returned to England. - -On the 14th of November Colonel William Beveridge was killed in -a duel with one of the captains; and King William afterwards -conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Lieutenant-Colonel John -Tidcomb, from the Thirteenth Foot. - -[Sidenote: 1693] - -The FOURTEENTH was one of the regiments which remained in Flanders, -and it took the field in May, 1693, to serve the campaign of that -year with the confederate army, commanded by King William in -person, who took possession of the camp at Parck, near Louvain, to -prevent the designs of Louis XIV. on Brabant. - -After taking part in several movements, the regiment was in -position at _Landen_, on the morning of the 19th of July, when -the French army, of very superior numbers, commanded by Marshal -Luxembourg, advanced to attack the forces under King William. On -this occasion the FOURTEENTH Regiment had its first opportunity of -proving its prowess in action with the enemy, and it gave presage -of that gallantry for which it afterwards became distinguished. The -French commenced the action with great spirit, but were repulsed -several times; their superior numbers enabled them to bring -forward fresh troops, and they eventually carried the village of -Neer-Winden. The King ordered a retreat, which was executed with -difficulty, and was attended with serious loss. - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment had Captains Van Burgh, Cassin, and -Henriosa, and Lieutenant Worley, killed; Lieutenant Nicholson -died of his wounds; Captains Devaux and Stanwix, Lieutenants -Campbell, Forbes, and Pettitpiere, Ensigns Revison and Perrott, -wounded; Lieutenant-Colonel Graham taken prisoner: the number of -non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the regiment, killed and -wounded, has not been ascertained. - -In the autumn, when the army separated for winter quarters, the -regiment marched into garrison at Bruges; at the same time parties -were sent to England to procure recruits, to replace the losses -sustained during this campaign. - -[Sidenote: 1694] - -When the army took the field in the spring of 1694, the regiment -was left, with several other corps, under Brigadier-General Sir -David Collier, encamped near Ghent, to form a guard for the -artillery, which was conveyed by water to Malines. The regiment -joined the army at the camp near Louvain, on the 4th of June, and -on the 6th it was reviewed by His Majesty, who was pleased to -express to Colonel Tidcomb his high approbation of its appearance. -The regiment was afterwards employed in several movements, and -it formed part of the splendid body of troops encamped at Mont -St. André, near the village of Ramilies, where the forces of the -confederate states were assembled under King William III., and -presented a magnificent spectacle of war. - -The FOURTEENTH was one of the corps which attempted, by a forced -march, to pass the enemy's fortified lines, and penetrate French -Flanders; but by extraordinary exertions the French gained the -pass first, and thus preserved their country from an invasion. -The regiment was subsequently encamped near _Rousselaer_, forming -part of the covering army during the siege of _Huy_. The vicinity -of the camp was infested by detachments of the enemy, and on one -occasion the waggons conveying the bread to the army were attacked, -when a detachment of the FOURTEENTH, forming part of the guard, was -engaged, and the regiment had Captain Sacheverel mortally wounded, -who was the only British officer killed by the enemy during this -campaign. - -Having to remain in the field during cold and wet weather, the -soldiers erected huts of wood and straw, and on the 1st of October -the huts of the FOURTEENTH Regiment were accidentally set on -fire, and destroyed: the Second Foot Guards had experienced the -same misfortune a few days previously. The fortress of Huy having -surrendered, the army separated for winter quarters, and the -regiment returned to Bruges in the second week in October. - -[Sidenote: 1695] - -From Bruges, the regiment marched, in May, 1695, to Dixmude, -where it pitched its tents, and remained several days. The Duke -of Wirtemberg took the command of the troops assembled at this -point, and advancing to the junction of the Loo and Dixmude canals, -encamped before the fortress of _Kenoque_, upon which an attack -was made for the purpose of drawing the French army that way, for -the protection of their lines in West Flanders. The FOURTEENTH -Regiment took part in this service; its grenadier company was -engaged in driving the French from the intrenchments and houses -near the Loo canal, and in repulsing the attempts of the enemy to -regain possession of them. A redoubt was afterwards taken, and a -lodgment effected in the works at the bridge, in which services the -regiment had several men killed and wounded. This demonstration -having produced the desired effect, the strong fortress of _Namur_ -was exposed to an attack from the main army, and it was accordingly -invested, and the siege commenced. - -The attack on Kenoque was then desisted in; the FOURTEENTH Regiment -was one of the corps withdrawn from West Flanders, and joined the -covering army, under the Prince of Vaudemont, at Wouterghem. - -From Wouterghem, the regiment marched towards Namur, to take part -in the siege of that important fortress, which was deemed nearly -impregnable, and was defended by a numerous garrison, under the -celebrated Marshal Boufflers. On arriving before Namur the regiment -pitched its tents at Templeux, from whence it advanced and took its -turn of duty in the trenches. - -On the 8th of July, the regiment was on duty before Namur, and -it was ordered to support the attacks to be made that evening on -the covered-way near the hill of _Bouge_: the storming party was -commanded by Major-General Ramsay. About seven o'clock in the -evening, the signal for the attack was given, and the storming -party rushed forward with the most distinguished heroism. The -FOURTEENTH moved forward to support the attack, and mingling with -the combatants evinced signal intrepidity. The soldiers rushed up -to the enemy's palisades, and placing the muzzles of their muskets -between the staves, fired a volley, which put the French into some -confusion. The palisades were afterwards broken;--the supporting -corps joined in the assault,--the second covered-way was carried, -and the French overpowered, driven from their works, pursued among -the batteries on the brow of the hill, and many of them were killed -in the stone pits in which they took refuge. This post having been -thus captured, the FOURTEENTH Regiment retired, and being relieved -from duty in the trenches, it returned to its camp at Templeux, -a league and a half from Namur. Its loss was severe:--Lieutenant -Ravisson was killed; Captain Carew and Ensign Perott died of their -wounds; Captains Pope, Jackson, and Forbes, and Ensign Cormach, -were wounded, but afterwards recovered. - -The regiment quitted its post at Templeux, took its station in the -lines of circumvallation, and mounted guard in the trenches, on -the 10th of July; it was again on duty in the trenches on the 16th -of July, when it had Captain Forbes and several private soldiers -killed. - -A detachment of the grenadiers of the regiment was engaged, on the -17th of July, in an attack upon the counterscarp; the assault was -made about five o'clock in the evening; the French disputed the -post with great bravery, defending the glacis for some time; but -they could not withstand the prowess of the British grenadiers, -who effected a lodgment, and obliged the enemy to abandon the -counterscarp. Lieutenant Williams of the grenadier company of -the regiment was killed, and Captain Devaux was wounded with the -working party. - -The regiment was again on duty in the trenches on the 19th and 24th -of July. On the following day the town surrendered, the garrison -retiring to the castle. - -After the surrender of the town of Namur, the regiment quitted -the lines of circumvallation, and joined the covering army under -the Prince of Vaudemont, which encamped, on the 8th of August, -near the village of Waterloo, and afterwards took up a position -near _Namur_. A numerous French army commanded by Marshal Villeroy -advanced to raise the siege of the castle, but the covering army -occupied a position which was deemed too formidable to be attacked, -and the French Marshal withdrew without hazarding an engagement. - -A detachment from the grenadier company of the regiment quitted -the covering army, and was engaged, on the 20th of August, in -assaulting the breaches of the Terra Nova and Coharne, under -the command of Lord Cutts. This proved a desperate service, -particularly the assault of the Terra Nova, where the British -grenadiers were engaged, and a serious loss was sustained in -consequence of the regiments ordered to support the attack not -advancing in time. The FOURTEENTH Foot had several men killed and -wounded, and Lieutenant Sewell, who commanded the detachment from -the grenadier company, was also wounded. - -Preparations were made for a second assault, when Marshal Boufflers -agreed to surrender on honorable terms, which were granted. Thus -was captured this important fortress, which the French had boasted -might be restored, but could not be taken; and the achievement -reflected great credit on the confederate arms; it was the most -important event of the war. - -After the surrender of the castle of _Namur_, the regiment -remained a short time in the field, and subsequently marched into -cantonments in the villages near the Bruges canal. - -[Sidenote: 1696] - -The French monarch not only found his career of conquest arrested, -by the efforts of the sovereign of Great Britain, but the towns he -had captured were also being re-taken, and it became a point of -great importance to him to detach England from the confederacy, -which could only be accomplished by re-placing King James on the -throne. For this purpose measures were privately concerted for -exciting a rebellion in England; the Duke of Berwick, and several -other English officers in the French service, were sent across the -Channel in disguise, and through their persuasions a number of -men were prepared to rise at a moment's notice; at the same time -a conspiracy was formed in London to assassinate King William, -and fifty men were engaged and prepared with arms to commit the -diabolical act: a French naval and land force was also held in -readiness for a descent on the English coast, and King James was at -Calais prepared to embark. At this juncture, the FOURTEENTH, and a -number of other regiments, received orders to return to England, -and they arrived at Gravesend in March, 1696. The conspiracy was, -however, discovered; a British fleet was sent to blockade the -French ports, and the designs of the King of France being thus -defeated, King William was left at liberty to prosecute the war for -the security of the civil and religious liberties of the nations -of Europe. Several of the corps which had arrived from Flanders -returned to the seat of war immediately; but the FOURTEENTH was -one of the regiments selected to remain on home service; it landed -at Gravesend on the 22nd of March, and proceeded to Canterbury and -Feversham, from whence it was removed to London in November, and -took the duty at the Tower. - -[Sidenote: 1697] - -In 1697, King William saw his efforts for the preservation of -national independence attended with success; the French monarch was -humbled, and the treaty of Ryswick fixed the balance of power in -Europe. - -[Sidenote: 1698] - -Soon after the restoration of peace, the regiment received orders -to proceed to Ireland, and it landed at Belfast and Cork in March, -1698; at the same time it was placed upon a peace establishment. - -[Sidenote: 1701] - -[Sidenote: 1702] - -King James died in France in 1701, when Louis XIV. proclaimed the -Pretender King of Great Britain by the title of James III.; this -event, with the elevation of the Duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis -XIV., to the throne of Spain, in violation of solemn engagements, -was followed by a sanguinary war with France and Spain, during -which the continent of Europe, and the peninsula of Portugal and -Spain, became theatres for the display of British valour, but -the FOURTEENTH Regiment was selected to remain in Ireland. The -proclamation of the Pretender, and the death of King William III., -in March, 1702, revived the hopes of the partisans of the Stuart -family, who were conspiring to elevate the Pretender to the throne, -and Queen Anne deemed it expedient to detain a few trusty corps, of -approved devotion to the Protestant interest, in Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1703] - -Although the honorable distinction of being selected to remain in -Ireland, prevented the regiment acquiring laurels in the field, -yet it sent several drafts of men on foreign service, who had -opportunities of distinguishing themselves. In the autumn of 1703 -it furnished a draft of fifty men to complete Lord Montjoy's, -and another draft of the same strength for Colonel Brudenel's -regiments, (afterwards disbanded,) on their embarkation to -accompany the Archduke Charles of Austria to Portugal. The regiment -was in garrison at Dublin from the 7th of August to the 31st of -December, 1703. - -[Sidenote: 1705] - -In the autumn of 1704, and the spring of 1705, additional -detachments were sent to Portugal, to serve under General the -Earl of Galway; they were conducted thither by Captain Laffit, -Ensigns Schackford and Blount, and three serjeants, whose expenses, -amounting to 70_l._ 19_s._ 4½_d._, were directed to be paid by -a warrant dated the 5th of July, 1705. In August of the same -year the regiment furnished a captain, lieutenant, ensign, two -serjeants, and fifty rank and file towards completing the regiments -of Charlemont, George, and Caulfield, (afterwards disbanded,) on -their embarkation with the expedition under General the Earl of -Peterborough, who captured Barcelona, and had astonishing success -in Catalonia and Valentia. - -[Sidenote: 1706] - -The regiment was quartered at Dublin from March to November, 1706, -and the private soldiers received a penny a day in addition to -their pay, granted by King William III. in 1699, to all regiments -employed on duty at Dublin. The FOURTEENTH had, however performed -the duty of two regiments for some time, and the allowance was -extended to all detachments, in consideration of the good conduct -of the corps. - -[Sidenote: 1707] - -[Sidenote: 1712] - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment remained in Ireland during the whole of -the war, continuing to send detachments abroad from time to time, -particularly to Portugal and Spain, and its excellent conduct on -home service occasioned it to be held in high estimation by the -Government. - -[Sidenote: 1713] - -On the 14th of June, 1713, Lieutenant-General Tidcomb died at Bath; -and Queen Anne conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Colonel -Jasper Clayton, from the half-pay of a newly-raised corps which was -disbanded a short time previously. - -[Sidenote: 1714] - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -The decease of Queen Anne, and the accession of King George I., -in 1714, was followed by renewed efforts on the part of the -partisans of the Pretender to procure his elevation to the throne; -these exertions began to assume an alarming appearance in the -summer of 1715, when the well-known attachment of the FOURTEENTH -Regiment to the Protestant succession, occasioned it to be recalled -from Ireland, and ordered to Scotland, where the Jacobites were -numerous, and it landed at Saltcoats in Ayrshire early in the -summer. - -In the autumn the Earl of Mar assembled his vassals, erected the -standard of the Pretender in the Highlands, and summoned the -clans to take arms. The royal forces in Scotland were encamped at -Stirling under Major-General Wightman; the FOURTEENTH Regiment -joined the camp in October, and the Duke of Argyle assumed the -command; but his Grace had not four thousand men to confront ten -thousand under the Earl of Mar. - -When the rebel army advanced towards the Firth, the King's troops -quitted the camp at Stirling and proceeded towards _Dumblain_; -and on the morning of the 13th of November the hostile forces -confronted each other on Sheriffmuir: the FOURTEENTH foot were -posted in the left wing of the royal army. The rebels advanced to -commence the engagement, and at that moment it was deemed necessary -to make some alteration in the position of the royal forces; as -the left wing was taking up the new alignment, it was attacked -by a body of the clans of very superior numbers, and put into -some confusion: at the same time the right wing of the royal army -overpowered the left wing of the rebel host, and drove it from -the field; each commander having one wing triumphant and one wing -defeated. The FOURTEENTH, and several other corps on the left, -resisted the charge of the clans a short time, but being attacked -in the act of forming, and engaged by very superior numbers, -they fell back a short distance; they thus became separated from -the remainder of the army, and retiring beyond Dumblain, took -possession of the passes to prevent the clans penetrating towards -Stirling. Both armies retained their position during the day, -and the rebels, being defeated in their design of penetrating -southward, afterwards retired; when the King's troops returned to -their camp at Stirling. - -The FOURTEENTH Foot had one lieutenant and six rank and file -killed; fourteen rank and file wounded; Captain Barlow, Lieutenant -Griffin, and several private soldiers were made prisoners. - -The Pretender arrived in Scotland soon afterwards, and his presence -appeared to give new life to his adherents. - -[Sidenote: 1716] - -Additional forces joined the army under the Duke of Argyle: the -FOURTEENTH was formed in brigade with the Third, Twenty-first, -and Thirty-sixth regiments, under Brigadier-General Morrison; and -in January, 1716, the royal troops advanced, marching through -snow, over ice, and exposed to severe weather, when the Pretender -retreated, and losing all hope of success he escaped, with the -leaders of the rebellion, to France: the Highlanders, finding -themselves deserted by their commanders, dispersed. After pursuing -the insurgents some distance, the FOURTEENTH was quartered a short -time at Dunkeld. - -[Sidenote: 1717] - -[Sidenote: 1718] - -The rebellion being suppressed, the regiment was stationed in -garrison at Fort William, which was built in the reign of King -William III., in a plain, on a navigable arm of the sea called -Loch Eil, near the influx of the Lochy and Nevis, in the shire of -Inverness. At this place the regiment was stationed during the year -1717, and in 1718 it marched from thence to Perth, and afterwards -to Inverness, where it remained until June of the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1719] - -In the mean time Scotland had not enjoyed a state of tranquillity; -but the minds of the people had been constantly agitated by the -projects of the friends of the Pretender. When the Earl of Mar's -rebellion was suppressed, the King of Sweden made preparations -for a descent in favour of the Pretender; and when that project -failed, the King of Spain fitted out an armament to place the -Pretender on the throne. The Spanish fleet was dispersed by a -storm; but two ships arrived on the coast of Scotland, in April, -1719, and four hundred Spaniards, with about a hundred Scots and -English gentlemen, landed at Kintail, on the main within Skye, and -encamped opposite the castle of Donan, where they were joined by -about fifteen hundred men of the clans. To oppose this force the -FOURTEENTH left Inverness on the 5th of June, and being united -with three troops of the Scots Greys, the Eleventh and Fifteenth -Regiments, under Major-General Wightman, arrived about four o'clock -on the afternoon of the 10th of June at _Glenshiel_, when the -Spaniards and Highlanders retreated and formed for battle on the -romantic mountain scenery of the pass of Straichell. The King's -troops advanced, and at five o'clock the signal for battle was -given, when the infantry climbed the rocky crags and opened a sharp -fire of musketry, which was re-echoed in the hollows beneath; -at the same time the Greys charged along the road to force the -pass. The enemy returned the fire, but soon gave way, and were -chased from rock to rock for some time; on gaining the top of -the hill they made a momentary stand, but the King's infantry -sent forward a shower of bullets and advanced at a running pace -to charge with bayonets, when the Spaniards and Highlanders fled -in every direction. The soldiers passed the night in the hills; -the Spaniards surrendered on the following day; the Highlanders -dispersed; and the Marquis of Tullibardine, the Earl of Seaforth, -and other rebel leaders, fled to the continent. - -[Sidenote: 1721] - -After this service the regiment marched to the castle of Bran, near -Kainloch-Benchven, Inverness-shire; and in 1721 it proceeded to -Edinburgh. - -[Sidenote: 1722] - -The regiment quitted Scotland in May, 1722, and marched to -Hungerford: in the summer it was encamped, with several other -corps, on Salisbury-plain, where it was reviewed by King George I. -on the 30th of August, and afterwards returned to Hungerford. - -[Sidenote: 1723] - -Early in 1723 the regiment marched to Reading and Windsor; it was -subsequently encamped in Hyde-park, and in the autumn marched to -Bristol. - -[Sidenote: 1725] - -[Sidenote: 1726] - -[Sidenote: 1727] - -In May, 1725, the regiment commenced its march for Berwick; in -July, 1726, it was removed to Lancashire; and in January, 1727, it -marched to Canterbury, from whence four companies were detached to -Dover, Ashford, Sandwich, and Feversham. - -At this period the Spaniards had commenced the siege of -_Gibraltar_, which fortress had been captured by a British and -Dutch armament in 1704, and had been ceded to Great Britain at the -treaty of Utrecht, in 1713. The colonel of the FOURTEENTH, Jasper -Clayton, was Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar; he proceeded thither -in January, 1727, and took the command of the garrison, which -opened its fire on the Spanish troops on the 21st of February; and -in March the regiment embarked to take part in the defence of that -important fortress, where it arrived on the 21st of April, together -with a battalion of Foot Guards, and the Governor, General the Earl -of Portmore. The regiment landed immediately, and it had the honor -to take an active share in the successful defence of this valuable -entrepôt to the Mediterranean. The Spaniards continued the siege -until many men had perished in the attempt, and the tremendous fire -of their artillery had produced little effect besides the bursting -and damaging of their own cannon. In the early part of June the -fire slackened, and on the 18th of that month hostilities ceased. - -[Sidenote: 1729] - -The regiment was afterwards selected to form part of the garrison -of Gibraltar, where it was stationed during the following fifteen -years. Previously to quitting England, two companies were added to -its establishment; these companies remained on home service; they -were stationed in the south of England until 1729, when they were -disbanded. - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -[Sidenote: 1740] - -[Sidenote: 1742] - -War between Great Britain and Spain was resumed in 1739; and the -claims of the Elector of Bavaria on the kingdoms of Bohemia and -Hungary, which were attempted to be enforced after the death of -the Emperor, Charles VI., in 1740, involved Great Britain in -hostilities with France and Bavaria. King George II. resolved -to support the House of Austria; the garrison of Gibraltar was -reinforced, and the FOURTEENTH Regiment, having been relieved from -duty at that fortress, arrived at Portsmouth in September, 1742. -After reposing a few days in barracks at Portsmouth, the regiment -marched into quarters in Yorkshire, the head-quarters being at York. - -[Sidenote: 1743] - -In the summer of this year, His Majesty sent an army to Flanders -to support the House of Austria, and on the 16th of June, 1743, -the colonel of the FOURTEENTH Foot, Lieutenant-General JASPER -CLAYTON, who was employed on the staff of the British army in -Flanders, was killed at the battle of Dettingen; he was an officer -of distinguished merit; his fall was regretted by the King and the -whole army, and his remains were interred, with great solemnity, -in the Chapel of Prince George of Hesse. The King conferred -the command of the regiment on Colonel JOSEPH PRICE, from the -Fifty-seventh, now Forty-sixth Foot, by commission dated the 22nd -of June, 1743. - -[Sidenote: 1744] - -From Yorkshire the regiment marched into Northumberland, and -was stationed at Berwick; in 1744, it marched to Dunstable and -afterwards to Colchester. - -[Sidenote: 1745] - -Immediately on the receipt of the news of the loss of the battle of -Fontenoy, on the 30th of April, 1745, the regiment received orders -to proceed to Flanders, to join the allied army commanded by His -Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland; it embarked at Tilbury, on -the 15th of May, landed in West Flanders, and joined the camp on -the plain of Lessines, before the end of the month. The regiment -took part in several operations; it was encamped at Grammont, and -afterwards on the Brussels' canal, in order to cover Dutch Brabant; -but the French had so great a superiority of numbers, that it was -found impossible to prevent their capturing several fortified towns. - -In the mean time, Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, had -arrived in Scotland, and being guided by desperate and designing -men, and joined by a number of the clans, he resolved on the -romantic enterprise of attempting to dethrone a beloved monarch, -to overturn the constitution of a brave and free people, and -to establish the authority of a dynasty which had been removed -for arbitrary attacks on the established religion and laws. The -FOURTEENTH was one of the regiments ordered home on this occasion; -it arrived in the north of England, and formed part of the army -assembled by Field-Marshal Wade, at Newcastle, to prevent the -rebels penetrating into South Britain; and, in the second week of -November, it was detached to Berwick, where it arrived in time to -prevent the rebels capturing that town. The regiment afterwards -marched to Scotland, and when the clans made a precipitate retreat -from Derby, back to Scotland, it took up its quarters in the city -of Edinburgh. - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -The young Pretender was joined by some new levies, and he procured -a supply of artillery and ammunition, which enabled him to commence -the siege of Stirling Castle: and Lieutenant-General Hawley, who -commanded the King's troops at Edinburgh, resolved to attempt to -raise the siege. For this purpose, the FOURTEENTH, and several -other corps, advanced from Edinburgh on the 13th of January, 1746, -under Major-General Huske, and drove a body of the rebels out -of Linlithgow; on the following day another division marched to -Borrowstounness; and on the 16th of January, the army encamped near -_Falkirk_. - -About mid-day on the 17th of January, the rebel army was seen -moving towards some high ground on Falkirk-moor, and the King's -troops quitted their camp-ground to engage the clans. Passing -some rugged grounds, the soldiers diverged on the moor, and -formed two lines; the Fourth and FOURTEENTH Regiments constituted -Brigadier-General Cholmondeley's brigade, and were posted in the -first line. As the King's troops advanced to battle a tremendous -hurricane, with a heavy shower of rain, beat violently in their -faces, and nearly blinded them; at the same time it beat on the -backs of the clans, and caused them little annoyance; the soldiers -could not see to take aim, very few muskets would give fire, -and, under these circumstances, some confusion took place, and -several regiments quitted the field; but the Fourth and FOURTEENTH -Regiments under Brigadier-General Cholmondeley made a determined -stand, and they withstood the fury of the charging Highland host -with astonishing firmness, evincing the most heroic valour under -circumstances of peculiar danger and difficulty. They were joined -by the second battalion of the Royals, the Third and Forty-eighth -Regiments; Major-General Huske assumed the command; and these five -corps repulsed one wing of the rebel army, and maintained their -post, on the field of battle, until night, when no enemy could be -seen, and the soldiers being wet, and the night cold and stormy, -they retired. - -The King's troops retreated to Edinburgh, where His Royal Highness -the Duke of Cumberland arrived, and assumed the command, and on the -31st of January the army again advanced, when the rebels raised the -siege of Stirling Castle, and made a precipitate retreat towards -Inverness. The royal army pursued the rebels as far as Perth, where -it halted in consequence of severe weather; the march was resumed -on the 20th of February; but heavy rains occasioned the army to -make another halt at Aberdeen. The troops were again in motion in -the early part of April, and on the 16th of that month, as they -advanced in three columns towards Inverness, the rebel army was -discovered in order of battle on _Culloden_-moor, when the royal -forces formed three lines, the FOURTEENTH Foot taking post in -the centre of the first line, under Lieut.-General the Earl of -Albemarle. After a sharp cannonade, several clans rushed forward, -with loud shouts, to attack the King's troops sword in hand; but -they were assailed by a destructive fire of musketry, received on -the point of the bayonet, and driven back with severe loss. The -royal cavalry galloped forward, completed the rout and discomfiture -of the clans, and pursued them with great slaughter several miles. -This victory transformed the young Pretender from an imaginary -monarch to an humble fugitive, and after wandering for some time in -disguise in the isles, and among the mountains, he escaped to the -continent. - -The loss of the regiment at the battle of _Culloden_ was limited to -Captain Grosette, and one private soldier killed; Captain Simpson -and nine rank and file wounded[2]. - -After returning from the pursuit of the rebels, the troops encamped -near Inverness, from whence they advanced in May, and pitched -their tents in a valley, surrounded by lofty mountains, near -Fort Augustus. The FOURTEENTH Regiment was employed in guarding -prisoners taken after the battle, and was afterwards stationed at -Stirling, from whence it was removed to Glasgow. - -[Sidenote: 1747] - -In June, 1747 the regiment marched from Glasgow to Perth, and in -September to Inverness. - -The colonel of the regiment, Brigadier-General Price, commanded -a brigade in the Netherlands, and highly distinguished himself -at the battle of Val, on the 2nd of July, 1747; he died at Breda -in November of the same year; when King George II. conferred the -colonelcy on the Honourable William Herbert, fifth son of Thomas, -eighth Earl of Pembroke, from captain and lieutenant-colonel in the -Second Foot Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -[Sidenote: 1750] - -The regiment remained in Scotland; in 1749 it was stationed at -Fort William; and in 1750 at Glasgow, from whence it marched to -Carlisle and Newcastle. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -In 1751 a royal warrant was issued regulating the clothing, -colours, and standards of the several regiments of the army. -In this warrant the first, or King's colour, of the FOURTEENTH -Regiment, is directed to be the great union: the second, or -regimental colour, to be of _buff_ silk, with the union in the -upper canton; in the centre of the colours XIV. in gold Roman -characters, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk. - -The uniform of the regiment at this period, was black -three-cornered cocked hats, bound with white lace; scarlet coats -faced with yellow, yellow cuffs and white lace; scarlet waistcoats -and breeches; white gaiters, and white cravats; buff belts, and -buff pouches. The drummers wore buff coats faced with scarlet. The -grenadiers wore cloth caps with the king's cipher and crown in -front; the "_white horse_," with the motto "_Nec aspera terrent_," -on the flap; and the number of the regiment behind. - -In August of this year orders were issued for the regiment to march -to the south of England, and to furnish detachments on the coast of -Sussex, to assist the officers of the revenue in the prevention of -smuggling. - -[Sidenote: 1752] - -The regiment called in its detachments in the beginning of April, -1752, and marching to Portsmouth, embarked for Gibraltar, where it -was stationed during the following seven years. - -[Sidenote: 1753] - -Colonel the Honorable William Herbert was removed to the Second -Dragoon Guards in 1753, and was succeeded in the colonelcy -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment by Colonel Edward Braddock, from -lieutenant-colonel in the Second Foot Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1755] - -In 1755, some disputes occurred between England and France, -respecting the extent of the British dominions in America, and -Major-General Braddock was mortally wounded at Fort du Quesne: he -was succeeded by Lieutenant-General Fowke, governor of Gibraltar, -from the Second Foot, by commission dated the 12th of November, -1755. - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -War commenced between Great Britain and France in 1756, when a -French armament attacked the island of Minorca, which was captured -in 1708, and ceded to the British crown at the peace of Utrecht in -1713. Lieutenant-General Fowke received orders to send a detachment -from Gibraltar, to reinforce the garrison of Port Mahon; but he -called a council of war, which passed a resolution against sending -the detachment. He was sentenced to be suspended for nine months, -for disobeying the order, and King George II. dismissed him from -the service. His Majesty afterwards conferred the colonelcy -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment on Colonel Charles Jefferies, from -colonel-commandant of the third battalion of the Sixtieth Regiment, -who had distinguished himself in the defence of Port Mahon. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -In December, 1759, the regiment was relieved from garrison duty at -Gibraltar, and embarking for England, arrived, in January, 1760, at -Plymouth, from whence it marched to Canterbury, and in the summer -it was encamped, with the Nineteenth and Twenty-first Regiments, -on Barham Downs under Lieutenant-General Campbell. In October the -FOURTEENTH struck their tents, and marched to Dover Castle, where -they remained during the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -The regiment marched to Maidstone, and furnished a guard over -French prisoners of war at Sissinghurst in October, 1762; in -December it proceeded to Exeter; from whence it was removed in -March, 1763, to Plymouth. - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -Leaving Plymouth in March, 1764, the regiment proceeded to the -vicinity of London, and was reviewed on Wimbledon Common: on the -7th of May it was reviewed in Hyde Park by King George III., who -was pleased to express his high approbation of its appearance and -discipline; after the review it marched to Chatham and Dover. - -[Sidenote: 1765] - -Major-General Jefferies died in May, 1765, and the King conferred -the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General the Honorable -William Keppel, fourth son of William Anne, second Earl of -Albemarle, from the Fifty-sixth Foot. - -At this period, three companies of the regiment were employed on -duty at Windsor and Hampton Court, and their good conduct attracted -the attention of the King, George III., who was always ready to -confer marks of his royal approbation on corps and individuals. -His Majesty made some alterations in the clothing, and directed -the "_white horse_," with the motto "_Nec aspera terrent_," to be -placed on the black bear-skin caps to be worn by the grenadiers, -and on the white caps to be worn by the drummers[3]. - -[Sidenote: 1766] - -Towards the end of May, 1766, the regiment marched into village -quarters near Hounslow Heath, where it was reviewed on the 4th of -June by the King, who was graciously pleased to express his royal -approbation of its appearance and movements in the field. After -the review the regiment marched to Salisbury and adjacents. - -[Sidenote: 1771] - -In June the regiment embarked at Portsmouth for North America, -and was stationed in Nova Scotia and Canada until 1771, when it -embarked from Halifax for the West Indies, to take part in reducing -to submission to the British government, the refractory Caribbees -in _St. Vincent's_. - -[Sidenote: 1772] - -[Sidenote: 1773] - -The island of St. Vincent's was captured from the French in 1762, -and was ceded to Great Britain at the peace in 1763; it was found -to contain two tribes of natives called the _red_ and _black_ -Caribs, the former being the Aborigines, and the latter having -sprung from a cargo of African slaves, who escaped from a vessel -which was wrecked on the island. The Caribbees were devoted -to the French interest; they were dangerous and troublesome -neighbours to the English planters, and it was found necessary to -restrain their conduct, and enforce obedience to a few salutary -regulations. They were, however, of a determined spirit, possessed -many thickly-wooded fastnesses, and so resolutely resisted all -attempts to restrain their roving propensities and mode of life, -that it was found necessary to augment the military force on the -island. The FOURTEENTH Foot were employed against the refractory -Caribbees in 1772 and 1773; numerous skirmishes occurred among the -thickly-wooded parts of the country, and several soldiers were -killed and wounded, in the bush fighting, which took place daily -for some time. At length the Caribbees were reduced to submission: -and the regiment returned to North America, leaving a number of -sick men and others in the West Indies. - -[Sidenote: 1774] - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -The regiment was stationed at Virginia in North America, when the -misunderstanding between Great Britain and these prosperous and -wealthy colonies, produced open hostilities. The spirit which the -colonists evinced in resisting the acts of the British parliament, -for raising a revenue in their country, assumed a serious aspect -in the years 1773 and 1774, and in 1775 hostilities commenced in -the state of Massachusetts. The FOURTEENTH Regiment remained in the -state of Virginia for some time afterwards; it was, consequently, -not at Bunker's Hill; but it lost two promising officers at that -battle, on the 17th of June, 1775, who were attending Major-General -Howe during the engagement: viz., Lieutenant and Adjutant Bruce, -who was killed, and Ensign Hesketh mortally wounded. - -On the 18th of October, 1775, the colonelcy of the regiment -was conferred on Major-General Robert Cunninghame, from the -Fifty-eighth Foot, in succession to Lieutenant-General the -Honorable William Keppel, removed to the Twelfth Dragoons. - -The regiment was stationed at Norfolk, in Virginia, from whence a -detachment of one hundred and twenty men, under Captain Fordyce, -advanced at midnight on the 8th of December, against the American -entrenchments at _Great Bridge_. At day-break the detachment -crossed the bridge, and the grenadiers moved forward with great -gallantry to storm the works, Lieutenant Batut being at the head -of the leading section; but as they approached the entrenchments, -a body of Americans, of very superior numbers, assailed them with -a destructive fire of musketry: Captain Fordyce and twelve men -were killed within a few yards of the breast-work; Lieutenant -Batut and sixteen soldiers were wounded and taken prisoners, and -the remainder of the detachment retreated across the bridge to a -British fort, garrisoned by a detachment under Captain Leslie. The -Americans buried Captain Fordyce with military honors. - -[Sidenote: 1776] - -The American troops afterwards increased in numbers so fast, that -the royal forces were withdrawn from Virginia, and the FOURTEENTH -Foot proceeded to the army under General Sir William Howe, at New -York, where they were joined by a detachment which had been left at -Nova Scotia on the embarkation of the regiment for the West Indies. -After arriving at New York, part of the regiment was stationed -on Staten Island, and the remainder was employed in the general -operations of the army. - -[Sidenote: 1777] - -The regiment had sustained a serious loss at St. Vincent's, and -being weak in numbers, it was directed to draft the private -soldiers fit for duty to other corps, and return to England, where -it arrived in the summer of 1777, and active measures were adopted -to recruit its ranks. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -During the year 1778 the regiment was stationed in the south -of England; and in the summer of 1779 it pitched its tents on -Coxheath, where a camp was formed of the Sixth, FOURTEENTH, -Fiftieth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-ninth Regiments, with sixteen -battalions of militia, under Lieutenant-General Pierson. - -[Sidenote: 1780] - -[Sidenote: 1781] - -The regiment marched to Gosport in 1780, and pitched its tents at -Stokes-bay, furnishing working parties at Fort Monkton, and a guard -over the French, Spanish, and American prisoners of war, at Forton -prison. In July the regiment embarked as marines on board the -Channel fleet commanded by Admiral Darby, who, in 1781, relieved -Gibraltar, which fortress was besieged by a combined French and -Spanish force. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -Having completed its recruiting, and attained a state of -efficiency, the regiment embarked from Portsmouth, in January, -1782, for Jamaica; it was on board of transports in the harbour of -St. Lucia, during Admiral Rodney's engagement with the French fleet -under Count de Grasse, on the 12th of April, and afterwards mounted -guard over the Count, when a prisoner on that island. - -The regiment proceeded to Jamaica, and was formed to receive Prince -William Henry, (afterwards King William IV.,) then a midshipman, -on his landing at Spanish Town, and mounted guard at his quarters -during his stay on the island. - -Soon after its arrival at Jamaica, the regiment received orders, -dated the 31st of August, 1782, to assume the title of the -"FOURTEENTH, OR BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT," and to cultivate a -connection with that county, so as to create a mutual attachment -between the inhabitants of Bedfordshire and the regiment, which -might, at all times, be useful towards recruiting the corps. - -[Sidenote: 1787] - -On the 4th of April, 1787, Lieutenant-General Robert Cunninghame -was removed to the Fifth Royal Irish Dragoons, and was succeeded in -the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot, by Lieutenant-General John -Douglas, who had commanded the Twenty-first Light Dragoons, which -corps was disbanded in 1783. - -[Sidenote: 1788] - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment attended the funeral of the Honorable -Captain Chetwynd, of His Majesty's ship "Europa," in November, -1788, at which the Governor of Jamaica,--His Royal Highness Prince -William Henry (then a captain of the Royal Navy),--the officers of -the squadron, and a number of gentlemen in carriages, were present. -The regiment marched at the head of the procession in funeral -order, the band playing the Dead March; and the remains of this -distinguished officer were interred in the chancel of the church at -Spanish Town. - -[Sidenote: 1789] - -Lieutenant-General Douglas having been removed to the Fifth Dragoon -Guards, His Majesty conferred the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot -on Colonel George Earl Waldegrave, by commission, dated the 27th -of August, 1789. Earl Waldegrave died about six weeks after his -appointment, and was succeeded by Colonel George Hotham, from -captain and lieutenant-colonel of the First Foot Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -Having been relieved from duty at Jamaica, the regiment embarked on -board of His Majesty's ship Dover, of forty-four guns, on the 9th -of April, 1791, and landed at Portsmouth on the 10th of June. In -the autumn it marched to Chatham, and afterwards to Canterbury; and -on Friday, the 21st of November, it received their Royal Highnesses -the Duke and Duchess of York, at Dover, on their arrival from the -Continent; the Duke of York having married, a few weeks previously, -Frederica Charlotte Ulrica, Princess Royal of Prussia. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -Early in 1792 the regiment returned to Chatham, and was brigaded -with the Third Foot (the Buffs) under the command of Colonel Fox; -in June the two regiments encamped on Bagshot-heath, with several -other corps, under the command of the Duke of Richmond: at this -camp the regiment remained three weeks; it was reviewed several -times by His Majesty, and afterwards returned to Chatham, where it -remained several months. - -In the meantime a revolution had taken place in France, where a -republican party had seized the reins of government, beheaded their -sovereign, and involved the country in anarchy and bloodshed. Not -content with carrying the horrors of democracy into every part of -France, the republicans endeavoured to propagate their doctrines -in all countries, and to overturn the constitution of every -monarchy in Europe. Under these circumstances, the British people -became involved in war for the defence of the fixed rights of -their sovereign, the preservation of their own civil and religious -liberties, and of their honor as a nation. - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment was one of the first corps completed to a -war establishment, under the zealous and judicious arrangements of -its excellent commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel WELBORE ELLIS -DOYLE, who assumed the command on the arrival of the regiment from -Jamaica in 1791; it was also one of the corps selected for foreign -service at the commencement of the war; and embarking at Dover, on -the 19th March, 1793, for Holland, to aid the Dutch in repelling -an attack of the French, it landed at Helvoetsluys, in the island -of Voorn, on the 25th of March, being the first regiment of the -line which arrived at the scene of war. The success of the allied -arms had removed the theatre of war from Holland to the confines -of French Flanders; and the FOURTEENTH Regiment, commanded by -Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle, proceeded to Briel, where it embarked -for Antwerp, whence it marched to Ghent, and was removed in canal -boats to Bruges, where it halted a few days. From Bruges it marched -to Tournay, where it arrived towards the end of April; and the -flank companies, with those of the Thirty-seventh and Fifty-third -Regiments, were placed under the orders of Major Mathews, of the -Fifty-third, and detached to Marquain, to watch the motions of the -enemy, in which service they were employed until the 20th of May. - -The Duke of York assumed the command of the British and Hanoverian -troops in Flanders, and co-operated with the Austrians under -the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg. On the 23rd of May the FOURTEENTH -Regiment was engaged in the attack of the enemy's fortified -camp at _Famars_, and evinced great gallantry. Being composed -principally of young soldiers, they rushed up the heights with -great impetuosity to attack the enemy, but did not preserve -sufficient order; Lieut.-Colonel Doyle galloped to the front, -halted, and reformed the ranks, then bid the band play the tune -"_ça ira_," and using a few encouraging expressions to the men, led -them to the attack, when they rushed in compact order upon their -opponents, and overpowered all opposition[4]. The French retreated -across the Scheldt, and the allied army invested the fortress of -Valenciennes. Lieutenant Charles W. Doyle, who performed the duty -of brigade-major, was thanked for his conduct. - -The loss of the regiment was limited to two serjeants and seven -rank and file wounded; the Duke of York expressed his approbation -of its conduct in orders. - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment was employed at the siege of -_Valenciennes_, under the Duke of York, and on the 25th of July, -it furnished a detachment to take part in storming the horn-work. -Lieut.-Colonel Doyle being appointed to the command of one of -the attacking columns, obtained permission to place at the head -of his party, one hundred volunteers of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, -and having assembled the corps, he said, "Soldiers, one hundred -volunteers from among you are to lead the column that I am to -command _upon a service of the greatest danger_; I have thought -it right to state this before I call upon you; such of you as -volunteer this dangerous enterprise, recover arms:" when every -man brought his musket to the "_recover_." The colonel was much -affected by this display of devotion, and said, "Soldiers, I thank -you from my heart; where all are equally desirous of facing the -greatest danger, I cannot look, or wish, for volunteers. Officers, -call out the first ten men for duty in each company." - -On the 26th of July the following general order was issued.-- - -"His Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief returns his thanks to -Major-General Abercrombie, Colonel Leigh, and Lieutenant-Colonel -Doyle, for the gallantry they showed on the attack last night." - -Haying been constantly exposed to the cannon of the town for seven -weeks, the men had acquired great steadiness under fire, the attack -was made with signal intrepidity and resolution, and the out-works -were carried in gallant style. - -The regiment had one serjeant and three rank and file killed; one -officer, one serjeant, and fourteen rank and file wounded; the -flank companies also lost seven men. - -Three days afterwards the garrison capitulated, and this important -fortress was delivered up to the Duke of York. - -After the surrender of Valenciennes the British troops marched -towards Cambray, and they subsequently separated from the -Austrians, taking with them a few Imperial regiments, for the -purpose of undertaking the siege of Dunkirk. On arriving at Menin, -it was ascertained that the French had driven the Dutch from -_Lincelles_; that post was recaptured by the British Foot Guards -under Major-General Lake, on the 18th of August. The FOURTEENTH -Regiment was one of the corps ordered to support the Foot Guards, -and was left in possession of the village, after its capture, until -that post was restored to the Dutch. - -The army resumed its march towards _Dunkirk_ on the following -day, and on the 24th of August, the FOURTEENTH Foot took part in -driving the French out-posts, between the canal of Furnes and the -sea, into the town, on which occasion the soldiers had to force -their way through strong double hedges, and across deep ditches -full of water. A deep ditch, surrounding the garden of a chateau, -obstructed the progress of the grenadier company of the FOURTEENTH, -when Lieutenant THOMAS GREEN CLAPHAM leaped into the ditch, where -he stood up to his breast in water, that the grenadiers might pass -swiftly over it, by stepping upon his shoulders, and pursue the -French, which they did with great alacrity. The light infantry -company also displayed distinguished ardour, and captured three -pieces of artillery. Finally the French were driven into the town, -and the siege was commenced. The loss of the regiment was limited -to a few private soldiers killed and wounded. - -On the 6th of September, the French made a sortie from Dunkirk, -in great strength, directing their attack principally against the -right of the besieging army, when the FOURTEENTH Foot, commanded -by Major Alexander Ross, (Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle being ill) was -ordered forward to support that part of the position. As they -passed the flank of the regiment of Esterhazy, the Germans cheered -the FOURTEENTH, and the gallant soldiers rushed into the fight with -great energy, overthrowing all opposition, and chasing the French -up the covered way. The regiment had one serjeant, one corporal, -and eight private soldiers killed; Captains Cochrane and Garnier, -Lieutenants Mackenzie, Powell, and Elrington[5], Ensigns Smith -and Williams, Volunteer McGrath, one serjeant, one corporal, and -thirty-six private soldiers, wounded. - -The arrival of the heavy artillery for the siege, and the naval -force intended to co-operate with the army, in the reduction of -Dunkirk, was so long delayed, that the French had time to convey -from every part of France, by coaches, waggons, and other vehicles, -such an immense body of troops, to the vicinity of Dunkirk, that -the Duke of York had little chance of success. - -Another sortie was made by the garrison on the 8th of September, -when the FOURTEENTH and Thirty-seventh Regiments advanced to -attack the French; as the two corps passed the regiment of Joseph -Colloredo, they were cheered by the Austrians, and they succeeded -in repulsing the enemy: but no chance of final success remained, -and the siege was raised, the FOURTEENTH Regiment marching by -Furnes and Ypres, to Menin. - -The regiment marched, in October, to Oudenarde, where it furnished -a guard over two thousand French prisoners; it was sent forward, -several times, to take the out-post duty, and upon a movement in -advance, by the enemy, upon Menin and Wevelghem, it repulsed an -attack upon the out-post at Vervicke. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -Early in 1794 the regiment left Oudenarde for Wevelghem, and -remained on outpost duty until April, when the army assembled, and -was reviewed by the Emperor of Germany, on the heights of Cateau, -where His Royal Highness William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, was -nominated to the command of the brigade composed of the FOURTEENTH, -Thirty-seventh, and Fifty-third Regiments. - -In the general attack on the enemy's positions, on the 17th -of April, the regiment formed part of the column under -Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine, and took part in the attack -on the village of _Prêmont_, and the wood on its left. - -The French having been driven from their positions, the siege of -_Landrécies_ was commenced, and the FOURTEENTH Regiment formed part -of the covering army encamped on the heights of _Cateau_; this post -was attacked on the 26th of April, by the French under General -Chapuy, who were repulsed, with great slaughter, by the British -cavalry, with the loss of many guns. On this occasion the light -company of the regiment behaved with much gallantry, and, having -advanced to a wood on the left, kept in check a considerable body -of the enemy, who meditated an attack on the batteries. - -On the fall of Landrécies, the British troops moved to the vicinity -of _Tournay_, where they were attacked on the 10th of May by a -numerous body of French, who were defeated with severe loss. The -FOURTEENTH Foot lost only one man on this occasion. - -At length a combined attack was made on the French positions, -with the view of forcing them to evacuate Flanders, in which the -FOURTEENTH Regiment had another opportunity of distinguishing -itself; it left Tournay on the evening of the 16th of May,--took -part in forcing the points of the French position it was destined -to attack in the direction of Lisle, on the 17th of May, and was -successful; but several Austrian columns failed to accomplish -their part in the combined movements. The British troops, having -penetrated the French position, and being left unsupported, became -exposed to the attack of the enemy's very superior numbers. -Early on the 18th of May the FOURTEENTH Regiment was environed -and attacked by an overwhelming force, but it stood its ground, -and by firing by wings and platoons with as much steadiness and -regularity as on parade, held its assailants in check. Its veteran -commanding officer, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel BROWNE, became quite -exhausted, and sat for some time on a chair behind the colours. At -length an aide-de-camp arrived from Major-General Fox, commanding -the brigade, with orders for the FOURTEENTH to retreat; and while -performing this retrograde movement, they preserved an unbroken -formation. Surrounded by enemies, fired upon by infantry and -artillery, and menaced by cavalry, the regiment preserved its order -with astonishing firmness, forming divisions in the rear against -cavalry, and marching over ground covered with dead bodies. The -road to Lannoy, by which the regiment had advanced on the preceding -day, was found in possession of the enemy, with an abbatis and -cannon formed across it, and the first discharge killed several -grenadiers, when Major-General Fox said to Captain Clapham, "I -fear we must lay down our arms." "No, sir," replied the captain, -"the FOURTEENTH can cut through them." At this moment Corporal -GILBERT CIMITIERE[6], of the grenadiers, a French emigrant, well -acquainted with the country, stepped forward, and undertook to -conduct the brigade through the inclosures, and the troops quitted -the main road under his guidance, being followed and assailed by -the French. Lieutenant-Colonel Browne was shot through the body, -and was carried in a blanket by four grenadiers, but he suffered so -much pain that he requested them to stop, and he and they were made -prisoners. The command of the regiment devolved on Captain Perry, -of the light company, which was afterwards commanded by Lieutenant -Graves. This officer, and Lieutenant Elrington, commanded the two -rear companies of the column, and formed alternately to repulse -the French cavalry. Although every road was fortified, and the -hedges lined with troops, the brigade fought its way through the -inclosures with astonishing gallantry and resolution, and gained -the position at Templeuve, having, however, lost every piece of -artillery with the column, excepting one of the battalion guns -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, under Lieutenant Phillott. The guide -of the column, Corporal Gilbert Cimitiere, was rewarded with a -commission. - -The loss of the regiment, on this trying occasion, was one -serjeant and thirteen rank and file, killed; twenty-two rank -and file wounded: Lieutenant-Colonel Browne wounded and taken -prisoner; three serjeants, two drummers, and sixty-eight rank and -file, prisoners of war and missing, many of whom were taken in -consequence of being wounded and unable to continue the retreat. -Lieutenant-Colonel Browne died at Lisle on the following day, and -was much regretted by the officers and soldiers he had commanded -with distinguished bravery on many trying occasions. The conduct of -the brigade was commended by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, -and its gallantry is recorded in the histories of the war[7]. - -The regiment resumed its post in front of _Tournay_, and was in -position on the 22nd of May, when General Pichegru attacked the -allied army with an immense body of troops, first assailing the -right and afterwards the centre of the line. The FOURTEENTH being -on the left, were not engaged during the early part of the day; but -in the afternoon, the enemy carried the post of Pontechin, on the -high road from Courtray to Tournay, and the fortune of the day was -evidently flowing in favour of the French, when the brigade, formed -of the FOURTEENTH, Thirty-seventh, and Fifty-third Regiments, was -ordered to the post of honor and danger. - -As the FOURTEENTH quitted their post on the left, under -Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsay, the Duke of York addressed them in the -most flattering manner, declaring his perfect reliance on their -gallantry. The three regiments moved at a running pace; though -weak in numbers, they were strong in valour and resolution, and -being conscious of their own prowess, they rushed upon their -numerous opponents fully determined to conquer or perish in the -attempt. The FOURTEENTH charged along the chaussée,--overpowered -all resistance,--carried the village,--re-formed beyond the houses -under a heavy fire[8],--raised a loud shout, and rushed forward -to storm a battery on a rising ground near a windmill, which -the French defended a short time, but afterwards abandoned it, -leaving the regiment in possession of several pieces of cannon. -This sudden burst of British valour, coming like an explosion of -thunder, amazed and confounded the French, who gave way before -the superior prowess of the British soldiers, and the current of -the battle flowed in favour of the allies. There was, however, -a protracted resistance in an orchard, where the grenadiers and -light infantry of the FOURTEENTH Foot were engaged, and several -instances of individual contempt of danger occurred. A grenadier -named RYAN refused to avail himself of the advantage of standing -behind a tree, saying "They cannot touch me;" but the next moment -he fell forward apparently dead, when Captain Clapham turned him -over, and said, "Ryan, you are only shot through the face, you will -do well yet;" "Is that all?" replied the grenadier, and jumping up -and commencing loading his firelock, he added, "Then I will have -another rap at them," and he was with difficulty prevailed upon to -go to the rear[9]. The French were eventually driven out of the -orchard; the British pressed upon their opponents, and a victory -was gained over the Republican troops, who were forced to quit the -field of battle with severe loss. - -The FOURTEENTH Regiment gained great honor on this occasion; -its loss was one serjeant and four rank and file killed; -Captain Cochrane, Major of brigade, died of his wounds; one -serjeant and twenty-eight rank and file wounded; five men -missing. Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsay's horse was killed, and the -Lieutenant-Colonel received four musket balls through his hat. - -The following general order, dated Tournay, 23rd of May, 1794, was -published.-- - -"His Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief desires to express his -most particular thanks to Major-General Fox; to the FOURTEENTH -Regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsay; to the -Thirty-seventh Regiment commanded by Captain Lightburne; to the -Fifty-third Regiment commanded by Major Wiseman, and to the -detachment of artillery attached to them under the command of -Captain Trotter, for _that display of intrepidity and good conduct, -which reflects the greatest honor upon themselves, at the same time -that it was highly instrumental in deciding the important victory -of the 22nd instant_. - -"His Royal Highness much laments the loss they have sustained; but -flatters himself they feel it, in some measure, compensated by the -credit they have gained." - -In his public despatch the Duke of York, speaking of the -FOURTEENTH, Thirty-seventh, and Fifty-third Regiments, -stated,--"_Nothing could exceed the spirit and gallantry with -which they conducted themselves_, particularly in the storm of -the village of Pontechin, which they forced with the bayonet." -Historians have recorded the gallant conduct of the regiment[10]; -and the royal authority was afterwards given for it to bear the -word "_Tournay_" on its colours, to commemorate its distinguished -conduct on this memorable occasion. - -Notwithstanding these displays of valour, the enemy brought forward -so great a superiority of numbers that it was found necessary to -retreat, and a series of retrograde movements followed, during -which little fighting occurred, and few corps had opportunities -of distinguishing themselves. Various positions were occupied -for short periods, and after quitting the Austrian Netherlands, -attempts were made to defend Holland; but the people of that -country had imbibed the doctrines of republicanism, and they made -little effort to preserve the United Provinces from the French. -In August the FOURTEENTH regiment was encamped near Antwerp; it -was afterwards in position in the vicinity of Breda, from whence -it retired to a post beyond Bois-le-duc, and, subsequently, to -Nimeguen: it formed part of the garrison of Nimeguen for a short -period, and when that town was evacuated, the regiment proceeded -to Linden Castle; the army occupying a position beyond the Waal, -for the defence of the passage of that river. Towards the end of -December the river became frozen, and a body of the enemy crossed -on the ice; but was driven back on the 30th of that month. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -The frost afterwards became more severe, and on the 4th of January, -1795, another body of French troops passed the river on the ice. -At this period, the FOURTEENTH Regiment was at Linden Castle, -from whence it advanced to take part in a combined attack on the -enemy, under Major-General David Dundas. On the 7th of January it -traversed the Rhine on the ice at Rhenen, and proceeded to Bueren -Castle. On the following morning Major-General Lord Cathcart -advanced with the light companies, thirty hulans, and a detachment -of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, to reconnoitre; and the FOURTEENTH -and Twenty-seventh regiments were afterwards brought up to attack -the enemy at _Gueldermalsen_. The FOURTEENTH formed on the ice, on -the left of the dyke, and the Twenty-seventh across the inclosure -on the right, supported by the piquets, hulans, and afterwards by -a squadron of light dragoons; and the field pieces were protected -by the grenadiers of the FOURTEENTH under Lieutenant Elrington, -who marched before the guns. Advancing in this order, the troops -drove the French before them, until they arrived at Gueldermalsen, -where a protracted resistance was made. Lieutenant Elrington, with -the grenadiers of the FOURTEENTH, charged the French artillery -at the bridge, and bayonetted the enemy at the gun, carrying the -post with great gallantry. The British battalion guns cleared the -street; the soldiers rushed forward, and were engaged from house to -house, until they had passed the village, when they were assailed -by the enemy in force. The FOURTEENTH defended the streets; the -Twenty-seventh, the church-yard; and the Twenty-eighth coming up -most opportunely on the right, threw in a flanking fire, which -compelled the enemy to retire[11]. The brigade remained in the -village during the night; it was ordered to retire on the following -morning, and the three regiments were thanked in orders for their -distinguished conduct: Lieutenant ELRINGTON, of the FOURTEENTH, -was thanked by name for his gallantry at the attack of the bridge -defended by a gun. The regiment had twelve rank and file killed; -Lieutenant-Colonel Hope (afterwards General Sir Alexander Hope, -G.C.B.), Captain Perry, one serjeant, and twenty rank and file, -wounded: Lieutenant-Colonel Hope lost the use of his right arm from -a wound in the shoulder[12]. Captain Perry died of his wounds. - -After this action the regiment marched to Cullenburg, and was on -duty about a week, on the banks of the Leek, without house, tent, -or any other cover from the weather, which was particularly severe. - -Numerical superiority gave the enemy so decided an advantage, -that a retreat through Holland to Germany became necessary, which -took place in the depth of winter, and was attended with severe -privation and suffering. On one occasion, after a long march, the -FOURTEENTH Foot found themselves on a dreary heath, on a dark -night, exposed to severe frost, and a snowstorm; the men's limbs -were so benumbed with cold, that the most fatal results were -apprehended; but the discovery of a large farm-house, and a barn -upon the heath, proved particularly fortunate to the soldiers. -These hardships were aggravated by the mortifying reflection, -that the regiment was retiring before an enemy, whom it had never -encountered without proving victorious. At length the regiment -arrived in Germany, where it obtained repose in comfortable -quarters; it embarked at Bremen-lee on the 9th of April, and landed -at Harwich on the 7th of May. - -From Harwich the regiment marched to Hitchin and its neighbourhood; -and when passing through the several towns on its route it was -hailed with acclamations by the inhabitants; almost every officer -and soldier bore marks of bullets having passed through his -accoutrements or clothing; the colours were perforated in many -places, and were borne by Lieutenants Stuart and Graves, the two -senior subalterns,--so many casualties had occurred among the -officers. The achievements of the regiment had been made known, and -it was everywhere congratulated on its gallant exploits. - -In June the regiment pitched its tents at Warley, in Essex, and -in July received orders to march to Nusthaling, near Southampton. -On passing through Dartford, the band played the republican tune -_ça ira_ (which it played when the regiment charged the position -at Famars, in 1793), when the inhabitants evinced their aversion -to democracy by throwing stones at the musicians for playing so -offensive a tune; but upon an explanation being given, the people -responded with three cheers to the honour of the brave soldiers of -the FOURTEENTH who fought at Famars. - -The regiment afterwards embarked for Quiberon-bay, to support the -French emigrants under M. Sombreuil, but being detained by contrary -winds, it was directed to disembark and return to Southampton. - -At this period an armament was fitting out to complete the -deliverance of the French West India islands from the power of -republicanism, and to reduce to obedience the insurgents of St. -Vincent and Grenada. The FOURTEENTH Regiment joined the expedition, -and sailed with the immense fleet of Indiamen, transports, and -merchant-vessels, under the convoy of a squadron of the royal navy -commanded by Admiral Christian, which, on quitting the British -shores, presented a magnificent spectacle calculated to impress -the mind with a just idea of British power; but the voyage had -been delayed until a very late period of the year, and the fleet -encountered so severe a storm that several ships foundered at -sea, others were wrecked on the western coast of England, and the -greater part returned to port. The fleet was re-fitted and again -put to sea, but, after encountering severe gales, it returned to -Portsmouth a second time. The "Calypso" transport, having part -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment on board, was nearly run down during -a heavy gale, by the "Charon" of forty-four guns, and lost the -main yard; but this transport continued the voyage and arrived at -Barbadoes in eleven weeks. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -Several of the regiments, which returned to port, had their -destination changed; but the portion of the FOURTEENTH, which had -put back, re-embarked in February, 1796, and arrived in April at -Barbadoes, where four companies of the Twenty-eighth Foot were -attached to the regiment. - -The FOURTEENTH Foot constituted part of the expedition against -_St. Lucia_, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby; -and sailed from Carlisle-bay, Barbadoes, on the 22nd of April, for -the rendezvous of the troops to be employed in the enterprise, at -Martinique, from whence the expedition sailed, on the morning of -the 26th of April, for St. Lucia, where the head quarters landed -on the 27th, near Pigeon Island, and marched to Choque Bay, to -cover the landing of the remainder of the troops. They continued -in position there a short time, till the batteries against Morne -Fortuné were completed, when they were ordered up to take part -in the ulterior operations. Prior to landing, three companies -were detached, with a force under Brigadier-General Perryn, on -the side of the Grand Cul de Sac, to facilitate the investment -of _Morne Fortuné_, and an attempt was made to drive the enemy -from the batteries on the base of the mountain, on that side; and -Major Donkin's battalion, consisting of three companies of the -FOURTEENTH and four of the Twenty-eighth, formed part of the force -employed on this service. This battalion supported the Forty-fourth -Regiment, in the column commanded by Colonel Riddell. On advancing -to the attack, the battalion was checked, at a sudden turn in a -winding road cut on the side of a steep hill, by an _abattis_ -occupied by French troops, when Captain James Graves sprang up -the bank by the aid of a branch, and being assisted by Captain -Henry Cox, and Lieutenant George Morris, he helped a few soldiers -to climb up the side of the hill, who fired down upon the flank -of the troops in the _abattis_, who instantly abandoned it, and -the FOURTEENTH continued their advance. On arriving on more open -ground, the fire of the enemy's batteries was heavy; when Captain -James Graves, of the FOURTEENTH, and Captain John Frederic Brown, -of the Twenty-eighth, stormed the lower battery, called _Chapuis_, -with a few men of the two regiments. Captain Brown, Lieutenants -William F. Dalton and John Grady, with several private soldiers, -fell wounded in the advance, but the battery was captured, and was -held by Captain Graves, Lieutenant John Hutchinson, and about forty -rank and file. The soldiers being fired upon from a house, it was -forced by a few men under Lieutenant Owen, and all the defenders -bayonetted. The firing on the right indicating a retrograde -movement on the part of the British troops at that point, Serjeant -Shaw of the FOURTEENTH was detached to reconnoitre; he returned -wounded, and reported the retreat of the British, and the advance -of a fresh column of the enemy. Under these circumstances the guns -in the battery were spiked, and the soldiers retired, fighting -their way through a woody country, until they joined the column -under Brigadier-General Perryn. From the failure of part of the -attacking force the operations were not successful. - -The loss of the FOURTEENTH was limited to five men killed; Captain -Cox, and one serjeant wounded. On sending a flag of truce, on the -following day, to inquire for prisoners, the answer received was, -"The republicans have made no prisoners." - -An attack was afterwards made on the north side of Morne Fortuné; -a battery opened its fire against the enemy's works on the 16th of -May, and on the 24th the French desired a suspension of arms, which -was followed by the surrender of the island. - -After the surrender of St. Lucia, the FOURTEENTH formed part of the -expedition against the island of _St. Vincent_, and a landing was -effected on the 8th of June: the Caribs having surrendered, the -French troops retired, in a body, to the strong fort of La Vigie. -It having been ascertained that the fort was badly provisioned, -and worse provided with water, it was clear that the garrison -could not hold out many days; and the Commander-in-Chief shortly -received information that they intended to effect an escape, by -night, by descending along the course of a deep ravine, which led -from the town through high and inaccessible rocks. A party of the -FOURTEENTH, consisting of three officers, and one hundred men, was -ordered out to occupy the pass:--they took up a position in the -bed of the river, behind some large stones, over which the men -rested their bayonets. The darkness of the night, and the position -between the woods, precluded the possibility of seeing anything, -and the rushing of the water prevented anything from being heard. -The first intimation that the party in ambuscade received of the -enemy's approach, was the fact of their actually pressing upon -their bayonets. Immediately a desultory firing took place, which -ceased only when the enemy were supposed to have retreated. When -daylight broke, a horrid spectacle of killed and wounded presented -itself. Such of the garrison as succeeded in returning to La -Vigie surrendered the next day. Captain Powell, who commanded, -Lieutenants Gibson and Beavan, and the whole party, received the -thanks of Sir Ralph Abercromby. - -These captures having been accomplished, the FOURTEENTH Regiment -returned to Barbadoes, where it was stationed during the remainder -of the year. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -Spain having united with France in the war against Great Britain, -orders were issued to attack the Spanish possessions in the West -Indies, and in the early part of February, 1797, the FOURTEENTH -Regiment proceeded to Cariacou, where an expedition was assembled -to attack the island of _Trinidad_. On the morning of the 15th of -February the fleet sailed on the enterprise, and as it anchored -near the shores of Trinidad, the Spaniards became conscious of -their inability to resist, and set fire to their naval force in -the harbour. The troops landed on the 17th of February, and the -Spaniards immediately surrendered, delivering up the island. - -From Trinidad the regiment proceed to Martinique, where it was -stationed several weeks. - -Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby assembled a small force, -in the beginning of April, for the attack of the Spanish island of -_Porto Rico_, and the FOURTEENTH were withdrawn from Martinique to -take part in the enterprise. The fleet entered a narrow channel -three leagues eastward of the town, and the troops landed on the -18th of April; but met with great opposition by a heavy fire of -musketry from the Spaniards, who were lodged behind a breastwork -on the beach. The FOURTEENTH were in flat-bottomed boats, pulled by -the Lascars of the Indiamen in which they had been conveyed. The -impetuosity of the men could not bear delay; but, leaping out of -the boats, and wading ashore, they soon drove the enemy from their -position, at the point of the bayonet. Lieutenant-Colonel Burnett -was ordered to pursue, with all possible speed, to endeavour to get -possession of the bridge which led over the river between the town -and the beach. So closely were the enemy pursued by the FOURTEENTH, -and particularly by the _Light Company_, that many threw away their -arms and accoutrements, and fairly ran for it: they succeeded in -gaining the bridge; and, as soon as the men of the FOURTEENTH -approached the tête-de-pont, the Spaniards blew up the bridge at -the moment when many of their own people were crossing it. The -destruction of the bridge obliged the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Ralph -Abercromby, to change his plan, which had, originally, been to -take the town by a coup-de-main. The next day, therefore, the army -began to erect batteries. The second day after their completion, -the enemy kept up such an incessant fire, that they succeeded in -dismounting two of the guns of one of the batteries, and otherwise -seriously injuring the works. A strong party was, therefore, -ordered out at night to repair the damage: this party consisted -of three hundred and fifty men, under the command of Captain -Powell, afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel and Major of the regiment, -of which number one hundred and fifty were to be employed in the -trenches, and two hundred were placed at some distance from the -battery to act as a covering party. The same night Major Ronald -Hamilton, of the FOURTEENTH, made an attempt to ford the river, -with a view of ascertaining if it were fordable for infantry; but, -being discovered, he was fired upon by an advanced sentry. This -creating some alarm, caused an irregular fire of musketry to be -carried on all night. Under cover of this, and of the darkness, a -party of five hundred Spaniards contrived to cross the river higher -up, and then descending along its edge, secreted themselves among -the brushwood between the river and the battery. At dawn of day a -serjeant and twelve men of the FOURTEENTH, who had been on piquet -in the bushes, were called in, and, at the very same moment, as if -by magic, the whole party of Spaniards rushed, in one dense mass, -into the battery. - -Sir Ralph Abercromby, Colonel Hope, the Adjutant-General, -(afterwards Lord Niddry) Colonel Maitland, with the whole staff -of the Commander-in-Chief, had arrived, about an hour before, to -inspect the work, and were at the moment in the battery. The sudden -inrush of the Spaniards created surprise; and the increased number -of persons thus in the battery produced great confusion. The only -British who had arms were the twelve men from the piquet; but -all the Spaniards were provided with bayonets, or short swords, -evidently intended for the butchery of the whole working party. -For a short time it seemed as if they were to be utterly at the -mercy of the enemy; but, soon recovering themselves, they fell to -work with good will with shovels, pickaxes, and other implements -of labour, and that with such terrible effect, that every Spaniard -was either killed, or taken prisoner, before the covering party -could arrive to assist their comrades. The working party had five -men killed, and seventeen wounded. Captain Powell, and Lieutenants -Gibson and Wren, received thanks in general orders[13]. - -From Porto Rico the regiment again proceeded to Martinique, where -it was stationed upwards of three years. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -Towards the end of the year 1800, the regiment relieved the -Seventieth Foot at Trinidad. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -On the conclusion of the treaty of Amiens in 1802, Great Britain -gave up the captured possessions of France, Spain, and Holland. The -FOURTEENTH were relieved from duty in the West Indies in April, -1803, and returning to England, landed at Gosport, from whence they -marched to Winchester, under Captain Graves, who had performed the -duty of commanding officer nearly twelve months. - -Previously to the arrival of the regiment in England, the short -respite from the horrors of war, granted by the treaty of Amiens, -had terminated; the ambitious designs of Bonaparte, First Consul of -France, had involved Great Britain in another contest, and orders -had been issued for augmenting the regular army. Every effort was -made to complete the establishment of the FOURTEENTH Foot, which -was attended with great success, and when Bonaparte assembled an -army for the invasion of England, the regiment marched to Silver -Hill Barracks, and afterwards to Winchelsea, where it was held in -readiness to repel the legions of France, had they ventured to -land on the British coast. At this momentous period the measures -of the government were nobly seconded by the people; a patriotic -enthusiasm pervaded the country; and the attitude the nation -assumed, with the strength and energy it evinced, while breathing -defiance to the gigantic military power by which it was menaced, -left no room for doubt respecting the result of the contest had -the French army attempted to carry into effect the threats of its -leader. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -In 1804 the French army remained inactive at Boulogne, and Great -Britain preserved an attitude of defence. In the autumn of this -year a _second battalion_ was added to the FOURTEENTH Regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -The first battalion remained on the Sussex coast in readiness for -active service whenever it might be required. In the mean time -the French nation had conferred on its First Consul, Bonaparte, -the dignity of Emperor, and he was also crowned King of Italy. In -the autumn Napoleon reviewed his army at Boulogne, and afterwards -marched against the forces of Russia and Austria, to crush the -coalition forming against his interests in Germany. At this period -the French troops were withdrawn from Hanover, which country -they seized on resuming hostilities in 1803. Towards the end of -October, the first battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment embarked -for Hanover, where a body of British troops was assembled under -Lieutenant-General Lord Cathcart. The defeat of the Austrians -and Russians at Austerlitz, established the preponderance of the -French power on the continent for a short period, and in the treaty -concluded at Vienna soon afterwards, it was stipulated that Hanover -should be occupied by the Prussians. Under these circumstances the -troops under Lord Cathcart returned to England. - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -The first battalion landed from Hanover in February, 1806, and was -quartered in Kent. - -On the decease of General Hotham, King George III. conferred the -colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General Sir Harry Calvert, from -the Fifth West India Regiment, by commission dated the 8th of -February, 1806. - -In this year the second battalion proceeded to Ireland. - -The first battalion was encamped at Shorncliffe, where it was -formed in brigade with the Ninth and Ninety-first Foot, under -Major-General Rowland Hill, (afterwards General Lord Hill); this -brigade was reviewed with the Forty-third Regiment by His Royal -Highness the Duke of York, who expressed his high approbation of -the appearance and discipline of the several corps. In December the -first battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -After remaining in Ireland five months the first battalion returned -to England, and in June, 1807, it embarked under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel James Watson, for the East Indies, where it -arrived in November of the same year, and landed at Fort St. -George, Madras. - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -The influence of French councils at the court of Denmark, had -involved that country in hostilities with Great Britain, and -in the beginning of 1808 the first battalion of the FOURTEENTH -Regiment sailed from Madras with the expedition against the Danish -settlement of _Tranquebar_, situate at one of the mouths of the -Caveri river, in the Carnatic, which surrendered to the British -arms on the 8th of February, when Lieutenant Colonel Watson, with -the head quarters, returned to Madras, and shortly afterwards to -Bengal. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -In the mean time important events had occurred in Europe, which -called the second battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment into active -service. After reducing Germany to submission to his will, and -forcing Russia to accede to his decrees, Napoleon was prompted -by his restless ambition to attempt the subjugation of Spain and -Portugal. The Spaniards and Portuguese rose in arms to assert -their national rights, and in the summer of 1808 Portugal was -delivered by a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur -Wellesley. In the autumn Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore received -orders to advance with a body of British troops from Portugal, -into the heart of Spain, at the same time several regiments were -sent from the United Kingdom to co-operate in this enterprise. -The second battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, commanded -by Lieutenant-Colonel Jasper Nicolls, embarked from Cork for -Spain, and landed at Corunna, forming part of the force under -Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird. Advancing up the country, the -British troops encountered many difficulties and privations, and -the Spanish armies, with which they were directed to co-operate, -were defeated and dispersed by the legions of Napoleon, who had -three hundred thousand men in Spain. To confront this host of -veterans, the British general had not twenty-five thousand men; -yet, with that intrepidity for which he was always distinguished, -he advanced and menaced the enemy's lines. Sir David Baird's -division joined the troops under Sir John Moore on the 20th of -December, at Majorga, from whence the army advanced to Sahagun, -and preparations were made for attacking the French troops under -Marshal Soult; but information being received that Napoleon was -advancing at the head of an overwhelming force, the army retreated -towards the coast. In this retrograde movement of two hundred -and fifty miles, along roads covered with snow, over rivers and -mountains, and along narrow defiles, the troops endured privation -and suffering of various kinds; but the ability of their commander -was conspicuous, and the army arrived, unbroken, at _Corunna_, in -January, 1809. The soldiers obtained shelter, food, and repose in -the town and neighbouring villages, and their wasted strength was -recruited while they waited the arrival of shipping to transport -them to England. - -The French army under Marshal Soult approaching, the British troops -formed for battle on a range of heights in front of Corunna; the -FOURTEENTH were formed in brigade with the Second, Fifth, and -Thirty-second Regiments, under Major-General (afterwards Lord) -Hill, and were posted towards the left of the position. On the -16th of January the French troops descended the mountains and -attacked the British position in three columns; the first column -carried the village of Elvina; then dividing, attempted to turn -the right of Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird's division by -the valley, and to break its front; the second column advanced -against the British centre, and the third attacked the left at the -village of Palavia Abaxo. The furious onsets of the enemy were -met and repulsed with a firmness and determination which proved -the unconquerable spirit and excellent discipline of the British -troops. The enemy finding his efforts unavailing on the right and -centre, determined to render the attack on the left more serious, -and succeeded in obtaining possession of Palavia Abaxo, the -village through which the great road to Madrid passes, and which -was situate in front of that part of the line; from this post the -French were, however, soon expelled, by a very gallant attack of -some companies of the second battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, -commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls[14]. The enemy was repulsed -at all points, and the lustre of the British arms shone with -peculiar brilliance amidst the most disadvantageous circumstances; -but the army sustained the loss of its gallant commander, -Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, who was mortally wounded during -the engagement. - -Having defeated a French army of superior numbers, the British -troops withdrew on board the fleet. Major-General Hill's brigade -took up a position near the ramparts, leaving the piquets to keep -up the bivouac fires, to cover the embarkation, which was completed -with little loss, and the army returned to England. - -The distinguished conduct of the FOURTEENTH Foot was afterwards -rewarded with the royal authority to bear the word "CORUNNA" on the -colours of the regiment. - -The second battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment landed at -Portsmouth and Plymouth, from whence it proceeded to Buckingham; -and while stationed at that place, the county title of the regiment -was changed from "BEDFORDSHIRE" to "BUCKINGHAMSHIRE." - -In the summer of this year a very powerful armament was fitted out -and placed under the orders of General the Earl of Chatham, for -an attack on Holland, and the second battalion of the FOURTEENTH -Regiment marched from Buckingham to Portsmouth, where it embarked -on this enterprise under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls. -In the beginning of August it landed on the island of _Walcheren_, -situate in the German Ocean, near the mouth of the Scheldt, and -was employed in the siege of _Flushing_, the principal port on -the island. During the progress of the siege, the FOURTEENTH -evinced the same ardour and contempt of danger for which they -were distinguished at the battle of Corunna. On the evening of -the 12th of August they were directed to storm one of the Dutch -entrenchments in front of the position occupied by the troops under -Major-General Graham, and a detachment of the King's German Legion -co-operated in the attack. Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls led the -FOURTEENTH to the assault with great gallantry, and the soldiers -rushed forward with so much spirit and resolution that they carried -the entrenchments in a few minutes, capturing one gun and thirteen -prisoners, and establishing a lodgment within musket-shot of the -walls of the town. This was accomplished with the loss of Ensign C. -Harold, and one private soldier, killed; four rank and file wounded. - -On the following day the line of battle ships cannonaded the -town, which was soon in flames, presenting an awful scene of -destruction; in the evening one of the batteries was stormed -by the Thirty-sixth, Seventy-first, and light battalion of the -King's German Legion, and on the morning of the 15th of August the -garrison surrendered. - -The FOURTEENTH were thanked in general orders for their -distinguished conduct. - -Embarking from Flushing, the battalion was prepared to sail up the -river Scheldt for an attack on Antwerp; but the delays which took -place, gave the enemy time to prepare additional means of defence, -and an epidemic disease of a fatal character breaking out among the -troops, the enterprise was abandoned, and the FOURTEENTH returned -to England, and were quartered at Steyning. - -The unhealthy climate of Walcheren produced a serious loss of -life among the troops left on that island, and the soldiers of -the FOURTEENTH having recovered from the effects of the epidemic, -embarked a second time for that station; they formed part of the -covering brigade when the stores, sick soldiers, &c., were removed, -on the final evacuation of that island. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -In March, 1810, the second battalion embarked for Malta, but on -arriving at Gibraltar, it was ordered to land at that fortress, -and two companies, under Captain Everard and Captain Ramsay, were -detached to _Tariffa_, for the defence of that town against the -French: the two companies returned to Gibraltar in June, and the -battalion continued its voyage to Malta, where it arrived on the -23rd of that month. - -In the autumn of this year the first battalion was withdrawn from -Bengal, to take part in the reduction of the _Isle of France_, -or the _Mauritius_, an important island belonging to France, and -situate in the Indian sea. The battalion sailed to Rodriguez, which -was the appointed rendezvous of the expedition, and on the 28th of -November the fleet came in sight of the Isle of France. The troops -landed in the bay of Mapou, and advanced through a thick wood, -skirmishing occasionally with the French. On diverging into the -open country, the British marched direct upon Port Louis, but the -soldiers suffering much from the want of water, the army halted -at the streams at the powder mills, five miles from the town. -Resuming the march on the following day, the troops were opposed -by the enemy in force, when some sharp fighting occurred, in which -the British soldiers were triumphant. The FOURTEENTH had one man -killed, and two wounded, on this occasion. - -Having overcome all opposition, the British continued their march, -and took post in front of the enemy's lines before the town. On -the following morning the governor, General de Caen, agreed to -surrender the place to the British troops, under Major-General John -Abercromby. This valuable island was thus added to the possessions -of the British crown, and the FOURTEENTH were thanked in orders for -their conduct on this service. - -After the capture of the Isle of France, the first battalion of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment proceeded to Madras, where it was stationed -several weeks. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -In January, 1811, the flank companies of the second battalion -proceeded from Malta, to the island of Sicily, under the orders of -Captain Ramsay and Captain Light, to serve under Major-General Lord -William Bentinck. - -After the capture of the Isle of France, the British government -resolved to complete its dominion in the East, by the conquest -of the island of _Java_, of which the Dutch had held undisturbed -possession for more than one hundred years. The extent of the -island,--six hundred and forty miles long, and about a hundred -broad; the luxuriant and fertile character of the soil, the -mountain districts yielding the vegetables and grain of Europe, and -the plains the delicious fruits and other valuable productions of -the East in abundance, without the necessity of laborious tillage, -and to so great an extent as to occasion it to be sometimes -called the granary of the East; rendered the island of Java a -valuable acquisition to the United Provinces, and its principal -city, Batavia, was the capital of the Dutch settlements in the -East Indies. Holland having become a part of that empire which -Napoleon was forming to prepare the way for universal dominion, -it became necessary to deprive the Dutch of the large and fertile -island of Java, and a body of troops was placed under the orders -of Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty for that purpose. In -this enterprise the first battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment -was employed, and the greater part of the officers and men were -re-embarked in March on board of the men-of-war ordered to cruise -off the island, in which service they had various opportunities of -distinguishing themselves, in destroying gun-boats, and in other -enterprises on the coast. On one occasion Lieutenant Gillman, who -commanded a party on board the boats of His Majesty's ship "Sir -Francis Drake," was killed. The conduct of a detachment under -Lieutenant J. H. Heyland, embarked in the sloop "Procris," engaged -in the boarding of some of the enemy's gun-boats, was highly -commended in the public despatch of Captain Maunsell, R.N. - -Detachments consisting of the FOURTEENTH and Eighty-ninth -Regiments, Royal Marines, and seamen, were landed from His -Majesty's ship "Minden," near Bantam, on the coast of Java, and, in -two contests, defeated five hundred of the enemy's chosen troops, -which had been sent to Batavia to attack them. Captain Watson, -Lieutenants Rochfort, McLean, and L'Estrange, and Ensign Jennings, -of the FOURTEENTH, and Lieutenant Dunscombe of the Eighty-ninth, -particularly distinguished themselves on these occasions. - -The head-quarters sailed from Madras on the 18th of April, 1811, -and landed on the 4th of August, at the village of Chillingching, -about twelve miles east of _Batavia_, towards which city the army -directed its march. The French and Dutch troops set fire to the -magazines in Batavia, and abandoned the city, which was taken -possession of by the British. - -On the 10th of August the British advanced from Batavia, and found -three thousand select men of the Gallo-Batavian troops in a strong -position, defended by _abattis_ behind _Weltefreden_; and this post -was stormed and carried at the point of the bayonet, many of the -enemy being killed, and the remainder retreating to the entrenched -position at _Cornelis_, between the great river Jacatra, and the -deep aqueduct of Slaken. The conduct of Captain Stannus commanding -the light infantry company of the FOURTEENTH, and of Lieutenant -Coghlan, commanding the rifle company, was highly commended in -Colonel Gillespie's report of this action. The regiment had Ensign -Nickisson and three rank and file wounded. - -In the strong position of _Cornelis_ more than ten thousand -Gallo-Batavian troops were assembled, and they were greatly -superior in numbers to the British force. This formidable position -was, however, stormed on the 26th of August, and the invincible -prowess of the assailants overcame all opposition; the British were -triumphant at every point; nearly two thousand of the enemy were -killed, and about five thousand prisoners were taken, including -three general officers. The remainder of the enemy dispersed, -excepting a few men, who accompanied the Gallo-Batavian commander, -General Jansens, in his flight. The FOURTEENTH distinguished -themselves on this occasion, and the conduct of their commanding -officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, was commended in the official -account of the action given by Colonel Gillespie. - -The victory of Cornelis terminated the Dutch sovereignty of Java; -General Jansens was pursued up the country; and on the 16th of -September, the FOURTEENTH were engaged in storming the fortified -position at _Jattoo_, when the remainder of the Gallo-Batavian -force was routed; General Jansens was afterwards forced to -surrender, and this valuable island was annexed to the dominions of -the British Crown. It was restored to Holland, at the termination -of the war, by the Treaty of Vienna in 1814. - -The loss of the FOURTEENTH Foot at the storming of Fort Cornelis -was Captain Marinus Kennedy, two serjeants, and nine rank and file, -killed; Major George Miller, Captain Trevor Stannus, Lieutenants W. -H. Coghlan and Kenneth McKenzie, seven serjeants, and eighty-three -rank and file, wounded; one rank and file missing. - -Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty stated in his public -despatch, "The superior discipline and invincible courage which -have so highly distinguished the British army, were never more -fully displayed, and I have the heartfelt pleasure to add, that -they have not been clouded by any acts of insubordination." - -The commanding officer of the FOURTEENTH, Lieutenant-Colonel -Watson, (now Lieutenant-General SIR JAMES WATSON, K.C.B., colonel -of the regiment,) was rewarded with a gold medal; and the word -"JAVA" was placed, by royal authority, on the colours of the -regiment to commemorate its distinguished services at the capture -of that island, which was the most splendid acquisition made by -the British arms in 1811. The strength of the first battalion at -the capture of Java was forty-eight officers, and one thousand one -hundred and forty-five non-commissioned officers and soldiers. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -After the capture of Java the FOURTEENTH remained on the island -for some time. The Sultan of Mataram, who governed a portion of -the interior, trusting to his power, and the strength of his -fortified palace, at _Djoojocarta_, meditated the expulsion of -all Europeans from the island, and committed aggressions of which -it became necessary to stop the progress. To effect this, his -palace was captured by storm on the morning of the 20th of June, -1812; on which occasion the FOURTEENTH had another occasion of -distinguishing themselves. Lieutenant-Colonel Watson commanded the -main attack, and the grenadiers of the regiment headed the assault -in their usual gallant style[15]. Colonel Gillespie, commanding the -forces in Java, stated in orders, - -"To Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, who commanded the leading column, -the commander of the forces cannot convey the sense he entertains -of his distinguished bravery, and of the quickness and celerity -with which he conceived and executed the attack. - -"The animated style in which Captain Johnstone and Lieutenant -Hunter crossed the ditch, at the head of the FOURTEENTH grenadiers, -and escaladed the ramparts, under the fire of the east bastion, -could only be equalled by the order and zeal of their followers." - -The conduct of Lieutenant Hill, and of Lieutenant McLean, of the -regiment was also commended. - -Eight rank and file of the regiment were killed. Lieutenant McLean -died of his wounds, and thirty rank and file were wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -An expedition was fitted out, in 1813, consisting of a detachment -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, and of the troops in the service of the -Honourable the East India Company; and placed under the orders of -Lieutenant-Colonel Watson of the FOURTEENTH, for the attack of the -piratical state of _Sambas_, on the western coast of the island -of Borneo, which terminated in the surrender of the town, after a -sharp conflict in which Captain Watson and Lieutenant Jennings were -wounded; the capture of all the batteries, fortified posts, and -defences of the Sultan, and the complete discomfiture of Pangerang -Anom and his adherents. The first battalion proceeded to Bengal in -October, 1813. - -In the mean time the war in Europe was prosecuted with great -vigour; the British troops were victorious in the Peninsula, and -every effort was made to bring a powerful army into the field. -At this period a _third battalion_ was added to the FOURTEENTH -Regiment of Foot; it was raised by volunteers from the Militia and -assembled at Weedon under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the -Honorable James Stewart, and was soon in a condition fit for active -service. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -After a contest of twenty years, the period of the downfall of that -gigantic power, which had sprung out of the French revolution, -arrived; the snow storms of the winter of 1812-13, had annihilated -the French army in Russia; the British army, which had delivered -Portugal and Spain from the tyrannical rule of Napoleon, was -following up its career of victory in the heart of France; at -the same time the forces of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and other -continental states, were invading France. Thus a favourable -opportunity presented itself; one powerful effort appeared likely -to overthrow Napoleon and his adherents, and at this important -juncture, (the spring of 1814,) the third battalion of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment received orders to hold itself in readiness -for foreign service, and commenced its march for the coast; at -the same time the second battalion was withdrawn from the island -of Malta, to join the expedition, under Lieutenant-General Lord -William Bentinck, against the north-west coast of Italy. This -expedition captured several places, including the maritime city of -_Genoa_, once a celebrated republic, now the capital of a province -in the Sardinian States. The progress of the British arms in Italy -was suddenly arrested by the termination of the war: Napoleon -Bonaparte abdicated; Louis XVIII. ascended the throne of France; -and the nations of Europe hailed the event as the great jubilee -of Christendom. The embarkation of the third battalion of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment was countermanded, and after some delay, the -second battalion was placed in quarters at the city of Genoa, where -it remained twelve months. - -Towards the end of the year the third battalion was held in -readiness to embark for North America; circumstances connected with -the trade of neutral nations, during the war with France, having -involved Great Britain in hostilities with the United States. -Before the battalion quitted England, peace was concluded with -the United States, when the order for its proceeding abroad was -countermanded, and directions were given for its being disbanded on -the 24th of March, 1815. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -In the spring of 1815, while the Congress at Vienna was deciding -on the boundaries of kingdoms, and the people of all countries -were looking forward to a period of peace, Bonaparte suddenly -violated his engagements, re-appeared in France, and the French -army declaring in his favour, he reascended the throne he had -abdicated. War was immediately declared against the usurper; the -order for disbanding the third battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment -was consequently rescinded, and on the 21st of March, (three days -before the date fixed upon for its being disbanded,) the battalion -received directions to embark for Flanders: it landed at Ostend on -the 31st of March, and formed part of the army commanded by His -Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. - -Additional forces were sent to Flanders, Field Marshal his Grace -the Duke of Wellington assumed the command, and the third battalion -of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel FRANCIS -S. TIDY, (Major of the regiment,) was formed in brigade with the -Twenty-third Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and Fifty-first Light Infantry -under Colonel Mitchel, and constituted part of the fourth division, -commanded by Lieutenant-General the Honorable Sir Charles Colville, -K.C.B. - -Bonaparte attempted, by one of those rapid advances for which he -had always been celebrated, to interpose between the British and -Prussian armies, and on the 16th of June the battles of Ligny and -Quatre Bras were fought: the British were victorious; but the -Prussians were defeated; and the Duke of Wellington retreated, -on the 17th of June, to the position in front of the village of -Waterloo, to preserve his communication with Prince Blucher. - -On the 18th of June the third battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment -had the honour to take part in the memorable battle of _Waterloo_, -the character and importance of which engagement, distinguish it -as the greatest event of the age, and mark it as the brightest era -in the history of the British army. The battalion was composed of -young soldiers, who had never before been under fire, but their -bearing reflected honour on the corps to which they belonged. -During the heat of the conflict, when the thunder of cannon and -musketry, the occasional explosion of caissons, the hissing of -balls, shells, and grape shot, the clash of arms, the impetuous -noise and shouts of the soldiery, produced a scene of carnage -and confusion impossible to describe, a staff officer rode up to -Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy, and directed him to form square; this -was scarcely completed when the glittering arms of a regiment of -cuirassiers were seen issuing from the smoke. The French horsemen -paused for a moment at the sight of the scarlet uniforms of the -FOURTEENTH, and then turned to the right to attack a regiment of -Brunswickers; but a volley from the Brunswick square repulsed -the enemy, and Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy, with the view of giving -confidence to the young soldiers of the FOURTEENTH, drew their -attention to the facility with which infantry could repulse -cavalry. The French cuirassiers rallied, and appeared inclined -to charge the FOURTEENTH, but were intimidated by the steady and -determined bearing of the battalion. - -The cavalry attacks on the British line were particularly severe, -and were supported by large bodies of troops of all arms; the -infantry pressing forward, while dragoons, lancers, carabineers, -and cuirassiers advanced in overwhelming numbers, threatening -to bear down all opposition; masking at times the advance of -infantry; charging the British squares, and when repulsed, quickly -re-forming; while individuals, spurred on by an ardent but -unavailing intrepidity, were observed searching for an opening in -the British battalions by which to penetrate, and usually perishing -in the vain attempt. Repulsed at all points, Bonaparte resolved -to make a last desperate effort, and brought forward his reserve, -consisting of the old imperial guards; but these chosen bands were -overthrown and annihilated; and the whole British army rushing -forward upon the enemy, completed the overthrow of the legions of -Bonaparte, which were driven from the field of battle with the loss -of all their cannon, baggage, and the _materiel_ of their army. - -Thus was a victory, the most complete and decisive, achieved by -the army under the Duke of Wellington: the British soldiers halted -on the field of battle surrounded by their ensanguined trophies: -they had decided the political destiny of the world, and ensured -national independence to the kingdoms of Europe! - -In congratulating the regiments of the fourth brigade, in the -share they had in achieving the glorious victory at Waterloo, -Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Colville observed,--"the -Twenty-third and Fifty-first Regiments fully maintained their -former high character, whilst the very young THIRD BATTALION OF THE -FOURTEENTH, in this its first trial, displayed a steadiness and -gallantry becoming of veteran troops." The loss of the battalion -was seven rank and file killed; Ensign Alfred Cooper, four -serjeants, and sixteen rank and file, wounded. - -The royal authority was afterwards given for the regiment to bear -the word "WATERLOO" on its colors, to commemorate the share it -had in gaining this splendid victory. Lieutenant-Colonel Tidy was -rewarded with the dignity of Companion of the Bath; and every -officer and soldier received a silver medal, with the privilege of -reckoning two years' service for that day. - -The names of the officers of the FOURTEENTH Regiment of Foot, who -received medals, for the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th of June, -1815, are contained in the following list: - - - Major FRANCIS S. TIDY, (_Lieut.-Colonel_,) commanding the battalion. - - Major KEIGHTLEY. - - _Captains._ - - Wm. Turnor. - George Marlay. - Richard Adams. - Wm. Ross. - Thomas Ramsay. - J. L. White. - Christian Wilson. - - _Lieutenants._ - - Wm. Akenside. - Wm. Buckle. - L. Westwood. - Ch. M. Brannan. - Geo. Baldwin. - Jas. C. Hartley. - Samuel Beachcroft. - John Nicholson. - - _Ensigns._ - - Geo. Mackenzie. - Jas. Ramsay Smith. - Richard J. Stacpoole. - Robert B. Newenham. - Alfred Cooper. - Richard B. Holmes. - Wm. Keowen. - Joseph Bowlby. - Hon. G. T. Keppel. - John Manley Wood. - John P. Matthews. - Montague Burrows. - Arthur Ormsby. - - _Adjutant._--William Buckle. - - _Assistant-Surgeons._--Alexander Shannon; Henry Terry. - -On the morning of the 19th of June, the British troops advanced -in pursuit of the wreck of the French army; and on entering -France, the Duke of Wellington invited Louis XVIII. to repair -to Cateau Cambresis. Being desirous of not exposing the King's -person, the British commander directed _Cambray_ to be summoned; -but this fortress refused to surrender, and repulsed the troops -which approached the town on the 23rd of June. On the following -day orders for attacking the place by escalade were issued, and -the third battalion of the FOURTEENTH, with the Twenty-third and -Fifty-first Regiments, were directed to make a feint attack on the -Paris gate; but the gallantry of the officers and soldiers turned -the feint into a real attack, and they were in possession of the -town before the other brigades of the fourth division could force -an entrance. The citadel of Cambray surrendered on the 25th of June. - -The army continued its advance upon Paris, which city surrendered -in the early part of July, and the war was terminated with the -restoration of Louis XVIII. to the throne of France. - -During this period, the second battalion had remained at the -city of Genoa, on the north-west coast of Italy, from whence -it was ordered to Marseilles, in France, under the command of -Major-General Lowe, and it landed at that port on the 12th of -July. At this period Bonaparte was at Rochefort, endeavouring to -effect his escape to North America; but being prevented by the -British cruizers, he surrendered to Captain Maitland, commanding -the "Bellerophon" man of war, thus closing his political career. -On the conclusion of the treaties of peace which followed these -events, the battalion embarked from Marseilles for the island of -Malta, where it arrived in January, 1816. - -The third battalion remained in the vicinity of Paris several -months; it was present at the reviews of the army, in the plain -of St. Denis and Champs Elysees, by the Emperors of Russia and -Austria, and the Kings of Prussia and France, and on the formation -of the army of occupation, it returned to England: it was disbanded -at Deal, on the 17th of February, 1816; the non-commissioned -officers and soldiers fit for duty being transferred to the first -and second battalions. - -The first battalion of the FOURTEENTH Regiment was stationed at -the military cantonment of Berhampore, from whence it marched, -in the beginning of 1815, and joined the army assembled under -Major-General George Wood, in consequence of the war with the -kingdom of _Nepaul_. The Nepaulese were soon reduced to submission, -and in April, the FOURTEENTH proceeded to the military cantonment -of Dinapore, situated on the south bank of the river Ganges, in -the province of Bahar, where they remained until October, when -they embarked in boats, and proceeded to the cantonments near the -ancient Hindoo town of Cawnpore, on the west bank of the Ganges, in -the province of Allahabad. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -On the 26th of April, 1816, the second battalion embarked from -Malta, for the Ionian Islands, where it was stationed during the -following seventeen months. - -The first battalion remained at Cawnpore during the whole of this -year. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -In the mean time the resistance made by a powerful Hindoo Zemindar, -or landholder, who possessed the town and fort of _Hatrass_, in -the province of Agra, occasioned the regiment once more to take -the field in India, in the beginning of 1817. This Zemindar was -named Dyaram; during the troubles in the province of Agra, he -only paid his rents when threatened with a large military force, -and in the year 1803, when the country between the rivers Jumna -and Ganges, called the Dooab, was taken possession of by the -British, he expressed himself willing to pay his assessment, but -objected to any interference in what he called his territory. This -was not agreed to, but he was not then molested. His refusing to -acknowledge the authority of the civil law, afterwards rendered -it necessary to bring him to obedience by force of arms, and -he had the presumption to defy the British power. To reduce -this refractory Zemindar, a body of troops was placed under -Major-General Sir Dyson Marshall, and the first battalion of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment took part in the enterprise. The fortified -town of Hatrass was reputed of great strength, and when the -troops arrived before it, in February, 1817, some inquiry was -made respecting the depth of the ditch, which a soldier of the -FOURTEENTH, volunteered to ascertain, and fastening a large stone -to the end of a cord, he proceeded alone after dark, and gained the -necessary information, with a cool intrepidity, exposed to such -great danger, as created great surprise. The fire of the batteries -soon forced the town to submit, when it was taken possession of -by Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, and the FOURTEENTH; but the castle -held out several days; at length the principal magazine exploded, -and during the following night the refractory Dyaram escaped at -the head of a hundred horsemen all in complete armour. The castle -was afterwards taken possession of without opposition; and this -was followed by the submission of all the zemindars of the Dooab. -After the performance of this service the FOURTEENTH returned to -Cawnpore, where they remained several months. - -The second battalion embarked from Cephalonia in the autumn of -this year, and proceeded to Malta, where it remained a few days. -The peace of Europe appearing to be established upon a firm basis, -a reduction in the army took place, which occasioned the second -battalion to receive orders to return to England for the purpose of -being disbanded; it landed at Portsmouth on the 24th and 25th of -November, and was reduced at Chichester on the 23rd of December, -transferring four hundred and twenty rank and file to the first -battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -The aggressions of the bands of _Pindarees_, who made incursions -into the territory subject to Great Britain, and committed great -depredations, occasioned the regiment to be again called into the -field in October of this year. Colonel Watson having received the -appointment of Brigadier-General, and been nominated to a command -under Major-General Sir Dyson Marshall, the command of the regiment -devolved on Major Johnstone. The Pindarees were a community of -professed marauders, and they were encouraged to make ravages in -the British dominions in India, by the Mahratta states. Being all -horsemen subsisting by plunder, the services of the corps employed -against them were of an arduous and trying character:--traversing -extensive districts by forced marches, passing rivers and thickets, -and attempting to surprise these bands of plunderers, were duties -calculated to exhaust the strength of European soldiers, when -performed under an Indian sun. The regiment continued actively -employed on these services until April, 1818, when it proceeded to -the military cantonment of Meerut. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -At the pleasant quarters of Meerut, situated on an extensive grass -plain, the regiment was stationed during the seven following years, -and it preserved a high reputation for good conduct in quarters, -while employed in this part of India. Events, however, occurred in -1825, which occasioned it to take the field, when it had another -opportunity of gaining laurels in combat with the enemies of Great -Britain, under the following circumstances: - -The Rajah of _Bhurtpore_, Baldeo Singh, had become attached to the -English government, with which he formed an alliance, offensive -and defensive, and procured a guarantee for the succession of his -youthful son, Bhulwunt Singh, to the throne; but amongst many of -the rajah's subjects, a strong feeling of hostility to the British -existed, particularly in the army, and his nephew, Doorjun Sal, -was at the head of the party opposed to the British alliance. -After the rajah's decease his nephew excited a rebellion, gained -possession of the capital, and assumed the sovereign power. To -fulfil the engagements made with the deceased rajah, by removing -the usurper, and placing the youthful prince on the throne, a -British army was assembled under General Viscount Combermere, and -in November, 1825, the FOURTEENTH Foot, mustering upwards of nine -hundred officers and soldiers, were withdrawn from Meerut, to join -the division assembling at Muttra, for the purpose of engaging in -this enterprise. The most important part of this war, it was well -known, would consist in the siege of the capital, the fortified -city of Bhurtpore; and great confidence being placed by the natives -in the strength of this place, from which a British army under -Lord Lake had been forced to retire in 1805, after a short siege, -a body of troops was assembled, and a train of artillery brought -forward, such as have seldom taken the field in Indian warfare. The -FOURTEENTH, commanded by Major Matthias Everard, were formed in -brigade with the Twenty-third and Sixty-third Regiments of Native -Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel John M'Combe, of the FOURTEENTH, -who had the rank of brigadier-general; Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. -Edwards, of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, also commanded a brigade, with -the rank of brigadier-general. - -On the 10th and 11th of December the British army appeared before -the celebrated city and fortress of BHURTPORE, which contained -a garrison nearly equal in numbers to the besieging force. The -Bhurtporees had cut a sluice into the embankment of a lake near -the town, to fill the ditch round the works with water, but they -were speedily driven from the spot; the sluice was stopped, the -embankment was turned into a military post, which was intrusted to -a company of the FOURTEENTH Foot, and some Sepoys: about eighteen -inches of water, only, had flowed into the ditch, and this sudden -seizure of the embankment facilitated the progress of the siege by -keeping the ditch nearly empty. The several corps took up their -ground; the investment became complete, several reconnoisances -were made, and working parties cut down orange and date trees -from the groves, and converted them into fascines and gabions. At -an early hour on the morning of the 24th of December the fires -of two batteries were opened on the town; additional works were -constructed, the batteries became more numerous, and the siege was -prosecuted with vigour; each successive day giving birth to fresh -undertakings, and the progress, though tardy, becoming hourly more -and more perceptible. It was, however, found particularly difficult -to effect practicable breaches in the singularly constructed walls -of Bhurtpore, which were thickly studded, in many places, with -large trees of a peculiarly tough description of timber, which -resisted shot with remarkable pertinacity. The process of mining -was adopted, several explosions took place, and the result soon -rendered it evident to every one present that the horrors of an -assault were drawing near. The Bhurtporees, however, evinced great -bravery and perseverance, exposing themselves to the fire of the -besieging force with singular resolution; they built up in the -night the works which were knocked down during the day, labouring -under a ceaseless fire, and evincing a firm determination to -persevere in the defence. The roar of cannon and musketry continued -day and night like a ceaseless peal of thunder; and the explosions -of the mines deafened, for an instant, all who were near the place. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -Considerable progress having been made towards effecting -practicable breaches, the FOURTEENTH Regiment received orders -to prepare to lead one of the attacks at the storming of this -celebrated fortress, and at two o'clock on the morning of the -18th of January, 1826, it marched to the front opposite the left -bastion, to await the explosion of a mine. The FOURTEENTH and -FIFTY-NINTH Regiments had the honour of being selected to head -the two attacks, and they were directed to wheel as soon as they -had entered the breaches, one to the right and the other to the -left, and, continuing their career round the ramparts, to drive -the enemy before them till they met. Some delay occurred in the -mine, and the soldiers stood seven hours anxiously waiting for -the moment to commence the assault, during which time the thunder -of the artillery was tremendous. General Lord Combermere arrived -at the spot where the FOURTEENTH were formed, and seeing the -mouth of the mine near, he anxiously enquired if all was safe, -to which the engineer replied in the affirmative. His lordship -returned soon afterwards, and repeated the question, when he was -again assured that all was safe. In a few minutes afterwards the -bastion, beneath which the mine had been formed, heaved, as if by -the power of an earthquake; the ponderous wall rocked to and fro, -and then sunk down again, when, with a sound far exceeding the -loudest thunder, the exploding mine rent the massive bastion into -fragments, forcing stones, logs of wood, guns, men, and earth, into -the air, with a violence which it is impossible to describe, and -filling the atmosphere for a considerable distance with so dense -a cloud of smoke, dust, and fragments of the ruined bastion, that -it was difficult to breathe. Brigadier M'Combe was stunned, and -several soldiers of the FOURTEENTH were injured by the falling -fragments and bursting mine. As soon as the tremendous crash was -over, the soldiers rushed through the cloud of smoke and dust, and -began to ascend the breach, led by Majors Everard and Bisshopp; -they encountered some opposition, but nothing could withstand the -bayonets of the Grenadiers of the FOURTEENTH,--their valour soon -overpowered all resistance, and the regiment gained the summit with -little loss. The native corps appointed to support the regiment -not being near, a short pause ensued, when the enemy opened a -heavy fire from the buildings near the breach. Undaunted by this, -the FOURTEENTH dashed forward, cleared the walls as they went, -and, turning to the right, they drove the enemy from bastion to -bastion, and from tower to tower, with astonishing intrepidity and -success, capturing a colour which was on one of the bastions. The -enemy sprang a mine, which killed several soldiers of the regiment; -the Bhurtpore artillerymen fought with great desperation, and the -defenders of the walls evinced much personal bravery, but they -could not withstand the superior prowess and discipline of the -British troops. - -As the FOURTEENTH were scouring the ramparts, and overcoming all -opposition in gallant style, they arrived at the Anah gate, where -they met the soldiers of the FIFTY-NINTH, who had turned to the -left at the breach, and proved victorious over every opponent; it -was a moment of intense interest, and a scene of glorious emotions: -BHURTPORE was won! the stain of a former repulse was wiped from the -British arms, and they hailed each other with a hearty and cordial -cheer. - -The light company of the FOURTEENTH, which mounted the breach -with the grenadiers, pursued, with other troops, a body of the -enemy towards the citadel, which they nearly entered with the -fugitives; four hundred Bhurtporees were shut out, and bayonetted -at the gate. The citadel surrendered a few hours afterwards; -the commander-in-chief entered it at the head of the FOURTEENTH -Regiment, which he placed in garrison, as a compliment to the -corps for its extraordinary gallantry: thus was accomplished the -capture of this celebrated city, which was regarded throughout the -East as impregnable, the natives being accustomed to remark that -India was not subdued, because Bhurtpore had not fallen. That boast -was rendered futile, and every native prince had a clear evidence -that neither the number of his troops, nor the strength of his -fortresses, would avail against the superior valour and discipline -of the British forces. - -The usurper, Doorjun Sal, was captured while attempting to escape, -and was sent prisoner to Allahabad; the young Rajah, Bhulwunt -Singh, was taken to the palace of his ancestors, and seated on -the throne, in the presence of the FOURTEENTH REGIMENT; and the -other towns of his dominions submitted. Thus was the cloud which -darkened the horizon of British India dispersed, and the splendour -of the British arms received additional lustre in the East. Lord -Combermere stated in his public despatch,--"I have the pleasure -to acquaint your lordship, that the conduct of every one engaged -was marked by a degree of zeal which calls for my unqualified -approbation; but I must particularly remark the behaviour of His -Majesty's FOURTEENTH Regiment, commanded by Major EVERARD, and -FIFTY-NINTH, commanded by Major FULLER; these corps having led the -columns of assault, by their steadiness and determination decided -the fate of the day." - -In division orders it was stated,--"Major-General Reynell -congratulates the troops of his division, European and Native, -engaged in the storming of Bhurtpore this morning, upon the -brilliant success which attended their gallant exertions. It is -impossible for him to convey half what he feels in appreciating -the conduct of His Majesty's FOURTEENTH Regiment, that led the -principal storming column. It has impressed his mind with stronger -notions of what a British Regiment is capable of, when led by such -officers as Major Everard, Major Bisshopp, and Captain Mackenzie, -than he ever before possessed. The Major-General requests that -Major Everard will assure the officers and soldiers of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment, that they more than realized his expectations." - -Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Edwards, of the FOURTEENTH, an officer of -high character and lofty promise, fell at the head of the second -brigade, pierced by many wounds; Captain Henry B. Armstrong was -also mortally wounded while leading his men to victory on the -ramparts. The regiment had likewise two serjeants, twenty-nine -rank and file, and three Lascars, killed; Lieutenant-Colonel John -M'Combe, Lieutenants Richard Stack, Robert Daly, and Edward C. -Lynch, Volunteer W. Tulloh, two serjeants, ninety-eight rank and -file, and three Lascars, wounded. - -Colonel John M'Combe[16], who commanded the first brigade, and -Major Matthias Everard, who commanded the regiment, were rewarded -with the dignity of Companion of the Bath; and the Royal authority -was afterwards given for the word "BHURTPORE" to be borne on the -regimental colour, to commemorate its gallantry on this occasion. - -The war having terminated, the regiment returned to the cantonment -of Meerut, where it was stationed upwards of six months. - -General Sir Harry Calvert, Baronet, G.C.B., died in September, -1826, when King George IV. conferred the colonelcy of the regiment -on General Thomas Lord Lynedoch, G.C.B. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -The regiment left Meerut in October; it subsequently embarked in -boats, and, after a tedious passage down the river Ganges, arrived -at Fort William in the beginning of 1827; and was stationed at that -fortress twelve months. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -[Sidenote: 1829] - -Early in 1828 the regiment quitted Fort William, and proceeded to -the cantonment at Berhampore, where it was stationed during the -year 1829. - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -[Sidenote: 1831] - -After performing the important duty of guarding the colonial -possessions of Great Britain in India twenty-three years, -the FOURTEENTH Regiment received orders to prepare to return -to England; it left Berhampore in November, and proceeded to -Fort William; the men who volunteered to remain in India were -transferred to other corps; and in December, 1830, and January, -1831, it embarked from Calcutta for England. It landed at Gravesend -in May and July,--was stationed at Chatham until September,--and at -Albany Barracks during the remainder of the year. - -[Sidenote: 1832] - -In the early part of 1832, the regiment was stationed at Haslar -Barracks, from whence it proceeded to Portsmouth, where it remained -five months. In the middle of July it embarked for Ireland, and -after landing at Cork, marched from thence to Buttevant. - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -In 1833 the head-quarters were removed to Athlone; in 1834 to -Dublin, and afterwards to Mullingar. - -[Sidenote: 1835] - -General Lord Lynedoch having been removed to the First, the Royal, -Regiment of Foot, King William IV. conferred the colonelcy of the -regiment on Lieutenant-General the Honorable Sir Charles Colville, -G.C.B., G.C.H., by commission, dated the 12th of December, 1834. -This officer was removed to the Fifth Fusiliers in March, 1835, -and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Regiment -by Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B., who, as -lieutenant-colonel, commanded the regiment in 1795. - -The head-quarters were removed to Dundalk in the summer of 1835. - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -Five years had not elapsed from the period of the return of the -regiment from India, when it received orders to prepare for -embarkation for the West Indies. It was divided into six service -and four depôt companies; the service companies embarked from -Cork in February, 1836, arrived, in March, at Barbadoes, and were -removed, in April, to the island of St Kitt's. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -In February, 1837, the service companies were removed to Antigua. - -On the 19th of May, General the Honorable Sir Alexander Hope, -G.C.B., Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, -died, and was succeeded in the colonelcy by Lieutenant-General Sir -James Watson, K.C.B., who had commanded the regiment in India, -as lieutenant-colonel, from the year 1807 to 1821, when he was -promoted to the rank of major-general. - -In June the depôt companies embarked from Waterford for England, -and, landing at Bristol, proceeded from thence to Brecon. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -During the year 1838, the service companies remained at Antigua. - -The distinguished services of the FOURTEENTH Regiment in India, -from 1807 to 1831, having been, at the special request of -Lieutenant-General Sir James Watson, brought before Her Majesty by -the Commander-in-Chief, the Royal authority was given for the badge -of the "ROYAL TIGER," superscribed "INDIA," to be borne upon the -regimental colour and appointments, to commemorate its services in -that part of Her Majesty's dominions. - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -In December[17] orders were received for the removal of the service -companies from Antigua to St. Lucia, where they arrived in the -beginning of January, 1839: in April, 1840, they proceeded to -Barbadoes, and in June to Trinidad. They suffered severely on these -stations from yellow fever and other effects of a tropical climate. - -The depôt companies proceeded from England to Ireland in June, 1840. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -The regiment remained at Trinidad until the early part of 1841, -when it was removed to Barbadoes. On the 27th of April it embarked -from Barbadoes for Lower Canada, and landed at Quebec on the 2nd of -June following. - -[Sidenote: 1845] - -The depôt companies were removed from Ireland to England, in -December, 1844; and the service companies have remained in Canada -until the year 1845, the period of the completion of this Record. - -Among the splendid achievements of valour with which the annals of -the British army abound, the gallant behaviour of the FOURTEENTH -FOOT, on several occasions, appears conspicuous for those bright -qualities of intrepidity and heroism which distinguish the -inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland when arrayed under the -standard of their Sovereign; and the conduct of this corps in -quarters has been marked by those excellent features of order, -subordination, and discipline, which adorn the character of -the British soldier, procuring for him the admiration of the -inhabitants of all countries. The inscriptions on the colour of the -regiment bear testimony of the estimation in which its services -have been held by its Sovereign; and the reports of the general -officers, under whom it has served, have procured for it the -confidence of the Government and the Country. - -[Illustration: 14th Regiment of Foot.] - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] Afterwards Colonel of the Twelfth Foot. - -[2] The strength of the regiment at the battle of Culloden was, -2 field officers, 7 captains, 14 subalterns, 21 serjeants, 11 -drummers, and 304 rank and file. - -[3] "_14th October, 1765._ - -"Alterations in the clothing which is to be delivered in the year -1766 to the FOURTEENTH Regiment of Foot, commanded by the Honorable -Major-General Keppel, and which are approved of by His Majesty. - -"The breeches to be buff. - -"The Grenadiers to have black bear-skin caps, fronted with red, the -motto and horse white metal. - -"The drummers to have white bear-skin caps, with a red front, motto -and horse white metal. - - "By order of the King. - "EDWARD HARVEY - "_Adjutant-General_." - - -[4] "The British troops who had this opportunity of distinguishing -themselves were the brigade of the line, viz., the FOURTEENTH, -Thirty-seventh, and Fifty-third Regiments, with the battalion -formed from the Light Infantry and Grenadier companies, under the -command of Major-General Abercromby; seven pieces of cannon and two -hundred prisoners were taken in the redoubts."--_London Gazette._ - -[5] Lieutenant Richard Goodall Elrington received a musket-ball -in the right thigh: after the wound was healed, he returned to -his duty, when an abscess formed in the left thigh from which the -ball was extracted; it having passed, in the flesh, from the right -to the left side of his body, and sunk down the thigh to the spot -where the abscess formed. This officer entered the army as an -ensign in 1790; was promoted from a lieutenantcy in the FOURTEENTH -to be captain in the First West India Regiment in 1795: was removed -to the Forty-seventh Regiment in 1803, and was promoted to the -lieut.-colonelcy in June, 1813: he continued in command of the -Forty-seventh Regiment until November, 1841, when he attained the -rank of major-general. He died in London on 2nd August, 1845. - -[6] Afterwards lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-eighth Regiment. -Mr. Gilbert Cimitiere was appointed to an ensigncy in the Sixth -West India Regiment on 1st July, 1795; promoted to a lieutenantcy -in the Forty-eighth Regiment on the 15th June, 1796; in which he -attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in 1824. He retired from -the service in 1827. - -[7] "Major-General Fox, with the FOURTEENTH, Thirty-seventh, and -Fifty-third Regiments, was engaged with the whole of the French -column which had marched from Lisle, and the different corps which -had driven the rest of the army back fell upon his flanks and -rear; perhaps there is _not on record a single instance of greater -gallantry_ or more soldier-like conduct than was exhibited on that -day, by these three regiments. At length General Fox, finding that -the whole army had left him, began to think of retreating, to -effect which it was necessary to get possession of the causeway -leading to Leers; but before that could be accomplished he was -obliged to charge several battalions of the enemy, who were -astonished that such a handful of men should presume to give -them battle, and expected every moment that they would lay down -their arms; but with _a degree of intrepidity that words cannot -describe_, and is, indeed, scarcely conceivable, they gained the -wished-for point, and then formed with such regularity that the -enemy could not assail them: they secured their retreat towards -Leers, and the next morning joined General Otto's column."--CAPTAIN -JONES' _Journal_. - -[8] While the troops were forming outside the village, a hare -ran across the line, a man named Tovey knocked it down with his -musket, and placed it in his haversack, with surprising coolness, -although under so heavy a fire that it was difficult to form the -men, from the frequent and numerous casualties which occurred; thus -exemplifying that distinguished feature in the character of the -British soldier, "cool and collected in the midst of danger." - -[9] Private Ryan served many years afterwards with deep marks in -his cheeks. - -[10] "The Duke of York detached seven Austrian battalions, and the -second brigade of British infantry, (FOURTEENTH, _Thirty-seventh_, -and _Fifty-third_,) under Major-General Fox, who, though they had -lost so many men only four days before, anxiously wished to get -into action. Nothing could exceed their spirit and perseverance; -they stormed the village of Pontechin, and after firing a few shot -rushed with fixed bayonets into the heart of the enemy, and turned -the fate of the day once more in favour of the allies. The charge -was conducted with such skill and activity that it immediately -threw the enemy into confusion, and forced them to give way. At -this time the artillery came into action and directed their fire -so well, and followed it up with such activity, the enemy could -never be rallied so as to renew the attack, although they had -fresh troops constantly coming up, but continued to lose ground -till dark. Such a battle has seldom been fought; the enemy was in -action, under an incessant fire of cannon and musketry, upwards -of twelve hours, and left twelve thousand dead in the field, five -hundred taken, and seven pieces of cannon. - -"The loss of the allies, in this memorable action, amounted to four -thousand men; one hundred and ninety-six were British, and all, -except three, from General Fox's brigade. It is a fact, although it -appears almost impossible, that _a single British brigade, and that -brigade less than six hundred men, on that great day, absolutely -won the battle_; for had it not come up, the allies would have been -beaten."--CAPTAIN JONES' _Journal_. - -[11] Every man of the FOURTEENTH was proud of the reputation which -the regiment had acquired, with which he identified himself; even -the recruits possessed the same _esprit de corps_. After the -capture of Gueldermalsen a young soldier, named Sullivan, struck -the butt-end of his musket against a cask, when the musket went -off, and the ball passed through the soldier's body. He instantly -called to Lieutenant Graves, and said, "I hope, Sir, you will let -my friends know that I always behaved as became a good soldier," -and immediately expired. - -[12] Captain Jones, speaking of the conduct of the FOURTEENTH, -Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Regiments, at Gueldermalsen, -states in his _Journal_, "These regiments behaved with their usual -gallantry, and faced every danger with that cheerfulness and -perseverance which has peculiarly distinguished them." - -[13] Sir Ralph Abercromby entertained a high opinion of the -FOURTEENTH; in the West Indies he always landed with the flank -companies, and the regiment furnished a corporal's guard at his -quarters. When he was appointed to the command of the troops in the -Mediterranean, with whom he proceeded to Egypt, he wrote to Captain -Graves, stating, "I regret extremely that I cannot take you with -me, as I intended, having found all my staff appointed when I got -to London." He afterwards added, with great pleasantry, "I also -greatly regret that the FOURTEENTH are not on the expedition, as I -do not think any service can go on well without them." - -[14] "It is peculiarly incumbent upon the Lieutenant-General to -notice the vigorous attack made by the second battalion of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel Nicolls, which drove the -enemy out of the village on the left, of which he had possessed -himself."--_General Orders._ - -[15] "The gallant FOURTEENTH proceeded to scour the ramparts, and -the capture of the Sultan rendered the victory complete."--_London -Gazette._ - -[16] Colonel John M'Combe died at Calcutta on the 12th October, -1828. - -[17] A brigantine, having on board the head-quarters of the -regiment, with six officers, one hundred and eight soldiers, and -thirty women, under Lieut.-Colonel Everard, C.B., K.H., was wrecked -on the rocks off Guadaloupe, before daylight on Christmas day; but -the inhabitants came to their aid in boats, and no lives were lost. - - - - - SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - - OF - - THE FOURTEENTH, - - OR - - BUCKINGHAM REGIMENT - - OF - - FOOT. - - -SIR EDWARD HALES, BARONET. - -_Appointed 22nd June, 1685._ - -This officer was the son of Sir Edward Hales, of Woodchurch, in the -county of Kent, who was a distinguished loyalist in the reigns of -Charles I. and Charles II., and being forced to flee from England -for his loyal attempts during the rebellion, he died in France a -few years after the restoration in 1660. - -EDWARD HALES succeeded, on the decease of his father, to the -family estate at Woodchurch, and to the dignity of a Baronet; and -when the Court began to evince a disposition to favour Papacy, he -changed his religion from Protestant to Roman Catholic. He was -in great favour with King James II., and having raised a company -of foot for the service of that monarch, in June, 1685, he was -appointed colonel of a regiment, which is now the FOURTEENTH FOOT. -He was also constituted a member of the privy council, one of the -lords of the Admiralty, deputy governor of the cinque ports, and -lieutenant-governor of the Tower of London. Being unable, from -his religion, to take the required oaths on appointment to the -colonelcy of his regiment, he was prosecuted and convicted at -Rochester assizes; but he moved the case to the Court of King's -Bench, pleaded the King's dispensation and had judgment in his -behalf:--eleven out of the twelve judges being of opinion that the -King might dispense in that case. - -SIR EDWARD HALES was in the King's confidence; and at the -Revolution, in 1688, he was employed to make arrangements for His -Majesty's flight to France. On the night of the 10th of December, -Sir Edward, with the quarter-master of his regiment, Edward -Syng[18], quitted Whitehall Palace with the King--proceeded in a -hackney coach to Horse-ferry, crossed the Thames in a boat, and -continued their flight in disguise to Feversham, where they went -on board of the Custom-House hoy, designing to cross the channel -to France; but they were suspected of being Popish priests, and -were apprehended on board the vessel by the country people. The -King being afterwards recognised, he was induced to return to -London; but he subsequently escaped from Rochester and proceeded to -France. Sir Edward Hales attempted to conceal himself, to escape -the fury of the populace, who were enraged against him for changing -his religion, and at the time he was apprehended at Feversham the -country people were plundering his house, killing his deer, and -wantonly destroying his property in Kent. - -He was detained in custody, and afterwards confined in the Tower of -London for eighteen months; on his release he proceeded to France, -and he was at La Hogue ready to embark for England when Admiral -Russel defeated the French fleet. His eldest son served in King -James's army in Ireland, and was killed at the battle of the Boyne. - -While in France, Sir Edward Hales was created by King James, EARL -OF TENTERDEN, in Kent. He died in France in 1695, and was buried in -the church of St. Sulpice in Paris. - - -WILLIAM BEVERIDGE. - -_Appointed 31st December, 1688._ - -WILLIAM BEVERIDGE served under the Prince of Orange in the -Netherlands, in one of the British regiments in the service of the -States-General of Holland; and at the Revolution, in 1688, His -Highness promoted him to the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Regiment -of Foot. He commanded the regiment nearly four years; and was -killed in a duel with one of his captains, on the 14th of November, -1692. - - -JOHN TIDCOMB. - -_Appointed 14th November, 1692._ - -This officer entered the army in the reign of King James II., -and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth Foot, on -the 31st of December, 1688. He served under Major-General Mackay -in Scotland, and displayed great gallantry at the battle of -Killicrankie: he also served under King William III., in Ireland, -and was at the battle of the Boyne. He returned to England soon -afterwards; but accompanied the expedition to Ireland, under -Lieutenant-General the Earl of Marlborough, (afterwards the -celebrated John Duke of Marlborough,) and was at the capture of -Cork and Kinsale, and also in several skirmishes. His excellent -conduct on all occasions was rewarded with the colonelcy of the -FOURTEENTH Foot, in 1692: he afterwards served in the Netherlands, -was at the battle of Landen, and was engaged in the siege of -Namur. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, in 1703; -to that of major-general, on the 1st of January, 1704; and to -lieutenant-general, on the 1st of January, 1707. He died at Bath, -in June, 1713. - - -JASPER CLAYTON. - -_Appointed 15th June, 1713._ - -JASPER CLAYTON obtained a commission in the army on the 24th of -June, 1695, and afterwards acquired great celebrity as a gallant -and meritorious officer. He served under King William until the -peace of Ryswick, in 1697. He also served under the great Duke -of Marlborough, in the reign of Queen Anne; and was appointed -lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Foot, with which he served in -Spain. His regiment suffered severely at the battle of Almanza, in -1707, and he returned with it to England in 1708, to recruit. In -1709, he served in Flanders, and distinguished himself at the siege -of Mons, where he was wounded[19]. He also served at the forcing of -the French lines, in 1710, and was rewarded with the colonelcy of a -newly-raised regiment of foot, on the 8th of December of that year. -In 1711 he served in the disastrous expedition against Quebec, and -his regiment had three officers and seventy-one soldiers drowned in -the river St. Lawrence, then called the river of Canada. - -At the peace of Utrecht, in 1713, his regiment was disbanded; -and in June of the same year, he was appointed colonel of the -FOURTEENTH Foot. He served in Scotland under the Duke of Argyle, -during the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, and commanded a brigade -at the battle of Dumblain, on the 13th of November, 1715. He -was subsequently appointed lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar; he -commanded the troops in that fortress when it was besieged by the -Spaniards, in 1727, and his conduct in the successful defence -of that important place, called forth the approbation of his -sovereign and country. The rank of major-general was conferred on -this excellent officer, on the 2nd of November, 1735; and that of -lieutenant-general, on the 2nd of July, 1739. In 1743, he served -under King George II. in Germany; and highly distinguished himself -at the battle of Dettingen, on the 16th of June in that year. -He was killed as he was giving orders for the artillery to play -upon the bridge as the French retreated, and his fall was equally -regretted by his sovereign, the officers, and soldiers of the army. -He was interred with military honors in the chapel of Prince George -of Hesse, at Hanau. - - -JOSEPH PRICE. - -_Appointed 22nd June, 1743._ - -JOSEPH PRICE obtained a commission of ensign in a regiment of -foot in 1706; and subsequently rose to the rank of captain and -lieutenant-colonel in the First Foot Guards. In January, 1741, -he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Fifty-seventh (now -Forty-sixth) regiment, which was then first raised; and in 1743 he -was removed to the FOURTEENTH Foot. He was promoted to the rank of -brigadier-general on the 6th of June, 1745. During the campaign of -1747, he commanded a brigade of infantry in the Netherlands, under -His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. At the battle of Val, -on the 2nd of July of that year, he highly distinguished himself. -His brigade was posted in the village of Val, and his gallantry -during the action was commended by the Duke of Cumberland in his -public despatch. He died in November of the same year, at Breda, in -Holland. - - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM HERBERT. - -_Appointed 1st December, 1747._ - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM HERBERT, fifth son of Thomas, eighth Earl -of Pembroke, and father of Henry, first Earl of Caernarvon, was -appointed to a commission in the army on the 1st of May, 1722. -He was promoted on the 15th December, 1738, to the commission -of captain and lieutenant-colonel in the First Foot Guards; and -in December, 1747, to the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot. In -January, 1753, he was removed to the Second Dragoon Guards. He was -subsequently advanced to the rank of major-general: he was groom of -the bedchamber to King George II., and a member of parliament for -Wilton, in Wiltshire. He died on the 31st of March, 1757. - - -EDWARD BRADDOCK. - -_Appointed 17th February, 1753._ - -EDWARD BRADDOCK was appointed ensign in the Second Foot Guards on -the 11th October, 1710; lieutenant of the grenadier company in -1716[20]; captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1736; major in 1743; -and was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the same regiment -on the 21st of November, 1745. In 1753 he was appointed to the -colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot; in the following year he was -promoted major-general, and sent with a body of troops to North -America; and in 1755 he was commander-in-chief in that country. -Having completed arrangements for opening the campaign against the -French, who had made aggressions on the British territory, he took -the field with a body of regular troops, provincials, and Indians; -and on the 9th of July, while marching with twelve hundred men -through the woods towards Fort du Quesne, he was suddenly attacked -by a body of French and Indians, who had concealed themselves -behind the trees and bushes, and his men were put into some -confusion. "He exerted himself to remedy this disaster as much as -man could do, and, after having had five horses killed under him, -he was shot through the arm and through the lungs, of which he died -four days afterwards[21]." - - -THOMAS FOWKE. - -_Appointed 12th November, 1755._ - -This officer had been upwards of fifty years in the army when he -was appointed to the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot, his first -commission being dated the 25th of May, 1705. After serving the -Crown fifteen years, he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy -of the Seventh Dragoons, by commission dated the 25th of June, -1720. In January, 1741, he was promoted to the colonelcy of -the Fifty-fourth (now Forty-third) regiment, which was then -first raised; and in August of the same year he was removed -to the Second, or Queen's Royal regiment. His commissions of -general officer were dated,--brigadier-general, 1st June, 1745; -major-general, 18th of September, 1747; and lieutenant-general, -30th of April, 1754. He was governor of Gibraltar in 1756, when the -island of Minorca, which was then subject to the British Crown, was -attacked by the French; and having disobeyed the directions, which -he received from the Secretary at War, to send a reinforcement to -that island, he was tried by a general court-martial, and sentenced -to be suspended for nine months; but the King, George II., directed -that he should be dismissed from the service. - - -CHARLES JEFFERIES. - -_Appointed 7th September, 1756._ - -After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this -officer was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the FOURTEENTH Foot -on the 12th of September, 1745, and in February following he was -removed to the Thirty-fourth regiment. In January, 1756, he was -promoted to colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Sixty-second -Royal American regiment, now the Sixtieth, or King's Royal Rifle -Corps. At this period he was with the Thirty-fourth regiment at -the island of Minorca, which was soon afterwards attacked by the -French, and he signalized himself in the defence of Port Mahon, -particularly in repulsing an attack on the place by storm, on -which occasion he was taken prisoner. His gallantry was shortly -afterwards rewarded with the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH regiment. -He was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 27th of June, -1759. He died in 1765. - - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM KEPPEL. - -_Appointed 31st May, 1765._ - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM KEPPEL, fourth son of William-Anne, second -Earl of Albemarle, was appointed captain and lieutenant-colonel in -the First Foot Guards on the 28th of April, 1750; and gentleman -of the horse to His Majesty King George II. in December, 1752. On -the 21st of July, 1760, he was promoted to second major, with the -rank of colonel, in the First Foot Guards; and in December of the -following year, to the colonelcy of the Fifty-sixth Foot. In the -succeeding spring he proceeded with his regiment on an expedition -against the Havannah, with the local rank of major-general. In -August the Havannah capitulated, when he took possession of the -fort La Punta; and being afterwards left commander-in-chief at that -station, he re-delivered the city to the Spaniards according to the -conditions of the Treaty of Peace in 1763. He was promoted to the -rank of major-general on the 10th of July, 1762; was removed from -the colonelcy of the Fifty-sixth to the FOURTEENTH Foot in 1765; -and was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general in May, 1772. In -1773 he was appointed commander-in-chief in Ireland. In 1775 he was -removed to the colonelcy of the Twelfth Dragoons. He was several -years a representative in parliament for the borough of Windsor. -His decease occurred on the 1st of March, 1782. - - -ROBERT CUNNINGHAME. - -_Appointed 18th October, 1775._ - -This officer served several years in the Thirty-fifth Foot, in -which regiment he rose to the rank of captain in December, 1752. He -was soon afterwards appointed adjutant-general in Ireland, which -office he held for many years. He was promoted to the rank of -lieutenant-colonel in 1757;--to that of colonel in 1762;--and to -the colonelcy of the Fifty-eighth Regiment in 1767. In 1772 he was -advanced to the rank of major-general; three years afterwards he -was removed to the command of the FOURTEENTH Foot; and in August, -1777, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. On the -4th of April, 1787, he was removed to the colonelcy of the Fifth, -Royal Irish, Dragoons, and he was advanced to the rank of general -in 1793. He died in 1797. - - -JOHN DOUGLAS. - -_Appointed April 4th, 1787._ - -JOHN DOUGLAS was many years an officer in the Scots' Greys, -with which corps he served several campaigns in the Netherlands -previously to the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748-9. He also -served with his regiment in Germany, under Prince Ferdinand of -Brunswick, from 1759 to 1762, distinguishing himself on several -occasions; and on the 14th of November, 1770, he was promoted to -the lieutenant colonelcy of the regiment (the Greys). In 1775 he -was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King, with the rank of colonel -in the army;--in February, 1779, he was promoted to the rank of -major-general; and in April of the same year he obtained the -colonelcy of the Twenty-first Light Dragoons, which corps was then -first embodied. His regiment was disbanded at the conclusion of -the American war in 1783; and in 1787 he obtained the colonelcy -of the FOURTEENTH Foot; he was also promoted to the rank of -lieutenant-general in the same year. In 1789 he was removed to the -colonelcy of the Fifth Dragoon Guards, which he retained until his -decease in 1790. - - -GEORGE EARL WALDEGRAVE. - -_Appointed 27th August, 1789._ - -VISCOUNT CHEWTON was appointed ensign in the Third Foot Guards -on the 10th of May, 1768; lieutenant and captain on the 12th of -August, 1773; and captain-lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the -Second Foot Guards in 1778. In the following year he was appointed -lieutenant-colonel commanding the Eighty-seventh Foot, then first -raised; and in 1782 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. He -succeeded, on the decease of his father, in 1784, to the dignity -of EARL WALDEGRAVE; and was also appointed master of the horse to -the Queen, and aide-de-camp to the King. In August, 1789, he was -appointed colonel of the FOURTEENTH Foot. He died about six weeks -afterwards. - - -GEORGE HOTHAM. - -_Appointed 18th November, 1789._ - -GEORGE HOTHAM procured the appointment of ensign in the First -Foot Guards on the 14th of May, 1759; he was promoted to the rank -of lieutenant and captain in 1765; and to that of captain and -lieutenant-colonel in 1775. In 1781 he was appointed aide-de-camp -to the King, with the rank of colonel in the army; and in 1789 he -obtained the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot. His commissions of -general officer were dated,--major-general, 28th of April, 1790, -lieutenant-general, 26th of January, 1797, and general, 29th of -April, 1802. He died in 1806. - - -SIR HARRY CALVERT, BARONET, G.C.B. - -_Appointed 8th February, 1806._ - -SIR HARRY CALVERT, Baronet, was appointed second lieutenant in -the Twenty-third, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in April, 1778; he was -several months at the Royal Military College at Woolwich, and -proceeding to North America in the following year, he joined -his regiment, which was then employed on the outpost duty of -the army. In December, 1779, he served with his regiment in the -expedition, under Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, to South -Carolina, and was at the siege and capture of Charlestown. He -afterwards served under the Marquis Cornwallis, and shared in all -the difficulties, dangers, and privations, in the campaigns of -the southern provinces, until the siege of York Town, when the -Marquis Cornwallis was forced to surrender, with the troops under -his command, to General Washington. He remained a prisoner of war -from October, 1781, until the peace in 1783, when he proceeded with -his regiment to New York. In the early part of 1784 he returned -to England, when he procured permission to pass the remainder of -the year on the Continent. In October, 1786, he purchased the -command of a company in his regiment, with which he did duty -until the spring of 1790, when he exchanged into the Coldstream -Guards. On the breaking out of the war of the French revolution, in -1793, he proceeded with the brigade of Foot Guards, commanded by -Major-General (afterwards Lord) Lake, to Holland, and when the Duke -of York assumed the command of the British and Hanoverian troops in -Flanders, Captain Calvert was nominated one of His Royal Highness's -aides-de-camp. After serving in this capacity until the surrender -of Valenciennes, he was sent to England with the account of that -event, on which occasion King George III. was pleased to confer on -him the rank of major. He obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel -in December, 1793, by the purchase of a company in the Coldstream -Guards. He served with the allied army during the year 1794, and -returned to England on the recall of the British troops early -in 1795. In May of that year he was employed on a confidential -mission to the court of Berlin; and in 1796 he was appointed Deputy -Adjutant-General to the Forces: he obtained the rank of colonel in -June 1797, and in 1799 he was appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy -of the Sixty-third Regiment. - -On the 9th of January, 1799, His Majesty was pleased to appoint -Colonel CALVERT to the important situation of ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO -THE FORCES, in which capacity he was enabled to perform important -and valuable services to the crown and to the country, during one -of the most eventful periods in the history of Great Britain. -In August, 1800 he was nominated to the colonelcy of the Fifth -West India regiment; in 1803 he was promoted to the rank of -major-general; in 1806 he was removed to the FOURTEENTH Foot, and -in 1810 he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general. - -At the period of his appointment to the high and important -station of Adjutant-General of the Forces, the want of efficient -regulations, and of an adherence to a system founded on principles -calculated to promote the advantage of every branch of service, -was felt by all persons called upon to take a part in the concerns -of the army, and serious inconvenience was experienced from the -absence of such a system by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, -who, at two different periods, had to contend against powerful -continental armies, with troops, though eminently brave, and -endued with the true spirit of their profession, yet not formed -upon sound general principles of discipline. His Royal Highness, -being appointed Commander-in-Chief, applied himself with great -diligence to the correction of abuses, and to the improvement of -the condition of the army in every particular: and his efforts, -which were honoured with the encouragement and approbation of -His Majesty, were ably seconded by his staff officers, who were -judiciously selected to carry his views into effect; the ultimate -accomplishment of these objects reflected the highest credit on -those who planned, and on those who executed measures which have -conduced to the safety and glory of the United Kingdom and of its -numerous colonial possessions. Among these officers, SIR HARRY -CALVERT held a distinguished station. As Adjutant-General, the -discipline, equipment, and efficiency of the army came under his -superintendence, and to improve and perfect these, he devoted -his best energies and unwearied attention. The general orders -of the army, in the successive editions which were brought -forward from the year 1799, afford abundant proofs of the value -of his labours, in the numerous and excellent regulations made -from time to time for the better government of the army. In the -_clothing_, _messing_, _equipment_, and every other branch of -the interior economy, improvements were introduced to promote -the health and comfort of the soldier, and the efficiency of -corps; and the establishment of _confidential inspection reports_ -facilitated the accomplishment of these objects, by furnishing -the Commander-in-Chief, and the authorities under him, with -the means of forming a correct judgment of the state of each -corps in all its details,--of correcting what was wrong,--of -supplying what was deficient, and of ascertaining the merits -and capabilities of the officers. The energies of his mind were -also directed to the improvement of the _morale_, as well as to -ameliorate the _materiel_ of the army. Being a man of high and -sensitive honor himself, he wished to inspire all his brother -officers with the same sentiments, by impressing them with a just -idea of what they owed to themselves, both as individuals, and -as members of the profession of arms. Conscious that no man can -be truly respectable who does not respect himself, he was always -anxious to uphold and encourage this principle; in accordance -with which, he was particularly careful to afford every officer -charged with misconduct the fullest opportunity of explanation, -and, in conveying disapprobation or censure, he avoided the use -of terms calculated to affect the officer's personal feelings, -or to degrade him in his own estimation: his verbal intercourse -was conducted on the same principle. Such was the kindness of his -look and demeanour, and the courtesy of his language, that it was -impossible to offer him any personal disrespect; and with whatever -sentiments a gentleman might have approached him in his official -capacity, he could retire with those only of respect and esteem. To -the officers of his own department, who were in daily intercourse -with him, his orders were conveyed in the form of requests; and -the urbanity of his manners, tempered with self-respect, ensured -prompt and cheerful co-operation. In so extensive a branch of the -service, the preparation of many documents was necessarily confided -to assistants, and the alterations which suggested themselves -to his refined discrimination, were proposed with delicacy,--a -trait of character grateful to the feelings of his subordinates, -and remembered with emotions of respect constantly increased by -continued intercourse. In 1807, when the _recruiting_ of the -army was placed under his superintendence, he applied himself -successfully to the improvement of that branch of the service. -He interested himself in the _Royal Military Asylum_, and in the -establishment of _regimental schools_; the condition of _general -hospitals_ also engaged his attention,--he visited them all in -1814, and suggested many improvements in their conduct and -management. The _invalid_ and the _pensioner_ found a friend and -protector in him, and the representations of a discharged private -soldier were received and considered with the same care as those -of the higher grades of the service. In this, and in every other -respect, he acted in accordance with the desires of the DUKE OF -YORK, whose innate goodness of heart, and natural generosity and -condescension, led him to promote and encourage every species of -kindness to the humblest members of the profession to which he was -so devotedly attached; and SIR HARRY CALVERT was the faithful organ -of His Royal Highness's benevolent intentions, delighting in the -good he was thus enabled to effect. - -Having conducted, in conjunction with the able officers associated -with him in the other military departments, the details of the -British army, when it was on a scale of magnitude surpassing -anything previously known, and through the whole course of the most -tremendous contest in which the nation ever was engaged, and having -witnessed victory achieved, by the valour and discipline of the -troops under their matchless chief, with the glorious termination -of the war, he was rewarded with the dignity of BARONET, in -October, 1818; and in the beginning of the year 1820, he retired -from that high situation which he had so long and so ably filled, -carrying with him the cordial good wishes of every rank. He had -previously been appointed lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital; -honored with the dignity of Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, -and Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; and in -1826, he was promoted to the rank of general. He died suddenly of a -fit of apoplexy, while on a visit with his family at Claydon Hall, -in Buckinghamshire, on the 3rd of September, 1826. - - -THOMAS LORD LYNEDOCH. - -_Appointed 6th September, 1826._ - -This nobleman, whose services, when General Graham, were of a -most distinguished character, was removed to the First, or Royal, -Regiment of Foot, on the 12th of December, 1834, the colonelcy of -which corps he retained to the period of his decease, which took -place on the 18th December, 1843. - - -THE HONORABLE SIR CHARLES COLVILLE, G.C.B. and G.C.H. - -_Appointed 12th December, 1834._ - -SIR CHARLES COLVILLE, whose distinguished services during the -late war are recorded in the history of Europe, was removed to -the colonelcy of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland -Fusiliers, on the 25th of March, 1835, in succession to General Sir -Henry Johnson, deceased. He died on the 27th March, 1843. - - -THE HONORABLE SIR ALEXANDER HOPE, G.C.B. - -_Appointed 25th March, 1835._ - -THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER HOPE entered the army as ensign in the -Sixty-third Regiment, on the 6th of March, 1786, and after a -service of upwards of thirteen years he was promoted to the -lieutenant-colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot, on the 27th of August, -1794. He commanded the regiment during its retreat through Holland, -and in the attack of the French post at Gueldermalsen, on the -8th of January, 1795, he received a wound in the shoulder which -deprived him of the use of his right arm. He was appointed governor -of Tynemouth and Clifford's fort, in 1797; lieutenant-governor -of Edinburgh Castle, in 1798; and deputy adjutant-general to the -expedition to Holland, in 1799. He was promoted to the rank of -colonel in the army, on the 1st of January, 1800; and to the -colonelcy of the Fifth West India Regiment, on the 30th of October, -1806. In April, 1808, he was further promoted to the rank of -major-general. In April, 1813, he was removed to the colonelcy of -the Forty-seventh Regiment; and in June of the same year, he was -advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general. He obtained the rank -of general, on the 22nd of July, 1830; and the colonelcy of the -FOURTEENTH Regiment, in 1835. He was constituted a Knight Grand -Cross of the Order of the Bath: he was lieutenant-governor of the -Royal Hospital at Chelsea: he died on the 19th of May, 1837. - - -SIR JAMES WATSON, K.C.B. - -_Appointed 24th May, 1837._ - - -LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[18] Vide King James's own account of this circumstance, in Doctor -Clarke's life of that monarch. - -[19] Vide the Record of the Eleventh Foot. - -[20] On the 26th of May, 1718, he fought a duel in Hyde Park with -sword and pistol, with Colonel Waller. - -[21] _London Gazette._ - - - - -By Royal Authority. - -Historical Records of the British Army; - -A SERIES OF - -Narratives of the Services of Regiments from their Formation to the -present Time. - -PREPARED BY - -Richard Cannon, Esq., - -ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE. - - -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.--_Extract from the General Preface._ - - -THE HISTORIES OF THE FOLLOWING REGIMENTS ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED: - -CAVALRY. - - Life Guards 12_s._ - Royal Horse Guards (_Blues_) 10_s._ - First, or King's Dragoon Guards 8_s._ - Second, or Queen's Ditto (_Bays_) 8_s._ - Third, or Prince of Wales's Ditto 8_s._ - Fourth (Royal Irish) Ditto 8_s._ - Fifth, or Princess Charlotte of Wales' Ditto 8_s._ - Sixth Ditto (_Carabineers_) 8_s._ - Seventh, or The Princess Royal's 8_s._ - First, or Royal Dragoons 8_s._ - Second (_Scots Greys_) 8_s._ - Fourth (The Queen's Own) Ditto 8_s._ - Sixth Dragoons (_Inniskilling_) 8_s._ - Seventh, Queen's Own Hussars 8_s._ - Eighth, The King's Royal Irish 8_s._ - Ninth, Queen's Royal Lancers 6_s._ - Eleventh (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 6_s._ - Twelfth (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers 6_s._ - Thirteenth Light Dragoons 6_s._ - Fifteenth, The King's Hussars 8_s._ - Sixteenth, The Queen's Lancers 8_s._ - Seventeenth Lancers 10_s._ - Cape Mounted Riflemen 4_s._ - - -INFANTRY. - - First, The Royal Regiment 12_s._ - Second, The Queen's Royal 8_s._ - Third, The Buffs 12_s._ - Fourth, The King's Own 8_s._ - Fifth, Northumberland Fusiliers 8_s._ - Sixth, Royal First Warwick 8_s._ - Eighth, The King's 8_s._ - Thirty-fourth Foot 8_s._ - Forty-Second, The Royal Highland 12_s._ - Fifty-Sixth Foot (_Pompadours_) 6_s._ - Sixty-First Ditto 6_s._ - Eighty-Sixth, Royal County Down 8_s._ - Eighty-Eighth, Connaught Rangers 6_s._ - - -* * * The Records of other Regiments are in course of preparation. - - -PUBLISHED AT THE MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}. 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