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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 Fifteenth or The Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot: -From Its Formation in 1685 to 1848 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: July 1, 2017 [EBook #55019] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** 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 Esq^{re}. - - Some minor changes are noted 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 General's Office, Horse Guards._ - - London. - - _Printed by Authority._] - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE FIFTEENTH, - - OR, - - THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING, - REGIMENT OF FOOT, - - CONTAINING - - AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1685, - - AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO 1848. - - - COMPILED BY - - RICHARD CANNON, ESQ. - - ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS. - - - ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. - - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, - 30 CHARING CROSS. - - M DCCC XLVIII. - - - - - LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET. - FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. - - - - - THE FIFTEENTH, - - OR, - - THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING, - - REGIMENT OF FOOT, - - BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORDS - - "MARTINIQUE," - - AND - - "GUADALOUPE," - - IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GALLANTRY - DISPLAYED IN THE CAPTURE OF - THOSE ISLANDS IN THE YEARS 1809 AND 1810. - - - - -FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -CONTENTS. - - Year Page - - 1685 Formation of the Regiment at Nottingham 1 - - 1686 Establishment 2 - - 1687 Encamped on Hounslow Heath 4 - - 1688 Revolution in Great Britain 5 - - ---- Marched to Scotland - - - 1689 Battle of Killicrankie 6 - - 1690 ------ at Cromdale - - - ---- Marched to Inverlochy 8 - - 1691 Submission of the Highlanders to King William - and Queen Mary 9 - - 1694 Embarked for Flanders - - - ---- Engaged in the capture of Huy 10 - - 1695 ------- at Fort Kenoque -- - - ---- ------- at the surrender of Dixmude to the French 11 - - ---- Colonel Sir James Lesley cashiered, and succeeded - by Colonel Emanuel Howe 12 - - ---- Garrison of Namur surrendered -- - - ---- Released from prisoners of war -- - - 1696 Marched to Bruges -- - - 1697 Proceeded to Brussels 13 - - ---- Treaty of Peace at Ryswick -- - - ---- Embarked for England 14 - - ---- Proceeded to Ireland -- - - 1701 Preparations for War with France -- - - ---- Re-embarked for Holland -- - - ---- Reviewed at Breda by King William III. -- - - 1702 Proceeded to Rosendael 15 - - ---- Siege of Kayserswerth -- - - ---- Engaged at Nimeguen -- - - ---- War declared against France and Spain -- - - ---- The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command - of the army in Flanders -- - - ---- Engaged at the siege of Venloo 16 - - ---- ----------------------- Ruremonde -- - - ---- ----------------------- Liege -- - - 1703 Surrender of Bonn -- - - ---- Proceeded to Maestricht 17 - - ---- Engaged at the capture of Huy -- - - ---- ------------------------- Limburg -- - - 1704 Proceeded from Holland to the Danube -- - - ---- Joined the Imperial Army 18 - - ---- Battle of Schellenberg -- - - ---- --------- Blenheim 19 - - ---- Marshal Tallard taken prisoner, and the French - Army defeated 20 - - ---- Siege of Landau 21 - - 1705 Re-capture of Huy 22 - - ---- Forced the French lines at Neer-Hespen and Helixem -- - - 1706 Battle of Ramilies -- - - ---- Many prisoners, with cannon, colours, &c. taken 23 - - ---- Surrender of Brussels, Ghent, &c. -- - - ---- --------- of Ostend -- - - ---- --------- of Menin -- - - ---- --------- of Dendermond and Aeth -- - - 1708 Re-embarked for England to repel the invasion - of the Pretender -- - - ---- Returned to Flanders 24 - - 1708 Battle of Oudenarde -- - - ---- Engaged in the Siege of Lisle -- - - ---- Re-capture of Ghent and Bruges 25 - - 1709 Siege and Capture of Tournay -- - - ---- Battle of Malplaquet 26 - - ---- Siege and Capture of Mons -- - - ---- Marched into winter quarters at Ghent -- - - 1710 Forced the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin 27 - - ---- Siege and Capture of Douay -- - - ---- Encamped at Villars-Brulin -- - - ---- Surrender of Bethune -- - - ---- --------- of Aix and St. Venant -- - - ---- Marched into quarters at Courtray -- - - 1711 Encamped at Warde and reviewed by the Duke - of Marlborough -- - - ---- Forced the French lines at Arleux -- - - ---- Siege and surrender of Bouchain -- - - 1712 Negociations for peace commenced 28 - - ---- Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the Army -- - - ---- Returned to Ghent -- - - 1713 Removed to Dunkirk -- - - ---- ------- to Nieuport -- - - 1714 Returned to England -- - - ---- Decease of Queen Anne, and accession of King George I. -- - - 1715 Employed against the rebels in Great Britain -- - - 1719 Employed in Scotland 29 - - ---- Invasion of a Spanish force at Kintail -- - - ---- Defeat and surrender of the invaders at Glensheil -- - - 1728 Reviewed at Blackheath by King George II. -- - - 1740 Encamped in the Isle of Wight 30 - - ---- Embarked for the West Indies -- - - 1741 Arrived at Jamaica -- - - ---- Sailed for Carthagena -- - - 1741 Attack and capture of Bocca-chica 31 - - ---- Siege of the Castle of St. Lazar -- - - ---- Forts of Carthagena destroyed 32 - - ---- Returned to Jamaica 33 - - 1742 Re-embarked for England -- - - 1745 Embarked for Ostend -- - - ---- Ostend captured by the French -- - - ---- Recalled to England in consequence of the - French invasion 34 - - 1746 Battle of Culloden -- - - ---- Embarked for the coast of France, and proceeded - against Port L'Orient and Quiberon -- - - ---- Returned to England 35 - - 1748 Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle -- - - 1749 Proceeded to Ireland -- - - 1751 Royal Warrant issued for regulating the clothing, - colours, &c. -- - - 1755 War re-commenced with France 36 - - ---- Returned to England -- - - 1756 Encamped at Blandford -- - - 1757 Encamped at Barham-downs -- - - ---- Embarked on an expedition against the coast of France -- - - ---- Capture of the Isle of Aix 37 - - ---- Returned to England -- - - 1758 Embarked for North America -- - - ---- Formed part of an expedition against Louisbourg, and in - the taking of the Island of Cape Breton, under - Brigadier-General James Wolfe 38 - - ---- The captured colours, &c. presented to the King, and - publickly conveyed from Kensington Palace to St. - Paul's Cathedral 39 - - ---- Rewarded by the approbation of the Sovereign, and by - the thanks of Parliament -- - - 1759 Embarked in an expedition against Quebec, under - Major-General James Wolfe -- - - ---- Death of Major-General Wolfe 41 - - ---- Surrender of Quebec 42 - - ---- Approbation of the King of the conduct of the troops, - thanks of Parliament, and public thanksgiving of - the Nation -- - - 1760 Defence of Quebec against an attempt of the French to - retake it 43 - - ---- Joined in an attack on Montreal 44 - - ---- Conquest of Canada -- - - 1761 Encamped at Staten Island 44 - - ---- Embarked for Barbadoes -- - - 1762 Engaged on an expedition in the capture of Martinique -- - - ---- Embarked on an expedition to the Havannah 45 - - ---- Capture of Moro Fort, nine ships of war, &c. -- - - 1763 Peace with Spain concluded -- - - ---- The Havannah restored to Spain -- - - ---- Embarked for New York, and proceeded to Canada 46 - - 1768 Embarked for England -- - - 1770 Reviewed at Chatham by King George III. -- - - 1772 Marched to Scotland -- - - 1774 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1776 War with North America -- - - ---- Embarked for America 47 - - ---- Proceeded on an expedition against Charleston -- - - ---- Re-embarked and proceeded to Staten Island -- - - ---- Effected a landing at Long Island -- - - ---- Proceeded against New York 48 - - ---- ----------------- White Plains -- - - ---- ----------------- Fort Washington -- - - 1777 ----------------- Peek's-Hill -- - - ---- ----------------- Danbury -- - - 1777 Arrived at Ridgefield 49 - - ---- Engaged at the Hill of Compo -- - - ---- Embarked at New York -- - - ---- Proceeded on an expedition against Philadelphia 50 - - ---- Engaged at Brandywine -- - - ---- Engaged at Germantown 51 - - ---- ------- at Whitemarsh -- - - 1778 Marched from Philadelphia to New York 52 - - ---- Embarked for the West Indies -- - - ---- Proceeded on an expedition against St. Lucia 53 - - 1779 Embarked from St. Lucia and landed at St. Christopher's 54 - - 1781 War declared against Holland -- - - ---- Capture of the Island of St. Eustatius -- - - ---- Recaptured by the French, and the 13th and 15th - Regiments taken prisoners -- - - 1782 Island of St. Christopher's taken by the French 55 - - ---- Regiment returned to England 56 - - ---- Received the County title of "York East Riding" -- - - 1784 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1790 -------- for Barbadoes -- - - 1793 Removed to Dominica -- - - 1794 Embarked on an expedition against Martinique - and Guadaloupe 57 - - 1795 Stationed at Martinique 58 - - 1796 Re-embarked for England -- - - 1797 Proceeded to Scotland -- - - 1799 Returned to England -- - - ---- Received volunteers from the Militia and augmented - to two battalions -- - - 1800 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1802 Peace concluded with France -- - - ---- Establishment reduced, and the second battalion - disbanded -- - - 1803 War recommenced against France -- - - 1804 Establishment again augmented, and second - battalion added and formed in Yorkshire 59 - - 1805 First battalion embarked for the West Indies -- - - ---- Embarked as Marines on board the Fleet under Admiral - Lord Nelson -- - - ---- Relanded at Barbadoes -- - - 1807 Again embarked on board the fleet -- - - ---- Returned to Barbadoes, and embarked for Grenada -- - - ---- Engaged in an expedition against the islands of - St. Thomas and St. Croix 60 - - 1809 ------------------------ against the island of - Martinique -- - - ---- Capture of Martinique -- - - ---- Engaged in the reduction of the islands in the - vicinity of Guadaloupe 61 - - ---- Returned to Grenada -- - - 1810 Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe -- - - ---- Capture of Guadaloupe 62 - - 1812 Removed to St. Christopher's 63 - - 1814 General peace proclaimed -- - - 1815 War recommenced by the violation of the treaty - of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte 64 - - ---- The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe again taken - possession of -- - - ---- Re-embarked for Barbadoes -- - - 1816 Peace being restored, the second battalion disbanded 65 - - ---- Removed to Martinique -- - - ---- Proceeded to Grenada -- - - 1817 Embarked for Nova Scotia -- - - 1819 -------- for Bermuda -- - - 1821 -------- for England -- - - 1822 -------- for Ireland -- - - 1827 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies 66 - - 1827 Embarked for Canada -- - - 1832 Employed in aid of the civil power at Montreal - in suppressing a serious riot 67 - - ---- Expressions of approbation of the conduct of the - regiment 68 - - ---- Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic cholera 73 - - 1838 Engaged on active duties in consequence of rebellion - among a portion of the inhabitants of the Canadas 75 - - 1840 Returned to England 79 - - ---- Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the - Depôt Companies -- - - 1841 Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Woolwich -- - - 1842 Marched to Windsor -- - - ---- Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria, and the - Prince Albert -- - - ---- Proceeded to Chester 80 - - ---- --------- to Manchester -- - - 1843 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1845 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies -- - - ---- Service Companies embarked for Ceylon -- - - 1846 ----------------- arrived at Ceylon 81 - - 1847 Depôt Companies embarked from Ireland to England -- - - 1848 The Conclusion -- - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. - - Year Page - - 1685 Sir William Clifton, Bart 83 - - 1686 Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington -- - - 1687 Sackville Tufton 84 - - 1688 Sir James Lesley 85 - - 1695 Emanuel Howe -- - - 1709 Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset 86 - - 1715 Harry Harrison -- - - 1749 John Jordan 87 - - 1756 Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst -- - - 1768 Charles Hotham, afterwards Thompson 88 - - 1775 Richard Earl of Cavan 89 - - 1778 Sir William Fawcett, K.B. -- - - 1792 James Hamilton 92 - - 1794 Henry Watson Powell -- - - 1814 Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B. -- - - 1846 Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H. 93 - - -APPENDIX. - - Battles, Sieges, &c., from 1689 to 1697 95 - - --------------------- from 1702 to 1713 96 - - -PLATES. - - Colours of the Regiment _to face_ 1 - - Costume of the Regiment " 82 - - - - -THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836_. - -His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of -doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals -who have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with -the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the -British Army shall be published under the superintendence and -direction of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall -contain the following particulars, viz.:-- - - ---- 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 Honorable - 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 honorable 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, being 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 everything belonging to their Regiment; to such persons a -narrative of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great, the -valiant, the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with -a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race -of heroes who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood "firm -as the rocks of their native shore:" and when half the world has -been arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their -Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained -by our countrymen, our brothers, 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. - - - - -INTRODUCTION - -TO - -THE INFANTRY. - - -The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for -innate courage and unshaken firmness, and the national superiority -of the British troops over those of other countries has been -evinced in the midst of the most imminent perils. History contains -so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery, that no doubts can -be raised upon the facts which are recorded. It must therefore be -admitted, that the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is -INTREPIDITY. This quality was evinced by the inhabitants of England -when their country was invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, -on which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into the sea to -attack the Roman soldiers as they descended from their ships; and, -although their discipline and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing intimidated -the flower of the Roman troops, including Cæsar's favourite tenth -legion. Their arms consisted of spears, short swords, and other -weapons of rude construction. They had chariots, to the axles of -which were fastened sharp pieces of iron resembling scythe-blades, -and infantry in long chariots resembling waggons, who alighted -and fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit or retreat, -sprang into the chariot and drove off with the speed of cavalry. -These inventions were, however, unavailing against Cæsar's -legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline -and subordination, was introduced, and British courage, being -thus regulated, was exerted to the greatest advantage; a full -development of the national character followed, and it shone forth -in all its native brilliancy. - -The military force of the Anglo Saxons consisted principally of -infantry: Thanes, and other men of property, however, fought on -horseback. The infantry were of two classes, heavy and light. The -former carried large shields armed with spikes, long broad swords -and spears; and the latter were armed with swords or spears only. -They had also men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and -javelins. - -The feudal troops established by William the Conqueror consisted -(as already stated in the Introduction to the Cavalry) almost -entirely of horse; but when the warlike barons and knights, with -their trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although these were of inferior -degree, they proved stouthearted Britons of stanch fidelity. When -stipendiary troops were employed, infantry always constituted a -considerable portion of the military force; and this _arme_ has -since acquired, in every quarter of the globe, a celebrity never -exceeded by the armies of any nation at any period. - -The weapons carried by the infantry, during the several reigns -succeeding the Conquest, were bows and arrows, half-pikes, lances, -halberds, various kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour -was worn on the head and body, and in course of time the practice -became general for military men to be so completely cased in steel, -that it was almost impossible to slay them. - -The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the destructive -purposes of war, in the early part of the fourteenth -century, produced a change in the arms and equipment of the -infantry-soldier. Bows and arrows gave place to various kinds of -fire-arms, but British archers continued formidable adversaries; -and owing to the inconvenient construction and imperfect bore of -the fire-arms when first introduced, a body of men, well trained -in the use of the bow from their youth, was considered a valuable -acquisition to every army, even as late as the sixteenth century. - -During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth each company -of infantry usually consisted of men armed five different ways; in -every hundred men forty were "_men-at-arms_," and sixty "_shot_;" -the "men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-axe men, and -thirty pikemen; and the "shot" were twenty archers, twenty -musketeers, and twenty harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides -his principal weapon, a sword and dagger. - -Companies of infantry varied at this period in numbers from 150 -to 300 men; each company had a colour or ensign, and the mode of -formation recommended by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:--the colour in the centre of the company -guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen in equal proportions, on -each flank of the halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank -of the pikes; half the archers on each flank of the musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were much lighter than the -muskets then in use) in equal proportions on each flank of the -company for skirmishing.[1] It was customary to unite a number -of companies into one body, called a REGIMENT, which frequently -amounted to three thousand men: but each company continued to carry -a colour. Numerous improvements were eventually introduced in the -construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found impossible to -make armour proof against the muskets then in use (which carried -a very heavy ball) without its being too weighty for the soldier, -armour was gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, and the infantry -were reduced to two classes, viz.: _musketeers_, armed with -matchlock muskets, swords, and daggers; and _pikemen_, armed with -pikes from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords. - -In the early part of the seventeenth century Gustavus Adolphus, -King of Sweden, reduced the strength of regiments to 1000 men; he -caused the gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in flasks, -or in small wooden bandoliers, each containing a charge, to be -made up into cartridges, and carried in pouches; and he formed -each regiment into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division -of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of forming four regiments -into a brigade; and the number of colours was afterwards reduced to -three in each regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that his -infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated Polish horsemen -and Austrian cuirassiers; and his armies became the admiration of -other nations. His mode of formation was copied by the English, -French, and other European states; but so great was the prejudice -in favour of ancient customs, that all his improvements were not -adopted until near a century afterwards. - -In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-service, styled -the Admiral's regiment. In 1678 each company of 100 men usually -consisted of 30 pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with light -firelocks. In this year the King added a company of men armed with -hand-grenades to each of the old British regiments, which was -designated the "grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived as to -fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets similar to those -at present in use were adopted about twenty years afterwards. - -An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by order of King James -II., to guard the artillery, and was designated the Royal Fusiliers -(now 7th Foot). This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did -not carry pikes. - -King William III. incorporated the Admiral's regiment in the second -Foot Guards, and raised two Marine regiments for sea-service. -During the war in this reign, each company of infantry (excepting -the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14 pikemen and 46 -musketeers; the captains carried pikes; lieutenants, partisans; -ensigns, half-pikes; and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in -1697 the Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again formed on -the breaking out of the war in 1702.[2] - -During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were laid aside, and every -infantry soldier was armed with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the -grenadiers ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades; -and the regiments were directed to lay aside their third colour: -the corps of Royal Artillery was first added to the Army in this -reign. - -About the year 1745, the men of the battalion companies of infantry -ceased to carry swords; during the reign of George II. light -companies were added to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of -General Officers recommended that the grenadiers should lay aside -their swords, as that weapon had never been used during the seven -years' war. Since that period the arms of the infantry soldier have -been limited to the musket and bayonet. - -The arms and equipment of the British troops have seldom differed -materially, since the Conquest, from those of other European -states; and in some respects the arming has, at certain periods, -been allowed to be inferior to that of the nations with whom they -have had to contend; yet, under this disadvantage, the bravery and -superiority of the British infantry have been evinced on very many -and most trying occasions, and splendid victories have been gained -over very superior numbers. - -Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like champions who have -dared to confront a host of foes, and have proved themselves -valiant with any arms. At _Crecy_ King Edward III., at the head of -about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August, 1346, Philip -King of France, whose army is said to have amounted to 100,000 -men; here British valour encountered veterans of renown:--the -King of Bohemia, the King of Majorca, and many princes and nobles -were slain, and the French army was routed and cut to pieces. Ten -years afterwards, Edward Prince of Wales, who was designated the -Black Prince, defeated, at _Poictiers_, with 14,000 men, a French -army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry, and took John I., King of -France, and his son Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, -1415, King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 men, although -greatly exhausted by marches, privations, and sickness, defeated, -at _Agincourt_, the Constable of France, at the head of the flower -of the French nobility and an army said to amount to 60,000 men, -and gained a complete victory. - -During the seventy years' war between the United Provinces of the -Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, which commenced in 1578 and -terminated in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable spirit and -firmness;[3] and in the thirty years' war between the Protestant -Princes and the Emperor of Germany, the British troops in the -service of Sweden and other states were celebrated for deeds of -heroism.[4] In the wars of Queen Anne, the fame of the British -army under the great MARLBOROUGH was spread throughout the world; -and if we glance at the achievements performed within the memory -of persons now living, there is abundant proof that the Britons -of the present age are not inferior to their ancestors in the -qualities which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds of -the brave men, of whom there are many now surviving, who fought in -Egypt in 1801, under the brave Abercromby, and compelled the French -army, which had been vainly styled _Invincible_, to evacuate that -country; also the services of the gallant Troops during the arduous -campaigns in the Peninsula, under the immortal WELLINGTON; and -the determined stand made by the British Army at Waterloo, where -Napoleon Bonaparte, who had long been the inveterate enemy of Great -Britain, and had sought and planned her destruction by every means -he could devise, was compelled to leave his vanquished legions to -their fate, and to place himself at the disposal of the British -Government. These achievements, with others of recent dates in the -distant climes of India, prove that the same valour and constancy -which glowed in the breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, -Agincourt, Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the Britons -of the nineteenth century. - -The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust and muscular -frame,--intrepidity which no danger can appal,--unconquerable -spirit and resolution,--patience in fatigue and privation, and -cheerful obedience to his superiors. These qualities, united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate and give -a skilful direction to the energies and adventurous spirit of -the hero, and a wise selection of officers of superior talent to -command, whose presence inspires confidence,--have been the leading -causes of the splendid victories gained by the British arms.[5] -The fame of the deeds of the past and present generations in the -various battle-fields where the robust sons of Albion have fought -and conquered, surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory; -these achievements will live in the page of history to the end of -time. - -The records of the several regiments will be found to contain a -detail of facts of an interesting character, connected with the -hardships, sufferings, and gallant exploits of British soldiers in -the various parts of the world, where the calls of their Country -and the commands of their Sovereign have required them to proceed -in the execution of their duty, whether in active continental -operations, or in maintaining colonial territories in distant and -unfavourable climes. - -The superiority of the British infantry has been pre-eminently set -forth in the wars of six centuries, and admitted by the greatest -commanders which Europe has produced. The formations and movements -of this _arme_, as at present practised, while they are adapted -to every species of warfare, and to all probable situations -and circumstances of service, are calculated to show forth the -brilliancy of military tactics calculated upon mathematical and -scientific principles. Although the movements and evolutions have -been copied from the continental armies, yet various improvements -have from time to time been introduced, to insure that simplicity -and celerity by which the superiority of the national military -character is maintained. The rank and influence which Great Britain -has attained among the nations of the world, have in a great -measure been purchased by the valour of the Army, and to persons -who have the welfare of their country at heart, the records of the -several regiments cannot fail to prove interesting. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] A company of 200 men would appear thus:-- - - __| - | | - |__| - | - 20 20 20 30 2|0 30 20 20 20 - | - Harquebuses. Muskets. Halberds. Muskets. Harquebuses. - Archers. Pikes. Pikes. Archers. - -The musket carried a ball which weighed 1/10th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed 1/25th of a pound. - -[2] The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps -in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign -of Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under -Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and -in its subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at -the siege of Barcelona in 1705. - -[3] The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed -in 1590, observes:--"I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation -would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the -field, let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the -Spanish infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. -For instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during -the Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third -Foot, or Buffs. - -[4] Vide the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot. - -[5] "Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes -the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in -Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but -His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed -on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a -strict observance of order, discipline, and military system, which -has given the full energy to the native valour of the troops, and -has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the national -military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under -circumstances of peculiar difficulty."--_General Orders in 1801._ - -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope -(afterwards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the -successful result of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, -1809, it is stated:--"On no occasion has the undaunted valour of -British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a -severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority -which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired -the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be -encountered. These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the -troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever -advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there is -inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows -not how to yield,--that no circumstances can appal,--and that will -ensure victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any -human means." - - - - -[Illustration: FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - -QUEEN'S COLOUR.] - -[Illustration: REGIMENTAL COLOUR. - -FOR CANNONS MILITARY RECORDS - -_Madeley Litho: 3 Wellington St. Strand_] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF THE - -FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING - -REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -[Sidenote: 1685] - -Peace with foreign nations and tranquillity at home, accompanied -by improvements in the domestic and commercial interests of the -kingdom, followed the accession of KING JAMES II. to the throne, -in February, 1685; but few months elapsed before JAMES DUKE OF -MONMOUTH appeared as a competitor to the throne, and raised an army -in the west of England. The King immediately augmented his regular -forces; and among the corps then raised was the regiment which now -bears the title of the FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - -This corps was raised in Nottinghamshire and the adjoining -counties, the general rendezvous being at Nottingham; and the -several companies of which it was composed were raised by the -following gentlemen:-- SIR WILLIAM CLIFTON, ---- COTTER, ---- -BAKER, WILLIAM BARNES, WILLIAM DOBYNS, THOMAS FOWKE, JOHN -STANHOPE, ---- WARREN, WILLIAM STOW, and ROGER KIRKBY. SIR WILLIAM -CLIFTON was appointed colonel by commission dated the 22nd of -June, 1685; Captain Cotter was appointed to be lieut.-colonel, and -Captain Baker to be major. - -While many loyal men were arraying themselves under the King's -banner, and the several companies of the regiment were making rapid -progress towards being completed in numbers, the rebel army was -overthrown at Sedgemoor, and the Duke of Monmouth was afterwards -captured and beheaded. - -In August, the regiment marched from Nottingham to Hounslow, and -pitched its tents on the heath; where it was reviewed by the King, -who thanked the officers and soldiers for the readiness they had -evinced to support the Crown at the moment of danger: it afterwards -marched to London, was quartered for a short period in Moorfields, -and in September proceeded to Carlisle, North Shields, Landguard -Fort, and Scarborough Castle, where it passed the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1686] - -The King, having resolved to retain the regiment in his service, -fixed its establishment, by warrant under the sign-manual, bearing -date the 1st of January, 1685-6, at the following numbers and -rates of pay (_see_ p. 3). - -In the spring, the regiment proceeded into Yorkshire, and was -quartered at York, Hull, &c. - -Colonel Sir William Clifton retired from the service, and was -succeeded by Colonel Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl Torrington, by -commission dated 12th of May, 1686. - -[Sidenote: 1687] - -The regiment passed this year in the north of England; in February, -1687, it marched to Kingston-upon-Thames, from which detachments -proceeded to Windsor, to mount guard at the castle. At the same -time a grenadier company was added to the establishment. - - +--------------------------------------------+---------------+ - | COLONEL SIR WILLIAM CLIFTON'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 4_s._, his Mate 2_s._ 6_d._ | 0 6 6 | - | Adjutant | 0 4 0 | - | Quarter-Master and Marshal | 0 4 0 | - | +---------------+ - | Total for Staff | 2 5 2 | - | +---------------+ - | THE COLONEL'S COMPANY. | | - | | | - | The Colonel, _as Captain_ | 0 8 0 | - | Lieutenant | 0 4 0 | - | Ensign | 0 3 0 | - | 2 Serjeants, 1_s._ 6_d._ each | 0 3 0 | - | 3 Corporals, 1_s._ each | 0 3 0 | - | 1 Drummer | 0 1 0 | - | 50 Soldiers, 8_d._ each | 1 13 4 | - | +---------------+ - | Total for one 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._ | | - +--------------------------------------------+---------------+ - -On the 12th of April, Colonel Herbert was succeeded in the command -of the regiment by Colonel Sackville Tufton, brother to the Earl of -Thanet. - -At this period, the following officers were holding commissions in -the regiment:-- - - _Captains._ - - Sackville Tufton (col). - Rupert Billingsby (lt.-col). - Edward Nott (major). - John South. - William Stow. - William Barns. - John Stanhope. - Thomas Fowkes. - William Dobyns. - Roger Kirkby. - - _Lieutenants._ - - William Sandys. - Pierce Row. - Ralph Philips. - William Hussey. - Matthew Rugby. - John Thornill. - John Dakeyns. - James Prince. - Michael Baker. - Peter Ashton. - - _Ensigns._ - - Joshua Dereham. - John Davies. - Charles Reke. - Thomas Whetham.[6] - William Lascels. - Robert Adams. - John Graydon. - John Larson. - John Price. - William Kirkby. - - Sackville Tufton, } - John Baron. } Grenadier Company. - Andrew Armstrong. } - - Charles Pharley, _Chaplain_. - Gregory Broom, _Adjutant_. - Robert Baker, _Chirurgeon_. - Thomas Gibbons, _Quarter-Master_. - - -[Sidenote: 1688] - -In June, the regiment again pitched its tents on Hounslow Heath, -where it took part in several military spectacles, exhibited in the -presence of the royal family; and afterwards marched into quarters -in Norfolk. It once more encamped on Hounslow Heath in the summer -of 1688, and subsequently proceeded to Berwick, where it arrived -in September. An officer of the regiment states in his memoirs, 'I -sojourned two peaceable campaigns on Hounslow Heath; where I was an -eye-witness of one mock siege of Buda; after which our regiment was -ordered to Berwick.'[7] - -At this period, England was in an agitated state; the proceedings -of the King in favour of papacy and arbitrary government had -occasioned many noblemen and gentlemen to invite the Prince of -Orange to come to England with an army, to enable them to oppose -the Court. The Prince arrived in November; the King fled to France; -and the Prince assumed the reins of government. - -Colonel Tufton, not agreeing with the new order of things, was -succeeded in the command of the regiment by Colonel Sir James -Lesley, by commission dated the 31st of December, 1688. - -[Sidenote: 1689] - -The Prince and Princess of Orange having been elevated to the -throne by the title of King William the Third and Queen Mary, their -accession was opposed in Scotland, where the Duke of Gordon held -the Castle of Edinburgh in the interest of King James, and Viscount -Dundee aroused the Highland clans to arms. In consequence of these -proceedings, the regiment was ordered to Scotland, in the spring -of 1689; and it was stationed at Leith, as a reserve and support -to the troops blockading Edinburgh Castle, until the beginning of -June, when it was ordered up the country to join the forces under -Major-General Mackay, who was retreating before the Highlanders -under Viscount Dundee. The regiment joined Major-General Mackay -about six o'clock on the evening of the 5th of June; other troops -also arrived, and the major-general being thus reinforced, advanced -against the clans, who instantly retired towards the mountain -fastnesses. The FIFTEENTH foot followed the retreating Highlanders -to the borders of the wilds of Lochaber, and afterwards proceeded -to Inverness, where the regiment was stationed some time. - -Captain Carleton states in his memoirs: 'We marched to Inverness, -a place of no great strength, where we lay two long winters, -perpetually harassed upon parties, and hunting of somewhat wilder -than their wildest game,--the Highlanders, who were, if not as -nimble-footed, yet fully as hard to be found.' While the regiment -was at Inverness, the battle of Killicrankie was fought, in which -the King's troops were defeated, and Viscount Dundee was killed. He -was succeeded by Major-General Cannon. - -[Sidenote: 1690] - -In April, 1690, Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Livingstone, who -commanded at Inverness, ascertained that a general rendezvous of -the clans was appointed to take place at Strathspey, from whence -they purposed descending in a body into the Lowlands; and that two -thousand men, under Major-Generals Cannon and Buchan, would arrive -at _Cromdale_ on the 30th of April; he therefore advanced with the -royal Scots dragoons (Greys), FIFTEENTH foot, and some detachments, -to attack the Highlanders. At dusk, on the evening of the 30th of -April, the troops arrived within two miles of Balloch Castle; they -traversed the difficult defile in the dark, and arriving at the -castle, had the camp-lights of the enemy, on a plain beyond the -Spey, pointed out to them; when, notwithstanding the fatigue they -had undergone, the soldiers expressed a wish to be led forward. -After a halt of half an hour for refreshment, the troops crossed -the Spey at a ford, and advanced towards the camp, when several -small parties of Highlanders were seen attempting to escape -towards the hills, and a squadron of the Greys galloped forward -to intercept the fugitives. The soldiers rushed into the camp and -commenced the work of destruction; at the same time a party of -the FIFTEENTH attacked the enemy's guard at Cromdale-church. The -Highlanders, suddenly aroused from sleep, endeavoured to escape -without clothes, and through the misty dawn numbers were seen -running in every direction, some attempting to escape on any terms, -and others defending themselves stoutly with sword and target, -against the dragoons, and soldiers of the FIFTEENTH foot, who made -great slaughter. Major-Generals Cannon and Buchan were taken by -surprise as much as their men, and the one escaped with his shirt -and night-cap only, and the other without coat, hat, or sword. 'We -pursued them till they got up Cromdale-hill, where we lost them in -a fog; and to me, at that instant of time, they seemed rather to be -people received up into the clouds, than flying from an enemy.'[8] - -The enemy had placed a small garrison in _Lethindy Castle_, which -was summoned to surrender; but the Highlanders fired upon the -party, and wounded three grenadiers of the FIFTEENTH foot. Lieut. -Carleton, of the regiment, proceeded to an old house near the -castle, from whence he threw two or three hand-grenades into the -works, which so alarmed the enemy, that they instantly surrendered. -About three hundred Highlanders were killed on this occasion, and -one hundred taken prisoners: a standard, which had been unfurled a -few days previously for King James, was captured. The loss of the -King's troops was limited to a few horses killed and wounded and -five men wounded.[9] 'This happened on May-day, in the morning; for -which reason we returned to Inverness with our prisoners and boughs -in our hats; and the Highlanders never held up their heads so high -after this defeat.' - -'General Mackay having received orders to build a fort at -_Inverlochy_, our regiment was commanded to that service. The -two regiments appointed to the same duty, with some dragoons, -having joined (in June), we marched together through Lochaber. -This surely is the wildest country in the Highlands, if not in the -world; I did not see one house in all our march; and the economy -of the people, if I may call it such, is much the same with that -of the Arabs or Tartars. In this march, or rather, if you please, -most dismal peregrination, we could rarely go two abreast; so that -our very little army had sometimes an extent of many miles; our -enemy, the Highlanders, firing down upon us, from the summits of -the mountains, all the way. Nor was it possible for our men, or -very rarely at least, to return their favours with any prospect -of success; for, as they popped upon us always on a sudden, they -never staid long enough to allow any of our soldiers a mark, or -even time enough to fire: and, for our men to march or climb up -those mountains, which to them were natural champaign, would have -been as dangerous as it appeared to us impracticable. Nevertheless, -under all these disadvantages, we arrived at Inverlochy, and -there performed the task appointed, building a fort on the same -spot where Cromwell had raised one before: and, which was not a -little remarkable, we had with us one Hill, a colonel, who had -been governor in Oliver's time, and who was now again appointed -governor by General Mackay. Thus the work on which we were sent -being effected, we marched back again by the way of Killicrankie, -where that memorable battle had been fought, under Dundee, the year -before.'[10] - -[Sidenote: 1691] - -After its return from Inverlochy, the regiment was stationed some -time at Inverness; where Lieutenant Carleton was rewarded with a -commission of captain in Brigadier-General Tiffin's regiment (now -twenty-seventh foot) for his distinguished conduct at the action -at Cromdale. Defeated on every occasion, and overawed by numerous -garrisons, the Highlanders lost all hope of success, and in 1691 -they tendered their submission to King William. A proclamation was -afterwards published, offering indemnity and pardon to all who -should cease opposition to the government and take the oath of -allegiance, before the 1st of January, 1692. - -[Sidenote: 1692] - -Tranquillity being thus restored in Scotland, the regiment became -disposable for other service; it, however, remained in the northern -districts of the kingdom during the year 1693. - -[Sidenote: 1693] - -In the meantime, the British Monarch was engaged in war to arrest -the progress of the French aggressions on the continent. The King -of France brought an army of superior numbers into the field, and -gained several advantages. - -[Sidenote: 1694] - -The allies made strenuous exertions to raise new levies, augment -the strength of their contingents, and to turn the balance of war -in their favour; the FIFTEENTH foot was one of the corps selected -to proceed on foreign service. The regiment embarked from Scotland -in the spring of 1694, and landed at Ostend, marched from thence to -Malines, where it was stationed until the army took the field. - -In the beginning of June, the British train of artillery arrived at -Malines, from whence it advanced under the escort of the twelfth, -FIFTEENTH, and Buchan's (afterwards disbanded) regiments, and -joined the army under King William in person, at the camp at -Hertogendale, on the 6th of June. The tenth, fourteenth, FIFTEENTH, -seventeenth, Castleton's, and Lauder's (afterwards disbanded) -regiments, were formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Stuart, -in the division under Major-General Bellasis. - -The regiment took part in the operations of this campaign, and the -numbers of the confederate forces were so far augmented, that the -progress of French conquest was arrested, the enemy was forced -to act on the defensive, and in the autumn the allies besieged -and captured the fortress of Huy. The FIFTEENTH formed part of -the covering army during the siege; and afterwards marched to -Dixmude, where they halted a few days, and subsequently went into -cantonments in the villages along the canal of Nieuport, where they -were stationed during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1695] - -From these quarters, the regiment was called in May, 1695, to -enter upon the active services of another campaign, and it pitched -its tents near Dixmude, where a small force was assembled under -Major-General Ellemberg; at the same time the main army took the -field under King William. In June, the Duke of Wirtemburg took the -command of the troops at Dixmude; reinforcements also arrived; and -an attack was made on _Fort Kenoque_, situated at the junction of -the Loo and Dixmude canals, with the view of drawing the French -forces to the Flanders side of their fortified lines, to favour the -design of besieging Namur. On the 9th of June, the grenadiers of -the FIFTEENTH, and other corps employed on this enterprise, drove -the enemy from the entrenchments and houses near the Loo canal; and -the attempts made by the French to regain this post were repulsed. -A redoubt was afterwards taken, and a lodgment effected on the -works at the bridge, in which service the regiment had several men -killed and wounded. These attacks produced the desired effect; the -fortress of Namur was invested, and the attack on Fort Kenoque was -soon afterwards desisted from, when the FIFTEENTH regiment returned -to Dixmude. - -During the early part of the siege of Namur, the FIFTEENTH foot, -commanded by their colonel, Sir James Lesley, were in garrison at -_Dixmude_, a fortress of very little strength, under Major-General -Ellemberg, a foreign officer. On the 15th of July, this place was -invested by a strong division of the French army, under General -de Montal, who commenced the siege with vigour. Major-General -Ellemberg failed to make that spirited opposition to the enemy -which the circumstances of the case called for: he appeared to view -the progress of the besieging army with apathy; and eventually -called a council of war, to which he advanced several reasons why -the town could not be defended, and proposed to capitulate to save -the garrison, which was agreed to by the majority of the council of -war, although opposed by others. When the soldiers were informed -they were to become prisoners of war, they became enraged at not -being permitted to defend the place, many of them broke their arms -to pieces, and some tore their regimental colours from the staves, -that they might not be delivered to the enemy. D'Auvergne states, -in his history of this campaign,--'The body of the garrison had -the same heart and soul with their comrades which did such wonders -before Namur;' but the soldiers were delivered into the power of -the enemy against their will. - -The soldiers of the FIFTEENTH were sent prisoners to Ypres; the -conditions of the cartel were afterwards violated by the enemy; the -British were sent to Arras, Bethune, Bouchain, &c., the officers -were placed in close confinement, and attempts were made to induce -the men to enter the French service. - -When the castle of Namur surrendered, the garrison was permitted -to march out with the honors of war; but Marshal Boufflers was -arrested, and detained until the British and other soldiers of the -allied army, kept prisoners contrary to the cartel, were released. -This produced the desired effect; the FIFTEENTH rejoined the army, -and marched into quarters at the town of Damme, where they received -new arms and equipment. - -All the officers concerned in the surrender of Dixmude, were tried -by a general court-martial: Major-General Ellemberg was sentenced -to be beheaded, and executed at Ghent on the 20th of November. -Colonel Sir James Lesley, and several other officers were cashiered. - -King William conferred the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH regiment on -Colonel Emanuel Howe, from captain and lieut.-colonel in the first -foot guards. - -[Sidenote: 1696] - -After passing several months at Damme, and receiving a detachment -of recruits from England, the regiment marched, early in 1696, to -Bruges, where it was left in garrison when the army took the field. -On the 20th of May, it marched out of Bruges, and pitched its tents -along the banks of the canal, where it was posted several weeks. - -The regiment served the campaign of this year with the army of -Flanders, under the Prince of Vaudemont; it was formed in brigade -with a battalion of the royals, the twelfth, and Collingwood's -(afterwards disbanded) regiments, under Brigadier-General the Earl -of Orkney; and was stationed, during the summer, along the banks of -the Bruges canal, to cover Ghent, Bruges, and the maritime towns of -West Flanders, which service was fully accomplished. - -In the autumn, the regiment marched into garrison at Bruges, where -five regiments of cavalry and eleven of infantry were stationed -during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1697] - -On the 13th of March, 1697, the regiment quitted Bruges, and -proceeded to Brussels, from whence it advanced, through the -forest of Soignies, and pitched its tents near the village of -Waterloo. It served the campaign of this year with the army of -Brabant, under King William; and brought into the field forty -officers, thirty-four serjeants, twenty-five drummers, sixty-three -grenadiers, one hundred and sixty pikemen, and five hundred -and eighty musketeers (including men detached). The FIFTEENTH, -seventeenth, twenty-seventh, Collingwood's, and Saunderson's -(afterwards disbanded) regiments, were formed in brigade -under Brigadier-General Tiffin, in the division commanded by -Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis. - -The regiment took part in the operations of the campaign; and when -the French commanders menaced Brussels with a siege, the FIFTEENTH -marched with the army, from Waterloo through the forest, during the -night of the 22nd of June, in dark and tempestuous weather, and -taking post before that city, was instrumental in defeating the -designs of the enemy. - -After the regiment had been encamped before Brussels nearly three -months, hostilities were terminated by the treaty of Ryswick; and -the efforts of the British monarch, to arrest the progress of -French conquests and preserve the liberties of Europe, were thus -attended with success. The restoration of peace being accomplished, -the regiment proceeded in boats down the canal to Bruges, and -during the winter it embarked for England. - -[Sidenote: 1698] - -The regiment was placed upon a peace establishment; and, in 1698, -it proceeded to Ireland, where it was stationed during the two -following years. - -The respite from war, ceded to Europe by the treaty of Ryswick, -was of short duration. The French monarch, continuing to pursue -schemes of aggrandizement, by which he had long agitated -Christendom, procured the accession of his grandson, Philip Duke -of Anjou, to the throne of Spain,--seized on the Spanish provinces -in the Netherlands,--and detained the Dutch troops which were -in garrison in the barrier towns. These proceedings produced a -violent sensation throughout Europe: the house of Austria claimed -the Spanish monarchy, and declared war against France; the Dutch -solicited British aid; and the FIFTEENTH Foot was one of the corps -which proceeded to Holland on this occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1701] - -The regiment was augmented to eight hundred and thirty, officers -and soldiers; and embarking from Cork on the 15th June, 1701, -arrived at Helvoetsluys, on the island of Voorn, in South Holland, -on the 8th of July. From this place the regiment proceeded up the -Maese, in small vessels, to Gertruydenberg and Huesden, where it -was stationed two months, and afterwards proceeded to the vicinity -of Breda, and encamped on the heath. On the 21st of September, the -regiment was reviewed, with the other British troops in Holland, by -King William III., on Breda heath, and afterwards returned to its -former quarters, where it was stationed during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1702] - -On the 10th March, 1702, the regiment marched out of garrison, and -proceeded to Rosendael, where the British infantry encamped under -Brigadier-General Ingoldsby. At this place, the troops received -information of the death of King William, on the 8th of March, -and of the accession of Queen Anne, to whom they took the oath of -fidelity. - -The fortress of _Kayserswerth_, on the Lower Rhine, was occupied by -the French, and this place was besieged by the Germans, under the -Prince of Saarbruck, in the middle of April; the British marched -across the country to the duchy of Cleves, joined a body of Dutch -and Germans under the Earl of Athlone, and encamped at Cranenburg, -on the Lower Rhine, to cover the siege. - -A French force of superior numbers, commanded by the Duke of -Burgundy and Marshal Boufflers, made a rapid advance through -the forest of Cleves, and along the plains of Goch, to cut off -the communication of the troops at Cranenburg, with Grave and -_Nimeguen_; when the allied army struck its tents a little before -sunset, and making a rapid march throughout the night, arrived -within a few miles of Nimeguen about eight o'clock on the morning -of the 11th of June; at the same time, the French appeared on both -flanks and the rear, hurrying forward to surround the allies. Some -sharp skirmishing occurred, and the British corps, forming the -rear-guard, evinced great gallantry; they took possession of some -hedges and buildings, and held the enemy in check while the army -effected its retreat under the walls of Nimeguen. - -The regiment remained at Nimeguen a short time. Queen Anne declared -war against France and Spain; additional troops arrived from -England; and the Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the -allied army. The FIFTEENTH foot took part in the operations of -this campaign: the French avoided a general engagement, and retired -from the frontiers of Holland, and the British general commenced -operations against the fortresses in possession of the enemy, on -the banks of the Maese. - -The FIFTEENTH foot formed part of the covering army during the -siege of _Venloo_, which town surrendered on the 25th of September. -The services of the regiment were afterwards connected with the -siege and capture of _Ruremonde_, in the early part of October; and -the FIFTEENTH foot was also one of the corps which advanced to the -city of _Liege_, took possession of that place, and undertook the -siege of the citadel. The grenadiers of the regiment took part in -the storm of the citadel of Liege, on the 23rd of October, on which -occasion the British soldiers highly distinguished themselves, -and captured the place in gallant style. A detached fortress, -called the Chartreuse, surrendered a few days afterwards: and -these conquests terminated the campaign. The regiment quitted the -pleasant valley of Liege on the 3rd of November, and marched back -to Holland, where it passed the winter in garrison. - -[Sidenote: 1703] - -From their pleasant quarters among the Dutch peasantry, the -soldiers of the FIFTEENTH foot were called, in the spring of -1703, to participate in the achievements of another campaign; and -while the Duke of Marlborough was besieging Bonn, they directed -their march towards the Maese; and they were in position before -_Maestricht_, when the French army, under Marshals Villeroy and -Boufflers, approached that place; but after some cannonading and -skirmishing, the enemy withdrew, without hazarding a general -engagement. - -After the surrender of Bonn, the allied army assembled at -Maestricht, and the FIFTEENTH were formed in brigade with -a battalion of the foot guards, a battalion of the royals, -and the ninth, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth regiments, -under Brigadier-General Withers, in the division commanded by -Lieut.-General Churchill. The French forces taking post behind -their fortified lines, operations were continued against their -fortified towns, and the services of the FIFTEENTH foot were -connected with the siege and capture of _Huy_, a fortress in the -valley of the Maese, which surrendered on the 25th of August. The -regiment also participated in the services connected with the -siege of _Limburg_, and this fortress surrendered on the 28th of -September. After these conquests, the regiment marched to Dutch -Brabant, and passed several months in garrison. - -[Sidenote: 1704] - -In the early part of 1704, a detachment of the regiment proceeded -to Maestricht, to take part in the duties of that garrison, while -the Dutch troops were working at the fortifications on the heights -of Petersberg. - -In the meantime, the progress of the war had assumed an -unfavourable aspect in Germany; the Elector of Bavaria had embraced -the French interest, and having been joined by a numerous body of -the forces of Louis XIV., he had gained considerable advantage over -the army of the empire. Under these circumstances, the Duke of -Marlborough resolved to lead the British troops from the ocean to -the Danube, and make a powerful effort to change the fortune of the -war, in the heart of Germany. - -To engage in this splendid enterprise, which was replete with -important results, the FIFTEENTH foot marched towards the Rhine -in the early part of May, and were joined at Bedburg by the -detachment from Maestricht. The designs of the British commander -were secret; the object, for which the movements were made, held -Europe in perplexing anxiety, suspended the operations of the -Elector of Bavaria, and confounded the French Generals; and the -moment the advance assumed a specific direction, the enemy was no -longer able to render the plan abortive. Arriving in the heart of -Germany, the regiment was formed in brigade with a battalion of the -royals, and the twenty-sixth and thirty-seventh regiments, and this -brigade was posted in the second line. - -At three o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of July, the army -advanced in the direction of Donawerth, to attack a body of French -and Bavarians under Count d'Arco, in an entrenched camp on the -heights of _Schellenberg_, on the left bank of the Danube. Arriving -in front of the enemy's position, the attack was commenced about -six in the evening, by a detachment from each British corps, and -the foot guards, royals, and twenty-third regiments. The difficulty -of the ground,--the formidable preparations of the enemy,--and -the steady bravery of the Bavarians, occasioned this to prove a -particularly severe contest; but the determined assaults of the -British soldiers shook the strength and weakened the resistance -of the enemy; and eventually the soldiers of the allied army -overpowered all resistance, captured the heights, and pursued the -French and Bavarians across the Danube, capturing sixteen pieces -of artillery, a number of standards and colours, with the enemy's -tents, and the equipage and plate of the Bavarian commander. - -The FIFTEENTH regiment shared in this splendid triumph of the -British arms on the banks of the Danube. Its loss was one serjeant -and nine rank and file killed; Captains Bolton and Lesley, -Lieutenant Morris, three serjeants, and nineteen rank and file -wounded. - -After this victory the army penetrated the country of Bavaria, and -the Elector concentrated his forces at Augsburg, where he formed an -entrenched camp. The FIFTEENTH regiment advanced to the vicinity -of Augsburg; but the fortified camp was found too strong to be -attacked with any prospect of success, and the troops retired a few -stages; the Germans commencing the siege of _Ingoldstadt_, and the -British troops forming part of the covering army. - -The Elector of Bavaria quitted his entrenched camp, and joined the -reinforcements sent him by the French monarch; the united armies -encamping near the village of _Blenheim_, in the valley of the -Danube. - -Commanding soldiers whose chivalrous spirit panted for distinction -in the shock of battle, the British general led his columns -forward, on the morning of the memorable 13th of August, 1704, in -full confidence in the firmness and prowess of his troops. About -mid-day a column, of which the FIFTEENTH foot, under Lieut.-Colonel -William Britton, formed part, developed its attack against the -enemy's right, under Lieut.-General Lord Cutts and Major-General -Wills. The tenth, FIFTEENTH, twenty-first, twenty-third, and -twenty-fourth regiments, under Brigadier-General Row, led the -attack in gallant style, followed by four battalions of Hessians, -and supported by eleven battalions of infantry, and fifteen -squadrons of horse and dragoons. This column proceeded to the banks -of the little river Nebel, and took possession of two water-mills, -which the enemy had evacuated and set on fire; then advancing -through the enclosures, made a determined attack on the French -troops posted in the village of Blenheim; Brigadier-General Row -striking his sword into the enemy's pallisades before he gave the -word "fire." The assault was made with spirit and resolution, but -the brigade was unable to force the entrenchments against the -superior numbers of the enemy; and while retiring it was charged -by the French troopers, who were repulsed by the Hessian brigade. -After repeated attempts on the village had proved unavailing, a -few corps blockaded the avenues; the army traversed the rivulet, -and attacking the French position along the front, engaged in a -sanguinary conflict. The combat of musketry, and the charges of -the cavalry, were continued with varied success; and amidst this -storm of war, the FIFTEENTH regiment had repeated opportunities of -distinguishing itself. Eventually the legions of the enemy were -overpowered, driven from the field with great slaughter, and the -loss of many officers and men taken prisoners, among whom was the -French commander, Marshal Tallard. - -The main body of the French army being defeated with the loss of -its artillery and baggage, the troops posted in Blenheim attempted -to escape by the rear of the village; but were repulsed. They -were environed on every side, and being unable to effect their -escape, twenty-four battalions of infantry, and twelve squadrons -of cavalry, surrendered prisoners of war. Thus ended the mighty -struggle of this eventful day. Bavaria was subdued; the German -empire was delivered from the menaced danger; the terrors of the -British arms alarmed the states of Italy which supported the -Bourbon cause; and the tide of war flowed prosperously in the -interest of the allies. - -Major Cornwallis, Captain Tankard, Lieutenants Kerr and Simpson, -and Ensign Jackson, of the FIFTEENTH regiment, were killed; -Lieut.-Colonel Britton, Major Armstrong, Captains Villebonne and -Gaston, Lieutenants Barton, Dickenson, and Harrison, Ensigns -Lesley, Hargrave, Edwards, Dean, Patrick, and Dawson, wounded: the -number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the regiment -killed and wounded, has not been ascertained. - -After this victory, the army traversed the country in triumph; -the enemy abandoning several important cities and towns, which -were taken possession of by the allies. The FIFTEENTH regiment -proceeded through the circle of Suabia, and directed its march on -Philipsburg, where it crossed the Rhine on the 7th of September, -and was subsequently encamped at Croon-Weissemberg, forming part of -the covering army during the siege of _Landau_ by the Germans. At -the termination of this splendid campaign, the regiment struck its -tents, and embarking in boats on the Rhine, sailed down that river -to the Netherlands, where it passed the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1705] - -In the spring of 1705, the losses of the preceding campaign were -replaced by the arrival of one hundred and fifty recruits from -England; and when the regiment took the field, its appearance and -efficiency were commended by the Duke of Marlborough at the general -review of the army. The regiment proceeded, in the first instance, -to the vicinity of Maestricht,--afterwards marched to Juliers, -from whence it traversed a mountainous country to the valley of -the Moselle, and towards the end of May pitched its tents near -the ancient city of Treves. In the early part of June, the army -passed the Moselle and Saar rivers, and the English general was -prepared to carry on the war in Alsace. The co-operation of the -imperialists under the Margrave of Baden was, however, so long -delayed that the British commander was forced to return to the -Netherlands, to arrest the progress of the French arms in that -quarter. The regiment shared in the difficulties of the retrograde -movement to the Maese; and on the return of the army, the French -raised the siege of the citadel of Liege and retired. The French -had captured _Huy_, during the absence of the army up the Moselle; -but this fortress was retaken in a few days. - -The services of the regiment were next connected with the forcing -of the stupendous fortified lines constructed by the French to -cover the territory they had seized upon in the Netherlands. These -lines were menaced by a detachment on the south of the Mehaine, -to draw the French army to that quarter; and were afterwards -passed, by a forced march in another direction, during the night -of the 17th of July, at _Neer-Hespen_ and _Helixem_. The French -guards at these places were surprised and overpowered early on the -morning of the 18th of that month, and the lines were forced with -little loss. The Marquis d'Allegre advanced with a large body of -French, Spanish, and Bavarian infantry and cavalry, but he was -repulsed with severe loss. The FIFTEENTH were in reserve on this -occasion. They shared in the subsequent operations of the campaign: -but the designs of the English commander being frustrated by the -Dutch generals, the forcing of the lines was not followed by such -splendid results as had been anticipated. - -[Sidenote: 1706] - -After passing the winter in garrison in Holland, the regiment -again took the field in May, 1706, and had the honour to serve at -the battle of _Ramilies_, where the forces of France, Spain, and -Bavaria sustained a decisive overthrow. This battle occurred on -Whitsunday, the 23rd of May. On the morning of that day, the allied -army was advancing in the direction of Mont St. André; when the -forces of the enemy were discovered in position, with their centre -at the village of Ramilies, which was occupied by a numerous body -of troops. Having complete reliance on the valour of his soldiers, -the English general commenced the action, and in three hours the -numerous legions of the enemy were overthrown, and driven from -the field with a terrible slaughter. Many prisoners, with cannon, -standards, and colours, were captured on this occasion. - -The wreck of the French army fled to Louvain, and immediately -afterwards abandoned that city and also Brussels. The States -of Brabant, and the magistrates of Brussels, renounced their -allegiance to King Philip. The principal towns of Brabant, and -several places in Flanders, were immediately delivered up, and -others surrendered on being summoned, or in a few days afterwards. -Ostend, Menin, Dendermond, and Aeth were captured. Towns which -had resisted numerous armies for months and years, and provinces -disputed for ages, were the conquest of a summer. After sharing in -these splendid achievements, the regiment was placed in garrison in -Flanders. - -[Sidenote: 1707] - -During the campaign of 1707, the services of the regiment were -limited to marching, and occupying various encampments. No general -engagement or siege occurred. - -[Sidenote: 1708] - -In the spring of 1708 the regiment was called from its winter -quarters in Flanders, in consequence of the King of France having -fitted out a fleet, and embarked troops at Dunkirk, for the -purpose of making a descent on the British coast, in favour of the -Pretender. The FIFTEENTH, and several other regiments, marched -from Ghent on the 8th of March, 1708, embarked at Ostend on the -15th, and arrived in England on the 21st; but the French fleet, -with the Pretender on board, having been chased from the British -shores by the English navy, the regiment returned to Flanders: it -landed at Ostend on the 20th of April, and proceeded in boats, -along the canal, to Ghent. - -Leaving its quarters towards the end of May, the regiment joined -the allied army, and was engaged in the active operations which -followed. The French gained possession of Ghent and Bruges by -treachery. - -On the 11th of July, the regiment passed the Scheldt, on a pontoon -bridge, between _Oudenarde_ and the abbey of Eename, and engaged -the French troops under the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Vendome, -in the fields and open grounds beyond the river. A fierce conflict -of musketry ensued; and charge succeeded charge until the shades of -evening gathered over the scene, and the progress of the conflict -could only be discerned by the flashes of musketry, which pointed -out the ground on which the battle raged. The French were forced -from their position; part of their army was separated, and nearly -destroyed; but it was preserved from complete annihilation by the -darkness of the night. - -This victory prepared the way for additional conquests; and the -FIFTEENTH foot formed part of the covering army during the siege of -the important fortress of _Lisle_, the capital of French Flanders, -which was defended by fifteen thousand men under Marshal Boufflers. -The regiment was in position when the united French forces advanced -to raise the siege, but were frustrated by the superior tactics of -the Duke of Marlborough. The grenadier company of the regiment -joined the besieging army, and took part in the attacks on the town. - -When the Elector of Bavaria besieged Brussels, the regiment formed -part of the force which marched to the relief of that city, passed -the _Scheldt_, and carried the enemy's positions beyond that river -on the 27th of November; which was followed by the retreat of the -enemy from before Brussels. - -The citadel of Lisle surrendered on the 9th of December; _Ghent_ -and _Bruges_ were afterwards recaptured, and the regiment had its -winter quarters at Ghent. - -[Sidenote: 1709] - -Having reposed a few months in quarters, and received a body -of recruits from England, the regiment traversed the conquered -territory to Lisle, in June, 1709, and afterwards took part in -the manœuvres by which Marshal Villars was induced to reduce the -strength of his garrisons in his fortified towns, to reinforce -a line of entrenchments and forts, in which he expected to -be attacked. This object gained, the siege of _Tournay_ was -immediately commenced; and the FIFTEENTH foot, commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Armstrong, formed part of the covering army; -but when the town surrendered, the regiment joined the besieging -force, and took part in the attacks on the castle. This proved a -desperate service. The citadel of Tournay was celebrated for the -multiplicity of its under-ground works, and the approaches were -carried on by sinking pits, and excavating subterraneous passages -to the enemy's casemates and mines. The soldiers employed on these -works were sometimes drowned with water, suffocated by smoke, and -buried by explosions; and at other times parties of the besieging -force and of the garrison met, and fought with sword and pistol in -these gloomy labyrinths. In these services the FIFTEENTH regiment -had a number of men killed and wounded; it also lost several men -from the explosion of a mine, which destroyed a battery. - -On the 3rd of September, the citadel of Tournay surrendered; -and the army traversed the country towards Mons, the capital -of the province of Hainault, leaving the FIFTEENTH and several -other corps at Tournay, to level the approaches and fill the -excavations. Immediately after this work was performed, the -regiment traversed the country towards Mons, and joined the -army, on the morning of the 11th of September, at the moment the -columns of attack were advancing to assault the enemy's fortified -position at _Malplaquet_. This proved one of the most sanguinary -and hard-contested battles of the war: the confident and fierce -attacks of the allies were made against formidable works, defended -with resolution, which occasioned a great sacrifice of life; but -eventually the position was forced, and the French army retreated -with the loss of many colours, standards, cannon, and officers and -soldiers made prisoners. The FIFTEENTH were in reserve on this -occasion, and its loss was limited to Brevet Major Leslie, killed, -and three or four private soldiers killed and wounded. - -This victory was followed by the siege of _Mons_, and the regiment -formed part of the covering army. The garrison surrendered in -October. - -On the 23rd of October, Major-General Howe was succeeded in the -colonelcy of the regiment by Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards -Duke of Somerset, who had served with reputation at several battles -and sieges on the continent. - -[Sidenote: 1710] - -The regiment quitted its winter quarters at Ghent, on the 14th -of April, 1710, and marched to the rendezvous of the army near -Tournay. The services of the FIFTEENTH foot were this year -connected with the forcing of the French lines at _Pont-à-Vendin_, -and with the siege and capture of _Douay_, which fortress -surrendered on the 27th of June. They subsequently formed part of -the covering army encamped at Villars-Brulin, during the siege of -_Bethune_. This place having surrendered on the 29th of August, -and the French army avoiding a general engagement, the fortresses -of _Aire_ and _St. Venant_ were invested, and taken; and these -conquests were the last important events of the campaign. - -After taking part in these services, the regiment marched into -quarters at Courtray, where it was stationed during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1711] - -Towards the end of April, 1711, the regiment advanced from -Courtray, and joining the army near Douay, was formed in brigade -with the foot guards, a battalion of the royals, and the twentieth -and twenty-third regiments. It was reviewed on the 8th of June, -at the camp at Warde, by the Duke of Marlborough; and afterwards -took part in the skilful operations by which the enemy's formidable -and newly constructed lines were passed at _Arleux_, on the 5th of -August; and this success was followed by the siege of _Bouchain_, -a fortified town of Hainault, situate on both sides of the -river Scheldt. The regiment formed part of a division of twenty -battalions of infantry, commanded by Lieut.-General the Earl of -Orkney, which took post on the north and north-west side of the -town and river; and it shared in the duties of the trenches, and -in carrying on the attacks, in which services it had several men -killed and wounded. The garrison agreed to surrender on the 13th of -September. - -Thus the French monarch found his armies defeated and dispirited; -his fortresses wrested from him, and the victorious legions of the -allies prepared to penetrate the interior of his kingdom; and he -sued for peace. - -[Sidenote: 1712] - -In the spring of 1712 the FIFTEENTH regiment took the field with -the army under the Duke of Ormond, who had been appointed to the -command in succession to the Duke of Marlborough, and advanced to -the frontiers of France. Negociations for peace having commenced, -a suspension of hostilities took place between the British and -French, and the regiment returned to Ghent; from whence it was -afterwards removed to Dunkirk, the French monarch having agreed to -deliver up that fortress until the treaty of peace was concluded. - -[Sidenote: 1713] - -[Sidenote: 1714] - -The regiment was stationed at Dunkirk in 1713, and at Nieuport in -the early part of 1714. - -While the regiment was in Flanders, the decease of Queen Anne, and -the accession of King George I., occurred, on the 1st of August, -1714, and soon afterwards the FIFTEENTH foot, and several other -corps, were ordered to return to England. - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -On the 8th of February, 1715, the Earl of Hertford was promoted to -the colonelcy of the second troop (now second regiment) of life -guards, and was succeeded in the command of the FIFTEENTH foot by -Colonel Harry Harrison. - -[Sidenote: 1716] - -The regiment was actively employed in South Britain during the -troubles in 1715; but it was not called upon to take the field -against the rebels under the Earl of Mar, who were dispersed, in -the beginning of 1716, by the King's troops under the Duke of -Argyle. - -[Sidenote: 1719] - -In 1719, the regiment was stationed in Scotland, when the King of -Spain fitted out an armament for the invasion of Great Britain -in favour of the Pretender. The Spanish fleet was dispersed by -a storm; two ships, however, arrived on the coast of Scotland, -and four hundred Spaniards and about a hundred Scots and English -gentlemen, landed on the 27th of April, at Kintail, and were -afterwards joined by about fifteen hundred Highlanders. Against -this force, three troops of the Greys, and the eleventh, -fourteenth, and FIFTEENTH regiments of foot, marched from Inverness -on the 5th of June, under Major-General Wightman, and encountered -the rebels on the 10th of that month, at the pass of _Glenshiel_; -when the Spaniards and Highlanders withdrew a short distance, and -formed for battle on the romantic mountain scenery in the pass of -Strachell. About five o'clock in the afternoon, the grenadiers of -the three regiments climbed the rocky crags, and commenced the -action; they were followed by the eleventh, and a detachment of -the FIFTEENTH under Colonel Harrison; at the same time, the Greys -galloped forward along the road; and the Spaniards and Highlanders -were forced from the lofty ground on which they had taken post. -The rebels made a second stand on the top of the hill, but were -speedily driven from thence. The Highlanders afterwards dispersed -to their homes, and on the following day, the Spaniards surrendered -prisoners of war. - -[Sidenote: 1727] - -On the appearance of a continental war, in 1727, the regiment was -augmented, and held in readiness to proceed to Holland, but no -embarkation took place. - -[Sidenote: 1728] - -King George II. reviewed the second and FIFTEENTH regiments in -brigade on Blackheath, on the 29th of June, 1728, and expressed -his high approbation of their appearance and movements. The signs -of war disappearing, the establishment was afterwards reduced. - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -When hostilities commenced between Great Britain and Spain, in -1739, the establishment was again augmented. - -[Sidenote: 1740] - -In the middle of June, 1740, the FIFTEENTH, twenty-fourth, -twenty-seventh regiments, and the six battalions of marines, were -encamped on the Isle of Wight, under the orders of General Lord -Cathcart. Towards the end of July, the camp broke up, and the -FIFTEENTH, and twenty-fourth regiments, and the six regiments of -marines, embarked on board the fleet for the West Indies. Some -delay occurred, and after putting to sea, the fleet was twice -driven back by contrary winds; on the 26th of October it sailed a -third time, and was dispersed by a tempest in the Bay of Biscay; -but the greater part of the vessels were recollected and proceeded -on the voyage. Arriving at Dominica to provide wood and water, -the troops lost their gallant leader, General Lord Cathcart (then -colonel of the sixth dragoon guards or Carabineers), who died of -dysentery; and the command devolved on Brigadier-General Thomas -Wentworth. - -[Sidenote: 1741] - -The expedition arrived at Jamaica in January, 1741, and the -appearance of this force dispelled the apprehension of an attack on -that island by the combined fleets of France and Spain, and also -enabled the British commanders to act offensively. The expedition -put to sea, and after some delay, an attack on _Carthagena_, the -capital of a wealthy province in the country of Terra Firma, in -South America, was resolved upon. This place was found strongly -fortified, and the garrison reinforced by the crews of a squadron -of large ships; at the same time the season for active service in -that part of the world was fast passing away; but the design was -persevered in, and the fleet having silenced several small forts, -the FIFTEENTH mustering one thousand officers and soldiers, and -several other corps, landed on an island near the mouth of the -harbour, on the 10th of March, and commenced the siege of the -principal fort, or castle, called _Bocca-chica_. On the evening -of the 25th of March, the grenadiers of the FIFTEENTH, and other -regiments, mounted the breach in gallant style, to storm the -fortress, when the Spanish garrison fled, and the place was -captured without loss. - -Channels having been made through the sunk vessels with which the -Spaniards had blocked up the entrance to the harbour, the FIFTEENTH -and twenty-fourth re-embarked, and commenced landing near the -city of Carthagena. From the place of landing, the two regiments -advanced along a defile, preceded by the grenadiers, through a -country covered with trees and herbage of luxuriant growth, the -interwoven branches forming a shelter impenetrable both to heat -and light, and several men were wounded by shots fired from the -tracks and openings into the wood. Diverging from the defile, the -two regiments encountered a body of Spaniards advantageously posted -to dispute the passage, but as the grenadiers sprang forward to -commence the attack, the enemy fled. The two regiments proceeded to -the vicinity of the castle of _St. Lazar_, which commands the town, -and were followed by the six battalions of marines. The soldiers -passed three nights in the open air, for want of tents and tools, -and their health was seriously injured. - -The siege of the castle was commenced; and as the men were -fast decreasing in numbers from the effects of hard duty and -climate, Brigadier-General Wentworth was induced to attack the -place by escalade, to which dangerous enterprise he was urged -by Vice-Admiral Vernon. Twelve hundred men stormed the enemy's -entrenchments under the walls of the fort, exposed to a heavy fire -of musketry. The grenadiers, led by Colonel Grant, rushed forward -with astonishing bravery, and leaping into the lines, carried the -works in gallant style. The Spaniards fled over a drawbridge into -the fort. The British pursued, and called for ladders to storm the -fort; but the fire was so hot, that the Americans who carried the -ladders threw them down and fled. Meanwhile the storming party was -exposed to a destructive fire. At length three ladders were brought -forward, and a serjeant and ten grenadiers mounted the walls, but -were instantly cut to pieces, excepting the serjeant, who saved -himself by leaping down again. Several of the ladders were found -too short: it was ascertained that, owing to a guide having been -killed, the attack had been made on the strongest part of the -works; Colonel Grant fell mortally wounded; and after sustaining -a most destructive fire for several hours with intrepidity and -perseverance, the troops were ordered to retire, having sustained a -severe loss in killed and wounded. - -Violent periodical rains commenced; the country was deluged with -water, and the change of atmosphere produced fatal effects on the -health of the men, who were drenched with rain. All hope of further -success immediately vanished, and the troops returned on board -the fleet, where numbers died from the distempers peculiar to the -climate. - -The forts of the harbour of Carthagena having been demolished, the -fleet sailed to Jamaica. The FIFTEENTH, and several other corps, -afterwards sailed to the island of _Cuba_, where they landed, and -a camp was formed twenty miles up one of the large rivers of the -island. At this camp, the regiment was stationed some time; and the -country was reconnoitred in various directions by detachments. The -design of forming a British settlement on that part of the island -of Cuba, was, however, abandoned; in November the troops returned -on board ship, and were re-conveyed to Jamaica. - -[Sidenote: 1742] - -Having sustained a severe loss in killed and wounded at Carthagena, -and also from the effects of climate, the regiment returned to -England in 1742, and commenced recruiting its numbers. - -[Sidenote: 1743] - -[Sidenote: 1744] - -During the years 1743 and 1744, the regiment was stationed in Great -Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1745] - -In the meantime, a British army was supporting the interest of the -house of Austria on the Continent; but the French monarch brought -so great a superiority of numbers into the field, that the allied -army, under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, was unable -to prevent the enemy gaining possession of several fortified towns -in the Austrian Netherlands, during the summer of 1745. Under these -circumstances the regiment was sent from England to _Ostend_, -with the view of contributing to the preservation of that place, -where it arrived on the 27th of July. The French besieged Ostend, -which was defended by a garrison of British and Austrian troops -under Lieut.-General Count Chanclos, of the Austrian service, who -capitulated after a siege of thirteen days, the garrison being -permitted to march out with the honors of war, and proceed to the -Austrian territories. The FIFTEENTH joined the army. - -At this period, Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, had -aroused the Highland clans to arms, and asserted his father's -pretensions to the British throne. This rebellion occasioned the -regiment to be recalled from Flanders: it arrived in the river -Thames, and landed at Gravesend, on the 25th of October; but it was -not ordered to march against the insurgent clans--it was destined -to remain in the south of England, to oppose the threatened -invasion of the French. - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -When the hopes of the Pretender had been annihilated by the battle -of Culloden, on the 16th of April, 1746, part of the military -force of the kingdom became disposable for other services, and -the FIFTEENTH regiment was selected to form part of an expedition -against the French possessions in Canada. Various circumstances -occasioned the fleet to be detained so long, that this enterprise -was deferred, and an attempt on the port of _L'Orient_, the -principal station for the French East India Company's shipping and -stores, was resolved upon. The expedition sailed from Plymouth -on the 14th of September; on the 20th a landing was effected -on the coast of France, and the troops assembled to oppose the -debarkation were driven from the shore. On the following day, the -British advanced in two columns towards _L'Orient_; the FIFTEENTH -forming part of the second column. The French militia fired upon -the troops from the woods, and put the men of one or two corps -into some confusion, when Captain Honorable James Murray led the -grenadier company of the FIFTEENTH forward with great gallantry, -and dispersed the enemy. When the leading companies arrived at the -village of _Plemur_, they were fired upon from the houses; but this -resistance was speedily overcome, and the people were punished for -their temerity. On arriving before L'Orient, the governor proposed -to surrender; but the conditions demanded were not acceded to, in -consequence of a report of the engineers stating the practicability -of reducing the town. The siege was immediately commenced; but the -artillery and stores with the expedition proved unequal to the -undertaking, and the troops retreated to the coast, and re-embarked -without molestation. - -Another descent was made on the French coast in October: the troops -landing on the peninsula of _Quiberon_, capturing a fort with -eighteen guns, and afterwards destroying the guns and forts in -the peninsula, with those in the isles of Houat and Hedic. These -services performed, the regiment returned on board the fleet and -sailed for England. - -[Sidenote: 1748] - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -Negociations for a treaty of peace were commenced in 1748, at -Aix-la-Chapelle. In 1749, the strength of the army was reduced, and -the regiment proceeded to Ireland. - -After commanding the regiment thirty-four years, Lieut.-General -Harrison died, in March of this year, and was succeeded by Colonel -John Jordan, from the lieut.-colonelcy of the tenth dragoons, by -commission, dated 15th of April, 1749. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -In the clothing warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, the facing -of the regiment is directed to be yellow. The first, or King's -colour, to be the great union; the second, or regimental colour, -to be of yellow silk, with the union in the upper canton; in the -centre the number of the regiment in gold Roman characters, within -a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk. The uniform at -this period was cocked hats bound with white lace; scarlet coats -faced and turned up with yellow, and ornamented with white lace; -scarlet waistcoat and breeches; white gaiters; white cravats; and -buff belts. - -[Sidenote: 1755] - -The regiment remained in Ireland until the undetermined boundary -of the British and French settlements in North America occasioned -a rupture between the two kingdoms. The aggressions of the French -led to the sending of a body of British troops to North America -in 1755; at which period the establishment of the FIFTEENTH was -augmented, and the regiment embarked for England. - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -Colonel Jordan was removed to the ninth dragoons, in April, 1756, -and King George II. conferred the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH foot -on Colonel Jeffery (afterwards Lord) Amherst, from captain and -lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards. - -In July of this year the regiment pitched its tents near Blandford, -where an encampment was formed of six regiments of foot and two of -dragoons under Lieut.-General Sir Charles Howard. - -[Sidenote: 1757] - -Numerous encampments were formed also in the following year, and -the troops held in readiness to repel a threatened invasion of the -French. The FIFTEENTH foot, and four other corps, pitched their -tents on Barham-downs, under Charles Duke of Marlborough. - -From Barham-downs the regiment proceeded to the Isle of Wight, -in order to form part of an expedition against the French naval -station of _Rochfort_, on the river Charente. The FIFTEENTH, -commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Honorable Sir James Murray, was -formed in brigade with the fifth, twenty-fourth, thirtieth, and -fifty-first regiments; the land forces were under Lieut.-General -Sir John Mordaunt, and the navy under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. The -fleet sailed in the early part of September; on the 23rd of that -month the _Isle of Aix_ was captured, and the forts were afterwards -destroyed. Owing to unfavourable weather, a landing could not be -effected near Rochfort before the enemy was alarmed and prepared -for a vigorous resistance. The troops were repeatedly in readiness -to land, and on one occasion the first division was in the boats; -but the weather, and other causes, prevented a debarkation taking -place. The expedition afterwards returned to England. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -Early in the following year, the FIFTEENTH regiment, mustering -eight hundred and fifty officers and soldiers, commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel Honorable James Murray, embarked for North America, -to take part in the attack of the French possessions in that part -of the world. It proceeded to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, where the -expedition was prepared against _Louisburg_, the capital of the -island of Cape Breton,[11] in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, under the -orders of its colonel, Lieut.-General Sir Jeffery Amherst, K.B., -the naval force being under Admiral Boscawen. The expedition -sailed from Halifax on the 28th of May, and approached Louisburg, -on the 2nd of June; but the weather was so unfavourable that a -landing could not be effected before the 8th of June. On that -occasion, the grenadier company of the FIFTEENTH formed part of -the centre division under the gallant Brigadier-General James -Wolfe, designed to force a landing; and the regiment formed -part of the left division, under Brigadier-General Lawrence, -designed to make a show of landing at Fresh-water Cove, to divert -the enemy's attention from the main attack. The division under -Brigadier-General Wolfe approached the shore under a heavy fire, -and the surf being high, several boats were overset. One boat, -containing part of the grenadier company of the FIFTEENTH, was -overset, when Lieutenant Kennedy, two serjeants, and thirteen rank -and file, were drowned. The regiment had also Lieutenant Nicholson -and eight men killed by the enemy's fire. The survivors, however, -jumped into the water with great gallantry, formed on the beach, -and being animated by their chivalrous leader, the heroic Wolfe, -they rushed upon their opponents with fixed bayonets, and carried -the enemy's works in a manner which excited great admiration. The -other divisions followed, and before night the army was on shore. - -The siege of Louisburg was afterwards commenced; and the FIFTEENTH -regiment took part in this service. In carrying on the approaches, -and in making the attacks, the troops underwent great fatigues -with a cheerful alacrity, which redounded to their honor. The -enemy's sallies were repulsed: the fire of the British artillery -destroyed their shipping, silenced their batteries, and damaged -their works to so great an extent, that, on the 26th of July, -the garrison surrendered prisoners of war; the whole island was -also delivered up; and two other small islands in the Gulf of St. -Lawrence surrendered. Eleven stand of colours were captured on this -occasion, and sent to England. - -Besides the officers and soldiers killed in effecting a landing, -the regiment had also Lieutenant Campbell killed; Lieutenant -Hamilton, Lieutenant and Adjutant Mukens, and Ensign Moneypenny, -wounded during the siege of Louisburg. The regiment had also a -considerable number of private soldiers killed and wounded. - -The arrival of the news of this gallant exploit produced great -sensation in England; the captured colours were presented to the -King, and conducted by a splendid cavalcade from Kensington Palace -to St. Paul's Cathedral. The meritorious conduct of the officers -and soldiers of the expedition was rewarded with the approbation of -their Sovereign and the thanks of Parliament. - -The FIFTEENTH were stationed at Louisburg during the remainder of -the year. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -From Louisburg the regiment sailed in the beginning of June, -1759, with the expedition against _Quebec_, under Major-General -JAMES WOLFE; and was formed in brigade with the forty-third, -forty-eighth, and seventy-eighth foot, under Brigadier-General -Monckton. Towards the end of June, the army landed at Orleans,--a -large, fertile, and well-cultivated island in the river St. -Lawrence, below Quebec,--and commenced preparations for carrying on -the object of the expedition. - -The French General, the Marquis of Montcalm, possessed a -superiority of numbers over the invading force, and he had made -excellent dispositions for the defence of the country: but the -English Commander had complete reliance on the valour of his -troops, whose confidence he possessed to an extraordinary degree. -The FIFTEENTH foot, and three other regiments, were detached -under Brigadier-General Monckton, against Point Levi, on the east -shore of the river, from whence a body of the enemy was driven; -at the same time a body of troops, under Colonel Carleton, took -possession of the western point of the island of Orleans, and -both these posts were fortified. Sixteen hundred of the enemy -attempted to retake Point Levi, but were repulsed; and a mortar -battery, constructed at that post, fired on Quebec, destroying the -lower town, and damaging the upper town. Having finished the works -on the island of Orleans, the army crossed the north channel of -the river in boats, and landed below the splendid waterfalls of -_Montmorenci_; and arrangements were made for attacking the enemy's -position beyond the river Montmorenci, in which the FIFTEENTH -regiment was ordered to co-operate. - -As the regiment was crossing the river in boats from Point Levi, -the grenadiers effected a landing, and commenced the action -prematurely, before their formation was completed and before -the troops designed to sustain them had arrived; and they were -repulsed. They reformed behind the corps from Point Levi, the -FIFTEENTH and seventy-eighth; but the excess of ardour, without -sufficient attention to discipline, occasioned the loss of five -hundred officers and men, and the failure of the operation.[12] - -Difficulties, calculated to perplex and discourage the most -resolute and intelligent commander, presented themselves; but -the English general evinced talent and perseverance. No prospect -of final success, by advancing across the river Montmorenci, -presenting itself, the troops re-embarked and proceeded to Point -Levi; they afterwards sailed a considerable distance up the river; -but it was found impossible to annoy the enemy above the town. A -desperate resolution was subsequently formed, to retire a little -down the river, land in the night within a league of Cape Diamond, -ascend the heights of Abraham, and gain possession of the ground at -the back of the city. - -At midnight on the 12th of September, the troops went on board the -boats, and at one o'clock the first division moved down the river; -an officer who spoke the French language, answering the challenges -of the enemy's sentries on the shore. A landing was effected: -the officers and men climbed the steep woody precipice, pulling -themselves up by roots and branches of trees with admirable courage -and activity, dislodged a captain's guard, and gained the heights. -The FIFTEENTH and other corps followed. - -When the French general was informed that the English had gained -the heights of Abraham, he instantly collected his forces and -advanced to give battle; and Major-General Wolfe, observing -the approach of the hostile troops, formed line, the FIFTEENTH -being posted in reserve. The enemy manifesting a design against -the British left, the FIFTEENTH were removed to that flank by -Brigadier-General Townshend, and were formed _en potence_, -presenting two fronts to the enemy. - -About nine o'clock the action commenced, and was particularly -severe on the right, at which point the British regiments -behaved with extraordinary gallantry, charging with bayonets, -and overthrowing all opposition. In the midst of the action, -Major-General Wolfe was shot in the breast, and he expired at the -moment of victory. Brigadier-General Monckton was also wounded, -and the command devolved on Brigadier-General Townshend, who had -scarcely formed the troops after the pursuit, when a fresh body of -the enemy appeared in his rear: he detached two regiments against -them, and the enemy fled to the woods. The French commander, the -Marquis of Montcalm, was mortally wounded; and his second in -command, Brigadier-General de Senezergue, was wounded and taken -prisoner, and he died on board an English ship on the following day. - -This victory was gained with the loss of about fifty men killed, -and five hundred wounded; but the fall of Major-General JAMES -WOLFE was a national loss. He possessed an animating fervour of -sentiment,--an intuitive perception,--extensive capacity,--personal -bravery beyond all estimation,--and an unbounded thirst for -glory; these bright qualities were combined with every species -of military knowledge that study could comprehend, and actual -service illustrate; and, while the sublimity of his genius soared -above ordinary minds, his generous disposition, and complacent -deportment, procured him universal esteem. The soldiers admired and -loved him. - -After this victory, preparations were made for prosecuting the -siege of Quebec; but further loss of life was prevented by the -surrender of the garrison. - -This conquest produced great joy in England; a day of thanksgiving -was set apart by proclamation; and the thanks of Parliament, with -the approbation of their Sovereign, were conveyed to the troops: -also an abundant supply of warm clothing, purchased by public -subscription, for the use of the men in the cold climate of Quebec. - -The loss of the regiment in the several actions near Quebec, was -one surgeon's mate, two serjeants, and eleven rank and file killed; -Major Paulus Armil Irving, Captain Arthur Loftus, Lieutenants -Samuel Rutherford, John Maxwell, _senior_, John Maxwell, _junior_, -William Skeane, Robert Ross, James Leslie, Lieut. and Adjutant -Francis Mekins, Ensigns Edmund Wroth, Samuel Baker, nine serjeants, -one drummer, and ninety-seven rank and file, wounded. - -The Lieut.-Colonel of the FIFTEENTH foot, Colonel Honorable James -Murray, was rewarded with the appointment of Colonel-commandant of -a battalion of the sixtieth regiment, and Governor of Quebec, in -which fortress the FIFTEENTH were stationed during the winter, and -they suffered severely from scurvy, occasioned by living constantly -on salt provisions. - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -Resolving, if possible, to regain possession of Quebec, a French -force, commanded by the Chevalier de Louis, advanced from Montreal -towards the end of April, 1760; the enemy attempted to cut off -the British out-posts, but was frustrated by the advance of the -piquets, the grenadiers, and the FIFTEENTH regiment. - -Brigadier-General Murray led the garrison of Quebec forward to meet -the enemy, whom he engaged on the 28th of April, near the village -of _Sillery_, and gained some advantage; but the superior numbers -of the enemy rendered a retreat necessary, which was executed in -good order. - -The enemy besieged _Quebec_, and the FIFTEENTH regiment had the -honour of taking part in a successful defence of that important -fortress. The governor stated in his despatch,--'I flatter myself -the extraordinary performances of the handful of brave men I -had left, will please His Majesty as much as they surprised us, -who were eye-witnesses of them.' While the garrison was making -a resolute defence, a British naval force arrived in the river, -destroyed the enemy's vessels near the town, and cannonaded their -lines. On the morning of the 17th of May, the FIFTEENTH were under -arms, to make a sally on the besieging force; but the French camp -was found empty, and the tents standing. A pursuit was ordered, and -some prisoners and baggage were captured. - -In June a detachment of the regiment advanced up the river, in -vessels, to co-operate with the troops under General Sir Jeffery -Amherst, in an attack on the French army at _Montreal_. The British -advanced upon Montreal from three different points, and by a -well-arranged combination the whole were united before that place -in the early part of September. The French governor, the Marquis of -Vaudreuil, being unable to withstand the British arms, surrendered; -and the conquest of Canada was thus accomplished. - -After this success, the regiment was assembled at Montreal, and it -was one of the corps which occupied that place for several months. - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -In the spring of 1761, the regiment proceeded up Lake Champlain in -boats, marched from the shore of the lake to Albany, and afterwards -sailed down the Hudson river to New York. In June it was encamped -on Staten Island, and in October sailed for Barbadoes, where an -expedition was assembled under Major-General Monckton, for an -attack on the French island of _Martinique_, and the FIFTEENTH was -one of the corps selected for this service. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -The expedition sailed from Carlisle-bay on the 5th of January, -1762, and a landing was effected on the island of Martinique in -the middle of that month. The FIFTEENTH were actively employed in -the operations necessary to bring the enemy to submission, and -some severe fighting took place, in which the regiment had several -men killed and wounded; Captain Prescott and Lieutenant Leslie, -being among the latter. The governor, M. Le Vassor de la Touche, -surrendered the island in February. - -War having been declared against Spain, the regiment was attached -to the armament under General the Earl of Albemarle, destined to -attack the valuable settlement of the _Havannah_, on the island of -Cuba. Passing through the straits of Bahama, the expedition arrived -within six leagues of the Havannah on the 6th of June; a landing -was effected on the following day; and on the 9th, the troops took -up a position between Coximar and the _Moro_, a fort which it was -deemed necessary to besiege and capture before an attack was made -on the town. In this service, great hardships had to be endured; -a thin soil, hardly sufficient to cover the troops in their -approaches, a scarcity of water, and the labour of dragging the -artillery several miles over a rocky country, and under a burning -sun, called forth the efforts of the army and navy. The works -were carried on, the sallies of the enemy were repulsed, and the -Moro fort was captured by storm on the 30th of July. A series of -batteries were erected against the town; and on the 11th of August -they opened so well-directed a fire, that the guns of the garrison -were silenced, and flags of truce were hung out from the town, and -ships in the harbour. The terms of capitulation were agreed upon, -and the British took possession of this valuable settlement, with -nine men of war in the harbour, and two upon the stocks. - -The regiment lost a number of men on this important service; -Lieutenant Skene was among the killed; Captain Tyrwhitt and -Lieutenant Winter died from the effects of climate. - -After the capture of the Havannah, the regiment was stationed at -that place eleven months. - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -In the meantime a treaty of peace had been concluded, and in 1763 -the Havannah was restored to Spain; the regiment was relieved by -the Spanish troops which arrived to take possession of the colony, -and embarked for New York, from whence it proceeded, by Albany and -Lake Champlain, to Canada, where it was stationed several years. - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -[Sidenote: 1765] - -[Sidenote: 1768] - -After occupying quarters successively at Montreal, Quebec, and on -the upper lakes, until the summer of 1768, the regiment embarked -for England, and landed at Portsmouth in July. - -Occurrences of a political character having induced Sir Jeffery -Amherst to resign the colonelcy of the regiment, he was succeeded, -on the 21st of September, 1768, by Colonel Charles Hotham -(afterwards Sir Charles Thompson, Baronet) from the sixty-third -regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1769] - -[Sidenote: 1770] - -[Sidenote: 1771] - -The regiment occupied various quarters in the southern and midland -counties of England, until the summer of 1770, when it was reviewed -at Chatham by King George III. and in the spring of 1771 marched -into Yorkshire. - -[Sidenote: 1772] - -[Sidenote: 1773] - -[Sidenote: 1774] - -In 1772 the regiment marched to Scotland, where it was stationed -during the following year, and in the spring of 1774 it embarked at -Port Patrick for Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -Major-General Sir Charles Thompson was succeeded in the colonelcy -of the regiment, in September, 1775, by Major-General Richard Earl -of Cavan, from the fifty-fifth regiment of foot. - -[Sidenote: 1776] - -In the meantime, the determined spirit evinced by the British -colonists in North America to resist the acts of parliament passed -in England for raising a revenue in their country, had been -followed by hostilities, and the FIFTEENTH regiment was one of -the corps selected to proceed across the Atlantic, to aid in the -attempt to reduce the refractory provincials to submission. The -regiment embarked from Ireland early in 1776, and proceeded to Cape -Fear, in North Carolina, with four other corps, under Major-General -the Earl Cornwallis. These troops arrived on the coast of North -Carolina early in April, and Lieut.-General Clinton assumed the -command. The men landed at Cape Fear to refresh themselves after -the voyage, and returning on board the transports, sailed, on -the 1st of June, with the expedition against _Charleston_. After -passing Charleston bar, the troops landed on one of the islands, -but the armament proved of insufficient strength for the capture of -the capital of South Carolina, and the five regiments re-embarked -and proceeded to Staten Island, where the main body of the British -forces was assembled under General Sir William Howe. The FIFTEENTH, -commanded by Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, were formed in brigade -with the fourth, twenty-seventh, and forty-fifth regiments, under -Major-General Pigot. - -A landing was effected on _Long Island_ on the 22nd of August, -and the FIFTEENTH regiment formed part of the force under -Lieut.-General Clinton, which advanced after dusk on the evening of -the 26th to seize on a pass in the heights, and turn the enemy's -left flank at Flat-bush. This pass was taken possession of on the -following morning; the army advanced, and the Americans were driven -from their position with considerable loss, and forced to retreat -to their fortified lines at _Brooklyn_. The loss of the regiment on -this occasion was limited to a few men wounded. - -The Americans quitted their fortified lines during the night of the -28th of August, and retired across the East River, in boats, to New -York; and the reduction of Long Island was thus accomplished in a -few days, with little loss. - -From Long Island the regiment proceeded with the army across the -East River, when General Washington was forced to abandon New York, -which city was taken possession of by the British. - -Proceeding up the river, the regiment took part in the operations -of the army by which the Americans were forced to evacuate their -lines on _White Plains_; but it did not sustain any loss. - -The regiment took part in the attack and capture of the enemy's -lines and redoubts near _Fort Washington_, on the 16th of November, -when it had a few private soldiers killed and wounded. - -After taking part in these services, the regiment proceeded into -winter quarters at the city of New York. - -[Sidenote: 1777] - -Information being received that the Americans were forming -magazines at _Peek's-hill_, about fifty miles up the North River, -Lieut.-Colonel Bird, of the FIFTEENTH, was detached from New York -against that post, with a body of troops, of which a division -of the regiment formed part. The troops sailed from New York on -the 22nd of March, 1777, and as they approached Peek's-hill, the -Americans set fire to the stores and retreated. The British landed, -completed the destruction of the magazines, barracks, &c., and -afterwards returned to New York. - -Extensive depôts were also prepared by the Americans at _Danbury_, -and other places on the borders of Connecticut, and the FIFTEENTH -regiment formed part of a body of troops which embarked from New -York, under Major-General Tyron, for the destruction of these -magazines. The British arrived off Norwalk on the evening of the -25th of April, landed without opposition, and commenced their march -for Danbury, from whence the American troops fled, as the English -approached that place on the afternoon of the following day. As no -carriages could be procured to bring off any part of the immense -collection of stores at this place, the magazines were set on fire, -and in the progress of the flames the town was unavoidably burnt. -This service accomplished, the British commenced their march back -to the coast, early on the morning of the 27th of April, when a -body of Americans hung upon their rear, and at every eminence a -corps of militia was found ready to oppose their march; but they -attacked and routed their opponents; and in one of the skirmishes -the American General Wooster was killed. - -Arriving at _Ridgefield_, the British were opposed by a strong -force under General Arnold, protected by intrenchments, which -the Americans were preparing; but a few rounds from the English -artillery, and a gallant charge with bayonets, routed the American -force, and the King's troops halted at Ridgefield during the night. - -Resuming the march on the following morning, the British were -harassed by the enemy, in their retrograde movement, and numerous -skirmishes occurred. Arriving at the _Hill of Compo_, contiguous -to the place of embarkation, the Americans appeared in force, and -commenced an attack with greater spirit and determination than -before; the British troops confronted their numerous assailants, -fired a volley, and charged with bayonets with so much impetuosity -and valour, that the Americans were unable to withstand the shock, -and they retreated. The King's troops afterwards embarked without -molestation for New York. - -Eight rank and file of the FIFTEENTH regiment were killed on this -expedition; Captain Harry Ditmas, one serjeant, and fifteen rank -and file wounded; two men missing. Lieutenant Charles Hastings, of -the twelfth foot, serving as a volunteer with the regiment, was -also wounded. - -Afterwards taking the field with the army in the Jerseys, the -regiment was engaged in the operations designed to bring the enemy -to a general engagement, but the Americans kept close in their -fortified lines in the mountains; and an expedition against the -populous and wealthy city of Philadelphia was resolved upon. The -FIFTEENTH, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, were employed in -this enterprise, and were formed in brigade with the seventeenth, -forty-second, and forty-fourth regiments, under Major-General -(afterwards Earl) Grey. - -Embarking from Sandy Hook, the army sailed to the Chesapeake, and -proceeding up Elk River, landed on the northern shore on the 25th -of August. The American army took up a position at _Brandywine_ to -oppose the advance, and on the 11th of September the royal forces -moved forward to engage their opponents. The FIFTEENTH formed part -of the column under Major-General the Earl Cornwallis, which made -a circuit of some miles to turn the right and gain the rear of the -American army. The action proved decisive; the enemy was driven -from his position, and forced to make a precipitate retreat. The -battalion companies of the regiment did not sustain any loss on -this occasion; but the flank companies, being formed in grenadier -and light infantry battalions, had Lieutenant Faulkener killed; -Captain Cathcart, Captain Douglas, and Lieutenant Leigh wounded; -also several men killed and wounded. - -After this victory, the army continued its advance; Philadelphia -was taken possession of, and the British troops took up a position -at Germantown, the FIFTEENTH being posted on the left of the -village. - -Making a forced march during the night of the 3rd of October, the -American army appeared suddenly in front of _Germantown_ before -daylight on the following morning, and attacked the British -outposts, thinking to surprise the troops in an unprepared state. -The first assault was opposed by the second battalion of light -infantry, and the fortieth regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel Musgrave, -posted at the head of the village; these corps were forced to fall -back, and Lieut.-Colonel Musgrave threw himself, with six companies -of the fortieth, into a large store-house, where he was attacked -by an American brigade, aided by four pieces of cannon. During the -contest, while the soldiers of the fortieth were defending their -post manfully, Major-General Grey brought forward the FIFTEENTH, -and two other corps; and making a determined attack on the American -regiments, drove them back with great slaughter. The enemy was -also repulsed at every part of the field, and forced to make a -precipitate retreat. - -Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, Ensign Anthony Frederick, and five rank -and file of the regiment were killed; Captains George Goldfrap and -Harry Ditmas, Lieutenant George Thomas, Ensign Henry Ball, two -serjeants, and forty-two rank and file wounded. In alluding to the -death of Lieut.-Colonel Bird, General Sir William Howe spoke of it -as an event 'much to be lamented, he being an officer of experience -and approved merit.' General Washington formed a fortified camp at -_Whitemarsh_; and early in December the British army advanced with -the view of inducing the Americans to quit their lines and offer -battle, or of finding a vulnerable part in their fortified camp. -Several skirmishes occurred, in which the British troops evinced -their native intrepidity and firmness, and were victorious in every -instance; but the defences of the American camp were found too -strong to be attacked, and the army marched into winter quarters at -Philadelphia. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -After passing the winter at the capital of Pennsylvania, the -regiment furnished several parties, in the spring of 1778, to range -the country, and open communications for bringing in supplies. - -The regiment also shared in the fatigues and difficulties of -the march of the army from Philadelphia to New York, under -Lieut.-General Sir Henry Clinton, rendered necessary by the French -monarch having united with the revolted British provinces, and thus -changed the character of the war. As the army pursued its journey, -crossing rivers, and traversing a wild and woody country, the -enemy menaced the flanks and rear with an attack in force; and on -the 28th of June, some sharp fighting took place, near _Freehold_ -in New Jersey, when the grenadier company of the FIFTEENTH -distinguished itself, and the enemy was repulsed. Captain Cathcart, -of the regiment, was wounded; and also Captain Ditmas, who was -attached to the second grenadier battalion. - -The army afterwards continued its route, and arrived at New York in -July. - -A powerful French armament menacing the British possessions in -the West Indies, the FIFTEENTH, and several other corps, sailed -from North America, early in November, for Barbadoes, under -Major-General Grant. - -While the regiment was at sea, its colonel, Major-General the -Earl of Cavan, died at Dublin, and was succeeded by Major-General -William Fawcett, deputy adjutant-general to the forces. - -On the arrival of the reinforcements at Barbadoes, the British -naval and military commanders resolved to act offensively, and -attack the French island of _St. Lucia_. On this occasion the -regiment was formed in brigade with the twenty-eighth, forty-sixth, -and fifty-fifth, under Major-General Prescott. The expedition -sailed from Carlisle-bay on the 12th of December, a landing was -effected at St. Lucia on the following day, and on the 14th, the -French troops were driven from several important posts. In the -meantime a French armament of very superior numbers approached the -island, and the British took up positions to repel the enemy. The -French fleet made a desperate attack on the British naval force, -but was repulsed. A numerous body of the enemy landed, and stormed -the post of La Vigie, which was occupied by the grenadiers, light -infantry, and fifth regiment, under Brigadier-General Medows; -when the determined bravery of the British proved triumphant -over very superior numbers, and the French were repulsed and -forced to re-embark, leaving the ground covered with killed and -wounded. The flank companies of the FIFTEENTH had an opportunity -of distinguishing themselves on this occasion. The governor -surrendered the island to the British arms immediately after the -departure of the French armament. - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -[Sidenote: 1780] - -The FIFTEENTH remained at St. Lucia several months. In the -meantime, the French possessed a great superiority of numbers, -both of naval and land force, in the West Indies; and in June, -1779, they attacked the island of _St. Vincent_, and in July -_Grenada_; the regiment embarked from St. Lucia, for the relief of -these islands; but they were captured before any force could arrive -to their assistance. While the regiment was at sea, some sharp -fighting occurred between the hostile fleets, without decisive -results, and the regiment was afterwards landed at the island of -St. Christopher's, where it was stationed during the year 1780. - -[Sidenote: 1781] - -Holland having adopted a line of politics hostile to the British, -and favourable to the American interest, war took place between -Great Britain and the United Provinces; and in February, 1781, -the Dutch island of _St. Eustatius_ was captured. The FIFTEENTH -regiment was afterwards removed from St. Christopher's to St. -Eustatius, and the flank companies were subsequently detached to -the former island. - -The British commandant at St. Eustatius neglected to adopt the -necessary precautions for the security of the island, and during -the night of the 26th of November, a French force, under the -Marquis of Bouillé, effected a landing, captured the commandant -as he was taking a morning ride, overpowered the posts, and -forced the garrison, consisting of the battalion companies of the -thirteenth and FIFTEENTH regiments, to surrender prisoners of war. -The commandant, Lieut.-Colonel Cockburn, was afterwards tried by a -general court-martial, and cashiered. - -After being detained a short period, the regiment was exchanged, -and resumed its duties. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -The flank companies were stationed at _St. Christopher's_, with -the first battalion of the royals and a detachment of artillery, -which constituted the military force of the island, under -Brigadier-General Fraser, when a powerful French armament appeared -off that place in the beginning of January, 1782. Eight thousand -French troops landed, with a powerful train of artillery, under -the Marquis of Bouillé; and the English troops, being unable to -oppose so numerous a host on open ground, took possession of -_Brimstone-hill_, a formidable post, but the fortifications were -old and in a ruinous state, and the soldiers had no intrenching -tools; a desperate defence was however determined on, in hopes of -being relieved. - -Against this post the French batteries opened their fire, on the -19th of January, and from that day a storm of balls and bombs -rattled round the hill with increasing fury, until the houses on -the heights were battered to pieces, and the old works were nearly -destroyed. During this period a British naval force approached -the island, and a body of troops landed; but the enemy had so -great a superiority of numbers, that no reasonable expectation -could be entertained of being able to save the island, and the -troops returned on board the fleet. In the meantime, the works -on Brimstone-hill had been breached in several places, and the -garrison was reduced to the last extremity; yet the troops -continued to evince that valour and firmness for which British -soldiers have been distinguished; and their conduct excited the -admiration of their enemies. When all prospect of being able to -resist many hours longer was gone, the garrison capitulated, and -was permitted to march through the breach with the honours of -war, and return to England, on condition of being considered as -prisoners of war until exchanged. The conduct of the officers -and soldiers who defended Brimstone-hill was highly commended in -Brigadier-General Fraser's despatch; and has been held up as an -example of British courage and resolution, by historians. - -The regiment returned to England, and many of the officers and men, -who had been made prisoners, were lost on the voyage, in the _Ville -de Paris_, a French ship, which had been captured by Admiral Rodney. - -This year the FIFTEENTH received the title of the EAST RIDING -YORKSHIRE regiment, and was directed to cultivate a connexion with -that part of the county, to facilitate the procuring of recruits. - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -[Sidenote: 1784] - -[Sidenote: 1785] - -During the year 1783, the regiment was stationed in Yorkshire, and -rapidly increased in numbers; in the following year it proceeded to -Ireland, and was employed on Dublin duty in 1785. - -[Sidenote: 1790] - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -After remaining in Ireland six years, the regiment embarked at -Cork, in the summer of 1790, mustering seven hundred men, and -proceeded to Barbadoes. In 1791, its establishment was reduced, and -upwards of two hundred men were transferred to other corps. - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -Lieut.-General Fawcett was removed to the third dragoon guards, -in August, 1792; and King George III. conferred the colonelcy -of the FIFTEENTH foot on Major-General James Hamilton, from the -lieut.-colonelcy of the twenty-first, or royal North British -fusiliers. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -In 1793 the regiment was removed from Barbadoes to Dominica, where -it was stationed several months. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -Resistance to the authority of the crown, in France, had, in the -meantime, led to a violent and sanguinary revolution, and the -French West India Islands had become the scene of democratic -outrage. Great Britain engaged in war to arrest the progress -of anarchy; and the FIFTEENTH regiment was selected to join an -expedition under General Sir Charles Grey, prepared to rescue the -French West India Islands from republican outrage. - -The expedition sailed from Carlisle-bay, Barbadoes, early in -February, 1794; landed at three different points on the island of -_Martinique_, on the 5th, 6th, and 8th of that month, and drove the -enemy from numerous strong posts. Two companies of the FIFTEENTH -distinguished themselves in storming Mount Mathurine, where a -battery was erected, which compelled the garrison of Pigeon Island -to surrender at discretion. 'The FIFTEENTH regiment, led by Major -Lyon and commanded by Captain Panmier, surprised several hundreds -of the enemy, very strongly posted, on the heights of Le Grand -Bouclain, on the 12th of February, killing several and taking all -their arms, ammunition, cattle, &c.'[13] The enemy's out-posts -being driven in, Fort Royal and Fort Bourbon were besieged; -the former was captured on the 20th of March, and the latter -surrendered two days afterwards. The loss of the regiment on this -service was limited to a few soldiers killed and wounded. - -The regiment remained at Martinique, while a detachment proceeded -to St. Lucia, and captured that island. - -From Martinique the expedition proceeded against _Guadaloupe_. -A determined resistance was experienced at this place, but the -island was captured before the end of April; and Sir Charles Grey -stated in his despatch, that he 'could not find words to convey an -adequate idea, or to express the high sense he entertained of the -extraordinary merit evinced by the officers and soldiers in this -service.' The regiment had Captain Comb and Ensign Croker killed, -and several private soldiers killed and wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -The regiment remained a short time at Martinique, and afterwards -proceeded to Dominica; but returned to Martinique in January, -1795, and was stationed at that island twelve months, under -Lieut.-Colonel Madden. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -In 1796 the regiment transferred two hundred and fifty men to the -forty-fifth foot, and embarked for England, its numbers being -reduced to fifty-three men. It landed in November at Portsmouth, -marched to Derby, and active measures were adopted to recruit its -ranks to the augmented establishment of a thousand men. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -[Sidenote: 1798] - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -Marching northward from Derby, in April, 1797, the regiment -proceeded across the border, and was stationed two years in -Scotland. It afterwards returned to England, and was quartered at -Sunderland barracks. - -The militia regiments being permitted to volunteer into the regular -army, fifteen hundred and thirty-eight men volunteered to the -FIFTEENTH, and the regiment was augmented to _two battalions_. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -Both battalions proceeded to Ireland in 1800, the first under the -command of Lieut.-Colonel Madden, and the second under Major Lord -Sinclair; Lieut.-Colonel Barry afterwards succeeded to the command -of the first battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -In 1802, the war was terminated by the treaty of Amiens; when -the British army was reduced, and the second battalion was -disbanded,--the establishment of the regiment being fixed at seven -hundred and fifty rank and file. - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -The conduct of Napoleon Buonaparte, then First Consul of France, -occasioned hostilities to be resumed in 1803, when the British army -was augmented, and preparations made to repel a threatened invasion -of the French. The FIFTEENTH regiment remained in Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -Preparations to repel the menaced French invasion were continued -in 1804, and a _second battalion_ was added to the regiment. It -was formed of men raised for limited service under the Additional -Force Act passed on the 29th of June, 1804, and was quartered at -Scarborough, in Yorkshire. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -During the winter, the first battalion again embarked for the West -Indies, and landed at Barbadoes on the 12th of March, 1805. In May, -Surgeon Shaw died at Barbadoes. - -This year is celebrated in the naval annals of Great Britain for -the splendid achievements of the marine forces of the kingdom. -Rear-Admiral Viscount Nelson having proceeded to the West Indies in -quest of the French fleet, the FIFTEENTH regiment received orders -to embark and serve as marines. It went on board on the 4th of -June, Lieut.-Colonel Barry and the staff being appointed to the -"Conqueror" of seventy-four guns; but after a cruise of fourteen -days, the fleet returned to port, and the regiment landed: it -therefore missed sharing in the glorious victory of Trafalgar, on -the 21st of October, 1805. During the months of July, August, and -September, the regiment lost nine officers and two hundred and -twelve men by fever. - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -In May, 1806, a draft of one hundred and twenty-four men joined -from the second battalion, and a few volunteers from the eleventh -regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -On the 24th of January, 1807, the regiment was suddenly embarked on -board the fleet; but after a short cruise returned to Barbadoes, -from whence it was removed to Grenada in April. - -The court of Denmark having united with France, in hostilities -against Great Britain, an expedition was prepared against the -Danish islands of _St. Thomas_ and _Santa Croix_, and the FIFTEENTH -embarked from Grenada to take part in this service. These colonies -surrendered on being summoned, and loss of life was thus prevented. - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -In July, 1808, a draft of six serjeants and two hundred and -ninety-three rank and file joined from the second battalion. - -In November and the early part of December, the regiment lost about -one hundred and fifty men from the effects of the climate of the -West Indies. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -The regiment joined the expedition under Lieut.-General Beckwith, -which sailed from Carlisle-bay, Barbadoes, on the 28th of January, -1809, against the island of _Martinique_. The first division landed -in Bay Robert, and the second near St. Luce and Point Solomon. -The enemy's force was numerous, and some sharp fighting occurred, -in which the regiment had the honor to distinguish itself, and -had several men killed and wounded. The conquest of the island -was achieved in a few weeks, and Lieut.-General Beckwith stated -in his public despatch,--'The having commanded such an army will -constitute the pride of my future life. To these brave troops, -conducted by Generals of experience, their king and country owe -the sovereignty of this important colony; and I trust, that by a -comparison of the force which defended it, and the time in which it -has fallen, the present reduction of Martinique will not be deemed -eclipsed by any former expedition.' - -The royal authority was afterwards given for the regiment to -bear the word "MARTINIQUE" on its colours, to commemorate its -distinguished gallantry on this occasion. Lieut.-Colonel Riall -received a medal for commanding a brigade, and Major Andrew -Davidson for commanding the regiment. - -Three French sail of the line and two frigates, from L'Orient, -having taken shelter in the _Saints_, in the vicinity of -Guadaloupe, they were blockaded by Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander -Cochrane; and three thousand men, of which force the FIFTEENTH -formed part, were detached, under Major-General Maitland, for -the reduction of the islands. This expedition sailed from Port -Royal on the 12th of April; a landing was effected in Ance Bois -Joly, and the difficult heights of Mount Russel, eight hundred -feet high, were stormed and captured, and a battery soon forced -the French shipping to put to sea. The reduction of the islands -was accomplished in a few days, and the enemy's garrison was -made prisoners of war. During the action on the 15th of April, -Lieut.-Colonel Phineas Riall volunteered to storm Fort Morelli, -with the FIFTEENTH regiment; but Major-General Maitland would not -allow the corps to engage in so dangerous an enterprise. - -Towards the end of April, the regiment returned to Grenada, where -it was stationed about nine months. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -Three hundred men of the regiment, including the flank companies, -embarked from Grenada, early in January, 1810, under Lieut.-Colonel -Riall, for Barbadoes, to join the expedition against _Guadaloupe_, -under Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith, and were formed in -brigade with a battalion of light infantry, and the third West -India regiment, under Brigadier-General Harcourt; this officer -being afterwards appointed to the command of a division, the -brigade was commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Riall, of the FIFTEENTH. - -The expedition rendezvoused at Prince Rupert's, Dominica, and the -FIFTEENTH accompanied the second division, which sailed on the -26th of January, and anchored at the Saints until the 29th, when -it proceeded towards Guadaloupe, and menaced the enemy's defences -at the Three Rivers. During the night the regiment landed in the -bay near the village of Les Vieux Habitans without opposition, and -afterwards advanced, the enemy's posts falling back skirmishing. -The French appearing in force on some high open ground, the -FIFTEENTH turned their right flank, the Royal West India Rangers -the left, and the thirteenth light infantry advanced against the -front, when the enemy was speedily forced from his ground. - -The regiment afterwards took part in completing the conquest of -the island, an achievement which reflected credit on the troops -employed in the enterprise. The conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Riall was -commended in the public despatch of the Commander of the Forces. - -The following statement appeared in general orders, dated 6th -February:--'The Commander of the Forces returns his thanks to the -officers of all ranks, for their meritorious exertions, and to the -non-commissioned officers and soldiers, for the cheerfulness with -which they have undergone the fatigues of a march, difficult in its -nature, through the strongest country in the world, and the spirit -they have manifested on all occasions to close with the enemy.' - -The loss of the regiment was limited to a few private soldiers -killed and wounded, and Captain William Grierson wounded. - -To commemorate the distinguished gallantry of the regiment on this -occasion, the royal authority was afterwards given for the word -"GUADALOUPE" to be displayed on its colours. Lieut.-Colonel Riall -received a medal for commanding a brigade. - -In March, that portion of the regiment which had been left at -Grenada, joined at Guadaloupe; also a draft of ninety men from the -second battalion. Another draft of one hundred men joined from the -second battalion in July, under Lieut.-Colonel Barry, who assumed -the command of the regiment,--Lieut.-Colonel Riall proceeding to -Europe on leave of absence. - -The health of the men soon afterwards suffered severely from -the effects of the climate of Guadaloupe, and two hundred and -seventy-six non-commissioned officers and soldiers died. The -survivors were moved to the Champ de Mars, and afterwards occupied -the convalescent posts of Matuba, Dolce, Vermont, and Vieux Fort. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -The regiment remained at Guadaloupe during the year 1811; in -May, 1812, it was removed to St. Christopher's and stationed on -Brimstone-hill, under Lieut.-Colonel Davidson. - -On the 21st of September, Lieut.-Colonel Renny joined with a -detachment of two serjeants, and one hundred and forty-six rank and -file, from the second battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -Several detachments also joined from the second battalion in 1813. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -After commanding the regiment twenty years, General Powell died -in the summer of 1814, and was succeeded in the colonelcy by -Lieut.-General Moore Disney, from major in the first foot guards. - -The victories of the British troops, in the Peninsula and the -south of France, having accomplished the reduction of the power of -Napoleon Buonaparte, and the restoration of the house of Bourbon to -the throne of France, a general peace was proclaimed, the army was -reduced, and the second battalion of the FIFTEENTH was disbanded -in October, 1814, on the island of Jersey, whither it had proceeded -in June, 1811: its services had been limited to Great Britain and -Jersey. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -Early in 1815, the men of the late second battalion embarked -to join the regiment at the island of St. Christopher; but the -transports encountered much severe weather, and were forced -into Falmouth harbour, and the soldiers landed. At this period, -Buonaparte had violated the treaty of 1814, and regained the -throne of France. War immediately followed; and His Royal Highness -the Prince Regent directed the second battalion of the FIFTEENTH -regiment to be re-formed; this took place accordingly, and the men -who had landed at Falmouth proceeded to Guernsey, where they were -joined by the depôt. - -The French troops on the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe -evinced a disposition to renounce their allegiance to Louis -XVIII., and proclaim Buonaparte, and the former island was taken -possession of by British troops in June; at _Guadaloupe_, the -Emperor Napoleon was proclaimed on the 18th of June, a day fatal -to his power on the field of Waterloo; and the first battalion of -the FIFTEENTH regiment proceeded from St. Christopher to Barbadoes, -from whence it sailed with the expedition against Guadaloupe, under -Lieut.-General Sir James Leith. A landing was effected on the -island on the 8th of August, and the French troops were speedily -forced to surrender prisoners of war. - -The regiment proceeded to the Champ de Mars, where it was stationed -until the end of September, when it embarked for Barbadoes. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -Peace having been restored, and Buonaparte sent in exile to St. -Helena, the second battalion of the regiment was disbanded in the -island of Guernsey, on the 25th of January, 1816; the men fit for -service embarking to join the first battalion at Barbadoes. - -On the 15th of April, the regiment marched from garrison at St. -Anne's, to quell an insurrection among the negroes in the interior -of the island of Barbadoes, where strong detachments remained until -June, when the regiment was removed to Martinique. - -In August, the French eighty-eighth regiment, or Martinique Legion, -arrived to garrison the island, and the FIFTEENTH, being relieved, -proceeded to Grenada, where they landed on the 5th of September, -and marched into garrison at Richmond-hill. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -From Grenada the regiment embarked, in the spring of 1817, in two -divisions, under Lieut.-Colonel Davidson and Major Maxwell, for -Halifax in Nova Scotia, where it was stationed two years. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -The right wing, under Major Maxwell, embarked for Bermuda in June, -1819, and relieved the left wing of the sixty-second regiment at -Fort George barracks, where the FIFTEENTH lost between sixty and -seventy men of the yellow fever, in August and September. - -[Sidenote: 1820] - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -During the year 1820, the regiment was stationed at Bermuda and -Nova Scotia. In the summer of 1821, it was relieved at the former -station by a wing of the second battalion of the sixtieth, and at -the latter by the eighty-first regiment; and embarking for England, -landed at Portsmouth in July and August, and was stationed at Fort -Cumberland until November, when it embarked for Plymouth. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -In the summer of 1822, the regiment was removed to Hull; in October -it embarked at Liverpool for Ireland, and landing at Dublin, -occupied Richmond barracks a few weeks, and afterwards proceeded to -Naas. - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -The regiment was removed in the summer of 1823 to Waterford, and -in the autumn to Cork, with a detachment at Spike Island; and it -occupied this station during the year 1824. - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -Leaving Cork in July, 1825, the regiment proceeded to Buttevant, -with detachments to the towns in the neighbourhood. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -A division of the regiment marched to Templemore in February, 1826, -and sent out numerous detachments. One party stationed at Thurles, -under Captain Temple, evinced great patience and forbearance, -united with a proper degree of firmness, in suppressing a riot at -that place, when several persons had been killed by the police. -Captain Temple received an address of thanks and approbation from -the magistrates and principal inhabitants of the town, for his cool -and judicious conduct on this occasion. In the autumn the regiment -marched to Galway, sending out eleven detachments. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -In April, 1827, the regiment was divided into six _service_ and -four _reserve_ companies, and marched to Fermoy, where it was -inspected by Major-General Sir George Bingham, who expressed his -unqualified approbation of its appearance, discipline, and interior -economy. In May, the service companies embarked from the Cove of -Cork, under Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, for Canada, and arrived -at Quebec on the 29th of June and 6th of July; they immediately -proceeded up the river St. Lawrence, to Kingston in Upper Canada, -where they remained ten months. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -Retiring down the River St. Lawrence, in boats, in May and June, -1828, the service companies proceeded to Montreal, from whence -the first division continued its journey, in a steam vessel, to -Quebec, and was followed by the second division in August. - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -The regiment was stationed at Quebec during the years 1829 and -1830; in October of the latter year, a strong detachment proceeded -to the Isle aux Noix, on Lake Champlain. - -The regiment continued in garrison at Quebec, detaching 100 rank -and file to the Isle aux Noix and St. John's, with a proportion of -officers and non-commissioned officers. - -[Sidenote: 1831] - -The regiment moved to Montreal on the 3rd of May of this year, -continuing its detachments. - -[Sidenote: 1832] - -On the 21st of May, 1832, Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, commanding the -regiment, and Commandant of the Garrison of Montreal, was called -upon by the magistrates of that place to be prepared to assist -the civil power in the event of a riot occurring at a contested -election for the west ward of the city, which was to terminate -on that day. Captain Temple was the captain of the piquet on the -occasion, but when it was turned out, Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh took -command of it in person. At the close of the poll, several acts -of violence were perpetrated both on persons and property, when -it became necessary to require the co-operation of the piquet in -restoring order. The Riot Act having been read, the Lieut.-Colonel -was authorised by the Magistrates to take such steps as might -appear to him necessary. The piquet was immediately marched in the -direction of the rioters, who assailed the party with stones and -other missiles, when the order to "fire" was given, not, however, -until every effort had been exerted to cause them to disperse. The -front rank alone, consisting of about sixteen men, discharged their -pieces in quick succession, the consequences of which proved fatal -on the spot to three of the rioters; several others were severely -wounded, but the disturbance was effectually checked. The regiment -remained under arms in different parts of the town during the night. - -A company of the Royal Artillery stationed at the Island of St. -Helen's, under the command of Captain W. C. Anderson, brought over -two nine-pounders in the short space of twelve minutes from the -time the signal was given for their services, and remained on duty -with the regiment until the next day. This was remarkable, as the -river is nearly a mile broad, with a very rapid current, and the -guns had to be shipped in bateaux after the signal was made, and -re-limbered on landing at the Montreal side. - -The conduct of the troops, particularly that portion under the -immediate orders of Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, was marked by great -steadiness and forbearance, notwithstanding that they had been -harassed by continual alarms for some days previous to the riot. On -the day of the 21st the rain fell in torrents, whilst the men were -exposed to it for hours before the riot commenced. - -The following documents are deemed worthy of a place in these -Records; the conduct and discipline of the corps, on the occasion -referred to, being highly estimated by the civil and military -authorities. - - _Presentment of Grand Jury._ - - 'The grand jury humbly represent to the court, that, in the - investigation of the occurrence upon which were founded the - bills for murder against William Robertson and Pierre Lukin, - esquires, Colonel Macintosh and Captain Temple, they have fully - and impartially examined into all the circumstances of the case, - and the result of their proceedings is the conviction, that no - ground exists for any criminal charge against those individuals. - In such an instance as the present, where violent agitation has - convulsed society, the grand jury are compelled by a sense of - duty, beyond the mere rejection of the bills, to endeavour at - allaying excitement, by an expression of the knowledge at which - they have arrived after a severe inquiry into the transaction. - - 'However much the grand jury may deplore the fatal consequences - which flowed from the introduction of an armed force on that - occasion, they feel persuaded that it was fully justified by - the conjuncture; and its timely interposition, in their belief, - averted the calamities which must have ensued if the rioters had - been suffered to pursue their impetuous and destructive course. - - 'With this view of the case, the grand jury cannot withhold the - public declaration of their opinion, that the conduct observed, - as well by the magistrates as by the military authorities, during - those events, is worthy of commendation at the hands of those - who love peace and respect the laws; while the inhabitants of - the city of Montreal, in particular, are deeply indebted to the - firm discharge by those gentlemen of their respective duties, - for restoration to a state of security and for the protection of - their lives and property.' - - - GENERAL ORDER. - - '_Head Quarters_, - '_Quebec, 2nd September, 1832_. - - 'On the 21st of May last, a detachment of the FIFTEENTH regiment, - commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, having under his orders - Captain Temple of the same regiment, was called out by the - magistrates of Montreal, for the purpose of aiding the civil - power in the suppression of a riot in that city, by which the - lives and property of the inhabitants were endangered; and the - magistrates having failed in their efforts to restore order by - other means, the troops were required to make use of their arms, - on which occasion three individuals were unfortunately killed, - and others wounded. - - 'The loss of life caused by the fire of the troops is an event - deeply to be deplored, and the Commander of the Forces is - persuaded that throughout the colony there are not to be found - any individuals who more sincerely and more sensibly lament that - event than Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, Captain Temple, and those - very soldiers whose painful duty it was to make use of their arms - on the 21st of May. It is, however, consoling to reflect that - the riot was suppressed without a further sacrifice of human - life, which there was every reason to apprehend; and perhaps very - many of the peaceable inhabitants of the city of Montreal are - at this moment indebted for the preservation of their lives and - property, to the timely interference of the troops acting under - the direction of the magistrates. - - 'Although the Commander of the Forces was disposed to place - the greatest reliance on the discretion and judgment of - Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, and upon the steadiness and discipline - of the regiment under his command, his Lordship, nevertheless, - considered it to be incumbent upon him to suspend the judgment - in regard to the events of the 21st of May, until the whole - of the circumstances connected with those events should have - undergone the fullest investigation before the proper tribunals - of the country, whose duty it is to take cognizance of criminal - offences. - - 'This duty has now been performed, and Lieut.-Colonel - Macintosh, Captain Temple, and the troops under their command, - in suppressing the riot at Montreal on the 21st of May last, - having been absolved from all blame, the Commander of the - Forces hastens to embrace the opportunity thus afforded him, - to convey to Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, Captain Temple, and the - non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the FIFTEENTH regiment, - employed in the suppression of a riot at Montreal on the 21st - of May last, his approbation of the judgment, steadiness, and - discipline, displayed by them in their respective stations on - that occasion.' - -An address was likewise presented to Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh -and Captain Temple, by the citizens of Montreal, from which the -following extracts are made:-- - - 'Gentlemen--We, the subscribers, citizens of Montreal, feel it a - duty that we owe to you, to express our thanks for your conduct - and that of the troops under your command, on the occasion of - your being called upon to restore and preserve the public peace, - so unhappily broken, at the close of the poll for the election of - a member for the west ward of this city on the 21st of May last. - - 'So strong was our conviction of the importance of the services - rendered by you and the magistrates on that occasion, that our - desire was to have expressed our testimony of them immediately - upon their occurrence; but considerations arising from the - interposition of judicial authority prompted us to defer it. - - 'These considerations having now been removed in a manner - the most satisfactory to you and to ourselves, we beg most - respectfully to convey to you this expression of the obligation - we feel we are under to you for the safety, that we then, and - have since, enjoyed in our persons and property through your - means; for that it is to the military, and to the magistrates, - that we owe our preservation, has been manifestly brought to - light before the grand jury, by their finding and presentments - lately returned into the Court of King's Bench. - - 'We have only further to express a regret that the performance of - a necessary but painful duty, should have subjected any one of - you to unpleasant and unmerited restraint.' - -The following letter from the Military Secretary of the General -Commanding in Chief, addressed to Lieut.-General Lord Aylmer, -_K.C.B._, Commander of the Forces in Canada, was published in the -General Orders of the Colony:-- - - '_Horse Guards, Oct. 23rd, 1832._ - - 'MY LORD, - - 'I have had the honor to receive and submit to the General - Commanding in Chief, your Lordship's despatches of the 30th July - and 7th September last, conveying, for Lord Hill's information, - reports of what had taken place in consequence of a detachment - of the FIFTEENTH Regiment of Foot, under the command of - Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh and Captain Temple, called out in aid - of the civil power at Montreal on the 21st of May last, having - been compelled to resort to the use of their arms, by which, - unfortunately, three persons were killed, and several wounded. - The General Commanding in Chief, equally with your Lordship, - laments the loss of life upon the occasion adverted to; but, in - justice to Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh and Captain Temple, feels - bound to say, after an attentive perusal of all the papers - bearing upon the case, that he knows no instance in which troops - have been employed in the suppression of riots, where greater - judgment, discretion, or humanity, has been displayed; and - if these officers have since been annoyed by accusations of - murder, and by every proceeding which could tend to keep alive - anxiety, they have at least the consolation of feeling that they - have discharged a painful but imperative duty, with temper and - moderation, and that by so doing they put an end to disorders, - which would probably have led to consequences most disastrous to - the city of Montreal. - - (Signed) 'FITZROY SOMERSET.' - -In the month of June of this year, the colony was visited by that -afflicting scourge, the Asiatic cholera. One of the very first -individuals attacked was a sentry on the regimental guard; he was -relieved from his post, complaining of the usual symptoms, and -despite the most prompt attention, he expired in a few hours. -From this time the utmost consternation prevailed in the city, -the disease making rapid progress: the deaths were one in ten of -the whole population, without distinction of age or rank. Several -men were hourly admitted into hospital, where death very shortly -ended their sufferings. The hospital serjeant and all the orderlies -(several of whom had volunteered to assist their unfortunate -comrades) fell sacrifices to their zeal, when the disease was -on the decline. One man only, who was in the worst stage of the -disease, finally survived. It is worthy of remark that none of the -officers were in the least affected, although their duties exposed -them constantly, by day and night, to an infected atmosphere. - -In order to give increased ventilation in the barracks, as well -as to relieve the attention of the soldiers, a large detachment, -chiefly of married men, was sent to La Prairie to occupy an old -cavalry barrack there; but this step proved fatal to many of them. -It was shortly after determined to remove the whole regiment to -the Island of St. Helen's, opposite to the city, where the men -were encamped. Thirty-seven men died of this scourge between the -12th and 24th of June, 1832, but not a single case occurred after -the regiment was placed under canvass. Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh -proceeded to England, and did not again rejoin the regiment, having -exchanged to half-pay with Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Horton. - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -The regiment was moved to Kingston, Upper Canada, in the spring of -this year, where it had been stationed on first arriving in the -colony, detaching one company to Brockville in aid of the civil -power, and a company to Cornwall, where some public works were in -course of construction. - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -The FIFTEENTH moved this year to Toronto, the seat of Government in -Upper Canada, detaching one company to Fort George and another to -Amherstburg, frontier posts; and a subaltern's party proceeded to -Penetanquishene, the most advanced military post on Lake Huron. The -Canadas were again visited this year by the Asiatic cholera; the -regiment, however, did not suffer in the least. - -[Sidenote: 1835] - -Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Horton, from the half-pay, _vice_ Macintosh, -assumed the command of the regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -During the year 1836 the detachments at Fort George and -Amherstburg, were relieved by companies from head quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -In the year 1837 all the detachments were withdrawn, and the -regiment moved to Quebec, in expectation of returning to England: -the unsettled state of the Canadas, however, called for an -increased force, and the regiment remained in that garrison during -the autumn and winter of 1837. - -The importance of the citadel at a time when a rebellion had -actually broken out, and the population of the place hostile to -the government, caused the duty of the garrison to bear heavily -upon the regiment, which, with two companies of the sixty-sixth -regiment, two companies of artillery, and a battalion of volunteer -militia, raised on the emergency, formed the whole force for the -protection of this important place. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -On the 9th May, several ships of war were announced by telegraph; -and they shortly after anchored opposite the citadel, having on -board the Governor-General, the Earl of Durham, and suite, and -a brigade of guards, consisting of upwards of 1600 men, under -Major-General Sir James Macdonnell. - -The regiment immediately vacated its quarters and proceeded to -Chambly, on the river Richelieu, an important post, as being -situated in the centre of a populous and disaffected country. - -Two drafts consisting of 226 men joined from the depôt companies, -nearly 100 of them volunteers from the nineteenth regiment. New -accoutrements were supplied, and all unserviceable arms were -likewise replaced. - -Lieut.-Colonel Horton resigned the command of the regiment, and -proceeded to England in the month of June, at which time two troops -of the seventh hussars were added to the garrison of Chambly. - -Lieut.-Colonel Lord Charles Wellesley, who exchanged from half-pay -with Lieut.-Colonel Horton, arrived in Canada, and assumed the -command of the regiment in October, 1838. - -On the 18th of October the head-quarter division of the first (or -King's) dragoon guards, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel the -Honorable George Cathcart, replaced the squadron of the seventh -hussars. About midnight, a fire was discovered in the centre of the -officers' quarters, which consisted of a long range of buildings of -one story only, but being very old, and entirely of wood, they were -consumed in less than half an hour. The regiment had to deplore the -loss of the two senior Ensigns (Walter Carey and William Dering -Adair Roe), the fire having originated in the particular porch in -which their quarters were situated. Ensign Carey had got clear of -all danger, but incautiously attempted to secure a favourite object -of value, when he sank in the midst of the burning mass. Ensign Roe -was rescued from the flames, apparently not much burnt; he walked -nearly half a mile to the hospital without assistance, but died in -the course of the day, mortification having rapidly taken place: -the unfortunate sufferers were committed to the same tomb, and a -tablet was erected to their memory in the parish church, by their -brother officers, as a mark of their regard, and of deep regret at -their untimely fate. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. - -Although the revolt of 1837 had been put down, another attempt to -wrest the colony from the control of the Supreme Government was -known to be in agitation; and, as the line of the Richelieu was -the most disaffected, several parties of the military forces were -employed in searching for arms, and apprehending suspected persons. -About mid-day of the 8th November, an unexpected order was received -to move the chief part of the regiment to St. John's, (where a -detachment of 100 men had been stationed for some time,) and -although the weather was most inclement, the regiment reached its -destination shortly after dark. - -His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne, now Lord Seaton, -Commander of the Forces and Governor-in-Chief, was there in person, -with the whole of his staff. The seventy-third regiment had also -been brought from Montreal. - -A large body of insurgents having taken possession of a village -near the frontier, their sympathizing friends in the United States -endeavoured to open a communication with them and join them; that, -being united, they might act with more effect against the isolated -positions occupied by the troops: in this object they were, -however, frustrated by the timely approach of the Commander of the -Forces in person. - -As the troops advanced, the country was deserted by the misguided -inhabitants, who did not anticipate the immediate consequences -of their disaffection, and on arriving near the village of -Napierville, where the rebels were said to be in force, it was -discovered that they had dispersed; nor could they afterwards be -brought to face the troops in any single instance. A small party, -however, of volunteers, signalized themselves by attacking a -superior force of the disaffected, who in their turn became the -aggressors, but they were repulsed, and dispersed with great loss. - -The troops were cantoned for a few days in the immediate -neighbourhood of Napierville, during which the misguided habitans -sheltered themselves in the woods, submitting their property to the -pillage of the soldiery, who were living at free quarters during -the time. - -An irruption being threatened by the sympathizers, at a place -called Hemingford, a short distance from the frontier, but on the -opposite side of the Richelieu, the Commander of the Forces moved -there, accompanied by a division of the FIFTEENTH and seventy-third -regiments, some artillery, and two troops of the first (or King's) -dragoon guards. - -The loyal portion of the inhabitants were speedily formed, and -prepared to assist the troops in acting as circumstances might -require. But the activity of the Commander of the Forces checked -the ardour of the marauders, who never fairly made their appearance. - -During the remainder of the month of November, the regiment was -employed in searching for arms, throughout the counties bordering -on the Richelieu, and succeeded in securing large quantities of -them, after which service the corps returned to Chambly. - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -The head-quarters were again moved in December to St. John's, and -from thence to the Isle aux Noix, sending two companies to take -post at Napierville, thus occupying the frontier line. But one -occasion offered for proving the alacrity and discipline of the -regiment. An order was received about eleven o'clock, A.M., on the -5th January, to move two hundred and fifty to Henryville, a small -hamlet to the east of the Richelieu, with all possible despatch; -and the division, in complete marching order, arrived at its -destination before sunset; although the distance was only seven -miles, the march had to be performed through uncleared woods, and -over roads in many places breast-deep in snow, where the men were -obliged to file in single rank. The sixty-sixth regiment, and some -companies of the grenadier guards, together with a half battery -of artillery, were already concentrated there, under the command -of Major-General Sir James Macdonnell. The promptness of this -forward movement, however, deterred the marauders from effecting -their nefarious designs; and the troops shortly returned to their -several stations. - -The regiment moved to Montreal, and took up quarters at the island -of St. Helen's, withdrawing the companies at Napierville, but -detaching two companies to William Henry, and one to Three Rivers. - -During the summer, the regiment suffered severely from ophthalmia, -and although situated most favourably (the rapid and clear stream -of the St. Lawrence perpetually flowing round the island), and -unremittingly watched by the staff and regimental surgeons, the -disease was not eradicated. - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -The service companies returned to England on the 25th June of -this year, on board the "Athol" troopship, and disembarked at -Portsmouth, where the depôt companies awaited their arrival. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -The regiment was quartered at the Haslar and Fort Monckton -barracks, until January, 1841, when it marched to Winchester. From -thence it was moved to Woolwich in June, detaching three companies -to Deptford. - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -The FIFTEENTH moved to Windsor early in the month of April, -where the regiment remained until November. On being relieved by -a battalion of the grenadier guards, the regiment proceeded to -Manchester, the head-quarters moving shortly after to Chester -Castle. - -Whilst stationed at Windsor, the regiment was highly honored by the -personal inspection of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and her -August Consort, the Prince Albert. - -Her Majesty, on another occasion, reviewed the regiment in the Home -Park, attended by H.R.H. the Prince Albert, and the Hereditary -Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha. - -Her Majesty was, on both occasions, most graciously pleased to -express her approbation of the appearance of the men, and the -precision of their movements. - -The half-yearly inspection of the regiment, by Lieut.-General Sir -John Macdonald, _G.C.B._, Adjutant-General to the Forces, took -place in the Home Park at Windsor, on the 22nd of July. He was -pleased to approve highly of the interior discipline and appearance -of the regiment. - -At this period, upwards of five hundred men had been recruited -for the regiment since its return from Canada, and fifty-eight -volunteers were furnished to the following corps this year, namely, -to the forty-second royal Highland regiment, the ninety-seventh -regiment, and the St. Helena regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1843] - -On the 31st October and 1st November, the FIFTEENTH proceeded from -Windsor to the northern district, and were stationed at Chester, -where the regiment remained until June 1843, when it marched to -Manchester, and in the following month embarked for Ireland, and -was stationed at Templemore. - -[Sidenote: 1844] - -[Sidenote: 1845] - -In March, 1844, the regiment proceeded from Templemore to Limerick; -and in July, 1845, it was formed into six service and four depôt -companies. The former marched to Cork, and embarked on the 8th and -17th September, in the "Maria Somes" and "Mariner" transports, -for Ceylon; the head-quarter division under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel Thomas A. Drought, and the second division under -Major R. A. Cuthbert. The depôt companies proceeded from Limerick -to Waterford in August, 1845, and were quartered there during the -following year. - -[Sidenote: 1846] - -[Sidenote: 1847] - -The service companies arrived at Ceylon on the 15th and 26th -January, 1846, and were stationed at Colombo until the 26th -November, when the head-quarters were removed to Kandy, remaining -there during the year 1847. The depôt companies marched from -Waterford to Clonmel, in July, 1847; and on the 21st October -embarked at Dublin for Liverpool, and proceeded to Chester. - -[Sidenote: 1848] - -In June, 1848, the period of the conclusion of this Record, the -service companies of the FIFTEENTH regiment remained at Kandy; the -depôt companies removed in the month of May, from Chester Castle -to South Wales, the head-quarters being stationed at Brecon, with -detachments at Dowlais and Swansea. - - -1848. - - -[Illustration: FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT - -FOR CANNONS MILITARY RECORDS.] - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[6] Afterwards colonel of the twenty-seventh foot. - -[7] Memoirs of Captain GEORGE CARLETON. This officer was appointed -lieutenant in the FIFTEENTH foot, from the Dutch service, in June, -1687. He was born at Ewelme in Oxfordshire, and was descended from -an ancient and honorable family: Lord Dudley Carleton, who died -Secretary of State to King Charles I., was his great-uncle; and -in the same reign, his father was envoy in Spain, and his uncle -ambassador in Holland. Several editions of his Memoirs have been -printed. - -[8] Carleton's Memoirs. - -[9] London Gazette. - -[10] Carleton's Memoirs.--From a defect of memory, Captain Carleton -has placed the expedition to Inverlochy after the action at -Cromdale. - -[11] _Cape Breton_ had been previously captured, in the year 1745, -by the New England Militia, under the command of Colonel William -Pepperell, assisted by a naval squadron under Commodore Warren. -Mutual restitutions taking place by the conditions of the treaty of -Aix-la-Chapelle, _Cape Breton_ was restored to France, in exchange -for _Madras_, which had been taken by the French. - -[12] In censuring the grenadiers for their rash conduct, -Major-General Wolfe observed in orders, 'Amherst's (the FIFTEENTH) -and the Highlanders (seventy-eighth), alone, by the soldier-like -and cool manner in which they formed, would, undoubtedly, have -beaten back the whole Canadian army, if the enemy had ventured to -attack them.' - -[13] General Sir Charles Grey's despatch. - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF THE - -FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -SIR WILLIAM CLIFTON, BART. - -_Appointed 22nd June, 1685._ - -WILLIAM CLIFTON succeeded, on the decease of his uncle, in January, -1675, to the dignity of Baronet, of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. -On the breaking out of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, -he evinced loyalty to King James II., and interested himself in -raising a regiment for His Majesty's service, now the FIFTEENTH -foot, of which he was appointed colonel, by commission dated the -22nd of June, 1685. When tranquillity was restored, he retired from -the service, and was not afterwards employed in a military capacity. - - -ARTHUR HERBERT. - -_Appointed 12th May, 1686._ - -ARTHUR HERBERT (son of Sir Edward Herbert, attorney-general to -King Charles I., and afterwards keeper of the great seal) was -educated for the naval service, and after serving in subordinate -commissions, he had the command of a squadron before Tangier; he -afterwards was at the head of a fleet sent against Algiers, and -obtained the reputation of an able naval commander. King James II. -gave him the colonelcy of a corps of musketeers and pikemen, now -the FIFTEENTH foot; but afterwards deprived him of his commission -for opposition to the measures of the court. He proceeded to -Holland, and was well received by the Prince of Orange, who -nominated him Admiral of the Dutch fleet which accompanied His -Highness to England in the autumn of 1688, when the revolution -was accomplished. When the Prince and Princess of Orange were -elevated to the throne, Admiral Herbert was raised to the peerage -by the title of Baron Torbay and EARL OF TORRINGTON, his creation -bearing date the 29th of May, 1689. He was also constituted first -commissioner of the Admiralty, commander-in-chief of the fleet, and -colonel of a regiment of marines, which was afterwards disbanded. -He commanded the British shipping in a sharp engagement with the -French, in Bantry-bay, in the summer of 1689; he also commanded the -British fleet in the disastrous naval action off Beachy-head, in -the summer of 1690; and was afterwards committed to the Tower on -suspicion of treachery, in consequence of his not having brought -the British fleet gallantly into action, which occasioned the Dutch -shipping to sustain severe loss in contest with superior numbers. -He was brought to trial before a court-martial, and acquitted; -but he was removed from his appointments, and was not afterwards -employed in the service of his sovereign. He died in April, 1716. - - -SACKVILLE TUFTON. - -_Appointed 12th March, 1687._ - -SACKVILLE TUFTON, brother of the Earl of Thanet, was several years -an officer of the first foot guards, in which corps King Charles -II. promoted him to the commission of captain of His Majesty's -own company. He also served in the foot guards in the early part -of the reign of King James II., who promoted him to the colonelcy -of a corps of infantry, now the FIFTEENTH foot. At the revolution -in 1688, he adhered to the interest of the Stuart dynasty, -and refusing to take the oath to the Prince of Orange, he was -superseded in the command of his regiment. He died in 1741. - - -SIR JAMES LESLEY. - -_Appointed 31st December, 1688._ - -This officer served with reputation in the Queen's regiment, now -second foot, or the Queen's Royal, at Tangier in Africa, where he -had opportunities of distinguishing himself against the Moors, and -King Charles II. promoted him to the majority of his regiment. -He served against the rebels under the Duke of Monmouth, in the -summer of 1685; was at the battle of Sedgemoor; and was rewarded -by King James II. with the lieut.-colonelcy of the Queen Dowager's -regiment. Joining the interests of the Prince of Orange, at the -Revolution, he was nominated colonel of the FIFTEENTH foot, with -which corps he served against the insurgent clans in Scotland, and -also under King William III., in Flanders. He commanded a brigade -at the attack of Fort Kenoque in 1695; and was afterwards engaged -in the defence of Dixmude, where he yielded to the suggestions of -the governor, and voted, in a council of war, for the surrender -of the town, for which he was cashiered, by sentence of a general -court-martial. The governor, the Dutch General Ellemberg, was -beheaded at Ghent. - - -EMANUEL HOWE. - -_Appointed 1st November, 1695._ - -EMANUEL HOWE, brother of Viscount Howe, of Ireland, served under -King William III., in the Netherlands, in the first foot guards, -in which corps he was advanced to captain and lieut.-colonel. In -the autumn of 1695, His Majesty nominated Lieut.-Colonel Howe, to -the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH foot, with which corps he served -during the remainder of the war. In the reign of Queen Anne he was -employed in a diplomatic capacity, and was several years envoy -extraordinary at the court of Hanover. He was promoted to the rank -of major-general in 1707, and to that of lieut.-general in the -beginning of 1709. He died on the 26th of September, 1709. - - -ALGERNON EARL OF HERTFORD. - -_Appointed 23rd October, 1709._ - -ALGERNON SEYMOUR, Earl of Hertford, eldest son of the Duke of -Somerset, served with reputation under the celebrated John Duke -of Marlborough, in Flanders, and was at the battle of Oudenarde, -and covering the siege of Lisle, in 1708. In 1709 he served at -the siege of Tournay, the battle of Malplaquet, and the siege of -Mons; and on the death of Lieut.-Gen. Howe, he was nominated to -the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH foot, at the head of which regiment -he served in Flanders during the campaigns of 1710, 1711, and -1712; and he was appointed governor of Tynemouth castle, and -Clifford-fort. On the accession of King George I., the Earl of -Hertford was appointed to the second troop, now second regiment, -of life guards; in 1737 he was nominated governor of Minorca and -was removed in 1740 to the royal regiment of horse guards (blue); -in 1742 he resigned the government of Minorca, and was appointed -governor of Guernsey. In 1748 he succeeded to the dignity of DUKE -OF SOMERSET. His decease occurred in February, 1750. - - -HARRY HARRISON. - -_Appointed 8th February, 1715._ - -This officer entered the army as ensign in a regiment of foot, on -the 22nd of February, 1695, and served two campaigns in Flanders -under King William III. He also served with reputation in the wars -of Queen Anne, and was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the -thirty-ninth foot, with which corps he embarked for Portugal in -1707. He served the campaign of 1708, on the frontiers of Portugal, -under the Marquis of Fronteira; and in 1709, evinced signal -gallantry at the battle of the Caya. He served in Portugal during -the remainder of the war; was promoted to the rank of colonel in -1711; and at the peace of Utrecht, accompanied his regiment to -Minorca. In 1715, King George I. rewarded his services with the -colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH foot, with which regiment he served in -the action at Glensheil in 1719. He was promoted to the rank of -brigadier-general in 1735, to that of major-general in 1739, and -lieut.-general in 1748. He died in March, 1749. - - -JOHN JORDAN. - -_Appointed 15th April, 1749._ - -JOHN JORDAN procured a commission in the army in December, 1704, -and served in the war of the Spanish succession. In 1739 he was -appointed major, and in 1741 lieut.-colonel of the tenth dragoons; -and his constant attention to all the duties of his station was -rewarded, in 1749, with the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH foot. In -April, 1756, he was removed to the ninth dragoons. He died in the -following month. - - -JEFFERY AMHERST. - -_Appointed 22nd May, 1756._ - -JEFFERY AMHERST attached himself in early life to the profession of -arms, and in 1745 he was appointed captain and lieut.-colonel in -the first foot guards. In 1756 he was promoted to the colonelcy of -the FIFTEENTH foot; and in 1758 he was nominated commander-in-chief -in North America (with the local rank of lieut.-general), and -colonel-in-chief of the sixtieth regiment: in the following year he -was promoted to the rank of major-general. - -The achievements of the British forces in North America, during the -period he was commander-in-chief in that country, are inscribed on -an obelisk in the grounds of his seat at Montreal, viz:-- - - _Louisbourg_ surrendered, and six battalions made prisoners of war, - July the 26th, 1758. - - _Fort du Quesne_ taken possession of, 24th November, 1758. - - _Niagara_ surrendered, 25th July, 1759. - - _Ticonderago_ taken possession of, 26th July, 1759. - - _Crown Point_ taken possession of, 4th August, 1759. - - _Quebec_ capitulated, 18th September, 1759. - - _Fort Levi_ surrendered, 25th August, 1760. - - _Isle aux Noix_ abandoned, 28th August, 1760. - - _Montreal_ surrendered, and with it all Canada, and ten _French_ - battalions laid down their arms, 8th September, 1760. - - _St. John's, Newfoundland_, re-taken, the 18th of September, 1762. - -In 1768 Sir Jeffery Amherst resigned his commissions; but was -soon afterwards appointed colonel of the third regiment of foot, -and also re-appointed colonel-in-chief of the sixtieth, or royal -American regiment of foot. He was advanced to the peerage by the -title of BARON AMHERST of Holmesdale, in the county of Kent, in -1776; and three years afterwards the colonelcy of the second troop -of horse grenadier guards was given to his lordship. On the decease -of Lord Robert Bertie, in 1782, Lord Amherst was appointed colonel -of the second troop of life guards, which, in 1788, was formed -into the second regiment of life guards. His Lordship retained the -commission of colonel of the second life guards, and performed the -court duty of Gold Stick until his decease in 1797. - - -CHARLES HOTHAM. - -_Appointed 21st September, 1768._ - -CHARLES HOTHAM, son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Baronet, was many years -an officer in the first foot guards, in which corps he was promoted -to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in May, 1758, and in -1762 he obtained the rank of colonel in the army: he also held the -court appointment of groom of the bedchamber to King George III., -who nominated him to the colonelcy of the sixty-third regiment in -1765, and removed him to the FIFTEENTH foot in 1768. On the decease -of his father, in 1771, he succeeded to the dignity of BARONET; and -his relation, Mr. Thompson, a wealthy merchant, having left him a -valuable legacy, he obtained His Majesty's permission to assume the -surname of THOMPSON. He was promoted to the rank of major-general -in 1772; to that of lieut.-general in 1777; and general in 1793; -he was also honored with the dignity of Knight of the Order of -the Bath. He resigned the colonelcy of his regiment in 1775; he -also relinquished his court appointment of groom of the bedchamber -to His Majesty, but the King kept the situation vacant until his -decease in 1794. - - -RICHARD EARL OF CAVAN. - -_Appointed 7th September, 1775._ - -RICHARD LAMBART, son of the Honorable Henry Lambart, third son of -Charles third Earl of Cavan, served in the army in the war of the -Austrian succession, and in June, 1756, he was promoted to captain -and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards. He was advanced to -the rank of colonel in 1762, and to that of major-general in 1772; -he succeeded to the dignity of EARL OF CAVAN in the same year. In -1774 he was appointed colonel of the fifty-fifth regiment; and was -removed to the FIFTEENTH in the following year: in 1777 he was -promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. He died in November, 1778. - - -SIR WILLIAM FAWCETT, K.B. - -_Appointed 12th November, 1778._ - -WILLIAM FAWCETT, descended from the ancient family of Fawcetts, -of Shipden Hall, near Halifax, having, from his early youth, a -strong predilection for a military life, his friends procured him -an ensign's commission in General Oglethorp's regiment, which was -stationed in Georgia; but a British force having been sent to -Flanders in 1742, he resigned his commission, proceeded to the -continent, and, serving as a volunteer, was at the battles of -Dettingen and Fontenoy, where his gallantry attracted admiration; -and he was appointed ensign in a regiment raised by Colonel -Johnstone, with which he served until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, -in 1748, when it was disbanded. - -Being now unemployed, he engaged in the service of a mercantile -establishment in the city of London; but finding his propensity to -a military life invincible, he subsequently purchased an ensign's -commission in the foot guards, and, by a strict attention to his -duties, procured the favour of his Royal Highness William Duke of -Cumberland, who gave him the adjutancy of the second battalion of -the third foot guards, which he held together with a lieutenantcy, -which gave him the rank of captain. Neglecting no opportunity of -qualifying himself for the highest posts in his profession, he -studied the German and French languages, acquired a knowledge of -Prussian and French tactics; and in 1757 published a translation of -the 'Memoirs upon the Art of War, by Marshal Count de Saxe,' and -'The Regulations for Prussian Cavalry;' and, in 1759, 'Regulations -for the Prussian Infantry,' and 'The Prussian Tactics.' These works -met with great attention, and a new edition in 1760 was also well -received. - -In the early part of the Seven Years' War, Captain Fawcett served -in Germany as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Grenville Elliott, -where he acquired increased knowledge of the military art; and his -ardour, intrepidity, and attention to the duties of his situation, -were such, that on the decease of Lieutenant-General Grenville -Elliott, Captain Fawcett was recommended for the appointment of -aide-de-camp to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and he had also the -offer of the same appointment to the Marquis of Granby; he chose -the latter, and was sent to England with the despatches which -gave the account of the victory at Warbourg; on which occasion, -King George II. was highly gratified at having the particulars of -this engagement related to him in the German language by Captain -Fawcett. He was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in -the army on the 25th of November, 1760; and, continuing to serve -in Germany, was appointed military secretary to the Marquis of -Granby. It is recorded that, in Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett's -character, strength and softness were happily blended together, -and to coolness, intrepidity, and extensive military knowledge, he -added all the requisite talents of a man of business, and the most -persevering assiduity. He was highly esteemed by every officer on -the staff of the army, and was the intimate and confidential friend -of the Marquis of Granby. He remained on service until the peace -in 1763, when he returned to England; and his knowledge of the -German language, with the information he possessed from his late -office, was the occasion of his being employed by King George III. -as commissary to settle the claims made by the Allies against Great -Britain for the expenses of the war. - -In November, 1767, he obtained a company in the third foot guards; -and in 1772 he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army, and -nominated deputy adjutant-general of the forces. - -At the commencement of the American war, Colonel Fawcett was sent -to Germany, to negotiate with the states of Hesse, Hanover, and -Brunswick, for a body of troops to serve in British pay. In 1776 he -was appointed governor of Gravesend and Tilbury-fort; was promoted -to major-general in 1777, and nominated colonel of the FIFTEENTH -foot in 1778: in 1781 he was constituted adjutant-general of the -forces. The rank of lieut.-general was conferred upon this valuable -servant of the crown in 1782; in 1786 His Majesty honored him with -the riband of the Order of the Bath, and in 1792, gave him the -colonelcy of the third, or Prince of Wales's, dragoon guards. - -In May, 1796, Sir William Fawcett received the rank of general, -and was appointed governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in -July following. The duties of adjutant-general requiring greater -exertions than his health would admit of, he obtained the King's -permission to resign, and on retiring from office His Majesty -honored him with distinguished marks of his royal favour and -approbation. In 1799 Sir William Fawcett was appointed general on -the staff, and performed the duties of commander-in-chief during -the absence of the Duke of York on the continent. - -He died in March, 1804, and his funeral was honored with the -presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal -Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence, Kent, and Cambridge, and of -many noblemen and general officers. - - -JAMES HAMILTON. - -_Appointed 22nd August, 1792._ - -This officer served with reputation in the reign of King George -II., and in 1761 he took an active part in raising the 113th -regiment, or Royal Highlanders, of which corps he was appointed -major-commandant. At the peace in 1763 his corps was disbanded, -and he was placed on half-pay; he was promoted to the rank of -lieut.-colonel in May, 1772, and appointed to the twenty-first -regiment, or Royal North British Fusiliers, in March, 1774. He -served with reputation in the American war; was promoted to -the rank of colonel in 1780; to that of major-general in 1787; -appointed colonel of the FIFTEENTH regiment in 1792, and removed to -the twenty-first in 1794. He obtained the rank of lieut.-general in -1797, and that of general in 1802. His decease occurred in 1803. - - -HENRY WATSON POWELL. - -_Appointed 20th June, 1794._ - -At the augmentation of the army in 1756, this officer was appointed -captain of a company in the second battalion of the eleventh foot, -which battalion was numbered the sixty-fourth regiment in 1758. In -1770 he obtained the majority of the thirty-eighth, and in 1771 the -lieut.-colonelcy of the fifty-third, at the head of which corps he -served in the American war. He was promoted to the rank of colonel -in 1779, and to that of major-general in 1782; in 1792 he obtained -the colonelcy of the sixty-ninth regiment, from which he was -removed in 1794 to the FIFTEENTH foot. In 1796 he obtained the rank -of lieut.-general, and that of general in 1801. He died in 1814. - - -SIR MOORE DISNEY, K.C.B. - -_Appointed 23rd July, 1814._ - -This officer commenced his career in the army, as an ensign in the -grenadier guards, on the 17th April, 1783, and served with them -to the close of the American war. He was promoted lieutenant and -captain on the 3rd June, 1791, and from the end of 1793 till the -return of the army in May, 1795, he served under his Royal Highness -the Duke of York in Flanders, being present at the different -actions between those periods. On the 12th June, 1795, he succeeded -to a company, with the rank of lieut.-colonel; on the 29th April, -1802, was appointed colonel by brevet; and brigadier-general on -the Home Staff in December, 1805. In July, 1806, he commanded -a battalion of the foot guards in Sicily; in August, 1807, was -appointed brigadier-general in Sicily; and in 1808 joined the army -in Spain under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, where he commanded a -brigade in the reserve, and was present at the battle of Corunna, -for which he obtained a medal. He commanded the first brigade of -foot guards on the Walcheren expedition in July, 1809, and on the -25th October following was promoted to the rank of major-general. -In 1810 he was ordered to Cadiz as second in command, and in the -succeeding year was appointed to the command there. On the 4th -June, 1814, he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general, -and on the 23rd July of that year His Majesty King George III. -conferred on him the colonelcy of the FIFTEENTH regiment; and on -the 7th April, 1815, he was nominated a Knight Commander of the -Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath. He was promoted to the -rank of general on the 10th January, 1837, and died on the 19th -April, 1846. - - -GENERAL SIR PHINEAS RIALL, K.C.H. - -_Appointed 24th April, 1846._ - -(From the seventy-fourth, Highland regiment.) - - - - -APPENDIX. - - -_Battle, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of_ KING -WILLIAM III., _from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697_. - - Battle of Walcourt 25 August, 1689 - ---- Fleurus 4 July, 1690 - Mons surrendered to the French 10 April, 1691 - Namur ditto ditto 20 June, 1692 - Battle of Steenkirk 3 August, ---- - Furnes and Dixmude captured -- Sept., ---- - The French lines at D'Otignies forced 10 July, 1693 - Battle of Landen 29 July, ---- - Surrender of Huy 17 Sept., 1694 - Attack on Fort Kenoque 9 June, 1695 - Dixmude surrendered to the French 16 July, ---- - Namur retaken by King William III. 25 July, ---- - Citadel of Namur surrendered 5 Sept., ---- - Treaty of Ryswick signed 11 Sept., 1697 - - -_List of Sieges, Battles, &c. in the Netherlands and Germany, -during the Campaigns under the_ DUKE _of_ MARLBOROUGH, _from 1702 -to 1711_. - - Invested. Surrendered. - ---- ---- - Siege of Kayserswerth 16 April, 17 June, 1702 - Skirmish near Nimeguen 11 June, ---- - Siege of Venloo 29 August, 25 Sept., ---- - Capture of Fort St. Michael 18 Sept., ---- - Siege of Stevenswaert 3 Oct., ---- - -------- Ruremonde 6 Oct., ---- - Capture of Liege Citadel 23 Oct., ---- - Siege of Bonn 24 April, 15 May, 1703 - -------- Huy 16 August, 25 Aug., ---- - -------- Limburg 10 Sept., 28 Sept., ---- - Battle of Schellenberg 2 July, 1704 - --------- Blenheim 13 Aug., ---- - Siege of Landau 12 Sept., 24 Nov., ---- - Huy captured by the French May, 1705 - Re-capture of Huy 11 July, ---- - Forcing the French Lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July, ---- - Skirmish near the Dyle 21 July, ---- - Siege of Sandvliet 26 Oct., 29 Oct., ---- - Battle of Ramilies 23 May, 1706 - Siege of Ostend 28 June, 8 July, ---- - -------- Menin 25 July, 25 Aug., ---- - -------- Dendermond 29 Aug., 5 Sept., ---- - -------- Aeth 16 Sept., 3 Oct., ---- - Battle of Oudenarde 11 July, 1708 - Siege of Lisle 13 Aug., 23 Oct., ---- - Capture of the Citadel 9 Dec., ---- - Battle of Wynendale 28 Sep., ---- - Passage of the Scheldt 27 Nov., ---- - Siege of Ghent 18 Dec., 30 Dec., ---- - -------- Tournay 27 June, 29 July, 1709 - Capture of the Citadel 3 Sept., ---- - Battle of Malplaquet 11 Sept., ---- - Siege of Mons 21 Sept., 20 Oct., ---- - Passage of the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin 21 April, 1710 - Siege of Douay 25 April, 27 June, ---- - -------- Bethune 15 July, 29 Aug., ---- - -------- Aire 6 Sept., 9 Nov., ---- - -------- St. Venant 6 Sept., 30 Sept., ---- - Passage of the French lines at Arleux 5 Aug., 1711 - Siege of Bouchain 10 Aug., 13 Sept., ---- - Treaty of Utrecht signed 30 March, 1713 - - -London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. 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