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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.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Some minor changes are noted at the <a href="#TN">end of the book.</a></p> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="600" alt="original cover" /> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_frontispiece.jpg" width="450" alt="" /> - -<div class="caption pg-brk"> - -<span class="fs90">BY COMMAND OF</span> His late Majesty <span class="fs90">WILLIAM THE IV<sup><span class="xs">TH</span></sup>.</span><br /> -<span class="small"><em>and under the Patronage of</em></span><br /> -Her Majesty the Queen.<br /><br /> - -HISTORICAL RECORDS,<br /> -<span class="small"><em>OF THE</em></span><br /> -<span class="xl">British Army</span><br /> - -<em>Comprising the</em><br /> -<em><span class="xl">History of every Regiment</span></em><br /> -<em>IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.</em><br /> - -<em>By Richard Cannon Esq<sup>re</sup>.</em><br /> - -<em>Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards.</em><br /> - -London.<br /> - -<em>Printed by Authority.</em><br /> -</div></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<h1> -<span class="lsp2">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> - -<span class="xxs">OF</span><br /> - -<span class="xl">THE FIFTEENTH,</span><br /> - -<span class="xxs">OR,</span><br /> - -<span class="xl lsp">THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,</span><br /><br /> -<span class="xl">REGIMENT OF FOOT,</span></h1> - -<p class="pfs60">CONTAINING</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100 lht">AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT<br /> -IN 1685,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100 lht">AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES<br /> -TO 1848.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> -<p class="pfs60">COMPILED BY</p> - -<p class="pfs100">RICHARD CANNON, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span></p> - -<p class="pfs70 lsp">ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="pfs70 lsp2">ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.</p> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<p class="p2 pfs90">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs120">PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,</p> -<p class="pfs80">30 CHARING CROSS.</p> -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs60">M DCCC XLVIII.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> -<p class="pfs60">LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.<br /> -FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> - -<p class="p2 pfs150">THE FIFTEENTH,</p> -<p class="p2 pfs60">OR,</p> -<p class="p1 pfs120 lsp">THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,</p> -<p class="p1 pfs150">REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> -<p class="p2 pfs60">BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORDS</p> -<p class="p1 pfs90 lsp2">"MARTINIQUE,"</p> -<p class="p1 pfs60">AND</p> -<p class="p1 pfs90">"GUADALOUPE,"</p> -<p class="p1 pfs60 lht">IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GALLANTRY<br /> -DISPLAYED IN THE CAPTURE OF<br /> -THOSE ISLANDS IN THE YEARS 1809 AND 1810.</p> - -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxv" id="Page_xxv">[Pg xxv]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p4 pfs135">FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r20" /> -<h2 class="no-brk lsp">CONTENTS.</h2> -<hr class="r20" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdr fs90">Year</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr fs90">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1685</td><td class="tdl">Formation of the Regiment at Nottingham</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1686</td><td class="tdl">Establishment</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1687</td><td class="tdl">Encamped on Hounslow Heath</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1688</td><td class="tdl">Revolution in Great Britain</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">-</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1689</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Killicrankie</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1690</td><td class="tdl">——– at Cromdale</td><td class="tdr">-</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Inverlochy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1691</td><td class="tdl">Submission of the Highlanders to King William and Queen Mary</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1694</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Flanders</td><td class="tdr">-</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the capture of Huy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1695</td><td class="tdl">———– at Fort Kenoque</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———– at the surrender of Dixmude to the French</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Colonel Sir James Lesley cashiered, and succeeded by Colonel Emanuel Howe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Garrison of Namur surrendered</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Released from prisoners of war</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1696</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Bruges</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1697</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Brussels</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace at Ryswick</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvi" id="Page_xxvi">[xxvi]</a></span> - 1701</td><td class="tdl">Preparations for War with France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for Holland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed at Breda by King William III.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1702</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Rosendael</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege of Kayserswerth</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at Nimeguen</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">War declared against France and Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the army in Flanders</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege of Venloo</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————————– Ruremonde</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————————– Liege</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1703</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Bonn</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Maestricht</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the capture of Huy</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">—————————— Limburg</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1704</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Holland to the Danube</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined the Imperial Army</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Schellenberg</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———– Blenheim</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marshal Tallard taken prisoner, and the French Army defeated</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege of Landau</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1705</td><td class="tdl">Re-capture of Huy</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Forced the French lines at Neer-Hespen and Helixem</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1706</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Ramilies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Many prisoners, with cannon, colours, &c. taken</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Brussels, Ghent, &c.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— of Ostend</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— of Menin</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— of Dendermond and Aeth</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1708</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for England to repel the invasion of the Pretender</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Flanders</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvii" id="Page_xxvii">[xxvii]</a></span> - 1708</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Oudenarde</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the Siege of Lisle</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-capture of Ghent and Bruges</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1709</td><td class="tdl">Siege and Capture of Tournay</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Malplaquet</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and Capture of Mons</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into winter quarters at Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1710</td><td class="tdl">Forced the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and Capture of Douay</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Villars-Brulin</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Bethune</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— of Aix and St. Venant</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Marched into quarters at Courtray</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1711</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Warde and reviewed by the Duke of Marlborough</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Forced the French lines at Arleux</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege and surrender of Bouchain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1712</td><td class="tdl">Negociations for peace commenced</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the Army</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Ghent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1713</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Dunkirk</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— to Nieuport</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1714</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Decease of Queen Anne, and accession of King George I.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1715</td><td class="tdl">Employed against the rebels in Great Britain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1719</td><td class="tdl">Employed in Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Invasion of a Spanish force at Kintail</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Defeat and surrender of the invaders at Glensheil</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1728</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed at Blackheath by King George II.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1740</td><td class="tdl">Encamped in the Isle of Wight</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the West Indies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1741</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Jamaica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Sailed for Carthagena</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxviii" id="Page_xxviii">[xxviii]</a></span> - 1741</td><td class="tdl">Attack and capture of Bocca-chica</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege of the Castle of St. Lazar</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Forts of Carthagena destroyed</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Jamaica</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1742</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1745</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ostend</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Ostend captured by the French</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Recalled to England in consequence of the French invasion</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1746</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Culloden</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: —— was missing">——</ins></td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the coast of France, and proceeded against Port L'Orient and Quiberon</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1748</td><td class="tdl">Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1749</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1751</td><td class="tdl">Royal Warrant issued for regulating the clothing, colours, &c.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1755</td><td class="tdl">War re-commenced with France</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1756</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Blandford</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1757</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Barham-downs</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked on an expedition against the coast of France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Isle of Aix</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1758</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for North America</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Formed part of an expedition against Louisbourg, and in - the taking of the Island of Cape Breton, under - Brigadier-General James Wolfe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The captured colours, &c. presented to the King, and - publickly conveyed from Kensington Palace to St. Paul's Cathedral</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Rewarded by the approbation of the Sovereign, and by the thanks of Parliament</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxix" id="Page_xxix">[xxix]</a></span> - 1759</td><td class="tdl">Embarked in an expedition against Quebec, under Major-General James Wolfe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Death of Major-General Wolfe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Quebec</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Approbation of the King of the conduct of the troops, thanks of Parliament, and public thanksgiving of the Nation</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1760</td><td class="tdl">Defence of Quebec against an attempt of the French to retake it</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined in an attack on Montreal</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Conquest of Canada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1761</td><td class="tdl">Encamped at Staten Island</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdl">Engaged on an expedition in the capture of Martinique</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked on an expedition to the Havannah</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Moro Fort, nine ships of war, &c.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1763</td><td class="tdl">Peace with Spain concluded</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Havannah restored to Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for New York, and proceeded to Canada</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1768</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1770</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed at Chatham by King George III.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1772</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1774</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1776</td><td class="tdl">War with North America</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for America</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded on an expedition against Charleston</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked and proceeded to Staten Island</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Effected a landing at Long Island</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded against New York</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——————— White Plains</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——————— Fort Washington</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1777</td><td class="tdl">——————— Peek's-Hill</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">——————— Danbury</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxx" id="Page_xxx">[xxx]</a></span> - 1777</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Ridgefield</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at the Hill of Compo</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at New York</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded on an expedition against Philadelphia</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at Brandywine</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged at Germantown</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———– at Whitemarsh</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778</td><td class="tdl">Marched from Philadelphia to New York</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for the West Indies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded on an expedition against St. Lucia</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1779</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from St. Lucia and landed at St. Christopher's</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1781</td><td class="tdl">War declared against Holland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Island of St. Eustatius</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Recaptured by the French, and the 13th and 15th Regiments taken prisoners</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1782</td><td class="tdl">Island of St. Christopher's taken by the French</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiment returned to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received the County title of "York East Riding"</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1784</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1790</td><td class="tdl">———— for Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1793</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Dominica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Embarked on an expedition against Martinique and Guadaloupe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1795</td><td class="tdl">Stationed at Martinique</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1796</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1797</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1799</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received volunteers from the Militia and augmented to two battalions</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1800</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1802</td><td class="tdl">Peace concluded with France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Establishment reduced, and the second battalion disbanded</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1803</td><td class="tdl">War recommenced against France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxi" id="Page_xxxi">[xxxi]</a></span> - 1804</td><td class="tdl">Establishment again augmented, and second battalion added and formed in Yorkshire</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1805</td><td class="tdl">First battalion embarked for the West Indies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked as Marines on board the Fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Relanded at Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1807</td><td class="tdl">Again embarked on board the fleet</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Barbadoes, and embarked for Grenada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in an expedition against the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1809</td><td class="tdl">—————————— against the island of Martinique</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Martinique</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in the reduction of the islands in the vicinity of Guadaloupe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to Grenada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1810</td><td class="tdl">Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Guadaloupe</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1812</td><td class="tdl">Removed to St. Christopher's</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1814</td><td class="tdl">General peace proclaimed</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1815</td><td class="tdl">War recommenced by the violation of the treaty of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe again taken possession of</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Re-embarked for Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1816</td><td class="tdl">Peace being restored, the second battalion disbanded</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Removed to Martinique</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Grenada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1817</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Nova Scotia</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1819</td><td class="tdl">———— for Bermuda</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1821</td><td class="tdl">———— for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1822</td><td class="tdl">———— for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1827</td><td class="tdl">Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxii" id="Page_xxxii">[xxxii]</a></span> - 1827</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Canada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1832</td><td class="tdl">Employed in aid of the civil power at Montreal</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">in suppressing a serious riot</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Expressions of approbation of the conduct of the</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">regiment</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic cholera</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1838</td><td class="tdl">Engaged on active duties in consequence of rebellion among a portion of the inhabitants of the Canadas</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_75">75</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1840</td><td class="tdl">Returned to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the Depôt Companies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1841</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Woolwich</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1842</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Windsor</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria, and the Prince Albert</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Chester</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">———— to Manchester</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1843</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1845</td><td class="tdl">Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Service Companies embarked for Ceylon</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1846</td><td class="tdl">———————— arrived at Ceylon</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1847</td><td class="tdl">Depôt Companies embarked from Ireland to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1848</td><td class="tdl">The Conclusion</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxiii" id="Page_xxxiii">[xxxiii]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="fs120">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.</h2> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc fs90">Year</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr fs90">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1685</td><td class="tdl">Sir William Clifton, Bart</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1686</td><td class="tdl">Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1687</td><td class="tdl">Sackville Tufton</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_84">84</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1688</td><td class="tdl">Sir James Lesley</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_85">85</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1695</td><td class="tdl">Emanuel Howe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1709</td><td class="tdl">Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_86">86</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1715</td><td class="tdl">Harry Harrison</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1749</td><td class="tdl">John Jordan</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1756</td><td class="tdl">Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1768</td><td class="tdl">Charles Hotham, afterwards Thompson</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_88">88</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1775</td><td class="tdl">Richard Earl of Cavan</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_89">89</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778</td><td class="tdl">Sir William Fawcett, K.B.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1792</td><td class="tdl">James Hamilton</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Henry Watson Powell</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1814</td><td class="tdl">Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1846</td><td class="tdl">Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc fs130" colspan="3">APPENDIX.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl tdpp">Battles, Sieges, &c., from 1689 to 1697</td><td></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_95">95</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———————— from 1702 to 1713</td><td></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td></tr> -<tr><td colspan="3"><hr class="r30" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc fs130" colspan="3">PLATES.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl tdpp">Colours of the Regiment</td><td class="tdc tdpp"><em>to face</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Plate_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Costume of the Regiment</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Plate_82">82</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6 pfs135">THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="xl lsp2">GENERAL ORDERS.</h2> - -<hr class="r30b" /> -<hr class="r30b" /> - -<p class="p2 right small padr1"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right small"><em>1st January, 1836</em>.</p> - -<p class="noindent">His Majesty has been pleased to command that, -with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, -as well as to Individuals who have distinguished -themselves by their Bravery in Action -with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of -every Regiment in the British Army shall be published -under the superintendence and direction of -the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall -contain the following particulars, viz.:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>—— The Period and Circumstances of the Original -Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it -has been from time to time employed; The Battles, -Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has -been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement -it may have performed, and the Colours, -Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the -Enemy.</p> - -<p>—— The Names of the Officers, and the number of -Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or -Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and -Date of the Action.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span></p> - -<p>—— The Names of those Officers who, in consideration -of their Gallant Services and Meritorious -Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have -been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other -Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.</p> - -<p>—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned -Officers, and Privates, as may have -specially signalized themselves in Action.</p> - -<p> And,</p> - -<p>—— The Badges and Devices which the Regiment -may have been permitted to bear, and the -Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices, -or any other Marks of Distinction, have been -granted.</p></div> - -<p class="right padr4">By Command of the Right Honorable</p> -<p class="right padr6">GENERAL LORD HILL,</p> -<p class="right"><em>Commanding-in-Chief</em>.</p> - -<p class="p2 right"><span class="smcap">John Macdonald</span>,</p> -<p class="right padr1"><em>Adjutant-General</em>.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p4" /> -<h2 class="lsp2">PREFACE.</h2> -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p>The character and credit of the British Army must -chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which -all who enter into its service are animated, and -consequently it is of the highest importance that any -measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, -by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved, -should be adopted.</p> - -<p>Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment -of this desirable object than a full display of the noble -deeds with which the Military History of our country -abounds. To hold forth these bright examples to -the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to -incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those -who have preceded him in their honorable career, -are among the motives that have given rise to the -present publication.</p> - -<p>The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, -announced in the "London Gazette," from whence -they are transferred into the public prints: the -achievements of our armies are thus made known at -the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span> -of praise and admiration to which they are entitled. -On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament -have been in the habit of conferring on the Commanders, -and the Officers and Troops acting under -their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks -for their skill and bravery; and these testimonials, -confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's -approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier -most highly prizes.</p> - -<p>It has not, however, until late years, been the practice -(which appears to have long prevailed in some of -the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep -regular records of their services and achievements. -Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining, -particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services.</p> - -<p>This defect will now be remedied, in consequence -of His Majesty having been pleased to command -that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and -ample record of its services at home and abroad.</p> - -<p>From the materials thus collected, the country -will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties -and privations which chequer the career of those who -embrace the military profession. In Great Britain, -where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, -and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span> -long a period, being undisturbed by the <em>presence of -war</em>, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively -little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service and of the casualties of climate, to which, -even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in -every part of the globe, with little or no interval of -repose.</p> - -<p>In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which -the country derives from the industry and the enterprise -of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy -inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on -the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,—on -their sufferings,—and on the sacrifice of valuable life, -by which so many national benefits are obtained and -preserved.</p> - -<p>The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, -and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great -and trying difficulties; and their character has been -established in Continental warfare by the irresistible -spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the -gallantry and steadiness with which they have maintained -their advantages against superior numbers.</p> - -<p>In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, -ample justice has generally been done to -the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but -the details of their services and of acts of individual<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span> -bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments.</p> - -<p>These Records are now preparing for publication, -under his Majesty's special authority, by Mr. -<span class="smcap">Richard Cannon</span>, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant -General's Office; and while the perusal of them cannot -fail to be useful and interesting to military men -of every rank, it is considered that they will also -afford entertainment and information to the general -reader, particularly to those who may have served in -the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.</p> - -<p>There exists in the breasts of most of those who -have served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit -de Corps</i>—an attachment to everything belonging -to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative of -the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of -the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been -of paramount interest with a brave and civilized -people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes -who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood -"firm as the rocks of their native shore:" and when -half the world has been arrayed against them, they -have fought the battles of their Country with unshaken -fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,—victories so complete and surprising, -gained by our countrymen, our brothers,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span> -our fellow citizens in arms,—a record which revives -the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant -deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to -the public.</p> - -<p>Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other -distinguished Officers will be introduced in the -Records of their respective Regiments, and the -Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to -time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying -the value and importance of its services, will be -faithfully set forth.</p> - -<p>As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record -of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, -so that when the whole shall be completed, the -Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="lht">INTRODUCTION<br /> - -<span class="fs60">TO</span><br /> - -<span class="fs120 lsp2">THE INFANTRY.</span></h2> - -<hr class="r30b" /> -<hr class="r30b" /> -<p class="p2" /> - -<p class="noindent">The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been -celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness, -and the national superiority of the British troops -over those of other countries has been evinced in -the midst of the most imminent perils. History contains -so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery, -that no doubts can be raised upon the facts which -are recorded. It must therefore be admitted, that -the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is -<span class="smcap">Intrepidity</span>. This quality was evinced by the -inhabitants of England when their country was -invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, on -which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into -the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they descended -from their ships; and, although their discipline -and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing -intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, including -Cæsar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms -consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons -of rude construction. They had chariots, to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span> -axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron -resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long -chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and -fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit -or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off -with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were, -however, unavailing against Cæsar's legions: in -the course of time a military system, with discipline -and subordination, was introduced, and -British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted -to the greatest advantage; a full development of -the national character followed, and it shone forth -in all its native brilliancy.</p> - -<p>The military force of the Anglo Saxons consisted -principally of infantry: Thanes, and other men of -property, however, fought on horseback. The -infantry were of two classes, heavy and light. -The former carried large shields armed with spikes, -long broad swords and spears; and the latter were -armed with swords or spears only. They had also -men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and -javelins.</p> - -<p>The feudal troops established by William the -Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Introduction -to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse; -but when the warlike barons and knights, with their -trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although -these were of inferior degree, they proved stouthearted -Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipendiary -troops were employed, infantry always constituted -a considerable portion of the military force;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span> -and this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i> has since acquired, in every quarter -of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the -armies of any nation at any period.</p> - -<p>The weapons carried by the infantry, during the -several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows -and arrows, half-pikes, lances, halberds, various -kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour -was worn on the head and body, and in course of -time the practice became general for military men -to be so completely cased in steel, that it was -almost impossible to slay them.</p> - -<p>The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the -destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the -fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms -and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and -arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but -British archers continued formidable adversaries; -and owing to the inconvenient construction and imperfect -bore of the fire-arms when first introduced, -a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow -from their youth, was considered a valuable acquisition -to every army, even as late as the sixteenth -century.</p> - -<p>During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth -each company of infantry usually consisted of -men armed five different ways; in every hundred -men forty were "<em>men-at-arms</em>," and sixty "<em>shot</em>;" -the "men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-axe -men, and thirty pikemen; and the "shot" were -twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty -harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his -principal weapon, a sword and dagger.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span></p> - -<p>Companies of infantry varied at this period in -numbers from 150 to 300 men; each company had -a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation recommended -by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:—the colour in the centre of -the company guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen -in equal proportions, on each flank of the -halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank of -the pikes; half the archers on each flank of the musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were -much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal -proportions on each flank of the company for skirmishing.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> -It was customary to unite a number of companies -into one body, called a <span class="smcap">Regiment</span>, which -frequently amounted to three thousand men: but -each company continued to carry a colour. Numerous -improvements were eventually introduced in the -construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found -impossible to make armour proof against the muskets -then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without -its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was -gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, -and the infantry were reduced to two classes, -viz.: <em>musketeers</em>, armed with matchlock muskets,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiii" id="Page_xiii">[xiii]</a></span> -swords, and daggers; and <em>pikemen</em>, armed with pikes -from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.</p> - -<p>In the early part of the seventeenth century -Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the -strength of regiments to 1000 men; he caused the -gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in -flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each containing -a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and -carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment -into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division -of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of forming -four regiments into a brigade; and the number -of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each -regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that -his infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated -Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers; and his -armies became the admiration of other nations. His -mode of formation was copied by the English, -French, and other European states; but so great -was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that -all his improvements were not adopted until near a -century afterwards.</p> - -<p>In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-service, -styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678 -each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30 -pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with -light firelocks. In this year the King added a company -of men armed with hand-grenades to each of -the old British regiments, which was designated the -"grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived -as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiv" id="Page_xiv">[xiv]</a></span> -similar to those at present in use were adopted about -twenty years afterwards.</p> - -<p>An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by -order of King James II., to guard the artillery, and -was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot). -This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did -not carry pikes.</p> - -<p>King William III. incorporated the Admiral's -regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised -two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the -war in this reign, each company of infantry (excepting -the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14 -pikemen and 46 musketeers; the captains carried -pikes; lieutenants, partisans; ensigns, half-pikes; -and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the -Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again -formed on the breaking out of the war in 1702.<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p> - -<p>During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were -laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed -with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the grenadiers -ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades; -and the regiments were directed to lay aside -their third colour: the corps of Royal Artillery was -first added to the Army in this reign.</p> - -<p>About the year 1745, the men of the battalion -companies of infantry ceased to carry swords; during<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xv" id="Page_xv">[xv]</a></span> -the reign of George II. light companies were added -to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of -General Officers recommended that the grenadiers -should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had -never been used during the seven years' war. Since -that period the arms of the infantry soldier have been -limited to the musket and bayonet.</p> - -<p>The arms and equipment of the British troops have -seldom differed materially, since the Conquest, from -those of other European states; and in some respects -the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed to -be inferior to that of the nations with whom they -have had to contend; yet, under this disadvantage, -the bravery and superiority of the British infantry -have been evinced on very many and most trying -occasions, and splendid victories have been gained -over very superior numbers.</p> - -<p>Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like -champions who have dared to confront a host of -foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any -arms. At <em>Crecy</em> King Edward III., at the head of -about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August, -1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to -have amounted to 100,000 men; here British valour -encountered veterans of renown:—the King of Bohemia, -the King of Majorca, and many princes and -nobles were slain, and the French army was routed -and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward -Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black -Prince, defeated, at <em>Poictiers</em>, with 14,000 men, -a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry, -and took John I., King of France, and his son<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvi" id="Page_xvi">[xvi]</a></span> -Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415, -King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 -men, although greatly exhausted by marches, privations, -and sickness, defeated, at <em>Agincourt</em>, the -Constable of France, at the head of the flower of -the French nobility and an army said to amount to -60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.</p> - -<p>During the seventy years' war between the United -Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, -which commenced in 1578 and terminated -in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable -spirit and firmness;<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and in the thirty -years' war between the Protestant Princes and the -Emperor of Germany, the British troops in the service -of Sweden and other states were celebrated for -deeds of heroism.<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> In the wars of Queen Anne, -the fame of the British army under the great -<span class="smcap">Marlborough</span> was spread throughout the world; -and if we glance at the achievements performed -within the memory of persons now living, there is -abundant proof that the Britons of the present age -are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvii" id="Page_xvii">[xvii]</a></span>which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds -of the brave men, of whom there are many now -surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the -brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army, -which had been vainly styled <em>Invincible</em>, to evacuate -that country; also the services of the gallant -Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Peninsula, -under the immortal <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>; and the -determined stand made by the British Army at -Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had -long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain, -and had sought and planned her destruction by -every means he could devise, was compelled to -leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to -place himself at the disposal of the British Government. -These achievements, with others of recent -dates in the distant climes of India, prove that the -same valour and constancy which glowed in the -breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt, -Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the -Britons of the nineteenth century.</p> - -<p>The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust -and muscular frame,—intrepidity which no danger -can appal,—unconquerable spirit and resolution,—patience -in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obedience -to his superiors. These qualities, united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate -and give a skilful direction to the energies and -adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection -of officers of superior talent to command, whose -presence inspires confidence,—have been the leading -causes of the splendid victories gained by the British<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xviii" id="Page_xviii">[xviii]</a></span> -arms.<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> The fame of the deeds of the past and -present generations in the various battle-fields where -the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered, -surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory; -these achievements will live in the page of history to -the end of time.</p> - -<p>The records of the several regiments will be found -to contain a detail of facts of an interesting character, -connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant -exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the -world, where the calls of their Country and the commands -of their Sovereign have required them to -proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xix" id="Page_xix">[xix]</a></span> -active continental operations, or in maintaining colonial -territories in distant and unfavourable climes.</p> - -<p>The superiority of the British infantry has been -pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries, -and admitted by the greatest commanders which -Europe has produced. The formations and movements -of this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i>, as at present practised, while -they are adapted to every species of warfare, and to -all probable situations and circumstances of service, -are 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.</p> - - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> A company of 200 men would appear thus:—</p> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="structure of a company"> -<tr><td colspan="4"></td><td> <img src="images/flag.jpg" width="20" alt="flag" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td> - <td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc"></td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Halberds.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The musket carried a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>10</sub>th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>25</sub>th of a pound.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps -in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of -Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under -Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and -in its subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at -the siege of Barcelona in 1705.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed -in 1590, observes:—"I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation -would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field, -let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish -infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For -instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the -Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or -Buffs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> Vide the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> "Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes -the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to -that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty -desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the consideration -of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, -and military system, which has given the full energy to the -native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the -superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly -arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty."—<em>General -Orders in 1801.</em> -</p> -<p> -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards -Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result -of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated:—"On -no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more -manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered -necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and -which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages -were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by -the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, -that whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there -is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not -how to yield,—that no circumstances can appal,—and that will ensure -victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means."</p></div></div> - - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<a name="Plate_1" id="Plate_1"></a> -<p class="pfs90">FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> -<img src="images/001fp-a.jpg" width="650" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -QUEEN'S COLOUR.<br /> -</div></div> - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<img src="images/001fp-b.jpg" width="650" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -REGIMENTAL COLOUR.<br /> -<span class="fs80">FOR CANNONS MILITARY RECORDS</span><br /> -<p class="fs70"><em>Madeley Litho: 3 Wellington St. Strand</em></p></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<h2><span class="fs90">HISTORICAL RECORD</span></h2> - -<p class="pfs60">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs135">FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs150">REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - - -<div class="sidenote">1685</div> - -<p class="noindent">Peace with foreign nations and tranquillity at home, -accompanied by improvements in the domestic and -commercial interests of the kingdom, followed the accession -of <span class="smcap">King James II.</span> to the throne, in February, -1685; but few months elapsed before <span class="smcap">James Duke of -Monmouth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth Regiment of -Foot</span>.</p> - -<p>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:— <span class="smcap">Sir -William Clifton</span>, —— <span class="smcap">Cotter</span>, —— <span class="smcap">Baker</span>, -<span class="smcap">William Barnes</span>, <span class="smcap">William Dobyns</span>, <span class="smcap">Thomas Fowke</span>, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span><span class="smcap">John Stanhope</span>, —— <span class="smcap">Warren</span>, <span class="smcap">William Stow</span>, and -<span class="smcap">Roger Kirkby</span>. <span class="smcap">Sir William Clifton</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1686</div> - -<p>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 -(<em>see</em> <a href="#Page_3">p. 3</a>).</p> - -<p>In the spring, the regiment proceeded into Yorkshire, -and was quartered at York, Hull, &c.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1687</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="center fs80 pg-brk"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="bl bt br"></td><td class="bt br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap bl br">Colonel Sir William Clifton's Regiment.</td><td class="tdc br" colspan="3">Pay per day. </td></tr> -<tr><td class="bl bt br"></td><td class="bt br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"> </td><td class="br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap bl br">Staff.</td><td class="tdr wd5">£.</td><td class="tdr wd5"><em>s.</em></td><td class="tdr br wd5"><em>d.</em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">The Colonel, <em>as Colonel</em></td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">12</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Lieut.-Colonel, <em>as Lieut.-Colonel</em></td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">7</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Major, <em>as Major</em></td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">5</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Chaplain</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">6</td><td class="tdr br">8</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Chirurgeon 4<em>s.</em>, his Mate 2<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em></td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">6</td><td class="tdr br">6</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Adjutant</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">4</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Quarter-Master and Marshal</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">4</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc bl br tdpp">Total for Staff</td><td class="tdr tdpp">2</td><td class="tdr tdpp">5</td><td class="tdr br tdpp">2</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"> </td><td class="br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc smcap bl br">The Colonel's Company.</td><td class="tdr br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">The Colonel, <em>as Captain</em></td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">8</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Lieutenant</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">4</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">Ensign</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">3</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">2 Serjeants, 1<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em> each</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">3</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">3 Corporals, 1<em>s.</em> each</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">3</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">1 Drummer</td><td class="tdr">0</td><td class="tdr">1</td><td class="tdr br">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx">50 Soldiers, 8<em>d.</em> each</td><td class="tdr">1</td><td class="tdr">13</td><td class="tdr br">4</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr bl br padr6 tdpp">Total for one Company</td><td class="tdr tdpp">2</td><td class="tdr tdpp">15</td><td class="tdr br tdpp">4</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr bl br padr6 tdpp">Nine Companies more at the same rate</td><td class="tdr tdpp">24</td><td class="tdr tdpp">18</td><td class="tdr br tdpp">0</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc bl br tdpp">Total per day</td><td class="tdr tdpp">29</td><td class="tdr tdpp">18</td><td class="tdr br tdpp">6</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx"></td><td class="br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdlx pad4">Per Annum £10,922 12<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em></td><td class="tdr br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -<tr><td class="bl bb br"> </td><td class="bb br" colspan="3"></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2" /> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>At this period, the following officers were holding -commissions in the regiment:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center fs80 pad1"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc"><em>Captains.</em></td><td class="tdc wd30"><em>Lieutenants.</em></td><td class="tdc wd30"><em>Ensigns.</em></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc">——</td><td class="tdc">——</td><td class="tdc">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Sackville Tufton (col).</td><td class="tdl">William Sandys.</td><td class="tdl">Joshua Dereham.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Rupert Billingsby (lt.-col).</td><td class="tdl">Pierce Row.</td><td class="tdl">John Davies.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Edward Nott (major).</td><td class="tdl">Ralph Philips.</td><td class="tdl">Charles Reke.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">John South.</td><td class="tdl">William Hussey.</td><td class="tdl">Thomas Whetham.<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">William Stow.</td><td class="tdl">Matthew Rugby.</td><td class="tdl">William Lascels.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">William Barns.</td><td class="tdl">John Thornill.</td><td class="tdl">Robert Adams.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">John Stanhope.</td><td class="tdl">John Dakeyns.</td><td class="tdl">John Graydon.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Thomas Fowkes.</td><td class="tdl">James Prince.</td><td class="tdl">John Larson.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">William Dobyns.</td><td class="tdl">Michael Baker.</td><td class="tdl">John Price.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Roger Kirkby.</td><td class="tdl">Peter Ashton.</td><td class="tdl">William Kirkby.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center fs80 pad1"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdly wd30 tdpp" rowspan="2">Sackville Tufton,</td><td class="tdl tdpp">{</td><td class="tdl tdpp">John Baron.</td><td class="tdl tdpp">}</td><td class="tdly tdpp" rowspan="2">Grenadier Company.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">{</td><td class="tdl">Andrew Armstrong.</td><td class="tdl">}</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Charles Pharley, <em>Chaplain</em>.</td><td class="tdl">Robert Baker, <em>Chirurgeon</em>.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Gregory Broom, <em>Adjutant</em>.</td><td class="tdl">Thomas Gibbons, <em>Quarter-Master</em>.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p1" /> - - -<div class="sidenote">1688</div> - -<p>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.'<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a></p> - -<p>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 -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1689</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - -<p>Captain Carleton states in his memoirs: 'We -marched to Inverness, a place of no great strength, -where we lay two long winters, perpetually harassed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1690</div> - -<p>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 <em>Cromdale</em> on the 30th of April; -he therefore advanced with the royal Scots dragoons -(Greys), <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> attacked -the enemy's guard at Cromdale-church. The Highlanders, -suddenly aroused from sleep, endeavoured to -escape without clothes, and through the misty dawn<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.'<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> - -<p>The enemy had placed a small garrison in <em>Lethindy -Castle</em>, which was summoned to surrender; but the -Highlanders fired upon the party, and wounded three -grenadiers of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> '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.'</p> - -<p>'General Mackay having received orders to build a -fort at <em>Inverlochy</em>, our regiment was commanded to -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span>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.'<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1691</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1692</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1693</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1694</div> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>In the beginning of June, the British train of -artillery arrived at Malines, from whence it advanced -under the escort of the twelfth, <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, and -Buchan's (afterwards disbanded) regiments, and joined<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -the army under King William in person, at the camp -at Hertogendale, on the 6th of June. The tenth, -fourteenth, <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, seventeenth, Castleton's, and -Lauder's (afterwards disbanded) regiments, were -formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Stuart, -in the division under Major-General Bellasis.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1695</div> - -<p>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 <em>Fort Kenoque</em>, 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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -regiment returned to Dixmude.</p> - -<p>During the early part of the siege of Namur, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -foot, commanded by their colonel, Sir James -Lesley, were in garrison at <em>Dixmude</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>The soldiers of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> were sent prisoners<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> rejoined -the army, and marched into quarters at the -town of Damme, where they received new arms and -equipment.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>King William conferred the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -regiment on Colonel Emanuel Howe, from -captain and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1696</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>In the autumn, the regiment marched into garrison -at Bruges, where five regiments of cavalry and eleven -of infantry were stationed during the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1697</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>The regiment took part in the operations of the campaign; -and when the French commanders menaced -Brussels with a siege, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1698</div> - -<p>The regiment was placed upon a peace establishment; -and, in 1698, it proceeded to Ireland, where -it was stationed during the two following years.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> Foot was one of the corps which -proceeded to Holland on this occasion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1701</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1702</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The fortress of <em>Kayserswerth</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Nimeguen</em>; -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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -army. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot formed part of the covering -army during the siege of <em>Venloo</em>, which town surrendered -on the 25th of September. The services of the regiment -were afterwards connected with the siege and -capture of <em>Ruremonde</em>, in the early part of October; -and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot was also one of the corps which -advanced to the city of <em>Liege</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1703</div> - -<p>From their pleasant quarters among the Dutch -peasantry, the soldiers of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Maestricht</em>, 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p> - -<p>After the surrender of Bonn, the allied army assembled -at Maestricht, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot were connected -with the siege and capture of <em>Huy</em>, 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 <em>Limburg</em>, and this -fortress surrendered on the 28th of September. After -these conquests, the regiment marched to Dutch -Brabant, and passed several months in garrison.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1704</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>To engage in this splendid enterprise, which was -replete with important results, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot -marched towards the Rhine in the early part of May,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 -<em>Schellenberg</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment shared in this splendid -triumph of the British arms on the banks of the Danube.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Ingoldstadt</em>, and the British troops forming -part of the covering army.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Blenheim</em>, in the valley of the Danube.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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, -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Major Cornwallis, Captain Tankard, Lieutenants<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -Kerr and Simpson, and Ensign Jackson, of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Landau</em> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1705</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -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 -<em>Huy</em>, during the absence of the army up the -Moselle; but this fortress was retaken in a few days.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Neer-Hespen</em> -and <em>Helixem</em>. 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 <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Marquess d'Allegre'">Marquis d'Allegre</ins> advanced -with a large body of French, Spanish, and Bavarian -infantry and cavalry, but he was repulsed with severe -loss. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1706</div> - -<p>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 <em>Ramilies</em>, where the -forces of France, Spain, and Bavaria sustained a decisive<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1707</div> - -<p>During the campaign of 1707, the services of the -regiment were limited to marching, and occupying -various encampments. No general engagement or -siege occurred.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1708</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>On the 11th of July, the regiment passed the Scheldt, -on a pontoon bridge, between <em>Oudenarde</em> 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.</p> - -<p>This victory prepared the way for additional conquests; -and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot formed part of the -covering army during the siege of the important fortress -of <em>Lisle</em>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -Marlborough. The grenadier company of the regiment -joined the besieging army, and took part in the attacks -on the town.</p> - -<p>When the Elector of Bavaria besieged Brussels, the -regiment formed part of the force which marched to -the relief of that city, passed the <em>Scheldt</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>The citadel of Lisle surrendered on the 9th of December; -<em>Ghent</em> and <em>Bruges</em> were afterwards recaptured, -and the regiment had its winter quarters at Ghent.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1709</div> - -<p>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 <em>Tournay</em> was immediately commenced; and -the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> -with sword and pistol in these gloomy labyrinths. In -these services the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment had a number -of men killed and wounded; it also lost several men -from the explosion of a mine, which destroyed a battery.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Malplaquet</em>. 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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>This victory was followed by the siege of <em>Mons</em>, and -the regiment formed part of the covering army. The -garrison surrendered in October.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1710</div> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot were this year connected with the -forcing of the French lines at <em>Pont-à-Vendin</em>, and with -the siege and capture of <em>Douay</em>, which fortress surrendered -on the 27th of June. They subsequently -formed part of the covering army encamped at Villars-Brulin, -during the siege of <em>Bethune</em>. This place -having surrendered on the 29th of August, and the -French army avoiding a general engagement, the -fortresses of <em>Aire</em> and <em>St. Venant</em> were invested, and -taken; and these conquests were the last important -events of the campaign.</p> - -<p>After taking part in these services, the regiment -marched into quarters at Courtray, where it was stationed -during the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1711</div> - -<p>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 <em>Arleux</em>, on the 5th of August; -and this success was followed by the siege of <em>Bouchain</em>, -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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -killed and wounded. The garrison agreed to surrender -on the 13th of September.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1712</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1712 the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1713<br />1714</div> - -<p>The regiment was stationed at Dunkirk in 1713, -and at Nieuport in the early part of 1714.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot, and several other corps, -were ordered to return to England.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1715</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot by Colonel -Harry Harrison.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1716</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1719</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Glenshiel</em>; 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1727</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1728</div> - -<p>King George II. reviewed the second and <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -regiments in brigade on Blackheath, on the 29th of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -June, 1728, and expressed his high approbation of -their appearance and movements. The signs of war -disappearing, the establishment was afterwards reduced.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1739</div> - -<p>When hostilities commenced between Great Britain -and Spain, in 1739, the establishment was again -augmented.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1740</div> - -<p>In the middle of June, 1740, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, -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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1741</div> - -<p>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 -<em>Carthagena</em>, the capital of a wealthy province in the -country of Terra Firma, in South America, was -resolved upon. This place was found strongly fortified,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Bocca-chica</em>. On the -evening of the 25th of March, the grenadiers of the -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>Channels having been made through the sunk vessels -with which the Spaniards had blocked up the -entrance to the harbour, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>St. -Lazar</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>The siege of the castle was commenced; and as the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The forts of the harbour of Carthagena having been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -demolished, the fleet sailed to Jamaica. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, -and several other corps, afterwards sailed to -the island of <em>Cuba</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1742</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1743<br />1744</div> - -<p>During the years 1743 and 1744, the regiment was -stationed in Great Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '7451'">1745</ins></div> - -<p>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 <em>Ostend</em>, -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -joined the army.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1746</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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 <em>L'Orient</em>, 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 <em>L'Orient</em>; -the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> forward -with great gallantry, and dispersed the enemy. When -the leading companies arrived at the village of <em>Plemur</em>, -they were fired upon from the houses; but this -resistance was speedily overcome, and the people<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>Another descent was made on the French coast in -October: the troops landing on the peninsula of <em>Quiberon</em>, -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1748<br />1749</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1751</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -yellow, and ornamented with white lace; scarlet waistcoat -and breeches; white gaiters; white cravats; and -buff belts.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1755</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> was augmented, and the regiment -embarked for England.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1756</div> - -<p>Colonel Jordan was removed to the ninth dragoons, -in April, 1756, and King George II. conferred the -colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot on Colonel Jeffery -(afterwards Lord) Amherst, from captain and lieut.-colonel -in the first foot guards.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1757</div> - -<p>Numerous encampments were formed also in the -following year, and the troops held in readiness to repel a -threatened invasion of the French. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -foot, and four other corps, pitched their tents on Barham-downs, -under Charles Duke of Marlborough.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Rochfort</em>, on -the river Charente. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -sailed in the early part of September; on the 23rd of -that month the <em>Isle of Aix</em> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1758</div> - -<p>Early in the following year, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <em>Louisburg</em>, -the capital of the island of Cape Breton,<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>The siege of Louisburg was afterwards commenced; -and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -the siege of Louisburg. The regiment had also a -considerable number of private soldiers killed and -wounded.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> were stationed at Louisburg during -the remainder of the year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1759</div> - -<p>From Louisburg the regiment sailed in the beginning -of June, 1759, with the expedition against <em>Quebec</em>, under -Major-General <span class="smcap">James Wolfe</span>; 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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -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 <em>Montmorenci</em>; and -arrangements were made for attacking the enemy's -position beyond the river Montmorenci, in which the -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment was ordered to co-operate.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a></p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -and other corps followed.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> being posted -in reserve. The enemy manifesting a design against -the British left, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> were removed to that -flank by Brigadier-General Townshend, and were -formed <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en potence</i>, presenting two fronts to the enemy.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>This victory was gained with the loss of about fifty -men killed, and five hundred wounded; but the fall of -Major-General <span class="smcap">James Wolfe</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -Rutherford, John Maxwell, <em>senior</em>, John Maxwell, <em>junior</em>, -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.</p> - -<p>The Lieut.-Colonel of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> were stationed during -the winter, and they suffered severely from scurvy, -occasioned by living constantly on salt provisions.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1760</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Sillery</em>, and gained -some advantage; but the superior numbers of the -enemy rendered a retreat necessary, which was executed -in good order.</p> - -<p>The enemy besieged <em>Quebec</em>, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -of the 17th of May, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Montreal</em>. 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.</p> - -<p>After this success, the regiment was assembled at -Montreal, and it was one of the corps which occupied -that place for several months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1761</div> - -<p>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 <em>Martinique</em>, -and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> was one of the corps selected -for this service.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1762</div> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -Lieutenant Leslie, being among the latter. The -governor, M. Le Vassor de la Touche, surrendered the -island in February.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Havannah</em>, 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 <em>Moro</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>After the capture of the Havannah, the regiment -was stationed at that place eleven months.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1763</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1764<br />1765<br />1768</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1769<br />1770<br />1771</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1772<br />1773<br />1774</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1775</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1776</div> - -<p>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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment was one of the corps selected to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -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 <em>Charleston</em>. 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, -commanded by Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, were formed -in brigade with the fourth, twenty-seventh, and forty-fifth -regiments, under Major-General Pigot.</p> - -<p>A landing was effected on <em>Long Island</em> on the 22nd -of August, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 -<em>Brooklyn</em>. The loss of the regiment on this occasion -was limited to a few men wounded.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -of Long Island was thus accomplished in a few days, -with little loss.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>White Plains</em>; -but it did not sustain any loss.</p> - -<p>The regiment took part in the attack and capture -of the enemy's lines and redoubts near <em>Fort Washington</em>, -on the 16th of November, when it had a few private -soldiers killed and wounded.</p> - -<p>After taking part in these services, the regiment -proceeded into winter quarters at the city of New -York.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1777</div> - -<p>Information being received that the Americans were -forming magazines at <em>Peek's-hill</em>, about fifty miles up -the North River, Lieut.-Colonel Bird, of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, -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.</p> - -<p>Extensive depôts were also prepared by the Americans -at <em>Danbury</em>, and other places on the borders of -Connecticut, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>Arriving at <em>Ridgefield</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Hill of Compo</em>, 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span></p> - -<p>Eight rank and file of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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 <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'fortified lines i '">fortified lines in</ins> -the mountains; and an expedition against the populous -and wealthy city of Philadelphia was resolved upon. -The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Brandywine</em> to -oppose the advance, and on the 11th of September the -royal forces moved forward to engage their opponents. -The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span></p> - -<p>After this victory, the army continued its advance; -Philadelphia was taken possession of, and the British -troops took up a position at Germantown, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -being posted on the left of the village.</p> - -<p>Making a forced march during the night of the 3rd -of October, the American army appeared suddenly in -front of <em>Germantown</em> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Whitemarsh</em>; and early in December the -British army advanced with the view of inducing the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Freehold</em> in New -Jersey, when the grenadier company of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - -<p>The army afterwards continued its route, and arrived -at New York in July.</p> - -<p>A powerful French armament menacing the British -possessions in the West Indies, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, and -several other corps, sailed from North America, early -in November, for Barbadoes, under Major-General -Grant.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>On the arrival of the reinforcements at Barbadoes, -the British naval and military commanders resolved to -act offensively, and attack the French island of <em>St. -Lucia</em>. 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1779<br />1780</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -attacked the island of <em>St. Vincent</em>, and in July <em>Grenada</em>; -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1781</div> - -<p>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 <em>St. Eustatius</em> was captured. The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment -was afterwards removed from St. Christopher's -to St. Eustatius, and the flank companies were subsequently -detached to the former island.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiments, to surrender -prisoners of war. The commandant, Lieut.-Colonel -Cockburn, was afterwards tried by a general court-martial, -and cashiered.</p> - -<p>After being detained a short period, the regiment -was exchanged, and resumed its duties.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1782</div> - -<p>The flank companies were stationed at <em>St. Christopher's</em>, -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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -place <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'in the beginnining'">in the beginning</ins> 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 <em>Brimstone-hill</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> - -<p>The regiment returned to England, and many of the -officers and men, who had been made prisoners, were -lost on the voyage, in the <i>Ville de Paris</i>, a French ship, -which had been captured by Admiral Rodney.</p> - -<p>This year the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> received the title of the -<span class="smcap">East Riding Yorkshire</span> regiment, and was directed -to cultivate a connexion with that part of the county, -to facilitate the procuring of recruits.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1783<br />1784<br />1785</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1790<br />1791</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1792</div> - -<p>Lieut.-General Fawcett was removed to the third dragoon -guards, in August, 1792; and King George III. -conferred the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot on Major-General -James Hamilton, from the lieut.-colonelcy of -the twenty-first, or royal North British fusiliers.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793</div> - -<p>In 1793 the regiment was removed from Barbadoes -to Dominica, where it was stationed several months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment was selected to join an expedition -under General Sir Charles Grey, prepared to -rescue the French West India Islands from republican -outrage.</p> - -<p>The expedition sailed from Carlisle-bay, Barbadoes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> -early in February, 1794; landed at three different -points on the island of <em>Martinique</em>, on the 5th, 6th, and -8th of that month, and drove the enemy from numerous -strong posts. Two companies of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> distinguished -themselves in storming Mount Mathurine, -where a battery was erected, which compelled the garrison -of Pigeon Island to surrender at discretion. 'The -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.'<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> 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.</p> - -<p>The regiment remained at Martinique, while a -detachment proceeded to St. Lucia, and captured that -island.</p> - -<p>From Martinique the expedition proceeded against -<em>Guadaloupe</em>. 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795</div> - -<p>The regiment remained a short time at Martinique, -and afterwards proceeded to Dominica; but returned to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> -Martinique in January, 1795, and was stationed at that -island twelve months, under Lieut.-Colonel Madden.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1796</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1797<br />1798<br />1799</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The militia regiments being permitted to volunteer -into the regular army, fifteen hundred and thirty-eight -men volunteered to the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, and the regiment -was augmented to <em>two battalions</em>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1803</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment -remained in Ireland.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1804</div> - -<p>Preparations to repel the menaced French invasion -were continued in 1804, and a <em>second battalion</em> was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1807</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The court of Denmark having united with France, -in hostilities against Great Britain, an expedition was -prepared against the Danish islands of <em>St. Thomas</em> -and <em>Santa Croix</em>, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> embarked from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -Grenada to take part in this service. These colonies -surrendered on being summoned, and loss of life was -thus prevented.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808</div> - -<p>In July, 1808, a draft of six serjeants and two hundred -and ninety-three rank and file joined from the -second battalion.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1809</div> - -<p>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 <em>Martinique</em>. 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.'</p> - -<p>The royal authority was afterwards given for the -regiment to bear the word "<span class="smcap">Martinique</span>" 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> - -<p>Three French sail of the line and two frigates, from -L'Orient, having taken shelter in the <em>Saints</em>, in the -vicinity of Guadaloupe, they were blockaded by Rear-Admiral -Sir Alexander Cochrane; and three thousand -men, of which force the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment; but Major-General Maitland -would not allow the corps to engage in so dangerous an -enterprise.</p> - -<p>Towards the end of April, the regiment returned to -Grenada, where it was stationed about nine months.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1810</div> - -<p>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 <em>Guadaloupe</em>, 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>.</p> - -<p>The expedition rendezvoused at Prince Rupert's, -Dominica, and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> accompanied the second -division, which sailed on the 26th of January, and anchored<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.'</p> - -<p>The loss of the regiment was limited to a few private -soldiers killed and wounded, and Captain William -Grierson wounded.</p> - -<p>To commemorate the distinguished gallantry of the -regiment on this occasion, the royal authority was -afterwards given for the word "<span class="smcap">Guadaloupe</span>" to be -displayed on its colours. Lieut.-Colonel Riall received -a medal for commanding a brigade.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811<br />1812</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1813</div> - -<p>Several detachments also joined from the second -battalion in 1813.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1815</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Guadaloupe</em>, 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>The regiment proceeded to the Champ de Mars, -where it was stationed until the end of September, -when it embarked for Barbadoes.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1816</div> - -<p>Peace having been restored, and Buonaparte sent in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>In August, the French eighty-eighth regiment, or -Martinique Legion, arrived to garrison the island, -and the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>, being relieved, proceeded to -Grenada, where they landed on the 5th of September, -and marched into garrison at Richmond-hill.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1817<br />1818</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1819</div> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> lost between sixty and -seventy men of the yellow fever, in August and September.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1820<br />1821</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1822</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1822, the regiment was removed to -Hull; in October it embarked at Liverpool for Ireland,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> -and landing at Dublin, occupied Richmond barracks -a few weeks, and afterwards proceeded to Naas.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1823<br />1824</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1825</div> - -<p>Leaving Cork in July, 1825, the regiment proceeded -to Buttevant, with detachments to the towns in the -neighbourhood.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1826</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1827</div> - -<p>In April, 1827, the regiment was divided into six -<em>service</em> and four <em>reserve</em> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1828</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -its journey, in a steam vessel, to Quebec, and was -followed by the second division in August.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1830</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1831</div> - -<p>The regiment moved to Montreal on the 3rd of May -of this year, continuing its detachments.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1832</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="center"><em>Presentment of Grand Jury.</em></p> - -<p>'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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>'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.</p> - -<p>'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.'</p></div> - - -<p class="p2" /> -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="pfs90">GENERAL ORDER.</p> - -<p class="right fs90"><span class="padr4">'<em>Head Quarters</em>,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">'<em>Quebec, 2nd September, 1832</em>.</span></p> - -<p>'On the 21st of May last, a detachment of the -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -Macintosh, having under his orders Captain Temple -of the same regiment, was called out by the magistrates<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>'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.</p> - -<p>'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,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> -whose duty it is to take cognizance of criminal -offences.</p> - -<p>'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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.'</p></div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p>An address was likewise presented to Lieut.-Colonel -Macintosh and Captain Temple, by the citizens of Montreal, -from which the following extracts are made:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>'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.</p> - -<p>'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.</p> - -<p>'These considerations having now been removed in -a manner the most satisfactory to you and to ourselves,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>'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.'</p></div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p>The following letter from the Military Secretary of -the General Commanding in Chief, addressed to -Lieut.-General Lord Aylmer, <em>K.C.B.</em>, Commander of -the Forces in Canada, was published in the General -Orders of the Colony:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right">'<em>Horse Guards, Oct. 23rd, 1832.</em></p> - -<p>'<span class="smcap">My Lord</span>,</p> - -<p class="in3">'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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p class="right">(Signed) '<span class="smcap">Fitzroy Somerset</span>.'</p> -</div> - -<p class="p2" /> -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1833</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1834</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1835</div> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Horton, from the half-pay, -<em>vice</em> Macintosh, assumed the command of the regiment.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1836</div> - -<p>During the year 1836 the detachments at Fort -George and Amherstburg, were relieved by companies -from head quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837</div> - -<p>In the year 1837 all the detachments were withdrawn, -and the regiment moved to Quebec, in expectation of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1838</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> -time,) and although the weather was most inclement, -the regiment reached its destination shortly after dark.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> -the Commander of the Forces moved there, accompanied -by a division of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> and seventy-third -regiments, some artillery, and two troops of the -first (or King's) dragoon guards.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1839</div> - -<p>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, -<span class="fs70">A.M.</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -designs; and the troops shortly returned to their -several stations.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1840</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1841</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1842</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The half-yearly inspection of the regiment, by Lieut.-General -Sir John Macdonald, <em>G.C.B.</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1843</div> - -<p>On the 31st October and 1st November, the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844<br />1845</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1846<br />1847</div> - -<p>The service companies arrived at Ceylon on the 15th<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1848</div> - -<p>In June, 1848, the period of the conclusion of this -Record, the service companies of the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="pfs120">1848.</p> -<hr class="r10a" /> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="Plate_82" id="Plate_82"></a> -<img src="images/082.jpg" width="600" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> - -FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT<br /><br /> - -<span class="fs60">FOR CANNONS MILITARY RECORDS.</span></div> -</div> - - -<div class="footnotes pg-brk"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> Afterwards colonel of the twenty-seventh foot.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> Memoirs of Captain <span class="smcap">George Carleton</span>. This officer was appointed -lieutenant in the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> Carleton's Memoirs.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> London Gazette.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> Carleton's Memoirs.—From a defect of memory, Captain Carleton has -placed the expedition to Inverlochy after the action at Cromdale.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> <em>Cape Breton</em> 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, <em>Cape -Breton</em> was restored to France, in exchange for <em>Madras</em>, which had been -taken by the French.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> In censuring the grenadiers for their rash conduct, Major-General -Wolfe observed in orders, 'Amherst's (the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span>) 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.'</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> General Sir Charles Grey's despatch.</p></div></div> - - -<p class="p1 pg-brk" /> -<h2 class="large"><a name="SUCCESSION_OF_COLONELS" id="SUCCESSION_OF_COLONELS">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</a></h2> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING<br /> -REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir William Clifton, Bart.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 22nd June, 1685.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">William Clifton</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Arthur Herbert.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 12th May, 1686.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Arthur Herbert</span> (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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Earl of -Torrington</span>, 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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sackville Tufton.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 12th March, 1687.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Sackville Tufton</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir James Lesley.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 31st December, 1688.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Emanuel Howe.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st November, 1695.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Emanuel Howe</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Algernon Earl of Hertford.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 23rd October, 1709.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Algernon Seymour</span>, 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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Duke of Somerset</span>. His -decease occurred in February, 1750.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Harry Harrison.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 8th February, 1715.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot, with which regiment he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Jordan.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 15th April, 1749.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">John Jordan</span> 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 -<span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot. In April, 1756, he was removed to the -ninth dragoons. He died in the following month.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Jeffery Amherst.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 22nd May, 1756.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Jeffery Amherst</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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:—</p> - -<p><em>Louisbourg</em> surrendered, and six battalions made prisoners -of war, July the 26th, 1758.</p> - -<p><em>Fort du Quesne</em> taken possession of, 24th November, 1758.</p> - -<p><em>Niagara</em> surrendered, 25th July, 1759.</p> - -<p><em>Ticonderago</em> taken possession of, 26th July, 1759.</p> - -<p><em>Crown Point</em> taken possession of, 4th August, 1759.</p> - -<p><em>Quebec</em> capitulated, 18th September, 1759.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>Fort Levi</em> surrendered, 25th August, 1760.</p> - -<p><em>Isle aux Noix</em> abandoned, 28th August, 1760.</p> - -<p><em>Montreal</em> surrendered, and with it all Canada, and ten -<em>French</em> battalions laid down their arms, 8th September, -1760.</p> - -<p><em>St. John's, Newfoundland</em>, re-taken, the 18th of September, -1762.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Baron Amherst</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Charles Hotham.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 21st September, 1768.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Charles Hotham</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot in 1768. On the decease -of his father, in 1771, he succeeded to the dignity of -<span class="smcap">Baronet</span>; 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 <span class="smcap">Thompson</span>. -He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1772; to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Richard Earl of Cavan.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 7th September, 1775.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Richard Lambart</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Earl of Cavan</span> in the same year. In 1774 he -was appointed colonel of the fifty-fifth regiment; and was removed -to the <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> in the following year: in 1777 he -was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. He died in November, -1778.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir William Fawcett, K.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 12th November, 1778.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">William Fawcett</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>Being now unemployed, he engaged in the service of a -mercantile establishment in the city of London; but finding<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">James Hamilton.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 22nd August, 1792.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Henry Watson Powell.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 20th June, 1794.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> foot. In 1796 he obtained -the rank of lieut.-general, and that of general in 1801. He -died in 1814.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir Moore Disney</span>, K.C.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 23rd July, 1814.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> -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 <span class="smcap">Fifteenth</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">General Sir Phineas Riall</span>, K.C.H.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 24th April, 1846.</em></p> - -<p class="center">(From the seventy-fourth, Highland regiment.)</p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="lsp">APPENDIX.</h2> -<hr class="r20" /> - - -<p class="pfs90"><em>Battle, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of</em> <span class="smcap">King -William III.</span>, <em>from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697</em>.</p> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Walcourt</td><td class="tdl">25 August,</td><td class="tdl">1689</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Fleurus</td><td class="tdl">4 July,</td><td class="tdl">1690</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Mons surrendered to the French</td><td class="tdl">10 April,</td><td class="tdl">1691</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Namur <span class="pad1">ditto</span> <span class="pad3">ditto</span></td><td class="tdl">20 June,</td><td class="tdl">1692</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Steenkirk</td><td class="tdl">3 August,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Furnes and Dixmude captured</td><td class="tdl">— Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">The French lines at D'Otignies forced</td><td class="tdl">10 July,</td><td class="tdl">1693</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Landen</td><td class="tdl">29 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Surrender of Huy</td><td class="tdl">17 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">1694</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Attack on Fort Kenoque</td><td class="tdl">9 June,</td><td class="tdl">1695</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Dixmude surrendered to the French</td><td class="tdl">16 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Namur retaken by King William III.</td><td class="tdl">25 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Citadel of Namur surrendered</td><td class="tdl">5 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Treaty of Ryswick signed</td><td class="tdl">11 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">1697</td></tr> -</table></div> -<p class="p2" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs90 pg-brk"><em>List of Sieges, Battles, &c. in the Netherlands and Germany, during the -Campaigns under the</em> <span class="smcap">Duke</span> <em>of</em> <span class="smcap">Marlborough</span>, <em>from 1702 to 1711</em>.</p> - -<p class="p1" /> -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">Invested.</td><td class="tdc" colspan="2">Surrendered.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">——</td><td class="tdc" colspan="2">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Kayserswerth</td><td class="tdl">16 April,</td><td class="tdl">17 June,</td><td class="tdl">1702</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Skirmish near Nimeguen</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">11 June,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Venloo</td><td class="tdl">29 August,</td><td class="tdl">25 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Capture of Fort St. Michael</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">18 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Stevenswaert</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">3 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Ruremonde</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">6 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Capture of Liege Citadel</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">23 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Bonn</td><td class="tdl">24 April,</td><td class="tdl">15 May,</td><td class="tdl">1703</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Huy</td><td class="tdl">16 August,</td><td class="tdl">25 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Limburg</td><td class="tdl">10 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">28 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Schellenberg</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">2 July,</td><td class="tdl">1704</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Blenheim</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">13 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Landau</td><td class="tdl">12 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">24 Nov.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Huy captured by the French</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">May,</td><td class="tdl">1705</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Re-capture of Huy</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">11 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Forcing the French Lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">18 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Skirmish near the Dyle</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">21 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Sandvliet</td><td class="tdl">26 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">29 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Ramilies</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">23 May,</td><td class="tdl">1706</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Ostend</td><td class="tdl">28 June,</td><td class="tdl">8 July,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Menin</td><td class="tdl">25 July,</td><td class="tdl">25 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Dendermond</td><td class="tdl">29 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">5 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Aeth</td><td class="tdl">16 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">3 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Oudenarde</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">11 July,</td><td class="tdl">1708</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Lisle</td><td class="tdl">13 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">23 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Capture of the Citadel</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">9 Dec.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Wynendale</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">28 Sep.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Passage of the Scheldt</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">27 Nov.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Ghent</td><td class="tdl">18 Dec.,</td><td class="tdl">30 Dec.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Tournay</td><td class="tdl">27 June,</td><td class="tdl">29 July,</td><td class="tdl">1709</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Capture of the Citadel</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">3 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Battle of Malplaquet</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">11 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Mons</td><td class="tdl">21 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">20 Oct.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Passage of the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">21 April,</td><td class="tdl">1710</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Siege of Douay</td><td class="tdl">25 April,</td><td class="tdl">27 June,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Bethune</td><td class="tdl">15 July,</td><td class="tdl">29 Aug.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– Aire</td><td class="tdl">6 Sept.,</td><td class="tdl">9 Nov.,</td><td class="tdl">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">———– St. Venant</td><td 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