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diff --git a/old/56294-8.txt b/old/56294-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 29b0df6..0000000 --- a/old/56294-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2863 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of the Twelfth, or The -Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers, by Richard Cannon - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 Twelfth, or The Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers - Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in - 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1848. - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: January 2, 2018 [EBook #56294] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORIAL RECORD *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from images made available by the -HathiTrust Digital Library.) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Some minor changes are noted at the end of the book. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORDS - - OF - - THE BRITISH ARMY. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836_. - -His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with a view of doing -the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who -have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the -Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British -Army shall be published under the superintendence and direction -of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall contain the -following particulars, viz., - - ---- The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of - the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time - employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations, - in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any - Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, - &c., it may have captured from the Enemy. - - ---- The Names of the Officers and the number of Non-Commissioned - Officers and Privates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying - the Place and Date of the Action. - - ---- The Names of those Officers, who, in consideration of their - Gallant Services and Meritorious Conduct in Engagements with the - Enemy, have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other - Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour. - - ---- The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers - and Privates as may have specially signalized themselves in - Action. - -And, - - ---- The Badges and Devices which the Regiment may have been - permitted to bear, and the Causes on account of which such Badges - or Devices, or any other Marks of Distinction, have been granted. - - By Command of the Right Honourable - GENERAL LORD HILL, - _Commanding-in-Chief_. - - JOHN MACDONALD, - _Adjutant-General_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend -upon the zeal and ardour, by which all who enter into its service -are animated, and consequently it is of the highest importance that -any measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, by which -alone great and gallant actions are achieved, should be adopted. - -Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment of this desirable -object, than a full display of the noble deeds with which the -Military History of our country abounds. To hold forth these bright -examples to the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to -incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those who have -preceded him in their honourable career, are among the motives that -have given rise to the present publication. - -The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, announced in the -"London Gazette," from whence they are transferred into the public -prints: the achievements of our armies are thus made known at the -time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute of praise and -admiration to which they are entitled. On extraordinary occasions, -the Houses of Parliament have been in the habit of conferring on -the Commanders, and the Officers and Troops acting under their -orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks for their skill -and bravery, and these testimonials, confirmed by the high honour -of their Sovereign's Approbation, constitute the reward which the -soldier most highly prizes. - -It has not, however, until late years, been the practice (which -appears to have long prevailed in some of the Continental armies) -for British Regiments to keep regular records of their services -and achievements. Hence some difficulty has been experienced in -obtaining, particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services. - -This defect will now be remedied, in consequence of His Majesty -having been pleased to command, that every Regiment shall in future -keep a full and ample record of its services at home and abroad. - -From the materials thus collected, the country will henceforth -derive information as to the difficulties and privations which -chequer the career of those who embrace the military profession. In -Great Britain, where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and -where these pursuits have, for so long a period, been undisturbed -by the _presence of war_, which few other countries have escaped, -comparatively little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service, and of the casualties of climate, to which, even during -peace, the British Troops are exposed in every part of the globe, -with little or no interval of repose. - -In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the country -derives from the industry and the enterprise of the agriculturist -and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be supposed not often to -reflect on the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,--on -their sufferings,--and on the sacrifice of valuable life, by which -so many national benefits are obtained and preserved. - -The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, and endurance, -have shone conspicuously under great and trying difficulties; and -their character has been established in Continental warfare by the -irresistible spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the gallantry and -steadiness with which they have maintained their advantages against -superior numbers. - -In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, ample -justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions of the -Corps employed; but the details of their services, and of acts of -individual bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments. - -These Records are now preparing for publication, under His -Majesty's special authority, by Mr. RICHARD CANNON, Principal Clerk -of the Adjutant-General's Office; and while the perusal of them -cannot fail to be useful and interesting to military men of every -rank, it is considered that they will also afford entertainment and -information to the general reader, particularly to those who may -have served in the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. - -There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, -or are serving, in the Army, an _Esprit de Corps_--an attachment -to every thing belonging to their Regiment; to such persons a -narrative of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great,--the -valiant,--the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with -a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race -of heroes who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood, "firm -as the rocks of their native shore;" and when half the World has -been arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their -Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained -by our countrymen,--our brothers,--our fellow-citizens in arms,--a -record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their -gallant deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to the -public. - -Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other distinguished -Officers, will be introduced in the Records of their respective -Regiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to -time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying the value -and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth. - -As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record of each Regiment -will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall -be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE TWELFTH, - - OR - - THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT - - OF - - LANCERS: - - CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF - - THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1715, - - AND OF - - ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO - 1842. - - - _ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE UNIFORM._ - - - LONDON: - JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. - - M.DCCC.XLII. - - - - - LONDON: - HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, - ST. MARTIN'S LANE. - - - - - THE TWELFTH, - - OR - - THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL - - LANCERS, - - BEAR ON THEIR GUIDONS AND APPOINTMENTS - - THE - - "SPHINX," WITH THE WORD "EGYPT;" - "PENINSULA;" AND "WATERLOO;" - - TO COMMEMORATE THEIR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN - EGYPT IN 1801; - - UNDER FIELD MARSHAL - - HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, - - IN SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM 1811 TO 1814; - AND AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, ON THE - 18TH OF JUNE, 1815. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - Year Page - - 1715 Formation of the Regiment 9 - - ---- Names of Officer 10 - - ---- Rebellion of the Earl of Mar 11 - - 1718 The Regiment embarks for Ireland -- - - 1751 Description of the Uniform and Guidons 13 - - 1768 Styled the _Prince of Wales's Regiment_ 15 - - ---- Constituted a corps of _Light Dragoons_ 16 - - 1784 Uniform changed from Scarlet to _Blue_ -- - - 1793 Embarks for the Mediterranean 17 - - ---- Capture of the Island of Corsica 18 - - 1794 Stationed in Italy--Approbation of Pope Pius VI. -- - - 1795 Embarks for England 20 - - 1796 Proceeds to Portugal -- - - 1800 Embarks for the Mediterranean 21 - - 1801 Lands in Egypt 22 - - ---- Battle of Alexandria -- - - ---- Capture of a French Convoy in the Lybian Desert 25 - - ---- ---------- Cairo and Alexandria 27 - - 1802 Returns to England 28 - - ---- Embarks for Ireland 29 - - 1805 Returns to England -- - - 1809 Expedition to Walcheren -- - - ---- Returns to England 30 - - 1811 Embarks for Portugal -- - - ---- Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo -- - - 1812 Covering the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 31 - - ---- --------------------- Badajoz -- - - ---- Skirmish at Usagre--Action at Llerena 32 - - ---- Action at Castrejon 34 - - ---- Battle of Salamanca 35 - - ---- Covering the Siege of Burgos-Castle 37 - - ---- Skirmishes at Monasterio -- - - ---- Covering the Retreat at Burgos -- - - 1813 Battle of Vittoria 39 - - ---- Skirmishes at Villa Franca and Tolosa 40 - - ---- Covering the Siege of St. Sebastian 41 - - ---- Passage of the Bidassoa 42 - - ---- Battle of the Nivelle -- - - 1814 Passage of the Adour--Blockade of Bayonne 43 - - ---- Marches to Bordeaux--Skirmish at Etoliers 44 - - ---- Returns to England -- - - 1815 Embarks for Flanders 46 - - ---- Battle of Quatre Bras 47 - - ---- Battle of Waterloo 48 - - ---- Names of the Officers who received Medals 58 - - ---- Advances to Paris -- - - ---- Forms part of the Army of Occupation in France 59 - - ---- Constituted a corps of "_Lancers_" -- - - 1817 Rewarded with the title of the _Twelfth, or Prince - of Wales's, Royal Lancers_ -- - - 1818 Returns to England 60 - - 1820 Embarks for Ireland 61 - - 1824 Returns to England -- - - 1826 Embarks for Portugal 63 - - 1828 Returns to England 64 - - 1829 Proceeds to Scotland -- - - 1830 Embarks for Ireland -- - - ---- Resumes wearing _Scarlet_ Clothing -- - - 1833 Returns to England -- - - 1837 Reviewed by the Queen, Victoria 65 - - 1838 Her Majesty's Coronation 66 - - 1839 His Royal Highness the Prince George of Cambridge - attached to the Regiment -- - - 1840 Embarks for Ireland 67 - - 1842 Resumes wearing _Blue_ Clothing -- - - ---- The Conclusion 68 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. - - - 1715 Phineas Bowles 69 - - 1719 Phineas Bowles 70 - - 1740 Alexander Rose -- - - 1743 Samuel Walter Whitshed -- - - 1746 Thomas Bligh 71 - - 1747 Sir John Mordaunt, K.B. 72 - - 1749 Honorable James Cholmondeley 73 - - 1749 Lord George Sackville 74 - - 1750 Sir John Whitefoord, Baronet 75 - - 1763 Edward Harvey 76 - - 1764 Benjamin Carpenter 77 - - 1770 William Augustus Pitt -- - - 1775 Honorable William Keppel 78 - - 1782 Honorable George Lane Parker 79 - - 1791 Sir James Steuart, Baronet 79 - - 1815 Sir William Payne, Baronet 81 - - 1825 Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B., K.C.H. 82 - - 1827 Sir R. H. Vivian, Baronet, now Lord Vivian, K.C.B., G.C.H. 84 - - 1837 Sir H. J. Cumming, K.C.H. -- - - -[Illustration: Twelfth, The Prince of Wales's Royal Lancers.] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF - -THE TWELFTH, - -OR, - -THE PRINCE OF WALES'S, ROYAL REGIMENT - -OF - -LANCERS. - - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -On the 20th of January, 1715, King George I. proceeded in state to -St. Paul's Cathedral, to return thanks for his peaceful accession -to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland; but in a short time -afterwards the tranquillity of the kingdom was disturbed by the -rash proceedings of the adherents of the Stuart dynasty, who were -conspiring to elevate the Pretender to the throne, in which they -were abetted by the courts of Louis XIV. of France and of other -foreign potentates. These proceedings occasioned the army to be -augmented, and in July, 1715, Brigadier-General PHINEAS BOWLES,--a -warm-hearted loyalist, distinguished for his attachment to the -house of Hanover,--who had acquired a reputation at the head of -a regiment in the war of the Spanish succession, was commissioned -to raise a corps of cavalry in the counties of Berks, Bucks, and -Hants, having his general rendezvous at Reading. - -His Majesty's appeal to his subjects was cheerfully responded to, -and a number of loyalists coming forward to hazard their lives in -defence of their King and constitution, Brigadier-General Bowles -was soon at the head of a regiment of six troops, which, having -been continued in the service to the present time, now bears the -title of THE TWELFTH, OR THE PRINCE OF WALES'S, ROYAL REGIMENT OF -LANCERS. - -The following officers were appointed to commissions in the -regiment:-- - - -_Captains._ - - Phineas Bowles, _Col._ - T. Strickland, _Lt.Col._ - J. Orfeur, _Major_ - John Pierson - Giles Stevens - John Prideaux - -_Lieutenants._ - - W. Wills, _Capt.Lt._ - William Bourden - Christopher Bland - James Baker - John Johnson - Hugh Hilton - -_Cornets._ - - William Pomfret - Thomas Johnson - Richard Hull - William Pierce - Bret. Norton - ---- Forfar. - -While the regiment was in quarters in Berkshire, the Pretender's -standard was raised in Scotland by the Earl of Mar; but this -rebellion was suppressed without Brigadier-General BOWLES's -dragoons being required to proceed to the north; in October they -escorted a number of state prisoners to London, who were tried, and -several of them executed for endeavouring to excite the people to -rebellion, and for enlisting men for the Pretender's service. - -[Sidenote: 1716] - -[Sidenote: 1717] - -[Sidenote: 1718] - -In 1716 the regiment was stationed in Gloucestershire; in 1717 in -Wiltshire; and in October, 1718, it marched to Bristol, where it -embarked for Ireland, to replace a regiment of dragoons ordered to -be disbanded in that country. - -The TWELFTH Dragoons were placed upon the Irish establishment, -and they remained in that part of the United Kingdom during the -following seventy-five years. - -[Sidenote: 1719] - -[Sidenote: 1735] - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -[Sidenote: 1740] - -Brigadier-General Bowles was removed in March, 1719, to the Eighth -Dragoons, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the TWELFTH, by -Lieut.-Colonel Phineas Bowles. This officer was promoted to the -rank of brigadier-general in 1735; to that of major-general in -1739, and was removed, in 1740, to the Seventh Horse, now Sixth -Dragoon Guards, when King George II. conferred the colonelcy of -the TWELFTH Dragoons on Colonel Alexander Rose, from the Twentieth -Foot. - -[Sidenote: 1743] - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -Colonel Rose commanded the regiment until the summer of 1743, -when he was succeeded by Colonel Samuel Walter Whitshed, from the -Thirty-ninth Foot; and in April, 1746, Brigadier-General Thomas -Bligh was appointed to the colonelcy of the regiment, from the -Twentieth Foot. - -[Sidenote: 1747] - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -Brigadier-General Bligh was promoted to the rank of major-general -in 1747, and removed to the Second Irish Horse, now Fifth Dragoon -Guards; and the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons was conferred -on Major-General Sir John Mordaunt, from the Eighteenth regiment -of Foot. This distinguished officer was promoted to the Tenth -Dragoons, in 1749, and was succeeded by Major-General Lord George -Sackville, afterwards Viscount Sackville, from the Twentieth -regiment of Foot. - -[Sidenote: 1750] - -On the 18th of January, 1750, Lord George Sackville was promoted to -the Third Irish Horse, now Sixth Dragoon Guards; and the colonelcy -of the TWELFTH Dragoons was conferred on Lieut.-Colonel Sir John -Whitefoord, Baronet, from the Thirty-fifth Foot. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -King George II. issued, on the 1st of July, 1751, a warrant -regulating the clothing, standards and colours of the several -regiments, from which the following particulars have been -extracted respecting the TWELFTH DRAGOONS:-- - -COATS,--_scarlet_, double-breasted, without lapels, lined with -_white_; slit sleeves, turned up with white; the button-holes -ornamented with narrow white lace; the buttons flat, of white -metal, set on two and two; a long slash pocket in each skirt; and a -white worsted aiguillette on the right shoulder. - -WAISTCOATS AND BREECHES,--white. - -HATS,--bound with silver lace, and ornamented with a white metal -loop and a black cockade; the forage cap red, turned up with white, -and XII.D. on the little flap. - -BOOTS,--of jacked leather. - -CLOAKS,--of scarlet cloth, with a white collar, and lined with -white shalloon; the buttons set on two and two, on yellow frogs or -loops, with a green stripe down the centre. - -HORSE FURNITURE,--of white cloth; the holster-caps and housings -having a border of yellow lace, with a green stripe down the -centre; XII.D. embroidered upon the housings, on a red ground, -within a wreath of roses and thistles; the King's cipher, with -the crown over it, and XII.D. underneath, embroidered upon the -holster-caps. - -OFFICERS,--distinguished by silver lace and embroidery, and a -crimson silk sash across the left shoulder. - -SERJEANTS,--to have narrow silver lace on their cuffs, pockets, and -shoulder-straps; silver aiguillettes, with green and yellow worsted -sashes tied round their waists. - -DRUMMERS AND HAUTBOYS,--white coats, lined with scarlet, and -ornamented with yellow lace with a green stripe down the centre; -scarlet waistcoats and breeches. - -GUIDONS,--the first, or King's guidon, to be of crimson silk, with -a silver and green fringe; in the centre the rose and thistle -conjoined, and crown over them, with the motto--_Dieu et mon -Droit_, underneath; the white horse in a compartment in the first -and fourth corners, and XII.D. in silver characters on a white -ground, in the second and third corners: the second and third -guidons to be of white silk; in the centre, XII.D. in silver -characters, on a crimson ground, within a wreath of roses and -thistles on the same stalk; the white horse on a red ground, in the -first and fourth compartments; and the rose and thistle conjoined, -upon a red ground, in the second and third compartments; on the -third standard, a figure 3, on a circular red ground underneath -the wreath. - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -Lieut.-General Sir John Whitefoord died in 1763; and was -succeeded in the colonelcy by Colonel Edward Harvey, from the -lieut.-colonelcy of the Sixth Dragoons. In the following year, this -officer was removed to the Third Irish Horse, now Sixth Dragoon -Guards, and the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons was conferred on -Major-General Benjamin Carpenter, from lieut.-colonel of the second -troop, now second regiment, of Life Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1768] - -Although the necessity for maintaining an efficient military force -in Ireland, had prevented the regiment sharing in the perils and -conflicts of the war from 1741 to 1748, and from 1755 to 1762, -during which periods several corps had acquired never-fading -laurels, yet its excellent conduct during its service in Ireland -had been noticed and appreciated; it was held in high estimation, -and in 1768, King George III. conferred upon it the distinguished -title of "THE PRINCE OF WALES'S REGIMENT," in honor of the -heir-apparent to the throne, afterwards King George IV., who was -then in the seventh year of his age. At the same time the arms, -clothing, and equipment were changed, and it was constituted a -corps of "LIGHT Cavalry," and was designated "THE TWELFTH, OR THE -PRINCE OF WALES'S REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS." The regiment was -also permitted to assume as a regimental badge, a coronet, with -three feathers, and the motto "ICH DIEN;" also a rising sun, and a -red dragon. - -[Sidenote: 1770] - -Major-General Carpenter was removed to the Fourth Dragoons in 1770, -and was succeeded by Major-General William Augustus Pitt, from the -lieut.-colonelcy of the Tenth Dragoons. - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -After commanding the regiment five years, Major-General Pitt was -removed to the Third Irish Horse, now Sixth Dragoon Guards, and -was succeeded by Lieut.-General the Honorable William Keppel, from -the Fourteenth Foot, who died in 1782, when His Majesty appointed -Lieut.-General the Honorable George Lane Parker, from the Twentieth -Foot, to the colonelcy of the PRINCE OF WALES'S Light Dragoons. - -[Sidenote: 1784] - -[Sidenote: 1785] - -In 1784 the uniform was changed from scarlet to _blue_, and in 1785 -blue cloaks were adopted. - -[Sidenote: 1789] - -On the 25th June, 1789, Lieutenant the _Honorable Arthur -Wellesley_, now Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, was removed -to the TWELFTH Light Dragoons from the Forty-first Foot, and -continued to belong to this regiment until the 30th June, 1791. - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -Lieut.-General Parker commanded the regiment nine years, and dying -in the autumn of 1791, was succeeded by Colonel Sir James Steuart, -Baronet, from the lieut.-colonelcy of the Fifth Dragoons. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -The French revolution, which occurred at this period, occasioned -the regiment to be withdrawn from Ireland, where it had been -stationed seventy-five years, and to be employed in more active -services. Although the King of France was beheaded, and the -republicans maintained their authority by the terrors of the -guillotine, yet many patriots stood forward in the cause of -royalty, and the inhabitants of the celebrated port of Toulon,--the -principal station of the French navy, delivered up their port and -city to Admiral Lord Hood, who took possession in August, 1793, -in the name of Louis XVII. A French army advanced against Toulon, -which was defended by a few British, Spanish, Neapolitan, and -Sardinian troops; succours were sent out, and the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons embarked for the Mediterranean. Toulon was, however, -abandoned, and arrangements were made for attacking the island -of _Corsica_; part of the regiment landed and was at the taking -of _Bastia_, which surrendered on the 22nd of May, 1794; and an -assembly of the deputies afterwards agreed to unite the island to -Great Britain. The remainder of the regiment sailed to Italy, and -landed at Civita Vecchia,--a fortified sea-port in the bay of the -Tuscan sea,--and the conduct of the officers and soldiers attracted -the notice of Pope Pius VI., whose thanks were communicated by -Cardinal de Zelada, Secretary of State to His Holiness, in the -following letter:-- - - "_From the Vatican, May 30th, 1794._ - - "The marked consideration which the Holy Father has always - entertained, and never will cease to entertain, for the - generous and illustrious English nation, induces him not to - neglect the opportunity of giving a proof of it, which is now - afforded by the stay of a British regiment at Civita Vecchia. - As his holiness cannot but applaud the regular and praiseworthy - conduct of the troops in question, he has determined to evince - his entire satisfaction by presenting a gold medal to each of - the officers, including General Sir James Steuart, Baronet, - and Colonel Erskine[1], though absent; and since these medals, - twelve in number, are not, at the present moment, in readiness, - nor can be provided before the departure of the regiment from - Civita Vecchia, the Holy Father will be careful that they shall - be sent, as soon as possible, to Sir John Cox Hippesly, who will - be pleased to transmit them to the respective officers, making - them acquainted, at the same time, with the feelings by which - His Holiness is animated, and with the lively desire which he - entertains of manifesting, on all occasions, his unalterable - regard, whether it be towards the nation in general, or towards - every individual Englishman. In thus making known to Sir John - Cox Hippesly, member of the British parliament, the dispositions - of the Supreme Pontiff, the Cardinal de Zelada, Secretary of - State, begs leave to add an offer of his own services, and the - assurances of his distinguished esteem[2]." - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -The TWELFTH Light Dragoons were withdrawn from Italy and Corsica, -and, sailing to England, landed at Plymouth in January, 1795; they -were stationed, during the summer, at Tavistock, and passed the -winter at Nottingham. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -In the summer of 1796 the regiment was removed to Croydon, -and in October to York. The French republic was, in the mean -time, conspiring the destruction of British commerce, and -having concluded a treaty of peace with Spain, had entered into -negociations with the Portuguese; but the Queen of Portugal refused -to ratify the treaty, and agreed to receive British troops into -several ports of Portugal. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons were selected -to proceed to Portugal, to assist in the defence of that kingdom, -in the event of its being attacked by France or her allies. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -The regiment left England during the winter, arrived at Portugal -in the beginning of 1797, and was followed by the Twenty-sixth -Dragoons, the second battalion of the First (Royals), and the -Eighteenth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first regiments of foot. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -[Sidenote: 1801] - -The TWELFTH Light Dragoons were stationed at Lisbon, where they -remained until the winter of 1800, when they embarked to join -the expedition under General Sir Ralph Abercromby, destined to -undertake the expulsion of the French "Army of the East" from -Egypt. The regiment sailed under the convoy of the Braakel, armed -_en flūte_, and arrived on the 11th of January, 1801, at the Bay -of Marmorice, in Asiatic Turkey, where the fleet was anchored in -a splendid basin of water, surrounded by mountains covered with -trees. The regiment landed, and received a supply of Turkish -horses, which proved of so very inferior a description, that the -commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Mervyn Archdall, solicited to -serve with the regiment as infantry; the necessity of having a -body of mounted cavalry was, however, urgent, and three hundred of -the best of the horses were trained[3]; a number of men, however, -remained dismounted. The TWELFTH and Twenty-sixth Light Dragoons -were formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Finch. - -From the Bay of Marmorice the fleet sailed on the 23rd of February, -and the greatness of the armament, with the gaiety of the brave -men on board, was calculated to excite a deep feeling of interest -respecting the destiny of the expedition, which involved the -dearest interests of Great Britain. The gallant troops employed on -this enterprise proved worthy of the confidence reposed in them, -and they more than realized the expectations of their king and -country. Arriving off the celebrated city of Alexandria in the -beginning of March, the fleet bore down into the Bay of Aboukir, -and on the 8th of that month, the troops landed, and defeated a -numerous body of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, formed to oppose -them. Advancing towards _Alexandria_, the army encamped, on the -12th of March, near Mandora Tower, and on the following day marched -through a grove of date-trees, and drove the enemy from a position -he occupied. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons had one man and four horses -killed; one serjeant, and one private soldier wounded. - -After this success the army encamped, and the Egyptian peasantry -brought a supply of sheep, goats, poultry, and eggs. On the -18th of March, when a great part of the regiment had left the -camp to water the horses, information arrived of the approach -of a reconnoitring party, and Lieut.-Colonel Archdall collected -sixty men, with whom he advanced to meet the enemy, taking also -a piquet of twenty men. After proceeding about three miles, he -met one hundred and fifty French hussars and infantry, under -General D'Estin, and, notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, he -instantly detached Lieutenant Levingston with twelve men to attack -the left flank of the French hussars, while he charged the front -with the main body. Dashing furiously upon his opponents, Colonel -Archdall broke the French infantry at the first onset; their -cavalry instantly fled, and the British troopers pursued, killing -and wounding several, but the main body of the French hussars, -being better mounted than the British, escaped. The precaution of -securing the French infantry had been, inconsiderately, omitted, -and when the troopers returned from the pursuit, they were fired -upon by the foot from behind a sandhill, which occasioned some -loss, and, finally, the French infantry effected their retreat. -The TWELFTH Light Dragoons had five horses killed; Lieut.-Colonel -Archdall, and one serjeant wounded; Captain the Honorable Pierce -Butler, Cornet Earle Lindsay Daniel, and seven men, who had been -most eager in the pursuit, were intercepted in their return, and -made prisoners. - -Lieut.-Colonel Archdall lost his arm, and the command of the -TWELFTH Dragoons devolved on Lieut.-Colonel Robert Browne. - -On the 21st of March the British repulsed an attack of the French -on their position; but they had to lament the loss of Sir Ralph -Abercromby, who was mortally wounded. The loss of the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons was limited to seven men wounded. - -From the vicinity of Alexandria the regiment afterwards traversed -the country to Rosetta, and advanced from thence along the banks -of the Nile, taking part in the operations by which the French -were forced to quit their fortified post at _Rahmanie_, where the -TWELFTH lost several men and horses. - -While possession was being taken of the fort of Rahmanie, -Lieutenant Drake and thirty men of the regiment went out to -water their horses, and hearing a firing at a distance, they -proceeded to the spot, and found fifty men of the Twenty-second -French Dragoons skirmishing with a party of Arabs. The TWELFTH -advanced with the most determined gallantry, but at the moment -when they were about to charge, the French captain held up a white -handkerchief, and agreed to surrender. An aide-de-camp, with -despatches, was also made prisoner on this occasion. - -From Rahmanie, the army advanced along the banks of the Nile -towards Cairo, and arrived on the 16th of May at _Algam_ and -Nadir. On the following morning some Bedouin Arabs arrived at -Colonel Browne's tent with information that a body of French were -in the Lybian Desert; the colonel sent them to head-quarters, and -immediately despatched Lieutenant Francis Raynes with a small -detachment into the desert; also ordered the light artillery and -cavalry to feed and water their horses, and be ready to move at a -moment's notice: Lieutenant Catson was afterwards sent out with -another small detachment to keep up the communication with the -first. Soon afterwards Brigadier-General Doyle was directed to -enter the desert with his brigade of infantry,--the TWELFTH and -Twenty-sixth Light Dragoons (two hundred and fifty men) and some -artillery. At the same time Colonel Abercromby and Major Wilson -galloped forward to find the enemy. After proceeding some distance -at a brisk trot the Light Dragoons came in sight of the French -column, which had been skirmishing with the Arabs. The enemy was -very superior in numbers; the British artillery was some distance -in the rear, and the infantry was not in sight; but Major Wilson -advanced with a white handkerchief on the point of his sword, and -proposed to the French commander, Colonel Cavalier, to surrender on -condition of being sent to France, and the officers to retain their -private property. This was at first refused, but Colonel Browne -forming the TWELFTH and Twenty-sixth Light Dragoons rank-entire, -with extended files, they presented a formidable appearance; -and the French officers and soldiers, being weary of Egypt, and -desirous of returning to France, surrendered. This proved to be a -valuable French convoy of - - 28 officers. - 570 rank and file, - 1 stand of colours, - 1 light four-pounder, - 300 horses and dromedaries, and - 500 camels. - -One hundred and twenty men of Bonaparte's famous dromedary -corps were among the prisoners, and presented a grand and novel -appearance; and the horses and camels formed a valuable acquisition -to the British army. - -Brigadier-General (afterwards Sir John) Doyle expressed, in a -letter to Colonel Browne, his approbation of the excellent conduct -of the TWELFTH and Twenty-sixth Light Dragoons, adding,--"With such -troops I shall always feel a pride to serve; and at their head, be -content to fall, being convinced it must be with honor." When this -officer received supporters to his arms, he chose, as one of them, -a light dragoon of the TWELFTH, holding the French color taken with -the convoy. - -The army, continuing to advance, arrived, on the 8th of June, -near the Pyramids, where it halted several days, and subsequently -advanced to _Cairo_, and invested the city; the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons being posted on the left of the river. In a few days the -French surrendered the capital of Egypt, which added additional -lustre to the British arms, and the brave soldiers, whose skill -and valor gained these honors, were rewarded with the approbation -of their Sovereign, and the thanks of Parliament. - -From Cairo the army retired down the Nile, and commenced the siege -of _Alexandria_, which city was surrendered in September, and the -deliverance of Egypt from the power of France was thus completed. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -On the evacuation of Egypt, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons returned -to England, where they arrived in 1802. The officers received -each a gold medal from the Grand Seignior, and the regiment was -subsequently honored with the royal authority to bear on its -guidons and appointments, a "SPHYNX," with the word "EGYPT," as a -mark of His Majesty's approbation of their gallant services in the -Egyptian campaign[4]. - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -After their return from Egypt, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were -stationed at Weymouth until the end of the year, when they -proceeded to Ireland, and the head-quarters were established at -Clonmel, from whence they were removed, in 1803, to Limerick, and -in 1804, to Dublin. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -Returning to England in 1805, the regiment was stationed at -Guildford and Romford; in 1806 the head-quarters were at -Blatchington, with numerous detachments on the Sussex coast. In -1807 they were removed to Hythe, with detachments on the coast of -Kent. In 1808 the regiment marched to Hounslow and Hampton Court, -and took the escort duty for the royal family. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -The regiment was relieved from the escort duty, in 1809, and -embarked with the expedition to Holland under General the Earl of -Chatham. It was on board the fleet during the siege and capture of -Flushing on the island of _Walcheren_; and when the object of the -expedition was relinquished, the regiment returned to England; the -head-quarters were established at Deal, with detached troops along -the coast of Kent, where they were stationed in 1810. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -In the spring of 1811 the TWELFTH Light Dragoons received orders -to hold themselves in readiness to join the allied army commanded -by Lord Wellington, engaged in the glorious struggle to effect the -expulsion of the legions of Bonaparte from Spain and Portugal; -and six troops of the regiment embarked at Portsmouth in May and -June. On the 11th of June Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. C. Ponsonby -was appointed lieut.-colonel in the regiment in succession to -Major-General Robert Browne. The regiment landed at Lisbon on -the 25th of June, and, after a halt of ten days, advanced up -the country. The allied army retired, soon afterwards, from its -position on the Caya in the Alentejo, and moved towards Ciudad -Rodrigo; and the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were formed in brigade -with the First (Royal) Dragoons under the command of Major-General -Slade. This brigade was employed in the operations connected with -the blockade of _Ciudad Rodrigo_, and with the action at El Bodon, -which took place when the armies of Marshal Marmont and General -Dorsenne advanced to relieve the blockaded fortress. A series of -movements followed, in which the TWELFTH took part, and after the -retrograde of the French army, the brigade went into cantonments in -the valley of the Mondego, the TWELFTH occupying Celerico. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -In the winter, when the siege of _Ciudad Rodrigo_ was undertaken, -the TWELFTH Light Dragoons advanced to take part in covering the -operation, and were posted at Regarda, and on the capture of -fortress in January, 1812, they fell back to Seixo, in the valley -of Mondego, where they were formed in brigade with the Fourteenth -and Sixteenth Light Dragoons, under the orders of Major-General -Anson. - -In February the TWELFTH Light Dragoons marched to Thomar, where -they remained until the siege of _Badajoz_ was undertaken, when -they proceeded to the Alentejo. On the approach of the French army, -they crossed the Guadiana and advanced to Los Santos, where they -took the outpost duty, and Badajoz was captured by storm on the -6th of April. The covering army afterwards advanced towards the -enemy, who fell back, and on the 10th of April the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons drove the enemy's posts from the vicinity of _Usagre_, and -occupied the town. On the following day the brigade, commanded on -this occasion by Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Frederick Ponsonby of -the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, moved towards _Llerena_, and kept the -attention of a large body of French cavalry engaged by skirmishing, -while the Fifth Dragoon Guards, and Third and Fourth Dragoons, -commanded by Major-General Le Marchant, passed secretly at the -back of some heights, and gained the enemy's flank. Everything -succeeded according to expectation; as three squadrons under -Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby skirmished, the Fifth Dragoon Guards issued -from a grove of olive-trees and charged the enemy's flank; and in -the next moment the light brigade charged the front of the French -line, which was instantly broken and pursued for several miles. A -hundred Frenchmen were killed and wounded in the field, and a much -greater number, including one lieut.-colonel, two captains, and -a lieutenant, were made prisoners. The loss of the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons was limited to one serjeant, two private soldiers, and -one horse killed; one serjeant, four private soldiers, and three -horses wounded. A cavalry order was issued on the following day, -from which the following is an extract:-- - -"Lieut.-General Sir Stapleton Cotton begs Major-General Le Marchant -and the Honorable Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby will accept his best -thanks for the gallant and judicious manner in which they commanded -their brigades yesterday, and he requests they will make known -to the officers commanding regiments the lieut.-general's high -approbation of their conduct, as well as of the zeal and attention -displayed by all ranks. The order which was observed by the -troops in pursuing the enemy, and the quickness with which they -formed after every attack, does infinite credit to the commanding -officers, and is a convincing proof of the good discipline of the -several regiments." - -The French army under Marshal Soult retired; but another army under -Marshal Marmont had entered Portugal, and Major-General Anson's -brigade left Spanish Estremadura, and marched for the province of -Beira. Marshal Marmont retired; and the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, -having halted a short period at Castello-Branco, were afterwards -removed to Cano. - -In June, when the army took the field, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons -proceeded to the vicinity of Ciudad Rodrigo, and subsequently -advanced upon _Salamanca_, from whence the French were driven; -the regiment, having crossed the Tormes below that city, with the -column under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Picton, advanced, by St. -Christoval, along the road to Toro, and after skirmishing with the -French rear-guard, took the outposts in front of St. Christoval, -where the army was placed in position during the siege of the forts. - -After the capture of the forts at Salamanca, the army advanced to -the bank of the Douro, and the French under Marshal Marmont were -posted on the opposite side of the river. In the middle of July the -French passed the Douro, when Lord Wellington united his centre and -left on the Guarena; but caused two divisions, and Major-General -Anson's brigade of cavalry, to halt at _Castrejon_, on the -Trabancos, under Lieut.-General Sir Stapleton Cotton. The TWELFTH -Light Dragoons arrived at Castrejon on the 17th of July, and in -the evening the piquet under Captain Dickens was attacked. On the -following morning at day-break, the out-posts were driven in, and -the French appeared in great force; the cavalry formed in front of -the infantry, but afterwards advanced towards the river and some -sharp skirmishing occurred. Lord Wellington arriving, the whole -were directed to retire behind the Guarena, which was executed with -little loss. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons had five rank and file, and -eight horses killed; Adjutant Getterick, twelve rank and file, and -four horses wounded; one rank and file and three horses missing. - -The TWELFTH Light Dragoons were actively employed during the -operations which followed the retreat behind the Guarena, and on -the 20th of July, when the opposing armies were moving parallel to -each other, Captain Barton's squadron suffered from a cannonade; -this squadron furnished the out-posts at night. - -The army subsequently withdrew to the vicinity of _Salamanca_, -where a general action was fought on the 22nd of July. The TWELFTH -Light Dragoons were stationed on the left, and not far from the -rocky Arapiles, and they had the honor of taking part in the -overthrow of the French army. The regiment charged twice in the -evening, and broke some French infantry, after which a squadron -under Captain Andrews moved to Huarte. Its loss was Captain -Dickens, one serjeant, one rank and file and one horse killed; two -rank and file and three horses wounded. - -On the day after the battle, the TWELFTH joined the other -regiments of the brigade, which had been in pursuit of the enemy's -rear-guard, and following the French army in its retrograde -movement, arrived at the ancient city of Valladolid, in Leon, on -the 30th of July. The pursuit was not continued; but the Marquis of -Wellington left a small force in the neighbourhood of Valladolid, -including the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, and marched with the army to -Madrid, a distance of about one hundred miles. - -When the allied army had left the vicinity of the Douro, General -Clauzel advanced with the French troops which had been defeated -at Salamanca, and occupied Valladolid, and Major-General Anson's -brigade was withdrawn across the Douro at Tudela in the middle of -August, when the TWELFTH had one man killed in a skirmish with the -French. - -On the return of the army from Madrid, the French retreated; the -British moved forward, and on the 7th of September the TWELFTH -Light Dragoons entered Valladolid, and skirmished with the enemy's -rear-guard when the bridge was blown up. - -Leaving Valladolid the French army retired down the beautiful -Pisuerga and Arlanzan valleys; the allies followed, and the ground -being favorable for a retiring army, repeated skirmishes took -place, in which the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were engaged. Arriving -at _Burgos_, the capital of Old Castille, the army halted, and -commenced the siege of the castle; the cavalry being pushed forward -to _Monasterio_, where the TWELFTH Light Dragoons had frequent -skirmishes with parties of the enemy. - -The French army having been reinforced and placed under the orders -of General Souham, advanced upon Burgos; and this circumstance, -with the movements of the forces under Joseph Buonaparte and -Marshal Soult, induced the British commander to raise the siege of -Burgos castle, and to retire. - -During the retreat from Burgos to Ciudad Rodrigo, the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons were actively employed in covering the rear, and they had -frequent rencontres with the French advance-guards, on one of which -occasions their commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable -Frederick Ponsonby, was wounded; Lieutenant Taylor was also -wounded; and the regiment had several private soldiers and horses -killed and wounded. - -After passing the Agueda the army went into quarters; the TWELFTH -Light Dragoons were stationed at Oliveira de Condé; and from the -period they had taken the field in June, they reckoned thirty-three -skirmishes and one general engagement, in which the regiment, or a -portion of it, had taken part. - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -In February, 1813, the regiment was removed to St. Pedro de Sul, -on the Vouga, and in April to Agueda, between Coimbro and Oporto. -In the mean time arrangements were made for opening the compaign, -and in May, the British cavalry of the left wing crossed the Douro, -some at Oporto, some at Lamega and other places, and entered the -mountainous district of the Tras-os-Montes; they were followed -by several divisions of infantry, and by the pontoon train; the -whole under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham. The TWELFTH Light -Dragoons formed a part of this force; they passed the Douro at -Oporto, accompanied this portion of the army in its difficult -march through mountainous regions held to be nearly impracticable -even for small corps, and forded the Esla at the end of May. The -French, finding their position turned, fell back without hazarding -a battle, and a series of retrograde movements brought them behind -the Ebro. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons followed close on the rear of -the retiring enemy, and moving towards the sources of the Ebro, -traversed those wild, but beautiful, mountain-regions, through -which the Marquis of Wellington moved his numerous columns to turn -the position occupied by the French, who fell back upon Vittoria. -On the 18th of June, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons overtook a French -division, with which they skirmished until a British column came -up, when the enemy retired. - -The skilful and brilliant movements of the British commander had -forced the enemy back in confusion from the banks of the Tormes to -the confines of the Pyrenees, in three weeks; and this splendid -success was followed by a great victory in the valley of _Vittoria_ -on the 21st of June, in the gaining of which the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons had the honor to take part. They formed part of the left -column under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham, and supported the -attacks of the infantry and artillery on the right of the enemy's -positions at Abechuco and Gamarra Major, and towards the close of -the action they crossed the little river Zadora, turned the enemy's -right, and cut off his retreat by the Bayonne road. The loss of the -regiment was small, viz.:--Cornet Hammond and one man killed, and -three men wounded: its gallant bearing throughout the action, and -the zeal, spirit, and activity evinced by the officers and men, -were, however, conspicuous, particularly in its movements in the -evening of that eventful day. - -On the 23rd of June, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were detached, -with other forces under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham, by the -pass of Adrian to the district of Guipuscoa, in the province of -Biscay, and in the evening the head of the column, having crossed -the Mutiol mountain, descended upon Segura. The TWELFTH passed the -night in the mountain, resumed the march on the following day, and -arrived in the evening in the neighbourhood of _Villa Franca_, at -the moment when the rear-guard of General Foy's division, which -was escorting a valuable convoy towards France, was entering the -town. The French took up a strong position, some sharp fighting -occurred, and eventually General Foy fell back to _Tolosa_, from -whence he was driven with the loss of four hundred men killed and -wounded; but the convoy entered France in safety. - -In the beginning of July, _St. Sebastian_ was besieged, and the -TWELFTH Light Dragoons were employed in covering the siege of that -important fortress. Towards the end of July, when Marshal Soult -advanced with a powerful army to drive the allies from the Pyrenees -and relieve the invested fortresses, the siege of St. Sebastian -was turned into a blockade, and Major-General Anson's brigade of -cavalry was employed in keeping up the communication through the -mountains, between the left and centre of the allied army. The -communication was interrupted on the 27th and 28th of July; but was -renewed on the 29th, and after much hard fighting in the mountains, -the French were driven back with loss. The siege of St. Sebastian -was then renewed, and the TWELFTH Light Dragoons took post at -Usurbil, from whence a squadron was subsequently detached to -Renterio to furnish the out-posts in that direction. St. Sebastian -was taken by storm on the 31st of August, and on the 9th of -September the citadel surrendered. About this period Major-General -Vandeleur was appointed to the command of the brigade of which the -TWELFTH Light Dragoons formed part. - -After the fall of St. Sebastian, the troops which had been employed -in the siege advanced to the frontiers, and on the 7th of October -the passage of the _Bidassoa_ was forced, and the army entered -France. Unprincipled aggression was thus overtaken by retributive -justice, and the kingdom which had sent its legions to other -countries to ravage and devastate, became the theatre of war. After -the passage of the river, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons bivouacked on -the great road, with posts at Urogne. - -Pampeluna having surrendered, a forward movement was made on the -10th of November, when the enemy's works on the river _Nivelle_ -were attacked and forced. The TWELFTH supported the infantry, and -lost several men and horses from a cannonade to which they were -exposed. The river Nive was passed in the early part of December; -but the weather became so severe as to confine the troops to their -quarters, and the TWELFTH Light Dragoons returned to Urogne, and -took the out-post duty in front of St. Jean-de-Luz. The French -army occupied a strong camp at Bayonne. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -When the severity of the weather abated, the army was again put -in motion; and in the second week of February, 1814, the British -commander advanced against the enemy's left to draw Marshal Soult's -attention to that quarter, while the passage of the _Adour_ was -effected, by the division under Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, below -Bayonne. By a difficult night-march a body of troops approached the -river on the morning of the 23rd of February; the artillery forced -the French flotilla to retire, and sixty men of the foot-guards -were rowed across in a pontoon; a raft was formed, a hawser was -stretched across, and six hundred of the foot-guards, the fifth -battalion of the sixtieth regiment, and part of the rocket-battery -crossed, and repulsed the attack of a French column from Bayonne. -On the 24th a squadron of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons crossed the -Adour, the men in boats, and the horses swam across the river. A -British flotilla afterwards arrived, a bridge of boats was thrown -across, and Bayonne was blockaded. - -In the mean time important events had transpired in various parts -of Europe, and the gigantic power of Bonaparte was reduced. A -party favorable to the Bourbon dynasty was known to exist at -_Bordeaux_, towards which city a body of troops was detached under -Sir William, now Lord, Beresford. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons moved -by the old road across the Landes towards Bordeaux, where they -arrived on the 12th of March, and the magistrates and city-guards -displayed the white cockade. The regiment was left at Bordeaux -under Lieut.-General the Earl of Dalhousie; it furnished posts -and patroles between the Garonne and Dordogne. Two squadrons -were subsequently attached to part of the seventh division which -occupied La Réolles; and on the 7th of April, a squadron commanded -by Major Bridger, crossed the Dordogne, with Lord Dalhousie, -and made a successful charge upon a body of French infantry at -_Etoliers_. - -Hostilities were soon afterwards terminated by the restoration -of the Bourbon dynasty to the throne of France. After reposing a -short time in quarters, the regiment commenced its march through -France to Calais, which was performed in a month, and in the second -week of July it embarked for Dover, from whence it proceeded to -Hounslow, where it was reviewed by His Royal Highness the Duke of -York; it was afterwards removed to Dorchester. - -In closing the account of the services of the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons in the Peninsula, it is worthy of being recorded, that the -regiment never had a piquet surprised, nor a patrole taken; neither -did any instance of desertion occur. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -In February, 1815, the regiment marched to Reading, in consequence -of some disturbances in Berkshire. - -After commanding the regiment for twenty-three years, General Sir -James Steuart Denham, Baronet, was removed to the Scots Greys, and -was succeeded by Lieut.-General Sir William Payne, Baronet, from -the Nineteenth Light Dragoons, by commission dated the 12th of -January, 1815. - -His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, appreciating the important -services rendered by the army during the war, conferred rewards -for gallant conduct on officers and corps; and the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons were authorized to bear on their guidons and appointments -the word "PENINSULA," to commemorate their services in Portugal, -Spain, and the south of France, under Field-Marshal His Grace -the Duke of Wellington. Their commanding officer, Colonel the -Honorable F. C. Ponsonby, was rewarded with a medal and two clasps -for the battles of Barrosa, Salamanca, and Vittoria. Before these -distinctions were all conferred, the reappearance of Bonaparte in -France,--his re-assumption of the imperial dignity,--and the flight -of Louis XVIII. from Paris to the Netherlands, occasioned a British -army once more to take the field against the legions of the usurper. - -Six troops of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel the -Honorable F. C. Ponsonby, embarked at Ramsgate, in the beginning of -April, 1815, leaving a depōt of two troops in England, (which was -subsequently augmented to four,) and landing at Ostend, on the 3rd -of that month, advanced up the country; they were formed in brigade -with the Eleventh and Sixteenth Light Dragoons, under Major-General -Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur. Soon after their arrival in Flanders, -they were reviewed by the Duke of Wellington, who was pleased to -express his "approbation of their appearance; that he was happy -at having again under his orders, a corps which had always been -distinguished for its gallantry and discipline, and he did not -doubt, should occasion offer, but it would continue to deserve -his good opinion; and he hoped every man would feel a pride in -endeavouring to maintain the reputation of the regiment." - -When Bonaparte endeavoured, by a sudden advance of his numerous -legions, to interpose between the British and Prussian armies, -and beat them in detail, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were suddenly -ordered to march, on the morning of the 16th of June, to Enghien, -from whence they continued their route, a great part of the way -at a trot, to _Quatre Bras_, where they arrived at sunset, at the -moment when the French troops, under Marshal Ney, were withdrawing -from the contest. The regiment bivouacked on the ground behind -the field of battle, and furnished small piquets along the front, -in communication with the infantry. On the following day, when -the army made a retrograde movement, to keep up the communication -with the Prussians, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons withdrew by the -lower road, through the woods and open grounds, passed the river -Dyle, at a deep ford, below Genappe, and took post on the left of -the position, in front of the village of _Waterloo_, where they -bivouacked in the open fields, and were exposed to a heavy rain -during the night. - -On the following morning (18th June) two powerful armies -confronted each other; each occupied a range of heights of easy -access, and a narrow valley was between them. Both armies were -confident in their leader, and, as daylight appeared, they prepared -to engage in deadly conflict. - -The TWELFTH Light Dragoons were formed in column of squadrons, -and posted in a pea-field, above Papilot, a short distance -from the left of the fifth division, which formed the left of -the British infantry. Soon after mid-day Count D'Erlon's corps -attacked the British left, but was repulsed, on which occasion a -brilliant charge was made by the Royals, Greys, and Inniskilling -Dragoons. One column of the enemy, on the extreme right of the -attacking force, had not been engaged, and it continued to advance. -Major-General Vandeleur had proceeded, with part of his brigade, -to support the Royals, Greys, and Inniskilling Dragoons, whilst -re-forming after their charge; but the TWELFTH remained on the -left, and Colonel Ponsonby, having authority to act discretionally, -resolved, notwithstanding the inferiority of his numbers, to attack -the French column with the regiment. He formed the TWELFTH in open -column, cautioned the men "to be steady, and do their duty," and -led them forward over ploughed ground, saturated with rain, to -attack this formidable column of infantry, which was supported on -the flank by lancers, and covered by the fire of artillery from a -rising ground in its rear. As the French column crossed the valley -between the two armies, the TWELFTH passed the hedge-row occupied -by the Highlanders, and descended the rising ground on which -the British line was formed, exposed to the fire of the enemy's -artillery, and receiving a volley from the column of infantry, -to which the slope, the regiment was descending, rendered it a -conspicuous mark. As the regiment moved forward, it gradually -increased its pace; the men were anxious to charge; but Colonel -Ponsonby, whose courage they admired, and in whose talents they -placed unlimited confidence, restrained their ardour, that he might -maintain their compact formation, and reserve the power of the -horses for the critical moment. When that moment arrived, he gave -the word "Charge." The French, dismayed by the heroic bearing of -the regiment, gave way, and the TWELFTH plunged at speed into the -column, broke its formation, and cut down the French soldiers with -a terrible carnage. The moment the regiment had cut through the -infantry, it was stopped by the columns of reserve, and charged by -the lancers. Having succeeded in the object of the charge, Colonel -Ponsonby was anxious to withdraw the regiment, and spare his men, -who were fighting against fearful odds; but friends and foes were -mixed in a confused mźlée; the colonel fell, dangerously wounded, -and the regiment withdrew from the unequal contest. - -After returning from the charge, the regiment was re-formed under -Captain (now Colonel) Stawell; its loss had been severe; of the -three squadrons, which ten minutes before had gone into action, -one-third had fallen; it was found necessary to tell off the -regiment into two squadrons, and the grief of the soldiers was -great at the absence of their colonel, of whose fate they were -ignorant[5]. Major James Paul Bridger, whose charger was killed in -the attack, procured another horse, and assumed the command of the -regiment. - -The following account of the charge of the TWELFTH, and of his own -sufferings, was afterwards written by Colonel Ponsonby to satisfy -the inquiries of numerous friends:-- - -"I was stationed with my regiment (about 300 strong) at the extreme -of the left wing, and directed to act discretionally:--each of the -armies was drawn up on a gentle declivity, a small valley lying -between them. - -"At one o'clock, observing, as I thought, unsteadiness in a column -of French infantry, which was advancing _with an irregular fire_, -I resolved to charge them. As we were descending in a gallop, -we received from our own troops on the right, a fire much more -destructive than theirs, they having begun long before it could -take effect, and slackening as we drew nearer; when we were within -fifty paces of them, they turned, and much execution was done among -them, as we were followed by some Belgians, who had remarked our -success. But we had no sooner passed through them, than we were -attacked in our turn, before we could form, by about 300 Polish -lancers, who had come down to their relief. The French artillery -pouring in among us a heavy fire of grape-shot, which, however, -killed three of their own for one of our men: in the mźlée, I was -disabled almost instantly in both of my arms, and followed by a few -of my men, who were presently cut down (no quarter being asked or -given), I was carried on by my horse, till receiving a blow on my -head from a sabre, I was thrown senseless on my face to the ground. -Recovering, I raised myself a little to look round, when a lancer, -passing by, exclaimed '_Tu n'es pas mort, coquin_,' and struck his -lance through my back; my head dropped, the blood gushed into my -mouth, a difficulty of breathing came on, and I thought all was -over. - -"Not long afterwards a tirailleur came up to plunder me, -threatening to take my life. I told him that he might search me, -directing him to a small side-pocket, in which he found three -dollars, being all I had; he unloosed my stock and tore open my -waistcoat, then leaving me in a very uneasy posture; and was -no sooner gone, than another came up for the same purpose; but -assuring him I had been plundered already, he left me; when -an officer, bringing on some troops, (to which probably the -tirailleurs belonged,) and halting where I lay, stooped down and -addressed me saying, he feared I was badly wounded: I replied that -I was, and expressed a wish to be removed into the rear: he said -it was against the order to remove even their own men, but that if -they gained the day, as they probably would, (for he understood -the Duke of Wellington was killed, and that six of our battalions -had surrendered,) every attention in his power should be shown me. -I complained of thirst, and he held his brandy-bottle to my lips, -directing one of his men to lay me straight on my side, and place a -knapsack under my head: he then passed on into the action,--and I -shall never know to whose generosity I was indebted, as I conceive, -for my life,--of what rank he was I cannot say; he wore a blue -greatcoat. By and by another tirailleur came and knelt and fired -over me, loading and firing many times, and conversing with great -gaiety all the while; at last he ran off, saying, '_Vous serez bien -aise d'entendre que nous allons nous retirer; bon jour, mon ami._' - -"While the battle continued in that part, several of the wounded -men and dead bodies near me, were hit with the balls, which came -very thick in that place. Towards evening, when the Prussians came, -the continued roar of the cannon along theirs and the British line, -growing louder and louder as they drew near, was the finest thing -I ever heard. It was dusk when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, -both of them two deep, passed over me in full trot, lifting me -from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly; the clatter of -their approach, and the apprehensions it excited, maybe easily -conceived; had a gun come that way, it would have done for me. The -battle was then nearly over, or removed to a distance--the cries -and groans of the wounded all around me, became every instant more -and more audible, succeeding to the shouts, imprecations, outcries -of '_Vive l'Empereur!_' the discharges of musquetry and cannon; -now and then intervals of perfect silence, which were worse than -the noise;--I thought the night would never end. Much about this -time, I found a soldier of the Royals lying across my legs, who -had probably crawled thither in his agony; his weight, convulsive -motions, his noises, and the air issuing through a wound in his -side, distressed me greatly; the latter circumstance most of all, -as the case was my own. It was not a dark night, and the Prussians -were wandering about to plunder; (and the scene in Ferdinand, Count -Fathom, came into my mind, though no women, I believe, were there,) -several of them came and looked at me, and passed on: at length, -one stopped to examine me. I told him, as well as I could (for -I could say but little in German), that I was a British officer, -and had been plundered already; he did not desist, however, and -pulled me about roughly, before he left me. About an hour before -midnight, I saw a soldier in an English uniform coming towards me; -he was, I suspect, on the same errand. He came and looked in my -face; I spoke instantly, telling him who I was, and assuring him -of a reward, if he would remain by me. He said that he belonged -to the 40th regiment, but had missed it. He released me from the -dying man; being unarmed, he took up a sword from the ground, and -stood over me, pacing backwards and forwards.--At eight o'clock -in the morning, some English were seen at a distance; he ran to -them, and a messenger was sent off to Hervey. A cart came for me. -I was placed in it, and carried to a farm-house, about a mile and -a half distant, and laid in the bed from which poor Gordon, (as I -understood afterwards,) had been just carried out; the jolting of -the cart, and the difficulty of breathing, were very painful. I had -received seven wounds; a surgeon slept in my room, and I was saved -by continual bleeding, 120 ounces in two days, besides the great -loss of blood on the field[6]." - -The regiment remained at its post on the left until towards the -close of the action, when the head of a Prussian column had arrived -at the field of battle, the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were then -removed from the left to the right of the allied army; and, in the -general charge, made in the evening of this memorable day, they -had the honor of being one of the corps which led the attack of -the right wing; they passed over the ground on which the struggle -had taken place between the French and English foot-guards, which -was covered with killed and wounded; rushed upon the flanks of the -enemy's broken columns with distinguished gallantry, and completed -their rout and discomfiture. When the French army was overthrown -and driven from the field, the regiment halted for the night. -Its loss was Captain Sandys, Lieutenant Bertie, Cornet Lockhart, -six serjeants, and thirty-seven rank and file, killed; Colonel -Ponsonby, Lieutenant Dowbiggen, three serjeants, and fifty-five -rank and file, wounded. - -The honor of bearing the word "WATERLOO" on their guidons and -appointments was afterwards conferred on the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons by royal authority. Colonel the Honorable F. C. Ponsonby -and Major James Paul Bridger were constituted companions of the -Bath; Major Bridger was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel, -and Captain Sampson Stawell to that of major; and Serjeant-Major -Carruthers was appointed to a cornetcy. The following officers -received silver medals:-- - - Col. Hon. F. C. Ponsonby - Major J. P. Bridger - Capt. Sampson Stawell - " G. F. Erskine - " H. Wallace - " Alexander Barton - " Henry Andrews - Lieut. William Heydon - " James Chatterton - " John Vandeleur - " William Hay - " W. H. Dowbiggin - " Albert Goldsmith - " Abraham Lane - " J. H. Slade - " Thomas Reed - Paymaster W. L. Otway - Adjutant John Griffith - Surgeon B. Robinson - Assist.-Surg. J. G. Smith - Vet.-Surg. James Castley - -Every non-commissioned officer and soldier also received a silver -medal, with the privilege of reckoning two years' service for -having been present at this battle,--the greatest of past or -present times, and one which has increased the reputation of the -British arms. - -Following the shattered remnant of the French army in its flight, -the regiment arrived in the vicinity of Paris, and the submission -of the capital was followed by the restoration of the Bourbon -dynasty to the throne of France. The TWELFTH Light Dragoons -bivouacked in the Champs Elysées, and, having been reviewed by -the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and other distinguished -personages, marched into cantonments in Normandy. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -The regiment, having been selected to form part of the army of -occupation, was placed in brigade with the Eighteenth Hussars under -Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian, and while stationed at Fruges, it -assembled on the memorable field of Agincourt, where the Waterloo -medals were presented to the officers and soldiers. In May, 1816, -the regiment marched to Desvres, (Pas-de-Calais,) where the depōt -squadron joined from England, and information was received, that -His Royal Highness the Prince Regent had approved of the regiment -being armed and equipped as a corps of "LANCERS;" a detachment was, -consequently, sent to England to learn the use of the LANCE. - -In October the regiment was reviewed, with the British, Saxon, -and Danish contingents of the army of occupation, by their Royal -Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Cambridge. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -As a further reward for its conduct on all occasions, the royal -authority was granted, in March, 1817, for the regiment being -styled the "TWELFTH, OR PRINCE OF WALES'S, ROYAL LANCERS." At the -same time the color of the facings was changed from yellow to -scarlet, and the lace from silver to gold. - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -In the autumn of this year the regiment was reviewed, with the -army of occupation, near Valenciennes, by the King of Prussia and -several princes and nobles; and in the autumn of 1818 the Russian, -British, Danish, Saxon, and Hanoverian contingents, were reviewed -by the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, Prince of Orange, and -the Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael. - -After this review, the army of occupation was withdrawn from -France; the TWELFTH Royal Lancers embarked at Calais on the 10th -of November, landed at Dover on the following day, and proceeded -from thence to Chichester and Arundel. At the end of November they -marched to Staines, and were on duty at the funeral of Her Majesty -Queen Charlotte. They subsequently proceeded to Canterbury, and -furnished detachments to Hythe and Deal. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -On the 21st January, 1819, Captain Alexander Barton was promoted, -with other officers, to the rank of major in the army, for -distinguished conduct in the field, while on service in the -Peninsula, upon the recommendation of Field-Marshal the Duke of -Wellington. - -[Sidenote: 1820] - -In the summer of 1819, the regiment was removed to Hounslow and -Hampton-court, and was reviewed by His Royal Highness the Prince -Regent. In August, 1820, it embarked at Bristol for Ireland, and -after landing at Waterford, the head-quarters were stationed at -Cahir. - -Colonel the Honorable F. C. Ponsonby exchanged to the half-pay, and -was succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel T. W. Brotherton, who had served -with distinguished gallantry in the Fourteenth Light Dragoons -during the Peninsular war, and who assumed the command of the -regiment in October of this year. - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -From Cahir the regiment marched, in the spring of 1821, to Dublin, -where it was stationed when King George IV. visited Ireland, and -took part in the duties required on that occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -After remaining at Dublin a year, the TWELFTH Royal Lancers -marched into the Connaught district, with their head-quarters -at Ballinrobe, from whence they were removed, in May, 1823, to -Cork; and in July, 1824, the regiment embarked at Waterford for -England, landed at Bristol, and marched from thence to Brighton and -Chichester. - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -General Sir William Payne, Baronet, was removed to the Third -Dragoon Guards, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the TWELFTH -Royal Lancers by Major-General Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B., K.C.H., -by commission dated the 2nd of June, 1825. - -In the summer of this year the regiment marched to the vicinity of -London, and was reviewed, with the Household Brigade, First and -Second Dragoon Guards, Scots Greys, Seventh Hussars, and a brigade -of artillery, on Hounslow-heath, on the 28th of June, by His Royal -Highness the Duke of York, who was accompanied by the Dukes of -Cambridge and Sussex. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -From London the regiment marched to Coventry, Birmingham, and -Abergavenny; and in April, 1826, it was removed to Hounslow and -Hampton-court. - -While the regiment was employed in the escort duty, commotions -took place in Portugal, where a constitution had been conferred -on the people, which gave them privileges previously unknown in -that country; at the same time they were menaced by an invasion -from Spain. In consequence of an application from the Portuguese -government, a body of British troops was sent to Lisbon, and four -troops of the TWELFTH Royal Lancers, commanded by Major Barton, -(Colonel Brotherton being on leave of absence,) embarked at -Portsmouth in December, and landed at Lisbon in January, 1827. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -On the 22nd of January Major-General Sir Colquhoun Grant was -removed to the Fifteenth Hussars, and the colonelcy of the regiment -was conferred on Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.B., G.C.H. - -The two squadrons in Portugal were stationed for several weeks at -Belem, from whence they marched to Alhandra, and Alverca, and one -troop was attached to the brigade of Foot Guards at Cartaxo. They -proceeded to Torres Novas in March, retired to the vicinity of -Lisbon in July, and subsequently occupied the barracks at Luz. - -Lieut.-Colonel Brotherton exchanged to the half-pay, and was -succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel Stawell, who joined the service troops -in Portugal, and assumed the command of the regiment in September -of this year at Luz. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -In these quarters the TWELFTH Royal Lancers remained until the -spring of 1828, when the British troops were withdrawn from -Portugal; the regiment embarked from Lisbon on the 12th of March, -landed at Ramsgate on the 26th, and joined the depōt troops at -Canterbury on the following day. - -[Sidenote: 1829] - -Leaving Canterbury in April, 1829, the regiment commenced its march -for Scotland, and after short halts at London and York, arrived at -Piershill-barracks, Edinburgh, on the 12th of May; one squadron -being stationed at Glasgow. - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -In April, 1830, the regiment embarked at Port Patrick for Ireland, -landed at Donaghadee, and marched from thence to Dublin. - -In this year orders were received to resume wearing scarlet -clothing. - -[Sidenote: 1831] - -[Sidenote: 1832] - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -The head-quarters were removed to Newbridge in June, 1831, to Cork -in April, 1832, and in the spring of 1833 the regiment marched to -Dublin, where it embarked for England; it landed at Liverpool in -the middle of April, and proceeded from thence to Manchester. - -Previous to the embarkation of the regiment from Dublin, a -dinner was given, at the Royal Hospital, to the whole of the -non-commissioned officers and privates, and to their wives and -children, by their colonel, Lieut.-General SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN, -Baronet, who was then commander of the forces in Ireland, as a -testimony of his approbation of the good conduct and efficient -services of the regiment. On his advancement to the dignity of LORD -VIVIAN, in 1841, he chose for one of his supporters "A bay horse, -guardant, caparisoned, thereon mounted a Lancer of the TWELFTH, or -Prince of Wales's, Royal Regiment of Lancers, habited, armed, and -accoutred, supporting his lance, proper." - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -[Sidenote: 1835] - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -From Manchester, the regiment marched in May, 1834, to Birmingham; -leaving this station in April, 1835, it proceeded to Dorchester, -and in the spring of 1836, to Coventry. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -On the removal of Lieut.-General Sir Hussey Vivian to the Royal -Dragoons, he was succeeded in the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Royal -Lancers by Lieut.-General Sir Henry John Cumming, K.C.H., by -commission dated the 20th of January, 1837. - -From Coventry the regiment marched, in May, 1837, to Hounslow. - -On the 28th September the Twelfth Royal Lancers, with the First -Life Guards, and Grenadier Guards, were reviewed by the Queen in -the Home Park, Windsor, being the first troops reviewed by Her -Majesty after her accession to the throne; and on the 9th November -the regiment had the honor of escorting Her Majesty on her visit to -the City of London. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -On the 28th of June, 1838, the regiment was on duty at the -coronation of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria. It is a singular -coincidence, that three of the cavalry regiments, which -attended the coronation of Her Majesty, were commanded by -lieutenant-colonels who served together in the TWELFTH Light -Dragoons at the battle of Waterloo, viz.:-- - - Lieut.-Colonel Stawell Twelfth Royal Lancers, - - Lieut.-Colonel Chatterton Fourth Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, and - - Lieut.-Colonel Vandeleur Tenth Royal Hussars. - -Colonel Stawell, and the officers commanding the other regiments, -which attended this august ceremony, had the honor of having a gold -medal presented to them by command of Her Majesty. - -On the 9th of July the TWELFTH Royal Lancers were reviewed, with -a number of other corps, in Hyde Park by Her Majesty; they -subsequently marched to Brighton, where they were stationed in 1839. - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -On the 28th December of this year, Colonel His Royal Highness The -Prince George of Cambridge, was, by authority of Her Majesty, -attached to the TWELFTH Royal Lancers, and authorised to wear the -uniform of the regiment. The Prince joined in February, 1840, and -continued to do duty with the regiment for two years[7]. - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -Leaving Brighton in June, 1840, the regiment proceeded to -Liverpool, where it embarked for Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -The regiment has since continued in the garrison of Dublin, and -remains on that duty at the period of the termination of this -record. - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -In 1842 the regiment was again clothed in _blue_. - - -The Historical Record of THE TWELFTH ROYAL LANCERS, as given in -the preceding pages, which is confirmed by the testimony of the -highest military commanders, under whom the regiment has served, -sufficiently proves the value of this corps to the crown, and that -it has, on all occasions, either in conflict with a foreign enemy, -or in patient endurance, when domestic disturbances have required -its services, fulfilled its duties with honor, and with advantage -to the country. - -The distinguished conduct of the regiment in EGYPT; its gallant -bearing and _esprit de corps_ during the PENINSULAR WAR; the -noble and daring charge made by the corps, on a column of French -infantry, at the battle of WATERLOO, on the 18th of June, 1815, -with the heroic manner in which it led the attack of the right -wing, at the close of the action, have established the character of -the regiment, and proved its merit of the honors which have been -conferred on it by royal authority. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] The colonel and lieut.-colonel of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons. - -[2] Some of the officers proceeded to Rome, and had the honor of -being introduced to the Pope, who received them in a very gracious -manner, and taking a helmet into his hand, ejaculated a wish "that -Heaven would enable the cause of truth and religion to triumph -over injustice and infidelity," and he then placed it on Captain -Browne's head. - -[3] About three hundred men were mounted in the first instance, and -three hundred more at a subsequent period. - -[4] The following is a description of the Column erected by -General R. Browne Clayton, K.C., D.C.L. and F.S.A. on the Rick of -Carrig-a-Dagon, county of Wexford, Ireland, the estate of 3,000 -statute acres, bestowed on him by his father in 1801. - -_Height of Column, 94 feet, 3 inches._ - -"This Column is to commemorate the conquest of Egypt, and the -events of the Campaign under the command of General Sir Ralph -Abercromby, K.B., in the year 1801, when General Browne Clayton -(then Lieut.-Colonel) commanded the 12th Light Dragoons, and -afterwards commanded the Cavalry in pursuit of the Enemy to Grand -Cairo, taking, besides other Detachments, a Convoy in the Lybian -Desert, composed of 600 French Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery, -commanded by Colonel Cavalier, together with Bonaparte's celebrated -Dromedary Corps, one four-pounder, and one stand of colors, and -capturing 300 horses and dromedaries, and 500 camels. The events -of this Campaign are further to be commemorated by the appointment -of Trustees, under the will of General B. Clayton, who shall -annually at sun-rise on the morning of the 21st of March (when the -French, under the command of General Menou, attacked the British -Encampment, before Alexandria) raise the Standard on the Column, -and hoist the tricolor French flag, which shall remain until the -hour of ten o'clock, when the British Flag shall be hoisted and -kept up until sunset, as a Memorial of the Defeat of the French, -which event forms the prelude of Britannia's Triumphs, through a -regular and unbroken series of Glory and Prosperity down to the -Battle of Waterloo in 1815; and on the 28th March, annually, the -British Flag shall be hoisted half-standard high, as a Memorial of -the Death of the brave Commander-in-Chief Sir Ralph Abercromby, who -died of the wounds which he received before Alexandria, on the 21st -March, 1801." - -[5] Colonel Ponsonby's groom, an old soldier, who was in the rear -with a led horse, rushed forward, with tears in his eyes, and -continued to search for his master, regardless of his own danger, -until he was driven away by the French skirmishers. - -[6] HON. FREDERICK CAVENDISH PONSONBY, second son of Frederick -third earl of Besborough, was appointed cornet in the Tenth Light -Dragoons in 1800, and rose in 1803 to the rank of captain in the -same corps, from which he exchanged to the Sixteenth Light Dragoons -in 1806. In 1807 he was appointed major in the Twenty-third Light -Dragoons, at the head of which corps he distinguished himself -at the battle of Talavera in 1809; and in 1810 he was promoted -to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment. In 1811 he served -under Lieutenant-General Graham, at Cadiz: and at the battle of -Barossa, in March of that year, he attacked, with a squadron of -German dragoons, the French cavalry covering the retreat, overthrew -them, took two guns, and even attempted, though vainly, to sabre -Rousseau's battalions. On the 11th of June, 1811, he was appointed -lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth Light Dragoons, at the head of -which corps he served under Lord Wellington, and distinguished -himself, in April, 1812, at Llerena, in one of the most brilliant -cavalry actions during the war. At the battle of Salamanca he -charged the French infantry, broke his sword in the fight, and -his horse received several bayonet wounds. He repeatedly evinced -great judgment, penetration, and resolution in out-post duty, and -was wounded, in the retreat from Burgos, on the 13th of October, -1812. At the battle of Vittoria he again distinguished himself: his -services at Tolosa, St. Sebastian, and Nive were also conspicuous; -and, on the King's birth-day, in 1814, he was promoted to the rank -of colonel in the army. He commanded the Twelfth Light Dragoons at -the battle of Waterloo, where he led his regiment to the charge -with signal intrepidity. His services were rewarded with the -following marks of royal favour:--Knight companion of the order -of the Bath,--Knight grand cross of the order of St. Michael and -St. George,--Knight commander of the Hanoverian Guelphic order,--a -cross,--a Waterloo medal,--Knight of the Tower and Sword of -Portugal,--and Knight of Maria Theresa of Austria. In 1824 he was -appointed inspecting field-officer in the Ionian islands; in 1825 -he was promoted to the rank of major-general; he was removed to -the staff at Malta, and retained the command of the troops in that -island until May, 1835, in which year he obtained the colonelcy -of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, from which he was removed to the -Royal Dragoons, in 1836. He was an ornament to his profession. In -him, great military talent was united with the most chivalrous -bravery,--calm judgment,--cool decision,--resolute action,--and -modest deportment. He died on the 11th of January, 1837. - -[7] (Copy.) - - _Horse Guards, 28th December, 1839._ - -SIR, - -I have the honor, by direction of the General Commanding-in-Chief, -to acquaint you, that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve -of Colonel His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge being -attached to the TWELFTH Royal Lancers, and permitted to wear the -uniform of that regiment without holding a commission in it. - - I have, &c., - (Signed) JOHN MACDONALD, - _Adjutant-General_. - - _Officer Commanding Twelfth - Royal Lancers, Brighton._ - - - - -SUCCESSIONS OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE TWELFTH, - -THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF - -LANCERS. - - -PHINEAS BOWLES, - -_Appointed 22nd July, 1715_. - -PHINEAS BOWLES served in the wars of Queen Anne, and succeeded, -in July, 1705, Colonel Caulfield, in the command of a regiment -of foot, with which he proceeded from Ireland to the relief of -Barcelona, when that fortress was besieged by the French and -Spanish forces under Philip, Duke of Anjou. He subsequently served -in Spain under Archduke Charles, afterwards emperor of Germany; -and his regiment distinguished itself at the battle of Saragossa -in 1710, but was surrounded, and made prisoners in the mountains -of Castille in December following. At the peace of Utrecht this -regiment was disbanded, and he remained unemployed until the summer -of 1715, when he was commissioned to raise a regiment of dragoons, -now the TWELFTH ROYAL LANCERS. He was removed in 1719 to the Eighth -Dragoons, which he retained until his decease in 1722. - - -PHINEAS BOWLES, - -_Appointed 23rd March, 1719_. - -This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and -served the campaigns of 1710 and 1711, under the celebrated John -Duke of Marlborough. He was also employed in suppressing the -rebellion of the Earl of Mar in 1715 and 1716, and was promoted in -1719 to the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons. He was promoted to -the rank of brigadier-general in 1735, to that of major-general -in 1739, and was removed to the Seventh Horse, now Sixth Dragoon -Guards, in 1740. He died in 1749. - - -ALEXANDER ROSE, - -_Appointed 20th December, 1740_. - -ALEXANDER ROSE obtained a commission in the army on the 5th of -May, 1704; he served several campaigns under the great Duke of -Marlborough, and afterwards rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of the -Fifth, the Royal Irish, Dragoons, from which he was promoted, in -May, 1740, to the colonelcy of the Twentieth regiment of Foot. In -December following he was removed to the TWELFTH Dragoons. His -decease occurred in 1743, before he had attained any higher rank -than that of colonel. - - -SAMUEL WALTER WHITSHED, - -_Appointed 14th June, 1743_. - -SAMUEL WALTER WHITSHED entered the army in August, 1704, and -served in the war of the Spanish succession under the Earl of -Galway and Archduke Charles of Austria. King George II. promoted -him to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Eighth Dragoons, and in -December, 1740, to the colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth regiment of -Foot. In 1743 he was removed to the TWELFTH Dragoons, the command -of which corps he retained until the spring of 1746, when he was -succeeded by Brigadier-General Thomas Bligh. - - -THOMAS BLIGH, - -_Appointed 6th April, 1746_. - -This officer entered the army in the reign of King George I.; rose -to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Horse, now Fifth -Dragoon Guards, and in December, 1740, he was appointed colonel -of the Twentieth regiment of Foot. On the 27th of May, 1745, he -was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general; was removed to the -TWELFTH Dragoons in the following year, and promoted to the rank -of major-general in 1747. He was removed to the colonelcy of the -Second Irish Horse in December of the same year, and was promoted -to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1754. - -War having commenced between Great Britain and France in 1756, -Lieutenant-General Bligh was appointed, in 1758, to the command -of an expedition designed to make a descent on the coast of -France, with the view of causing a diversion in favour of the army -commanded by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick in Germany. The fleet -sailed in the beginning of August, and in seven days arrived in -Cherbourg roads. The troops were landed, the town of Cherbourg -was captured, the harbour, pier, and forts were destroyed, and -the brass ordnance brought away as trophies of this success. In -September a landing was effected on the coast of Brittany with the -view of besieging St. Maloes, but this being found impracticable, -the troops, after marching a short distance up the country, -retired, and re-embarked at the bay of St. Cas. The enemy advanced -in great numbers under the command of the Duke of Aguillon, and -attacking the rear of the British army, occasioned great loss. -Lieutenant-General Bligh was much censured for his conduct on this -occasion, and soon after the return of the expedition, he retired -from the service. - - -SIR JOHN MORDAUNT, K.B., - -_Appointed 22nd December, 1747_. - -JOHN MORDAUNT entered the army in August, 1721, and after a -progressive service of several years he was appointed captain and -lieut.-colonel in the Third Foot Guards. In January, 1741, he was -promoted to the colonelcy of the Fifty-eighth (now Forty-seventh) -Foot, and in June, 1745, he obtained the rank of brigadier-general. -He commanded a brigade of infantry at the disastrous battle of -Falkirk, fought on the 17th of January, 1746, and his distinguished -conduct was commended by Lieut.-General Hawley, in his public -despatches. He also held an appointment in the army commanded by -His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and was sent in pursuit -of the rebels from Stirling, with two regiments of dragoons and -the Campbell Highlanders. At the battle of Culloden he commanded -a brigade of infantry, and gained additional reputation; and -he also signalized himself at the battle of Val in 1747. His -meritorious conduct was rewarded, in the autumn of the same year, -with the rank of major-general; he was also appointed colonel of -the TWELFTH Dragoons in December; and was removed in July, 1749, -to the Fourth Irish Horse (now Seventh Dragoon Guards), and in -November following to the Tenth Dragoons. He was promoted to the -rank of lieut.-general in 1754, and to that of general in 1770. He -was also rewarded with the dignity of a knight companion of the -most honorable military order of the Bath, and the government of -Berwick. He died at Bevis-mount, near Southampton, on the 23rd of -October, 1780, at the age of eighty-three years. - - -THE HONORABLE JAMES CHOLMONDELEY., - -_Appointed 24th July, 1749_. - -THE HONORABLE JAMES CHOLMONDELEY, third son of George, second -Earl of Cholmondeley, was appointed guidon and major in the first -troop, now first regiment, of Life Guards, in 1725; in 1731 he -was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and lieut.-colonel in the -third troop of Life Guards; and in 1741 he obtained the colonelcy -of a newly-raised regiment, which was numbered the Forty-ninth, -now Forty-eighth, Foot, from which he was removed in 1742, to the -Thirty-fourth regiment. Accompanying his regiment to Flanders, -in 1744, he served the campaign of that year under Field-Marshal -Wade. He was at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745, and was afterwards -promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. On the breaking out of -the rebellion in Scotland, he returned to England with a brigade -of infantry, and afterwards took the charge of two battalions -recently arrived from Ireland, with which he joined the army in -Yorkshire under Field-Marshal Wade. On the flight of the rebels -from Derby, he was detached to Scotland, and signalised himself -in a most conspicuous manner at the battle of Falkirk on the 17th -of January, 1746; but the excessive fatigue he underwent, with -continued exposure to severe weather, deprived him of the use of -his limbs for some time. In 1747 he was promoted to the rank of -major-general, and was removed in 1749 to the TWELFTH Dragoons. In -November of the same year he was removed to the third Irish Horse, -now Sixth Dragoon Guards, and in 1750, to the Sixth Dragoons. In -1754 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and he was many -years lieut.-governor of Chester. He died in 1775. - - -LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE, - -_Appointed 1st November, 1749_. - -LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE, youngest son of his Grace the Duke of -Dorset, choosing a military life, entered the army in 1737, and was -promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Twenty-eighth Foot in 1740. -His distinguished behaviour at the head of his regiment at the -battle of Dettingen, recommended him to the notice of King George -II., and his lordship was shortly afterwards rewarded with the -rank of colonel, and appointed one of His Majesty's aides-de-camp. -Continuing to serve on the continent, he distinguished himself -at the battle of Fontenoy, where he was shot in the breast. -His lordship was also employed under the Duke of Cumberland, in -suppressing the rebellion in Scotland, and was promoted, in 1746, -to the colonelcy of the Twentieth Foot. He served the campaigns -of 1747 and 1748, on the continent; and was removed, in 1749, to -the TWELFTH Dragoons, from which he was removed, in 1750, to the -Third Irish Horse, or Carabineers; he was also appointed secretary -of state for Ireland. In 1757 he was removed to the Second Dragoon -Guards, and appointed lieut.-general of ordnance, and in 1758 he -was sworn a member of the privy council. He was second in command -of the expedition to the coast of France, under Charles Duke of -Marlborough; also, second in command of the troops sent to Germany; -and, after the Duke of Marlborough's decease, his lordship was -appointed commander-in-chief of the British troops in Germany, -under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. Owing to some misunderstanding -with his serene highness at the battle of Minden, his lordship -returned to England, and was, shortly afterwards, deprived of his -military employments. He was endowed with extraordinary talents as -a statesman, and he filled, subsequently to this unpleasant affair, -some of the highest offices in the administration. He assumed, by -act of parliament, the surname of Germaine; and, in February, 1782, -he was elevated to the peerage by the titles of Baron Bolebrook, -and VISCOUNT SACKVILLE. He died in 1785. - - -SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD, BART., - -_Appointed 18th January, 1750_. - -SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD, of Blairquan, a Baronet of Nova Scotia, -having served in the subordinate commissions several years, was -promoted to the majority of the Sixth Dragoons in 1743, and served -with his regiment in the Netherlands. He was subsequently promoted -to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Thirty-fifth Foot, and in January, -1750, he was appointed colonel of the TWELFTH Dragoons. He was -promoted to the rank of major-general in 1758, and to that of -lieut.-general in 1760. He died at Edinburgh on the 1st of March, -1763. - - -EDWARD HARVEY, - -_Appointed 17th March, 1763_. - -This officer held a commission many years in the Sixth Dragoons, -with which corps he served at the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, -and Val. In 1754 he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the -regiment, and proceeding to Germany in the summer of 1758, he was -present at nearly every general engagement and skirmish in which -British cavalry were employed, during the remainder of the seven -years' war, and on several occasions he commanded a brigade of -heavy dragoons: he was twice wounded, viz.: at Wetter, in August, -1759, where he surprised a French corps, and took many prisoners, -and at Campen, in October, 1760. In 1763 he was rewarded with -the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons, and was removed, in the -following year, to the Third Irish Horse, or Carabineers. He -was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1762; to that of -lieut.-general in 1772; and in 1775 he was removed to the colonelcy -of the Sixth Dragoons, which he retained until his decease in 1778. - - -BENJAMIN CARPENTER, - -_Appointed 20th September, 1764_. - -BENJAMIN CARPENTER was many years an officer in the second troop, -now second regiment, of Life Guards, in which corps he was -appointed major in 1749, and lieut.-colonel in 1757. He did not -serve abroad, but he was celebrated for a punctilious attention -to all his duties, and being repeatedly employed in attendance -on the court as ivory stick and silver stick in waiting, he -obtained the favour and approbation of King George II., and also -of King George III., who promoted him to the rank of colonel, and -appointed him aide-de-camp to the King, in a few days after His -Majesty's accession to the throne. He was promoted to the rank of -major-general in July, 1762, and two years after the King gave him -the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons, from which he was removed in -1770, to the Fourth, the King's Own, Dragoons. He was promoted to -the rank of lieut.-general in 1772, and to that of general in 1783. -He died in 1788. - - -WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PITT, - -_Appointed 24th October, 1770_. - -WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PITT was appointed in February, 1744, cornet -in the Tenth Dragoons, in which corps he rose to the rank of -lieut.-colonel; he commanded the regiment in Germany, under -Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and distinguished himself on -several occasions, particularly at the battle of Campen, on the -15th of October, 1760, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. -He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1762, and to that of -major-general in August, 1770; in October following he was rewarded -with the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons; and in 1775 he -was removed to the Third Irish Horse, or Carabineers. In 1777 he -was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and in 1780 he was -removed to the Tenth Dragoons. He was created a knight of the -most honorable order of the Bath in 1792; promoted to the rank of -general in 1793; appointed governor of Portsmouth in 1794; and -removed to the First Dragoon Guards in 1796. He died in 1810. - - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM KEPPEL, - -_Appointed 18th October, 1775_. - -THE HONORABLE WILLIAM KEPPEL, fourth son of William-Anne, second -Earl of Albemarle, was gentleman of the horse to King George II., -and an officer of the first foot guards, in which corps he attained -the rank of captain and lieut.-colonel on the 28th of April, 1751. -In 1760 he was nominated second major of that regiment with the -rank of colonel; and in 1761 he succeeded Lord Charles Manners in -the colonelcy of the Fifty-sixth foot, with which he embarked with -the armament fitted out against the Havannah, in the island of -Cuba, having the rank of major-general in the expedition. On the -surrender of the Havannah he took possession of fort La Punta, and -when his eldest brother, George, third Earl of Albemarle, sailed -for Europe, he was left in command at the Havannah, which city he -delivered to the Spaniards after the conclusion of a treaty of -peace in 1763. In 1765 he was removed to the Fourteenth Foot; in -1772 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general; in 1773 he was -commander-in-chief in Ireland; and was removed in 1775, to the -colonelcy of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, which he retained until -his decease in 1782. - - -THE HONORABLE GEORGE LANE PARKER, - -_Appointed 18th March, 1782_. - -THE HONORABLE LANE PARKER, second son of George, second Earl of -Macclesfield, served many years in the first foot guards, in which -corps he attained the rank of lieutenant and captain in 1749; -captain and lieut.-colonel in 1755; he was promoted to the rank of -colonel in 1762, and to that of major-general in 1770; in which -year he was appointed second major of the regiment. In 1773 King -George III. gave him the colonelcy of the twentieth regiment, and -promoted him to the rank of lieut.-general in 1777. In 1782 he was -removed to the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons, and he -retained this appointment until his decease in 1791. - - -SIR JAMES STEUART, BARONET, - -_Appointed 9th November, 1791_. - -JAMES STEUART received a military education in Germany, and at -sixteen years of age King George III. presented him with a cornetcy -in the royal dragoons, his commission bearing the date the 17th -of March, 1761. He served the campaign of that and the following -year with the regiment in Germany; was at the battles of Kirch, -Denkern and Groebenstein, and took part in several skirmishes. -In 1763 he purchased a company in the Queen's royal highlanders, -and that corps being disbanded soon afterwards, he improved his -knowledge of the military profession by travelling in France and -Germany. In 1766 he purchased a troop in the second Irish horse, -now fifth dragoon guards; in 1769 he was appointed aide-de-camp to -the lord-lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Townshend): and in 1772 he -obtained the majority of the thirteenth dragoons, from which he -was removed, in 1775, to the first Irish horse, now fourth dragoon -guards. In 1776, he was nominated to the lieutenant-colonelcy of -the thirteenth dragoons, and having brought that regiment into an -excellent state of discipline and efficiency, he was rewarded with -the rank of colonel in 1782; in 1783 his regiment was constituted -a corps of light cavalry. In 1788 detachments from the cavalry -regiments in Ireland were assembled at Dublin, and placed under his -command, for the purpose of forming an improved system of interior -economy, discipline, and field movements for the cavalry; his -labours were honored with the approbation of his sovereign, and -his systems, particularly his field movements, having been more -completely defined and arranged by Sir David Dundas, were adopted -for the cavalry. His services were rewarded in 1791 with the -colonelcy of the TWELFTH Light Dragoons; and having been promoted -to the rank of major-general in 1793, he was placed on the staff of -Scotland, and appointed to superintend the formation and discipline -of the fencible cavalry in that country, which was encamped under -his orders in the summers of 1795, 1796, and 1797. In the autumn -of 1797 he was promoted to the local rank of lieut.-general in -Ireland, and appointed to the command of the southern district of -that kingdom, which district was, by his excellent arrangements, -preserved during the rebellion of 1798, in a state of tranquillity -not known in any other part of Ireland. He was rewarded with the -rank of lieut.-general, in June, 1798; and after the suppression -of the rebellion, he resigned his appointment on the Irish staff. -In 1803 he was promoted to the rank of general; and in 1815 he -obtained the colonelcy of the Scots greys; he was also honored with -the dignity of knight grand cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic -Order. His rank and age prevented him from participating in the -active measures which led to the wonderful military successes -from the recommencement of the war in 1803 to its termination in -1815. He represented in parliament his native county (Lanark) -for many years; his mansion at Coltness was proverbial as the -seat of kindness and hospitality; and his time, his talents, and -his property, were dedicated to the improvement of the district -around him. For several years he bore the sirname of Denham; but -afterwards discontinued it. He lived to be the eldest general and -the oldest soldier in the British army; and died at Cheltenham, on -the 5th of August, 1839, at the advanced age of ninety-five. - - -SIR WILLIAM PAYNE, BARONET, - -_Appointed 12th January, 1815_. - -SIR WILLIAM PAYNE first entered the army, as cornet in the royal -dragoons, on the 25th of January, 1776; and having served in the -subordinate commissions, was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the -regiment in 1794. He served in the Netherlands under his Royal -Highness the Duke of York, and was present at the principal actions -during the campaign of 1794. In 1796 he was removed from the -lieutenant-colonelcy of the royal dragoons to the third dragoon -guards; in 1798 he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army; -and in 1805 he was removed to the tenth light dragoons. He was -promoted to the rank of major-general in the same year, and served -four years on the staff in Ireland. In November, 1807, he obtained -the colonelcy of the twenty-third light dragoons; and in 1809, he -proceeded to Portugal with the local rank of lieutenant-general, -and served the campaign of that year under Sir Arthur Wellesley. -He took an active part in the operations by which the French were -driven from Oporto; and commanded the British cavalry at the -memorable battle of Talavera, fought on the 27th and 28th of July, -1809, for which he received a medal. He was promoted to the rank -of lieutenant-general on the 4th of June, 1811; was removed from -the twenty-third to the nineteenth light dragoons in July, 1814, -and to the TWELFTH Light Dragoons in January, 1815. He was further -advanced to the rank of general on the 27th of May, 1825, and, in -the following month, he obtained the colonelcy of the third dragoon -guards. He died in April, 1831. - - -SIR COLQUHOUN GRANT, K.C.B., K.C.H., - -_Appointed 2nd June, 1825_. - -This officer was appointed ensign of the thirty-sixth foot in -1793, and joined his regiment at Trichinopoly immediately after -his appointment. In 1797 he exchanged to the twenty-fifth light -dragoons, with which corps he served the Mysore campaign, and was -at the taking of Seringapatam. In 1800 he was appointed captain -in the ninth dragoons; and he was promoted to the majority of the -twenty-eighth light dragoons in the following year. In 1802 he -obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of the seventy-second foot, which -regiment he commanded at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in -1806, and was wounded; "but the heroic spirit of this officer -was not subdued by his misfortune, and he continued to lead his -men to glory, as long as an enemy was opposed to his Majesty's -seventy-second regiment[8]." In 1808 he exchanged to the fifteenth, -the King's Hussars. He commanded the fifteenth in Spain in 1808, -and highly distinguished himself at Sahagun, where he was wounded, -and he was rewarded with a gold medal. In 1811 he was appointed -aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent, and promoted to the rank of -colonel. He embarked with his regiment for the Peninsula in 1813; -and commanded the hussar brigade at the action at Morales, where he -was wounded; he also commanded the hussar brigade at the battle of -Vittoria, and was rewarded with an additional honorary distinction. -He subsequently commanded a brigade composed of the thirteenth -and fourteenth light dragoons. On the 4th of June, 1814, he was -promoted to the rank of major-general; he was also honored with -the dignity of a knight commander of the order of the Bath, and in -May, 1815, he was appointed groom of the bedchamber to His Royal -Highness the Duke of Cumberland. At the battle of Waterloo he -commanded a brigade of hussars (seventh and fifteenth British., -and second hussars King's German Legion), and had several horses -killed under him. His services were further recompensed with the -grand cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; and he obtained -permission to accept the Orders of Wladimir of Russia, and Wilhelm -of the Netherlands. In 1825 he was appointed colonel of the -Twelfth Royal Lancers, and was removed in 1827, to the Fifteenth -King's Hussars; in July, 1830, he was promoted to the rank of -lieut.-general. He died in December, 1835. - - -THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR R. H. VIVIAN, BARONET, _now_ LORD VIVIAN, -K.C.B., G.C.H., - -_Appointed 22nd January, 1827_. - -Removed to the First (Royal) regiment of dragoons, 20th January, -1837. - - -SIR H. J. CUMMING, K.C.H., - -_Appointed 20th January, 1837_. - - -FOOTNOTE: - -[8] Major-General Sir David Baird's despatch. - - -LONDON: PRINTED BY HARRISON & CO., ST. 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