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diff --git a/old/61125-8.txt b/old/61125-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c044dbc..0000000 --- a/old/61125-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2844 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of the Nineteenth or The -First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot, by Richard Cannon - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world 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. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Historical Record of the Nineteenth or The First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot - Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in - 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: January 7, 2020 [EBook #61125] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD--19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - - - - -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_. - - Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have - been placed at the end of the book. Footnote [6] is referenced seven - times from page 2. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example S^t. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. Misspellings in the - text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE NINETEENTH, - - OR - - THE FIRST YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING - - REGIMENT OF FOOT; - - CONTAINING - - AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1688, - - AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO 1848. - - COMPILED BY - - RICHARD CANNON, ESQ., - - ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS. - - ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, - 30, CHARING-CROSS. - - MDCCCXLVIII. - - - - - LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, - FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836_. - -His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of doing -the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who have -distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the Enemy, -an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British Army -shall be published under the superintendence and direction of the -Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall contain the following -particulars, viz.:-- - - ---- The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of - the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time - employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations in - which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement - it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have - captured from the Enemy. - - ---- The Names of the Officers, and the number of Non-Commissioned - Officers and Privates Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying - the place and Date of the Action. - - ---- The Names of those Officers who, in consideration of their - Gallant Services and Meritorious Conduct in Engagements with the - Enemy, have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other Marks - of His Majesty's gracious favour. - - ---- The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and - Privates, as may have specially signalized themselves in Action. - - And, - - ---- The Badges and Devices which the Regiment may have been - permitted to bear, and the Causes on account of which such Badges - or Devices, or any other Marks of Distinction, have been granted. - - By Command of the Right Honorable - GENERAL LORD HILL, - _Commanding-in-Chief_. - - JOHN MACDONALD, - _Adjutant-General_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend -upon the zeal and ardour by which all who enter into its service are -animated, and consequently it is of the highest importance that any -measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, by which alone -great and gallant actions are achieved, should be adopted. - -Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment of this desirable -object than a full display of the noble deeds with which the Military -History of our country abounds. To hold forth these bright examples -to the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to incite him to -emulate the meritorious conduct of those who have preceded him in -their honorable career, are among the motives that have given rise to -the present publication. - -The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, announced in the -"London Gazette," from whence they are transferred into the public -prints: the achievements of our armies are thus made known at the -time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute of praise and -admiration to which they are entitled. On extraordinary occasions, -the Houses of Parliament have been in the habit of conferring on the -Commanders, and the Officers and Troops acting under their orders, -expressions of approbation and of thanks for their skill and bravery; -and these testimonials, confirmed by the high honour of their -Sovereign's approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier most -highly prizes. - -It has not, however, until late years, been the practice (which -appears to have long prevailed in some of the Continental armies) -for British Regiments to keep regular records of their services -and achievements. Hence some difficulty has been experienced in -obtaining, particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic account -of their origin and subsequent services. - -This defect will now be remedied, in consequence of His Majesty -having been pleased to command that every Regiment shall, in future, -keep a full and ample record of its services at home and abroad. - -From the materials thus collected, the country will henceforth -derive information as to the difficulties and privations which -chequer the career of those who embrace the military profession. In -Great Britain, where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and -where these pursuits have, for so long a period, being undisturbed -by the _presence of war_, which few other countries have escaped, -comparatively little is known of the vicissitudes of active service -and of the casualties of climate, to which, even during peace, the -British Troops are exposed in every part of the globe, with little or -no interval of repose. - -In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the country -derives from the industry and the enterprise of the agriculturist -and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be supposed not often to -reflect on the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,--on -their sufferings,--and on the sacrifice of valuable life, by which so -many national benefits are obtained and preserved. - -The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, and endurance, -have shone conspicuously under great and trying difficulties; and -their character has been established in Continental warfare by the -irresistible spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the gallantry and -steadiness with which they have maintained their advantages against -superior numbers. - -In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, ample -justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions of the -Corps employed; but the details of their services and of acts of -individual bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments. - -These Records are now preparing for publication, under his Majesty's -special authority, by Mr. RICHARD CANNON, Principal Clerk of the -Adjutant General's Office; and while the perusal of them cannot fail -to be useful and interesting to military men of every rank, it is -considered that they will also afford entertainment and information -to the general reader, particularly to those who may have served in -the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. - -There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, or -are serving, in the Army, an _Esprit de Corps_--an attachment to -everything belonging to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative -of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove interesting. -Authentic accounts of the actions of the great, the valiant, the -loyal, have always been of paramount interest with a brave and -civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes who, -in moments of danger and terror, have stood "firm as the rocks -of their native shore:" and when half the world has been arrayed -against them, they have fought the battles of their Country with -unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of achievements in -war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained by our countrymen, -our brothers, our fellow citizens in arms,--a record which revives -the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before -us,--will certainly prove acceptable to the public. - -Biographical Memoirs of the Colonels and other distinguished Officers -will be introduced in the Records of their respective Regiments, -and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to time, been -conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying the value and importance -of its services, will be faithfully set forth. - -As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record of each Regiment will -be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall be -completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. - - - - -INTRODUCTION - -TO - -THE INFANTRY. - - -The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been celebrated for -innate courage and unshaken firmness, and the national superiority -of the British troops over those of other countries has been evinced -in the midst of the most imminent perils. History contains so -many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery, that no doubts can -be raised upon the facts which are recorded. It must therefore be -admitted, that the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is -INTREPIDITY. This quality was evinced by the inhabitants of England -when their country was invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, -on which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into the sea to -attack the Roman soldiers as they descended from their ships; and, -although their discipline and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing intimidated the -flower of the Roman troops, including Cæsar's favourite tenth legion. -Their arms consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons of -rude construction. They had chariots, to the axles of which were -fastened sharp pieces of iron resembling scythe-blades, and infantry -in long chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and fought on -foot, and for change of ground, pursuit or retreat, sprang into the -chariot and drove off with the speed of cavalry. These inventions -were, however, unavailing against Cæsar's legions: in the course -of time a military system, with discipline and subordination, was -introduced, and British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted to -the greatest advantage; a full development of the national character -followed, and it shone forth in all its native brilliancy. - -The military force of the Anglo-Saxons consisted principally of -infantry: Thanes, and other men of property, however, fought on -horseback. The infantry were of two classes, heavy and light. The -former carried large shields armed with spikes, long broad swords and -spears; and the latter were armed with swords or spears only. They -had also men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and javelins. - -The feudal troops established by William the Conqueror consisted (as -already stated in the Introduction to the Cavalry) almost entirely -of horse; but when the warlike barons and knights, with their trains -of tenants and vassals, took the field, a proportion of men appeared -on foot, and, although these were of inferior degree, they proved -stout-hearted Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipendiary troops -were employed, infantry always constituted a considerable portion of -the military force; and this _arme_ has since acquired, in every -quarter of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the armies of any -nation at any period. - -The weapons carried by the infantry, during the several reigns -succeeding the Conquest, were bows and arrows, half-pikes, lances, -halberds, various kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour -was worn on the head and body, and in course of time the practice -became general for military men to be so completely cased in steel, -that it was almost impossible to slay them. - -The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the destructive purposes -of war, in the early part of the fourteenth century, produced a -change in the arms and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and -arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but British archers -continued formidable adversaries; and, owing to the inconvenient -construction and imperfect bore of the fire-arms when first -introduced, a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow from -their youth, was considered a valuable acquisition to every army, -even as late as the sixteenth century. - -During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth each company -of infantry usually consisted of men armed five different ways; in -every hundred men forty were "_men-at-arms_," and sixty "_shot_;" the -"men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-axe men, and thirty -pikemen; and the "shot" were twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and -twenty harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his principal -weapon, a sword and dagger. - -Companies of infantry varied at this period in numbers from 150 -to 300 men; each company had a colour or ensign, and the mode of -formation recommended by an English military writer (Sir John Smithe) -in 1590 was:--the colour in the centre of the company guarded by the -halberdiers; the pikemen in equal proportions, on each flank of the -halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank of the pikes; half -the archers on each flank of the musketeers, and the harquebusiers -(whose arms were much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal -proportions on each flank of the company for skirmishing.[1] It -was customary to unite a number of companies into one body, called -a REGIMENT, which frequently amounted to three thousand men: but -each company continued to carry a colour. Numerous improvements -were eventually introduced in the construction of fire-arms, and, -it having been found impossible to make armour proof against the -muskets then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without its -being too weighty for the soldier, armour was gradually laid aside by -the infantry in the seventeenth century: bows and arrows also fell -into disuse, and the infantry were reduced to two classes, viz.: -_musketeers_, armed with matchlock muskets, swords, and daggers; and -_pikemen_, armed with pikes from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and -swords. - -In the early part of the seventeenth century Gustavus Adolphus, King -of Sweden, reduced the strength of regiments to 1000 men. He caused -the gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in flasks, or in -small wooden bandoliers, each containing a charge, to be made up -into cartridges, and carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment -into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division of pikemen. He -also adopted the practice of forming four regiments into a brigade; -and the number of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each -regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that his infantry could -resist the charge of the celebrated Polish horsemen and Austrian -cuirassiers; and his armies became the admiration of other nations. -His mode of formation was copied by the English, French, and other -European states; but so great was the prejudice in favour of ancient -customs, that all his improvements were not adopted until near a -century afterwards. - -In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-service, styled the -Admiral's regiment. In 1678 each company of 100 men usually consisted -of 30 pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with light firelocks. -In this year the King added a company of men armed with hand-grenades -to each of the old British regiments, which was designated the -"grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived as to fit in the -muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets similar to those at present in -use were adopted about twenty years afterwards. - -An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by order of King James II., -to guard the artillery, and was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now -7th Foot). This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did not carry -pikes. - -King William III. incorporated the Admiral's regiment in the second -Foot Guards, and raised two Marine regiments for sea-service. -During the war in this reign, each company of infantry (excepting -the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14 pikemen and 46 -musketeers; the captains carried pikes; lieutenants, partisans; -ensigns, half-pikes; and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 -the Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again formed on the -breaking out of the war in 1702.[2] - -During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were laid aside, and every -infantry soldier was armed with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the -grenadiers ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades; -and the regiments were directed to lay aside their third colour: the -corps of Royal Artillery was first added to the Army in this reign. - -About the year 1745, the men of the battalion companies of infantry -ceased to carry swords; during the reign of George II. light -companies were added to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of -General Officers recommended that the grenadiers should lay aside -their swords, as that weapon had never been used during the Seven -Years' War. Since that period the arms of the infantry soldier have -been limited to the musket and bayonet. - -The arms and equipment of the British Troops have seldom differed -materially, since the Conquest, from those of other European states; -and in some respects the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed -to be inferior to that of the nations with whom they have had to -contend; yet, under this disadvantage, the bravery and superiority of -the British infantry have been evinced on very many and most trying -occasions, and splendid victories have been gained over very superior -numbers. - -Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like champions who have -dared to confront a host of foes, and have proved themselves valiant -with any arms. At _Crecy_ King Edward III., at the head of about -30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August, 1346, Philip King of -France, whose army is said to have amounted to 100,000 men; here -British valour encountered veterans of renown:--the King of Bohemia, -the King of Majorca, and many princes and nobles were slain, and -the French army was routed and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, -Edward Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black Prince, -defeated, at _Poictiers_, with 14,000 men, a French army of 60,000 -horse, besides infantry, and took John I., King of France, and his -son Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415, King Henry -V., with an army of about 13,000 men, although greatly exhausted by -marches, privations, and sickness, defeated, at _Agincourt_, the -Constable of France, at the head of the flower of the French nobility -and an army said to amount to 60,000 men, and gained a complete -victory. - -During the seventy years' war between the United Provinces of the -Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, which commenced in 1578 and -terminated in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable spirit and -firmness;[3] and in the thirty years' war between the Protestant -Princes and the Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the -service of Sweden and other states were celebrated for deeds of -heroism.[4] In the wars of Queen Anne, the fame of the British army -under the great MARLBOROUGH was spread throughout the world; and -if we glance at the achievements performed within the memory of -persons now living, there is abundant proof that the Britons of the -present age are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities -which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds of the brave men, -of whom there are many now surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, -under the brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army, which had -been vainly styled _Invincible_, to evacuate that country; also the -services of the gallant Troops during the arduous campaigns in the -Peninsula, under the immortal WELLINGTON; and the determined stand -made by the British Army at Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, -who had long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain, and had -sought and planned her destruction by every means he could devise, -was compelled to leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and -to place himself at the disposal of the British Government. These -achievements, with others of recent dates in the distant climes of -India, prove that the same valour and constancy which glowed in the -breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt, Blenheim, and -Ramilies, continue to animate the Britons of the nineteenth century. - -The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust and muscular -frame,--intrepidity which no danger can appal,--unconquerable -spirit and resolution,--patience in fatigue and privation, and -cheerful obedience to his superiors. These qualities,--united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate and give -a skilful direction to the energies and adventurous spirit of the -hero, and a wise selection of officers of superior talent to command, -whose presence inspires confidence,--have been the leading causes -of the splendid victories gained by the British arms.[5] The fame -of the deeds of the past and present generations in the various -battle-fields where the robust sons of Albion have fought and -conquered, surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory; these -achievements will live in the page of history to the end of time. - -The records of the several regiments will be found to contain a -detail of facts of an interesting character, connected with the -hardships, sufferings, and gallant exploits of British soldiers in -the various parts of the world, where the calls of their Country and -the commands of their Sovereign have required them to proceed in the -execution of their duty, whether in active continental operations, -or in maintaining colonial territories in distant and unfavourable -climes. - -The superiority of the British infantry has been pre-eminently set -forth in the wars of six centuries, and admitted by the greatest -commanders which Europe has produced. The formations and movements of -this _arme_, as at present practised, while they are adapted to every -species of warfare, and to all probable situations and circumstances -of service, are well suited to show forth the brilliancy of military -tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific principles. -Although the movements and evolutions have been copied from the -continental armies, yet various improvements have from time to time -been introduced, to ensure that simplicity and celerity by which the -superiority of the national military character is maintained. The -rank and influence which Great Britain has attained among the nations -of the world have in a great measure been purchased by the valour -of the Army, and to persons who have the welfare of their country -at heart the records of the several regiments cannot fail to prove -interesting. - - - - -THE NINETEENTH, - -OR - -THE FIRST YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING - -REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - - - -NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -CONTENTS - -OF THE - -HISTORICAL RECORD. - - PAGE - YEAR INTRODUCTION - - 1688 Formation of the regiment 1 - - 1689 Francis Lutterell appointed to be Colonel 2 - - ---- Names of Officers appointed to Commissions -- - - ---- Regiment marched to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight -- - - ---- Embarked as Marines -- - - ---- Returned to Plymouth -- - - 1690 Embarked for Ireland 3 - - ---- Detachment sent to the West Indies -- - - 1691 Returned to England -- - - ---- Appointment of Thomas Erle to be Colonel, in - succession to Colonel F. Lutterell, deceased -- - - 1692 Embarked for Flanders -- - - ---- Engaged at the battle of Steenkirk -- - - 1693 ---------- the battle of Landen 4 - - ---- Entered winter quarters at Malines -- - - 1694 Engaged in operations in Flanders and Brabant -- - - ---- Returned to Malines -- - - 1695 Engaged in the siege of Namur -- - - ---- Occupied winter quarters at Dendermond 5 - - 1696 Returned to England in consequence of the expectation - of invasion by France, and of the plan for - assassinating King William 5 - - 1697 Re-embarked for Flanders and encamped near Brussels -- - - ---- Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryswick -- - - ---- Returned to England -- - - 1698 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1702 War recommenced with France -- - - ---- Embarked from Ireland for the Isle of Wight 6 - - ---- Proceeded on an expedition to Cadiz -- - - ---- --------- to the West Indies -- - - 1704 Returned to Ireland 7 - - 1705 Embarked for England -- - - 1709 Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Freke to be Colonel, - in succession to Lieut.-General Erle, retired -- - - 1710 Embarked for Flanders -- - - ---- Engaged in forcing the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin -- - - ---- Siege and surrender of Douay -- - - ---- ---------------------- Bethune -- - - ---- ---------------------- Aire and St.-Venant -- - - ---- Entered winter quarters at Ghent -- - - 1711 Encamped at Warde 8 - - ---- Engaged in forcing the French lines at Arleux -- - - ---- Siege and surrender of Bouchain -- - - 1712 Appointment of Richard Sutton to be Colonel, - in succession to Colonel G. Freke, deceased -- - - ---- The Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the army - in Flanders -- - - ---- Suspension of hostilities -- - - ---- British troops retired to Ghent -- - - 1713 Regiment stationed in Flanders -- - - 1714 Returned to England -- - - 1715 Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Grove to be Colonel, - in place of Major-General Sutton, retired -- - - 1722 Encamped on Salisbury Plain 9 - - 1723 Marched to Scotland -- - - 1729 Re-appointment of Major-General Sutton to be Colonel - in succession to Colonel Grove, deceased -- - - ---- Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1738 Appointment of Colonel Honorable Charles Howard to - be Colonel, in succession to Lieut.-General Sutton, - deceased -- - - 1739 War declared against Spain -- - - ---- Removed from Ireland to North Britain -- - - 1742 War declared against France and Bavaria -- - - 1744 Embarked for Flanders -- - - ---- Quartered during the winter at Ghent -- - - 1745 Advanced to the relief of Tournay -- - - ---- Engaged at the battle of Fontenoy 10 - - ---- Retreated to Aeth -- - - 1746 Engaged at Roucoux 11 - - ---- Retreated to Maestricht -- - - 1747 Engaged at Val -- - - 1748 Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle 12 - - ---- Appointment of Colonel Lord George Beauclerk to be - Colonel, in succession to Major-General Honorable - Charles Howard, removed to the 3rd Dragoon Guards -- - - 1749 Regiment returned to England 13 - - ---- Embarked for Gibraltar -- - - 1751 The colours, clothing, &c., regulated by royal warrant - of King George II. -- - - 1753 Returned to England -- - - 1755 Proceeded to Scotland -- - - 1756 Returned to England -- - - ---- War commenced with France -- - - ---- Regiment augmented to two battalions -- - - 1758 The second battalion formed into a distinct regiment, - and numbered the 66th regiment. -- - - 1759 Encamped at Brentwood 14 - - 1760 Encamped at Barham Down 14 - - 1761 Formed part of an expedition against Belle-Isle on - the coast of Bretagne -- - - ---- Capture of Belle-Isle 15 - - 1762 Returned to England -- - - ---- Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau -- - - ---- Regiment embarked for Gibraltar -- - - 1768 Appointment of General David Graeme to be Colonel, - in succession to Lord George Beauclerk, deceased -- - - 1771 Regiment returned to England 16 - - 1773 Stationed in Scotland -- - - 1775 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1781 ------------ America -- - - 1782 Designated the NINETEENTH, or the First Yorkshire - North Riding Regiment -- - - ---- Peace concluded with America -- - - ---- Proceeded to the West Indies -- - - 1783 Removed to Jamaica -- - - 1791 Returned to England -- - - 1793 War commenced with France -- - - ---- Embarked under General the Earl of Moira to aid the - French Royalists in La Vendée and La Loire 17 - - 1794 Returned to England, and landed in Devonshire -- - - ---- Embarked for Ostend -- - - ---- Joined the army under the Duke of York at Malines -- - - ---- Retreated through Holland to Germany 18 - - ---- Engaged with the enemy at Tuyl -- - - 1795 Embarked from Bremen for England -- - - 1796 -------- for the East Indies and landed at Madras -- - - ---- Embarked for Ceylon, and landed at Columbo -- - - 1797 Appointment of General Samuel Hulse in succession - to General Graeme, deceased 18 - - 1799 Five companies embarked for India, and engaged in - the storming and capture of Seringapatam, on the - 4th of May, when Tippoo Saib was mortally wounded 19 - - ---- The five companies returned to Ceylon -- - - 1800 Marched from Columbo to Point de Galle -- - - 1801 Embarked for Trincomalee 20 - - 1802 The Island of Ceylon retained by Great Britain on the - conclusion of Peace between France and Holland -- - - 1803 War recommenced with France and Holland -- - - ---- Marched to Candy -- - - ---- Engaged on arduous service against the perfidious - Candians 21 - - 1804 Further engagement with the Candians 22 - - 1805 The Candians again defeated -- - - ---- Embarked for Columbo -- - - 1806 Proceeded to Trincomalee -- - - ---- Marched back to Columbo -- - - 1809 Proceeded to Madras and joined a division of troops - employed against the Rajah of Travancore -- - - ---- Returned to Ceylon, after compelling the Rajah of - Travancore to submit 23 - - 1810 Appointment of General Sir Hew Dalrymple, from 37th - regiment, to the colonelcy, in succession to General - Sir Samuel Hulse, removed to 62nd regiment -- - - ---- Four companies embarked with an expedition against the - Isle of France -- - - ---- Capture of the Isle of France -- - - ---- The four companies returned to Ceylon -- - - 1811 Appointment of General Sir Hilgrove Turner to the - colonelcy, in succession to Sir Hew Dalrymple, - removed to 57th regiment 24 - - 1814 Embarked for Trincomalee 24 - - 1815 The British troops advanced against the King of Candy -- - - ---- The King of Candy brought prisoner to the British camp 25 - - ---- The Malbar dynasty deposed, and the provinces of Candy - united to the dominions of the British Crown -- - - 1816 Remained at Trincomalee -- - - 1818 Returned to Columbo -- - - ---- Marched to Candy to suppress a rebellion of several - native chiefs 26 - - ---- Returned to Columbo, and marched to Point de Galle -- - - 1820 Embarked for England -- - - 1821 ------------ Ireland -- - - 1826 Formed into six service and four depôt companies -- - - ---- Embarked for the West Indies -- - - 1830 Depôt companies embarked from Cork for England -- - - 1836 Service companies returned from the West Indies to - Ireland 27 - - ---- Joined by the depôt companies from England -- - - 1839 Embarked from Dublin for Bristol -- - - 1840 Returned to Ireland -- - - ---- Formed into six service and four depôt companies -- - - ---- Service companies embarked for Malta -- - - 1841 Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for England -- - - 1843 Appointment of General Sir W. M. Peacocke to be - Colonel, in succession to General Sir Hilgrove - Turner, deceased -- - - ---- Service companies embarked for the Ionian Islands -- - - 1843 Depôt companies embarked for Jersey 27 - - 1845 Depôt companies embarked for Ireland 28 - - ---- Service companies embarked from Corfu for the - West Indies -- - - 1848 Service companies embarked from Barbadoes for Canada -- - - The Conclusion 29 - - - APPENDIX. - - List of Battles, Sieges, &c. in the Netherlands from - 1689 to 1697 31 - - List of Battles, Sieges, &c. in the Netherlands and - Germany from 1702 to 1712 32 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF THE - -NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - - YEAR PAGE - - 1689 Francis Lutterell 33 - - 1691 Thomas Erle -- - - 1709 George Freke 34 - - 1712 Richard Sutton 35 - - 1715 George Grove -- - - 1729 Richard Sutton _re-appointed_ 36 - - 1738 _Hon._ Charles Howard -- - - 1748 Lord George Beauclerk -- - - 1768 David Graeme 37 - - 1797 Sir Samuel Hulse, G.C.H. -- - - 1810 Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. 39 - - 1811 Sir T. Hilgrove Turner -- - - 1843 Sir Warren M. Peacocke 40 - - -PLATES. - - Colours of the Regiment to face 1 - - Costume of the Regiment " 30 - - -[Illustration: NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - -QUEEN'S COLOR.] - -[Illustration: REGIMENTAL COLOR. - -FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS - -_Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand_] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF - -THE NINETEENTH, - -OR - -THE FIRST YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING - -REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -[Sidenote: 1688] - -The advances made by King James II. towards the subversion of the -laws, and the established religion of the kingdom, occasioned the -Prince of Orange to be invited to come to England with an army, to -enable the nobility and other persons of property and influence to -assert the inviolable character of the Constitution in parliament. -The Prince landed in Devonshire on the 5th of November, 1688, and a -number of persons afterwards joining his standard, they were formed -into companies of musketeers and pikemen, and three regiments were -embodied under Colonels Lord Mordaunt, Sir John Guise, and Sir Robert -Peyton: troops of cavalry and companies of infantry were also raised, -in the interest of the Prince of Orange, in various parts of England. - -[Sidenote: 1689] - -The flight of King James to France was followed by the elevation of -the Prince and Princess of Orange to the throne, in February, 1689. -At this period several of the companies of pikemen and musketeers -raised when the Prince of Orange landed, were incorporated into -a regiment under Colonel Francis Lutterell, whose commission, as -colonel of this regiment, was dated the 28th of February, 1689; but -the regiment, being formed of companies raised about the middle of -November, 1688, was permitted to take rank from that date, and now -bears the title of the "NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT." - -The following officers were appointed to commissions in the -regiment:-- - - _Colonel_, Francis Lutterell. - _Lieutenant-Colonel_, William Norcott. _Major_, Henry Hawley. - - _Captains._ _Lieutenants._ _Ensigns._ - Baldwin Mallett. R. Williams (_Capt._). Joseph Lewis. - Alexander Lutterell. John Dodington. Abraham Hancock. - Edmund Bowyer.[6] N. Simmons. Capell Stocker. - William Coward.[6] John Redmore. Thomas Adams. - Joseph Pigman.[6] William Willoughby. -- Sidenham. - Hopton Wynham. R. Wyndham. -- Ensate. - Robert Carey.[6] George Prater. Robert Norcott. - Walter Vincent.[6] William Webb. Thomas Robinson. - Charles Burlington.[6] John Calmady. Thomas Freke. - -- Simmons.[6] John West. Thomas Resdin. - Hugh Mallett. -- Gregor. - Lawrence Coward. - - _Adjutant_, John West. _Surgeon_, T. Allen. - _Quarter-Master_, Arthur Balsam. - -In the summer of this year the regiment marched to Portsmouth; it was -afterwards stationed in the Isle of Wight, and in September embarked -on board the fleet to serve as marines; but landed at Plymouth in the -winter. - -[Sidenote: 1690] - -The authority of King William being resisted in Ireland, an army was -sent to that country under Marshal Duke Schomberg, and in March, -1690, the NINETEENTH received orders to send five hundred and twenty -men to Ireland, to replace the losses sustained by many regiments -at the unhealthy camp of Dundalk. The regiment afterwards sent a -detachment to the West Indies, where nearly all the men died. The -regiment also sustained the loss of its colonel, who died this year. - -[Sidenote: 1691] - -In 1691 the regiment was stationed in England recruiting, and the -colonelcy was conferred on Colonel Thomas Erle, from a regiment which -was raised in March, 1689, and disbanded after the treaty of Ryswick -in 1697. - -[Sidenote: 1692] - -Having recruited its ranks and attained a state of efficiency, the -regiment embarked for Flanders in the spring of 1692, and joined the -confederate army, commanded by the British monarch in person, whose -efforts were directed to arrest the progress of aggression pursued by -Louis XIV.;--it served the campaign of this year against the French -under Marshal Luxemburg. - -At the battle of _Steenkirk_, on the 3rd of August, the regiment was -in the main body of the allied army, and the advance-guard being -repulsed before the supporting columns arrived at the field of -battle, King William ordered a retreat. Colonel ERLE's regiment was -one of the corps which did not sustain any loss. - -[Sidenote: 1693] - -The NINETEENTH regiment was one of the corps assembled at Parck-camp, -near Louvain, in May, 1693; and by taking possession of this -post, King William defeated the designs of the French monarch on -Brabant. The fourteenth, sixteenth, NINETEENTH, and two newly-raised -regiments were formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Erle. This -brigade was in position at _Landen_, on the 29th of July, when the -confederate army was attacked by the superior numbers of the enemy. -Brigadier-General Erle was ill of a fever, but hearing that an action -was likely to take place, he quitted his bed, and was wounded at the -head of his brigade. The French having, by their numerical strength, -forced the position, the confederate army retreated. Both armies -sustained severe loss, and the enemy derived little advantage from -the victory, beyond an opportunity to besiege Charleroi, which was -captured in the autumn. - -The NINETEENTH regiment passed the winter in quarters at Malines. - -[Sidenote: 1694] - -In the beginning of May, 1694, the regiment quitted its quarters, -and pitched its tents near the cloister of Terbanck; it took part -in the operations of the campaign, and performed many long marches -in Flanders and Brabant, and in the autumn returned to the pleasant -town of Malines, where it passed another winter in garrison, with the -third and fourth regiments of foot. - -[Sidenote: 1695] - -Early in the spring of 1695 the regiment marched to the vicinity of -Ghent, and was encamped near Marykirk until the army took the field. -King William undertook the siege of the strong fortress of _Namur_, -and the NINETEENTH formed part of the covering army under the Prince -of Vaudemont, who acquired great reputation for the skilful retreat -he effected in the presence of a French army, of very superior -numbers, under Marshal Villeroy. After taking part in covering -this retreat, the regiment was employed in several operations for -the protection of the maritime and other towns of Flanders, and to -cover the troops carrying on the siege of Namur, which fortress was -captured by the troops under King William, and that event terminated -the campaign. The NINETEENTH regiment passed the winter at Dendermond. - -[Sidenote: 1696] - -Finding the progress of his arms arrested, and the fortune of war in -favour of the confederates, the French monarch contemplated detaching -England from the alliance against his interests, by replacing King -James on the throne, for which purpose preparations were made -for invading England, and a conspiracy was formed in London for -assassinating King William. In consequence of the preparations in -France, the NINETEENTH, and a number of other regiments, were ordered -to return to England. The regiment embarked from Sas-van-Ghent -in March, 1696, and sailed to Gravesend, where it landed. The -assassination plot was discovered, and the designs of the French -monarch frustrated. - -[Sidenote: 1697] - -The regiment remained in England until the summer of 1697, when -it again proceeded to Flanders, and joined the army encamped near -Brussels on the 14th of July; two days afterwards it was reviewed by -King William. The treaty of Ryswick was signed in September, and the -British monarch saw his efforts for the preservation of liberty, and -the balance of power in Europe, attended with success. The regiment -returned to England in November. - -[Sidenote: 1698] - -[Sidenote: 1702] - -In 1698 the NINETEENTH regiment was stationed in Ireland, where -it remained until 1702, when the succession of the Duke of Anjou, -grandson of Louis XIV., to the throne of Spain had produced another -war. - -Early in 1702 an expedition against the port and city of _Cadiz_ was -resolved upon by the British government, and the NINETEENTH regiment -was withdrawn from Ireland to take part in the enterprise; the -fleet was commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke, and the land forces -were placed under the orders of the Duke of Ormond. The regiment -proceeded to the Isle of Wight, where it embarked on board the -fleet,[7] which sailed for Cadiz, and a landing was effected between -Rota and Fort St. Catherine in the middle of August. Fort St. Mary's -was taken possession of, and some advantages were gained; but the -expedition proved of insufficient force for the reduction of Cadiz, -and the troops re-embarked. The NINETEENTH regiment was detached from -Cadiz to the West Indies with the squadron of the royal navy under -Commander Walker. - -[Sidenote: 1703] - -A powerful armament was prepared for the attack of the French and -Spanish settlements in the West Indies in 1703, but this enterprise -was afterwards laid aside. An unsuccessful attempt was made on -Guadaloupe in March of this year, by a few men under Colonel -Codrington. - -[Sidenote: 1704] - -[Sidenote: 1705] - -Having lost a number of men from the effects of the climate, the -regiment was withdrawn from the West Indies, and was stationed in -Ireland in 1704; in 1705 it embarked for England, and landed near -Chester in October. - -[Sidenote: 1706] - -The regiment was employed on home service during the years 1706, -1707, 1708, and 1709. - -[Sidenote: 1709] - -In May, 1709, Lieut.-General Erle disposed of the colonelcy of the -regiment to the lieut.-colonel, George Freke. - -[Sidenote: 1710] - -Early in the spring of 1710 the regiment embarked for Flanders, to -join the allied army in that country under the celebrated JOHN, -DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH; it advanced up the country to the vicinity of -Tournay, and afterwards took part in the movements by which the -French lines were forced at _Pont-à-Vendin_. - -When the siege of _Douay_ was undertaken, the NINETEENTH regiment was -one of the corps selected to take part in this service. Some severe -fighting took place in carrying on the attacks, and in storming the -outworks, in which the regiment was engaged, and sustained severe -loss. On the 25th of June the garrison beat a parley, and afterwards -surrendered the fortress. - -The NINETEENTH regiment had three serjeants and ninety-one rank and -file killed at the siege of Douay; and one major, two captains, eight -subalterns, ten serjeants, and one hundred and ninety-seven rank and -file wounded. - -The regiment formed part of the covering army during the siege of -_Bethune_, which fortress surrendered on the 29th of August. _Aire_ -and _St.-Venant_ were afterwards invested and taken, and the regiment -marched to Ghent, where it passed the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1711] - -Advancing up the country in the spring of 1711, the regiment encamped -a short time at Warde, where it was joined by a fine body of recruits -from England. It took part in the operations by which the enemy's -fortified lines were passed at _Arleux_ on the 5th of August, and -it was afterwards engaged in the siege of _Bouchain_, which proved -a difficult service; but every obstacle was overcome by the skill -and perseverance of the generals and engineers, and the innate -bravery of the soldiers, who, on more than one occasion, fought up to -their waists in water. This fortress was surrendered on the 13th of -September. - -[Sidenote: 1712] - -In the spring of 1712 the regiment quitted its winter quarters. -Before the army was assembled, Colonel Freke was succeeded in the -colonelcy of the regiment by Major-General Richard Sutton, from a -newly-raised corps, which was afterwards disbanded. - -The army in Flanders was this year commanded by the Duke of Ormond, -and advanced to the frontiers of France; but negotiations for a -treaty of peace having commenced, a suspension of hostilities was -proclaimed, and the British troops retired to the vicinity of Ghent. - -[Sidenote: 1713] - -During the year 1713 the regiment was stationed in Flanders. - -[Sidenote: 1714] - -The decease of Queen Anne took place on the 1st of August, 1714, when -the regiment was ordered to return to England, and it was placed in -garrison at Tilbury fort, Landguard fort, and Hull, with a detachment -at Sheerness. - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -In August, 1715, the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on -Lieut.-Colonel Grove, from the foot guards, in succession to -Major-General Sutton, who withdrew from active service. - -[Sidenote: 1716] - -[Sidenote: 1722] - -[Sidenote: 1723] - -The regiment was employed on home service many years; in 1722 it was -encamped on Salisbury Plain, where it was reviewed by King George I.; -and in the following year it marched to Scotland. - -[Sidenote: 1727] - -In 1727 the regiment was held in readiness to assist the Dutch in the -expected war with the Emperor of Germany; but no embarkation took -place. - -[Sidenote: 1729] - -Colonel Grove died on the 13th of October, 1729, and King George II. -restored Major-General Sutton to the colonelcy of the regiment. - -At this period the regiment was removed to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1735] - -[Sidenote: 1738] - -Major-General Sutton was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general -in 1735, and died in 1738, when the colonelcy of the regiment was -conferred on Colonel the Honorable Charles Howard, from captain and -lieut.-colonel in the foot guards. - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -In 1739 war was proclaimed against Spain, and the NINETEENTH regiment -was withdrawn from Ireland, and stationed in North Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1742] - -[Sidenote: 1744] - -A British army proceeded to Flanders in 1742, to support the -interests of the House of Austria against France and Bavaria; but -the NINETEENTH were employed on home service until 1744, when they -proceeded to Flanders, and served the campaign of that year with the -army under Field-Marshal Wade. The regiment was encamped some time on -the banks of the Scheldt, and afterwards advanced into the territory -subject to France, as far as Lisle; but no serious fighting took -place, and it passed the winter in quarters at Ghent. - -[Sidenote: 1745] - -The regiment was called from its winter quarters in April, 1745, and -advanced with the army commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke of -Cumberland, to the relief of Tournay, which fortress was besieged by -a numerous French force, and on the approach of the allied army the -enemy took up a formidable position near the village of _Fontenoy_. -This position was attacked on the 11th of May, and the gallant -bearing of the British infantry was conspicuous; by a determined -charge they broke the French lines and overthrew all opposition at -their point of attack; but the Dutch failed in their attempts to -capture the village of Fontenoy, and the English were exposed to a -destructive flank fire which forced them to retreat. The attack was -repeated, and British valour and intrepidity triumphed once more; -but the Dutch again failed, and the English battalions, which had -broken the enemy's lines, were exposed to so destructive a fire from -batteries on both flanks, that a retreat was ordered, and the army -withdrew from the field of battle to Aeth. - -The regiment had Lieutenant Le Grand, Ensign Gibson, and seventeen -private soldiers killed; Major Petitot, Captains Cochran and Douglas, -Lieutenant Coote, Ensigns Cheape, Martin, and Potterfield, one -serjeant, and sixty-nine rank and file wounded; thirteen men missing. - -The subsequent operations of the campaign were of a defensive -character, and the allied army was so much inferior in numbers to the -enemy, that it was unable to prevent the capture of several fortified -towns in the Austrian Netherlands. - -This year a rebellion broke out in Scotland, and Charles Edward, -eldest son of the Pretender, gained some advantages at the head of -the Highland clans, when several corps were ordered to return to -England, but the NINETEENTH remained in the Netherlands. - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -Taking the field in the spring of 1746, the regiment was employed in -various services; but the allied army, being very inferior in numbers -to the force which the French monarch employed in the Netherlands, -was necessarily restricted in its operations. - -On the 11th of October the allied army was formed on the beautiful -plain of Liege, and the NINETEENTH regiment was stationed, with two -other corps, in the village of _Roucoux_. About noon the superior -numbers of the enemy under Marshal Saxe were seen advancing, and -about three in the afternoon a numerous body of infantry and -artillery attacked three villages, which were occupied by eight -battalions of British, Dutch, and Hessians. The disparity of numbers -was about one to six, yet the allies stood their ground gallantly, -and repulsed the leading brigades of the enemy. New combatants -rushed forward, and the allies were again victorious; but they were -eventually forced to quit the villages. After defending their post -with great bravery for some time, the NINETEENTH, and other corps in -Roucoux, quitted the village, and took post in a hollow way, where -they defended themselves until a retreat was ordered, when the army -withdrew to the vicinity of Maestricht. - -One serjeant, one drummer, and thirty-three rank and file of the -regiment were killed on this occasion; Lieutenant Cuthbert, Ensign -M'Farlane, three serjeants, and nineteen rank and file wounded; -Captain Leake, Lieutenant Campbell, and several private soldiers -taken prisoners. - -[Sidenote: 1747] - -After passing the winter in cantonments in Holland, the regiment -took the field with the army commanded by His Royal Highness the -Duke of Cumberland, and distinguished itself at the battle of -_Val_, on the 2nd of July in that year. The enemy attacked the -village of Val, which was occupied by the thirteenth, twenty-fifth, -and thirty-seventh regiments, and a battalion of Hanoverians, who -repulsed the attacks of their numerous opponents some time, but were -eventually forced to give way. They were reinforced by the eighth, -NINETEENTH, and forty-eighth regiments, and a foreign corps, and -returning to the charge, recovered the village. The fighting at -this point was very severe; several French brigades were nearly -annihilated, and the village was lost and won several times. During -this protracted contest the innate valour of the British troops was -very conspicuous; but the enemy at length succeeded in breaking the -line, and the army was ordered to retreat to Maestricht, where it -arrived on the same evening. - -Lieut.-Colonel Williams, two serjeants, one drummer, and thirty-two -rank and file of the regiment were killed; Major Petitot, Captain -Masters, Lieutenants Goddard, Brown, Martin, and Phillips, Ensigns -Dobson and Fuller, three serjeants, and one hundred and three rank -and file wounded; fifteen rank and file missing.[8] - -[Sidenote: 1748] - -The regiment again took the field in 1748. Preliminary articles for a -treaty of peace were signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, and a suspension of -hostilities took place. - -In this year Major-General the Honorable Charles Howard was removed -to the third dragoon guards, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of -the NINETEENTH regiment by Colonel Lord George Beauclerk, from the -eighth marines. - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -The regiment returned to England during the winter of 1748-9, and -immediately proceeded to Gibraltar, where it was stationed four years. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -On the 1st of July, 1751, a warrant was issued by authority of King -George II., for establishing uniformity in the clothing, standards, -and colours of the several regiments, by which the facing of the -NINETEENTH was directed to be _green_. The First, or the King's -colour, was directed to be the Great Union; the Second, or Regimental -colour, to be the colour of the facings of the regiment, with the -Union in the upper canton; in the centre of the colour, the Rank of -the regiment, in gold Roman characters, within a wreath of roses and -thistles on the same stalk, surmounted by the Crown.[9] - -[Sidenote: 1753] - -[Sidenote: 1755] - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -Having been relieved from garrison duty at Gibraltar, in 1753, the -regiment returned to England; in 1755 it was stationed in Scotland; -in 1756 it was again stationed in England. - -A dispute respecting the extent of the British dominions in North -America having occasioned another war with France, the regiment was -augmented to _two battalions_. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -In 1758 the Second battalion was formed into the SIXTY-SIXTH -regiment, under the command of Colonel Edward Sandford. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -During the summer of 1759 the regiment was encamped at Brentwood, and -in 1760 at Barham Downs. - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -In 1761 the regiment was placed under the orders of Major-General -Hodgson, for the attack of one of the French islands off the coast of -Brittany, called _Belle-Isle_. The expedition appeared before this -place on the 7th of April; but the whole island was found like one -vast fortress, the little which nature had left undone by rocks and -crags having been supplied by art; and the first attempt on the 8th -of April, to establish a post on the island, failed. The NINETEENTH, -mustering eight hundred men, under Lieut.-Colonel Robert Douglas, -evinced great gallantry on this occasion in the assault of the -enemy's entrenchments on the shore; the officers and soldiers rushed -to the attack with heroic bravery, but were unable to ascend the -steep acclivity; they attempted to help one another up, under a heavy -fire, but failed, and were ordered to re-embark. - -The regiment lost Lieutenant Dougal Stuart, three serjeants, one -drummer, and forty-seven rank and file killed; Major Lumisden, one -serjeant, one drummer, and thirty-eight rank and file wounded; -Lieutenants Scrymsour, Forbes, and Nugent, one serjeant, and -eighty-nine rank and file prisoners, thirty of whom were wounded. - -Another attempt was made on the 22nd of April, when Brigadier-General -Lambert effected a landing on the rocks near Point Lomaria: the -difficulty of mounting the precipice had made the enemy least -attentive to that part. Beauclerk's grenadiers (NINETEENTH), with -Captain Patterson of the regiment, gained the summit before the -enemy saw what was intended, who immediately marched a body of three -hundred men to attack them; the grenadiers maintained their ground -till the remainder of Brigadier Lambert's troops got up. Three -brass field-pieces were taken, and some wounded prisoners. Captain -Patterson lost his arm, and the other casualties were about thirty -men killed. The cannon was afterwards landed from the ships and -dragged up the rocks; the lines which covered the town of Palais -were captured; the siege of the citadel was carried on with vigour, -and the garrison surrendered on the 7th of June. The conquest of -the island was thus achieved, and the officers and soldiers taken -prisoners re-joined their regiments. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -Returning from Belle-Isle when the capture of that island was -completed, the regiment was stationed in England in 1762. - -The war was terminated in 1762 by the peace of Fontainebleau, and -the regiment again proceeded to Gibraltar, at which fortress it was -stationed during the following eight years. - -[Sidenote: 1768] - -On the decease of Lieut.-General Lord George Beauclerk, the colonelcy -of the regiment was conferred on Major-General David Graeme, from the -forty-ninth regiment, by commission dated the 25th of May, 1768. - -On the 19th of December, 1768, a warrant was issued by command of -King George III. for regulating the standards, colours, clothing, -&c., of the regiments of cavalry and infantry, by which it was -directed, that the _facing_ of the NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT should -be _deep green_. - -[Sidenote: 1771] - -Early in the spring of 1771 the regiment was relieved from duty at -Gibraltar, and arrived in England in May. - -[Sidenote: 1773] - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -In 1773 the regiment was stationed in Scotland; and in 1775 it -embarked for Ireland, where it was quartered upwards of five years. - -[Sidenote: 1781] - -The American war commenced in the same year in which the regiment -embarked for Ireland, and was continued with varied success. In 1781 -the regiment was ordered to proceed to South Carolina and Georgia, -to reinforce the British troops in those provinces; it embarked -from Ireland on the 17th of March, and arrived in America in May; -but the peculiar turn which the circumstances of the war took -shortly afterwards, prevented the regiment having an opportunity of -distinguishing itself. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -A letter, dated the 31st of August, 1782, conveyed to the regiment -His Majesty's pleasure that it should be designated the NINETEENTH, -or the FIRST YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING REGIMENT, in order that a -connexion between the corps and that part of the county of York -should be cultivated, with the view of promoting the success of the -recruiting service. - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -Hostilities terminated in 1782, and the regiment proceeded to the -Leeward Islands; in 1783 it was removed to Jamaica, where it was -stationed until 1791, when it returned to England, and landed at -Portsmouth in June. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -The French revolution had commenced while the regiment was at -Jamaica, and in 1793 the King of France was beheaded, and a -republican government was established, which was followed by war -between England and France. The French Royalists of _La Vendée_ -and _La Loire_ took arms against the regicide government, and -solicited aid from England; the NINETEENTH regiment embarked with the -expedition under Major-General the Earl of Moira, to aid the French -Royalists, who expected to be able to gain possession of a sufficient -portion of the coast for the English troops to land; the expedition -was held in suspense, the fleet being driven about the Channel in -stormy weather in the winter of 1793-4. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -No opportunity of landing in France, and of joining the Vendéeans, -having occurred, the regiment disembarked on the coast of Devonshire -in January, 1794, and went into quarters: the health of the men -having suffered from being long detained on board of the fleet. - -After a few months' repose in quarters, the regiment again embarked, -and sailed with the troops under the Earl of Moira for Ostend, which -fortress was menaced by a numerous French force. The regiment landed -at Ostend on the 26th of June. The Earl of Moira resolved not to -limit his services to the defence of Ostend, but to attempt to effect -a junction with the army commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke -of York; and after a tedious and difficult march in the face of a -victorious enemy of superior numbers, whose troops were overrunning -the country in all directions, the British arrived at Alost, where -they repulsed the attack of a body of the enemy on the 6th of July, -and joined the Duke of York's army at Malines three days afterwards. - -The allies did not bring into the field a force sufficiently numerous -to contend with the immense armies of France, and the consequence -was a disastrous campaign, and a retreat through Holland to Germany -during the frosts and snow-storms of an unusually severe winter; -and the NINETEENTH shared, with other regiments, in the sufferings -occasioned by these operations. The regiment was engaged under -Major-General Lord Cathcart in the attack of the enemy's post at -_Tuyl_ on the 30th of December, when it had five men killed and -wounded; it also took part in several skirmishes, frequently crossing -rivers on the ice to engage the numerous forces of the enemy. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -In the early part of January, 1795, it was found necessary to resume -the retreat, and a series of retrograde movements, through a country -covered with snow and ice, brought the army into Germany, where the -soldiers obtained a short repose, and afterwards embarked from Bremen -for England. - -The NINETEENTH landed from Germany in May, 1795, and were stationed -in England eleven months. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -On the 28th of April, 1796, the regiment embarked for the East -Indies, and landed at Madras in the middle of November following. - -A short time previously to the arrival of the regiment in India, the -large and mountainous island of Ceylon, situate in the Indian Sea, -had been captured from the Dutch, who had become united with France -in hostility to Great Britain. After reposing a few weeks at Madras, -the regiment received orders to transfer its services to Ceylon, and -it landed at Columbo, the capital of the island, in December, 1796. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -General David Graeme died in January, 1797, and King George III. -conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General Samuel -Hulse, from the fifty-sixth regiment of foot. - -In the island of Ceylon, which produces a great diversity of -vegetables, the finest fruits, and spices of good quality, -particularly cinnamon, the regiment was stationed twenty-four years. - -[Sidenote: 1798] - -About this period the officers and soldiers of the NINETEENTH -regiment subscribed one day's pay, amounting to £84, for the relief -of the widows and children of the men killed in the victory obtained -by Admiral Lord Nelson over the French fleet at the battle of the -Nile, on the 1st of August, 1798. The regiment subscribed also 2500 -pagodas (8_s._ 9_d._ each) towards carrying on the war in Europe. - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -Five companies embarked in February, 1799, for the continent of -India, to take part in the war with the ruler of the province of -_Mysore_, the celebrated Tippoo Saib, whose adoption of French -counsels, and hostility to the British interests, proved his ruin. -The Mysore was invaded by the British troops, under Lieut.-General -(afterwards Lord) Harris, in March, 1799, and the army advanced by -triumphant marches to the capital, the strong and splendid city and -fortress of _Seringapatam_, which was captured by storm on the 4th of -May, when Tippoo fell, mortally wounded, in the defence of the place. - -The capture of the capital having terminated the war in the Mysore, -the five companies of the regiment afterwards returned to Ceylon. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -From Columbo, the regiment marched, in October, 1800, to Point de -Galle, where the head-quarters were stationed several months. - -[Sidenote: 1801] - -In April, 1801, the regiment embarked for the harbour, town, and -fortress of Trincomalee, situate in a barren tract of country on the -north-east side of the island of Ceylon, from whence detachments -were sent to various posts in the interior. The centre of the island -appeared to be defended against the approach of Europeans by the -unhealthy climate of the district, through which it was necessary to -pass to enter the inland provinces, which were governed by a native -chief called the King of Candy. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -In 1802 a treaty of peace was concluded between England and France -and Holland; but the island of Ceylon was retained by the British. - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -War with France and Holland was resumed in 1803, and, at the same -time, it was found necessary to commence hostilities with the -Candians, inhabiting the interior of the island of Ceylon, with whom -attempts had been made to establish a treaty of amity and commerce, -but without success. - -Some outrages having been committed by the Candians on British -subjects, demand was made for reparation, which was evaded on various -pretences, and a body of troops, of which a detachment of the -NINETEENTH regiment formed part, penetrated through the unhealthy -districts into the interior, to demand redress, and to exact security -against the repetition of outrage. The troops experienced little -opposition, and advanced to _Candy_, the capital, which was found -abandoned by the inhabitants. A treaty was framed, and everything -appeared in a train for a satisfactory arrangement; but after -evincing unparalleled duplicity and treachery, the population of the -surrounding districts suddenly attacked the town after hostilities -had ceased, and the British troops, under Major Davey, being -overpowered by numbers, agreed to capitulate, on condition of being -allowed to march with their arms to the British settlements on the -coast. These conditions were violated; the British soldiers were -barbarously massacred, at Candy, on the 24th of June, excepting a few -men who escaped, or were spared by the assassins; the Malays in the -English service were required to enter the Candian service, and all -who refused were destroyed. The NINETEENTH regiment had the following -officers and soldiers massacred on this occasion,--Lieutenants M. H. -Bynn, Peter Plenderleath, and Hector M'Lean, Ensign Robert Smith, -Quarter-Master John Brown, Assistant-Surgeon William Hope, and one -hundred and seventy-two non-commissioned officers and privates. - -After this act of perfidy and cruelty the Candians attacked the -British settlements, and gained some temporary advantages; but were -eventually driven back with loss. The surviving officers and soldiers -of the NINETEENTH regiment were employed in much harassing and -perilous service, and many casualties were occasioned by the climate. -Captain Beaver particularly distinguished himself, and the governor, -Major-General M^cDowall, expressed his sense of the captain's -services, in general orders dated Columbo, 2nd September, 1803, -in the following terms: "The Governor has observed, with peculiar -satisfaction, the rapid series of well-judged and well-executed -operations, by which Captain HERBERT BEAVER, of the NINETEENTH -regiment, has hitherto proceeded, in recovering the important -province of Matura from the Candians, and in bringing back its -deluded inhabitants to their duty. The indefatigable activity, zeal, -and ability, which that officer has displayed, since his assumption -of the command in that district, has fully justified the high opinion -which his Excellency had formed of him from his former services, and -which induced the Governor to appoint him to that arduous station, in -a time of such extreme difficulty and discouragement." The governor -also expressed his approbation of the conduct of the officers and -soldiers serving under Captain Beaver. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -In 1804 the Candians again made preparations for an attack on the -British settlements; and the English troops penetrated the provinces -of Candy. Some sharp fighting occurred; and on the 14th of October -Lieutenants B. Vincent and H. L. Smith were killed at Fort M^cDowall. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -Another attack on the British territory was made in the early part of -1805; but the Candians were completely routed in every quarter. In -October of this year the NINETEENTH regiment embarked for Columbo. - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -The regiment proceeded by sea to Trincomalee in September, 1806; but -marched back to Columbo two months afterwards. - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -During the years 1807 and 1808, the regiment was stationed at the -capital of the island of Ceylon. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -Disputes of a tedious and complicated character between the British -government and the Rajah of _Travancore_, a province situated at -the south-west extremity of Hindoostan, occasioned the NINETEENTH -regiment to be withdrawn from Ceylon in February, 1809, and to -proceed to Madras to join the troops designed for the reduction of -the hostile Rajah. The country of Travancore was taken possession of -without much serious opposition, when a force of sufficient strength -was assembled for that purpose, and the Rajah was forced to submit. -In December the regiment returned to Ceylon. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -General Sir Samuel Hulse having been removed to the sixty-second -regiment, the colonelcy of the NINETEENTH was conferred on -Lieut.-General Sir Hew Dalrymple from the thirty-seventh, by -commission dated the 25th of June, 1810. - -The war with France was continued, a British army was fighting for -the liberties of Europe in Portugal and Spain, and in 1810 the -English government resolved to deprive Napoleon of the Isle of -France, now called the _Mauritius_, the only remaining territory -in the possession of France, in the East. To take part in this -enterprise, four companies of the NINETEENTH regiment embarked from -Ceylon on the 6th of September, 1810. The expedition rendezvoused -at the island of Rodriguez, from whence it sailed to the Isle of -France, and a landing was effected on the 29th of November. The -troops suffered much from the want of water in their advance upon -Port Louis, the capital, and finding a plentiful supply at the -powder-mills on the road, they halted there during the night of the -30th of November. Some sharp skirmishing occurred, and several men -were killed and wounded. On the following day the troops resumed -their march; drove the French from their positions with great -gallantry; and forced the governor to surrender this valuable colony -in three days. - -The four companies afterwards returned to Ceylon. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -Lieut.-General Sir Hew Dalrymple was removed, in April, 1811, to the -fifty-seventh regiment, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the -NINETEENTH by Major-General Hilgrove Turner, from the Cape regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -The reigning sovereign of Candy evinced so cruel and tyrannical a -disposition, that he became odious to his subjects, who experienced -a total insecurity of life and property under his rule, individuals -being frequently deprived of both at the caprice of the king. The -governor of one of his provinces was summoned to appear at the -capital; but this chief, expecting that the sacrifice of his life, -and the seizure of his property, were intended, did not obey the -mandate. The king assembled an army, overpowered the forces of the -disobedient chief, and forced him to fly for protection to the -British settlements. About the period when these events agitated the -interior of the island of Ceylon, the NINETEENTH regiment embarked -for Trincomalee, where it arrived in the beginning of March, 1814. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -Elated with his success against the disobedient chief, the King of -Candy prepared to invade the British territory; and the governor, -Major-General Brownrigg, resolved to preserve the English provinces -from aggression by invading the kingdom of Candy. The British troops -advanced into the kingdom of Candy, in seven divisions, in the -beginning of February, 1815, and the NINETEENTH regiment marched from -Trincomalee to take part in this service. The soldiers underwent -great fatigue in crossing mountains, passing morasses and rivers, -and traversing regions inhabited only by the wild beasts of the -forest; they succeeded in overcoming all opposition, and arrived at -the capital in the middle of February. The king fled; but he was -seized by his own subjects, ill-treated, and brought a prisoner to -the British camp. An assembly of Candian chiefs declared the Malbar -dynasty deposed, and the provinces of Candy united to the dominions -of the British crown. Thus was an extensive tract of country, -bountifully endowed with natural gifts, and producing the necessaries -and luxuries of life, including spices, metals, and precious stones, -added to the British dominions; a numerous race of human beings, of -a peculiarly interesting character, was delivered from the power of -despotism, and brought under the advantages of the just government -and equitable laws of Great Britain. Every species of torture was -immediately abolished; but the ancient religion of the inhabitants, -and the former mode of administering justice, were preserved. The -conduct of the British troops was highly meritorious, and reflected -credit on the several corps employed on this enterprise: the soldiers -abstained from plunder and violence, and behaved with such order -and regularity as to conciliate the inhabitants, whose condition, -improved by a policy founded on liberal ideas, and exhibiting -enlarged views, prepared the way for their emancipation from the -errors of superstition, and their introduction to the advantages of -Christianity, and of European arts, sciences, and commerce. - -The British troops occupied posts in the newly-acquired territory, -and the corps not required for this duty returned to their former -quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -The NINETEENTH regiment remained at Trincomalee, and other stations -in that quarter of the island, until February, 1818, when it returned -to Columbo. - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -Soon afterwards a new claimant to the throne of Candy arrived in -that country, from the continent of India, and being supported by -several native chiefs, who were hostile to the British interests, a -rebellion took place. This event called the NINETEENTH again into the -field; they marched for Candy in April, 1818, and again traversed -mountainous districts and wild and beautiful regions; some desultory -fighting occurred; but a greater loss of life was occasioned by the -climate, than by the swords of the insurgents. The rebellion was -suppressed; the regiment returned to Columbo in September; and in -October it marched to Point de Galle. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -[Sidenote: 1820] - -After serving twenty-three years at Ceylon, and taking a -distinguished part in the important events which had occurred in that -island, the regiment was relieved from duty there, and embarked for -England in January, 1820; it landed at Gravesend on the 19th of May, -and was stationed in the south of England during the remainder of the -year. - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -In February, 1821, the regiment marched to Weedon Barracks; and in -November embarked from Liverpool for Ireland, and, after landing at -Dublin, marched to Mullingar, Longford, Tullamore, Philipstown, and -Maryborough. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -The regiment remained in Ireland during the years 1822, 1823, 1824, -and 1825; in the autumn of 1826 it was divided into six service and -four depôt companies: the service companies embarked from Cork in -October, for the island of Demerara, where they arrived in December. - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -The depôt companies were stationed in Ireland until June, 1830, when -they embarked from Cork for Portsmouth, where they arrived in two -days. - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -After occupying various stations in the British West India Islands, -during the period of nearly ten years, the service companies embarked -from Barbadoes in July, 1836, and landed at Cork in August: they were -afterwards joined by the depôt companies from England. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -During the years 1837 and 1838, the regiment was stationed in -Ireland; in December, 1839, it embarked from Dublin for Bristol; but -returned to Ireland in March following. - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -In the summer of 1840 the regiment was again divided into six -service, and four depôt companies, and in September the service -companies embarked from Cork for the island of Malta, where they -landed on the 3rd and 13th of October. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -The depôt companies left Ireland in 1841, and were stationed a short -time at Gosport; they proceeded to Brighton in March, 1842, and to -Dover Castle in October. - -[Sidenote: 1843] - -General Sir Hilgrove Turner, G.C.H., K.C., died at Jersey, in May, -1843, and General Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke, K.C.H. and K.C., was -appointed by Her Majesty Colonel of the NINETEENTH regiment. - -The service companies proceeded in the Resistance troop-ship from -Malta to the Ionian Islands on the 9th of January, 1843, under the -command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hay, and arrived at Corfu on the 20th -of the same month; five days afterwards the head-quarters and three -companies embarked in the Boyne transport for Cephalonia. - -In October, 1843, the depôt companies marched from Dover to -Winchester, and from thence to Portsmouth, where they embarked for -Jersey. - -[Sidenote: 1845] - -On the 18th of June, 1845, the depôt companies embarked at Jersey for -Ireland, and disembarked at Waterford. - -On the 5th of December, 1845, the service companies of the NINETEENTH -regiment embarked at Corfu for the West Indies, in the Java -freight-ship, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hay. - -[Sidenote: 1846] - -The regiment arrived at Barbadoes on the 19th of January, 1846. - -[Sidenote: 1847] - -In February, 1847, the regiment embarked at Barbadoes for St. Vincent. - -[Sidenote: 1848] - -The regiment returned to Barbadoes in April, 1848, and was -transhipped on board the Bombay transport on the 12th of that month, -and sailed in a few days for North America. - -On the 1st of July, the date to which the record has been continued, -the service companies were stationed at Montreal, under the command -of Major Sanders, and the depôt companies, under Major Calley, -remained in Ireland, the head-quarters occupying the barracks at -Castlebar. - - -[Sidenote: 1848] - -The details narrated in the foregoing pages, contain accounts of the -services of the NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, for a period of one -hundred and sixty years, and although the Regimental colour does -not display any mark of distinction for services performed, yet the -record of the regiment proves, that when opportunity has offered, the -regiment has evinced that zeal and devotion to its country's cause, -and that patient endurance and bravery in the field, for which every -British corps has been distinguished; these qualities were shown in -the war in Flanders under King William III., particularly at the -battles of _Steenkirk_ and _Landen_, and at the siege of _Namur_, -from 1692 to 1695; again in Flanders in 1710 and 1711, with the army -under the command of the Duke of Marlborough. The regiment again -distinguished itself in the war in Flanders, particularly at the -battles of Fontenoy, Roucoux, and Val, in 1745, 1746, and 1747. In -1761, in the attack and capture of _Belle Isle_, where nature as well -as art had combined to render the place impregnable, the regiment -evinced an extraordinary degree of bravery. Its services were again -evinced in Flanders, with the army under His Royal Highness the Duke -of York, in 1794 and 1795. - -The regiment has also been distinguished by long and arduous services -in the eastern parts of the world from 1796 to 1820; it was engaged -in the storming of Seringapatam on the 4th of May, 1799, where the -celebrated Tippoo Saib was mortally wounded, and the city captured. -Its services in the conquest of the Island of Ceylon and the -deposition of the King of Candy, in 1815, likewise form an important -and honorable era in the records of the regiment; the gallantry of -the troops on this occasion caused the annexation of the colony of -Ceylon to the British dominions, and the conduct of the NINETEENTH -regiment in suppressing the rebellion in that island, in 1818, -secured the possession of this valuable appendage to the territories -of Great Britain. - -The services of the NINETEENTH regiment in the Field, as well as in -arduous Colonial duties, have been such as to show in the foregoing -pages, that the officers and men have ample cause for feelings of -pride in the honor acquired by the corps in whatever duty it has -been employed, and this tribute of commendation is considered to be -justly due to a regiment, the services of which have been so highly -meritorious during a period of one hundred and sixty years. - - -1848. - - -[Illustration: NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. - -_Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand_ - -FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS] - - - - -APPENDIX. - -_Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of_ KING -WILLIAM III., _from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick in 1697_. - - - Battle of Walcourt 25 August, 1689 - ---- ---- Fleurus 4 July, 1690 - Mons surrendered to the French 10 April, 1691 - Namur ditto ditto 20 June, 1692 - Battle of Steenkirk 3 August, ---- - Furnes and Dixmude captured -- Sept., ---- - The French lines at D'Otignies forced 10 July, 1693 - Battle of Landen 29 July, ---- - Surrender of Huy 17 Sept., 1694 - Attack on Port Kenoque 9 June, 1695 - Dixmude surrendered to the French 16 July, ---- - Namur retaken by King William III. 25 July, ---- - Citadel of Namur surrendered 5 Sept., ---- - Treaty of Ryswick signed 11 Sept., 1697 - - -_List of Sieges, Battles, &c., in the Netherlands and Germany, during -the Campaigns under the_ DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, _from 1702 to 1712_. - - Invested. Surrendered. - - Siege of Kayserswerth 16 April, 17 June, 1702 - Skirmish near Nimeguen 11 June, ---- - Siege of Venloo 29 Aug., 25 Sept., ---- - Capture of Fort St. Michael 18 Sept., ---- - Siege of Stevenswaert 3 Oct., ---- - ---- Ruremonde 6 Oct., ---- - Capture of Liege Citadel 23 Oct., ---- - Siege of Bonn 24 April, 15 May, 1703 - ---- Huy 16 Aug., 25 Aug., ---- - ---- Limburg 10 Sept., 28 Sept., ---- - Battle of Schellenberg 2 July, 1704 - ---- Blenheim 13 Aug., ---- - Siege of Landau 12 Sept., 24 Nov., ---- - Huy captured by the French May, 1705 - Re-capture of Huy 11 July, ---- - Forcing the French Lines at Helixem, - near Tirlemont 18 July, ---- - Skirmish near the Dyle 21 July, ---- - Siege of Sandvliet 26 Oct., 29 Oct., ---- - Battle of Ramilies 23 May, 1706 - Siege of Ostend 28 June, 8 July, ---- - ---- Menin 25 July, 25 Aug., ---- - ---- Dendermond 29 Aug., 5 Sept., ---- - ---- Aeth 16 Sept., 3 Oct., ---- - Battle of Oudenarde 11 July, 1708 - Siege of Lisle 13 Aug., 23 Oct., ---- - Capture of the Citadel 9 Dec., ---- - Battle of Wynendale 28 Sept., ---- - Passage of the Scheldt 27 Nov., ---- - Siege of Ghent 18 Dec., 30 Dec., ---- - ---- Tournay 27 June, 29 July, 1709 - Capture of the Citadel 3 Sept., ---- - Battle of Malplaquet 11 Sept., ---- - Siege of Mons 21 Sept., 20 Oct., ---- - Passage of the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin 21 April, 1710 - Siege of Douay 25 April, 27 June, ---- - ---- Bethune 15 July, 29 Aug., ---- - ---- Aire 6 Sept., 9 Nov., ---- - ---- St. Venant 6 Sept., 30 Sept., ---- - Passage of the French lines at Arleux 5 Aug., 1711 - Siege of Bouchain 10 Aug., 13 Sept., ---- - Treaty of Utrecht signed 30 March, 1713 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF THE - -NINETEENTH, - -OR THE FIRST YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING - -REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -FRANCIS LUTTERELL. - -_Appointed 28th February, 1689._ - -FRANCIS LUTTERELL, was one of the zealous Protestant gentlemen who -joined the standard of the Prince of Orange, at the Revolution in -1688, and on the elevation of the Prince to the throne, in February, -1689, he was nominated Colonel of a regiment of foot, now the -NINETEENTH, which was formed of companies raised in November, 1688. -He died before he attained any higher rank. - - -THOMAS ERLE. - -_Appointed 1st January, 1691._ - -THOMAS ERLE evinced attachment to the principles of the Revolution -of 1688, and on the 8th of March, 1689, he was commissioned to raise -a regiment of foot for the service of King William III., which was -afterwards disbanded. He proceeded with his regiment to Ireland in -1689, and proved an officer of great merit and personal bravery. He -served under King William at the battle of the Boyne, and at the -siege of Limerick in 1690; and greatly distinguished himself at the -battle of Aghrim in 1691, where he was taken prisoner at the head of -his regiment, in attempting to force the passage of a bog. He was -rescued by his men, and headed another attack, when he was wounded -and again taken prisoner; but was rescued a second time by his -men. He afterwards served at the siege of Limerick, and being sent -to England with despatches, he was removed by King William to the -NINETEENTH regiment, his commission being dated the 1st of January, -1691. He was nominated Brigadier-General in 1793, and served under -King William in Flanders; but was obliged to quit the field from ill -health. While confined to his bed with a fever, at Malines, he heard -that a general engagement was likely to take place, when he rejoined -the army, behaved with great gallantry at the battle of Landen, and -was dangerously wounded. He recovered of his wound, and commanded a -brigade during the campaigns of 1694 and 1695; on the 1st of June, -1696, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General; and in February, -1703, to that of Lieut.-General. He was employed on the staff of -South Britain, and raised a regiment of dragoons, the colonelcy of -which was afterwards conferred on Lord Cutts. In 1708, he commanded -an expedition to the coast of France, but nothing of importance was -accomplished; he afterwards proceeded with the infantry to Ostend, -and performed great service in forwarding supplies to the allied army -during the siege of Lisle. In 1709, he disposed of the colonelcy -of his regiment. He was afterwards nominated Lieut.-General of the -Ordnance, and also Commander of the land forces in South Britain; and -in January, 1711, he was promoted to the rank of General. Political -events occasioned his removal from the appointments of Lieut.-General -of the Ordnance, and Commander in South Britain, in 1712. He died on -the 23rd of July, 1720. - - -GEORGE FREKE. - -_Appointed 23rd May, 1709._ - -This officer was appointed Ensign in the NINETEENTH regiment on the -19th of April, 1693, and he served in Flanders under King William -III. In 1702, he served in the expedition to Cadiz, from whence he -proceeded to the West Indies, and was afterwards rewarded with the -lieut.-colonelcy of the NINETEENTH regiment, the colonelcy of which -corps he obtained by purchase in 1709. He was promoted to the rank of -Brigadier-General on the 12th of February, 1711. His decease occurred -before he attained any higher rank. - - -RICHARD SUTTON. - -_Appointed 3rd April, 1712._ - -RICHARD SUTTON was appointed Ensign in a regiment of foot, on the 1st -of April, 1690, and he served in Ireland, and also in Flanders, under -King William III. He was afterwards promoted to the majority of the -Eighth regiment, with which he served at the battles of Schellenberg -and Blenheim in 1704; at the forcing of the French lines at Helixem -in 1705; and at the battle of Ramilies, in 1706. Being afterwards -promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy, he commanded the regiment at the -battle of Oudenarde in 1708. On the 23rd of March, 1709, he was -promoted to the colonelcy of a newly-raised regiment, and in 1710 he -was nominated a Brigadier-General. He commanded a brigade in Flanders -during the campaign of 1711; served at the forcing of the French -lines at Arleux, and at the siege and capture of Bouchain. In 1712, -he was removed to the NINETEENTH regiment, was nominated Governor of -Hull, and commanded a brigade in Flanders under the Duke of Ormond: -he was afterwards promoted to the rank of Major-General; but in 1715, -he retired from active service. He was restored to the colonelcy -of the NINETEENTH regiment in 1729, and promoted to the rank of -Lieut.-General in 1735. He died in 1738. - - -GEORGE GROVE. - -_Appointed 5th August, 1715._ - -GEORGE GROVE served in the foot guards, in which corps he rose to the -rank of Captain and Lieut.-Colonel. Being a very zealous and loyal -officer, at a period when Jacobite principles had become prevalent in -the kingdom, he was nominated Colonel of the NINETEENTH regiment, -his commission being dated the 5th of August, 1715: he did not attain -any higher rank than that of Colonel. His death occurred on the 13th -of October, 1729. - - -RICHARD SUTTON. - -_Re-appointed 27th October, 1729._ - -_Died in 1738._ - - -THE HONORABLE CHARLES HOWARD. - -_Appointed 1st November, 1738._ - -THE HONORABLE CHARLES HOWARD, second son of Charles third Earl -of Carlisle, was appointed Ensign and Lieutenant in the Second -foot guards on the 10th of August, 1715; in 1717 he was promoted -to Captain in the sixteenth foot, from which he exchanged to the -ninth dragoons; and in April, 1719, he was nominated Captain and -Lieut.-Colonel in the Second foot guards. He was appointed deputy -governor of Carlisle in 1725, Aide-de-camp to the King with the rank -of Colonel in 1734, and Colonel of the NINETEENTH regiment in 1738. -He proceeded with the army to Flanders, in 1742, with the rank of -Brigadier-General; in 1743 he obtained the rank of Major-General, -and in 1747 that of Lieut.-General; in 1748 he was removed to the -third dragoon guards. He was advanced to the dignity of a Knight of -the Bath in 1749, and promoted to the rank of General in 1765. He -was governor of Forts George and Augustus in Scotland; one of the -grooms of the bed-chamber to King George II.; and many years member -of parliament for Carlisle. He died in 1765. - - -LORD GEORGE BEAUCLERK. - -_Appointed 15th March, 1748._ - -LORD GEORGE BEAUCLERK, sixth son of Charles first Duke of St. -Albans, served in the first regiment of foot guards, and was -promoted to Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in September, 1736. In 1745 -he was nominated Aide-de-camp to King George II. with the rank -of Colonel, and in 1747 he obtained the colonelcy of the eighth -Marines (afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed, in 1748, -to the NINETEENTH regiment: in 1753 he was appointed governor of -Landguard Fort. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in -1755, and to that of Lieut.-General in 1758. He performed the duties -of Commander-in-chief in Scotland some time; and was Member of -Parliament for Windsor. He died on the 11th of May, 1768. - - -DAVID GRAEME. - -_Appointed 25th May, 1768._ - -DAVID GRAEME evinced loyalty and zeal for the interests of the -Crown and Kingdom, during the Seven Years' War, by raising a corps -of Highlanders, which was honored with the title of the 105th, -or Queen's Own Royal regiment of Highlanders, of which he was -appointed Colonel in 1761. This corps was disbanded after the peace -in 1763; and in 1764 he was nominated Colonel of the forty-ninth -regiment, from which he was removed, in 1768, to the NINETEENTH. -He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1762; to that of -Lieut.-General in 1772; and to that of General in 1783. He died in -1797. - - -SAMUEL HULSE. - -_Appointed 24th January, 1797._ - -SAMUEL HULSE entered the army in 1761, as ensign in the first foot -guards, and was promoted to Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in 1776; -in 1780 he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of his regiment, -with the rank of Colonel, and was employed in suppressing the riots -in London in the same year. At the commencement of the French -revolutionary war, he was called into active service, and commanded -the first battalion of his regiment, in Flanders, in 1793. He served -at the siege of Valenciennes; and distinguished himself at the action -of Lincelles, on the 18th of August, for which he was thanked in -orders by His Royal Highness the Duke of York. He was engaged in the -operations before Dunkirk, and in the subsequent movements until -October, when he was promoted to the rank of Major-General, and -returned to England. In May of the following year he again proceeded -to Flanders, and commanded a brigade before Tournay, where several -partial actions occurred, and in the retreat to Holland. Returning to -England early in 1795, he was appointed Colonel of the fifty-sixth -regiment, and placed on the home staff, where he continued three -years: in 1797 he was removed to the NINETEENTH regiment. On the 1st -of January, 1798, he was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General, -and during the troubles in Ireland, in the summer of that year, his -services were extended to that part of the kingdom, but he returned -to England in November, and resumed his command on the staff. He -served in Holland under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, in -1799, and was at the several engagements from the 19th of September -to the 6th of October. On returning to England he was appointed to -the command of the southern district, in which he continued until -the peace in 1802. He was advanced to the rank of General in 1803; -appointed Lieut.-Governor of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea in 1806; -and removed to the sixty-second regiment in 1810. He was one of -the earliest servants placed by King George III. on the household -establishment of the Prince of Wales, and was many years his Royal -Highness's treasurer and receiver-general; on the accession of the -Prince to the throne, General Hulse was nominated treasurer of the -household. On the 19th of February, 1820, on the decease of General -the Right Honorable Sir David Dundas, he was appointed Governor of -Chelsea Hospital. In 1821 he was Knighted. He was also appointed -ranger of Windsor home park; a privy councillor; and Knight Grand -Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. On the accession of -King William III., General Sir Samuel Hulse, G.C.H., was promoted to -the rank of Field-Marshal. He died in 1837, at the advanced age of -ninety years. - - -SIR HEW DALRYMPLE, BART. - -_Appointed 25th June, 1810._ - -SIR HEW DALRYMPLE was appointed Ensign in the thirty-first regiment -in 1763; Captain in the second battalion of the Royals in 1768, -Major in the same corps in 1777, and was Knighted in 1779. He was -promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the sixty-eighth regiment in -1781, and obtained the rank of Colonel in 1790; he afterwards -exchanged into the First foot guards. He served the campaign of -1793 in the grenadier battalion of the foot guards, and was at the -battle of Famars, at the siege of Valenciennes, and in the action -before Dunkirk. At the conclusion of the campaign he returned to -England; and was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1794; in -1795 he was placed on the staff of the northern district; and in 1796 -appointed Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, where he held the local rank -of Lieut.-General from 1799. In 1801 he was promoted to the rank of -Lieut.-General, and was placed on the staff in the command of the -northern district in 1802; in 1806 he was removed to the staff of -Gibraltar. Receiving orders to take the command of the British army -in Portugal, in 1808, he arrived in that kingdom in time to become -responsible for the Convention of Cintra, by which treaty the French -army evacuated that country. Sir Hew Dalrymple was promoted to the -rank of General in 1812; and was advanced to the dignity of a BARONET -in 1815. He obtained the colonelcy of the thirty-seventh regiment in -1798, was removed to the NINETEENTH in 1810, and to the fifty-seventh -in 1811. He died in 1830. - - -SIR TOMKYNS HILGROVE TURNER. - -_Appointed 27th April, 1811._ - -This officer was appointed Ensign in the third foot guards in 1782, -and serving in Flanders in 1793, was at the battles of St. Amand and -Famars, at the siege of Valenciennes, the action at Lincelles, and -also before Dunkirk. In 1794 he was repeatedly engaged, commencing -with the attack on Vaux, afterwards in several affairs during the -siege of Landrecies, including the battle of Cateau; he served at the -battle of Tournay; the actions at Roulaix, Monveaux, and Templeuve. -In November, 1794, he was promoted to Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, -and in 1801 to the rank of Colonel. He served in the expedition to -Egypt; was at the battles of the 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, and -the action on the west side of Alexandria. He received a medal from -the Grand Seignior: and returned to England in charge of the Egyptian -antiquities, now in the British Museum. In 1804 he was nominated to -the rank of Brigadier-General; and he served in South America in 1807 -and 1808. Returning to England in the latter year, he was promoted -to the rank of Major-General, and placed on the staff of the home -district: he was subsequently appointed deputy secretary at Carlton -House, under the Right Honorable Colonel M'Mahon. His services were -rewarded with the colonelcy of the Cape regiment, and in 1811 he was -removed to the NINETEENTH regiment. He was promoted to the rank of -Lieut.-General in 1813, and appointed Lieut.-Governor of Jersey in -1814. He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic -Order; and the dignity of Knight of the Crescent of Turkey, and of -St. Anne of Russia. He was promoted to the rank of General on 22nd of -July, 1830. His decease occurred at Jersey, in May, 1843. - - -GENERAL SIR WARREN MARMADUKE PEACOCKE, - -K.C.H. and K.C. - -_Appointed 31st May, 1843._ - - - London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, - For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] A company of 200 men would appear thus:-- - - __| - | | - |__| - | - 20 20 20 30 2|0 30 20 20 20 - | - Harquebuses. Muskets. Halberds. Muskets. Harquebuses. - Archers. Pikes. Pikes. Archers. - -The musket carried a ball which weighed 1/10th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed 1/25th of a pound. - -[2] The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps -in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of -Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under Admiral -Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and in its -subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at the -siege of Barcelona in 1705. - -[3] The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed -in 1590, observes:--"I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation -would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the -field, let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the -Spanish infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. -For instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the -Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or -Buffs. - -[4] _Vide_ the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot. - -[5] "Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes -the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in -Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but -His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed -on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a -strict observance of order, discipline, and military system, which -has given the full energy to the native valour of the troops, and -has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the national -military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under -circumstances of peculiar difficulty."--_General Orders in 1801._ - -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope -(afterwards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the -successful result of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, -1809, it is stated:--"On no occasion has the undaunted valour of -British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a -severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority -which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired the -efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be encountered. -These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops -themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that, whatever advantages -of position or of numbers he may possess, there is inherent in -the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not how to -yield,--that no circumstances can appal,--and that will ensure -victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human -means." - -[6] These officers are marked "Reinstated," in the Registry of -Commissions. - -[7] Embarkation Return of Major-General Erle's Regiment, 15th June, -1702:-- - - _Companies._ _Men._ _Ships._ - The Grenadiers 51 The Bedford. - - Major-General Erle's 51 } - Colonel Freke's 50 } The Expedition. - - Lieut.-Colonel Hawley's 50 } - Captain Dejocophan's 52 } The Burford. - Captain Morgan's 50 } - - Captain Edgworth's 51 } - Captain Craddock's 51 } The Eagle. - - Captain Symmons' 48 } - Captain Prater's 51 } The Plymouth. - - Captain Carey 52 } - Captain Norman 51 } The Kent. - - (Signed) HARRY FREKE, Lieut.-Colonel. - - -[8] _In the year 1747_ FIFES _were introduced in the regiments of -infantry_. - -[9] Previously to the issue of the royal warrant of 1751, which -directed the _Number_ to be painted, or embroidered, on each colour -of every regiment, it had been the practice to designate regiments by -the names of their _Colonels_, adding, in some instances, the colour -of their _Facings_, particularly when two regiments were commanded -by colonels of the same name:--for example, the _Nineteenth_ was -commonly called "_the Green Howards_" between 1738 and 1748, in -order to distinguish it from the Third regiment, or Buffs, of which -Lieut.-General Thomas Howard was the colonel during that period. - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of the Nineteenth or -The First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot, by Richard Cannon - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD--19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - -***** This file should be named 61125-8.txt or 61125-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/1/2/61125/ - -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.) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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