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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) - -Author: John Fortescue - -Release Date: June 9, 2022 [eBook #68270] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Brian Coe, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF THE 17TH LANCERS -(DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN) *** - - - - - - A History of the 17th Lancers - - - [Illustration: - - Sir Joshua Reynolds Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc. - - _John Hale_ - - _First Colonel of the 17^{th} Light Dragoons_.] - - - - - A History - Of the 17th Lancers - (DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN) - - BY - HON. J. W. FORTESCUE - - London - MACMILLAN AND CO. - AND NEW YORK - 1895 - - _All rights reserved_ - - [Illustration] - - To the Memory - - OF - - MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE - - WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY - - ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM BEFORE QUEBEC - - 13TH SEPTEMBER 1759 - - THIS HISTORY - - OF THE REGIMENT RAISED IN HIS HONOUR - - BY HIS COMRADE IN ARMS - - JOHN HALE - - IS PROUDLY AND REVERENTLY INSCRIBED - - - - - Preface - - -This history has been compiled at the request of the Colonel and -Officers of the Seventeenth Lancers. - -The materials in possession of the Regiment are unfortunately very -scanty, being in fact little more than the manuscript of the short, -and not very accurate summary drawn up nearly sixty years ago for -Cannon’s _Historical Records of the British Army_. The loss of the -regimental papers by shipwreck in 1797 accounts for the absence of all -documents previous to that year, as also, I take it, for the neglect -to preserve any sufficient records during many subsequent decades. I -have therefore been forced to seek information almost exclusively from -external sources. - -The material for the first three chapters has been gathered in part -from original documents preserved in the Record Office,--Minutes of the -Board of General Officers, Muster-Rolls, Paysheets, Inspection Returns, -Marching Orders, and the like; in part from a mass of old drill-books, -printed Standing Orders, and military treatises, French and English, in -the British Museum. The most important[· is a smudge?] of these latter -are Dalrymple’s _Military Essay_, Bland’s _Military Discipline_, and, -above all, Hinde’s _Discipline of the Light Horse_ (1778). - -For the American War I have relied principally on the original -despatches and papers, numerous enough, in the Record Office, -Tarleton’s _Memoirs_, and Stedman’s _History of the American War_,--the -last named being especially valuable for the excellence of its maps and -plans. I have also, setting aside minor works, derived much information -from the two volumes of the _Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy_ compiled -by Mr. B. Stevenson; and from Clinton’s original pamphlets, with -manuscript additions in his own hand, which are preserved in the -library at Dropmore. - -For the campaigns in the West Indies the original despatches in the -Record Office have afforded most material, supplemented by a certain -number of small pamphlets in the British Museum. The Maroon War is -treated with great fulness by Dallas in his _History of the Maroons_; -and there is matter also in Bridges’ _Annals of Jamaica_, and the works -of Bryan Edwards. The original despatches are, however, indispensable -to a right understanding of the war. Unfortunately the despatches that -relate to St. Domingo are not to be found at the Record Office, so that -I have been compelled to fall back on the few that are published in the -_London Gazette_. Nor could I find any documents relating to the return -of the Regiment from the West Indies, which has forced me unwillingly -to accept the bald statement in Cannon’s records. - -The raid on Ostend and the expedition to La Plata have been related -mainly from the accounts in the original despatches, and from -the reports of the courts-martial on General Whitelocke and Sir -Home Popham. There is much interesting information as to South -America,--original memoranda by Miranda, Popham, Sir Arthur Wellesley -(the Duke of Wellington) and other documents--preserved among the -manuscripts at Dropmore. - -The dearth of original documents both at the Record Office and the -India Office has seriously hampered me in tracing the history of the -Regiment during its first sojourn in India and through the Pindari War. -I have, however, to thank the officials of the Record Department of the -India Office for the ready courtesy with which they disinterred every -paper, in print or manuscript, which could be of service to me. - -Respecting the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny I have received (setting -aside the standard histories) much help from former officers, -notably Sir Robert White, Sir William Gordon, and Sir Drury Lowe, -but especially from Sir Evelyn Wood, who kindly found time, amid all -the pressure of his official duties, to give me many interesting -particulars respecting the chase of Tantia Topee. Above all I have to -thank Colonel John Brown for information and assistance on a hundred -points. His long experience and his accurate memory, quickened but not -clouded by his intense attachment to his old regiment, have been of the -greatest value to me. - -My thanks are also due to the officials of the Record Department of the -War Office, and to Mr. S. M. Milne of Calverley House, Leeds, for help -on divers minute but troublesome points, and to Captain Anstruther of -the Seventeenth Lancers for constant information and advice. Lastly, -and principally, let me express my deep obligations to Mr. Hubert -Hall for his unwearied courtesy and invaluable guidance through the -paper labyrinth of the Record Office, and to Mr. G. K. Fortescue, the -Superintendent of the Reading-Room at the British Museum, for help -rendered twice inestimable by the kindness wherewith it was bestowed. - -The first and two last of the coloured plates in this book have been -taken from original drawings by Mr. J. P. Beadle. The remainder are from -old drawings, by one G. Salisbury, in the possession of the regiment. -They have been deliberately chosen as giving, on the whole, a more -faithful presentment of the old and extinct British soldier than could -easily be obtained at the present day, while their defects are of the -obvious kind that disarm criticism. The portrait of Colonel John Hale -is from an engraving after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the -original of which is still in possession of his lineal descendant in -America. That of Lord Bingham is after a portrait kindly placed at the -disposal of the Regiment by his son, the present Earl of Lucan. Those -of the Duke of Cambridge and of Sir Drury Lowe are from photographs. - - _May, 1895._ - - - - - Contents - - - CHAP. PAGE - - 1. The Rise of the 17th Light Dragoons, 1759 1 - - 2. The Making of the 17th Light Dragoons 10 - - 3. Reforms after the Peace of Paris, 1763–1774 20 - - 4. The American War--1st Stage--The Northern Campaign, - 1775–1780 31 - - 5. The American War--2nd Stage--The Southern Campaign, - 1780–1782 49 - - 6. Return of the 17th from America, 1783--Ireland, - 1793--Embarkation for the West Indies, 1795 65 - - 7. The Maroon War in Jamaica, 1795 73 - - 8. Grenada and St. Domingo, 1796 87 - - 9. Ostend--La Plata, 1797–1807 96 - - 10. First Sojourn of the 17th in India, - 1808–1823--The Pindari War 110 - - 11. Home Service, 1823–1854 121 - - 12. The Crimea, 1854–1856 128 - - 13. Central India, 1858–1859 144 - - 14. Peace Service in India and England, 1859–1879 166 - - 15. The Zulu War--Peace Service in India and at Home, - 1879–1894 174 - - - - - Appendix - - PAGE - - A. A List of the Officers of the 17th Light Dragoons, - Lancers 181 - - B. Quarters and Movements of the 17th Lancers since their - Foundation 236 - - C. Pay of all Ranks of a Light Dragoon Regiment, 1764 241 - - D. Horse Furniture and Accoutrements of a Light Dragoon, - 1759 243 - - E. Clothing, etc. of a Light Dragoon, 1764 244 - - F. Evolutions required at the Inspection of a Regiment, - 1759 245 - - - - - List of Illustrations - - - PAGE - - Lieutenant-Colonel John Hale _Frontispiece_ - - H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.G., Colonel-in-Chief 17th - Lancers _To face_ 1 - - Seventeenth Light Dragoons, 1764 „ 11 - - Privates, 1784–1810 „ 31 - - Officers, 1810–1813 „ 48 - - Privates, 1810–1813 „ 48 - - Officer, Corporal, and Privates, 1814 „ 65 - - Officers and Private, 1817–1823 „ 87 - - Officers, 1824 „ 102 - - Privates, 1824–1829 „ 117 - - George, Lord Bingham „ 121 - - Officers, 1829 „ 128 - - Officer and Privates, 1829–1832 „ 143 - - Officers, 1832–1841 „ 155 - - Central India, 1858, 1859 „ 165 - - Lieutenant-General Sir Drury Curzon Drury Lowe, - K.C.B. „ 179 - - Seventeenth Lancers, 1895 „ 227 - - [Illustration: - - W. & D. Downey Photo. Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc. - - _H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.G._ - - _Colonel-in-chief 17^{th} Lancers, 1876._] - - - - - CHAPTER I - - THE RISE OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1759 - - -[Sidenote: 1645.] - -The British Cavalry Soldier and the British Cavalry Regiment, such as -we now know them, may be said to date from 1645, that being the year -in which the Parliamentary Army, then engaged in fighting against King -Charles the First, was finally remodelled. At the outbreak of the war -the Parliamentary cavalry was organised in seventy-five troops of -horse and five of dragoons: the Captain of the 67th troop of horse was -Oliver Cromwell. In the winter of 1642–43 Captain Cromwell was promoted -to be Colonel, and entrusted with the task of raising a regiment of -horse. This duty he fulfilled after a fashion peculiarly his own. -Hitherto the Parliamentary horse had been little better than a lot of -half-trained yeomen: Colonel Cromwell took the trouble to make his -men into disciplined cavalry soldiers. Moreover, he raised not one -regiment, but two, which soon made a mark by their superior discipline -and efficiency, and finally at the battle of Marston Moor defeated the -hitherto invincible cavalry of the Royalists. After that battle Prince -Rupert, the Royalist cavalry leader, gave Colonel Cromwell the nickname -of Ironside; the name was passed on to his regiments, which grew to be -known no longer as Cromwell’s, but as Ironside’s. - -In 1645, when the army was remodelled, these two famous regiments -were taken as the pattern for the English cavalry; and having been -blent into one, appear at the head of the list as Sir Thomas Fairfax’s -Regiment of Horse. Fairfax was General-in-Chief, and his appointment -to the colonelcy was of course a compliment to the regiment. Besides -Fairfax’s there were ten other regiments of horse, each consisting -of six troops of 100 men apiece, including three corporals and two -trumpeters. As the field-officers in those days had each a troop of his -own, the full establishment of the regiments was 1 colonel, 1 major, -4 captains, 6 lieutenants, 6 cornets, 6 quartermasters. Such was the -origin of the British Cavalry Regiment. - -The troopers, like every other man in this remodelled army, wore -scarlet coats faced with their Colonel’s colours--blue in the case of -Fairfax. They were equipped with an iron cuirass and an iron helmet, -armed with a brace of pistols and a long straight sword, and mounted -on horses mostly under fifteen hands in height. For drill in the field -they were formed in five ranks, with six feet (one horse’s length in -those days), both of interval and distance, between ranks and files, so -that the whole troop could take ground to flanks or rear by the simple -words, “To your right (or left) turn;” “To your right (or left) about -turn.” Thus, as a rule, every horse turned on his own ground, and the -troop was rarely wheeled entire: if the latter course were necessary, -ranks and files were closed up till the men stood knee to knee, and the -horses nose to croup. This formation deservedly bore the name of “close -order.” For increasing the front the order was, “To the right (or left) -double your ranks,” which brought the men of the second and fourth -ranks into the intervals of the first and third, leaving the fifth rank -untouched. To diminish the front the order was: “To the right (or left) -double your files,” which doubled the depth of the files from five to -ten in the same way as infantry files are now doubled at the word, -“Form fours.” - -The principal weapons of the cavalry soldiers were his firearms, -generally pistols, but sometimes a carbine. The lance, which had -formerly been the favourite weapon, at Crecy for instance, was utterly -out of fashion in Cromwell’s time, and never employed when any other -arm was procurable. Firearms were the rage of the day, and governed the -whole system of cavalry attack. Thus in action the front rank fired -its two pistols, and filed away to load again in the rear, while the -second and third ranks came up and did likewise. If the word were given -to charge, the men advanced to the charge pistol in hand, fired, threw -it in the enemy’s face, and then fell in with the sword. But though -there was a very elaborate exercise for carbine and pistol, there was -no such thing as sword exercise. - -Moreover, though the whole system of drill was difficult, and required -perfection of training in horse and man, yet there was no such thing -as a regular riding-school. If a troop horse was a kicker a bell was -placed on his crupper to warn men to keep clear of his heels. If he -were a jibber the following were the instructions given for his cure:-- - -“If your horse be resty so as he cannot be put forwards then let one -take a cat tied by the tail to a long pole, and when he [the horse] -goes backward, thrust the cat within his tail where she may claw -him, and forget not to threaten your horse with a terrible noise. Or -otherwise, take a hedgehog and tie him strait by one of his feet to the -horse’s tail, so that he [the hedgehog] may squeal and prick him.” - -For the rest, certain peculiarities should be noted which distinguish -cavalry from infantry. In the first place, though every troop and -every company had a standard of its own, such standard was called in -the cavalry a Cornet, and in the infantry an Ensign, and gave in each -case its name to the junior subaltern whose duty it was to carry it. -In the second place there were no sergeants in old days except in the -infantry, the non-commissioned officers of cavalry being corporals -only. In the third place, the use of a wind instrument for making -signals was confined to the cavalry, which used the trumpet; the -infantry as yet had no bugle, but only the drum. There were originally -but six trumpet-calls, all known by foreign names; of which names -one (_Butte sella_ or _Boute selle_) still survives in the -corrupted form, “Boots and saddles.” - -How then have these minor distinctions which formerly separated cavalry -from infantry so utterly disappeared? Through what channel did the two -branches of the service contrive to meet? The answer is, through the -dragoons. Dragoons were originally mounted infantry pure and simple. -Those of the Army of 1645 were organised in ten companies, each 100 -men strong. They were armed like infantry and drilled like infantry; -they followed an ensign and not a cornet; they obeyed, not a trumpet, -but a drum. True, they were mounted, but on inferior horses, and for -the object of swifter mobility only; for they always fought on foot, -dismounting nine men out of ten for action, and linking the horses by -the rude process of throwing each animal’s bridle over the head of the -horse standing next to it in the ranks. Such were the two branches of -the mounted service in the first British Army. - - * * * * * - -[Sidenote: 1745.] - -A century passes, and we find Great Britain again torn by internal -strife in the shape of the Scotch rebellion. Glancing at the list of -the British cavalry regiments at this period we find them still divided -into horse and dragoons; but the dragoons are in decided preponderance, -and both branches unmistakably “heavy.” A patriotic Englishman, the -Duke of Kingston, observing this latter failing, raised a regiment -of Light Horse (the first ever seen in England) at his own expense, -in imitation of the Hussars of foreign countries. Thus the Civil War -of 1745 called into existence the only arm of the military service -which had been left uncreate by the great rebellion of 1642–48. Before -leaving this Scotch rebellion of 1745, let us remark that there took -part in the suppression thereof a young ensign of the 47th Foot, -named John Hale--a mere boy of seventeen, it is true, but a promising -officer, of whom we shall hear more. - -The Scotch rebellion over, the Duke of Kingston’s Light Horse were -disbanded and re-established forthwith as the Duke of Cumberland’s own, -a delicate compliment to their distinguished service. As such they -fought in Flanders in 1747, but were finally disbanded in the following -year. For seven years after the British Army possessed no Light -Cavalry, until at the end of 1755 a single troop of Light Dragoons--3 -officers and 65 men strong--was added to each of the eleven cavalry -regiments on the British establishment, viz., the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd -Dragoon Guards, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 10th, and 11th -Dragoons. These light dragoons were armed with carbine and bayonet and -a single pistol, the second holster being filled (sufficiently filled, -one must conclude) with an axe, a hedging-bill, and a spade. Their -shoulder-belts were provided with a swivel to which the carbine could -be sprung; for these light troops were expected to do a deal of firing -from the saddle. Their main distinction of dress was that they wore not -hats like the rest of the army, but helmets--helmets of strong black -jacked leather with bars down the sides and a brass comb on the top. -The front of the helmet was red, ornamented with the royal cypher and -the regimental number in brass; and at the back of the comb was a tuft -of horse-hair, half coloured red for the King, and half of the hue of -the regimental facings for the regiment. The Light Dragoon-horse, we -learn, was of the “nag or hunter kind,” standing from 14.3 to 15.1, for -he was not expected to carry so heavy a man nor such cumbrous saddlery -as the Heavy Dragoon-horse. Of this latter we can only say that he was -a most ponderous animal, with a character of his own, known as the -“true dragoon mould, short-backed, well-coupled, buttocked, quartered, -forehanded, and limbed,”--all of which qualities had to be purchased -for twenty guineas. At this time, and until 1764, all troop horses were -docked so short that they can hardly be said to have kept any tail at -all. - -In the year 1758 nine of these eleven light troops took part in an -expedition to the coast of France, England having two years before -allied herself with Prussia against France for the great struggle -known as the Seven Years’ War. [Sidenote: 1759.] So eminent was the -service which they rendered, that in March 1759, King George II. -decided to raise an entire regiment of Light Dragoons. On the 10th of -March, accordingly, the first regiment was raised by General Elliott -and numbered the 15th. The Major of this regiment, whom we shall meet -again as Brigadier of cavalry in America, was William Erskine. On the -4th August another regiment of Light Dragoons was raised by Colonel -Burgoyne, and numbered the 16th. We shall see the 16th distinguished -and Burgoyne disgraced before twenty years are past. - -And while these two first Light Dragoon regiments are a-forming, -let us glance across the water to Canada, where English troops are -fighting the French, and seem likely to take the country from them. -Among other regiments the 47th Foot is there, commanded (since March -1758) by Colonel John Hale, the man whom we saw fighting in Scotland -as an ensign fourteen years ago. Within the past year he has served -with credit under General Amherst at the capture of Cape Breton and -Louisburg, and in these days of August, while Burgoyne is raising -his regiment, he is before Quebec with General Wolfe. Three months -more pass away, and on the 13th of October Colonel John Hale suddenly -arrives in London. He is the bearer of despatches which are to set all -England aflame with pride and sorrow; for on the 13th of September was -fought the battle on the plains of Abraham which decided the capture -of Quebec and the conquest of Canada. General Wolfe fell at the head -of the 28th Regiment in the moment of victory; and Colonel Hale, who -took a brilliant share in the action at the head of the 47th, has been -selected to carry the great news to the King. Colonel Hale was well -received; the better for that Wolfe’s last despatches, written but four -days before the battle, had been marked by a tone of deep despondency; -and, we cannot doubt, began to wonder what would be his reward. He did -not wonder for long. - -Very shortly after Hale’s arrival the King reviewed the 15th Light -Dragoons, and was so well pleased with their appearance that he -resolved to raise five more such regiments, to be numbered the 17th to -the 21st. - - * * * * * - -The raising of the first of these regiments, that now known to us -as the Seventeenth Lancers, was intrusted to Colonel John Hale, who -received his commission for the purpose on the 7th November. For the -time, however, the regiment was known as the Eighteenth, for what -reason it is a little difficult to understand; since the apology for -a corps which received the number Seventeen was not raised until a -full month later (December 19th). As we shall presently see, this -matter of the number appears to have caused some heartburning, until -Lord Aberdour’s corps, which had usurped the rank of Seventeenth, was -finally disbanded, and thus yielded to Hale’s its proper precedence. - -[Sidenote: 7th Nov.] - -On the very day when Colonel Hale’s commission was signed, which we -may call the birthday of the Seventeenth Lancers, the Board of General -Officers was summoned to decide how the new regiment should be dressed. -As to the colour of the coat there could be no doubt, scarlet being the -rule for all regiments. For the facings white was the colour chosen, -and for the lace white with a black edge, the black being a sign of -mourning for the death of Wolfe. But the principal distinction of the -new regiment was the badge, chosen by Colonel Hale and approved by the -King, of the Death’s Head and the motto “Or Glory,”--the significance -of which lies not so much in claptrap sentiment, as in the fact that it -is, as it were, a perpetual commemoration of the death of Wolfe. It is -difficult for us to realise, after the lapse of nearly a century and a -half, how powerfully the story of that death seized at the time upon -the minds of men. - -Two days after the settlement of the dress, a warrant was issued for -the arming of Colonel Hale’s Light Dragoons; and this, being the -earliest document relating to the regiment that I have been able to -discover, is here given entire:-- - - GEORGE R. - - Whereas we have thought fit to order a Regiment of Light - Dragoons to be raised and to be commanded by our trusty and - well-beloved Lieutenant-Colonel John Hale, which Regiment is to - consist of Four troops, of 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, 2 drummers, - and 67 private men in each troop, besides commission officers, - Our will and pleasure is, that out of the stores remaining - within the Office of our Ordnance under your charge you cause - 300 pairs of pistols, 292 carbines, 292 cartouche boxes, and 8 - drums, to be issued and delivered to the said Lieutenant-Colonel - John Hale, or to such person as he shall appoint to receive - the same, taking his indent as usual, and you are to insert - the expense thereof in your next estimate to be laid before - Parliament. And for so doing this shall be as well to you as - to all other our officers and ministers herein concerned a - sufficient Warrant. - - Given at our Court at St. James’ the 9th day of November 1759, - in the 33rd year of our reign. - - To our trusty and well-beloved Cousin and Councillor John - Viscount Ligonier, Master-General of our Ordnance. - -These preliminaries of clothing and armament being settled, Colonel -Hale’s next duty was to raise the men. Being a Hertfordshire man, the -son of Sir Bernard Hale of Kings Walden, he naturally betook himself -to his native county to raise recruits among his own people. The first -troop was raised by Captain Franklin Kirby, Lieutenant, 5th Foot; the -second by Captain Samuel Birch, Lieutenant, 11th Dragoons; the third by -Captain Martin Basil, Lieutenant, 15th Light Dragoons; and the fourth -by Captain Edward Lascelles, Cornet, Royal Horse Guards. If it be asked -what stamp of man was preferred for the Light Dragoons, we are able -to answer that the recruits were required to be “light and straight, -and by no means gummy,” not under 5 feet 5½ inches, and not over 5 -feet 9 inches in height. The bounty usually offered (but varied at the -Colonel’s discretion) was three guineas, or as much less as a recruit -could be persuaded to accept. - -Whether from exceptional liberality on the part of Colonel Hale, or -from an extraordinary abundance of light, straight, and by no means -gummy men in Hertfordshire at that period, the regiment was recruited -up to its establishment, we are told, within [Sidenote: December.] -the space of seventeen days. Early in December it made rendezvous -at Watford and Rickmansworth, whence it marched to Warwick and -Stratford-on-Avon, and thence a fortnight later to Coventry. Meanwhile -orders had already been given (10th December) that its establishment -should be augmented by two more troops of the same strength as the -original four; and little [Sidenote: 1760. 28th Jan.] more than a -month later came a second order to increase each of the existing -troops still further by the addition of a sergeant, a corporal, and 36 -privates. Thus the regiment, increased almost as soon as raised from -300 to 450 men, and within a few weeks again strengthened by one-half, -may be said to have begun life with an establishment of 678 rank and -file. To them we must add a list of the original officers:-- - - _Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant._--John Hale, 7th November 1759. - - _Major._--John Blaquiere, 7th November 1759. - - - CAPTAINS. - - Franklin Kirby 4th Nov. - Samuel Birch 5th „ - Martin Basil 6th „ - Edward Lascelles 7th „ - John Burton 7th „ - Samuel Townshend 8th „ - - - LIEUTENANTS. - - Thomas Lee 4th Nov. - William Green 5th „ - Joseph Hall 6th „ - Henry Wallop 7th „ - Henry Cope 7th „ - Yelverton Peyton 8th „ - - - CORNETS. - - Robert Archdall 4th Nov. - Henry Bishop 5th „ - Joseph Stopford 6th „ - Henry Crofton 7th „ - Joseph Moxham 7th „ - Daniel Brown 8th „ - - _Adjutant._--Richard Westbury. - - _Surgeon._--John Francis. - - - - - CHAPTER II - - THE MAKING OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS - - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -Details of the regiment’s stay at Coventry are wanting, the only -discoverable fact being that, in obedience to orders from headquarters, -it was carefully moved out of the town for three days in August during -the race-meeting. But as these first six months must have been devoted -to the making of the raw recruits into soldiers, we may endeavour, with -what scanty material we can command, to form some idea of the process. -First, we must premise that with the last order for the augmentation of -establishment was issued a warrant for the supply of the regiment with -bayonets, which at that time formed an essential part of a dragoon’s -equipment. Swords, it may be remarked, were provided, not by the Board -of Ordnance, but by the Colonel. It is worth while to note in passing -how strong the traditions of 1645 still remain in the dragoons. The -junior subaltern is indeed no longer called an ensign, but a cornet; -but the regiment is still ruled by the infantry drum instead of the -cavalry trumpet. - - [Illustration: - - Farrier. Officer. Trumpeter. - - 1763.] - -Let us therefore begin with the men; and as we have already seen what -manner of men they were, physically considered, let us first note how -they were dressed. Strictly speaking, it was not until 1764 that the -Light Dragoon regiments received their distinct dress regulations; -but the alterations then made were so slight that we may fairly take -the dress of 1764 as the dress of 1760. To begin with, every man was -supplied by the Colonel, by contract, with coat, waistcoat, breeches, -and cloak. The coat, of course, was of scarlet, full and long in -the skirt, but whether lapelled or not before 1763 it is difficult to -say. Lapels meant a good deal in those days; the coats of Horse being -lapelled to the skirt, those of Dragoon Guards lapelled to the waist, -while those of Dragoons were double-breasted and had no lapels at all. -The Light Dragoons being a novelty, it is difficult to say how they -were distinguished in this respect, but probably in 1760 (and certainly -in 1763) their coats were lapelled to the waist with the colour of the -regimental facing, the lapels being three inches broad, with plain -white buttons disposed thereon in pairs. - -The waistcoat was of the colour of the regimental facing--white, of -course, for the Seventeenth; and the breeches likewise. The cloaks -were scarlet, with capes of the colour of the facing. In fact, it -may be said once for all that everything white in the uniform of the -Seventeenth owes its hue to the colour of the regimental facing. - -Over and above these articles the Light Dragoon received a pair of -high knee-boots, a pair of boot-stockings, a pair of gloves, a comb, a -watering or forage cap, a helmet, and a stable frock. Pleased as the -recruit must have been to find himself in possession of smart clothes, -it must have been a little discouraging for him to learn that his coat, -waistcoat, and breeches were to last him for two, and his helmet, -boots, and cloak for four years. But this was not all. He was required -to supply out of an annual wage of £13: 14: 10 the following articles -at his own expense:-- - - 4 shirts at 6s. 10d. £1 7 4 - 4 pairs stockings at 2s. 10d. 0 11 4 - 2 pairs shoes at 6s. 0 12 0 - A black stock 0 0 8 - Stock-buckle 0 0 6 - 1 pair leather breeches 1 5 0 - 1 pair knee-buckles 0 0 8 - 2 pairs short black gaiters 0 7 4 - 1 black ball (the old substitute for blacking) 0 1 0 - 3 shoe-brushes 0 1 3 - --------- - £4 7 1 - ========= - -Nor was even this all, for we find (though without mention of their -price) that a pair of checked sleeves for every man, and a powder bag -with two puffs for every two men had likewise to be supplied from the -same slender pittance. - -Turning next from the man himself to his horse, his arms, and -accoutrements, we discover yet further charges against his purse, thus-- - - Horse-picker and turnscrew £0 0 2 - Worm and oil-bottle 0 0 3½ - Goatskin holster tops 0 1 6 - Curry-comb and brush 0 2 3 - Mane comb and sponge 0 0 8 - Horse-cloth 0 4 9 - Snaffle watering bridle 0 2 0 - ------------- - £0 11 7½ - ============= - -Also a pair of saddle-bags, a turn-key, and an awl. - -All these various items were paid for, “according to King’s regulation -and custom,” out of the soldier’s “arrears and grass money.” For his -pay was made up of three items-- - - “Subsistence” (5d. a day nominal) £9 2 0 per annum. - “Arrears” (2d. a day nominal) 3 1 0 „ - “Grass money” 1 11 10 „ - ----------- - £13 14 10 „ - =========== - -We must therefore infer that his “subsistence” could not be stopped for -his “necessaries” (as the various items enumerated above are termed); -but none the less twopence out of the daily stipend was stopped for his -food, while His Majesty the King deducted for his royal use a shilling -in the pound from the pay of every soul in the army. Small wonder that -heavy bounty-money was needed to persuade men to enlist. - -What manner of instruction the recruit received on his first appearance -it is a little difficult to state positively, though it is still -possible to form a dim conception thereof. The first thing that he was -taught, apparently, was the manual and firing exercise, of which we are -fortunately able to speak with some confidence. As it contains some -eighty-eight words of command, we may safely infer that by the time a -recruit had mastered it he must have been pretty well disciplined. The -minuteness of the exercise and the extraordinary number of the motions -sufficiently show that it counted for a great deal. “The first motion -of every word of command is to be performed immediately after it is -given; but before you proceed to any of the other motions you must -tell one, two, pretty slow, by making a stop between the words, and in -pronouncing the word _two_, the motion is to be performed.” In -those days the word “smart” was just coming into use, but “brisk” is -the more common substitute. Let us picture the squad of recruits with -their carbines, in their stable frocks, white breeches, and short black -gaiters, and listen to the instructions which the corporal is giving -them:-- - -“Now on the word _Shut your pans_, let fall the primer and take -hold of the steel with your right hand, placing the thumb in the upper -part, and the two forefingers on the lower. Tell _one, two_, and -shut the pan; tell _one, two_, and seize the carbine behind the -lock with the right hand; then tell _one, two_, and bring your -carbine briskly to the recover. Wait for the word. Shut your--pans, -one--two, one--two, one--two.” - -There is no need to go further through the weary iteration of “Join -your right hand to your carbine,” “Poise your carbine,” “Join your -left hand to your carbine,” whereby the recruit learned the difference -between his right hand and his left. Suffice it that the manual and -firing exercise contain the only detailed instruction for the original -Light Dragoon that is now discoverable. “Setting-up” drill there was -apparently none, sword exercise there was none, riding-school, as we -now understand it, there was none, though there was a riding-master. -A “ride” appears to have comprised at most twelve men, who moved in a -circle round the riding-master and received his teaching as best they -could. But it must not be inferred on that account that the men could -not ride; on the contrary the Light Dragoons seem to have particularly -excelled in horsemanship. Passaging, reining back, and other movements -which call for careful training of man and horse, were far more -extensively used for purposes of manœuvre than at present. Moreover, -every man was taught to fire from on horseback, even at the gallop; and -as the Light Dragoons received an extra allowance of ammunition for -ball practice, it is reasonable to conclude that they spent a good deal -of their time at the butts, both mounted and dismounted. - -As to the ordinary routine life of the cavalry barrack, it is only -possible to obtain a slight glimpse thereof from scattered notices. -Each troop was divided into three squads with a corporal and a sergeant -at the head of each. Each squad formed a mess; and it is laid down as -the duty of the sergeants and corporals to see that the men “boil the -pot every day and feed wholesome and clean.” The barrack-rooms and -billets must have been pretty well filled, for every scrap of a man’s -equipment, including his saddle and saddle-furniture, was hung up -therein according to the position of his bed. As every bed contained -at least two men, there must have been some tight packing. It is a -relief to find that the men could obtain a clean pair of sheets every -thirty days, provided that they returned the foul pair and paid three -halfpence for the washing. - -The fixed hours laid down in the standing orders of the Light Dragoons -of 14th May 1760 are as follows:-- - -The drum beat for-- - - _Réveille_ from Ladyday to Michaelmas 5.30 A.M. Rest of year 6.30 - Morning stables „ „ 8 A.M. „ 9.0 - Evening stables „ „ 4 P.M. „ 3.0 - “Rack up” „ „ 8 P.M. - Tattoo[1] „ „ 9 P.M. „ 8.0 - -If there was an order for a mounted parade the drum beat-- - - 1st drum--“To horse.” The men turned out, under the eye of the - quartermaster and fell in before the stable door in rank entire. - Officers then inspected their troops; and each troop was told - off in three divisions. - - 2nd drum--“Preparative.” By the Adjutant’s order. - - 3rd drum--“A flam.” The centre division stood fast; the right - division advanced, and the left division reined back, each two - horses’ lengths. - - 4th drum--“A flam.” The front and rear divisions passaged to - right and left and covered off, thus forming the troop in three - ranks. - - 5th drum--“A march.” The quartermasters led the troops to their - proper position in squadron. - - 6th drum--“A flam.” Officers rode to their posts (troop-leaders - on the flank of their troops), facing their troops. - - 7th drum--“A flam.” The officers halted, and turned about to - their proper front. - -Then the word was given--“Take care” (which meant “Attention”). “Draw -your swords;” and the regiment was thus ready to receive the three -squadron standards, which were escorted on to the ground and posted in -the ranks, in the centre of the three squadrons. - -Each squadron was then told off into half-squadrons, into three -divisions, into half-ranks, into fours, and into files. As there are -many people who do not know how to tell off a squadron by fours, it may -be as well to mention how it was done. The men were not numbered off, -but the officer went down each rank, beginning at the right-hand man, -and said to the first, “You are the right-hand man of ranks by fours.” -Then going on to the fourth he said, “You are the left-hand man of -ranks by fours,” and so on. Telling off by files was a simpler affair. -The officer rode down the ranks, pointing to each man, and saying -alternately, “You move,” “You stand,” “You move,” “You stand.” Conceive -what the confusion must have been if the men took it into their heads -to be troublesome. “Beg your honour’s pardon, but you said I was to -stand,” is the kind of speech that must have been heard pretty often in -those days, when field movements went awry. - -If the mounted parade went no further, the men marched back to their -quarters in fours, each of the three ranks separately; for in those -days “fours” meant four men of one rank abreast. If field movements -were practised, the system and execution thereof were left to the -Colonel, unhampered by a drill-book. There was, however, a batch of -“evolutions” which were prescribed by regulation, and required of -every regiment when inspected by the King or a general officer. As -these “evolutions” lasted, with some modification, till the end of -the century, and (such is human nature) formed sometimes the only -instruction, besides the manual exercise, that was imparted to the -regiment, it may be as well to give a brief description thereof in -this place. The efficiency of a regiment was judged mainly from its -performance of the evolutions, which were supposed to be a searching -test of horsemanship, drill, and discipline. - -First then the squadron was drawn up in three ranks, at open order, -that is to say, with a distance equal to half the front of the squadron -between each rank. Then each rank was told off by half-rank, third of -rank, and fours; which done, the word was given, “Officers take your -posts of exercise,” which signified that the officers were to fall -out to their front, and take post ten paces in rear of the commanding -officer, facing towards the regiment. In other words, the regiment was -required to go through the coming movements without troop or squadron -leaders. Then the caution was given, “Take care to perform your -evolutions,” and the evolutions began. - -To avoid tedium an abridgment of the whole performance is given at -some length in the Appendix, and it is sufficient to say here that the -first two evolutions consisted in the doubling of the depth of the -column. The left half-ranks reined back and passaged to the right until -they covered the right half-ranks; and the original formation having -been restored by more passaging, the right half-ranks did likewise. -The next evolution was the conversion of three ranks into two, which -was effected by the simple process of wheeling the rear rank into -column of two ranks, and bringing it up to the flank of the front and -centre ranks. Then came further variations of wheeling, and wheeling -about by half-ranks, thirds of ranks, and fours; each movement being -executed of course to the halt on a fixed pivot, so that through all -these intricate manœuvres the regiment practically never moved off -its ground. No doubt when performed, as in smart regiments they were -performed, like clockwork, these evolutions were very pretty--and of -course, like all drill, they had a disciplinary as well as an æsthetic -value; but it must be confessed that they left a blight upon the -British cavalry for more than a century. It is only within the last -twenty years that the influence of these evolutions, themselves a -survival from the days of Alexander the Great, has been wholly purged -from our cavalry drill-books. - -Meanwhile at this time (and for full forty years after for that matter) -an immense deal of time was given up to dismounted drill; for the -dragoons had not yet lost their character of mounted infantry. To -dismount a squadron, the even numbers (as we should now say) reined -back and passaged to the right; and the horses were then linked with -“linking reins” carried for the purpose, and left in charge of the two -flank men, while the rest on receiving the word, “Squadrons have a care -to march forward,” formed up in front, infantry wise, and were called -for the time a battalion. This dismounted drill formed as important a -feature of an inspection as the work done on horseback. Probably the -survival of the march past the inspecting officer on foot may be traced -to the traditions of those days. - -If it be asked how time was found for so much dismounted work, the -explanation is simple. From the 1st of May to the 1st October the troop -horses were turned out to grass, and committed to the keeping of a -“grass guard”--having, most probably, first gone through a course of -bleeding at the hands of the farriers. It appears to have mattered but -little how far distant the grass might be from the men’s quarters; for -we find that if it lay six or eight miles away, the “grass guard” was -to consist of a corporal and six men, while if it were within a mile or -two, two or three old soldiers were held to be amply sufficient. Men -on “grass guard” were not allowed to take their cloaks with them, but -were provided with special coats, whereof three or four were kept in -each troop for the purpose. “Grass-time,” it may be added, was not the -busy, but the slack time for cavalrymen in those days--the one season -wherein furloughs were permitted. - -The close of the “grass-time” must have been a curious period in the -soldier’s year, with its renewal of the long-abandoned stable work and -probable extra tightening of discipline. On the farriers above all -it must have borne heavily, bringing with it, as we must conclude, -the prospect of reshoeing every horse in the regiment. Moreover, the -penalty paid by a farrier who lamed a horse was brutally simple: his -liquor was stopped till the horse was sound. Nevertheless the farrier -had his consolations, for he received a halfpenny a day for every horse -under his charge, and must therefore have rejoiced to see his troop -stable well filled. The men, probably, in a good regiment, required -less smartening after grass-time than their horses. Light Dragoons -thought a great deal of themselves, and were well looked after even on -furlough. At the bottom of every furlough paper was a note requesting -any officer who might read it to report to the regiment if the bearer -were “unsoldierly in dress or manner.” We gather, from a stray order, -“that soldiers shall wear their hair _under_ their hats,” that -even in those days men were bitten with the still prevailing fashion of -making much of their hair; but we must hope that Hale’s regiment knew -better than to yield to it. - -Every man, of course, had a queue of leather or of his own hair, either -hanging at full length, in which case it was a “queue,” or partly -doubled back, when it became a “club.” Which fashion was favoured by -Colonel Hale we are, alas! unable to say,[2] but we gain some knowledge -of the _coiffure_ of the Light Dragoons from the following -standing orders:-- - -“The Light Dragoon is always to appear clean and dressed in a -soldier-like manner in the streets; his skirts tucked back, a black -stock and black gaiters, but _no powder_. On Sundays the men are -to have white stocks, and be well powdered, but no grease on their -hair.” - -Here, therefore, we have a glimpse of the original trooper of the -Seventeenth in his very best: his scarlet coat and white facings neat -and spotless, the skirts tucked back to show the white lining, the -glory of his white waistcoat, and the sheen of his white breeches. -“Russia linen,” _i.e._ white duck, would be probably the material -of these last--Russia linen, “which lasts as long as leather and costs -but half-a-crown,” to quote one of our best authorities. Then below the -white ducks, fitting close to the leg, came a neat pair of black cloth -gaiters running down to dull black shoes, cleaned with “black ball” -according to the regimental recipe. Round on his neck was a spotless -white stock, helping, with the powder on his hair, to heighten the -colour of his round, clean-shaven face. Very attractive he must have -seemed to the girls of Coventry in the spring of 1760. What would we -not give for his portrait by Hogarth as he appeared some fine Sunday in -Coventry streets, with the lady of his choice on his arm, explaining -to her that in the Light Dragoons they put no grease on their heads, -and in proof thereof shaking a shower of powder from his hair on to -her dainty white cap! Probably there were tender leave-takings when -in September the regiment was ordered northward; possibly there are -descendants of these men, not necessarily bearing their names, in -Coventry to this day. - - - - - CHAPTER III - - REFORMS AFTER THE PEACE OF PARIS, 1763–1774 - - -[Sidenote: 1760.] - -In September Hale’s Light Dragoons moved up to Berwick-on-Tweed, and -thence into Scotland, where they were appointed to remain for the -three ensuing years. Before it left Coventry the regiment, in common -with all Light Dragoon regiments, had gathered fresh importance for -itself from the magnificent behaviour of the 15th at Emsdorf on the -16th July; in which engagement Captain Martin Basil, who had returned -to his own corps from Colonel Hale’s, was among the slain. The close -of the year brings us to the earliest of the regimental muster-rolls, -which is dated Haddington, 8th December 1760. One must speak of -muster-rolls in the plural, for there is a separate muster-roll for -each troop--regimental rolls being at this period unknown. - -These first rolls are somewhat of a curiosity, for that every one -of them describes Hale’s regiment as the 17th, the officers being -evidently unwilling to yield seniority to the two paltry troops -[Sidenote: 1761.] raised by Lord Aberdour. The next muster-rolls show -considerable difference of opinion as to the regimental number, the -head-quarter troop calling itself of the 18th, while the rest still -claim [Sidenote: 1762.] to be of the 17th. In 1762 for the first -time every troop [Sidenote: 1763.] acknowledges itself to be of the -18th, but in April 1763 the old conflict of opinion reappears; the -head-quarter troop writes itself down as of the 18th, two other troops -as of the 17th, while the remainder decline to commit themselves to -any number at all. A gap in the rolls from 1763–1771 prevents us from -following the controversy any further; but from this year 1763, the -Seventeenth, [Sidenote: 1763.] as shall be shown, enjoys undisputed -right to the number which it originally claimed. - -Albeit raised for service in the Seven Years’ War, the regiment was -never sent abroad, though it furnished a draft of fifty men and -horses to the army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. All efforts -to discover anything about this draft have proved fruitless; though -from the circumstance that Lieutenant Wallop is described in the -muster-rolls as “prisoner of war to the French,” it is just possible -that it served as an independent unit, and was actively engaged. But -the war came to an end with the Treaty of Paris early in 1763; and -with the peace came a variety of important changes for the Army, and -particularly for the Light Dragoons. - -The first change, of course, was a great reduction of the military -establishment. Many regiments were disbanded--Lord Aberdour’s, the -20th and 21st Light Dragoons among them. Colonel Hale’s regiment -was retained, and became the Seventeenth; and, as if to warrant it -continued life, Hale himself was promoted to be full Colonel. We must -not omit to mention here that, whether on account of his advancement, -or from other simpler causes, Colonel Hale in this same year took to -himself a wife, Miss Mary Chaloner of Guisbrough. History does not -relate whether the occasion was duly celebrated by the regiment, either -at the Colonel’s expense or at its own; but it is safe to assume that, -in those hard-drinking days, such an opportunity for extra consumption -of liquor was not neglected. If the fulness of the quiver be accepted -as the measure of wedded happiness, then we may fearlessly assert -that Colonel Hale was a happy man. Mrs. Hale bore him no fewer than -twenty-one children, seventeen of whom survived him. - -The actual command of the regiment upon Colonel Hale’s promotion -devolved upon Lieut.-Colonel Blaquiere, whose duty it now became to -carry out a number of new regulations laid down after the peace for -the guidance of the Light Dragoons. [Sidenote: 1764.] By July 1764 -these reforms were finally completed; and as they remained in force -for another twenty years, they must be given here at some length. The -pith of them lies in the fact that the authorities had determined to -emphasise in every possible way the distinction between Light and Heavy -Cavalry. Let us begin with the least important, but most sentimental of -all matters--the dress. - - - PRIVATES - - _Coat._--(Alike for all ranks.) Scarlet, with 3-inch white - lapels to the waist. White collar and cuffs, sleeves unslit. - White lining. Braid on button-holes. Buttons, in pairs, white - metal with regimental number. - - _Waistcoat._--White, unembroidered and unlaced. Cross - pockets. - - _Breeches._--White, duck or leather. - - _Boots._--To the knee, “round toed and of a light sort.” - - _Helmet._--Black leather, with badge of white metal in - front, and white turban round the base, plume and crest scarlet - and white. - - _Forage Cap._--Red, turned up with white. Regimental number - on little flap. - - _Shoulder Belts._--White, 2¾ inches broad. Sword belt over - the right shoulder. - - _Waist Belt._--White, 1¾ inches broad. - - _Cloaks._--Red, white lining; loop of black and white lace - on the top. White cape. - - _Epaulettes._--White cloth with white worsted fringe. - - - CORPORALS - - Same as the men. Distinguished by narrow silver lace round the - turn-up of the sleeves. Epaulettes bound with white silk tape, - white silk fringe. - - - SERGEANTS - - Same as the men. Epaulettes bound with narrow silver lace; - silver fringe. Narrow silver lace round button-holes. Sash of - spun silk, crimson with white stripe. - - - QUARTERMASTERS - - Same as the men. Silver epaulettes. Sash of spun silk, crimson. - - - OFFICERS - - Same as the men; but with silver lace or embroidery at the - Colonel’s discretion. Silk sash, crimson. Silver epaulettes. - Scarlet velvet stock and waist belts. - - - TRUMPETERS - - White coats with scarlet lapels and lining; lace, white with - black edge; red waistcoats and breeches. Hats, cocked, with - white plume. - - - FARRIERS - - Blue coats, waistcoats, and breeches. Linings and lapels blue; - turn-up of sleeves white. Hat, small black bearskin, with a - horse-shoe of silver-plated metal on a black ground. White apron - rolled back on left side. - - _Horse Furniture._--White cloth holster caps and housings - bordered with white, black-edged lace. XVII. L. D. - embroidered on the housings on a scarlet ground, within a wreath - of roses and thistles. King’s cypher, with crown over it and - XVII. L. D. under it embroidered on the holster caps. - - Officers had a silver tassel on the holster caps and at the - corners of the housings. - - Quartermasters had the same furniture as the officers, but with - narrower lace, and without tassels to the holster caps. - - - ARMS - - _Officers._--A pair of pistols with barrels 9 inches long. - Sword (straight or curved according to regimental pattern), - blade 36 inches long. A smaller sword, with 28-inch blade, worn - in a waist belt, for foot duty. - - _Men._--Sword and pistols, as the officers. Carbine, 2 feet - 5 inches long in the barrel. Bayonet, 12 inches long. Carbine - and pistols of the same bore. Cartridge-box to hold twenty-four - rounds. - -So much for the outward adornment and armament of the men, to which we -have only to add that trumpeters, to give them further distinction, -were mounted on white horses, and carried a sword with a scimitar -blade. Farriers, who were a peculiar people in those days, were made as -dusky as the trumpeters were gorgeous. They carried two churns instead -of holsters on their saddles, wherein to stow their shoeing tools, -etc., and black bearskin furniture with crossed hammer and pincers on -the housing. Their weapon was an axe, carried, like the men’s swords, -in a belt slung from the right shoulder. When the men drew swords, -the farriers drew axes and carried them at the “advance.” The old -traditions of the original farrier still survive in the blue tunics, -black plumes, and axes of the farriers of the Life Guards, as well as -in the blue stable jackets of their brethren of the Dragoons. - -Passing now from man to horse, we must note that from 27th July 1764 -it was ordained that the horses of Horse and Dragoons should in future -wear their full tails, and that those of Light Dragoons only should be -docked.[3] This was the first step towards the reduction of the weight -to be carried by the Light Dragoon horse. The next was more practical. -A saddle much lighter than the old pattern was invented, approved, -and adopted, with excellent results. It was of rather peculiar -construction: very high in the pommel and cantle, and very deep sunk in -the seat, in order to give a man a steadier seat when firing from on -horseback. Behind the saddle was a flat board or tray, on to which the -kit was strapped in a rather bulky bundle. It was reckoned that this -saddle, with blanket and kit complete, 30 lbs of hay and 5 pecks of -oats, weighed just over 10 stone (141 lbs.); and that the Dragoon with -three days’ rations, ammunition, etc., weighed 12 stone 7 lbs. more; -and that thus the total weight of a Dragoon in heavy marching order -with (roughly speaking) three days’ rations for man and horse, was 22 -stone 8 lbs. In marching from quarter to quarter in England, the utmost -weight on a horse’s back was reckoned not to exceed 16 stone. - -A few odd points remain to be noticed before the question of saddlery -is finally dismissed. In the first place, there was rather an uncouth -mixture of colours in the leather, which, though designed to look well -with the horse furniture, cannot have been beautiful without it. Thus -the head collar for ordinary occasions was brown, but for reviews -white; bridoons were black, bits of bright steel; the saddle was -brown, and the carbine bucket black. These buckets were, of course, -little more than leather caps five or six inches long, fitting over -the muzzle of the carbine, practically the same as were served out -to Her Majesty’s Auxiliary Cavalry less than twenty years ago. Light -Dragoons, however, had a swivel fitted to their shoulder-belt to which -the carbine could be sprung, and the weapon thus made more readily -available. The horse furniture of the men was not designed for ornament -only; for, being made in one piece, it served to cover the men when -encamped under canvas. As a last minute point, let it be noted that the -stirrups of the officers were square, and of the men round at the top. - -We must take notice next of a more significant reform, namely, the -abolition of side drums and drummers in the Light Dragoons, and the -substitution of trumpeters in their place. By this change the Light -Dragoons gained an accession of dignity, and took equal rank with the -horse of old days. The establishment of trumpeters was, of course, -one to each troop, making six in all. When dismounted they formed a -“band of music,” consisting of two French horns, two clarionets, and -two bassoons, which, considering the difficulties and imperfections of -those instruments as they existed a century and a quarter ago, must -have produced some rather remarkable combinations of sound. None the -less we have here the germ of the regimental band, which now enjoys so -high a reputation. - -Over and above the trumpeters, the regiment enjoyed the possession -of a fife, to whose music the men used to march. At inspection the -trumpets used to sound while the inspecting officer went down the line; -and when the trumpeters could blow no longer, the fife took up the -wondrous tale and filled up the interval with an ear-piercing solo. The -old trumpet “marches” are still heard (unless I am mistaken) when the -Household Cavalry relieve guard at Whitehall. But more important than -these parade trumpet sounds is the increased use of the trumpet for -signalling movements in the field. The original number of trumpet-calls -in the earliest days of the British cavalry was, as has already been -mentioned, but six. These six were apparently still retained and made -to serve for more purposes than one; but others also were added to -them. And since, so far as we can gather, the variety of calls on one -instrument that could be played and remembered was limited by human -unskilfulness and human stupidity, this difficulty was overcome by the -employment of other instruments. These last were the bugle horn and the -French horn; the former the simple curved horn that is still portrayed -on the appointments of Light Infantry, the latter the curved French -hunting horn. The united efforts of trumpet, bugle horn, and French -horn availed to produce the following sounds:-- - - Stable call--Trumpet. - (_Butte Sella_).[4] Boot and saddle--Trumpet. - (_Monte Cavallo_).[4] Horse and away--Trumpet. But sometimes - bugle horn; used also for evening - stables. - (? _Tucquet_).[4] March--Trumpet. - Water--Trumpet. - (_Auquet_).[4] Setting watch or tattoo--Trumpet. Used also - for morning stables. - (? _Tucquet_).[4] The call--Trumpet. Used for parade or - assembly. - Repair to alarm post--Bugle horn. - (_Alla Standarda_).[4] Standard call--Trumpet. Used for fetching - and lodging standards; and also for - drawing and returning swords. - Preparative for firing--Trumpet. - Cease firing--Trumpet. - Form squadrons, form the line--Bugle horn. - Advance--Trumpet. - (_Carga_).[4] Charge or attack--Trumpet. - Retreat--French horns. - Trot, gallop, front form--Trumpet. - Rally--Bugle horn. - Non-commissioned officers’ call--Trumpet. - - The quick march on foot--The fife. - The slow march on foot--The band of music. - -All attempts to discover the notation of these calls have, I regret to -say, proved fruitless, so that I am unable to state positively whether -any of them continue in use at the present day. The earliest musical -notation of the trumpet sounds that I have been able to discover dates -from the beginning of this century,[5] and is practically the same as -that in the cavalry drill-book of 1894; so that it is not unreasonable -to infer that the sounds have been little altered since their first -introduction. Indeed, it seems to me highly probable that the old -“Alla Standarda,” which is easily traceable back to the first quarter -of the seventeenth century, still survives in the flourish now played -after the general salute to an inspecting officer. As to the actual -employment of the three signalling instruments in the field, we shall -be able to judge better while treating of the next reform of 1763–1764, -viz. that of the drill. - -The first great change wrought by the experience of the Seven Years’ -War on the English Light Dragoon drill was the final abolition of -the formation in three ranks. Henceforward we shall never find the -Seventeenth ranked more than two deep. Further, we find a general -tendency to less stiffness and greater flexibility of movement, and -to greater rapidity of manœuvre. The very evolutions sacrifice some -of their prettiness and precision in order to gain swifter change of -formation. Thus, when the left half rank is doubled in rear of the -right, the right, instead of standing fast, advances and inclines to -the left, while the latter reins back and passages to the right, thus -accomplishing the desired result in half the time. Field manœuvres -are carried out chiefly by means of small flexible columns, differing -from the present in one principal feature only, viz. that the rear -rank in 1763 does not inseparably follow the front rank, but that -each rank wheels from line into column of half-ranks or quarter-ranks -independently. Moreover, we find one great principle pervading all -field movements: that Light Dragoons, for the dignity of their name, -must move with uncommon rapidity and smartness. The very word “smart,” -as applied to the action of a soldier, appears, so far as I know, for -the first time in a drill-book made for Light Dragoons at this period. -In illustration, let us briefly describe a parade attack movement, -which is particularly characteristic. - -The regiment having been formed by previous manœuvres in echelon of -wings (three troops to a wing) from the left, the word is given, -“Advance and gain the flank of the enemy.” - - _First Trumpet._--The right files (of troops?) of each - wing gallop to the front, and form rank entire; unswivel their - carbines, and keep up a rapid irregular fire from the saddle. - - Under cover of this fire the echelon advances. - - _Second Trumpet._--The right wing forms the “half-wedge” - (single echelon), passes the left or leading wing at an - increased pace, and gains the flank of the imaginary enemy by - the “head to haunch” (an extremely oblique form of incline), and - forms line on the flank. - - _Third Trumpet_--“_Charge._”--The skirmishers gallop - back through the intervals to the rear of their own troops, and - remain there till the charge is over. - - _French Horns_--“_Retreat._”--The skirmishers gallop - forward once more, and keep up their fire till the line is - reformed. - -The whole scheme of this attack is perhaps a shade theatrical, and, -indeed, may possibly have been designed to astonish the weak mind of -some gouty old infantry general; but a regiment that could execute it -smartly could hardly have been in a very inefficient state. - - * * * * * - -[Sidenote: 1765.] - -In 1765 the Seventeenth was moved to Ireland, though to what part -of Ireland the gap in the muster-rolls disenables us to say. Almost -certainly it was split up into detachments, where we have reason to -believe that the troop officers took pains to teach their men the new -drill. We must conceive of the regiment’s life as best we may during -this period, for we have no information to help us. Colonel Blaquiere, -we have no doubt, paid visits to the outlying troops from time to time, -and probably was able now and again to get them together for work in -the field, particularly when an inspecting officer’s visit was at hand. -We know, from the inspection returns, that the Seventeenth advanced and -gained the flank of the enemy every year, in a fashion which commanded -the admiration of all beholders. And let us note that in this very year -the British Parliament passed an Act for the imposition of stamp duties -on the American Colonies--preparing, though unconsciously, future work -on active service for the Seventeenth. - -[Sidenote: 1766.] - -For the three ensuing years we find little that is worth the -chronicling, except that in 1766 the regiment suffered, for a brief -period, a further change in its nomenclature, the 15th, 16th, and 17th -being renumbered the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Light Dragoons. In this same -year we discover, quite by chance, that two troops of the Seventeenth -were quartered in the Isle of Man, for how long we know not. In 1767 a -small matter crops up which throws a curious light on the grievances -of the soldier in those days. Bread was so dear that Government was -compelled to help the men to pay for it, and to ordain that on payment -of fivepence every man should receive a six-pound loaf--which loaf was -to last him for four days. Let us note also, as a matter of interest -to Colonel Blaquiere, a rise in the value of another article, namely, -the troop horse, whereof the outside price was in this year raised from -twenty to twenty-two guineas. - -[Sidenote: 1770.] - -In 1770 we find Colonel Hale promoted to be Governor of Limerick, and -therewith severed from the regiment which he had raised. As his new -post must presumably have brought him over to Ireland, we may guess -that the regiment may have had an opportunity of giving him a farewell -dinner, and, as was the fashion in those days, of getting more than -ordinarily drunk. From this time forward we lose sight of Colonel Hale, -though he is still a young and vigorous man, and has thirty-three years -of life before him. His very name perishes from the regiment, for if -ever he had an idea of placing a son therein, that hope must have been -killed long before the arrival of his twenty-first child. His successor -in the colonelcy was Colonel George Preston of the Scots Greys, a -distinguished officer who had served at Dettingen, Fontenoy, and other -actions of the war of 1743–47, as well as in the principal battles of -the Seven Years’ War. - -Meanwhile, through all these years, the plot of the American -[Sidenote: 1770.] dispute was thickening fast. From 1773 onwards -the news of trouble and discontent across the Atlantic became more -frequent; and at last in 1774 seven infantry regiments were despatched -to Boston. Then probably the Seventeenth pricked up its ears and -discussed, with the lightest of hearts, the prospect of fighting the -[Sidenote: 1775.] rebels over the water. The year 1775 had hardly -come in when the order arrived for the regiment to complete its -establishment with drafts from the 12th and 18th, and hold itself in -readiness to embark at Cork for the port of Boston. It was the first -cavalry regiment selected for the service--a pretty good proof of its -reputation for efficiency.[6] - - [Illustration: - - Marching Order. Field-day Order. Review Order. - - PRIVATES, 1784–1810.] - - - - - CHAPTER IV - - THE AMERICAN WAR--1ST STAGE--THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1775–1780. - - -[Sidenote: 1775.] - -It would be beside the purpose to enter upon a relation of the -causes which led to the rupture between England and the thirteen -North American Colonies, and to the war of American Independence. -The immediate ground of dispute was, however, one in which the Army -was specially interested, namely, the question of Imperial defence. -Fifteen years before the outbreak of the American War England had, -by the conquest of Canada, relieved the Colonies from the presence -of a dangerous neighbour on their northern frontier, and for this -good service she felt justified in asking from them some return. -Unfortunately, however, the British Government, instead of leaving it -to the Colonies to determine in what manner their contribution to the -cost of Imperial defence should be raised, took the settlement of the -question into its own hands, as a matter wherein its authority was -paramount. Ultimately by a series of lamentable blunders the British -ministers contrived to create such irritation in America that the -Colonies broke into open revolt. - -[Sidenote: 1774.] - -It was in the year 1774 that American discontent reached its acutest -stage; and the centre of that discontent was the city of Boston. In -July General Gage, at that time in command of the forces in America, -and later on to be Colonel-in-Chief of the 17th Light Dragoons, feeling -that the security of Boston was now seriously threatened by the -rebellious attitude of the citizens, moved down with some troops and -occupied the neck of the [Sidenote: 1774.] isthmus on which the city -stands. This step increased the irritation of the people so far that in -a month or two he judged it prudent to entrench his position and remove -all military stores from outlying stations into Boston. By November -the temper of the Colonists had become so unmistakably insubordinate -that Gage issued a proclamation warning them against the consequences -of revolt. This manifesto was taken in effect as a final signal for -general and open insurrection. Rhode Island and New Hampshire broke out -at once; and the Americans began their military preparations by seizing -British guns, stores, and ammunition [Sidenote: 1775.] wherever they -could get hold of them. By the opening of 1775 the seizure, purchase, -and collection of arms became so general that Gage took alarm for the -safety of a large magazine at Concord, some twenty miles from Boston, -and detached a force to secure it. This expedition it was that led to -the first shedding of blood. The British troops succeeded in reaching -Concord and destroying the stores; but they had to fight their way back -to Boston through the whole population of the district, and finally -arrived, worn out with fatigue, having lost 240 men, killed, [Sidenote: -19th April.] wounded, and missing, out of 1800. The Americans then -suddenly assembled a force of 20,000 men and closely invested Boston. - -It was just about this time that there arrived in Boston Captain Oliver -Delancey, of the 17th Light Dragoons, with despatches announcing that -reinforcements would shortly arrive from England under the command of -Generals Howe and Clinton. Captain Delancey was charged with the duty -of preparing for the reception of his regiment, and in particular of -purchasing horses whereon to mount it. Two days after his arrival, -therefore, he started for New York to buy horses, only to find at his -journey’s end that New York also had risen in insurrection, and that -there was nothing for it but to return to Boston. - -And while Delancey was making his arrangements, the Seventeenth was -on its way to join him. The 12th and 18th Regiments had furnished -the drafts required of them, and the Seventeenth, [Sidenote: 1775.] -thus raised to some semblance of war strength, embarked for its first -turn on active service. Here is a digest of their final muster, -dated, Passage, 10th April 1775, and [Sidenote: 10th April.] endorsed -“Embarkation”-- - - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--Samuel Birch. - _Major._--Henry Bishop. - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair, _Cornet_. - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston. - _Surgeon’s mate._--Alexander Acheson. - _Deputy-Chaplain._--W. Oliver. - - - _Major Bishopp’s Troop._ - - Robert Archdale, _Captain_. - Frederick Metzer, _Cornet_. - 1 Quartermaster, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 trumpeter, 29 dragoons, - 31 horses. - - - _Captain Straubenzee’s Troop._ - - Henry Nettles, _Lieutenant_. - Sam. Baggot, _Cornet_. - 5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, 31 horses. - - - _Captain Moxham’s Troop._ - - Ben. Bunbury, _Lieutenant_. - Thomas Cooke, _Cornet_. - 5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, - 31 horses. - - - _Captain Delancey’s Troop._ - - Hamlet Obins, _Lieutenant_. - James Hussey, _Cornet_. - 5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 1 hautboy, 27 dragoons, - 31 horses. - - - _Captain Needham’s Troop._ - - Mark Kerr, _Lieutenant_. - Will. Loftus, _Cornet_. - 5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, 31 horses. - - - _Captain Crewe’s Troop._ - - Matthew Patteshall, _Lieutenant_. - John St. Clair (Adjutant), _Cornet_. - 5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 1 hautboy, 26 dragoons, - 31 horses. - -What manner of scenes there may have been at the embarkation that day -at Cork it is impossible to conjecture. We can only bear in mind that -there were a great many Irishmen in the ranks, and that probably all -their relations came to see them off, and draw what mental picture we -may. Meanwhile it is worth while to compare two embarkations of the -regiment on active service, at roughly speaking, a century’s interval. -In 1879 the Seventeenth with its horses sailed to the Cape in two -hired transports--the _England_ and the _France_. In 1776 it filled no -fewer than seven ships, the _Glen_, _Satisfaction_, _John and Jane_, -_Charming Polly_, _John and Rebecca_, _Love and Charity_, _Henry -and Edward_--whereof the very names suffice to show that they were -decidedly small craft. - -The voyage across the Atlantic occupied two whole months, but, like all -things, it came to an end; and the regiment [Sidenote: June 15–19.] -disembarked at Boston just in time to volunteer its services for the -first serious action of the war. That action was brought about in this -way. Over against Boston, and divided from it by a river of about -the breadth of the Thames at London Bridge, is a peninsula called -Charlestown. It occurred, rather late in the day, to General Gage that -an eminence thereupon called Bunker’s Hill was a position that ought -to be occupied, inasmuch as it lay within cannon-shot of Boston and -commanded the whole of the town. Unfortunately, precisely the same -idea had occurred to the Americans, who on the 16th June seized the -hill, unobserved by Gage, and proceeded to entrench it. By hard work -and the aid of professional engineers they soon made Bunker’s Hill -into a formidable position; so that Gage, on the following day, found -that his task was not that of marching to an unoccupied height, but of -attacking an enemy 6000 strong in a well-fortified post. None the less -he attacked the 6000 Americans with 2000 English, and drove them out -at the bayonet’s point after the bloodiest engagement thitherto fought -by the British army. Of the 2000 men 1054, including 89 officers, went -down that day; and the British occupied the Charlestown peninsula. - -[Sidenote: 1775.] - -The acquisition was welcome, for the army was sadly crowded in Boston -and needed more space; but the enemy soon erected new works which -penned it up as closely as ever. Moreover the Americans refused to -supply the British with fresh provisions, so that the latter--what -with salt food, confinement, and the heat of the climate--soon became -sickly. The Seventeenth were driven to their wit’s end to obtain forage -for their horses. It was but a poor exchange alike for animals and -men to forsake the ships for a besieged city. The summer passed away -and the winter came on. The Americans pressed the British garrison -more hardly than ever through the winter months, and finally, on the -[Sidenote: 1776.]2nd March 1776, opened a bombardment which fairly -drove the English out. On the 17th March Boston was evacuated, and the -army, 9000 strong, withdrawn by sea to Halifax. - -However mortifying it might be to British sentiment, this evacuation -was decidedly a wise and prudent step; indeed, but for the -determination of King George III. to punish the recalcitrant Boston, -it is probable that it would have taken place long before, for it was -recommended both by Gage, who resigned his command in August 1775, and -by his successor, General Howe. They both saw clearly enough that, as -England held command of the sea, her true policy was to occupy the line -of the Hudson River from New York in the south to Lake Champlain in -the north. Thereby she could isolate from the rest the seven provinces -of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, -and Maine, and reduce them at her leisure; which process would be the -easier, inasmuch as these provinces depended almost entirely on the -States west of the Hudson for their supplies. The Americans, being -equally well aware of this, and having already possession of New York, -took the bold line of attempting to capture Canada while the English -were frittering their strength away at Boston. And they were within -an ace of success. As early as May 1775 they captured Ticonderoga and -the only King’s ship in Lake Champlain, and in November they obtained -possession of Chambly, St. John’s, and Montreal. Fortunately Quebec -still held out, though reduced to great straits, and saved Canada to -England. On the 31st December the little garrison gallantly repelled an -American assault, and shortly after it was relieved by the arrival of a -British squadron which made its way through the ice with reinforcements -of 3500 men under General Burgoyne. This decided the fate of Canada, -from which the Americans were finally driven out in June 1776. - -One other small incident requires notice before we pass to the -operations of Howe’s army (whereof the Seventeenth formed part) in -the campaign of 1776. Very early in the day Governor Martin of North -Carolina had recommended the despatch of a flying column or small force -to the Carolinas, there to rally around it the loyalists, who were -said to be many, and create a powerful diversion in England’s favour. -Accordingly in December 1775, five infantry regiments under Lord -Cornwallis were despatched from England to Cape Fear, whither General -Clinton was sent by Howe to meet them and take command. An attack on -Charleston by this expedition proved to be a total failure; and on the -21st June 1776, Clinton withdrew the force to New York. This episode -deserves mention, because it shows how early the British Government -was bitten with this plan of a Carolina campaign, which was destined -to cost us the possession of the American Colonies. Three times in the -course of this history shall we see English statesmen make the fatal -mistake of sending a weak force to a hostile country in reliance on -the support of a section of disaffected inhabitants, and each time (as -fate ordained it) we shall find the Seventeenth among the regiments -that paid the inevitable penalty. From this brief digression let us now -return to the army under General Howe. - -While the bulk of this force was quartered at Halifax, the Seventeenth -lay, for convenience of obtaining forage, at Windsor, some miles away. -In June the 16th light Dragoons arrived at Halifax from England with -remounts for the regiment; but it is questionable whether they had -any horses to spare, for we find that out of 950 horses 412 perished -on the voyage. About the same time arrived orders for the increase of -the Seventeenth by 1 cornet, 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 30 privates -per troop; but the necessary recruits had not been received by the -time when the campaign opened. On the 11th June the regiment, with the -rest of Howe’s army, was once more embarked at Halifax and reached -Sandy Hook on the 29th. Howe then landed his force on Staten Island, -and awaited the arrival of his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, who duly -appeared with a squadron and reinforcements on the 1st July. Clinton -with his troops from Charleston arrived on the 1st August, and further -reinforcements from England on the 12th. Howe had now 30,000 men, -12,000 of them Hessians, under his command in America, two-thirds of -whom were actually on the spot around New York. - -Active operations were opened on the 22nd August, by the landing of -the whole army in Gravesend Bay at the extreme south-west corner of -Long Island. The American army, 15,000 strong, occupied a position on -the peninsula to the north-west, where Brooklyn now stands--its left -resting on the East River, its right on a stream called Mill Creek, -and its front covered as usual by a strong line of entrenchments. -From this fortified camp, however, they detached General Putnam with -10,000 men to take up a position about a mile distant on a line of -heights that runs obliquely across the island. After a reconnaissance -by Generals Clinton and Erskine, the latter of whom led the brigade to -which the Seventeenth was attached, General Howe decided to turn the -left flank of the Americans with part of his force, leaving the rest -to attack their front as soon as the turning movement was completed. -At 9 P.M. on the 26th August the turning column, under the -command of Howe himself, marched across the flat ground to seize a pass -on the extreme left of the enemy’s line, the Seventeenth forming the -advanced guard. On reaching the pass it was found that the Americans -had neglected to secure it, being content to visit it with occasional -cavalry [Sidenote: 1776.] patrols. One such patrol was intercepted by -the advanced party of the Seventeenth; and the pass was occupied by the -British without giving alarm to the Americans. At nine next morning, -Howe’s column having completely enveloped Putnam’s left, opened the -attack on that quarter, while the rest of the army advanced upon the -centre and right. The Americans were defeated at all points and driven -in confusion to their entrenchments; but Howe made no effort to pursue -them nor to storm the camp, as he might easily have done. He merely -moved feebly up to the enemy’s entrenchments on the following day, -and began to break ground as if for a regular siege. On the 29th the -Americans evacuated the camp, and retired across the East River to New -York; and this they were allowed to do without hindrance, though the -British army of 20,000 men stood on their front, and a navigable river, -where a British seventy-four could have anchored, lay in their rear. -Thus deliberately were sacrificed the fruits of the battle of Brooklyn. -This was the first action in which the Seventeenth was under fire. -The regiment at its close received the thanks of Generals Erskine and -Clinton. - -The possession of Long Island gave the British complete command of New -York by sea; and Howe set himself to transport his army to New York -Island, an operation which was completed on the 15th September. The -Americans then evacuated New York town and retired to the northern -extremity of New York Island, where Washington fortified a position -from Haarlem to Kingsbridge along the Hudson River in order to secure -his retreat across it to the mainland. The English warships now moved -up the Hudson to cut off that retreat; and Howe having left four -brigades to cover New York town, [Sidenote: 12th Oct.] embarked the -rest on flat-bottomed boats to turn Washington’s position. The flotilla -passed through Hell Gate; and Howe [Sidenote: 18th Oct.] having wasted -a deal of time in disembarking the troops first at the wrong place, -landed them finally at Pell’s Point, the corner which divides East -River from Long Island Sound, and [Sidenote: 1776.] forms the extreme -point of the spit of continent that runs down to New York Island. The -advanced parties of the Seventeenth were engaged in a trifling skirmish -at Pelham Manor, a little to the north of Pell’s Point, shortly after -disembarkation; but the British advance was practically unopposed, -and the army was concentrated at New Rochelle, on Long Island Sound, -on the 21st October. Washington now changed front, throwing his left -back, and distributed his army along a line parallel to the march of -the British; his right resting at Kingsbridge on the south, and his -left at Whiteplains on the north. The two armies were separated by a -deep river called the Bronx, which covered the whole of Washington’s -front. Howe continued his march northward, doubtless with the intention -of getting between Washington and the mainland; but Washington had -already sent parties to entrench a new position for him at Whiteplains, -to which he moved on the 26th October. This change of position brought -the Americans from the left flank to the front of the British advance, -and it was plain that an action was imminent. On the 28th, Howe’s -army, advancing in two columns, came up with the Americans, and found -them to be some 18,000 strong. The right of Washington’s main position -rested on the Bronx River; but for some reason a detached force of -4000 men had been posted on a hill on the other side of the river, -which detachment, owing to the depth and difficulty of the stream, was -necessarily cut off from the rest of the line. Howe decided to attack -this isolated body at once. The Seventeenth being detailed as part of -the attacking force, moved off to a practicable ford, the passage of -which was carried in the face of heavy fire; and the infantry then -advancing drove the enemy brilliantly from their entrenchments, from -whence the Seventeenth pursued them towards the main position at -Whiteplains. The regiment lost one man and five horses killed, Cornet -Loftus, four men and eight horses wounded, in this action; which -unfortunately led to no result. On the 30th August a general attack -on the American entrenchments was ordered, but [Sidenote: 1776.] was -countermanded in consequence of a tremendous storm of rain; and on the -1st September the Americans quietly retired northward across the river -Croton, on which they took up a position from which it was hopeless to -attempt to dislodge them. - -However, there was still an American garrison of 3000 men, which had -been left by Washington in his entrenchments at Kingsbridge to hold -the passage of the Hudson; and of these Howe determined to make sure. -His attack was delivered by four columns simultaneously. The third of -these crossed the Haarlem Creek in boats under a heavy fire, and by -the capture of a strong post at the other side turned the left of the -American position. The ground was unfavourable for cavalry, however; -and the Seventeenth, which was attached to this column, lost but -one man. The result of the whole operation was the surrender of the -Americans, which was bought with the loss of 800 British killed and -wounded. - -Three days later Lord Cornwallis crossed the Hudson with 4000 men, and -marched against the American fort which commanded the passage of the -river from the Jersey side. The Americans promptly evacuated it and -retreated, with Cornwallis at their heels in hot pursuit. He was on the -point of overtaking them and striking a severe blow, when he received -orders from General Howe to halt--orders which he very reluctantly -obeyed. A party of the Seventeenth, probably a sergeant’s party for -orderly duties, seems to have accompanied Cornwallis on this march, -and through the gallant behaviour of one of the men has made itself -remembered. - -One day Private M’Mullins, of this detachment, was despatched by Lord -Cornwallis with a letter of some importance to an officer of one of -the outposts, and while passing near a thicket on his way was fired at -by the rebels. He instantly pretended to fell from his horse, hanging -with head down to the ground. The Americans, four in number, supposing -him killed, ran out from their cover to seize their booty, and had -come within a few [Sidenote: 1776.] yards of him, when, to their -great astonishment, Private M’Mullins suddenly recovered his seat in -the saddle and shot the first of them dead with his carbine. He then -drew his pistol and despatched a second, and immediately after fell -with his sword upon the other two, who surrendered as his prisoners. -Whereupon Private M’Mullins drove them triumphantly before him into -camp, where he duly delivered them up. Lord Cornwallis did not fail to -report such bravery to General Howe, who in his turn not only promoted -M’Mullins to be sergeant, but brought the exploit before the notice -of the King. As all Light Dragoons of whatever regiment felt pride in -their comrades, the story of Private M’Mullins found its way into the -standard contemporary work on that branch of the service, and remains -there embalmed to this day. Let it be noted that this feat of leaning -out of the saddle almost to the ground is treated as one which “all -Light Dragoons accomplished with the greatest ease.” We should probably -never have known this but for Private M’Mullins of the Seventeenth. - -With the recall of Cornwallis from New Jersey the campaign of 1776 came -to an end. Since the American evacuation of New York, Howe had captured -4500 prisoners and 150 guns; but he had also thrice let slip the -opportunity of capturing the whole American army. One further operation -was insisted upon by the Admiral, namely, the capture of Rhode Island, -which was effected [Sidenote: 8th Dec.] without loss by a small force -under General Clinton. One troop of the Seventeenth accompanied Clinton -on this expedition, and remained at Rhode Island for the next twelve -months. - -The rest of the Seventeenth went into winter quarters in New York, the -total strength of the regiment at the close of the campaign being 225 -men. Though its casualties had been light, it had done a good deal -of hard work and established for itself a reputation. Howe himself -testifies in his despatches to “the good service they have performed in -this campaign,” and adds that “the dread which the enemy have of the -Dragoons has been experienced on every occasion.” It is a significant -indication of [Sidenote: 1777.]the nature of their work, that Howe -begs for remounts of Irish horses for them, as being “hardier and -better accustomed to get over fences.” - -The rest of the army in the winter of 1776–77 was split up into -detachments, and scattered along an extended line from the Delaware -to New York. The Americans fully expected Howe to cross the Delaware -as soon as the ice permitted and attack Philadelphia, but Howe as -usual did nothing. He might have destroyed the American army without -difficulty; but so far from attempting it, he allowed Washington with -an inferior force to cut off two detached posts and do a great deal of -damage. - -Howe’s operations in the campaign of 1777 were little more -satisfactory. After making every preparation to cross the Delaware and -advance into Pennsylvania he brought back the army to New York, and -embarked for the Chesapeake in order to approach Philadelphia from that -side. In September he won the battle of Brandywine, and took possession -of Philadelphia on the 26th. This occupation of Philadelphia was the -sole result of the campaign; and it was, in fact, a political rather -than a military enterprise, the object being to overawe the American -Congress. It was a fatal mistake, for while Howe was wasting his time -in Pennsylvania, Burgoyne was moving down from Canada to open the line -of the Hudson from the north, in the hope of co-operation from Howe’s -army in the south. No such co-operation was forthcoming. Howe’s army -was engaged elsewhere; Clinton, though, as will be seen, he did make on -his own responsibility a slight diversion on the Hudson, yet dared not -weaken the garrison of New York. The result was that [Sidenote: 16th -Oct.] Burgoyne with his whole force of 7000 men was overpowered and -compelled to surrender at Saratoga. - -The Seventeenth being left in garrison at New York, of course took -no share in Howe’s operations. The fact was that in November 1776 -it received some 200 recruits and 100 fresh horses from England, so -that its time must have been fully occupied in the task of knocking -these into shape. Nevertheless small detachments of the regiment were -employed in two little affairs which must be related here. - -The Americans, after retreating across the Croton in 1776, had formed -large magazines on the borders of Connecticut, at the town of Danbury -and elsewhere. These magazines General Clinton judged that it would -be well to destroy. Accordingly, on the 25th April, 2000 men, drafted -from different regiments, including twelve from the Seventeenth for -the needful reconnaissance and patrol duties, embarked on transports -and sailed up Long Island Sound to Camp’s Point, where they landed. At -ten that night they marched, and at eight next morning they reached -Danbury, to the great surprise of the Americans, who evacuated the -town with all speed. The British, having destroyed the whole of the -stores, prepared to return to their ships, but found that the Americans -had assembled at a place called Ridgefield, and had there entrenched -themselves to bar the British line of march. Weary as they were after -twenty-four hours’ work, the English soldiers attacked and carried the -entrenchments; and then, as night came on, they lay on their arms, -prepared to fight at any moment. At daybreak they continued their -march, and were again attacked by the Americans, who had received -reinforcements during the night. Still they fought their way on till -within half a mile of their ships, when General Erskine, losing all -patience, collected 400 men, and taking the offensive at last beat the -enemy off. The men had had no rest for three days and three nights, -and were fairly worn out; but we may guess that the little detachment -of the Seventeenth was not the last to answer to the call of its -Brigadier. This expedition cost the British 15 officers and 153 men! - -The second of the two affairs to which we have alluded was an -expedition made by Clinton as a diversion to help Burgoyne, and was -directed against two American forts on the right bank of the Hudson, -which barred the passage of the British warships to Albany; Albany -being the point to which Burgoyne hoped to penetrate. A force of -3000 men, including one troop of the [Sidenote: 1777.] Seventeenth, -embarked on the 5th October and sailed up the [Sidenote: 5th Oct.] -Hudson to Verplanks Point, forty miles from New York, on the east bank -of the river. Here Clinton landed a portion of his force under the -fire of a small American field-work, drove out the enemy, and pursued -them for some little way. This feint produced the desired effect. -The American general of the district at once concluded that Clinton -meant to advance to meet Burgoyne on the east bank of the Hudson, and -hurried away with most of the garrison of the river ports to occupy -the passes on the roads. Clinton meanwhile quietly embarked [Sidenote: -6th Oct.] two-thirds of his force on the following morning, leaving -the remainder to hold Verplanks, and landed them on the opposite bank. -Thence he advanced over a very steep mountain, along very bad roads, -to attack two important posts, Forts Clinton and Montgomery, from the -rear. Though Fort Clinton, the lower of the two, was but twelve miles -distant, it was not reached before sunset, owing to the difficulties of -the march. Opposite Fort Clinton the force divided into two columns, -one of them standing fast, while the other made a detour to reach Fort -Montgomery unobserved--the design being to attack both posts, which -were only three-quarters of a mile apart, simultaneously. The upper -post, Fort Montgomery, was easily captured, being at once abandoned by -its garrison of 800 men. Fort Clinton, however, was a more difficult -matter, the only possible approach to it being over a plain covered -with four hundred yards of abattis, and commanded by ten guns. The -British, though they had not a single gun, advanced under a heavy fire, -pushed each other through the embrasures, and, in spite of a gallant -resistance on the part of the Americans, drove them out of the fort. -The American loss was 300 killed, wounded, and prisoners; the British -loss, 140 killed and wounded. Having destroyed the American shipping -and some other batteries farther up the river, Clinton’s little -expedition returned to New York. The troop of the Seventeenth formed -part of the column that stormed Fort Clinton--a service which, if the -original plan of campaign had been [Sidenote: 1777.] adhered to, would -have been one of the most valuable in the war. - -With this the campaign of 1777 came to an end, decidedly to the -disadvantage of the British, who had lost the whole of Burgoyne’s -division and gained nothing but Philadelphia. The winter of 1777–78 -the British army spent in the city of Philadelphia, where it was kept -inactive, and allowed to grow slack in discipline and efficiency; -and this although Washington lay for five whole months but 26 miles -distant, at Valley Forge--his position weak, his guns frozen into the -entrenchments, his army worn to a shadow by sickness and desertion, -and absolutely destitute of clothing, stores, and equipment. Howe had -14,000 men, and Washington a bare 4000, yet for the fourth time Howe -allowed him to escape; and this time inaction was fatal, for the new -year was to bring with it an event which changed the whole aspect and -conduct of operations. - -[Sidenote: 1778.] - -In February 1778 the French Government, still smarting under the loss -of Canada, concluded a treaty of defensive alliance with the young -American Republic, and despatched a fleet under D’Estaing to operate -on the American coast. The British Government no sooner heard the -news than it sent instructions for the army to evacuate Philadelphia -and retire to New York, from whence half of it was to be forthwith -despatched to attack the French possessions in the West Indies. The -burden of this duty fell, not upon Howe, to whom it would have been a -just retribution, but upon Clinton, who succeeded to the command on -Howe’s resignation in the spring of 1778. - -During the winter the Seventeenth had been moved down from New York to -join the main army at Philadelphia, where, in March 1778, we find them -reduced to a nominal total of 363 men, of whom no fewer than 67 were in -hospital, and 162 horses. Fortunately for its own sake the regiment was -busily employed during the spring in the duty of opening communications -and bringing in supplies, by which it was prepared for the heavy work -that lay before it. On the 3rd of May a strong detachment of the -[Sidenote: 1778.] Seventeenth formed part of a mixed force of 1000 -men which was sent out to reduce a hostile post at Crooked Billet, -seventeen miles from Philadelphia. The business was neatly managed, for -the British, with trifling loss, killed, wounded, or captured 150 of -the Americans, and, thanks to the Seventeenth, took the whole of their -baggage. Three weeks later the regiment was again employed in a small -expedition against 3000 Americans, who had been posted by Washington -in an advanced and isolated position at Barren Hill under the command -of Marquis Lafayette. This time the affair was sadly bungled, and the -Americans, who should have been captured in a body, would have got off -scot free but for a dash made on the rear-guard by the light Dragoons, -wherein 40 or 50 American prisoners were taken. - -By constant excursions of this kind, on a larger or smaller scale, the -regiment was prepared for the very arduous duty that lay before it. -On the 18th June, at 3 A.M., the evacuation of Philadelphia -was begun, and by 10 A.M. the whole British army had crossed -the Delaware at the point of its junction with the Schuylkill. It then -advanced up the left bank, on a road running parallel to the river, -as far as Cornell’s Ferry, where it left the line of the Delaware -and turned off on the road to Sandy Hook. Up to the 27th June the -British, though constantly watched by small parties of the enemy, were -allowed to pursue their march through this difficult country without -molestation; but on that day an advanced corps of 5000 Americans -appeared close in rear, with the main army of Washington but three -miles behind it, while other smaller bodies came up on each flank. On -[Sidenote: 28th June.] the 28th, Clinton, expecting an attack, divided -his army into two parts, the first of which he sent off at daybreak in -charge of the baggage (which was so abundant that the column was twelve -miles long), leading off the second, under his personal command, at -8 A.M. The Seventeenth was attached to the baggage column, -and must have marched with it for some eight or nine hours, when it -was hurriedly sent for to join the rear-guard under General Clinton. -The rear column had just come down from the [Sidenote: 1778.] high -ground into a plain about three miles long by one mile wide, when the -Americans appeared in force in the rear and on both flanks. Their -first attempt was made on the right flank, and was likely to have -been serious, had it not been checked, to use Clinton’s words, by the -resolute bearing and firm front of the Seventeenth. The Americans had -not lost their respect for the Light Dragoons. From that point the -regiment was swiftly moved to others; and the general impression left -on the mind by Clinton’s rather confused description is, that the -Seventeenth were kept manœuvring round the column, frequently under -Clinton’s immediate direction, wherever the Americans threatened most -danger. The 16th Light Dragoons, more fortunate than the Seventeenth, -had a chance of charging the American cavalry, and made admirable use -of it; but they lost a great number of horses, which was a serious -matter considering the weakness of the British mounted force. Finally -Clinton made his dispositions for a pitched battle in the plain; but -the Americans knew better than to accept it, and retired to the hills -from which they had originally come down. Clinton thereupon attacked -them with the infantry and drove them back. They retreated to a second -position. Again Clinton attacked, and after hard fighting forced them -out. They then fell back on a third position, where, Clinton feeling -by this time assured of the safety of his baggage, thought best to -leave them. And so ended the very hard day’s work which takes its -name from the heights of Freehold, at the foot whereof the combat was -fought. So terrible was the heat in the confinement of the valley that -fifty-nine of the infantry dropped dead while advancing to the attack. -The total loss on the English side was 358 men. The Seventeenth had no -casualties, though Clinton’s testimony shows that they did good work. -The Americans lost 361 men, and from that day abandoned the pursuit, -having had for the present enough of it. Clinton, therefore, made the -rest of his way untroubled to Sandy Hook, and on the 5th July embarked -his army for New York. A flying expedition to Rhode Island, which -arrived too late to catch [Sidenote: 1778.] the French force that -had threatened it, and a successful inroad into Georgia in the south, -brought the campaign of 1778 to a close. - -In November, Clinton, in obedience to his orders, sent away half of his -army to England and the West Indies. He was so sensible of the injury -inflicted on his forces by the loss of some of his best troops, that he -begged to be allowed to resign his command, and required some pressure -to induce him to retain it. His difficulties were great enough, for -everything was going wrong in New York. In December there was not a -fortnight’s flour in store, and not a penny in the military chest. The -clothing provided for the men proved to be bad, and was condemned right -and left by their officers. “The linen is coarse and thin, and unfit -for soldiers’ shirts, the stockings of so flimsy a texture as to be -of little service, and the shoes of the worst kind.” One consignment -of shoes was found to consist of “thin dancing pumps,” and even these -too small for the men to wear. Moreover the Government in England, -which had always given Howe a free hand, thought it right to tie down -Clinton, who was far the better man, with every kind of order. “For -God’s sake, my Lord,” the General wrote at last, “if you wish me to do -anything leave me to myself.” - -Such was the state of things when the Seventeenth went into their -winter quarters at Hampstead, Long Island, in 1778. It was now the -only British cavalry corps on the American Continent, the 16th having -gone home, leaving all its horses and a certain number of men with the -sister regiment. Though its numbers were thus raised to 414 men, we -shall not again find it in the field entire during the remainder of -the war. From this winter onward the scene of the main contest shifts -from the north to the south, and we shall find the Seventeenth divided -between these two points of the compass. - - [Illustration: - - Field-day Order. Review Order. - - OFFICERS, 1810–1813.] - - [Illustration: - - Watering Order. Review Order. Marching Order. - - PRIVATES, 1810–1813.] - - - - - CHAPTER V - - THE AMERICAN WAR--2ND STAGE--THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1780–1782 - - -[Sidenote: 1780.] - -The alliance of France with the revolted provinces having compelled -the British Government to reduce General Clinton’s army by one-half, -this loss was supplemented by the enlistment of volunteers from the -loyal party in America itself, and by the organisation of corps of -irregulars. One such corps, consisting partly of cavalry and partly of -infantry, was commanded by Captain Lord Cathcart of the Seventeenth, -and another, known as the King’s American Dragoons, received an -Adjutant from the regiment. But the corps with which the name of the -Seventeenth was inseparably connected was the so-called “Legion” -commanded by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. To this last a small party of -the Seventeenth seems to have been permanently attached, probably as a -pattern for the guidance of the provincial recruits. But in addition -to these a troop of the regiment under its own officers was frequently -joined to it, which though in contemporary accounts generally included -in the term “Cavalry of the legion,” was distinct from it and careful -to preserve its individuality. - -With the change in the composition of the army came simultaneously a -change in the plan of campaign, by a return to the scheme, already -tried once at the outbreak of the war, of an expedition to the -Carolinas; where it was hoped that the loyalists were numerous and -ready to rally round the army. The plan was to scour the country with -flying columns, which would serve at once to hearten good subjects -and overawe the [Sidenote: 1780.] disaffected. For such operations -Charleston was required as a base, and it was to preparations for -the reduction of Charleston that most of Clinton’s energies were -devoted in the summer of 1779. An accession of strength was gained by -the evacuation of Rhode Island in October, and finally, on the 26th -December, Clinton sailed with a portion of his army on this expedition -to the South. One troop of the Seventeenth, sixty strong, accompanied -him. - -Bad luck dogged this enterprise from the first. The transports were -overtaken by a storm and dispersed in all directions. All the cavalry -horses perished, and one ship containing siege artillery was lost. It -was not till the end of January that the ships, many of them badly -battered, appeared at the appointed rendezvous, the Island of Tybee, -off the coast of Georgia, having spent five weeks over a voyage -generally reckoned to last ten days. The troop of the Seventeenth was -sent with Tarleton’s legion to Port Royal, a little to the north of -Savannah, where it was landed and quartered at Beaufort, at the head of -the harbour. With great difficulty it procured forty or fifty inferior -horses; and after a time was ordered to join some reinforcements that -were marching up from Savannah, and advance up country with them to -unite with Clinton’s army before Charleston. Meanwhile the people of -the country, knowing that the British had lost their horses, equipped -themselves as cavalry to harass the column on the march. Nothing could -have suited Tarleton better. A charge by the troop of the Seventeenth -sufficed to disperse these irregular horsemen, and ensure the capture -not only of several prisoners, but, better still, of their horses. -After twelve days’ march through a difficult country broken up by -flooded rivers, and in the thick of a hostile population, the legion -arrived at its destination on the Ashley with its strength in horses -multiplied by four or five, and a good supply of forage to boot. - -Meanwhile General Clinton with the rest of the army had sailed to the -river Edisto, a little to the south of Charleston, and advanced thence -by slow marches upon the town. Charleston lies on a tongue of land -which runs, roughly speaking, from north [Sidenote: 1780.] to south, -being enclosed between the Cooper River on the east and the Ashley on -the west. The British fleet having moved up to blockade it to the south -or seaward, Clinton on the 30th March threw his army across the Ashley -to the neck of the isthmus on which the town stands, and encamped over -against the American entrenchments. As usual these were formidable -enough, stretching across the isthmus from the Ashley to the Cooper, -and strengthened by a deep canal, two rows of abattis, and other -obstacles. Over and above the garrison of 6000 men within the town, the -Americans kept a force of militia and three regiments of cavalry, under -General Huger, on the upper forks and passes of the Cooper, whereby the -communications between the town and the back country were kept open. -The dislodgment of this corps of Huger’s was therefore indispensable -to the complete investment of Charleston; and the execution of this -task was intrusted to a picked force of 1400 men, including Tarleton’s -legion and the detachment of the Seventeenth. - -On the 12th April, therefore, Tarleton moved off to Goose Creek on his -way to Monk’s Corner, thirty miles from Charleston, where there lay -the American post that held Biggin’s Bridge over the Cooper. Knowing -that the enemy was superior to him in cavalry, he had determined to -make a night attack, and he had the good fortune on the way to pick -up a negro who acquainted him with the enemy’s dispositions. Learning -from this source that the American force was divided, the cavalry -being on his own side of the river and the infantry on the other, he -pushed on through the night, and at 3 A.M. surprised the main -guard of the cavalry. Galloping hard on the backs of the fugitives he -dashed straight into the camp, dispersed the far superior force that -lay there, and captured 150 prisoners, 400 horses, and 50 ammunition -waggons. The bridge being thus uncovered he at once ordered his -infantry across it against the American post on the other side; and -this having been captured, detached a force to seize Bowman’s Ferry, -which commanded another branch of the Cooper. This was promptly done, -and by the evening [Sidenote: 1780.] the American communications on -the Cooper were cut through and Charleston completely isolated. - -The Americans, however, were not so easily to be baulked. Huger himself -and his principal officer, Colonel Washington,[7] had managed to escape -by hiding in a swamp, and before the end of April had begun to collect -another force of cavalry to the north of the Santee, a river which runs -parallel to the Cooper, and at its nearest point is not above twenty -miles from Biggin’s Bridge. On the 6th of May this force crossed the -Santee, snapped up a British foraging party, and prepared to recross -the river, a few miles lower down, at Lanew’s Ferry. Tarleton, who was -patrolling with the detachment of the Seventeenth and some of his own -dragoons, 150 men all told, learned what had happened, and pressed on -with all haste to catch the Americans before they could repass the -Santee. Once again he caught a superior force by surprise. Coming up -at 3 P.M. with the American vedettes he at once drove them in -upon the picquet, and was on the backs of the main body in an instant. -Five officers and 36 men were cut down, 7 officers and 60 men made -prisoners, and the rest, including Colonel Washington, driven into the -river to escape as best they could by swimming. Tarleton, who had lost -but two men and four horses killed, marched back to camp, twenty-six -miles, on the same evening, with the result that twenty horses died of -fatigue. But Tarleton, as we shall see, never spared men or horses. - -On the 12th May Charleston surrendered to General Clinton, who -thereupon prepared to return to New York. But first he sent three -expeditions up three different rivers to the interior to pursue the -advantages gained by the surrender. Of these three, one, under Lord -Cornwallis, was ordered to cross the Santee River and pursue a large -train of American stores and ammunition which, under the command of -Colonel Burford, was retreating in all haste by the north-east bank -towards North Carolina. Accordingly, on the 18th May, Cornwallis with -a mixed force [Sidenote: 1780.] of 2500 men, including Tarleton’s -legion and the Seventeenth, marched off and crossed the Santee in -boats at Lanew’s Ferry. The legion and Seventeenth were then at once -detached to Georgetown to clear the left flank of Cornwallis’s line of -march, while the main body pursued its way up the river to Nelson’s -Ferry. Having rejoined Cornwallis at that point on the 27th, Tarleton -was detached once more with 40 men of the Seventeenth, 130 of the -legion dragoons, 100 mounted infantry, and a three-pounder field-gun, -to follow Burford by forced marches. So intense was the heat that -many both of the men and of the horses broke down; but by dint of -impressing fresh horses on the road the little column reached Camden -(sixty miles distant as the crow flies) on the following day. There -Tarleton learned that Burford was still far ahead of him, having left -Rugeley’s Mills (twenty miles as the crow flies beyond Camden) on the -26th. Moreover, American reinforcements were on the march to join -him from North Carolina, and both columns were making all haste to -effect a junction. Seeing that such junction must at all hazards be -prevented, Tarleton started off again at 2 A.M. on the 29th, -reached Rugeley’s Mills at daylight, and there [Sidenote: 29th May.] -obtained information of Burford still in retreat twenty miles ahead of -him. In the hope of delaying him Tarleton sent him a message, wherein -he exaggerated the strength of his force, to summon him to surrender. -But Burford was too cunning either to pause or to surrender; so there -was nothing for Tarleton to do but to leave his three-pounder behind -and press on with his weary men and horses as best he could. At last -at three in the afternoon the British advanced parties came up with -Burford’s rear-guard, captured five men, and forced Burford to turn -and fight. His force was 380 infantry, a detachment of cavalry, and 2 -guns. The British had started but 300 strong, had marched a hundred and -five miles in fifty-four hours, and had perforce left some men behind -them on the way. Tarleton divided his little party into three columns, -whereof the men of the Seventeenth, under Captain Talbot, formed the -centre, and attacked at once. [Sidenote: 1780.] The Americans reserved -their fire till the cavalry was within ten yards of them, but failed to -check the charge of the British, who galloped straight into the middle -of them and did fearful execution. Tarleton’s horse was killed under -him; and the men, thinking that their leader was dead, became mad. The -Americans lost 14 officers and 99 men killed; 8 officers and 142 men -wounded, 3 officers and 50 men prisoners, also 3 colours, 2 guns, and -the whole of their baggage train. The British lost but 2 officers and 3 -men killed, 1 officer (Lieutenant Patteshall of the Seventeenth) and 11 -men wounded, and 40 horses. After this action, known as the engagement -of Waxhaws, the Americans who were advancing from North Carolina -at once retired; and Tarleton rejoined Cornwallis at Camden. South -Carolina was now virtually cleared of American troops; and Cornwallis -having established a few outlying posts to keep order, and left Lord -Rawdon in command at Camden, returned to Charleston to take up the -business of civil administration. - -General Washington now detached 2000 men from the North to North -Carolina, which nucleus being reinforced by 4000 more men from -Virginia, entered South Carolina once more on the 27th July, and -advanced along the line of the Upper Santee upon Camden. To the great -disgust and disappointment of the British commander the whole country -welcomed the arrival of the Americans with joy, and Cornwallis in -great anxiety hastened up to Camden in person. General Gates with -6000 men was advancing in his front, General Sumpter with 1000 men -was threatening his communications with Charleston in rear; 800 of -the garrison of Camden were in hospital, and a bare 2000 men fit for -service. Nevertheless Cornwallis decided rather to advance against -Gates than to retreat upon Charleston; and accordingly marched at 10 -P.M. on the 15th August, almost exactly at the time when Gates -started down the same road to meet him. [Sidenote: 16th Aug.] At 2 -A.M. the advanced parties of the two columns met, fortunately -just at a point where Cornwallis had reached a good position, his -flanks being secured by swampy ground, and the line of [Sidenote: -1780.] Gates’s advance narrowed by the same cause to a point which -prevented deployment of his far superior force. Cornwallis drew up his -little army in two lines, holding Tarleton’s cavalry in reserve in the -rear. Even this small force of mounted men had been weakened by the -recall of part of the Seventeenth to New York; but the regiment was -nevertheless represented. Cornwallis took the initiative, and after an -hour’s hard fighting broke up the Americans completely. Then Tarleton -was let loose with his men of the Seventeenth and dragoons of the -legion, who pursued the defeated army for twenty-two miles, capturing -seven guns, the whole of the baggage, and a great number of prisoners. -Cornwallis lost 345 men killed and wounded, nearly all of them from the -infantry, while the Americans lost in killed, wounded, and prisoners, -not far from 2000 men, a number equal to that of the whole British -force engaged. - -There still remained General Sumpter, with 1000 men well armed and -equipped, on the south side of the Wateree (Upper Santee), who was -now preparing to retreat to North Carolina. Tarleton with a mixed -force of 350 men was at once sent across the river after him; but by -noon on the day after the [Sidenote: 17th Aug.] battle his troops -were so exhausted by fatigue and by the heat that he was forced to -pick out 100 cavalry and 60 infantry, and proceed with these alone. -After marching five miles further his advanced party came upon two -American vedettes, who fired and killed one dragoon. But the shots -caused no alarm in the American camp, for it was assumed that the -American militiamen, according to their usual habit, were merely -shooting at cattle. Tarleton’s men at once captured the vedettes, -and moved on to a neighbouring height, from which on peering over -the crest they discovered the Americans comfortably resting, without -the least suspicion of danger, during the heat of the day. General -Sumpter was not even dressed, so hot was the weather; and altogether -Tarleton’s task, thanks to his own energy, was once more an easy one. -The Americans were promptly attacked and dispersed with the loss of 150 -killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. [Sidenote: 1780.] Two guns, a -great quantity of stores and ammunition, and 250 loyalist prisoners -previously captured by Sumpter, also fell into Tarleton’s hands. - -Emboldened by this success, Lord Cornwallis advanced into North -Carolina, but owing to the destruction of one of his detachments -was compelled to fall back once more into South Carolina, and thus, -notwithstanding his victory at Camden, found himself in as bad a -position as ever. In November the indefatigable Sumpter, undismayed -by previous defeats, collected another force and again threatened -the British communications between Camden and Charleston. Once again -Tarleton was ordered to checkmate him; but this time fortune sided with -Sumpter. Tarleton on receiving his instructions moved off with his -usual swiftness, and interposing between Sumpter’s force and the line -of retreat into North Carolina, was on the point of cutting him off -before Sumpter had received the least warning of an enemy’s approach. -Unluckily, however, a deserter betrayed Tarleton’s movements, and thus -enabled Sumpter to get the start of him on his retreat. Tarleton none -the less followed hard after him, and having overtaken his rear-guard, -and cut it to pieces, hurried forward with a handful of 170 of the -Seventeenth and legion cavalry, and 80 mounted infantry, to catch -the main body before it could cross a rapid river, the Tyger, that -barred its line of march. At 5 P.M. on the 20th November he -finally overtook Sumpter at Blackstocks, and with his usual impetuosity -attacked him forthwith. The American force was 1000 strong, skilfully -posted on difficult ground, and sheltered by log huts. Tarleton’s men -were beaten back from all points, and being very heavily punished, were -forced to retire. But by chance Sumpter himself had been badly wounded; -and the Americans, without a leader to hold them together, retreated -and dispersed. Tarleton, therefore, although defeated, was successful -in gaining his point, and received particular commendation for this -action from Lord Cornwallis. - -[Sidenote: 1780.] - -In December reinforcements from New York were sent to South Carolina, -and among them a troop of the Seventeenth, which was added to -Tarleton’s command for the forthcoming operations. Cornwallis designed -to march once more into North Carolina. The Americans, true to their -habitual tactics, resolved to keep him in the South by harassing -his outlying posts, and to this end sent 1000 men under General -Morgan across the Broad River to attack Lord Rawdon in the district -known as “Ninety-six,” on the western frontier of South Carolina. -Cornwallis replied to this by detaching Tarleton, with a mixed force -of about 1000 men, to the north-west to cut off Morgan’s retreat. -[Sidenote: 1781.] On the night of the 6th January, Tarleton, after -a very fatiguing march, managed to get within six miles of Morgan, -who retreated in a hurry, leaving his provisions half-cooked on the -ground. [Sidenote: 7th Jan.] At three next morning Tarleton resumed -the pursuit, and at 8 A.M. came up with the American force, -disposed for action, at a place called the Cowpens. As usual Tarleton -attacked without hesitation, in fact so quickly that he barely allowed -time for his troops to take up their allotted positions. The 7th Foot -and legion infantry formed his first line, flanked on each side by -a troop of cavalry; the 71st Foot and remainder of the cavalry were -held in reserve. The Americans were drawn up in two lines, whereof -the first was easily broken, but the second stood firm and fought -hard. Seeing that his infantry attack was failing, Tarleton ordered -the troop of cavalry on the right flank to charge, which it duly did -under a very heavy fire, but being unsupported, was driven back by -Morgan’s cavalry with some loss. Tarleton then ordered up the 71st, -which drove back the Americans brilliantly for a time, but being, -like the rest of the British force, fatigued by the previous hours of -hard marching, could not push the attack home. The Americans rallied -and charged in their turn, and the British began to waver. Tarleton -ordered his irregular cavalry to charge, but they would not move; and -then the American cavalry came down upon the infantry, and all was -confusion. [Sidenote: 1781.] “Where is now the boasting Tarleton?” -shouted Colonel Washington, as he galloped down on the broken ranks. -But the boasting Tarleton, who had driven Washington once to hide for -his life in a swamp, and once to swim for his life across the Santee, -was not quite done with yet. Amid all the confusion the troop of the -Seventeenth rallied by itself, and with these, a mere 40 men, and 14 -mounted officers who had formed on them, Tarleton made a desperate -charge against the whole of Washington’s cavalry, hurled it back, and -pressing on through them, cut to pieces the guard stationed over the -captured English baggage. Cornet Patterson of the Seventeenth, maddened -by Colonel Washington’s taunt, singled him out, and was shot dead by -Washington’s orderly trumpeter. Lieutenant Nettles of the Seventeenth -was wounded, and many troopers of the regiment likewise fell that day. -The survivors of that charge were the only men that left the field -with Tarleton that evening. The irregular cavalry was collected in the -course of the following days; but the infantry men were cut down where -they stood. Both the 7th and the 71st had done admirably throughout -their previous engagements in the war, and felt that their detachments -had not received fair treatment at Cowpens. The 71st, it is on record, -never forgave Tarleton to the last. - -In spite of his victory Morgan continued his retreat into North -Carolina, Lord Cornwallis following hard at his heels, but sadly -embarrassed by the loss of his light troops. Having been misled by -false reports as to the difficulty of passing the rivers of North -Carolina, Cornwallis marched into the extreme back country of the -province so as to cross the waters at their head, and on the 1st -February fought a brilliant little action to force the passage of the -Catawba. At the close of the day Tarleton’s cavalry had an opportunity -of taking revenge for Cowpens, and this time did not leave the -Seventeenth to do all the work alone. From the Catawba Cornwallis -pressed the pursuit of Morgan with increased energy, but failed, -though only by a hair’s breadth, to overtake him. [Sidenote: 1781.] -Nevertheless, by the time he had reached Hillsborough, the American -troops had fairly evacuated North Carolina; and Cornwallis seized -the opportunity to issue a proclamation summoning the loyalists of -the province to the royal standard. The Americans replied by sending -General Greene with a greatly augmented force back into Carolina. -Thereupon the supposed loyalists at once joined Greene, who was thus -able to press Cornwallis back to a position on the Deep River. On the -14th March, Cornwallis, always ready with bold measures, marched out -with 2000 British to attack Greene with 7000 Americans, met him at a -place called Guildford, and defeated him with heavy loss. The cavalry -had no chance, though the Seventeenth was present at the action; but -the British infantry was terribly punished: 542 men were killed and -wounded in the fight; and Cornwallis thus weakened was obliged to -retire slowly down the river to Wilmington, which he reached on the 7th -April. - -The memory of Cornwallis’s campaigns in the Carolinas has utterly -perished. But although they issued ultimately in failure, they remain -among the finest performances of the British rank and file. The march -in pursuit of Morgan, which culminated in the action of Guildford -and the retreat to Wilmington, alone covered 600 miles over a most -difficult country. The men had no tents nor other protection against -the climate, and very often no provisions. Day after day they had to -ford large rivers and numberless creeks, which (to use Cornwallis’s -own words), in any other country in the world would be reckoned large -rivers. When, for instance, the Guards forced the passage of the -Catawba, they had to ford a rapid stream waist-deep for five hundred -yards under a heavy fire to which they were unable to reply. The -cavalry on their part came in for some of the hardest of the work, -being continually urged on and on to the front in pursuit of an -enemy which they could sometimes overtake, but never force to fight; -constantly engaged in petty skirmishes, losing a man here and a man -there, but gaining little for their pains, and at each day’s close -driven to their wits’ end to procure food for themselves and forage -for their horses. [Sidenote: 1782.] By the time Cornwallis reached -Wilmington the cavalry were about worn out with their work on the -rear-guard, and, in Cornwallis’s words, were in want of everything. -But not a man of the army complained, and all, by Cornwallis’s own -testimony, showed exemplary patience and spirit. Meanwhile the -Americans gave him no rest. No sooner was his back turned on South -Carolina than they attacked his posts right and left, making particular -efforts against Lord Rawdon at Camden. In fact, in spite of all the -hard work done and the hardships endured with invincible patience by -the British troops, the state of the country was worse than ever--armed -parties of Americans everywhere and all communications cut. Cornwallis -was painfully embarrassed by his situation. To re-enter South Carolina -would be to admit that the operations of the past eighteen months had -been fruitless. He decided that the best course for him was to continue -his advance into Virginia, at the same time despatching messengers to -warn Lord Rawdon that he must prepare to be hard beset. - -Not one of these messengers ever reached Lord Rawdon. The perils of -bearers of despatches at this time were such that they could only -be conquered by more than ordinary devotion to duty. Fortunately an -instance of such devotion has been preserved for us from the ranks of -the Seventeenth. The case is that of a corporal, O’Lavery by name, -who was especially selected to accompany a bearer of despatches on a -dangerous and important mission. The two had not gone far before they -were attacked, and both of them severely wounded. The man in charge of -the despatch died on the road; the corporal took the packet from the -dead man’s hand and rode on. Then he too dropped on the road from loss -of blood, but sooner than suffer the papers to fall into the hands of -the enemy, he concealed it by thrusting it into his wound. All night -he lay where he fell, and on the following morning was found alive, -but unable to do more than point to the ghastly hiding-place of the -despatch. The wound thus maltreated proved to be mortal, and Corporal -O’Lavery was soon past all human reward. But Lord Rawdon, unwilling -that such gallant service should be forgotten, erected a monument to -O’Lavery’s memory in his native County Down. - -On the 25th of April Cornwallis, having refreshed his army, quitted -Wilmington and marched northward to Petersburg, [Sidenote: 20th May.] -where he effected a junction with two bodies, amounting together to -3600 men, which had been despatched to reinforce him from England -and New York. With these he crossed the Appomattox in search of -Lafayette, and pursued him for some way north, destroying all the -enemy’s stores as he went. The Americans were now, in spite of their -continued resistance in South Carolina, in a distressed and desponding -position; but just at this critical moment their hopes were revived by -intelligence of coming aid from France. Clinton having discovered this -by interception of despatches, and learned further that an attack on -New York was intended, recalled half of Cornwallis’s troops to his own -command, and thus put an end to further operations in the South. It -is significant that Clinton begs in particular for the return of the -detachment of the Seventeenth; evidently he counted upon this regiment -above others in critical times. Thus for the moment operations in the -South came to a standstill and Cornwallis retired to Yorktown. - -Meanwhile Washington had raised an army in Connecticut and marched -down with it to his old position at Whiteplains, where he was joined -by a French force of 6000 men which had occupied Rhode Island since -June of the previous year. For more than a month Washington kept -Clinton in perpetual fear of an attack, until at last he received -intelligence that the expected French fleet under the Comte de Grasse -was on its way to the Chesapeake. Then he suddenly marched with the -whole army, French and American, to Philadelphia, and thence down the -Elk River to the Chesapeake. De Grasse had been there with 24 ships -and 3500 troops since the 30th, and had managed to keep his position -against the British fleet of 19 ships under Admiral Graves. This brief -command of the sea by the French virtually decided the war. [Sidenote: -1782.] Yorktown was invested on the 28th September, and on the 19th -October Cornwallis was compelled to surrender. From that moment the -war was practically over, though it was not until the 16th April 1783 -that Washington received, from the hand of Captain Stapleton of the -Seventeenth, the despatch that announced to him the final cessation of -hostilities. - -So ended the first war service of the 17th Light Dragoons. It will have -been remarked that since 1779 little has been said of the headquarters -of the regiment stationed at New York. The answer is that there is -little or nothing to say, no operations of any importance having been -undertaken in the North after the capture of Charleston. Yet it is -certain that the duties of foraging, patrolling, and reconnaissance -must have kept the men in New York perpetually engaged in trifling -skirmishes and petty actions, whereof all record has naturally -perished. A single anecdote of one such little affair has survived, -and is worth insertion, as exemplifying from early days a distinctive -trait of the regiment, viz. the decided ability of its non-commissioned -officers when left in independent command. We shall find instances -thereof all through the regiment’s history. Our present business is -with Sergeant Thomas Tucker, who, when out patrolling one day with -twelve men, came upon a small American post, promptly attacked it, -and made the garrison, which, though not large, was larger than his -own party, his prisoners. Tucker had accompanied the regiment from -England as a volunteer; he went back with it to England as a cornet. -Incidents of this kind must have been frequent round New York; and as -seventeen men of the Seventeenth, exclusive of those taken at Yorktown, -were prisoners in the hands of the Americans at the close of the war, -there can be no doubt that the garrison duty in that city was not mere -ordinary routine. - -A few odd facts remain to be noted respecting the officers. The first -of these, gleaned from General Clinton’s letter-book of 1780, is rather -pathetic. It consists of a memorial to the King from the 17th Light -Dragoons, setting forth “that they look upon themselves as particularly -distinguished, by having been employed in the actual service of their -country ever since the rebellion began in America. [Sidenote: 1782.] -But its being the only regiment of Dragoons in this service, and their -promotion being entirely confined to that line, they cannot but feel -sensibly when they see every day promotion made over them of officers -of inferior rank.” I cannot discover that the least notice was taken of -this petition, hard though the case undoubtedly was; for many of these -officers held high staff appointments in New York. Lieutenant-Colonel -Birch was a local Brigadier-General, and towards the end of the war -was actually in command at New York; but he seems to have gained -little by it. On the other hand Captain Oliver Delancey made his -fortune, professionally speaking, through his success as Clinton’s -Adjutant-General from August 1781. - -As to the detachments employed in the South enough has already been -said. But it is worth while to correct the error into which other -writers have fallen, that the men of the Seventeenth were not with -Cornwallis in the campaign of North Carolina. The fact is rendered -certain by the mention of twenty-five men in the melancholy roll of the -capitulation of Yorktown, which twenty-five I take to be the remnant -of the small body that was permanently attached to Tarleton’s legion. -Moreover, it was not likely that Cornwallis, who was badly in want of -light troops, would have left them to do garrison work with Rawdon. The -loose expression “legion-cavalry” is so often used to cover the whole -of the mounted force under Tarleton’s command, that it is frequently -difficult to distinguish the detachment of the Seventeenth from the -irregulars. But the men of that detachment were not willing to sink -their individuality in the general body of legion dragoons. When their -old regimental uniform was worn out they were offered the green uniform -of the legion, but they would have none of it. They preferred to patch -their own ragged and faded scarlet, and be men of the Seventeenth. Nor -can we be surprised at it when we remember how the legion retired and -left a handful of the Seventeenth to face the victorious Americans -alone at Cowpens. This action gives a fair clue to the real seat of -strength in Tarleton’s cavalry. - -[Sidenote: 1782.] - -Lastly, it must be noted that, although the history of the American War -is usually slurred over in consequence of its disastrous conclusion, -yet to the rank and file of the British army there is far more ground -therein for pride than for shame. British troops have never known -harder times, harder work, nor harder fighting, than in the fifteen -hundred miles of the march through the Carolinas. They were continually -matched against heavy odds under disadvantageous conditions, yet they -were almost uniformly victorious. The Americans fought and kept on -fighting with indomitable courage and determination, but it was not the -Americans but the French, and not so much the French army as the French -fleet, that caused Cornwallis to capitulate at Yorktown. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury._ OFFICER, Review Order. - PRIVATE, Field-day Order. CORPORAL, Marching Order. - - 1814.] - - - - - CHAPTER VI - - RETURN OF THE 17TH FROM AMERICA, 1783--IRELAND, 1793--EMBARKATION FOR - THE WEST INDIES, 1795 - - -[Sidenote: 1783.] - -In 1783 the Seventeenth embarked from New York and returned to -Ireland, after an absence of eight years. I have failed to discover -the exact date. [Sidenote: 1784.] The last muster in America is dated -New York, 29th June 1783; the first in Ireland, Cork, 14th January -1784, which latter date must be approximately that of their arrival. -This muster-roll at Cork is somewhat of a curiosity. Firstly, it is -written on printed forms, the earliest instance thereof in the history -of the Seventeenth; in the second place, it shows the regiment to be -327 men short of its proper strength, which is, to say the least of -it, singular; and, lastly, it shows that every troop had lost exactly -forty horses, no more and no less, cast and dead in America,--a -coincidence which sets one wondering who may have been the person or -persons that made money out of it. The regiment was now reduced to -a peace establishment of 204 non-commissioned officers and men, and -stationed at Mount Mellick, Maryborough, and other quarters in King’s -and Queen’s Counties. It also received new clothing, and for the first -time discarded the scarlet, which it had hitherto worn, for blue. - -The new kit, which, saving regimental distinctions, was issued to the -whole of the Light Dragoons, [Sidenote: April.] consisted of a blue -jacket, with white collar and cuffs and the whole front laced with -white cord, similar to the jackets now worn by the Horse Artillery. -The shade of blue was dark for regiments serving at home, [Sidenote: -1784.] and French gray for regiments serving in India. The helmet also -was altered to the new and seemingly very becoming pattern which is -to be seen in so many old prints. The leather breeches remained the -same, but the boots, for officers at any rate, were more in the Hessian -style. A coloured picture published at the beginning of the century -makes the new dress appear a very handsome one, in the case of the -Seventeenth Light Dragoons--the combination of light blue, silver lace, -and crimson sash, relieved by the black fur on the cap, being decidedly -pleasing. Let us note that the Seventeenth still retained their -mourning lace round the helmet, and the plume of scarlet and white. The -badge, of course, appears both on helmet and sabre-tasche, though, if -so small a point be worth notice, the skull is below and not above the -cross-bones. Shoulder-belts continued to be of buff leather, but the -sword-belt of 1784, henceforward worn round the waist, was black. It is -painful to have to add that in this year, when the Light Dragoons were -on the whole more becomingly and sensibly dressed than at any other -period of their existence, the abomination known as the shako made -its first appearance in the cavalry, being in fact the head-dress for -field-day order. Though not yet quite so extravagantly hideous as it -became under King George IV. it was sufficiently ugly--felt in material -and black in colour, with white lace curling spirally around it, and a -short red and white plume. - -Of the life of the regiment during the nine ensuing years there is -neither material nor, I think, occasion for an annual chronicle. -Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Birch still retained the command, and held -it until 1794. The only one of the original officers that remained, -Captain Robert Archdale, disappears from the regimental list after -1794, so that for two whole years Birch was the sole survivor. - -Meanwhile these were troublous days for Ireland. In the course of the -American War the country had been so far stripped of troops that, -in the alarm of French invasion in 1779, corps of volunteers, to -the nominal strength of 50,000 men, had been raised for purposes of -defence. [Sidenote: 1784.] Unfortunately, however, these volunteers -did not confine themselves to military matters. They were, in Mr. -Froude’s words, armed politicians not under military law. As such they -twice received the thanks of the Irish House of Commons for political -services, and finally extorted the independence of the Irish Parliament -in 1782. They then attempted to establish a Legislative Assembly side -by side with the House of Commons, and virtually to dictate to it the -government of the country, and this although the peace of 1783 had -rendered their existence as a defending force wholly unnecessary. They -were suppressed by a little firmness, and therewith their character -changed. Hitherto, though supported in part by Catholic subscriptions, -the volunteers had consisted of Protestants only--men of position and -good character. These men now retired, and their arms fell into the -hands of ruffians and bad characters of every description. At last -in 1787 these volunteers, once the idol of Ireland, appeared to have -ceased their existence, but it was only for a time. - -The outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, with its cant words -of liberty, equality, and fraternity, turned many heads all the -world over, and nowhere more than in Ireland. The most significant -symptom thereof was the foundation of the Society of United Irishmen -by the rebel Wolfe Tone; whereof the main object was the propagation -and adoption of revolutionary principles, and ultimately rebellion. -[Sidenote: 1792.] In 1792 some of Tone’s associates formed two -battalions of “National Guards,” which were to hold a great review -on the 9th December, but having been informed that they would muster -at their peril, very sensibly took care, after all, not to put in -an appearance. This happened in Dublin. But at Belfast and in the -North there was not less sympathy with the Jacobins and the extreme -revolutionists of France, and in Ulster too there were “National -Guards” of the same stamp. - -[Sidenote: 1793.] - -The services of a regiment in aid of the civil power are so ungrateful -that they are better left unrecorded, nor would allusion here be made -to those of the Seventeenth but for the coincidence that they have -found a place in history. For in the year 1786 began one of those -periodic outbreaks of agrarian crime which have so often troubled -Ireland, the perpetrators being what are now called moonlighters but -were then known as whiteboys or defenders. Of the share taken by the -Seventeenth in the suppression of these defenders it is best to say -nothing, arduous though the work undoubtedly was. But it was a far -more serious matter when, early in April 1793, the “National Guard” -of Northern Republicans paraded in their green uniforms at Belfast, -undeterred by the suppression of their brethren in Dublin. In March, -General Whyte was sent down to compel their submission, the Seventeenth -forming part of his force. He thereupon sent four troops of the -regiment to disarm the “Guard” of these Republican volunteers. The rest -of the story is best told in Mr. Froude’s own words:-- - -[Sidenote: 1793.] - - On the evening of the 9th March, a corporal and a private of - the 17th, off duty, strolled out of the barracks into the - city where they met a crowd of people round a fiddler who was - playing _Ça ira_. They told the fiddler to play God save - the King. The mob damned the King with all his dirty slaves, - and threw a shower of stones at them. The two dragoons, joined - by a dozen of their comrades, drew their sabres and “drove the - town before them.” Patriot Belfast had decorated its shops with - sign-boards representing Republican notables. The soldiers - demolished Dumouriez, demolished Mirabeau, demolished the - venerable Franklin. The patriots so brave in debate, so eloquent - in banquet, ran before half a dozen Englishmen. A hundred and - fifty volunteers came out, but retreated into the Exchange - and barricaded themselves. The officers of the 17th came up - before any one had been seriously hurt, and recalled the men - to their quarters. In the morning General Whyte came in from - Carrickfergus, went to the volunteer committee room, and said - that unless the gentlemen in the Exchange came out and instantly - dispersed, he would order the regiment under arms. They obeyed - without a word. The dragoons received a reprimand, but not too - severe, as the General felt that they had done more good than - harm.[8] - -[Sidenote: 1793.] - -Thus through two men of the Seventeenth the Irish volunteers were -finally brought to an end. It must be remembered in defence of these -two dragoons that their regiment had fought through the whole of the -American War, which had failed mainly through the Alliance of the -French with the Americans; and that it was a little hard on them, when -at home, to hear abuse of the King whom they served, and witness the -exaltation of French and American heroes. Moreover, in those days the -Irish had injured so many soldiers by hamstringing them when peaceably -walking in the streets that there was a deal of bad blood between the -Irish and the Army. - -In that same year began the great war with France which was destined to -last, with only a few months intermission, for the next twenty years, -and to be finally closed by the victory of Waterloo. The efforts of Mr. -Pitt were early directed against the French possessions in the West -Indies--a policy which, after having been for many years condemned, in -deference to the verdict of Lord Macaulay, has lately been vindicated -by a more competent and impartial authority, Captain Mahan of the -United States Navy. The richest of the French West Indies was the -Island of St. Domingo, which accordingly became one of Pitt’s first -objects. Ever since 1790, when the revolutionary principles of Paris -had first found their way thither, the island had been in a state of -disturbance, which had culminated, partly through mismanagement and -partly through wilful mischief, in a general rising of the negroes -against the whites, accompanied by all the atrocities that inevitably -attend a servile war and a war of colour. Of the white planters many -took refuge in Jamaica, whence they pressed the British Government -to take possession of St. Domingo, averring that all classes of the -population would welcome British dominion, and that on the first -appearance of a British force the Colony would surrender without a -struggle. It was the story of the Carolinas repeated, and we shall see -that the story had the same end. - -[Sidenote: 1793.] - -St. Domingo, an island almost as large as Great Britain, in shape -greatly resembles a human right hand cut off at the wrist, and with -the thumb, second and third fingers doubled inwards; the wrist forming -the eastern end, and two long promontories, represented by the little -and first fingers, the western extremities. The French garrison in the -island consisted of 6000 regular troops, 14,000 white militia, and -25,000 negroes. The British force first directed against it consisted -of 870 rank and file, which with the help of a small squadron captured -[Sidenote: 19th Sept.] and garrisoned the ports of Jeremie and Mole St. -Nicholas, [Sidenote: 22nd Sept.] situated near the extremities of the -south and north promontories respectively. These posts, as commanding -the windward passage between St. Domingo and Cuba, were of considerable -strategic importance to the Navy. From Jeremie an expedition was -undertaken against Cape Tiburon, in reliance on the help of 500 -friendly Frenchmen, whom a French planter undertook to raise for the -purpose. Not 50 Frenchmen appeared, and the attack was a total failure. -Then came the rainy season, and with it the yellow fever, which played -havoc among the troops. Reinforcements being imperatively needed, -more men were withdrawn from Jamaica to St. Domingo, whereby, as will -presently appear, the safety of Jamaica was seriously compromised. - -[Sidenote: 1794.] - -In the spring of 1794 the British succeeded in taking Tiburon and one -or two more ports, and finally in June they effected the capture of -Port au Prince. But the revolted negroes, under the command of a man -of colour, Andrew Rigaud, showed plainly by an attack on the British -post at Tiburon that they at any rate did not mean to accept British -rule. And now yellow fever set in again with frightful severity. A -small British reinforcement of 300 men lost 100 in the short passage -between Guadeloupe and Jamaica, left 150 more dying at Jamaica, and -arrived at Port au Prince with a bare 50 fit for duty. [Sidenote: -1795.] Then Rigaud again became active, and on 28th December succeeded -in recapturing Tiburon, after the British had lost 300 men out of 480. - -When the news of all these calamities arrived in England, it was -resolved that four regiments of Light Cavalry should be sent dismounted -to St. Domingo in August, and that meanwhile detachments amounting -to eight troops of the 13th, 17th and 18th Light Dragoons should be -despatched to Jamaica forthwith. These last were, if required by the -General, to be sent on to St. Domingo; and as the General required them -very badly, being able to raise only 500 men fit for duty out of seven -regiments, he lost no time in asking for them. - -The detachments, including that from the Seventeenth, were accordingly -shipped off, when or from whence I have been unable to discover. As -little is known of the life on a transport in those days, it may be -worth while to put down here such few details as I have succeeded in -collecting. In the first place, then, hired transports seem generally -to have been thoroughly bad ships. That they should have been small was -unavoidable; but they seem as a rule to have been in every respect bad, -and by no means invariably seaworthy. Those who have seen in the naval -despatches of those days the extraordinary difficulty that was found in -keeping even men-of-war clean, and the foul diseases that were rampant -in the fleet through the jobbery and mismanagement of the Admiralty, -will not be inclined to expect much of the hired transports. Let us -then imagine the men brought on board a ship full of foul smells from -bad stores and bilge-water, and then proceed to a brief sketch of the -regulations. - -The first regulation is that the ship is to be frequently fumigated -with brimstone, sawdust, or wet gunpowder--no doubt to overcome the -pervading stench. Such fumigation was to begin at 7 A.M., when -the berths were brought up and aired, and be repeated if possible after -each meal. Moreover, lest the free circulation of air should be impeded -unnecessarily, it was ordained that married couples should not be -allowed to hang up blankets, to make them separate berths, _all over -the ship_, but in certain places only. [Sidenote: 1795.] The men -were to be divided into three watches, one of which was always to be -on deck; and in fine weather every man was to be on deck all day, and -kept in health and strength by shot drill. For the rest the men were -required to wash their feet every morning in two tubs of salt water -placed in the forecastle for the purpose, to comb their heads every -morning with a small tooth comb, to shave, to wash all over, and to put -on a clean shirt at least twice a week. - -At the very best the prospects of a voyage to the West Indies a -century ago could not have been pleasant; but the experience of these -unfortunate detachments of dragoons seems to have been appalling. After -a terrible passage, in which some ships were cast away, and all were -seriously battered, a certain number of transports arrived in July at -Jamaica, and among them those containing two troops of the Seventeenth. -Jamaica not being their destination, they were told that their arrival -was an unfortunate blunder, and packed off again to St. Domingo. Think -of the feelings of those unhappy men at being bandied about in such a -fashion. They had not sailed clear of the Jamaican coast, however, when -they were hastily recalled. The Maroons had broken out into rebellion; -and the “unfortunate blunder” which brought the Seventeenth to Jamaica -was fated to prove a piece of great good luck to the island and a cause -of distinction to the regiment. But something must first be said of the -story of the Maroons themselves. - - - - - CHAPTER VII - - THE MAROON WAR IN JAMAICA, 1795 - - -[Sidenote: 1795.] - -The year 1795, as will presently be told when we speak of the services -of the Seventeenth in Grenada, was marked by a simultaneous revolt of -almost all the possessions of the British in the West Indies. Amid -all this trouble the large and important island of Jamaica remained -untouched. This was remarkable, for from its wealth it offered a -tempting prey to the French, and, from its proximity to St. Domingo, it -was easy of access to French agents of sedition and revolt, who could -pass into it without suspicion among the hundreds of refugees that had -fled from that unhappy island. Moreover, the garrison had been reduced -to great weakness by the constant drain of reinforcements for St. -Domingo. Still, in spite of some awkward symptoms, the Jamaica planters -remained careless and supine; and no one but the governor, Lord -Balcarres, a veteran of the American War, felt the slightest anxiety. -Such was the state of affairs when the squadron of the Seventeenth -arrived at Port Royal in July, and was sent on board ship again. Three -days later the Maroons were up in rebellion. - -The history of these Maroons is curious, and must be told at some -length if the relation of the war is to be rightly understood. Jamaica -was originally gained for the English by an expedition despatched by -Cromwell in 1655; but it was not until 1658 that the Spaniards, after -a last vain struggle to expel the British garrison, were finally -driven from the island. On their departure their slaves fled to the -mountains, and there for some years they lived by the massacre and -plunder of British settlers. [Sidenote: 1795.] They seem to have -scattered themselves over a large extent of country, and to have kept -themselves in at least two distinct bodies, those in the north holding -no communication with those in the south. These latter, in their -district of Clarendon, being disagreeably near the seat of Government, -the British authorities contrived to conciliate and disperse; but -their fastnesses had not long been deserted by the Maroons when they -were occupied (1690) by a band of revolted slaves. These last soon -became extremely formidable and troublesome, their ravages compelling -the planters to convert every estate-building into a fortress; and at -last the burden of this brigandage became so insupportable that the -Government determined to put it down with a strong hand. - -At the outset the attacks of the whites on these marauding gangs met -with some success; but soon came a new departure. A man of genius arose -from among these revolted slaves, one Cudjoe by name, by whose efforts -the various wandering bands were welded into a single body, organised -on a quasi-military footing, and made twice as formidable as before. -Nor was this all. The Maroons of the north, who from the beginning -had never left their strongholds nor ceased their depredations, heard -the fame of Cudjoe, joined him in large numbers, and enlisted under -his banner. Yet another tribe of negroes, distinct in race from both -the others, likewise flocked to him; and the whole mass thus united -by his genius grew, about the year 1730, to be comprehended, though -inaccurately, by the whites under the name of Maroons (hog-hunters). -Cudjoe now introduced a very skilful and successful system of warfare, -which became traditional among all Maroon chiefs. The grand object -was to take up a central position in a “cockpit,” _i.e._ a glen -enclosed by perpendicular rocks, and accessible only through a narrow -defile. A chain of such cockpits runs through the mountains from -east to west, communicating by more or less practicable passes one -with another. These glens run also in parallel lines from north to -south, but the sides are so steep as to be impassable to any but a -Maroon. [Sidenote: 1795.] Such were the natural fortresses of these -black mountaineers, in a country known to none but themselves. To -preserve communication among themselves they had contrived a system of -horn-signals so perfect that there was a distinct call by which every -individual man could be hailed and summoned. The outlets from these -cockpits were so few that the white men could always find a well-beaten -track which led them to the mouth of a defile; but beyond the mouth -they could not go. A deep fissure, from two hundred to eight hundred -yards long, and impassable except in single file, was easily guarded. -Warned by the horns of the scouts that an enemy was approaching, the -Maroons hid themselves in ambush behind rocks and trees, selected each -his man, shot him down, and then vanished to some fresh position. Turn -whither he might, the unlucky pursuer was met always by a fresh volley -from an invisible foe, who never fired in vain. - -Nevertheless the white men were sufficiently persistent in their -pursuit of Cudjoe to force him to abandon the Clarendon district; -but this only made matters worse, inasmuch as it drove him to an -impregnable fastness, whence there was no hope of dislodging him, -in the Trelawney district farther to the north-west. This cockpit -contained seven acres of fertile land and a spring of water. Its -entrance was a defile half a mile long; its rear was barred by a -succession of other cockpits, its flanks protected by lofty precipices. -Here Cudjoe made his headquarters and laughed at the white men. The -Maroons lived in indolent savagery while their provisions lasted, and -in active brigandage when their wants forced them to go and plunder. -They were fond of blood and barbarity, as is the nature of savages, -and never spared a prisoner, black or white. After nine or ten years -of successful warfare Cudjoe fairly compelled the whites to make -terms with him; and accordingly, in the year 1738, a solemn treaty -was concluded between Captains Cudjoe, Johnny, Accompong, Cuffee, -Quaco, and the Maroons of Trelawney town on the one part, and George -the Second, by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France, and -Ireland, and of Jamaica Lord, on the other. [Sidenote: 1795.] The terms -of the treaty granted the Maroons amnesty, fifteen hundred acres of -land, and certain hunting rights; also absolute freedom, independence, -and self-government among themselves--the jurisdiction of the chiefs -being limited only in respect of the penalty of death, and of disputes -in which a white man was concerned. On their part the Maroons undertook -to give up runaway slaves, to aid the king against all enemies, -domestic and foreign, and to admit two white residents to live with -them perpetually. A similar treaty was concluded with another body of -Maroons that had not followed Cudjoe to Trelawney from the windward end -of the island; and thus the Maroon question for the present was settled. - -From 1738 till 1795 Maroons gave little or no trouble. They remained -dispersed in five settlements, three of them to windward, but the -two of most importance to leeward, in Trelawney district. They lived -in a state midway between civilisation and barbarism, retaining the -religion--a religion without worship or ceremony--which their fathers -had brought from Africa, cultivating their provision grounds regularly, -if in rather a primitive fashion, breeding horses, cattle, and fowls, -hunting wild swine and fugitive slaves, and conducting themselves -generally in a harmless and not unprofitable manner. Their vices were -those of the white man, drinking and gambling, which of course gave -rise to quarrels; but they were ruled with a strong hand by their -chiefs, and kept well within bounds. Owing to the climate in which -they lived, some thousands of feet above the sea, and the free, active -life which they led, they were physically a splendid race--tall and -muscular, and far superior to the negro slaves whom, from this cause as -well as in virtue of their own freedom, they held in great contempt. -Moreover, the fact that they were employed to hunt down runaway slaves -helped greatly to make them friendly to the whites and hostile to the -blacks. In fact they held an untenable position, being bound to the -whites by treaty, and fighting in alliance with them both against -insurgent negroes, as in 1760, and white invaders, as in 1779–80, and -yet bound by affinity of race and colour to the very negroes that they -helped to keep in servitude. [Sidenote: 1795.] Meanwhile they grew -rapidly in numbers and consideration. Certain restrictions to which -they had been subjected by Acts of the Jamaica Assembly at the time of -the treaty fell into disuse, and became a dead letter. They began to -leave their own district and wander at large about the plantations, -making love to the female slaves, becoming fathers of many children by -them, and thus gradually breaking down the barrier between themselves -and their fellow-blacks. Simultaneously the internal discipline of the -Maroons became seriously relaxed. Cudjoe and his immediate successors -had ruled them with a rod of iron; but at a distance of two generations -the authority of the chiefs, though they still bore the titles of -Colonel and Captain, had sunk to a mere name. For a time the Colonel’s -power in Trelawney was transferred to one of the white residents, a -Major James, who had been brought up among the Maroons, could beat the -best of them at their feats of activity and skill, and was considered -to be almost one of themselves. Of great physical strength and utterly -fearless, he would interpose in the thick of a Maroon quarrel, heedless -of the whirling cutlasses, knock down those that withstood him, and -clap the rebellious in irons without a moment’s hesitation. Naturally -so strong a man was a great favourite with the Maroons, who, while he -remained among them, were kept well in hand. But it so happened that -James succeeded to the possession of an estate which obliged him to -spend most of his time away from the Maroon town; and as a resident -who does not reside could be satisfactory neither to his subjects at -Trelawney nor his masters at Kingston, he was deprived of his post. -He, rather unreasonably, felt himself much aggrieved by the Government -in consequence; and the Maroons, who had been annoyed at his former -neglect, became positively angry at his involuntary removal. In plain -truth, the Maroons through indiscipline had got what is called “above -themselves,” and were ripe for any mischief. - -[Sidenote: 1795.] - -It was not long before matters came to a crisis. The new resident -appointed in place of James, though in character irreproachable, was -not a man to dominate the Maroons by personal ascendancy and courage. -A trifling dispute sprang up in the middle of July; the Trelawney -Maroons drove him from the town, and on the 18th sent a message to the -magistrates to say that they desired nothing but battle, and that if -the white men would not come to them and make terms, then they would -come down to the white men. With that they called in all their people, -and sent the women into the bush--nay, report said that they proposed -to kill their cattle and also such of their children as were likely to -prove an encumbrance to them. - -Lord Balcarres, when the news reached him, was not a little troubled. -At ordinary times it might have been politic to temporise and -conciliate, but now that the greater number of the islands were -aflame such policy seemed impossible. Here was a race of black men in -insurrection, who had successfully resisted the whites two generations -before, and now held an independent position in virtue of a solemn -treaty. The bare existence of such a community was a standing menace -at such a time. There was evidence that French agents were at work in -Jamaica; and it was remarkable that just at this time the negroes on -nine plantations, where the managers were known to be men of unusual -clemency, showed symptoms of unrest and discontent. It is evident from -Balcarres’s despatches that he had negro insurrection, so to speak, on -the brain, and it is certain that he was ambitious of military glory; -but he cannot be blamed at such a time for acting forcibly and swiftly. -For a fortnight endeavours were made to smoothe matters over, and with -some slight success, for six of the chiefs surrendered. But the main -body still held aloof; and Balcarres without further ado proclaimed -martial law. He took pains to obtain information as to every path and -track that led into the Maroon district, his plan being to seize these -and thus blockade the whole of it, though he admits that it would be a -difficult manœuvre to do so effectually “on a circle of forty square -miles of the most difficult and mountainous country in the universe.” -[Sidenote: 1795.] On the 9th August the preparations were complete, and -the passes were seized; whereupon thirty-eight of the older and less -warlike Maroons surrendered, and were carried away under a guard and -kept in strict confinement. Seeing this the remainder at once set fire -to their towns (the old and the new town, as the two groups of shanties -half a mile apart were named), an action which was not misinterpreted -as “a signal of inveterate violence and hostility.” It was now clear -that the matter would have to be fought out. - -The force at Balcarres’s disposal was not great. The garrison consisted -of the 16th and 62nd Foot, both so weak as to number but 150 men -apiece fit for duty, and the 20th or Jamaica Light Dragoons. Besides -these there were the stray detachments of the 13th, 14th, 17th, and -18th Light Dragoons, and of the 83rd Foot, some of them very weak, -and probably amounting in all to little more than 400 men. Also there -was a fair force of local militia, with several local Major-Generals. -The Maroons of Trelawney numbered 660 men, women, and children; and -there were at least as many more in the other Maroon settlements, -which latter, though they never rose, were greatly distrusted by the -Governor. Balcarres resolved to surround the whole of the Trelawney -Maroon district, and made his dispositions thus:--Colonel Sandford, -with the 16th Foot and 20th Dragoons, covered one outlet to the north; -Colonel Hull, with 170 men of the 62nd Foot and of the Seventeenth, -another; Colonel Walpole, with 150 of the 13th and 14th Dragoons, -barred one approach from the south; and Balcarres himself, with the -83rd, took post to the south-west. The Seventeenth was represented by -one troop only, the other being on board ship on its way to St. Domingo. - -On the 12th August the Maroons opened the war by attacking a militia -post, and killing and wounding a few men. On the same day Lord -Balcarres ordered Colonel Sandford to attack and carry the new town -from his side, and having done so, to halt and cut off the retreat -of the Maroons, while he himself attacked the old town from his own -side. [Sidenote: 1795.] Off started Colonel Sandford, accordingly, with -forty-five of the 18th Dragoons, mounted, a body of militia infantry, -and a number of volunteers--the latter men of property in the country, -and “all generals,” as Balcarres sarcastically remarked. In spite of -the steepness and difficulty of the ground the little column advanced -rapidly with great keenness. [Sidenote: 12th Aug.] The Maroons on their -approach quietly evacuated the site of the new town, and withdrew -into a deep defile, three-quarters of a mile long, which formed their -communication with the old town. Presently up came Sandford, and to -his great joy carried the new town without opposition. Flushed with -success he started off, in disobedience to orders, to take the old -town, pressing on with his mounted men, dragoons, and volunteers, at -such a pace that the militia could not keep up with him. Thus hurrying -into the trap laid for him, he plunged into the defile. The column, -which was half as long as the defile, had passed two-thirds of the way -through it, when a tremendous volley was poured into its whole length. -Not a Maroon was to be seen, and the column continued its advance. A -second volley followed: Colonel Sandford fell dead; and then the column -began to run. The officer of the 18th, seeing that retreat through the -defile would be fatal, dashed straight forward at a small party of -Maroons which he saw ahead, broke through them, and galloping headlong -through a breakneck country, brought the remains of his detachment -safely to Lord Balcarres’s camp. Two officers and thirty-five men -were killed, and many more wounded in this little affair; and the -militia (who had not been under fire) were so far demoralised that they -evacuated the new town and retired. That night (though Balcarres knew -it not) every Maroon warrior got blind drunk. Sixty of them were so -helpless even on the following afternoon that they had to be carried -into the cockpit by the women. - -[Sidenote: 1795.] - -Though the Seventeenth was not engaged in this affair, it has been -necessary to describe it at length in order to show how formidable an -enemy these Maroons were. [Sidenote: 14th Aug.] Two days after the -engagement the second troop of the regiment was disembarked from the -transport in Montego Bay, and moved up to the front. British dragoons -have rarely been better mounted than these detachments in Jamaica. The -island is famous for its horses; and every trooper rode a thoroughbred. - -Mortified by his failure, Balcarres hurried up reinforcements of -militia and stores, the conveyance of the latter proving, from the -difficulty of the country, to be a frightful task. On the 18th August -he reoccupied the new town, unopposed, and on the 23rd moved with -three columns under Colonels Fitch, Incledon, and Hull, against the -old town. The march was made at daybreak and in profound silence; -and the old town was duly captured, as Balcarres fondly imagined, by -surprise. The real fact was that the Maroons, disliking the insecurity -of the towns, had evacuated them a week before and withdrawn into -the cockpits, leaving only a small alarm-post outside. These Maroon -sentries fired a few shots and wounded three men, two of them troopers -of the Seventeenth, and quietly retired upon their main body. Balcarres -then established a post and a block-house on the site of the new town, -occupied every approach, and set himself to destroy all the Maroon -provision grounds, with the idea of cooping them up and starving them -out. He might as well have tried to pen a swarm of mosquitoes in a -lion’s cage. The Maroons quietly passed out and burnt and plundered an -estate house six miles in rear of Balcarres’s headquarters. - -At the end of August the rainy season set in, and transport became -a matter of extreme difficulty. Balcarres himself returned to Port -Royal, and left to Colonel Fitch the duty of completing the cordon -round the Maroon district. Fresh obstacles cropped up at every moment. -The principal planters to the south-west of the Maroon district, by -which side access to it was easiest, were relations of Major James, -who took up his grievances warmly and laid themselves out to thwart -the Governor. [Sidenote: 1795.] One of these, a local Major-General, -eighty years of age, and recently married to a wife of twenty, took -offence because Balcarres appointed a regular Major-General to command -the field force over his head. Another local Major-General suddenly -abandoned operations with his militia in the middle of a concerted -movement, on the remarkable ground that he had promised his wife to -return to her in a week, and had already been absent ten days. It was -only with the greatest difficulty that the troops, exposed to most -arduous service and every possible hardship, could be kept supplied -with food. Frequently they passed the whole day without a morsel to -eat. To discourage them still further, the militia went home and left -the regulars to do all the work; and, finally, the climax came when the -commanding officer, Colonel Fitch himself, [Sidenote: 12th Sept.] was -caught in an ambuscade, and with two other officers shot dead. - -The control of the operations was now entrusted to Colonel Walpole, -who at once hastened to Trelawney with all speed. He found the troops -sickly and dispirited, and worn out with incessant duty. It was -pretty clear that the idea of confining the Maroons by a cordon was -an absurdity, and that the destruction of their provision ground only -drove them oftener afield to massacre, plunder, and destroy. After -weeks of hard work the small British force had lost two field officers -and seventy men killed in action alone, to say nothing of wounded, -and men dead from sickness and fatigue, while not a single Maroon -was certainly known to have been killed. The situation was becoming -serious: the negroes had begun to join the Maroons; the French might -come at any moment; and then there would be every likelihood of a -general revolt of the blacks against the whites, such as had already -taken place in the Windward Islands. Walpole soon altered the whole -plan of operations. He began by redistributing his posts, so as to -command the mouths of the cockpits, employing negroes to clear away the -jungle from the approaches and from the heights above them. [Sidenote: -1795.] He then set to work to train some of his men in the tactics of -Maroon warfare, the essence of which was that men should work together -in pairs or groups, one man taking charge of another’s arms when he -required both hands for climbing, and that above all they should take -advantage of cover. Walpole had three infantry regiments with him; but -the men that he chose for this work were the 17th Light Dragoons, and -he did not regret his choice. So the two troops of the Seventeenth were -dismounted and turned into mountaineer marksmen. - -Colonel Walpole soon put his men into good heart by playing off the -Maroon trick of ambuscades against themselves; for he lay in wait for -one of their foraging parties, cut it off, and destroyed it to a man. A -week later he sent a party of the Seventeenth along the right crest of -the main cockpit in order to try and discover some fresh entrance into -it. The party soon encountered the Maroons and became hotly engaged. -The whole force of the Seventeenth numbered but forty men, of whom -a fourth had been left in reserve under the command of a sergeant. -Unfortunately, when called up in support, this sergeant led his handful -of men straight into the mouth of the cockpit, where, of course, there -was a bullet ready for every one of them. The main body, however, -kept together, and was brought off in good order when compelled to -retire by want of ammunition. Of the forty men one sergeant and three -men were killed, and nine men wounded--a pretty heavy loss. None the -less the Maroons were considerably dismayed by this bold attack, for -hitherto they had been accustomed to lie hidden while the white men -poured harmless volleys into the unresisting mountains. Still more -dismayed were they when Walpole, having cleared the heights of jungle, -managed by hook or by crook to get a howitzer in position and began to -drop shells into the cockpit. In a very short time the Maroons were -driven out of this favourite position, and compelled to withdraw to -the adjoining cockpit. This was a serious matter for them, for the -abandoned cockpit contained a spring of water. Walpole at once followed -them up with the howitzer and drove them out of their second retreat. -[Sidenote: 1795.] The Maroons then withdrew to a stupendous height -so as to be out of reach of the shells. But a young cornet of the -Seventeenth, Oswald Werge by name, saw one of the Maroon women leave -the height to draw water, followed her unseen, and thus discovered the -one path that led to the Maroon position. By this path the Seventeenth -advanced, and again drove out the Maroons, who now retired down a very -steep precipice into a third cockpit, where there was a spring of -water. The Seventeenth occupied the abandoned height, and a detachment -of the 62nd Foot under Colonel Hull marched into the virgin fortress of -Cudjoe. They were the first white men who had ever penetrated into it, -but they could never have entered it if the Seventeenth had not cleared -the way. - -What time was occupied by these operations, and with what loss to the -Seventeenth, I have unfortunately been unable exactly to determine. -There seems to have been a critical action on the 15th December, to -which General Walpole makes allusion, but whereof no account can -be found. All that is known is that thirty men of the Seventeenth, -together with ten of another regiment (probably the 62nd) were -posted so as to intercept the Maroons in one of Walpole’s concerted -movements, the whole detachment being under the command of a subaltern, -who was not of the Seventeenth. The Maroons, however, managed to -surprise this party, and shot down a certain number, including the -officer, who, being disabled by his wound, made over the command to -Sergeant-Major Stephenson of the Seventeenth. Stephenson was quite -equal to the occasion. Far from being dismayed, he rallied his men and -made a counter attack on the Maroons with a vigour that astonished -them. Such conduct would have been creditable at any time, but it -becomes particularly conspicuous when we think of the scare that had -been created in Jamaica by the reputation and first successes of the -Maroons. Stephenson was offered a commission in the infantry for his -gallantry on this occasion, but stuck to his own regiment, in the hope -of gaining a commission in the Seventeenth. - -[Sidenote: 18th Dec.] - -Three days after, Colonel Hull, still following up the Maroons with -his little force of the Seventeenth and 62nd, fell in with them -strongly posted on a precipitous hillside. [Sidenote: 1795.] The -British halted on the acclivity over against them; and both sides -opened a heavy fire. After about a dozen of the Maroons had fallen they -ceased firing and began to blow their horns, as if desirous of seeking -a parley. Thereupon the English fire was checked, and the Maroons were -then told that the Colonel would grant them peace. [Sidenote: 18th -Dec.] For a long time they refused to believe it until Mr. Oswald -Werge, of the Seventeenth, coolly threw down his arms, scrambled -down to the valley below, and invited the Maroons to come and shake -hands. It was an act of uncommon courage, for both sides, true to -Maroon tactics, kept themselves carefully under cover; and therefore -the first man to show himself, however pacific his intention, stood -a good chance of being shot down. Werge’s coolness, however, saved -him. The Maroons took courage. One of them came down and shook hands -with him, and presently exchanged hats with him, which was the Maroon -symbol of perfect friendship. Thereupon it was agreed that hostilities -should cease, and that Colonel Walpole should be sent for; and it was -stipulated that neither British nor Maroons should advance until his -arrival. Still neither force trusted the other; and, accordingly, the -two tiny armies lay on their arms, weary, and worn and thirsty, to -glare at each other through the livelong night. In the valley between -them was a well; but in order that neither force should take an unfair -advantage, it was agreed that British and Maroons alike should post -two sentries over it. At length, however, the Maroons, unable longer -to endure the agony of thirst, begged that the British sentries might -be withdrawn while they drank, and engaged to withdraw their own in -turn that the British too might drink. So both sides came down to the -well and drank; and then the guard was posted again, and the rest -returned to their arms. It must have been a strange scene, this of -the rival sentries over the spring in that savage rocky glen--on the -one side the wild negro of the mountain, his splendid athletic form -barely concealed by a few foul rags, on the other the trooper of the -Seventeenth, [Sidenote: 1795.] bronzed, and lean, and haggard after -months of harassing work, with his blue jacket faded, his white facings -weeks soiled, his white breeches and Hessian boots sadly the worse for -wear; but always erect and alert, and proud in the consciousness that -he had beaten the dreaded Maroons on their own ground. There must have -been good discipline in these sixty-four men of the Seventeenth and -the fifty of the 62nd, seeing that with all the burden of a tropical -climate on their backs they had outstayed the native mountaineers in -the deliberate endurance of thirst within sight of water. - -This action ended the war. The Maroons surrendered to Walpole, and -submitted to beg His Majesty’s pardon on their knees, while Walpole -on his side promised that they should not be sent out of the island. -This promise was violated by the Jamaica Government, whereat Walpole -was so disgusted that he not only refused a sword of honour from the -Jamaica Parliament, but resigned his commission. Thus the Seventeenth -never had a chance of fighting under this gallant officer again. When -he took charge of the operations the Jamaica Government was in such -despair of quelling the Maroons that it actually imported a hundred -bloodhounds from Cuba to hunt them down. When the hounds arrived the -war was virtually over; and Walpole, in a letter to Lord Balcarres, has -recorded to whom the credit was due:-- - - I must not omit to mention to your Lordship that it is to the - impression made by the undaunted bravery of the 17th Light - Dragoons, who were more particularly engaged on the 15th - December, that we owe the submission of the rebels. The Maroons - speak of them with astonishment. Mr. Werge was particularly - signalised with the advanced guard, and the sergeant-major - of that regiment is strongly recommended for his spirit and - activity by the Commanding Officer, Mr. Edwards, who is in every - way deserving of your Lordship’s opinion. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury._ OFFICER. Review Order. - PRIVATE. Field-day Order. OFFICER. Stable Dress. - - 1817–1823.] - - - - - CHAPTER VIII - - GRENADA AND ST. DOMINGO, 1796 - - -[Sidenote: 1795.] - -While these two troops of the Seventeenth were making a name for the -regiment in Jamaica, the remainder were very differently engaged. On -the 6th August four troops embarked at Cork, 189 men being present and -194 absent in Jamaica and elsewhere, and sailed to Portsmouth, where -they joined the cavalry camp at Netley, under Lord Cathcart. On the -21st September (according to the official record) they embarked for St. -Domingo. From that date, if it be correct, it is extremely difficult to -trace them. They formed part of the great expedition for the reconquest -of the West Indies beyond all doubt; but that expedition did not sail -until November, when the huge fleet of transports, under the convoy of -Admiral Christian’s squadron, was one of the most wonderful sights ever -seen by Englishmen. The ships were not clear of the Channel before they -were dispersed, many of them being lost, with appalling loss of life, -by a storm. The fleet, all that was left of it, sailed again on the 9th -December, and was again met by a storm, greatly damaged, and compelled -to return to Spithead on the 30th. On the 26th December 100 transports -were missing, of which no one knew whether they were afloat or gone -to the bottom. It was not until the following March that Sir Ralph -Abercromby, the Commander-in-Chief of the expedition, after having been -a third time driven back to England by gales in February, contrived -finally to reach Barbados, the headquarters of the British forces in -the West Indies. - -The Seventeenth, or at any rate some of them, appear to have reached -the West Indies earlier than this. [Sidenote: 1795.] Two troops were -employed, we are told, as marines on board H.M.S. _Hermione_, -the ill-fated ship which in 1797 was the scene of one of the most -disgraceful mutinies in the history of the British navy. Fortunately -the Seventeenth had no share in the massacre of officers and -delivery of the ship to the Spaniards, which make the name of the -_Hermione_ a byword. The two troops were landed at Martinique; but -in order to understand why they were needed there it is necessary to -glance at the history of the West Indies during the year 1795. - -It has already been said that Mr. Pitt made early attack on the French -Antilles. In addition to the expedition to St. Domingo, he in 1794 -sent General Grey and Admiral Jervis to reduce the French islands of -Martinique and Guadeloupe, which object they successfully accomplished. -The adjacent islands of Grenada and St. Vincent had already been -surrendered to us by France in previous wars, and were known as the -French Ceded Islands. In 1795, however, the French contrived to stir -up revolt against the English in the whole of these islands; and as in -those days the French Revolutionists stuck at nothing, they did not -hesitate to rouse the whole negro population, free and slave, against -the British and ally themselves with it. The result was a quasi-civil -war of the most barbarous kind--in fact, a turning loose of all the -worst characters in the West Indies on the track of massacre and -plunder. The garrisons of the British islands were so weak that in some -cases, as in St. Lucia, they were overpowered and in others pressed -to extremity. Grenada being the island wherewith the Seventeenth was -engaged, it is necessary to glance at the course of the revolt therein. - -Grenada, like most of the West Indian Islands, is simply a rugged, -confused mass of volcanic hills, rising at their highest to three -thousand feet. For the most part it is covered with jungle, but in -the valleys and on the less precipitous ground the soil is fertile, -and grows fine crops of sugar-canes and cacao. In shape the island -is elliptical: it measures at its longest, from north to south, -about twenty miles; at its broadest, from east to west, about ten -miles. [Sidenote: 1795.] There are two little ports, St. Andrews and -Grenville, on the windward or east side; another at the north point, -Sauteurs; and two more on the leeward or western side, Charlottetown -and St. George’s, the capital. The garrison in 1795 consisted of 150 -men of the 58th Foot, quartered in the barracks at St. George’s, and in -the old fort, called Fort George, which still commands the entrance to -the harbour. - -It was on the 2nd March 1795 that the revolt broke out in Grenada. None -of the English had the least idea that it was coming. The Governor -himself had gone away on a trip to the leeward side of the island, -unconscious of any mischief. Before the morning of the 3rd of March -had dawned the negroes had massacred the whites at Grenville Bay -to windward, captured those at Charlottetown to leeward, and held -forty-two of them, including the unlucky Governor, as prisoners in -their hands. The civilian next in rank to the Governor at once took -command of the island, sent to Martinique, Barbados, and Trinidad for -assistance, and called out the local militia. This done he sent the 150 -men of the 58th, together with the militia, to attack the insurgent -post at Charlottetown. But when it came to the point the militia was -not to be found--every man had fled on board the coasting vessels. The -insurgents’ position being very strong, the 58th could not attack it, -and were compelled to return to St. George’s. - -[Sidenote: 12th Mar.] - -On the 12th March General Lindsay arrived from St. Lucia (which as yet -was still quiet) with 150 men of the 9th and 68th Foot, and on the -17th attacked the insurgents, who forthwith retired to an impregnable -position. Then the tropical rain came down and put a stop to all -further operations. There are not many roads in Grenada now, and -there were still fewer then--mere narrow, cobble-paved tracks, hardly -wide enough for any wheeled vehicle. In fact these West Indies are -miserable places to fight in, as this poor handful of British soldiers -now discovered. Soaked with rain, exhausted by the stifling heat, and -broken down by fever, the men had to tramp back as best they could. -[Sidenote: 1795.] General Lindsay in the delirium of fever committed -suicide, and his successor saw that without a stronger force it was -useless to attack the rebels. Meanwhile the head of the insurgents, -a ruffianly mulatto named Fédon, issued a proclamation threatening -death to all who helped the English, and announcing openly that he -would retaliate for any measures of repression by slaughtering his -prisoners. As a natural consequence the negroes flocked to his standard -in thousands, and laid the whole island waste. - -[Sidenote: 1st April.] - -On the 1st of April there arrived a weak reinforcement of the 25th and -29th Foot, probably about 400 men, from Barbados. With these and a -few blue-jackets Brigadier Campbell attacked the insurgent stronghold -on the 8th, but was repulsed. The rebel position was of extraordinary -strength, well chosen, well fortified by abattis and other obstacles, -and strongly manned. The British troops did all that men could do, with -everything--numbers, climate, and tropical rain--against them; but they -were compelled to retreat with the loss of 100 killed and wounded. -Fédon then brought out his prisoners and cut the throat of every one. - -Then, as usual, together with the rains came the yellow fever. The -British troops suffered frightfully. “The 25th and 29th begin to fall -down fast,” says the General in a letter of 11th May. “Twenty died last -week and six were carried off yesterday.” So things went from bad to -worse. No reinforcements could be obtained from the other islands, for -one and all (excepting Barbados) were in a worse position than Grenada. -St. Lucia had been evacuated; St. Vincent, after desperate fighting, -was at the last gasp. In fact it seemed as if the West Indies were lost -to England. By December the insurgent force in Grenada amounted to -10,000 men, well armed, furnished with artillery, and led by trained -white French officers. The British troops, outnumbered on every side, -were compelled to abandon the ports which they had tried to hold on -the coast, and retire to St. George’s. The rebels, or brigands as -they were called, threatened to attack them even there. [Sidenote: -1795.] Nothing but the capture of the capital was wanting to give them -absolute possession of the whole island. - -[Sidenote: 1796.] - -But at last the tide began to turn. The long-awaited reinforcements -from England had arrived at Barbados, and the relief of Grenada was -at hand. On the 4th March 588 men from the 10th, 25th, and 88th Foot, -under Brigadier Mackenzie, arrived at St. George’s. They had lost -45 men in the course of a two days’ passage; but their arrival was -timely, for it compelled the insurgents to retire from before the -capital. A week later further reinforcements from the 3rd, 8th, and -63rd Foot and the Seventeenth Light Dragoons landed at Sauteurs, at -the extreme north point of the island. What were the numbers of the -Seventeenth I have not been able to ascertain. One account says two -troops, and I am inclined to think that this is correct. Whence these -troops came, whether from England or Martinique, it is impossible to -say. On the 24th March, pursuant to the designs of Brigadier Campbell, -the forces at Sauteurs, 700 men in all, and those from St. George’s, -converged--the former by land, the latter by sea--upon the new position -which the rebels had entrenched at Port Royal or Grenville. The troops, -having been landed, worked during the night at the construction of a -three-gun battery, and opened fire at daybreak next morning. But before -attacking the main position on the principal heights, it was necessary -first to clear some secondary heights adjoining them. [Sidenote: 25th -Mar.] For this duty the detachment of the 88th was detailed; but such -was the difficulty of the ground that it was two hours before the -88th could even get near the enemy, and when they reached them it was -only to be driven back. With great reluctance Campbell, who had made -his dispositions not only to drive the rebels out, but to cut them -off on every side, was compelled to bring up the 8th Foot to support -their attack. Just at that moment a few of the rebels sneaked round to -the rear of the British and set fire to the stores on the beach; and -the conflagration was hardly extinguished when two French schooners -anchored in the bay and began to land troops under cover of their -artillery fire. Campbell saw that no time was to be lost. [Sidenote: -1796.]Under a heavy cross fire from the rebel batteries ashore, and -the guns of the schooners afloat, the Seventeenth charged down the -beach and swept it clean, cutting down every soul. They then rallied -and took post under cover of a hill. Meanwhile Campbell, quickly -concentrating his infantry, led them straight to the assault, and, -not without a severe struggle, carried the entrenchments by storm. -The insurgents fled in all directions, but they did not get off scot -free; for, as they emerged upon the low ground, the Seventeenth swooped -upon them and did great execution. Three hundred brigands, mostly -_sans-culottes_ from Guadeloupe, are said to have met their fate -at the hands of the regiment that day. No prisoners were taken: it -was not a time for taking prisoners; and the survivors of the pursuit -took refuge in their original stronghold opposite Charlottetown. The -total British loss was 12 officers and 135 men killed and wounded. The -Seventeenth lost but 4 men wounded, one horse killed, and two horses -wounded; but the detachment, together with its commander Captain John -Black, was highly commended both in orders and despatches for its -behaviour in the action. - -After this engagement nothing more was done for a time, owing to the -general confusion caused by the revolt. The Seventeenth was moved to -St. George’s and quartered in Government House, much to the disgust of -the new Governor, who arrived in April and wanted the house to himself. -[Sidenote: 17th Mar.] Meanwhile the main expedition under Sir Ralph -Abercromby had at last arrived from England and was concentrating -at Barbados. He turned his attention first to St. Lucia, which was -recaptured on the 24th May, and then to St. Vincent, which was finally -relieved on the 10th June. [Sidenote: 19th June.] A few days later he -sent a force to Grenada, which landed at Charlottetown and advanced -upon Morne Quaqua, the great rebel stronghold, from the west, while a -second column moved against it from the east. This Morne Quaqua was a -remarkable position. The rebel camp was on a height at a considerable -elevation, and above it rose a rocky precipice accessible only by a -narrow path, which path, together with the lower ground beneath it, -was commanded by a field-gun and several swivels and wall-pieces. Above -this rose another bluff with another gun in position, and finally above -this again, at the head of a very steep ascent, came the summit. Felled -trees and abattis made good any points that nature might have left -unstrengthened. Nevertheless, the French commandant, when he saw the -advance of the British columns, lost heart and surrendered. Fédon and -the desperate faction thereupon led out their English prisoners, some -twenty in number, stripped them, bound them, and murdered them. They -then fled to the jungle, where they were hunted down by the troops and -hanged in twos and threes. Fédon alone, most unfortunately, was never -caught. - -So ended the relief of Grenada, wherein the Seventeenth took decidedly -a leading part. How long the detachment remained in the island it is -impossible to discover, but probably not for very long; for by August, -so far as can be gathered from scattered notices, five troops of the -regiment were at St. Domingo and three at Jamaica. It is to these -three latter that a muster-roll taken in December 1796 most probably -refers,--a ghastly document wherein, unfortunately, the place of muster -is not mentioned. It shows that between 25th June and 24th December -1796, of-- - - 12 sergeants 7 died, - 116 privates 76 died, - 2 trumpeters both died. - -Thirty-seven men out of 130 died in a single week, and but forty-five -were left alive when the muster was taken. Captain John Black, -who had done so well in Grenada, was dead by July; one of the -Lieutenant-Colonels, George Hardy, had died a month before him. Such -was yellow fever in the West Indies a hundred years ago. - -Of the services of the regiment in St. Domingo it has been extremely -difficult to gather any information, owing to the absence of all St. -Domingo despatches from the Record Office. It would appear, however, -that the Seventeenth was quartered at Jeremie under the orders of -General Bowyer. [Sidenote: 1796.] The French, under the command of -the coloured man Rigaud, were very active, in the spring of 1796, -in attacking the various scattered posts occupied by the British on -the south-eastern promontory of St. Domingo, round about Jeremie. -[Sidenote: 8th Aug.] In August, General Bowyer being apprehensive of -further attack on these posts, sent Captain Whitby with two subalterns -and sixty rank and file of the Seventeenth, dismounted, eastward to -Caymites, _en route_ for the two posts named Fort Raimond and Du -Centre. [Sidenote: 10th Aug.] At this latter place they arrived on -the 10th. Whitby had hardly time to send a small detachment of the -13th Light Dragoons to Raimond, when that post was attacked by the -French, who were repulsed with severe loss. Whitby then reinforced -Raimond still further by a detachment of twenty men of the Seventeenth -under Lieutenant Gilman, who took post in the block-house. On the -12th the enemy were still before the block-house, keeping up a heavy -though not very effective fire, when Gilman at last grew tired of it, -sallied out with his twenty men of the Seventeenth and a few Colonial -irregulars, and drove them off into the jungle. The French left a small -field-gun behind them, and sixty-three dead on the field, sixteen of -whom were whites. Many more dead and wounded were found dead in the -jungle afterwards. “I am happy to say,” wrote General Bowyer, “that -in this gallant affair the Seventeenth had only two privates wounded. -Lieutenant Gilman’s[9] cool conduct and intrepidity on this occasion -seem to me so praiseworthy that I should not do justice to my own -feelings if I did not recommend him for promotion.” - -Simultaneously Bowyer was under the necessity of raising the siege of -Irois, another post, which Rigaud had besieged for eighteen days with -4000 men. Then hearing that the French had taken up a strong position -on a mountain called Morne Gautier, to cut off communication between -Irois and Jeremie, he resolved to attack it. He therefore marched in -three columns at daybreak on the 16th August, and opened fire at long -range. [Sidenote: 1796.] Seeing that the men of the Seventeenth, who -formed part of his force, were falling fast, he determined to carry the -position by assault, and had formed the Seventeenth for the purpose, -when he was disabled by a bullet which struck him in the left breast. -None the less the attack was made; and though the British were driven -back the French retreated in the night, and Irois was saved. In the -course of these operations the Seventeenth lost about thirty men killed -and wounded, seven having been killed and fifteen wounded in the attack -on Morne Gautier alone. As only half the regiment was in St. Domingo, -and that half terribly reduced by sickness, these losses cannot but -represent at least a third, if not more, of the numbers engaged. - -With this the record of the Seventeenth in St. Domingo comes to an end. -What further work it may have done is buried in the lost despatches -and the lost regimental papers. [Sidenote: 1797.] There is a complete -muster-roll of the regiment dated Port Royal, 4th March 1797, showing -that 126 men died in the course of the year 1796; but whether the -regiment was moved thither from St. Domingo before its return home, or -whether it sailed home direct, must remain uncertain. In any case it -left the West Indies, and arrived in England in August 1797. The bad -luck at sea which had marked the departure from England attended the -passage home. The head-quarter ship, the _Caledonia_, foundered -at sea, and though the men were saved the baggage and regimental books -were lost. Hence the scantiness of information respecting the first -forty years of the life of the regiment. - - - - - CHAPTER IX - - 1797–1807 - - OSTEND--LA PLATA - - -[Sidenote: 1797.] - -On landing in England the Seventeenth was distributed into quarters -at Nottingham, Leicester, Trowbridge, Bath, and Bristol. The regiment -was reduced to a mere skeleton. Four hundred recruits and a draft from -the 18th Light Dragoons, however, soon filled up the gaps and restored -it to its strength. All ranks had something new to learn. In 1796 a -new drill-book, far more ambitious than any that had yet appeared, was -provided for the cavalry; and for the first time (so far as I have -been able to discover) a properly authorised system of sword exercise. -The drill shows little that is new, except that the system of telling -off by threes now came into general use, and with it the practice of -executing all movements to the rear by means of “Threes about.” The -interval of “six inches from knee to knee” in the ranks also makes its -appearance as the normal formation. A further change is the reversion -to the old practice of posting troop leaders on the flanks of troops, -dressing with the men, and covered by a corporal in the rear rank. - -As regards sword exercise we must content ourselves with observing that -we encounter for the first time the once famous “six cuts.” The recruit -was posted in front of a wall on which was drawn a circle; and he was -then taught that each of the six cuts required of him should intersect -at the centre of the circle, and divide it into six equal segments. -I do not mean that the unhappy man was tortured by any such abstruse -terms as these, but that this was the principle on which the six cuts -were based. [Sidenote: 1797.] In addition, there was a seventh cut, -directed vertically, so to speak, from heaven to earth, and called -by the high-sounding name of St. George. These seven cuts are still -familiar to hundreds of living men. The whole of the sword exercise was -comprehended in no fewer than six divisions, each containing from seven -to ten words of command, and must therefore have consumed considerable -time. It may be remarked that, when cutting the sword exercise on foot, -the men were not required to extend their legs as at present, though -they kept the bridle hand in the bridle position. The swords themselves -were perhaps the most defective part of the whole concern, and caused -great complaint among the Light Dragoons in the Peninsula. The pattern -was bad, and the material was bad; and common sense was so absolutely -ignored in the design that the hilt was not even provided with a -guard. Before quitting the question of drill, it is well to remind -readers that dismounted drill still occupies a prominent place in the -training of the Light Dragoons; and the words “Form battalion” and “Fix -bayonets” are still in full use. - -[Sidenote: 1798.] - -In 1798 the regiment was moved to Canterbury, where it made the -acquaintance of a naval officer who was destined to exert some -influence on a part of its career. This was Captain, afterwards Sir -Home, Popham. Just then he was full of a scheme for blowing up the -lock-gates of the Bruges Canal, which lock-gates were situated at -Saas, a village just a mile from the entrance to Ostend harbour. The -canal itself from Bruges to Saas was thirteen miles long, one hundred -yards wide, and thirteen feet deep, and had recently been completed at -a cost of five millions. For the invasion of England it was of great -importance to the enemy; for any number of vessels could be fitted up -therein and brought down to Ostend without risk of facing the British -cruisers at sea. If an invasion were intended, Ostend was obviously the -best port of embarkation for the invading army; and even if the project -of a descent on England should prove to be no more than a scare, the -destruction of the lock would at any rate spoil a seaport and stop all -internal navigation from Holland to West Flanders. - -[Sidenote: April.] - -So Captain Popham argued; and his arguments were held to be good. -Accordingly the whole plan of operation was entrusted to him; and -preparations for the little expedition went forward with the utmost -secrecy all through the month of April. By the second week in May -everything was ready, and on the 13th the troops were embarked at -Margate on seven transports. The force consisted of four companies -of the 1st Guards, the flank companies of the Coldstream Guards, 3rd -Guards, 23rd, and 49th Foot; the 11th Foot, artillerymen with six guns, -and, lastly, one sergeant and eight men of the 17th Light Dragoons, -the only mounted men of the expedition. [Sidenote: 16th May.] On the -morning of the 16th May the little fleet got a fair wind and sailed -away, arriving, without further mishap than leaving the 1st Guards -hopelessly astern, in Ostend at 1 A.M. on the 19th. [Sidenote: -19th May.] For a time everything went like clockwork. Sir Eyre Coote, -who commanded the expedition, summoned the French commander at Ostend -to surrender, as a feint, to make him believe the town was the object -of attack. Then having received a high-flown reply, and seen all -the French troops drawn into Ostend, he quietly landed his men on -the opposite side of the river, and blew up the lock-gates with the -greatest success. By 11 A.M. Coote was back on the beach and -anxious to re-embark, having accomplished his object with the trifling -loss of five men killed and wounded. But meanwhile a gale had sprung -up, and the surf was so great that re-embarkation was impossible. After -several futile attempts, in which boats were swamped and the men nearly -drowned, Coote decided to entrench himself where he lay and wait for -better weather. - -[Sidenote: 20th May.] - -At four o’clock next morning, when the wind and surf had considerably -increased, the enemy was seen advancing in two columns, with far -superior numbers, against Coote’s position. Outnumbered and outflanked -the British force fought for two hours against hopeless odds, until -Coote was wounded while rallying the 11th Foot. [Sidenote: 1798.] Then -General Burrard, the second in command, seeing the front broken and -both flanks turned, was compelled to surrender. Of the 1100 men landed, -163 were killed and wounded, and the rest of course taken prisoners. -Of the nine men of the Seventeenth, one was wounded. So exemplary had -been their behaviour, we are told, that when, shortly after, they were -exchanged and returned to the regiment, [Sidenote: 1799.] every man of -them was promoted to be a non-commissioned officer, while the sergeant, -William Brown, was given a commission, first in the waggon train and -latterly in the regiment. As usual the non-commissioned officer of the -Seventeenth, when in independent command, brings credit to his corps. - -In this same year two squadrons of the regiment were ordered -to Portsmouth to embark for Egypt, but, the order having been -countermanded, the whole regiment joined a large cavalry camp then -formed at Swinley. [Sidenote: 1800.] In the following year another camp -of 30,000 men was formed on Bagshot Heath under the command of the Duke -of York, of which the regiment again formed part. In September it was -employed in suppressing riots which had arisen in consequence of the -high price of provisions. While engaged in this service many men were -badly knocked about, and Captain Werge, who had escaped without injury -from such deadly marksmen as the Maroons, narrowly escaped death at -the hands of his own countrymen, receiving a shot through his helmet. -[Sidenote: 1801.]Two troops having been added to the establishment, the -regiment paraded in its greatest recorded strength at Manchester in -the following year--upwards of 1000 non-commissioned officers and men, -and nearly 1000 horses, being present. Colonel Grey was the fortunate -officer who held command, and we must hope that Major-General Oliver -Delancey, the Colonel-in-Chief, who alone could remember the regiment -before it went to the American War, went up to inspect so fine a corps. -Unfortunately this magnificent strength did not last long. [Sidenote: -1802.] In May 1802, England and France, being both of them exhausted -after nine years’ fighting, agreed to the peace of Amiens. Thereupon, -with the usual blindness, the army was reduced, and two troops of the -Seventeenth were disbanded. Their horses were valued by a dealer at -forty guineas apiece, a larger price in those days than in these, which -shows that the regiment must have been superbly mounted.[10] - -[Sidenote: 1803.] - -Peace lasted for just fourteen months; and then in May 1803 England -took the initiative and declared war against France. On the 1st of that -month the Seventeenth embarked from Liverpool for Ireland. It met with -its usual luck at sea on the passage, the transports being dispersed -by a gale which drove them into various ports on the East Coast, and -permitted but one immediately to reach its destination at Dublin. -[Sidenote: 1804.] In the course of the following year the establishment -was again augmented to ten troops, four of which joined the camp at -the Curragh, where a large force was assembled under the command of -Lord Cathcart. This Lord Cathcart, let us remember, was an officer -of the Seventeenth during the American War; he is the same man who -commanded the expedition against Copenhagen in 1807, when Sir Arthur -Wellesley himself served under him. [Sidenote: 1805.] The following -year is memorable for the formation of Napoleon’s camp of invasion at -Boulogne. Napoleon’s hopes having been shattered by Nelson’s victory at -Trafalgar (12th October), he broke up the camp and marched away to the -campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz. Previous to these two great disasters -there had been some idea of a diversion to be made by an English army -on the Continent; and in September the Seventeenth received orders -to prepare for foreign service as part of this force. But Austerlitz -effectually smothered this design. In December the regiment was moved -back to England, and spent Christmas day on the passage, the first of -four successive Christmas days that it was destined to celebrate on the -sea. - -[Sidenote: 1806.] - -The year 1806 opened gloomily with the death of William Pitt, the -great man whose indomitable spirit had carried England through the -first and worse half of the tremendous contest against France. The want -of his guiding hand was soon to be badly felt. - -The month of March brought a nearer occasion of mourning to the -Seventeenth. On the 20th there died at the Plantation, Guisbrough, in -Yorkshire, General John Hale, the father of the regiment. He had been -promoted Major-General in 1772, Lieutenant-General in 1777, and General -in 1793, and, it seems, had settled down to end his days among his -wife’s people. In his long life of seventy-eight years he had seen the -rise of William Pitt, “the terrible cornet of horse,” and the death -of his son William Pitt, “the pilot who weathered the storm.” He left -behind him seventeen children and the Seventeenth Light Dragoons. - -Just about this time unfavourable reports of the regiment found their -way to headquarters, insomuch [Sidenote: April.] that a general was -sent down to Northampton to inspect it. Rather to his surprise this -officer found that, so far from being unfit for active service, the -regiment was the best in the matter of men and horses, drill and -equipment, that he had seen. He reported accordingly to headquarters, -with results that were speedily apparent. - -In September, the regiment being then distributed in quarters at -Brighton, Hastings, Romney, Rye, and other points on the south-east -coast, there arrived suddenly one night an express message ordering the -Seventeenth to prepare forthwith for foreign service. Its route, it was -added, would be sent down immediately. [Sidenote: 27th Sept.] On the -27th September the regiment marched to Portsea and Southampton, and -having detached two troops to Chichester as a depôt, gave up its horses -and embarked on the 5th October at Spithead, bound for South America. -It must now be explained where and why it was wanted. - -[Sidenote: 1806.] - -On the 4th January 1806, just when the Seventeenth was disembarking -in England from Dublin, there arrived off the Cape of Good Hope 4000 -British troops under Sir David Baird, convoyed by a squadron under -Commodore Sir Home Popham. The troops were landed; and in less than -three weeks the Cape Colony had passed from the Dutch into the hands -of the English for ever. Before he sailed, Sir Home Popham, always -a busy man, had become greatly bitten with the idea of an attack on -the Spanish possessions in Central and South America, that is to say, -on any part of Central and South America except Brazil, which was a -Portuguese Colony. He had held many conversations with one General -Miranda, a native of Venezuela, who was at the head of a revolutionary -movement against the dominion of Spain in South America, and had -promised that if the British would send a force thither the whole -population would rise and fight at their side against Spain. It was -the old story which had taken the English to the Carolinas in 1781, -and to St. Domingo in 1793, with most disastrous results. But Popham, -forgetting these two lessons, continually urged upon the English -Government the project of an attack on South America, and even drew up -a complete plan of operations for descent on the continent from the -Atlantic and Pacific sides simultaneously. - -The date of this plan is October 1804. The memorandum had been before -the British Government for more than a year, and had received little or -no notice. At three months’ distance from England, with men and ships -to his hand, and no one in command over him, Popham persuaded Baird -to let him have Brigadier-General Beresford (afterwards well known -in the Peninsular War as Marshal Beresford) and 900 men; [Sidenote: -14th April.] and with these and his squadron he sailed away for Rio -de la Plata, to take Buenos Ayres on his own responsibility. At first -everything went well. The force, strengthened by 200 more men picked up -at St. Helena, duly arrived in the Plata, and disembarked on the 25th -June at a point ten miles below Buenos Ayres. From thence, in spite of -Spanish troops in greatly superior numbers that were drawn up to oppose -him, Beresford marched practically unchecked and unhindered into -the city, [Sidenote: 26th June.]and on the following day received its -surrender. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury, 1832_ - - OFFICERS, 1824.] - -For seven weeks Beresford held Buenos Ayres, the people swearing -allegiance to King George, and doing everything in the way of promises -that was asked of them,--all of which did not prevent them from -rising _en masse_, when their preparations were complete, and -attacking Beresford with unmistakable fury. [Sidenote: 12th Aug.] -With but 1300 men against 13,000, Beresford fought for three hours -and inflicted heavy loss on the enemy, but having lost 12 officers -and 150 men, he was at length compelled to surrender. The Spaniards -agreed to his proposals that he and his army should be shipped off -to England forthwith; and there it might have been supposed that the -whole matter would have ended. But it was not to be. The Spaniards most -treacherously violated the treaty, and carried off Beresford and the -whole of his army into the back country as prisoners. - -On the first capture of Buenos Ayres Popham had, of course, sent -despatches home to report his success. The Government, however, -was, for various reasons, much annoyed and embarrassed at Popham’s -escapade, and responded by ordering him to England and trying him -by court-martial. Still the nation at large was so delighted at the -exploit that the Government, after much hesitation, was forced to send -out reinforcements under Sir Samuel Auchmuty. Auchmuty’s instructions -bade him simply make good Beresford’s losses and await further -reinforcements, failing the arrival of which he was to proceed with his -troops to the Cape. At one moment in August the whole expedition was -countermanded; but finally the Government made up its mind and decided, -on 22nd September, to despatch it. This vacillation accounts for the -very short and sudden warning received by the Seventeenth. The whole -force under Auchmuty’s command numbered 3000 men, viz. the Seventeenth, -700 strong; the 87th and 40th regiments of Foot; three companies of the -95th (now the Rifle Brigade), and 170 Artillery. [Sidenote: 1806.] The -transports finally sailed from Falmouth on the 9th October, the British -Government being still in ignorance of the loss of Buenos Ayres and of -the capture of Beresford’s army. - -The haste in the equipment of the expedition soon showed itself in -various ways. The transports were such miserable sailers that, long -before they reached their destination, they ran short of water, -and were obliged to put in at Rio Janeiro. There Auchmuty heard -of Beresford’s disaster, and further of the arrival of a small -reinforcement of the 47th and 38th Foot, which had been sent from the -Cape to the Plata, and had taken up a position at Maldonado, a town -standing at the entrance to the river on the north side. [Sidenote: -1807.]Not knowing what to do, Auchmuty victualled his ships for four -months and started off again for Maldonado, where he arrived at last, -after a passage of 147 weary days, [Sidenote: 5th Jan.] on the 5th -January. - -Finding that Maldonado was an untenable position, Auchmuty evacuated -it a week later and sailed up the river. [Sidenote: 13th Jan.] The -retention of Beresford’s army was an act of treachery which called for -reprisals, and these he resolved to take by attacking Monte Video, -which stands on the north bank of the river, on the opposite side to -Buenos Ayres, and some one hundred and twenty miles below it. On the -16th he landed in a small bay to west of Caretas Rocks, nine miles from -Monte Video, the enemy watching the disembarkation in great force, but -not daring to oppose it. Three days later Auchmuty began his advance -upon Monte Video in two columns, the right column being made up of the -Seventeenth, two troops of the 20th, and as many of the 21st Light -Dragoons, all of them dismounted, under Brigadier-General Lumley. -The Seventeenth had previously exchanged their carbines for Spanish -muskets, which had been obtained at Rio Janeiro. This right column was -early attacked by the enemy and threatened by 4000 Spanish cavalry, -which occupied two heights in the front and right of Auchmuty’s -advance. The attack, however, was soon repulsed by the dismounted -cavalry and the light companies of the infantry; and the enemy retired, -allowing the British advanced posts to occupy the suburbs of Monte -Video on the same evening. [Sidenote: 1807.] Auchmuty himself had his -horse shot under him while directing this column, and remounted himself -on Colonel Evan Lloyd’s charger. - -[Sidenote: 20th Jan.] - -Next day the enemy took the initiative, sallying forth against -Auchmuty’s force with 6000 men and several guns. This time they -attacked the British left and left flank with cavalry, using their -infantry to keep the dismounted cavalry in check. After driving in the -picquets the Spanish infantry column was repulsed with great slaughter, -and the cavalry then retired. The enemy’s loss in this action was -reckoned at 1500. The English loss between the 16th and 20th was 18 -killed and 119 wounded of all ranks. - -Arrived before the town, Auchmuty discovered that the defences of Monte -Video were not “weak,” as Popham had described them in his memorandum, -but, to use Auchmuty’s own word, “respectable,” mounting 160 guns. -Moreover the Spaniards, through possession of a fortified island, kept -command of the sea, and were able to cannonade the British advance -from their gunboats. Nevertheless, Auchmuty was fully decided that -he would take Monte Video somehow. While he was making up his mind -how to do it the enemy appeared on his rear, but was repulsed after a -sharp skirmish, in which the Seventeenth lost a few men. [Sidenote: -22nd Jan.] After a few days’ construction of batteries and other -preparations, Auchmuty saw that if Monte Video was to be taken it must -be stormed, and accordingly made his dispositions for an assault at -daybreak on the 3rd February. Naturally he chose infantry regiments -for infantry work, and left the Seventeenth, together with the rest -of the cavalry, the 47th Foot, one company of the 71st, and 700 -marines to protect the rear and cover the attack, under the command of -General Lumley. [Sidenote: 3rd Feb.] The storming force did its work -magnificently, and in a few hours Monte Video was in Auchmuty’s hands, -though at the cost of 27 officers and 370 men killed and wounded. - -Horses being cheap, some of the Seventeenth were now mounted, doubtless -a very welcome change from the drudgery of the infantry work during the -siege of Monte Video; though even when employed on foot the regiment -earned the personal thanks of the General. [Sidenote: 1807.] The -Seventeenth had shown that it could beat the infantry at its own work -in Jamaica eleven years before. But the native South American horses, -as Auchmuty himself says, were not strong enough to carry the equipment -of the British dragoons. The native irregular horsemen, armed with -muskets and swords, pursued a method of warfare of the most harassing -kind. They would ride up in twos or threes, dismount, fire over their -horses’ backs, mount again, and gallop off before the British had a -chance of catching them. And these men were not soldiers; they were the -ordinary members of the population, not friendly as Popham had hoped, -but inveterately hostile to the European invaders. In fact the British -on the Plata found exactly the same elements opposed to them in New -Spain as Napoleon was to find, a few months later, in the old Spain -which is known to us as the Peninsula. [Sidenote: March.] Owing to the -difficulty of obtaining forage, the mounted men of the Seventeenth, -some 220 in number, were sent up the country forty or fifty miles from -Monte Video to Lanelones and St. Joseph, while the remainder of the -regiment was quartered in and about Monte Video. - -Meanwhile, since the departure of General Auchmuty, the British -Government had committed itself to the project of a general attack on -Spanish South America. Sir Arthur Wellesley himself was called upon -to give advice respecting it. Finally, on the 30th October General -Craufurd (the famous Craufurd of the Light Division) was ordered off -with 4000 men, with instructions to take Lima and Valparaiso on the -Pacific coast, and to open communications with Beresford across the -continent when Valparaiso was in his hands. Craufurd sailed on the 13th -December 1806, arrived at Porto Praya on the 11th January 1807, waited -for several weeks there in vain for the admiral who was to go with him, -and at last in despair sailed for the Cape, where he arrived on the -20th March. There he found orders to join Auchmuty at Buenos Ayres, -and accordingly sailed thither on the 5th April. [Sidenote: 1807.] The -confusion caused by the efforts of the British Government to manage -a campaign at from three to six months’ distance from England, can be -appreciated only by those who have read the original despatches. - -In February there arrived in the Plata a reinforcement consisting of -the 9th Light Dragoons, a fact worth noting, inasmuch as this is the -only occasion on which this great regiment, the first of the Lancer -regiments, has fought side by side with the Seventeenth. The 16th and -Seventeenth fought together in their youth in America. Thus after -unspeakable confusion a large British force was at last in process -of concentration on the Plata. And now the Government in an evil -hour decided to put another commander over the heads of Craufurd and -Auchmuty, and chose for the purpose General John Whitelocke. He arrived -on the 10th May, and found that Auchmuty had already seized the town -of Colonia, immediately opposite to Buenos Ayres, so as to make the -passage across the river as short as possible. [Sidenote: 15th June.] -A month later Craufurd arrived, and next day the Seventeenth and the -artillery were embarked at Monte Video, while the rest of the army -moved up to Colonia to embark there. Devoutly thankful the Seventeenth -must have been to get to serious business again. Forage was terribly -scarce for the horses, and flour hardly less scarce for the men, though -bullocks could be bought for a dollar a head. - -The passage up the river was delayed by contrary winds, but at last -the hundred miles were traversed, and the troops landed at Ensenada, -thirty miles below Buenos Ayres. The moment the army was disembarked -it was surrounded by a cloud of Spanish light cavalry hovering -about just out of musket range. Here was the opportunity for using -the Seventeenth; but it was not employed. Two of the four mounted -troops, each of forty men, were ordered to give up their horses to -the commissariat. [Sidenote: 28th June to 5th July.] But when the -pack-saddles were put on them the horses broke loose, and were from -that moment useless. Thirty more mounted men were detailed to look -after the landing of provisions, of whom ten were used as orderlies to -carry despatches. [Sidenote: 1807.] Twelve more were attached to one -of the infantry brigades; and the remainder, forty-eight all told, -accompanied General Whitelocke, principally, no doubt, as his escort. -The natural consequence was that the army could hardly advance at all. -One staff officer was taken prisoner by the enemy’s light cavalry while -carrying orders between two brigades, and another was stabbed within -three hundred yards of the flank of the British line, all for want of a -little cavalry which, with unspeakable folly, had been dismounted just -when it was most sorely needed to encounter the enemy’s horse. - -On the 29th June the advance began, across a very difficult country, -much intersected by ditches and swamps, the dismounted men of the -Seventeenth forming the rear-guard. The army was like to have been -starved on this short march, but eventually it reached Buenos Ayres, -after brushing aside some slight opposition from the Spaniards on the -4th July. Part of the Seventeenth and 40th Foot were left behind at the -village of Reduction on the way, to protect the artillery. Sixteen of -them, mounted men, together with thirty dismounted men of the 9th, were -engaged in repelling an attack on the rear of the British advance. - -[Sidenote: 3rd July.] - -On the 3rd July General Whitelocke managed to lose his army; but on -the next day he found it again, and on the 5th July made his attack -on the city. [Sidenote: 5th July.] That is to say, that he sent 6000 -men up fourteen different streets through three miles of a hostile -town, with strict orders not to fire until they reached the far end. -What is more, the 6000 men did it. Nearly every street was entrenched -and defended with cannon; every house was strongly barricaded and a -fortress in itself; from every roof came a shower not only of bullets -but of stones, bricks, and tiles, and every description of missile. -Nevertheless the men did fight their way to the other end of the -town without firing a shot; but by the time they had reached their -allotted positions 1000 of them were down, and 1500 more, Craufurd -himself among them, had been overpowered and compelled to surrender. -Nevertheless Auchmuty on the left held a strong position, to which many -men had rallied, where he had captured 32 guns and 600 prisoners; and -with him sixteen mounted men of the Seventeenth, together with some -infantry, opened communication, through all the fire, from the reserve. -[Sidenote: 1807.] On the extreme right the British also held a strong -position, and thither also some mounted men of the Seventeenth made -their way from Reduction, to keep in touch with the city. But all was -to no purpose. Next day Whitelocke came to terms with the Spaniards, -and agreed to withdraw every British soldier from the country. - -So ended the ill-fated expedition to the Plata. Whitelocke was tried -by court-martial on his return, and cashiered. The British in any case -could hardly have kept a hold on the country; but Popham’s error was no -excuse for Whitelocke’s mismanagement. This was the third time in fifty -years in which the Seventeenth was sent on a fool’s errand to a country -where the population was expected to receive them with open arms, and -met them in fact with loaded muskets. Carolina in 1781, St. Domingo in -1796, and the Plata in 1806, were all part of one great blunder; and -for all three the Seventeenth suffered. It is not a soldier’s business -when sent on active service to inquire as to the wisdom or unwisdom -of the statesmen who send him. He must simply obey orders, and do -his duty. But it is hard when years of good and gallant service by a -regiment are buried under the cloud of a statesman’s blunder; and this -has been the fate of the Seventeenth. - - - - - CHAPTER X - - FIRST SOJOURN OF THE 17TH IN INDIA, 1808–1823--THE PINDARI WAR - - -[Sidenote: 1807.] - -The army evacuated the Plata in November. The Seventeenth was driven -by stress of weather into Cork Harbour, and thus spent their second -consecutive Christmas Day on shipboard. [Sidenote: 1808.] Leaving Cork -early in January it sailed to Portsmouth, disembarked on the 17th, -and joined the depôt troop at Chichester, where it remained for six -weeks dismounted under orders for the East Indies. Every man who asked -for a furlough within a hundred miles of London obtained it; and this -was well, for there were not many of them that saw their homes again. -Still, though the furlough was extended to the 20th February, every -man, with the exception of one detained by sickness, was present at the -expiration of the term. Moreover, though the men had money in their -pockets, having arrears of pay due to them on their return, there was -not a single case of misconduct at Chichester; and that meant a great -deal in these hard-drinking days. The men had gone through much since -they were last in England--147 days at sea in miserable transports, -most of the time within the tropics; then a campaign with plenty of -hardships and very little glory, wherein their horses were taken from -them just when they could have been most useful; then a two months’ -passage home in bad weather, and the mortification of landing as part -of an unsuccessful army, and unsuccessful through no fault of its own. -Finally it was under orders to sail in six weeks to the East Indies, a -very deadly quarter to Europeans in those days. - -[Sidenote: 1808.] - -The Mayor and Corporation of Chichester could not understand how a -regiment in such circumstances could spend £3000 in the town in six -weeks without a single instance of misbehaviour, [Sidenote: 29th Feb.] -and went so far as to express their thanks to the Seventeenth for its -exemplary conduct. - -A few days later the regiment embarked at Portsmouth, 800 strong, -under the command of Major Cotton; Lieutenant-Colonel Evan Lloyd being -detained to give evidence on General Whitelocke’s court-martial. On the -1st of June it arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, [Sidenote: 4th June.] -where it found one of its old colonels, Major-General H. G. Grey, and -was inspected by him. From the Cape the regiment sailed for Calcutta. -As it was approaching the Hugli one of the transports, the _Hugh -Inglis_, was set on fire by the carelessness of a petty officer, but -the fire was extinguished without serious damage. Next day the three -topmasts were carried away by a squall, and swept fourteen or fifteen -men overboard with them, of whom, however, all but one were saved. The -Seventeenth has gone through a good many adventures at sea between -gales, founderings, fires, and service as marines. - -On the 25th August the regiment was disembarked at Calcutta, 790 men -strong, and did garrison duty in Fort William until December; during -which time Major Cotton, the regimental quartermaster, and sixty-two -non-commissioned officers and men, fell sick and died--a melancholy -opening to its first term of Indian service. [Sidenote: 1809.]In the -following year it was placed on the Bombay establishment, and sailing -from Calcutta arrived at Bombay on the 1st February. From thence it was -moved up to its destined quarters at Surat on the Tapti River, some two -hundred miles north of Bombay. Two galloping guns worked by its own men -were added, as was usual, to the establishment; and by a concurrence of -testimony the regiment was excellently mounted. - -Early in 1810 the Seventeenth was employed on a rather curious service. -At the end of 1809 there was a sudden rising of religious fanatics in -Mandavi under the leadership of a man named Mean Abdul Rahman, who -killed the vizier of Mandavi, and put the rajah to flight. [Sidenote: -1809.] The leader then sent a message to the English Resident, ordering -him to accept Mohammedanism or fight. He added that he was come down -to earth in the bodies of four great men, Adam, Jesus, Ahmad and -Mean Abdul Rahman, and concluded with a request for three hundred -rupees. Absurd as the matter sounds, it soon assumed a serious aspect. -[Sidenote: 1810.] The news of the rising reached Surat on the 10th -January, and the people at once flocked out from the city to join the -new prophet. The Mohammedans in general began to assume a threatening -attitude, and attacked the Hindoos with the cry of “Deen.” In fact -there were the elements of a troublesome disturbance, which in the -judgment of the Resident required to be suppressed at once. Accordingly -four troops of the Seventeenth, under Major Supple, and some infantry -were called out and marched off to the village of Boodham, where the -prophet and the most devoted of his followers were assembled. The -Seventeenth outmarched the infantry, and came up with the fanatics at -daybreak on the morning of the 19th January on the plain outside the -village. The fanatics were summoned to surrender and give up their -leader; but they replied with shouts of defiance. A feint attack was -then made to intimidate them; but they simply threw up clouds of dust -in the horses’ faces and dared the Seventeenth to the combat. Then -the regiment attacked in earnest, and there ensued what the Resident -called a “furious engagement.” The fanatics were armed with spears -and small hatchets attached to bamboo shafts, twelve or fourteen feet -long, with which they could inflict severe wounds; and they fought -like demons. If the Seventeenth had had lances in these days they -might have made short work of them; but, as things were, the fighting -lasted for some time. It was not until 200 of the fanatics lay dead -on the field that the bulk of them dispersed and fled to the village, -where, still undefeated, they renewed the fight against the infantry -and artillery. Finally the Seventeenth set fire to the village and -put an end to the affair; and the leader of the fanatics, having been -wounded in the first action, was captured by the infantry. [Sidenote: -1810.]Of the Seventeenth, one corporal and two privates were killed; -all the officers, several privates and many of the horses were wounded. -Lieutenant Adams’ helmet was cut to pieces on his head. - -In this same year a detachment of the Seventeenth, under Lieutenant -Johnson, accompanied Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm on his mission -to Persia. On its return in December this detachment brought with -it a letter from Sir John to the Colonel, in which the former went -out of his way to express his high opinion not only of Mr. Johnson, -but of the non-commissioned officers, Sergeant Willock and Corporals -Carrigan and Batson, who were with him. It is remarkable to note that -non-commissioned officers of the Seventeenth, employed with small -detachments, have never failed from the first to command the admiration -of all strange officers whom it has been their duty to serve. A curious -memorial of this escort was found in the ruins of Persepolis by an -officer of the regiment (Lieutenant Anstruther Thomson, now Captain -Anstruther) while travelling in 1888. Scratched on one of the lions at -the head of the main stairway are the death’s head and cross-bones with -the motto, and beneath it the name “Serg^{t.} Rob^{t.} Willock”; and on -the wall of Xerxes’ house is cut the name of “P^{te.} M. Cloyne, 17 L. -D^{S.} 1810.” - -Before we quit this year we must add two small extracts (copied from -the _Calcutta Gazette_) from the Dress Regulations, which gives us -a faint glimpse of the transition through which the British Army was -passing:-- - - _10th October._--Clubs and queues are abolished in all - ranks from this date, and the hair is in future to be cut close - to the neck. No powder is to be worn on duty. - -This is the first beginning of the short hair, which now particularly -distinguishes a soldier. Old as the queues were, the whole Army was -delighted to be rid of them, though there were antique officers that -regretted them to the end. [Sidenote: 1810.] At the beginning of the -great war with France the War Office, which was decidedly negligent in -the matter of feeding the troops in Flanders, never failed to send them -shiploads of leathern queues. - - _8th November._--Scale epaulettes are to be worn - exclusively by officers of cavalry. - -No shoulders have seen more vicissitudes of adornment than those of the -British officer. - -[Sidenote: 1811.] - -In December of the following year the regiment left Surat for new -cantonments at Ruttapore, near Kaira, in the northern division -of Guzerat. [Sidenote: 1812.] On the 1st of January following -Lieutenant-Colonel Evan Lloyd was promoted to be Major-General, and -retired from the command. He was the last of the officers then doing -duty with the regiment who had served with it in the American War. -His successor was the Hon. Lincoln Stanhope, who came from the 16th -Lancers, and was blamed by his brother officers in that corps, not -without justice, for preferring “an arduous campaign in Bond Street” -to duty with his regiment in the Peninsula. None the less he did good -service enough with the Seventeenth. - -The year 1812 brought with it a further change in the clothing. The -cord lacing and the innumerable buttons that had adorned the front -of the jacket were abolished, and another jacket with broad, white -facings, almost as wide as a plastron, was substituted in its stead. -Simultaneously the old helmet disappeared and the felt shako took its -place. The old white breeches and knee-boots were likewise swept away -to make room for French gray overalls, with a double white stripe, and -Wellington boots. These last may perhaps have been introduced rather -earlier than the other changes; the Wellington boot, according to one -authority, having been prescribed for Light Dragoons in 1808. The old -crimson sash of the officer made way for a girdle similar to that worn -at present. White welts to the seams and a small pair of epaulettes, -white for men and silver for officers, completed the transformation. -When the Seventeenth received this new dress it is impossible to say; -and the change is therefore recorded under the year when it was -ordered, though probably not carried into effect until a year or two -later. [Sidenote: 1812.] The fact that the regiment was quartered in -India, of course, made in those days no difference as to the clothing -issued to it, except that white covers were worn over the shakos. - -In September there arose a mighty famine in Guzerat, which carried -off thousands of natives. Simultaneously there broke out an epidemic -fever which was as fatal to Europeans as to natives. In the four -months, October 1812 to January 1813, four officers and 73 men of the -Seventeenth were swept off by this fever; yet even this was a small -matter to those who could remember the ravages of yellow fever in the -West Indies. - -[Sidenote: 1813 to 1815.] - -In the three following years strong detachments of the regiment were -employed in active service, apparently in expeditions against different -hill-tribes. Of the work done I have been unable to discover any -record, such expeditions being too common in the early days of British -rule in India to excite much interest. In December 1815 the regiment -took part in an expedition into the mountains of Cutch, whither no -British troops had hitherto penetrated. On the march they crossed the -Ran of Cutch, which separates Guzerat from the Cutch peninsula, and -being in the advanced guard were the first English soldiers to cross -it. The Ran being, from all accounts, merely a bed of sand which -comparatively lately had been the bottom of a sea, the accounts of the -march and the description of the country filled the Indian newspapers -of the period. The news of Waterloo and of the close of the great war -was exhausted, so a graphic picture of the Ran was welcome. - -[Sidenote: 1816.] - -The capture of a couple of hill forts, Aujar and Bhooj, soon quieted -Cutch; and the troops then repassed the Ran to put down some local -banditti and disperse some piratical tribes on the coast. The central -nest of these tribes having been taken, the work was done; and -accordingly after the capture of Dwarka, on the coast to the south of -the Gulf of Cutch, the field force was broken up, and the Seventeenth -returned to Ruttapore. The losses of the regiment in the work of those -three years are unrecorded, and, except from disease, were probably not -worth mention. - -Before quitting this year we must turn our eyes homeward for a moment, -where rather an interesting matter was going forward. H.R.H. the -Commander-in-Chief, at the opening of 1816, had become bitten with the -notion of forming corps of Lancers in imitation of the Polish Lancers -which had done such good service to the army under Napoleon. The first -idea was to attach a troop of lancers to each cavalry regiment, just as -a small body of riflemen was attached to a regiment of infantry. Lord -Rosslyn offered the 9th Light Dragoons for the experiment, and trained -fifty picked men under the command of Captain Peters. On Saturday, 20th -April, these fifty men were reviewed in the Queen’s Riding-house at -Pimlico, before a few select spectators who were admitted by ticket. -The men were dressed in blue jackets faced with crimson, gray trousers -and blue cloth caps, and carried a lance sixteen feet long with a -pennon of the Union colours. “The opposite extremity of the lance,” -continues our authority, “was confined in a leather socket attached to -the stirrup, and the lance was supported near the centre by a loose -string.” Such is an abridged account of the first parade of Lancers -in England, taken from an extract from the _Sun_ newspaper of -22nd August 1816, and copied into the _Calcutta Gazette_, whence -probably it found its way to the officers’ mess of the Seventeenth. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury._ Marching Order. Review Order. - - PRIVATES, 1824–1829.] - -[Sidenote: 1817.] - -The new year brought the regiment to more serious service in the -field, namely, the Pindari War. These Pindaris in their early days -had been merely the scavengers of the Mahratta armies; but they had -been increasing in numbers and power in the south of Hindostan and the -north of the Dekhan since 1811. Their most celebrated chiefs were two -men named Kurreem and Cheettoo, who had been captured by Dowlat Rao -Scindiah, but were released by him for a ransom in 1812. The Pindaris -then came out as an independent body, and began incursions on a large -scale. [Sidenote: 1817.] They invaded a country in bands of from one -to four thousand men apiece, which on reaching the frontier broke up -into parties of from two to five hundred. They earned little but their -arms; they were admirably mounted, and thought nothing of marching -fifty or sixty miles in a day. They lived, themselves and their horses, -on plunder, and what they could not carry off they destroyed. In 1812 -they were bold and strong enough to cross the Nerbuddha and invade the -territory of the Rajah of Nagpore, and in 1813 they actually set fire -to part of his capital. As they threatened further depredations in the -Gaikwar’s territory, a force of 600 native infantry and three troops -of the Seventeenth were sent to disperse them; and these repressive -measures had a good effect for the time. By 1814 their numbers were -reckoned at 27,000 men, “the best cavalry commanded by natives in -India,” with 24 guns; and in the two following years they became more -and more dangerous and troublesome. Holkar and Scindiah, being afraid -of them, had both made an alliance with them, and encouraged them -secretly. Moreover, the British Government was hampered in any attempt -to put them down by an engagement with Scindiah, which prevented it -from entering into any negotiations with the Rajpoots under Scindiah’s -protection. Unless British troops could follow the Pindaris into -Rajpoot territory it was of no use to advance against them, for the -only way in which the Pindaris could be suppressed was by hunting them -down to a man. - -The capture of Bungapore in the Madras Presidency at last brought -matters to a crisis. Lord Moira, the Governor-General, called upon -Scindiah to disown the Pindaris and conclude a treaty with England. -Scindiah signed it cheerfully on the 5th November 1816. That little -farce over, he joined a general conspiracy of the Mahratta powers to -overthrow British rule in India. The Peishwar and the Rajah of Nagpore, -who had also recently signed treaties of alliance with England, -together with Holkar were the principal leaders of the movement. Then -the Governor-General bestirred himself in earnest. [Sidenote: 1817.] -He collected the Bengal, Madras, and Central armies, and fairly -surrounded the whole Pindari country, the Malwa in fact, with 80,000 -men. Over and above these a force, under Sir W. Grant Keir, advanced -from Bombay to block up one corner on the Bombay side. It was to this -force that the Seventeenth was attached, joining it at Baroda. - -The Baroda force under Sir W. Keir marched on the 6th December. On the -second day’s march the rear-guard was attacked by a body of Bheels--a -race which, though “diminutive and wretched looking,” were “active and -capable of great fatigue,” as befitted a gang of professed thieves -and robbers. They were driven off by a squadron of the Seventeenth -under Colonel Stanhope himself, but at the cost of an officer, -Cornet Marriott, and several men and horses wounded. Sergeant-Major -Hampson received an arrow in the mouth from a Bheel archer. He calmly -plucked the arrow out, drew his pistol, shot the Bheel, and then fell -dead--choked by the flow of blood. This affair won the Seventeenth the -thanks of the General in field orders. - -Of the subsequent movements of the Seventeenth in the war I have -found great difficulty, from the impossibility of getting at the -original despatches, in obtaining any knowledge. The great battle -of the campaign was fought against Holkar’s troops at Maheidpore on -the 20th December. The Seventeenth was not present at the action, -though Colonel Stanhope was thanked in orders and despatches for his -service as D.Q.M.G., and though immediately after it the regiment was -ordered off to reinforce Sir J. Malcolm’s division for the pursuit of -Holkar. [Sidenote: 1818.] On the 23rd January 1818 a treaty was make -with Holkar; and the war then resolved itself into a pursuit of the -other members of the conspiracy, and in particular of the Pindaris. -In fact the work of the Seventeenth was a foretaste of that which -it was to experience in Central India forty years later; equally -difficult to trace from the rapidity of the movements; equally hard -to recount from the dearth of material and the separation of the -regiment into detachments; above all equally hard on men and horses, -perpetually harassed by long forced marches which led only to more -forced marches for weeks and weeks together. [Sidenote: 1818.] I have -only been able to gather that the men suffered not a little from the -extraordinary changes of temperature, varying from 28½ to 110 degrees -during the march; and that on a few odd occasions their services were -such as to call down the special praise of the divisional commander. -These commendations are the more valuable, inasmuch as petty, though -brilliant actions were very common in Central India during the early -months of 1818. - -[Sidenote: 19th Jan.] - -The first of these in which we hear of the Seventeenth is an action -at Mundapie, wherein four squadrons of the regiment surprised the -Pindaris, and cut down 100 of them, with the loss of one private -wounded. The gallantry and rapidity of the attack, by the testimony -of the General, alone saved the Seventeenth from heavier casualties. -We hear next of a detachment of the regiment engaged at the capture -of Fort Pallee; [Sidenote: 9th Feb.] and next, at a more important -affair, we find the whole of the Seventeenth fighting against the most -renowned of the Pindari leaders, Cheettoo himself. The action recalls -the history of the detachment which served under Tarleton in Carolina. -[Sidenote: March.]It appears that Colonel Stanhope obtained information -that a large body of Pindaris was within a forced march of him. He -at once sent off a detachment in pursuit, which after a thirty mile -march came upon the enemy, evidently by surprise, and cut down 200 of -them. Cheettoo himself, conspicuous by his dress and black charger, -narrowly escaped capture, and owed his safety only to the speed of -his horse.[11] Captain Adams and Cornet Marriott, who had already -distinguished themselves in the rear-guard action with the Bheels, were -prominent on this occasion, and with the whole detachment received Sir -W. Keir’s thanks in division orders. On the 14th March, when Sir W. -Keir’s force was broken up, two officers of the Seventeenth, Colonel -Stanhope and Captain Thompson, were selected by the General for special -approbation and thanks. - -[Sidenote: 1819.] - -After a short rest in cantonments the regiment, towards the end of -the year, resumed the chase of the Pindaris. The new year found them -marching into the province of Candeish, excepting a detachment of -eighty-six convalescents who, on their recovery, joined Sir W. Keir’s -force in Cutch. While there it must have experienced the frightful -earthquake of June 1819, which destroyed most of the Cutch towns -and killed thousands of natives. Of the general movements of the -Seventeenth I have been unable to discover anything. It appears that -before the end of the year the regiment was back again in cantonments, -and that it moved up to Cutch again in May following, still engaged at -the old work. [Sidenote: 1820.] Colonel Stanhope was then entrusted -with a force of between five and six thousand men, destined, it was -said, for the invasion of Scinde. After six months’ encampment between -Bhooj and Mandivie, the Seventeenth returned to cantonments, and the -force generally was broken up. Colonel Stanhope, with a few troops -which he had retained, reduced the pirate fort of Dwarka, where Cornet -Marriott (now promoted Lieutenant in the 67th Foot) was mortally -wounded. He was acting as Brigade-Major to Colonel Stanhope at the -time, the Seventeenth not being present at the engagement. - -Two more years at the Kaira cantonments brought the regiment to the end -of its first term of Indian service. It marched to Cambay in November, -reached Bombay by water in December, and finally sailed for England -on the 9th January 1823. It had landed at Calcutta, in 1808, 790 men -strong; it had lost in fourteen years, from disease and climatic causes -alone, exclusive of men invalided and killed in action, 26 officers and -796 men; it had received in India 929 men and officers. It went home, -after leaving behind it volunteers for different regiments, under 200 -strong of all ranks. Such were the effects of cholera,--for 1818 was -a bad cholera year,--general ignorance of sanitary matters, and of -English clothing in the Indian climate. - - [Illustration: GEORGE, LORD BINGHAM - - (EARL OF LUCAN) - - LIEUTENANT-COLONEL 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS (LANCERS) - - 1826–1837] - - - - - CHAPTER XI - - HOME SERVICE, 1823–1854 - - -[Sidenote: 1823.] - -On their way home the Seventeenth touched at St. Helena, where they -found an Army List, and therein learned for the first time that -they had become a regiment of Lancers. Such were the fruits of the -inspection held at the Queen’s Riding-house in Pimlico six years -before. There also they heard of the death of their Colonel, Oliver -Delancey, who had held that rank since 1795. He had entered the army as -a Cornet in the 14th Dragoons in 1766, and joined the Seventeenth as -a Captain in 1773. He had therefore held a commission in the regiment -for close on fifty years when he died in September 1822. He had gained -some slight reputation as a pamphleteer, and he was for many years a -Member of Parliament, but it was as a soldier and an officer in the -Seventeenth that he had made his mark, in the New England provinces -and Carolina. He was succeeded by Lord R. Somerset, a distinguished -Peninsula officer. - -On the 18th May the regiment arrived at Gravesend, and marched to -Chatham, where all the men, with the exception of some fifty, including -non-commissioned officers, were invalided or discharged. At Chatham -they returned their carbines into store; it was nearly sixty years -before they received them again; and, in accordance with regulation, -ceased to shave their upper lips. It must have been rather a curious -time, that last half of 1823, between the growing of the moustaches, -the learning of the lance exercise, and the constant influx of -recruits. In those days it was, as a rule, rare for a regiment to -receive above a dozen recruits in the year; [Sidenote: 1823.] and -though the heavy mortality in India had caused the rapid passage of -many men into the ranks, yet we may guess that the fifty old soldiers, -many of whom had probably brought back with them a liver from the East, -were not too well pleased at being flooded with five times their number -of recruits. The spectacle of 250 bristly upper lips must in itself -have been somewhat disquieting. But recruits came in fast. Before the -year was out the regiment numbered 311 men, or little below its reduced -establishment, viz. six troops of 335 men with 253 horses. - -The acquisition of the lance, of course, brought with it a certain -change of dress. Lancers being of Polish origin, the Polish fashion in -dress was of course imperative. The shako was discarded for ever, and -a lance cap of the orthodox shape introduced in its place; the upper -part thereof white as at present, and the plume, as ever since 1759, -red and white. The officers, besides a huge pair of epaulettes, wore -aiguillettes of silver, and were generally very gorgeously attired. For -we are now, it must be remembered, in the reign of King George IV., -and therefore every uniform is at its zenith of expense and its nadir -of taste. Hence, the first lance caps were so high and heavy that they -were a misery to wear; and the jackets, though in pattern unchanged, -were made so tight that men could hardly cut the sword exercise. - -[Sidenote: 1824.] - -From this point for the next thirty years the history of the regiment -is merely that of home duty in England and Ireland; and as the changes -of quarter are recorded in the Appendix, there is no need to repeat -them here. Let it, however, be noted that the Seventeenth took the -London duty for the first time in 1824, [Sidenote: 1825.] and that in -the following year it found itself once more at Chichester, where we -hope that it was welcomed by the Mayor and Corporation. - -[Sidenote: 1826.] - -In 1826, George, Lord Bingham, who had exchanged into the Seventeenth -eleven months before, succeeded Colonel Stanhope in command of the -regiment. We shall meet with him again as Lord Lucan twenty-eight years -hence; not without results. Lord Bingham retained the command until -1837, and brought the regiment up to a very high pitch of efficiency. -He was a keen soldier, who had taken the pains to study his profession; -a very rare thing in those days; and had even taken the trouble to join -the Russian army in the war of 1828–29 against the Turks, in order to -gain experience of active service. He came to the Seventeenth at a time -when such a commander was especially valuable, for the slack period -of the British army, perhaps inevitable after the exertions of the -great war, was telling heavily on the cavalry. The drill was stiff, -unpractical, and obsolete--designed, apparently, to assimilate the -movements of cavalry and infantry as far as possible to each other. It -was so useful (this was the pretext alleged) for officers to be able -to handle horse and foot with equal facility. “It is hardly credible,” -writes a critic in 1832, “that the late regulations did not contain a -single formation from column into line, in which one or more of the -squadrons had not to rein back as a necessary and essential part of the -movement.” Even when this was altered, officers were still posted in -the ranks instead of in front of their troops. At this time, too, and -for years after, changes of formation were always carried out to the -halt. A regiment that required to take ground to the right, wheeled -into “columns of troops to the right,” to the halt; then advanced as -far as was necessary, then halted, and then wheeled into line, once -again to the halt. In many regiments “field cards” were issued, “drawn -out in all the pride of red ink,” with each movement numbered and -marked in its regular succession; and thus the programme for the day of -review was rehearsed for weeks beforehand. - -[Sidenote: 1829.] - -Lord Bingham had not long been in command before the uniform of the -regiment was again changed. When the change was made I cannot with -accuracy say; but in 1829 we find the white lapel-like facings on -the jacket done away with, and a plain blue jacket with white collar -and cuffs preferred in its place. The old red and white plume also -disappears at this period for ever, and a black plume is worn in its -stead. - -[Sidenote: 1830.] - -A year later King William IV. came to the throne and made yet another -change. Whether from jealousy of the colour of his own service, the -Navy, or from whatever cause, he clothed the whole Army, except the -artillery and riflemen, in scarlet. The Lancer regiments, one and all, -were accordingly arrayed in a double-breasted scarlet jacket with two -rows of buttons and gorgeous embroidery, and blue overalls with a -double scarlet stripe. The plume for the officers was of black cocktail -feathers; and as the cap was very high, and measured ten inches square -at the top, and the plume was sixteen inches long, it may be guessed -that heads were sufficiently covered. Large gold epaulettes and gold -cap-lines with large gold tassels completed the dress. Those were merry -days for the army tailor, if not for the Army. That there were curses -both loud and deep from the service we need not doubt; but the King -at least permitted the Seventeenth to retain its facings, which was -more than he allowed to the Navy. With almost incredible want of tact -the sailor-king altered the time-honoured white facings of the Navy -to scarlet. Happily neither of these changes lasted long; though the -appropriation of gold lace to the regular army, and the relegation of -silver to the auxiliary forces, has continued to be the rule up to the -present day. As a finishing touch to the trials of the Lancers at this -period, a general order compelled the shaving of the moustaches which -had been so carefully cultivated for the previous eight years. - -[Sidenote: 1828–32.] - -From 1828 to 1832 the Seventeenth was quartered in Ireland. In the -latter year they encountered an old Indian enemy in Dublin, namely -Asiatic cholera, by which they lost three men. On crossing to England -in June they were isolated for some months, lest they should spread the -disease from their quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1833.] - -In the following year the regiment was reviewed by King William IV. in -Windsor Park. After the review the King invited the officers to dinner, -and reminded them then that he had inspected the Seventeenth half a -century before at New York. It is noteworthy that one officer, who was -still borne on the strength of the regiment, had served with it at -that time. Sir Evan Lloyds’ name still appeared on the roll as senior -lieutenant-colonel; and thus there was at least one man who could say -that he had worn both the scarlet and gold and the scarlet and silver. -Nor must we omit to add that among those who witnessed the review on -that day was the future colonel-in-chief of the regiment, Prince George -of Cambridge, then a boy of fourteen. Thus the lives of two colonels of -the Seventeenth actually bridge over the gulf between the American War -of Independence and the fifty-eighth year of Queen Victoria. Sir Evan -Lloyds’ name remained on the regimental list from 1785 until 1836, when -he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 7th Dragoon Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1834.] - -The year 1834 witnessed the abolition of a time-honoured institution, -namely, the squadron standards. A relic of feudal days, which had kept -its significance and its value up to the first years of the great -Civil War, the troop or squadron standard had long been obsolete. In -fact it is rather surprising that such standards should ever have been -issued to Light Dragoons. Nevertheless they survived to a time within -the memory of living men in all cavalry regiments, and are fortunately -still preserved, together with the blue dress and axes of the farriers -and other historic distinctions, in that walking museum of the British -cavalry, the Household Brigade. - -[Sidenote: 1837.] - -The year 1837 found the headquarters of the Seventeenth at Coventry for -the first time since 1760, when it had but just sprung into existence. -On this occasion we may hope that it was allowed to remain in the town -during the race meeting. It is somewhat of a coincidence that the -regiment should have opened the two longest reigns on record, those, -namely, of King George III. and Queen Victoria, in the same quarters. -In this same year Lord Bingham retired from the command, and was -succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Pratt, who in his turn gave place after -two years to Lieutenant-Colonel St. Quintin. - -[Sidenote: 1840.] - -In 1840 the Light Dragoons and Lancers discarded the scarlet which had -been imposed upon them, and reverted once more to the blue jackets -and the overalls of Oxford mixture, which had been ordained in 1829. -[Sidenote: 1841.] In 1841 the Seventeenth, after a three years’ stay in -Ireland, was moved to Scotland; its first visit to North Britain since -1764. [Sidenote: 1842.]Coming down to Leeds in the following year it -received a new colonel in the person of Prince George of Cambridge, -the present Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment and Commander-in-Chief of -the Army. Under his command the regiment was employed in aid of the -civil power to suppress serious riots in the manufacturing districts -in August 1842. [Sidenote: 1843.] In the following year, headquarters -and three troops of the regiment being stationed at Birmingham, -there occurred an accident which, after fifty years, sounds almost -incredible. The men had just left barracks, in watering order, for -the exercise of the horses, and were about to pass under an arch of -what in the infancy of railways was called the “Liverpool line,” when -an engine, with its whistle shrieking loudly, passed over the arch -at a high speed. In an instant every horse swung violently round, -dismounting almost, if not actually, every man, and the whole hundred -of them stampeded wildly back through the streets to their stables. -Many of the men were injured, some so seriously that they had to be -carried back to barracks; and all this came about through the now -familiar whistle of a railway engine. The incident gives us a momentary -glimpse of one feature in the England of half a century ago. - -[Sidenote: 1844.] - -Next year the regiment took part in the review held by the Queen in -honour of the Czar of Russia. Another ten years was to see it fighting -that Czar’s army, and helping to break his heart. The vicissitudes of a -regiment’s life are strange, and the Seventeenth had its share thereof -in the forties: first putting down rioters at Leeds; then marching past -the Czar at Windsor; then rushing across to Ireland to maintain order -there during the abortive insurrection headed by Smith O’Brien; and, -[Sidenote: 1848.] finally, escorting Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her -first entry into the city of Dublin. [Sidenote: 1850.] The year 1850 -brought it back to England once more, where, after one bout of peace -manœuvres at Chobham, it at last received orders, for the first time -for thirty-four years, to hold itself in readiness for active service. -The warning came in February 1854, and the scene of action was destined -to be the Crimea. - - - - - CHAPTER XII - - THE CRIMEA, 1854–1856 - - -[Sidenote: 1854] - -On receiving the order to prepare for active service the regiment -was formed into four service and two depôt troops of the following -strength:-- - - +-------------------+---------+--------+-------+ - | | Service | Depôt | Total | - +-------------------+---------+--------+-------+ - | Field Officers. | 2 | | 2 | - | Captains. | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | Subalterns. | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | Staff. | 6 | | 6 | - | Sergeants. | 18 | 7 | 25 | - | Trumpeters. | 5 | 2 | 7 | - | Farriers. | 4 | 2 | 6 | - | Corporals. | 13 | 5 | 18 | - | Privates. | 254 | 51 | 305 | - +-------------------+---------+--------+-------+ - | HORSES. Officers. | 48 | 8 | 56 | - | R. & F. | 249 | 34 | 283 | - +-------------------+---------+--------+-------+ - -[Sidenote: April] - -After the whole had been inspected by the Duke of Cambridge, the depôt -troops marched to Brighton on the 10th May, where they formed part of -the consolidated cavalry depôt under Colonel Bonham. - -Headquarters and the service troops embarked at Portsmouth on the 18th, -23rd, 24th, and 25th April in five sailing ships, thus:-- - - Headquarters, under Colonel Lawrenson, in the ship _Eveline_. - One troop, under Major Willett, in the _Pride of the Ocean_. - One troop in the _Ganges_. - One troop in the _Blundell_. - Remainder in the _Edmundsbury_. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury, 1832_ - - OFFICERS, 1829] - -[Sidenote: 1854. May.] - -After passages varying from twenty-three days to five weeks, the whole -arrived at Constantinople toward the end of May. Men and officers -were all well, but twenty-six horses had perished on the voyage. -The regiment was disembarked at Kulali, on the Asiatic side of the -Bosporus, and on the 30th of May was inspected by the Sultan in person -at Scutari. - -On the 2nd June the regiment re-embarked on the same vessel, and -sailed to Varna, where, on disembarkation, [Sidenote: 4th June.] it -was made part of the Light Brigade under the command of Lord Cardigan. -Leaving Varna on the 8th it marched to Devna, some eighteen miles to -the north-west, and remained encamped at a short distance from the -village until the 28th July, [Sidenote: 28th July.]on which day it -marched for Yeni-bazar, halting at Kutlubi, Yasytepe, and Sazego on the -way, and finally encamped at Yeni-bazar on the 1st August. So far the -army had done nothing, but had been condemned to inactivity, losing -many men by cholera meanwhile. The retreat of the Russians from the -Danube after their failure before Silistria, and defeat at Giurgevo -in July, had virtually secured the only object of the expedition, -namely, that Russia should abandon the invasion of Turkey. But at the -end of June the British Government decided to direct the expedition -against Sebastopol, and to destroy Russia’s great stronghold in the -Black Sea. [Sidenote: 25th Aug.] Accordingly, on the 25th of August the -Seventeenth started to march back from Yeni-bazar to Varna. Cholera -had been at work with them, as with the rest of the army, in August, -and they left twelve men buried at Yeni-bazar. [Sidenote: 28th Aug.] -Arriving at Varna on the 28th, the regiment embarked once more on -four transports on 2nd and 3rd September, and sailed for the Crimea. -[Sidenote: 17th Sept.] A fortnight later the headquarters, under -Colonel Lawrenson, landed at Kalamita Bay, the spot chosen by Lord -Raglan for the disembarkation of the army. The Seventeenth lost two -more men by cholera in the passage, and showed a serious falling-off in -strength on landing. - -[Sidenote: 1854.] - - +-------------------+---------+ - | Field Officers. | 2 | - | Captains. | 4 | - | Subalterns. | 7 | - | Staff. | 6 | - | Sergeants. | 16 | - | Trumpeters. | 5 | - | Farriers. | 4 | - | Corporals. | 11 | - | Privates. | 192 | - | Totals--All ranks | 247 | - +-------------------+---------+ - | HORSES. Officers. | 21 | - | Troops | 216 | - +-------------------+---------+ - -[Sidenote: 19th Sept.] - -Two days later the army began its advance; the infantry divisions -massed in close column, and the cavalry on its skirts--the Seventeenth -being in rear of the left flank of the infantry. Early in the afternoon -the four squadrons of the advanced guard came upon 2000 of the enemy’s -cavalry, a little way on the other side of the Bulganak River. Both -parties threw out skirmishers, who fired some ineffectual carbine -shots without dismounting, as was the fashion of the day; and then the -Seventeenth and 8th Hussars were ordered up in haste to reinforce the -advanced squadrons. The Russians, although in overwhelming force, did -not attack, and the advanced squadrons then retired by alternate wings. -A few artillery shots were exchanged, and with that the first encounter -with the Russians was over. The troops bivouacked that night in order -of battle, [Sidenote: 20th Sept.] and on the following day attacked and -carried the Russian entrenched position on the heights of the Alma. - -Details of the action of the Alma, wherein the cavalry, from the nature -of the case, was little if at all engaged, would be out of place here. -It is, however, worth while to remark that the first infantry division -and the cavalry division, which occupied the left of the English line, -were both under the command of former colonels of the Seventeenth, -the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Lucan. During the infantry attack the -cavalry, which was on the extreme left, remained perforce inactive; -but when the Highland Brigade, which was next to the cavalry, had -carried the heights before them, one squadron of the Seventeenth, which -was presently joined by the other, moved off without orders from any -general officer, and began to ascend the heights. [Sidenote: 1854.] On -their way they contrived in some way to cross part of the front of the -Highlanders, and were soundly rated by Sir Colin Campbell for their -pains. When, finally, on reaching the summit they began to capture -Russian prisoners, the pursuit was checked by Lord Raglan’s order; -and in consequence little was done. Shortly after the action Colonel -Lawrenson went home invalided, leaving to Major Willett the command of -the regiment. - -For two days after the battle of the Alma the army remained halted, -[Sidenote: 23rd Sept.] and then on the 23rd slowly resumed the march on -Sebastopol. Lord Raglan’s wish had been to push on immediately after -the victory, but to this the French commander would not consent. On the -24th the cavalry, under Lord Lucan, was sent on to the river Belbec, -a day’s march ahead of the main army, but encountered no opposition. -Next day, Lord Raglan having been obliged, in deference to the French, -to abandon his plan of attacking Sebastopol from the north, the army -executed the flank march which brought it round from the north to -the south side of the city. The march lay through difficult wooded -ground; and the cavalry, which had been pushed forward to cover the -advance, was misguided by a staff-officer. The result was that Lord -Raglan and his escort were the first to come upon the rear-guard of -the Russian army, which was likewise, though unknown to the English, -executing a flank march across the British front. The cavalry soon came -up, and captured some waggons as well as a few prisoners. After this -trifling and rather ludicrous affair with the Russian rear-guard at -Mackenzie’s Farm, the march was continued, and the army bivouacked that -night on the Tchernaya River. [Sidenote: 29th Sept.] On the following -day Balaclava was taken; and after three nights more bivouac on the -Balaclava plains, the Seventeenth received some tents. They, like the -rest of the army, had landed without tents or kits. - -The main business of the cavalry now consisted in patrolling east and -northward towards the Tchemaya, where, as early as the 5th October, it -began to encounter Russian patrols. In a sense the cavalry was isolated -from the rest of the army. [Sidenote: 1854.] The plain of Balaclava -lies about a mile from Sebastopol, and extends on an average to a -length of about three miles from east to west, and a breadth of two -miles from north to south. It is enclosed on all sides by heights: on -the north by the Fedioukine Hills, on the south by the Kamara Hills, -on the east by Mount Hasport, and on the west by the Chersonese, where -the bulk of the army was encamped. The plain is cut in two from east to -west by a line of hills called the Causeway heights, which run almost -to the Chersonese; and it was at the foot of these hills, on the south -side of them, that the camp of the Light Brigade was situated. Just -about due south of the camp, at a distance of about a mile, stands the -village of Kadikoi, at the entrance to the gorge that leads down to -Balaclava harbour. - -Balaclava was now the British base of operations. Its defence was -entrusted to Sir Colin Campbell, with the 93rd Highlanders, some -marines, and a certain number of Turks; the cavalry being at hand to -help him in the plain. But the better to secure the base with so small -a force, an inner line of field-works was constructed from Kadikoi on -the north, along the heights on the east of Balaclava to the sea, and -an outer line of six redoubts on the Causeway heights. It has already -been said that the English and Russian patrols had clashed on the -Tchernaya; and as General Liprandi, with a Russian army, had fixed his -headquarters at Tchorgoun, less than a mile beyond the Tchernaya to -the north-east, this was hardly surprising. Shortly after the middle -of October Captain White of the Seventeenth, while on outlying picquet -on the Kamara Hills, had observed a large force of Russian cavalry and -duly reported it. Knowing the Russians to be in considerable force, -neither Sir Colin Campbell nor Lord Lucan were at their ease as to the -safety of Balaclava, from the weakness of their defending force and its -isolation from the rest of the army. - -On the 23rd October Major Willett died, and the command of the regiment -once more changed hands. The senior officer, Captain Morris, was -employed on the staff; and it became a question whether he would remain -where he was, leaving the command to Captain White, or whether he -would return to the regiment. [Sidenote: 1854.]On the 24th Lord Lucan -received intelligence that Balaclava would be attacked on the morrow by -a Russian force of 25,000 men. He at once despatched an aide-de-camp to -Lord Raglan, who said “Very well.” That evening Captain Morris decided -that he would take command of the Seventeenth. - -[Sidenote: 25th Oct.] - -Next day the cavalry turned out as usual an hour before daybreak, and -were standing to their horses, when Lord Lucan rode off slowly to the -easternmost redoubt on the Causeway heights. The coming of the dawn -showed him a signal on the flagstaff of the redoubt, which told him -that his information was correct, and that the Russians were advancing -in force. Lord George Paget of the 4th Light Dragoons at once galloped -back and ordered the Light Brigade to mount. The men were just about to -be dismissed to their breakfasts when they were moved off toward the -threatened quarter. - -Meanwhile the Russians, with 11,000 men and 38 guns, attacked the -easternmost redoubt; and in spite of a gallant resistance from the five -or six hundred Turks that held it, carried it by storm. The Turks then -abandoned the three next redoubts; and thus the line of the Causeway -heights fell into the hands of the Russians. Simultaneously two more -Russian columns had advanced and occupied the Fedioukine heights, -and filled the valley between the Fedioukine and Causeway heights -with 3500 cavalry and a battery of twelve guns. Lord Lucan, seeing -that his 1500 men of the Light and Heavy Cavalry Brigades could not -check the advance of 11,000 Russians, fell back to a position on the -southern slopes of the Causeway heights, which would enable him to fall -on the flank of any force that might cross the South Valley towards -Balaclava. From this position he was ordered by Lord Raglan to retire. -The result was that the Russians immediately detached four squadrons -to attack the weak force of infantry that held the mouth of the gorge -leading to Balaclava. So serious did Sir Colin Campbell judge this -attack to be that he warned the 93rd, as the Russian cavalry came down -on them, that they must die where they stood. [Sidenote: 1854--25th -Oct.] Fortunately the Russian attack was not pushed home, and the four -squadrons were utterly defeated by the unshaken firmness of the 93rd. -Convinced as to the soundness of his dispositions, Lord Lucan shortly -after moved the Light Brigade forward to its original station; while, -in obedience to Raglan’s order, he despatched the Heavy Brigade across -the valley to reinforce the defending troops at Kadikoi. - -Just as the Heavy Brigade was moving off, the Russian cavalry came up -in great force over the Causeway heights, full on the flank of the -Heavies, but lending their own flank to the Light Brigade. Brigadier -Scarlett thereupon wheeled the Heavies into line, and delivered the -brilliant attack known as the charge of the Heavy Brigade. Every one, -including Lord Lucan, expected to see the Light Brigade fall down on -the Russian flank, and smash it completely. But Lord Cardigan judged -that his instructions forbade him to attack, and refused to move. -Every man in the Brigade was waiting for the order to charge, and Lord -Cardigan himself cursed loudly at his own inaction. Captain Morris, -doing duty with his regiment for the first time since it had landed in -the Crimea, begged and prayed his Brigadier to let loose, if not the -whole Brigade, at any rate the Seventeenth Lancers; but Lord Cardigan -would not hear of it. Thus for the second time the Seventeenth (and for -that matter the Light Brigade), was baulked of the successful attack -which its old Colonel had prepared for it. - -Then came an order from Lord Raglan to Lord Lucan to “advance and -recover the heights,” _i.e._ the Causeway heights; presently -supplemented by a further order--“Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to -advance rapidly to the front and recover the guns,” meaning the guns -captured by the Russians in the redoubts on the Causeway heights. This -last order was brought by Captain Nolan, an excitable man, and at that -particular moment in a highly excited state. “Guns,” said Lord Lucan -to him, “what guns?” Nolan waved his hand vaguely, it would seem, in -the direction of the Russian battery at the head of the North Valley -and said, by no means too respectfully: “There, my Lord, is your enemy, -there are your guns.” [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] Lord Lucan was a -quick-tempered man, and probably not in his most amiable mood at that -instant. He was one of those officers, rare enough in those days, who -had taken particular pains to study his profession, and was on all -hands acknowledged to possess more than ordinary ability. His warnings -of the previous day had been neglected at headquarters; his perfectly -correct dispositions, carefully concerted with Sir Colin Campbell, -had been twice upset by superior order, with results that must almost -certainly have been fatal, if the Russian cavalry had known its work; -and now had come a fresh staff-officer with an order which, not in -itself too clear, had been further obscured by that staff-officer’s -excitability. Over hastily he accepted what he believed to be the true -meaning of the order, and directed Lord Cardigan to attack the Russian -battery at the head of the North Valley with the Light Brigade. - -That Brigade, after its various movements, had been finally drawn up -facing directly up the South Valley, and had stood dismounted there for -more than three-quarters of an hour, when Lord Cardigan gave the order -which showed that its time had come. In the Seventeenth that morning -there were 139 men in the ranks, increased at the last moment by the -arrival of Private Veigh, the regimental butcher, who, hearing that the -regiment was about to be engaged, rode up fresh from the shambles to -join it. He was dressed in a blood-stained canvas smock, over which he -had buckled the belt and accoutrements of one of the Heavy Dragoons who -had been killed in the charge; and, having accommodated himself also -with the dead dragoon’s horse, he now rode up with his poleaxe[12] at -the slope. The rest of the regiment was in marching order--full-dress -jackets and lance-caps cased--with the exception of Captain Morris, -the commanding officer, who wore a forage cap. The first squadron was -led by Captain White, the troop leaders being Captain Hon. Godfrey -Morgan and Lieutenant Thomson; [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] the second -squadron was led by Captain Winter, with Captain Webb in command of the -right, and Lieutenant Sir William Gordon in command of the left troop. -Lieutenant Hartopp, Lieutenant Chadwick (the Adjutant) and Cornet -Cleveland were the other officers with the regiment, Cornet Wombwell -being with Lord Cardigan as aide-de-camp. The two squadrons of the -Seventeenth formed the centre of the first line of the Brigade, having -the 11th Hussars to their left, and the 13th Hussars to their right; -while the 4th and 8th Hussars composed the second line. - -In this formation the Light Brigade moved off to the attack; its duty -being to advance over a mile and a half of ground, flanked by Russian -batteries and riflemen on the Fedioukine heights to the right, Russian -batteries and riflemen on the Causeway heights to the left, and fall -upon a battery of twelve guns to their front, which guns were backed -by the mass of the Russian Cavalry. The first line began the advance -at a trot, and was presently reduced to the Seventeenth and 13th only; -the 11th being ordered back to the second line by Lord Lucan. The -formation of the Brigade was thus altered from two lines to three. The -Seventeenth was now therefore on the left of the first line, though -Captain White’s squadron still remained the squadron of direction. - -Presently, without sound of trumpet, but conforming to the pace of the -Brigadier, the first line broke into the gallop. It had barely started -when Captain Nolan rode across the front from left to right, shouting -and waving his sword. “No, no, Nolan,” shouted Captain Morris, “that -won’t do, we have a long way to go and must be steady.” As he spoke a -fragment of a shell struck Nolan to the heart. His horse swerved and -trotted back through the squadron interval with his rider still firm in -the saddle, and then with an unearthly cry the body of Nolan dropped to -the ground. This was the first shell that fell into the Light Brigade. - -Meanwhile the handful of squadrons, with the Seventeenth and 13th at -their head, rode on with perfect steadiness, and in beautiful order, -into the ring of the Russian fire. [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] Then men -and horses began to drop fast in the first line. The survivors closed -up and rode on. The trumpet sounded no charge; the officers uttered no -stirring word; the men gave no cheer; for this was no headlong rush -of reckless cavaliers, but an orderly advance of disciplined men. -Throughout this ride down the valley there was but one word continually -repeated, “Close up”; and the men closed in to their centre, and with -an ever-diminishing front rode on. Those who watched the advance -from the heights a mile away saw the line expand as the stricken men -and horses floundered down, and contract once more like some perfect -machinery as the survivors took up their dressing and rode on. But at -last the gaps became so frequent and so wide that men could close up -no more; and then the whole of the first line sat down and raced for -the guns. The Russians were ready for them and met them at about eighty -yards distance with a simultaneous discharge of every gun in the front -battery. How many men fell under this salvo we shall never know. By -this time two-thirds of the first line must have fallen: the remaining -third rode on. In a few seconds they had plunged into the smoke and -were among the Russian guns. - -On the extreme left a handful of the Seventeenth had outflanked the -battery, and of these--all that he could see of his regiment--Captain -Morris, who was still unharmed, retained command. Pressing on past the -battery through the smoke, he was aware of a large body of Russian -cavalry, part of an overwhelming force, that stood halted before him in -rear of the guns. Steadying his men for a moment, he led them without -thought of hesitation straight at the Russians, and drove his sword to -the hilt through the body of their leader. His men were hard at his -heels. They broke through the Russian Hussars, they swept all that were -covered by their narrow front before them, and galloped on in pursuit. -Meanwhile Captain Morris had fallen. Unable to withdraw his sword from -the body of the Russian officer, he was tethered by his sword-arm to -the corpse, and while thus disabled received two sabre cuts and a -lance wound. [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] Utterly defenceless against -the lances of the Cossacks, who had closed like water upon the small -gap made by the Seventeenth, he was forced to surrender. Lieutenant -Chadwick, who was wounded by a lance thrust in the neck, was also made -prisoner at the same time. - -Another fragment of the first line, backed by men of various regiments, -was rallied by Corporal Morley, and by him led back through the Russian -cavalry to the North Valley. - -Yet another little remnant of the Seventeenth, to the right of Morris, -had entered the battery, where Sergeant O’Hara took command of them, -and directed their efforts against the Russian gunners, who were -attempting to carry off their guns. These were presently rallied by -Lord Cardigan’s Brigade-Major, Major Mayow; but a portion of them -having missed him in the smoke went on with O’Hara to their left, where -they met their comrades, the survivors of Captain Morris’s party. These -last, after chasing the Russian Hussars back upon their supports, had -been forced back by immensely superior numbers, and were now menaced -in their turn both in flank and rear. The two little parties joined -together, and fighting their way back through the Russians made good -their retreat down the valley. - -Meanwhile Major Mayow, with about a dozen men of the Seventeenth, like -Captain Morris, charged a body of Russian horse, which was halted in -rear of the battery, drove it back, and pursued it for some distance -upon the main body. Then Mayow halted, and seeing the remains of a -squadron of the 8th Hussars approaching to his right rear, he formed -his handful of Lancers on the left flank of the 8th. The Russian -cavalry in rear of the guns was now panic-stricken, and in full -retreat; but there still remained some Russian squadrons which had been -left on the Causeway heights; and of these three now menaced Colonel -Shewell’s rear. Shewell gave his mixed squadron the word “Right about -wheel,” and charged them. As usual the Russians received the charge -at the halt and were utterly routed. Then, seeing no troops coming to -his support, Colonel Shewell retreated. [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] -Once more the British came under the fire of the guns on the Causeway -heights. The French had silenced those on the Fedioukine side, the -Light Brigade had silenced those in the valley, but those on the -Causeway heights still remained untaken. Fortunately some Russian -Lancers still hovered about the retreating English, and the Russian -gunners ceased to fire lest they should kill their own men. Thus -the Seventeenth and the rest of the Brigade returned in small knots -well-nigh to the spot from which they had started but five-and-twenty -minutes before. Six hundred and seventy-eight of all ranks had started; -one hundred and ninety-five came back. - -Of the Seventeenth Lancers Captain Winter, Lieutenant Thomson, -twenty-two men, and ninety-nine horses were killed. Captain Morris, -desperately wounded, finding himself deserted by the Russian officer to -whom he had surrendered and left to the tender mercies of the Cossacks, -contrived to catch a loose horse, and, when this had been killed under -him, made shift to stagger back to the place where Captain Nolan had -fallen. There he dropped, but was tended under fire by Surgeon Mouat -and by Sergeant Wooden of the Seventeenth, both of whom received the -Victoria Cross for the service. Captain Robert White was badly wounded -before reaching the battery, and Captain Webb wounded to the death. -Sir William Gordon, who had passed through the battery unharmed, came -back from pursuing the Russian cavalry with five sabre wounds in the -head. So terribly had he been hacked that the doctors said that on the -25th October he was “their only patient with his head off.” Hardly -able to keep himself in the saddle he lay on his horse’s neck, trying -to keep the blood out of his eyes, and rode back down the valley at a -walk. Being intercepted by a body of Russian cavalry he made for the -squadron interval, followed by two or three men, and when the Russians, -in their endeavour to bar his passage, left an opening in the squadron, -he managed to canter through it and in spite of pursuit to finally -complete his escape. His horse, which was shot through the shoulders, -managed to carry him out of action, but died, poor gallant beast, very -soon after. [Sidenote: 1854--25th Oct.] Thirty-three men and almost -every surviving horse were also wounded; Trumpeter Brittain, who had -acted as Lord Cardigan’s trumpeter on that day, dying of his hurts -in hospital. Lieutenant Chadwick, and thirteen more men, all of them -wounded, were taken prisoners. Lieutenant Wombwell, being like Captain -Morris abandoned by his captors to the Cossacks, escaped, after having -two horses killed under him. - -So ended the work of the Seventeenth on the 25th October 1854. It -is customary to look upon the attack of the Light Brigade as a mere -desperate ride into the Russian battery. It was far more than this. -The advance down the valley through the murderous fire from front and -both flanks was but the prelude to a brilliant attack. Discipline -never failed even among the scattered fragments of the first line. -Where their own officers were still alive with them, the men of the -Seventeenth, however trifling in numbers, rallied, as under Captain -Morris, and followed them to the attack on the Russian cavalry. Where -an officer of another corps rallied them, they followed him with the -same devotion and intrepidity. The little knot with Major Mayow, under -his leadership attacked ten or fifteen times their number of Russians, -defeated them, pursued them, halted, rallied on the 8th Hussars, -attacked with them successfully once more, and stood ready to renew the -attack yet again if supports should come. Where, again, no officer was -present, the non-commissioned officers, true to regimental tradition, -readily took command; and Sergeant O’Hara and Corporal Morley proved -themselves worthy successors of Tucker and Stephenson. - -Had the attack of the Light Brigade been supported there is reason -to suppose that it would have been brilliantly successful; for the -Russian cavalry had been thoroughly scared, and even the infantry had -been formed into squares to resist the onslaught of the few score of -men who had passed the battery. Lord Lucan had indeed every intention -of supporting it with the Heavy Brigade, and actually brought that -brigade within destructive fire; [Sidenote: 1854.] but seeing from -his advanced position up the valley the frightful losses of the Light -Brigade, he could not bring himself to sacrifice the Heavies also. -Pulling up under the cross-fire of the batteries, his horse wounded in -two places, and his own thigh injured by a musket ball, he took his -resolution and ordered the Heavy Brigade to retire. What his feelings -may have been when he saw the wreck of his old regiment return to -him we can only guess. Yet this was not the first occasion on which -the Seventeenth had charged ten times their number of cavalry; they -had done it once before at Cowpens against a far more dangerous and -resolute enemy. - -After Balaclava the Seventeenth, like the other four regiments of the -Light Brigade, had almost ceased to exist in the Crimea, from the -extent of its loss both in men and horses. A supply of remounts was, -however, obtained by the capture of about 100 Russian troop-horses -which stampeded into the British camp on the night of the 26th October. - -[Sidenote: 5th Nov.] - -The next great action of the war was the battle of Inkermann on the -5th November. In this engagement the brunt of the work fell, from -the nature of the case, upon the infantry. The Light Brigade was, -however, brought under fire late in the day in support of some French -reinforcements; Lord George Paget, who was in command that day, having -received instructions, and also a particularly urgent request from the -Commander-in-Chief of the French, to keep his men, a bare 200 all told, -within supporting distance of the French cavalry. The losses of the -Light Brigade amounted to an officer and five men killed, and five men -wounded, of whom the officer and another of the killed and one of the -wounded belonged to the Seventeenth. Cornet Cleveland, who had escaped -at Balaclava where so many fell, was the only English cavalry officer -who was touched at Inkermann. His death reduced the number of unwounded -officers of the regiment to three. - -[Sidenote: 25th Nov.] - -Three weeks later the establishment of the Seventeenth was raised -to eight troops--a curious reflection for the handful of men who -represented it in the Crimea. [Sidenote: 1854.]Some months were yet -to pass before the Seventeenth at Sebastopol could make any show as -a regiment, and those months were those of the Crimean winter. So -much has been written of that terrible time that it would be out of -place to say much of it here. Suffice it that between bad luck and bad -management both men and horses suffered very severely. Probably there -never was a time excepting the winter of 1854 when the troop-horses -of a British cavalry division were almost without exception hog-maned -and rat-tailed, the poor creatures having eaten each other’s hair -in the extremity of hunger. As to the men of the Seventeenth, it is -enough to say that they shared the misery and hardship which was borne -by the rest of the army, which was cruel enough. But hard as was the -Crimean winter, it must not be treated, simply because a British -war-correspondent was present and a British Parliament was busy, as -an unique trial of endurance. A regiment which had fought through the -Carolina campaigns and the deadly war in the West Indies had little new -to learn of misery, sickness, and death. - -[Sidenote: 1855.] - -In the months of April and June of the following year the regiment -received large drafts from England, and by the 21st July was enabled to -detach a squadron of 100 men and horses, under the command of Captain -Learmonth, to join a force of British cavalry which was employed in -collecting forage and supporting the French in the Baidar Valley. -This squadron rejoined headquarters on the 19th August, in time to be -present together with the rest of the regiment at the battle of the -Tchernaya. [Sidenote: 20th Aug.] [Sidenote: 8th Sept.] Three weeks -later Sebastopol was evacuated, and the war was practically over. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury._ PRIVATE, Review Order. - OFFICER, Marching Order. PRIVATE, Marching Order. - - 1829–1832.] - -About the middle of November the regiment embarked at Balaclava for -Ismid, where it landed on the 15th. Its strength on embarkation was 15 -officers and 291 non-commissioned officers and men, with 224 horses; -and the whole of it was carried in two transports, the _Candia_ -and _Etna_. A corporal and five men were left behind to do orderly -work in the Crimea. [Sidenote: 1856.] At Ismid the Seventeenth -was brigaded with the 8th and 10th Hussars, under Brigadier Shewell, -[Sidenote: 30th Mar.] and there remained until after the proclamation -of peace. - -On the 27th of April a sergeant’s party of seventeen men and sixteen -horses was embarked in the transport _Oneida_, and two days later -the bulk of the regiment, 18 officers and 442 men, with 171 horses, -embarked in the _Candia_, homeward bound. The whole arrived at -Queenstown on the 14th May, having suffered no casualty but the loss of -a single horse on the passage. - -On landing, the regiment was quartered at Cahir barracks (where it -was joined by the depôt squadron from Brighton), with detachments at -Clogheen, Clonmel, Fethard, and Limerick. It had not been at home two -months before it was employed at Nenagh in aid of the civil power. -[Sidenote: 12th Sept.] In September the regiment was moved up to -Portobello Barracks in Dublin, [Sidenote: 10th Nov.] and two months -later was reduced to six troops once more, with an establishment of 28 -officers, 442 non-commissioned officers and men, with 300 troop-horses. -[Sidenote: 1857. 7th Mar.] Early in the following year it moved to -Island Bridge Barracks, where all the elaborate arrangements for -quarters and reduction of establishment were upset by the outbreak of -the Indian Mutiny. - - - - - CHAPTER XIII - - CENTRAL INDIA, 1858–1859 - - -[Sidenote: 1857.] - -For the better understanding of the share taken by the Seventeenth -Lancers in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, it may be well to set -down as briefly as possible the principal events that had taken place -before their arrival-- - - First outbreak at Meerut 10th May 1857. - Outbreak at Lucknow 30th „ „ - „ „ Cawnpore 7th June „ - Siege of Delhi opened 8th „ „ - Cawnpore massacre 26th „ „ - Capture of Cawnpore by Havelock 18th July „ - Fall of Delhi 20th Sept. „ - First relief of Lucknow 25th „ „ - Second „ „ 17th Nov. „ - -In those days, when there was neither submarine cable nor Suez Canal, -news from India took some time to reach England. Reinforcements -destined for China were intercepted and sent to India on their way, and -thus arrived early; but it was October 1857 before the reinforcements -from England began fairly to pour into Calcutta. The Seventeenth was -not of these first reinforcements; and did not receive its orders -for embarkation before 2nd September. On the 7th of that month its -establishment was raised from six to ten troops; and volunteers, to the -number of 132, were received from other regiments, namely the 3rd, 4th, -and 13th Light Dragoons, the 11th Hussars, and the 16th Lancers. It -will be noticed at once that this list includes three regiments out of -the five which had composed the Light Brigade in the Crimea. The other -regiment of that Brigade, the 8th Hussars, sailed with the Seventeenth -to India. - -[Sidenote: 1857.] - -On the 1st October the depôt was formed, and on the 6th the regiment -moved by rail from Dublin to Cork and embarked on board the steamship -_Great Britain_, wherein the 8th Hussars had already been embarked -on the previous day. The strength of the Seventeenth was as follows:-- - - Field Officers. 3 - Captains. 4 - Subalterns. 9 - Staff. 5 - Sergeants. 37 - Trumpeters. 6 - Farriers. 8 - Corporals. 23 - Privates. 409 - -We may note among the officers the names of Captains White and Sir -W. Gordon, whom we knew at Balaclava, and of Captain Drury Lowe and -Lieutenant Evelyn Wood, whom we are in future to know better. - -On the 8th October the _Great Britain_ sailed, and after touching -at the Cape de Verdes and the Cape of Good Hope to coal, reached Bombay -on the 17th December. A single casualty, the death of a private from -heart disease, alone occurred on the seventy days’ voyage. The Colonel, -who with one captain, the riding-master, the veterinary surgeon, and -four rough-riders, had been sent out by the overland route, of course -reached India earlier than the rest of the regiment. The Seventeenth -disembarked in two divisions on the 19th and 21st December, and on -landing were moved up first to Campoolee, at the foot of the Bhore -Ghauts, and thence to Kirkee cantonments, where it arrived on the 24th -and 26th. - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -Then came a weary period of waiting until horses could be procured from -the remount establishment in Bombay. Meanwhile, on the 6th January -1858, Sir Hugh Rose opened the extraordinary campaign wherein he -marched from Indore, and fought his way without a check to the Jumna. -But when he had closed this campaign, first at Calpee on the 24th -May, and finally at Gwalior on the 20th June, the most strenuous of -his enemies were still at large, and, as the event proved, not to be -captured for another nine months. These were Tantia Topee and the Rao -Sahib; the latter Nana Sahib’s nephew, the former his right-hand man. -Of the two Tantia was incomparably the more formidable. After being -present at the first siege of Cawnpore, and the subsequent defeat of -the Nana’s troops by Havelock, he had been entrusted with the command -of the Nana’s “Gwalior contingent.” With this he had beaten General -Wyndham before Cawnpore (26th and 27th November 1857), and though -immediately after defeated in his turn by Sir Colin Campbell, had by -no means abandoned the struggle. Turning north from Cawnpore he first -captured Chirkaree. He then tried to relieve Jhansi, at that time -besieged by Sir Hugh Rose, and was defeated (1st April 1858); and -meeting Sir Hugh Rose once more at Kunch, was again defeated. Still -unquelled, he turned against Gwalior, routed Scindia’s troops, and -captured the fortress. There he was for the third time defeated by Sir -Hugh Rose, and his force still further dispersed by Sir R. Napier at -Jowra Alipore (22nd June). He then tried to make his way northward, but -was headed back by General Showers. Still undismayed, he broke away -westward to Tonk; from which point begins the final act of the drama -of the Mutiny. In this act, which may be called the hunting of Tantia -Topee, the Seventeenth had its part, and played it on the old stage of -the Pindari war--Malwa. - -While Sir Hugh Rose was fighting, horses began to arrive at -Kirkee--Arab, Syrian, Australian, and Cape horses for the most part; -and as each squadron of the Seventeenth was mounted, it was hurried up -to the front to join in the chase of Tantia. The first squadron was -despatched from Kirkee on the 27th May, under the command of Captain -Sir William Gordon, to join Major-General Michel’s force at Mhow. This -squadron, in spite of many obstacles, lost no time upon the road. The -first difficulty was the desertion, after two or three days’ march, of -the _baboo_ who was in charge of the Commissariat arrangements. -[Sidenote: 1858.] His place was taken by the only officer who could -speak Hindustani, Lieutenant Evelyn Wood; and the squadron marched -on without a day’s halt for the whole of the five hundred miles to -its destination, learning much on the way, and arriving in perfect -condition. At whatever hour of the day or night the march might close, -Sir William Gordon, with or without the help of a candle, inspected -every horse’s back, and if the hair appeared to be in the least degree -ruffled, shifted the stuffing of the saddle from the tender place with -a homely but effective instrument, a two-pronged steel fork. If the -back were actually sore the trooper could look forward to the pleasure -of tramping with the rear-guard on his own feet until it was healed; -for this was the “golden rule” from which the Captain never departed. -And such a tramp was not altogether enjoyable at that season. On the -day before the squadron ascended the table-land whereon Mhow stands, -the heat was so intense that the backs came off the brushes, and the -combs contorted themselves into serpentine shapes. But there was not -a sore back in the squadron when, at the end of June, it reached -its destination, nor through the whole of the arduous service that -subsequently fell upon it. - -By that time Tantia had already travelled over a large extent of -country. Closely followed by two flying columns under General Roberts -and Colonel Holmes, he struck southward from Tonk, and was overtaken -and defeated by Roberts at Sanganir on the 7th August. A week later -(14th August) he was again attacked by Roberts at Kankrowlee, again -defeated, and pursued for seventeen miles. Then he struck east towards -the Chumbul, where he evaded a third column under Brigadier Parke and -reached Jhalra-patan. Here he was joined by the Rajah’s troops, whereby -his force was augmented to 10,000 men, and gained possession of forty -cannon as well as of considerable treasure. - -Thus strengthened, he conceived the idea of marching on Indore; but -General Michel, divining his purpose, sent two columns, under Colonels -Hope and Lockhart, to cut him off. Tantia then retired leisurely to -Rajghur. [Sidenote: 1858.] General Michel thereupon moved up to -Nulkeera, about a hundred miles north of Mhow, and there added his -troops, including Sir W. Gordon’s squadron of the Seventeenth, to the -united columns of Colonels Hope and Lockhart. [Sidenote: September.] -On the 14th September Michel, having obtained information of Tantia’s -movements, marched on Rajghur, some five-and-thirty miles distant. - -His force consisted of the following troops:-- - - Seventeenth Lancers 80 - 3rd Light Cavalry 180 - 71st Highland Light Infantry and 92nd Highlanders 600 - 15th and 4th Rifles, N. I.} - 4 guns, Bengal Artillery } 240 - ---- - 1100 - -Heavy rain was falling, and the cotton soil of Malwa was a sea of black -mud. With great difficulty Michel reached Chapera, about half-way to -Rajghur, and there halted. Next day the rain ceased, and the heat was -so terrible that one-third of the European infantry fell out exhausted, -several of them actually dying of sunstroke, while many of the -artillery horses dropped dead in the traces. The march that day lasted -from 4 A.M. till 5 P.M., when Michel at last arrived in sight of the -enemy; but his infantry were then three miles in rear of the mounted -men, and so much spent that attack was out of the question. - -At 2.30 next morning Michel advanced, but found that Tantia had -retired. The Seventeenth and the native cavalry, the whole being -under the command of Sir W. Gordon, were pushed forward on the track -of Tantia’s retreat, and presently came upon his whole force, 8000 -men and 27 guns, drawn up for battle in two lines. After a trifling -skirmish the cavalry was halted to permit the infantry and guns to -come up; but the rebel army, on seeing the advance of the British, -forthwith gave way and fled. Then Sir W. Gordon, who had been posted -on the extreme right, was let loose with the cavalry, and dashing to -the front, dispersed (to use Michel’s own words) all symptoms of an -organised body. The pursuit was kept up for four or five miles till -men and horses were tired out. [Sidenote: 1858. 15th Sept.] The heat -was terrible; the infantry fell out in great numbers under the midday -sun; and when the cavalry finally halted under the shade of some trees, -an officer of the native cavalry died then and there from sunstroke. -But not a drop of blood was shed on the English side; and the losses of -the Seventeenth consisted of a single horse killed. The trophies of the -cavalry consisted of Tantia’s whole park of 27 guns. - -After one day’s halt Michel resumed the pursuit, passing eastward -through Nursinghur; but between that place and Birseeah the rain came -down with such violence that further progress was impossible. For two -days the torrent never ceased to fall. The camp became a swamp, and -the unfortunate horses stood fetlock deep in mud. Meanwhile Tantia -moved away through dense jungle to the north-eastward, and on reaching -Seronge, fifty miles from Rajghur, halted there for eight days. He then -moved northward sixty miles to Esaughur, one of Scindia’s forts, which -he stormed and plundered, capturing some supplies and seven guns. He -used one of these guns for the purpose of blowing his chief artillery -officer from its mouth, and then took counsel with the Rao Sahib as to -future operations. The pair then agreed to divide their forces--Tantia -moving eastward to Chunderi, and the Rao Sahib northward to Tal Bahat. - -After wasting three days in the vain attempt to capture Chunderi -from Scindia’s garrison, Tantia moved south about twenty miles to -Mungrowlee--as fate ordained it, straight into the jaws of his -pursuers. Michel having marched since daybreak thirty-five miles -north-eastward from Seronge, was in the act of pitching his camp at -Mungrowlee, when a lancer of the picquet galloped in with the report -that the rebels were close at hand. Michel’s force was made up as -follows:-- - - Seventeenth Lancers 90 - H.M. 71st and 92nd 510 - 19th N. I. 429 - Bengal Artillery, 4 guns 62 - ---- - 1091 - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -Tantia Topee had 5000 men and 6 guns. His advanced guard alone was -visible when Michel moved out to meet him, [Sidenote: 9th Oct.] and he -himself was quite unaware of Michel’s proximity. Tantia’s position, as -it happened, was strong; his advanced guard having reached an elevated -village, surrounded by high scrubby jungle, in which it was impossible -for infantry to perceive an enemy, while his guns commanded the ground -over which the British must advance. With unusual boldness Tantia -sent his cavalry forward and menaced both flanks of the British. Just -at that moment an alarm was raised in the British rear. A party of -Velliattees had contrived, owing to the thickness of the jungle, to -steal up unperceived in rear of Michel’s support, and had succeeded -in murdering a wounded Highlander. Sir W. Gordon at once galloped up -with his troop of the Seventeenth; whereupon the Velliattees promptly -vanished into the jungle. With some difficulty Sir W. Gordon espied -some of their heads through the foliage, and forthwith gave the order -to open out and pursue at the gallop. In an instant the handful of -men dashed into the jungle, heedless of what might be there, and was -in the midst of the Velliattees. Order of any kind on such ground was -impossible, so every man worked for himself; and with such effect did -the lances play that when the Seventeenth finally emerged from the -jungle they left over eighty of the rebels dead on the ground. Every -man of the forty-three that were present of Sir William Gordon’s troop -killed two, and Gordon himself, galloping like the wind, killed four -with his own sword, and knocked over as many more with his horse’s -chest. He had, however, a narrow escape; a rebel, who was just about to -fire at his back, being killed in the nick of time by Sergeant Cope. -Tantia’s main army as usual turned and fled when the British infantry -fairly advanced against them. Had Michel’s cavalry been more numerous -he might have cut the whole of the rebels to pieces; but, as things -were, he had to be content with one hundred of them left dead on the -field, a large number of prisoners, and Tantia’s six guns. [Sidenote: -1858.] “I solicit to bring Sir William Gordon’s services prominently -to the notice of His Excellency,” wrote General Michel after this -action, “and those of the squadron under his command, who did their -duty admirably.” - -After his defeat at Mungrowlee Tantia fled eastward across the Betwah -to Lullutpore, where he rejoined the Rao Sahib. There he remained while -the Rao Sahib marched eastward with 10,000 men and six guns. General -Michel meanwhile divided his force into three columns, intending -to move himself with the centre column in a direction due east; -but finding that his intended route lay through jungle infested by -predatory tribes, he made forced marches southward in order to join -with his right or southern column once more. [Sidenote: 18th Oct.] -Overtaking this column at Narut on the 18th October he had ordered a -march north-westward towards Lullutpore, when at 1 A.M. he -received intelligence of the presence of the Rao Sahib at Sindwaho, -fifteen miles to the north. [Sidenote: 19th Oct.] In an hour Michel had -started to meet the enemy, and at daybreak his cavalry came into sight -of one of the rebel picquets close to Sindwaho. His force was composed -thus:-- - - R. H. A. (4 guns) 68 - 8th Hussars 118 - Seventeenth Lancers 90 - 1st Bombay Lancers 93 - 3rd Bombay Cavalry 98 - Mayne’s Horse 150 - --- - 617 - - 71st Highland Light Infantry 210 - 92nd Highlanders 320 - 19th N. I. 500 - Bengal Artillery (4 guns) 60 - 3rd Bombay Cavalry 50 - ---- - 1140 - -The village of Sindwaho lies between the Jamnee river and its tributary -the Sujnam. The country round it has a general elevation of about -fifteen hundred feet, with an undulating surface broken by numerous -detached hills and peaks. There is very little cultivation on the high -land, the greater part thereof being covered with dense jungle. The -Rao Sahib had drawn up his force, 10,000 strong, on rising ground, -and so disposed it as to conceal his exact numbers. His artillery was -just over the skyline, with cavalry on either flank, and some squares -of infantry in the jungle, which here and there was partly open. -[Sidenote: 1858.] He awaited attack, having sent down to the edge of a -watercourse detached bodies of infantry to annoy Michel’s force as it -went into the broken ground at the bottom. - -Michel at once sent off the cavalry to his extreme right in order to -cut off the enemy from their ascertained destination. By chance the -rebel artillery found the range of the British at once, and by three -or four lucky shots caused some slight loss to the Seventeenth while -executing this movement. The English guns, with a strong escort, -occupied Michel’s centre. As at Mungrowlee, the rebels made a show -of taking the initiative, their infantry advancing against the guns -while their horse hovered about the flank of the British cavalry, -which charged them with great effect. Then Michel’s infantry came up, -and was actually so far pressed by the enemy that one flank needed to -be reinforced, while the artillery in the centre was obliged to fire -grape. But as usual the rebels did not stand long; and presently Sir -William Gordon, with the Seventeenth, the 8th, and the Bombay Lancers -was in the thick of them. For nine miles the pursuit was continued, -though, from the heavy condition of the cultivated land and the broken -nature of the ground, it was inevitably slow. None the less 500 dead -rebels and 6 captured guns made the victory tolerably complete. - -While the bulk of the cavalry was thus engaged on the right, an escort -of the 3rd Bombay Cavalry, in attendance on a couple of guns on the -left, was fired at by a small body of rebels from a field of high -_jowarree_. Several horses having been wounded, the escort was -withdrawn for a little distance; and thereupon these rebels, many of -whom were mutinous Sepoys of the 36th Bengal Native Infantry, drew -themselves up into a kind of rude square. Lieutenant Evelyn Wood of the -Seventeenth, who had been doing duty with the 3rd Light Cavalry since -they left Mhow, no sooner saw this square than he attacked it singly -and alone, selecting the corner man as his first opponent. While he was -engaged with him a sowar of the 3rd Light Cavalry, Dokal[13] Singh, -came up, and, [Sidenote: 1858.] having narrowly escaped a cut from a -two-handed sword which shore through his saddle into his horse’s spine, -presently made an end of the corner man. Then a small party of the 8th -Hussars, under the Adjutant, Mr. Harding, was brought up to Lieutenant -Wood’s assistance by Lieutenant Bainbridge of the Seventeenth, and the -rebels began to disperse. Harding called out to Wood to fight one of -them, and himself selected another. The sepoy waited for Harding until -he was so close that the fire of the musket singed his stable jacket, -and shot him dead. Lieutenant Wood’s opponent also waited for him with -the bayonet, till finding the chest of his horse almost on the top of -him, he clubbed his musket and was at once run through the body by -Wood’s sword. This was one of two gallant actions for which Lieutenant -Wood (better known as Sir Evelyn Wood) received the Victoria Cross. - -For the rest the rebels made a better resistance in this action of -Sindwaho than in any other of the many that were fought during the -chase of Tantia. The total loss of the British did not exceed 5 -officers and 20 men killed and wounded; but the brunt of the day’s -work and the whole of the loss fell on the cavalry. Of the Seventeenth -one sergeant and four privates were wounded; three horses killed and -four wounded. Sir William Gordon was again honourably mentioned in -despatches; and Lieutenant Wood distinguished himself as has been -already told. The cavalry, when the day’s work was done, had been in -the saddle from 2 A.M. till 5 P.M., and was not sorry to rest. Still, -they had more than ordinary consolation, for on one native saddle -were found gold mohurs to the value of £150, which were distributed -among the men. Let us not omit to mention, also, that the infantry -almost kept up with them during the twenty mile march that preceded -the action, and that among the infantry regiments, in this as in the -two previous engagements, was the 71st Highland Light Infantry, which -had worked through so many hard marches with the Seventeenth in the -Carolinas three-quarters of a century before. - -After one day’s halt General Michel marched from Sindwaho northward -to Lullutpore. [Sidenote: 1858.] Then Tantia made a desperate move. -Starting from the northward of Lullutpore he doubled back suddenly -to the south, passing unobserved within four miles of the British -column, and between it and the Betwah. Michel, on learning of this new -departure, instantly followed him by forced marches from Lullutpore; -but being unable to pursue him directly by the mountains and jungly -track that Tantia had selected, he was compelled to move by Malthor -(a thirty mile march) and Khimlassa, where on the evening of the 24th -he heard that Tantia had but just passed before him. [Sidenote: 25th -Oct.] On the 25th at 2 A.M. Michel resumed the pursuit, and -at Kurai overtook the wing of Tantia’s army, 2000 strong. This force -made hardly even a show of fighting, but forthwith fled and was hotly -pursued by the British cavalry in three separate columns. Sir W. -Gordon, with the Seventeenth and the 3rd Light Cavalry, pressed the -rebels hard for six miles, and as usual (to quote General Michel’s -despatch) did his work efficiently and well. In the course of the -pursuit, while hastening with all speed after some cavalry that was -covering the retreat of some rebel leader, the Seventeenth were brought -up, as is so often the case in that country, by a nullah. Sir William -Gordon, as was, of course, his invariable rule, waited until he had -seen every trooper pass over before him, and then gave the word to -open out and pursue at the gallop, adding that the first man up should -have for his reward whatever the leader carried on him. Well mounted, -and an admirable horseman, Sir William won the race, killed the leader -with his own hand, and divided the gold bracelets and other ornaments -of great value that were on his body among the men that were first -after him. It is hardly surprising that his troop did wonders under -such a Captain. Let us, however, do justice to all, and record the -extraordinary marches accomplished by the infantry of the column just -at this time--twenty-nine miles on one day, twenty-seven on the next, -and twenty-five before they came into action at Kurai. - - [Illustration: - - _G. Salisbury._ Review Order. Marching Order. - - OFFICERS. 1852–1841.] - -The wing thus caught by Michel was simply dispersed; and (in -the words of the historian of the Mutiny) Tantia and the Rao Sahib -purchased their retreat by the sacrifice of one-half of their followers. - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -None the less Tantia pushed on with such force as he had saved. He was -again attacked on the following day by a single regiment--that now -known as the Central India Horse--and suffered some loss; but still he -pushed on. Within a few days he had crossed the Nerbuddha, to the great -alarm of the Governments at Madras and Bombay, and was pointing towards -Nagpore. - -Headed back from thence by a British force, he turned sharp to the -west, [Sidenote: November.] hoping to find some unguarded pass by which -he might pierce farther south. It was useless; every outlet to south -and west was already occupied. He then turned north-westward into -Holkar’s country, forced a certain number of Holkar’s troops to join -him at Kargun (19th November), and then hurried away towards the west. - -Meanwhile Michel had followed him across the Nerbuddha, reaching -Hoshangabad on the 7th November. Feeling sure of the security of the -south and west, he sent Brigadier Parke on to Charwah, and followed -in the same direction more leisurely himself. Sir William Gordon’s -squadron was left for a time at Hoshangabad, where it was presently -joined by further portions of the Seventeenth. It is now necessary to -pause for a moment and go back to the rest of the regiment, which we -left at Kirkee awaiting its establishment of horses. - -The second squadron, under Major White, left Kirkee on the 11th June -and marched to Sholapore, where it was kept halted for some time. We -shall, however, see this squadron in action in due season. - -The third squadron, under Major Learmonth, left Kirkee on the 11th -September, and proceeded to Mhow, where it was placed at the disposal -of General Michel. - -Headquarters and the remaining squadron, having left a small depôt at -Kirkee, marched from that station on 22nd September, in company with D -troop of the Royal Horse Artillery and some infantry, [Sidenote: 1858. -November.]the whole being under the command of Colonel Benson of the -Seventeenth. On arrival at Mhow they were immediately pushed forward -towards the Betwah, and having picked up first Major Learmonth’s -squadron at Bhopal, and next Sir William Gordon’s at Hoshangabad, -united three-fourths of the regiment at the latter place on the 6th -November. - -Meanwhile Tantia was still pressing on with all speed to westward. On -the 23rd November he crossed the great highroad from Bombay to Agra, -plundered some carts laden with mercantile stores for the army, cut the -telegraph wires, and hurried on in the hope of recrossing the Nerbuddha -unperceived. The British were quickly on his track. Major Sutherland, -with a handful of 200 infantry, caught him at Rajpore, attacked him, -though against odds of fifteen or twenty men to one, and put him to -flight. Nevertheless, though the pursuit was resumed next morning -with all possible swiftness, it was only to find that Tantia was safe -across the Nerbuddha. Tantia then moved rapidly north in the hope of -surprising Baroda; but the British were beforehand with him. Brigadier -Parke, moving by extraordinary marches, met him at Oodeypore on the -30th of November and defeated him once more. Tantia then fled eastward -into the Banswarra jungle, and the British commanders thought that they -had caught him at last. He was not caught yet by any means. The next -that the Seventeenth heard of him was that he was advancing on Indore, -and that they must move up to Mhow with all speed. Colonel Benson left -his encampment, twelve miles south of the Nerbuddha, crossed the river -in boats, and was at Mhow in twenty-six hours--a march of fifty-two -miles, to say nothing of the passage of the river. - -Tantia, however, prudently remained in the jungle; and on the 3rd -December Colonel Benson, with his three squadrons of the Seventeenth, -again left Mhow and marched north-westward for Ratlam, in order to -meet him whenever he might issue from his hiding-place. [Sidenote: -December.] A small column under Major Learmonth was detached from -Ratlam, but after three days’ search discovered nothing of the -enemy; [Sidenote: 1858.] and Colonels Benson and Somerset, who had -united their two flying columns at Ratlam, then moved up together to -Partabghur. At this point, however, a new ally for Tantia, Feroz Shah, -appeared upon the scene, and Somerset’s column was detached to Ashta -to cut him off. Emboldened by Feroz Shah’s diversion, Tantia finally -emerged from the jungle, after a month’s wandering, at Partabghur, on -Christmas day 1858. But meanwhile Colonel Benson had been moved from -Partabghur; and a very weak force of native infantry alone was on the -spot to stop the famous rebel. Tantia held this little force engaged -for a couple of hours until his baggage and elephants were clear of the -passes, and then marched quietly away. Halting for the night within six -miles of Mundesoor he struck eastward, and in three days had reached -Zeerapore, one hundred and ten miles as the crow flies from Partabghur. - -Meanwhile Colonel Benson had lost no time in starting on his track -with 210 men of the Seventeenth and 37 men of the Horse Artillery with -2 guns; and after a march of one hundred and forty-eight miles in -one hundred and twenty hours, he finally caught Tantia at Zeerapore. -This being, so to speak, a strictly regimental affair, we may give an -abridged journal of the march:-- - - _Friday, 24th December._--Left Ninose for Nowgaum (seventeen - miles). - - _Saturday, 25th December._--Made a reconnaissance, and - discovered that the enemy had marched on Mundesoor; made a - forced march thither, and arrived that night (thirty-six miles) - to find the enemy encamped but four miles away. - - _Sunday, 26th December._--Marched at daybreak, leaving - behind all infantry, artillery waggons, led horses, and baggage - of every description, and all grass-cutters. Moved first towards - Seeta Mhow on false information, but, discovering the true - direction, turned towards Caimpore, and halted for the night on - the left bank of the Chumbul (twenty-six miles). - - _Monday, 27th December._--Marched at daybreak, crossed the - Chumbul, and came up with the rebels encamped at Dug; bivouacked - in sight of their fires. - - _Tuesday, 28th December._--Marched at 4 A.M. so as to attack at - daybreak; found that the enemy’s main body had retreated. Drove - in the picquets and pursued, crossing the Kollee Sind River on - the way (twenty-eight miles). - - _Wednesday, 29th December._--Marched at 3 A.M. from the right - bank of the Kollee Sind; after an eight-mile march came in sight - of the rebel camp; advanced over the ploughed land, so as to - make as little noise as possible, and waited for daylight. Found - the main body had retired two miles; trotted on and came up with - it; and on emerging from a wooded lane found the rebel army, - apparently about 4000 strong, drawn up in line of battle on - rising ground, with a ravine and jungle to their rear. - -[Sidenote: 29th Dec.] - -Colonel Benson advanced to the attack in columns of divisions, and, on -the commencement of the rebel fire, moved the leading column to the -right, thus uncovering his guns, which opened fire at four hundred -yards with grape and shell. The rebels soon gave way, and Benson then -attacked with two divisions from his right, and drove them into the -jungle. The Seventeenth then pursued them through the jungle and across -the ravine, and on emerging from the latter found them rallied and -drawn up in a new position. The Seventeenth then advanced in line, with -the two guns in the centre, and after a vain attempt of the rebels to -make a counter-attack, Sir William Gordon charged with his squadron -and drove the enemy once more into the jungle and across the ravine. -With some difficulty and delay the guns were taken across in pursuit; -and after one or two more feeble attempts to rally, the rebels were -dispersed and pursued in all directions. The action closed with the -capture of four of Tantia’s elephants by Captain Drury Lowe. The -ornaments of these elephants still remain in the regiment’s possession -as trophies of this regimental day. The whole affair lasted about two -hours; and the distance covered before the day’s work was ended was -thirty-six miles, making a total of one hundred and seventy-eight -miles, including the passage of two large rivers, in six days, -accomplished without European supplies, without protection against -the bitter cold of the nights, and, above all, without a murmur. -The casualties were as usual trifling enough. The Artillery and -Seventeenth each lost one man wounded and two horses killed. - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -On the very next day (30th December) Colonel Somerset’s column, -consisting of 4 guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, 100 of the -Seventeenth under Major White, and 150 of the 92nd Highlanders on -camels, arrived likewise at Zeerapore. Major White had just missed -Colonel Benson at Dug by three hours; and had then been summoned to -join Colonel Somerset at Soosneer. In consequence of information as -to a junction between Tantia Topee and Feroz Shah, Colonel Somerset -decided to push on at once. He had marched forty miles on the 29th, -[Sidenote: 30th Dec.] and started at 3 A.M. on the morning of the 30th, -but he hurried on none the less, and reached Kulcheepore at 5.30 P.M. -At midnight (12.5 A.M. 31st December) he started again and [Sidenote: -31st Dec.] marched on without a rest, except of an hour and a half -to feed the horses, until 6.15 P.M., when he reached Satul after a -forty-mile march. The rebels were now reported to be seven miles ahead, -and it was determined, somewhat unfortunately, to march up to their -encampment at once. As the British approached they were fired on by a -rebel picquet; so that they could then do nothing more than lie down -and wait till daylight. A small picquet of infantry, who had been -riding on camels at the head of the column, was posted by the staff -officer, and the Seventeenth then lay down on the ground, with their -bridles in their hands. In a few moments every man was sound asleep. -The staff-officer, waking an hour before daylight, found the bivouac -like a camp of the dead--every soul so exhausted as to be overcome -with sleep. The force was awakened without noise, and just at daylight -the advance was resumed, but too late to overtake the rebels, who had -moved off some time before. The British column, disregarding some -dismounted soldiers and followers in the rebel camp, pushed on with all -haste. The only track was of the worst possible description, and was -necessarily allotted to the artillery, two troops of the Seventeenth -trotting along, one on each flank of the guns, over the open. After -thus traversing some seven miles, in the course of which the camels -were left far in rear, the column came upon a village. [Sidenote: -1858.] The ground on each side thereof became impassable, so that the -cavalry was compelled to bend outwards; and thus it came about that the -guns, without escort, were actually the first to pass through a village -with high walls, and with only just sufficient roadway to enable the -guns to move. Fortunately the rebels made no effort to defend it; and -it was only on debouching from the village that the gunners found, -five hundred yards before them, three or four thousand rebel cavalry -drawn up in line. Brigadier Somerset quietly turned to Major Paget, who -commanded the half battery, and said “Gallop out towards them”; and so -with the word “Leading gun, gallop,” the formation of the British line -began. The other guns then followed, and a staff officer galloped back -to hurry forward the camel corps. Meanwhile the rebel cavalry advanced -at a walk, one of their leaders on a gray horse endeavouring with -all his might to induce his men to charge the guns. But the guns had -unlimbered, and their very first shot swept away the gray horse. Some -few rebels dismounted to pick up their chief, and the remainder of the -force moved away to the British left. Then up came half a dozen of the -92nd on their camels; and then from each side of the village appeared -the two troops of the Seventeenth. They numbered between eighty and -ninety men all told, and came on in rank entire with lances at the -“carry”--two small slender lines of pennons four hundred yards apart. -“It was a pretty sight,” says one who was there, “and the odds (4000 to -90) were so great that it became exciting also.” Straight onward they -galloped; and then suddenly the pennons swept forward like a flash of -light, every lance came down to the “engage,” and the Seventeenth with -a yell dashed on to the charge. The rebels slackened pace, halted, -and, before the lances had reached them, broke and fled; and the -Seventeenth, plunging headlong among them, was swallowed up in the huge -mass, and fairly vanished out of sight. Presently they appeared again, -every lance still busy, and for seven miles the chase and the slaughter -continued till men and horses could do no more. - -[Sidenote: 1859. 1st Jan.] - -Thus did the one squadron, so far unengaged, of the Seventeenth obtain -its opportunity at last and take brilliant advantage thereof. A single -man of the Seventeenth, wounded, summed up in himself the casualties -of the whole column; but every soul was fairly worn out. Before the -rebels were overtaken at Barode (for by this name the action is known), -Somerset’s column had marched a hundred and forty-seven miles without -a halt except to feed the horses: the last fifty-two miles had been -covered in thirty hours. The action with its pursuit of twelve miles -made, with the return to camp, twenty-four miles more. All baggage and -European supplies were left hopelessly in the rear: the nights were -bitterly cold; and to bring discomfort to a climax, rain fell heavily -for three days and three nights. Yet no one complained. On the morning -after Barode men and horses were so numbed and stiff through cold and -rain that they could hardly rise from the mud in which, through sheer -fatigue, they had slept; and when after a few hours’ painful march the -sun at last broke through the clouds, the men gave him three cheers. - -But to Tantia, Barode was a mortal blow. The pursuing columns were -now, so to speak, running for blood. General Michel shortly after -the action formed a column wherein the whole of the Seventeenth was -united, and pressed the chase with greater rapidity than ever, covering -fifty-four miles and forty miles in two marches, and two hundred and -fifty-six miles in eight days. On the 16th January, Tantia, flying -northward, was caught and defeated by Brigadier Showers at Dewassa; on -the 21st he was again caught and beaten by Colonel Holmes at Sikur. -The Rao Sahib now abandoned Tantia in a rage, and Feroz Shah deserted -him likewise. The former fled southward and was overtaken and defeated -by Brigadier Honner’s column near Koshani on the 10th February. On -the 13th Brigadier Somerset took up the chase with three and a half -squadrons of the Seventeenth in his column, and achieved a march which -threw even his previous efforts into the shade. In six days and a half -the Seventeenth covered no less than two hundred and thirty miles; -[Sidenote: 1859.] they had their enemy dead-beat before them, and they -knew it. Ghastly tokens met them on the march--hoof-tracks filled with -blood, helpless innocent horses with their feet worn down to the quick, -and, at the last, three hundred rebels who gave themselves up without a -blow, being literally unable to run away any farther. The leaders alone -escaped; but from that time the Rao Sahib’s following ceased to exist; -and he himself fled into the Banswarra jungle to be heard of no more. -Tantia Topee, deserted, and since Sikur almost alone, hid in the Paron -jungle until April, when he was betrayed by Rajah Man Singh to the -English. He was tried by court-martial and hanged. - -So ended this extraordinary chase, whereby the dying embers of the -Mutiny were finally trampled out. In following the track of Tantia on -the map, in and out and round about Malwa, one is reminded of nothing -so much as the hunting of a rat in a barn. Though unendowed with the -qualities that win success in a pitched battle, the man possessed a -positive genius for guerilla warfare; and as he carried neither tents -nor supplies, but satisfied his army’s wants by the simple process of -looting and stealing, he enjoyed always an advantage over his pursuers. -His methods, in fact, differed little from those of the Pindaris, with -whom the Seventeenth had to do in 1816–19; and but for the treachery of -Rajah Man Singh he might have disappeared for ever into the jungle like -his comrades the Rao Sahib and Feroz Shah, or met his fate at the jaws -of a tiger like the Pindari chief Cheettoo. - -Of the part played by the Seventeenth Lancers much has already been -said in the course of the narrative. It now remains to add a few -details which, lest the thread of the story should be unduly broken, -have been reserved to the last. - -First, we must note that in this campaign the Seventeenth wore its -English clothing: blue tunic, overalls strapped with cloth, and forage -cap protected by a white curtain, this last being preferred to the -white-covered lance cap. - -The bulk of the active work, as has been seen, fell upon Sir William -Gordon’s squadron. [Sidenote: 1859.] When, after six months’ hard work, -Sir William rejoined the headquarters of the regiment, General Michel -sent Colonel Benson the following letter:-- - - CAMP, MHOW, HEADQUARTERS, M.D.A., - 1st _December_ 1858. - - SIR,--I am directed by the Major-General to state that - as the Seventeenth Lancers are again proceeding to take the - field, he is desirous to express his strong approbation of the - conduct of the squadron commanded by Sir William Gordon, which - alone has accompanied the Mhow column through the whole of the - late operations in the field. - - 2. Notwithstanding the most severe service in the worst weather, - this squadron, owing to the unremitting attention of Sir W. - Gordon, is almost as efficient as on the day when it left Mhow. - - 3. The Major-General has remarked that this officer’s care was - extended to the comfort of his men, the care of baggage animals, - and even to the well-being of camp followers. - - 4. His leading in the field was as gallant as was his - unremitting zeal; and in gallantry his officers and men emulated - his example. - - 5. The Major-General, during the short time he has had under - his personal observation the headquarters of your corps, - has remarked with great pleasure that the general system of - the regiment is one which must lead to efficiency; but this - squadron has come so repeatedly under his observation in action - and otherwise, that he cannot let it depart without specially - recording his observation of its merits. - - 6. The Major-General directs that this letter may be read on - parade of your regiment.--I have, &c., - - J. H. CHAPMAN, Capt., A.A.G., Malwa Division. - - -The most notable statement in this letter will be admitted to be that -of the second paragraph:-- - - After the most severe service in the worst weather, this - squadron, owing to the unremitting attention of Sir W. Gordon, - is almost as efficient as on the day when it left Mhow. - -This was no exaggeration. The squadron, for all its hard work, -literally brought back every horse with which it had started fit -for duty, excepting only those that had been killed or wounded in -action; surely a performance of which any officer might well be -proud. [Sidenote: 1859.] The troop-horses, it may be added, were -mostly Arabs, and stood the work, by Sir William Gordon’s testimony, -remarkably well; and it is worth noting that in the supreme trial of -two hundred and thirty miles in six days, several “walers” dropped dead -under their riders, one or two Cape horses gave out, but no Arab was -ever off his feed. We have already seen how Sir William Gordon took -care of his horses, and we may now, by his kindness, catch a glimpse of -his method of providing for those of whom he was even more careful--his -men. - -He writes as follows:-- - - As a rule we had not much difficulty in getting supplies for - men and horses, but occasionally had to resort to force. I - remember on one occasion marching into a town called Samrood at - 7 A.M. The head-man of the town kissed my feet in the - saddle and promised that I should have all supplies at once. I - thanked him, but as no supplies came I sent Evelyn Wood into - the town with six men about 11 o’clock. They found abundance - of everything required for men and horses, but no preparations - to let us have what we wanted. So I ordered the head-man three - dozen; after which he could not do enough for me, and supplies - were plentiful. All was of course paid for; and the occurrence - was reported by me to the authorities. - -Let us not omit to add that the officer who took such care of his -men and horses was himself a perfect horseman, having won the -Regimental Challenge Cup within a few months of joining as a cornet; -that, as we have seen, he fought the Russians at Balaclava till his -head was almost cut to pieces; that at Mungrowlee he killed three -men with his own hand, and throughout the Central Indian campaign -frequently distinguished himself in personal combats; and that he has -characteristically left the present writer to gather these latter -details from any source except from himself. - - [Illustration: INDIA 1858.] - -Lastly, it must be remarked that this was the second if not the third -campaign of its kind wherein the Seventeenth had been engaged. We -saw it within twenty years of its foundation scouring the Carolinas -and Virginia under Tarleton and Cornwallis, covering on one occasion -one hundred and five miles in fifty-four hours, and traversing by -constant forced marches a total distance of fifteen hundred -miles. [Sidenote: 1859.] We found it next in Malwa in 1818 chasing -the Pindaris; once making a forced march of thirty miles, and cutting -Cheettoo’s bandits to pieces at the end. Finally, forty years later, we -follow it to this same Malwa through the mazy pursuit of Tantia Topee. -In all three cases these incessant forced marches were accompanied -by every hardship that could be inflicted by climate, privation, -and fatigue; and whether we follow the Seventeenth in long-skirted -scarlet and black helmet under the blazing sun of South Carolina and -the drenching rain of the Alleghany slopes; or first in French gray -jacket and white shako, and next in blue tunic and pugareed forage -cap, through the burning days and bitter nights of the Malwa--in all -three cases the story is the same. General Michel in 1858, no less than -Lord Cornwallis in 1782, bears eloquent witness to the cheerful spirit -and unconquerable patience with which these hardships were endured. -Nor does the parallel hold less good of the action at the close of -the march. It was when worn out with marching that a troop of the -Seventeenth stood alone, after all others had given way, and cut its -way through twenty times its number at Cowpens; it was when worn out -with marching that a squadron of the Seventeenth charged and dispersed -forty times its number at Barode. - - - - - CHAPTER XIV - - PEACE SERVICE IN INDIA AND ENGLAND, 1859–1879 - - -[Sidenote: 1859.] - -For some time after the execution of Tantia the Seventeenth was kept -marching about from day to day; and it was not until the 13th May -that it finally went into quarters at Morar (Gwalior), detaching one -squadron under Captain Taylor to Jhansi. In both places the regiment -suffered severely from sickness, and lost many officers and men--the -result of the climate, bad accommodation, and the reaction after the -campaign. [Sidenote: 1860.]On the 10th January 1860 it was ordered to -Secunderabad, and proceeded thither by rapid marches under command -of Major White. On the way it lost thirty-eight more men of cholera -and other diseases, among them Veigh, the butcher of the Balaclava -charge, whose end was decidedly tragic. The deaths on the march, of -course, entailed the digging of graves for the dead, in which work -Veigh, who was a strong man and a thirsty soul, always glad to earn a -few extra rupees, was particularly zealous. One day when his task of -grave-digging was complete he was suddenly struck down by cholera, and -in a few hours was buried in the grave which he had made for another. -It was his final distinction to have dug his own grave. - -[Sidenote: 1860–64.] - -The regiment now remained at Secunderabad for five years. There is -little to be chronicled of this period except one or two small matters -of dress. In April 1860 the peaks on the forage caps were discontinued, -and in 1861 the regiment, for the first time in its life, was equipped -with white helmets. These were made of leather, covered with white -cloth, without plume or spike, [Sidenote: 1864.] and were the work of -a saddler sergeant who had come to the regiment from the 12th Lancers. - -On the 14th December 1864 the Seventeenth left Secunderabad, and after -sixteen days’ march on foot arrived at Sholapore, whence it travelled -by rail to Poona, and, after halting there till the 20th January 1865, -reached Bombay, [Sidenote: 1865.] and embarked for England on the -_Agamemnon_ on the 21st. During the eight years of its service -in India it was recruited at various times to a total number of 48 -officers and 404 men. Its losses from climatic causes and disease, -through death and invaliding, amounted to 38 officers and 373 men, -while 122 more men were left behind as volunteers to serve with other -regiments in India. - -In April the regiment landed at Tilbury, and on the 6th May -marched to Colchester, where it was inspected in October by the -Commander-in-Chief, its sometime Colonel. Colonel White, the Commanding -Officer, was now the only officer remaining who had ridden through -the action at Balaclava, Sir William Gordon having retired in 1864. -[Sidenote: 1866.] In the following year Colonel White retired, and -was succeeded by Colonel Drury Lowe, a name that will live long -in the regiment. It was in this same year 1866, the year of the -Austro-Prussian war, that the Seventeenth were first quartered at -Aldershot. - -[Sidenote: 1867.] - -The year 1867 brings another name well known in the regiment on to the -list of officers, this time not at the head of all, but at the foot -of the cornets, that, namely, of John Brown, who held the adjutantcy -from this time until 1878. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown (to give him his -present rank) joined the Seventeenth as a band-boy in 1848. He rode the -Balaclava charge as a trumpeter, and was brought to the ground close to -the Russian battery, his horse’s off hind leg being carried away by a -cannon shot, and his own thigh pierced by a rifle bullet. After several -weeks in hospital he rejoined the regiment in the Crimea, and when -the Seventeenth went out to Central India dropped the trumpet for the -lance. He was one of Major White’s squadron at Barode, and from that -time rose rapidly until he received his commission in 1867. For the -present we need say no more than that he was Adjutant during Colonel -Drury Lowe’s command of the regiment. - -In August 1867 the regiment was quartered at Shorncliffe and Brighton, -[Sidenote: 1868.] where it remained until May 1868, when, after two -months’ stay at Woolwich, it was moved in August to Hounslow and -Hampton Court. [Sidenote: 1869.] In the following year an experiment -was tried which proved most successful, and has now been finally -adopted, viz. the “squadron organisation.” The squadron became the -unit, and the word Troop was abolished--abolished, that is to say, in -hope rather than in deed; for words which have the sanction of two -centuries of use are not so easily expunged. When troops of cavalry -first came into existence in England they were at least sixty men -strong; when they were first organised by Statute they were one hundred -men strong. Squadrons, again, were not compounds, but fractions of -troops. Be that as it may, however, the old word Troop was for the time -abolished, though not for long, and that of Squadron took its place. -The establishment of cornets was, therefore, reduced by four; four -troop sergeant-majors became squadron quartermaster-sergeants; four -farriers were reduced and four shoeing-smiths added; and an additional -sergeant (fencing instructor) was also added to the establishment. -Simultaneously eight corporals and twenty-three privates were reduced, -bringing down the total strength from 588 to 553, while the number of -horses (a more serious matter) sank from 363 to 344. - -In 1869 also the white plume, which had been adopted in 1857, was -done away with, and a black plume issued in its stead. The original -plume of the regiment, as we have seen, was scarlet and white, but was -arbitrarily altered, for all Lancer regiments alike, by King William -IV., to black. The old mourning lace, adopted by John Hale, having -been long since abandoned, the black plume might seem to be a means of -prolonging its memory; but the prejudice of the regiment ran in favour -of white (scarlet and white being apparently out of date), and after a -year or two the white plume was restored. - -In July of the same year the regiment marched to Edinburgh and -Hamilton, and remained in Scotland for ten months. This was its first -visit to North Britain since 1760, when Colonel John Hale himself was -in command. [Sidenote: 1870.] In 1870, as in 1764, the regiment moved -from Scotland to Ireland--history thus repeating itself (if any one -took notice of it) with commendable accuracy. - -On the 15th August 1870 the establishment of the regiment was -increased--the men from 457 to 540, the horses from 300 to 350. For -France and Germany just then were flying at each other’s throats, -and even while the order was a-signing, were fighting the four days’ -battle (August 14–18) around Metz. As the outcome of this war, we shall -have shortly to mention a number of sweeping reforms in the army. -Meanwhile let us note that the first change of 1870, ordered before the -war (1st April), was a retrograde step--a reversion to the old troop -organisation. A step further back would have retained the name of a -troop with the strength of a squadron, as in the days of the Ironsides. -But the Army knows little of its own history. - -[Sidenote: 1871.] - -With 1871 we enter on the first series of reforms, or let us call them -changes, accomplished under the influence of the war of 1870. - -First, the establishment of the regiment was fixed permanently at eight -troops, after vacillating for more than a century between the minimum -of six troops and the maximum of ten. Here, let us note, is a final -break with the traditions of the great Civil War, when the six-troop -organisation (each troop being 100 men strong) was first founded. -Strictly speaking, the system of 1645 continued for some years later -in the British regiments quartered in India; the Indian establishment -consisting of six troops, while the other two formed a depôt in -England; but this failing has now been remedied, and the old order is -therefore wholly extinct. - -Next, by Royal Warrant, the Purchase and Sale of Commissions in the -Army were abolished. The system had existed for more than three hundred -years, and had been threatened as far back as 1766. - -[Sidenote: 1871.] - -Next the “short service system”--six years’ service with the colours -and six in the reserve--was introduced; and thereby the old British -soldier of history was, for good or ill, extinguished. The Seventeenth -felt the change little before 1876; and the British public hardly found -it out before 1879. It may be worth while to note that both short -service[14] and the territorial system were first suggested just about -a century before they were introduced. - -Lastly, on the 1st November the historic rank of Cornet was abolished. -_Corneta_ or _cornette_ signifies the horn-shaped troop standard which -(like the ensign in the infantry) gave its name alike to the officer -who carried it and to the troop that served under it. The rank is gone -and all its historic associations with it; and a generation is arising -which will need to resort to a dictionary if it would understand what -Walpole meant when he called Pitt “that terrible cornet of horse.” -It is amusing to note that since the expurgation of the word Cornet -no abiding name has been found for the rank of a junior subaltern -of cavalry. Sub-lieutenants there have been and second lieutenants, -sometimes both and sometimes neither, but nothing of permanence. - -[Sidenote: 1872.] - -The following year witnessed the death of another venerable -institution, namely, of the “churns” carried by farriers. The name -transports us to the days when farriers alone of cavalry men were -dressed in blue and were armed with axes. The reintroduction of -knee-boots, after an exile of sixty years, also revived, though in a -different fashion, the memory of early days. - -[Sidenote: 1873.] - -The year 1873 likewise brought with it a reversion to primitive times -in the shape of an order that greater attention should be paid to -dismounted duty, the cavalry being now armed with the Snider carbine. -This did not immediately affect the Seventeenth, which as yet possessed -no carbines, but it was destined to do so before long. [Sidenote: -1875.] Two years later came another reform, this time in the matter -of drill. The old system of standing pivots, or as it was called the -“pivot system,” was abolished, and the “Evolutions” of 1759 lost their -influence on cavalry drill for ever. - -While all these changes were going forward the Seventeenth was -quartered in Ireland, whither reform after reform pursued it across St. -George’s Channel. Being in Ireland it was, of course, called in to aid -the civil power (Mallow election, 1872) but was spared the trouble of -dealing with any disturbance. [Sidenote: 1876.] In 1876 it was brought -over to England for mobilisation with the 5th Army Corps. Having called -attention to the disavowal or attempted disavowal of the words Troop -and Cornet, one cannot do less than emphasise the introduction of the -comparatively strange terms, Mobilisation and Army Corps, which here -confront the regiment for the first time. The Seventeenth was encamped -on Pointingdown Downs in Somerset for a few weeks, and was reviewed -with the 5th Army Corps on the 22nd July. As it is unlikely that the -Seventeenth Lancers will ever again form part of a 5th Army Corps (for -it is not often that England is so rich in army-corps) it seems well to -record so unique an experience in a not uneventful career. - -In this same year the Lancers’ tunic was embellished with a plastron of -the colour of the regimental facings,--a change which made the dress of -the Seventeenth, by general admission, the smartest in the Army. The -plastron being an essential feature in the uniform of the German Uhlan, -is presumably imitated from Napoleon’s Polish Lancers. No one will -quarrel with so smart a dress; but it is nevertheless a little curious -that the whole world should go to Poland for its Lancer fashions. The -lance may be called the oldest of cavalry weapons, at least it can -demonstrably be traced back beyond the days of Alexander the Great; -and its present vogue is simply a return, and a late return, to an old -favourite. Its reputation as the queen of cavalry weapons is not one -century, but many centuries old; and though it was for a time driven -out of the field by firearms, it may be said never to have wanted -champions. I have found the lance advocated, for instance, by a French -military writer in 1748, and by an English colonel, Dalrymple, in 1761. -In 1590 the best authorities swore by it. - -[Sidenote: 1876.] - -In 1876, likewise, came two more changes--the one temporary and -the other permanent. The first was the issue of six carbines to -every troop, a sign of a further change to come. The second was the -appointment of the Duke of Cambridge to be Colonel-in-Chief of the -regiment, which from henceforth is designated the “Duke of Cambridge’s -Own.” In the early days of the Army it was customary on all occasions -to insert the colonel’s name after the regimental number; and thus it -has been easy to identify the 18th (Hale’s) Light Dragoons of 1759 with -the present Seventeenth Lancers. The only colonels whose names enjoyed -the distinction in the Seventeenth were Hale, Preston, and Gage. The -Duke’s name is now permanently bound with that of the regiment, a -connection whereof, we trust, he will ever have good reason to feel -proud. - -[Sidenote: 1877.] - -After staying at Aldershot until August 1877, the Seventeenth marched -north to Leeds and Preston. After some service in aid of the civil -power, which brought it at Clitheroe in collision with a mob of cotton -operatives on strike, [Sidenote: 1878.] it returned to Aldershot in -July 1878. A month later Colonel Drury Lowe retired, and was succeeded -by Colonel Gonne. The Adjutant, Lieutenant John Brown, also resigned, -but remained with the regiment as paymaster with the rank of captain. - -In 1878 a change was made in the armament of the Seventeenth which -takes us back to the earliest days of the British army. Martini-Henry -carbines were issued, and pistols returned into store. Carbines, of -course, were no new thing in the regiment, though they had been unknown -therein since they were withdrawn (weapons very different from the -Martini) in 1823. The bound from the old flint-lock to the Martini is -remarkable; but the abolition of the pistol is even more noteworthy, -for the pistol was a direct survival from the days of the Ironsides. -Quite unconsciously the five regiments of Lancers carried the armament -of Cromwell’s troopers into the forty-first year of Queen Victoria. -[Sidenote: 1878.] As a weapon the pistol had long been regarded as -of no account: it was a muzzle loader to the last, and as but ten -rounds annually were allowed to each man for practice therewith, it -was hardly taken seriously as a weapon at all. Still the abandonment -of the pistol, as a point of historical interest, deserves at least so -much notice. Sergeant-majors, and trumpeters were now provided with -revolvers, a change which was fated to have serious influence on the -careers of two officers of the regiment. - -This year saw England committed to two wars, in Afghanistan and in -Zululand. It must now be told how the Seventeenth Lancers played a part -in both of them. - - - - - CHAPTER XV - - THE ZULU WAR--PEACE SERVICE IN INDIA AND AT HOME, 1879–1894 - - -[Sidenote: 1879.] - -At the beginning of February England was shocked by the intelligence -that one of Lord Chelmsford’s columns, consisting of the 24th Regiment, -had been surprised and annihilated by the Zulus at Isandlhwana (22nd -January). [Sidenote: 10th Feb.] The Seventeenth Lancers was at once -warned to proceed on active service in South Africa, and the regiment -was augmented by the transfer of sixty-five men and horses from the 5th -and 16th Lancers. In the short interval between the warning and the -embarkation the Commanding Officer, Colonel Gonne, was accidentally -shot while superintending the practice of the non-commissioned officers -with the newly issued revolver, and so severely wounded as to be unable -to proceed on active service. Accordingly, on the 22nd February, -Colonel Drury Lowe was gazetted as supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel, -and reassumed command of the regiment, his return being joyfully -welcomed by all ranks, without exception, from the second in command -downwards. On the same day the regiment was inspected by the -Colonel-in-Chief at Hounslow, [Sidenote: 24th Feb.] and two days later -one wing, under the command of Major Boulderson, embarked on board the -hired transport _France_ at Victoria Docks; headquarters and the -other wing embarking on board the _England_ at Southampton on the -25th. A depôt of 121 men with 30 horses was left under the command of -Captain Benson at Hounslow. - -[Sidenote: 1879.] - -The strength of the regiment, as embarked, was as follows:-- - - +------------------+----------------+----------+------+ - | |Headquarter wing| Left wing| | - | | _England_ | _France_ |Totals| - +------------------+----------------+----------+------+ - |Field Officer. | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |Captains. | 4 | 3 | 7 | - |Subalterns. | 7 | 9 | 16 | - |Staff. | 4 | 1 | 5 | - |Total. | 16 | 14 | 30 | - |Rank and File. | 302 | 238 | 540 | - +------------------+----------------+----------+------+ - |HORSES. Officers. | 25 | 21 | 46 | - | Troopers. | 238 | 238 | 476 | - | Total. | 263 | 259 | 522 | - +------------------+----------------+----------+------+ - -Both ships arrived at St. Vincent, Cape de Verdes, on the 7th March to -coal; but owing to the great number of transports assembled at the same -place for the same purpose, the _England_ did not leave until the -12th, nor the _France_ until the 14th. Both ships were detained -again at Table Bay for a few days to coal, and arrived at Port Durban, -the _England_ on the 6th, and the _France_ on the 11th April; -five horses dead on the former, and six on the latter ship, were the -casualties for the voyage. By the 14th both wings were disembarked, -and the regiment then encamped for a day or two at Cator’s Manor, near -Durban--the right wing, under Colonel Drury Lowe, finally marching -on the 17th April to Landman’s Drift, and the left wing, under Major -Boulderson, on the 21st April to Dundee. - -The entire regiment shortly after marched up to Rorke’s Drift together -with the King’s Dragoon Guards, the whole being under the command of -Major-General Marshall. On the 21st May it visited the battlefield of -Isandlhwana, buried most of the dead bodies, and brought back some of -the abandoned waggons to Rorke’s Drift. On the 23rd it joined the 2nd -Division under Major-General Newdegate at Landman’s Drift, on the 28th -it marched with it to Koppie Allein on the Blood River, and at last on -the 1st June crossed that river and entered Zululand. - -On the 5th June the regiment came in contact with the Zulus for the -first time at Erzungayan Hill. In a trifling skirmish which ensued -the Adjutant, Lieutenant Frith, was shot dead by the Colonel’s side. -[Sidenote: 1879. 7th June.]Two days later the division reached the -Upoko River. A squadron of the Seventeenth was now detached to do duty -at Fort Marshall, one of the posts constructed to guard the line of -communication. The remainder moved up with division towards Ulundi, the -kraal of the Zulu king. It was employed in the usual reconnaissance and -outpost duties, varied by an occasional skirmish with the Zulus, but -was never able to come to close quarters with the enemy. It was not -employed, nor was any part of the strong force of cavalry available for -the service, in a rapid advance upon Ulundi, as had been expected and -hoped. - -On the 2nd July the second division and flying column encamped on -the south bank of the White Umvolosi River, about five miles from -Ulundi, and on the 4th crossed the river and advanced against the -kraal. The three squadrons of the Seventeenth formed the rear-guard; -but no opportunity occurred of attacking the enemy on the march. The -column was now rapidly enveloped by the Zulus in great force, and the -cavalry was ordered to withdraw within the hollow square into which -the infantry was formed. The Zulu attack began at 8.50 A.M., -and was maintained for three-quarters of an hour within a hundred -yards of a murderous artillery and rifle fire. During this time the -Seventeenth stood to their horses under a heavy cross-fire, and -suffered some casualties, Lieutenant Jenkins, among the officers, being -shot in the jaw. About 9.30 the Zulus showed signs of wavering, and -the Seventeenth was ordered out of the square to attack. As they rode -out Captain Edgell was shot dead at the head of his squadron, and his -troop farrier was killed at the same instant. Once clear of the square -the regiment formed in echelon of wings, rank entire, covering over -three hundred yards of front, and charged. It was met by a hot fire in -front and flank from the Zulus, who were concealed in long grass in a -donga; but charging right through them the Seventeenth scattered them -in every direction, and then taking up the pursuit hunted them with -great execution for nearly two miles. The horses were fresh, and there -was no escape from the lances, which the enemy now encountered for -the first time. The Zulu [Sidenote: 1879.]army was not only defeated -but dispersed by this pursuit, and never appeared in the field again. -[Sidenote: 1879.] The casualties of the Seventeenth on this day were, -one officer (Captain Wyatt Edgell) and two men killed, three officers, -viz. Colonel Drury Lowe, Lieutenant James, Scots Greys, attached to -the Seventeenth, Lieutenant and acting Adjutant Jenkins, and five -men wounded; the two first-named officers slightly, and the third -severely. Also 26 horses were killed and wounded. The regiment was -highly complimented, both verbally and in orders, by the General for -its conduct at Ulundi. The only matter worthy of note in this short -Zulu campaign is the heavy loss suffered by the Seventeenth in officers -as compared with men; and this through pure chance, for all ranks were -equally exposed. - -The regiment began the return march on the day after the battle, with -the 2nd Division, and arrived at the Upoko River on the 15th July. -On the 26th it was ordered to march to Koppie Allein, to give over -its horses to the King’s Dragoon Guards, and to proceed dismounted to -Pinetown, where it arrived on the 21st August. It was reduced a month -later to six troops for Indian service; and 198 men then proceeded -direct to England under Lieutenant W. Kevill-Davies. On the 1st October -Colonel Drury Lowe for the second time took leave of the regiment; and -Major Boulderson took command. The regiment then embarked for India; -the left wing under Captain Cook sailing on board H.M.S. _Serapis_ -on 8th October, the right wing under Major Boulderson on board H.M.S. -_Crocodile_ on the 20th, and arriving at Bombay on the 28th -October and 10th November respectively. The regiment was quartered at -Mhow, the point from which it had started on the chase of Tantia Topee, -twenty-one years before; the headquarters and the right wing arriving -there on the 1st, and the left wing on the 14th November. Finally, on -the 4th December Lieutenant-Colonel Gonne, who had recovered from his -wound, arrived from England and took over the command. He was the only -officer remaining in the regiment who had served with it in Central -India in 1858–59. - -The Seventeenth had not been long in India before a request [Sidenote: -1880.] came from General Phayre that the regiment might be sent up to -join his force on active service in Afghanistan,--a request which, -unfortunately, could not be complied with, owing to the defective -state of the saddlery which was taken over in India. In July, however, -twenty non-commissioned officers and men were sent up to do duty with -the Transport on the Quetta-Candahar route. In this, as in all cases -in the history of the regiment when small parties of men have been -detached for particular duty, one and all did extremely well, and were -complimented on the excellence of their work in an order published by -the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Presidency. To make the parallel -complete, two of these twenty now hold commissions--Major Forbes, the -officer second in command of the King’s Dragoon Guards, and Lieutenant -Pilley, who remains with the Seventeenth as riding-master. - -[Sidenote: 1881.] - -In April of the following year Lieutenant-Colonel Gonne retired from -the command, being appointed Military Attaché at St Petersburg; and in -November Paymaster Captain John Brown took leave of the regiment with -which he had been associated for five-and-thirty years. He and Major -Berryman, the latter sometime the regimental Quartermaster, are the -only two members of the Seventeenth who went through Balaclava, Central -India, and South Africa. - -The Seventeenth remained at Mhow until January 1884 without further -incident worth the chronicling. Its old Colonel, General Drury Lowe, -however, was meanwhile adding to his reputation in Egypt, where he -commanded the cavalry division in the campaign of 1882. The pursuit of -Arabi’s army after the action of Tel-el-Kebir by the British cavalry, -and the surrender of Cairo and of Arabi himself to General Drury Lowe, -are matters of history. From the close of that campaign we must speak -of him as Sir Drury Lowe, K.C.B. - -[Sidenote: 1884.] - -In February 1884 the Seventeenth Lancers relieved the 10th Hussars -at Lucknow. In July Lieutenant-General Benson, who had commanded the -regiment during the Central Indian campaign, became its Colonel. In -December of the same year the regiment furnished a squadron to act -as escort to the Commander-in-Chief in India, General Sir F. Roberts, -at the camp of exercise in India. - - [Illustration: - - A. Bessane. Photo Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc. - - _Lieutenant General - Sir Drury C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B. - Colonel, 17^{th.} Lancers. 1892._] - -The regiment remained at Lucknow until the expiration of its [Sidenote: -1890.] term of Indian service, embarking for England on H.M.S. -_Serapis_ on the 9th October 1890. One squadron was disembarked -at Suez for duty with the army of occupation in Egypt, and was -quartered at Abbasiyeh near Cairo. The remaining troops disembarked at -Portsmouth on the 3rd of November. Of the non-commissioned officers -and men who went out with the regiment to the Zulu War in 1879, just -thirty returned with it in 1890; yet this was not due to death, for the -Seventeenth lost but seventy men from disease during its last period -of Indian service, an astonishing contrast to its former experiences -in the times of the Pindari War and the Mutiny. [Sidenote: 1891.] For -a year after its return the Seventeenth was quartered at Shorncliffe, -where it was rejoined in November 1891 by the squadron that had been -detached to Egypt, and then resumed the usual round of home service. -[Sidenote: 1892.] The following year was marked by the successful -introduction of the “squadron organisation,” which had been already -tried in 1869. - -In January General Benson died, and the colonelcy of the regiment -fell vacant. And as for the present we must close the history of the -Seventeenth Lancers at this point, we cannot more fitly end it than -with the name of General Benson’s successor, the fifteenth and not the -least Colonel of the regiment, Sir Drury Curzon Drury Lowe, K.C.B. - - - - - APPENDIX A - - A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOON LANCERS - - NOTE.--The constant variation in the spelling of names in the - earlier years of the regiment has made the preservation of - uniformity in this respect a matter of great difficulty. I am - still in doubt as to the correct method of spelling many names, - and I can only plead that these doubts were shared by the owners - of the names themselves. - - - 1759 - - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--John Hale - _Major._--John Blaquière - _Captains._--Franklin Kirby - Samuel Birch - Martin Basil - Edward Lascelles - John Burton - Samuel Townsend - _Lieutenants._--Thomas Lee - William Green - Henry Wallop - Joseph Hall - Henry Cope - Yelverton Peyton - _Cornets._--Robert Archdale - Henry Bishop - Joseph Stopford - Henry Crofton - Joseph Moxham - Daniel Brown - _Adjutant._--Richard Westbury - _Surgeon._--John Francis - _Agent._--Mr. Calcraft, Channel Row, Westminster - - - 1760–1761 - - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--John Hale - _Major._--John Blaquière - _Captains._--Samuel Birch - Edward Lascelles - Charles Mawhood - John Burton - John Marriott - ---- Baillie - _Lieutenants._--Thomas Lea - William Green - Joseph Hall - Henry Wallop - Yelverton Peyton - N. Lane - _Cornets._--Robert Archdale - Henry Bishop - Joseph Stopford - Henry Crofton - Joseph Moxham - Daniel Brown - George Birch - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - George Oliver - Samuel Burton - _Adjutant._--Richard Westbury - _Surgeon._--John Francis - - - 1762 - - _Lieut.-Colonel Commandant._--John Hale - _Major._--John Blaquière - _Captains._--Samuel Birch - Edward Lascelles - Charles Mawhood - John Burton - John Marriott - ---- Baillie - _Lieutenants._--Thomas Lea - William Green - Joseph Hall - Henry Wallop - Yelverton Peyton - N. Lane - _Cornets._--Robert Archdale - Henry Bishop - Joseph Stopford - Henry Crofton - Joseph Moxham - Daniel Brown - George Birch - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - George Oliver - Samuel Burton - Richard Gwynne - _Adjutant._--Richard Westbury - _Surgeon._--John Francis - - - 1763 - - _Lieut.-Colonel Commandant._--John Hale - _Major._--John Blaquière - _Captains._--Samuel Birch - Charles Mawhood - John Marriott - Joseph Hall - Francis Lascelles - Henry Bishop - _Captain-Lieut._--Thomas Lea - _Lieutenants._--Yelverton Peyton - N. Lane - Francis Jenison - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - _Cornets._--Henry Crofton - Daniel Brown - George Birch - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - George Oliver - Samuel Burton - Richard Gwynne - John Evans - Drury Wake - John Collings - Richard Parry - _Adjutant._--Joseph Moxham - _Surgeon._--John Francis - - - 1764 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--John Marriott - Joseph Hall - Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - _Captain-Lieut._--Yelverton Peyton - _Lieutenants._--N. Lane - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - _Cornets._--Henry Crofton - Daniel Brown - George Evans - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - _Chaplain._--Thomas Ashcroft - _Adjutant._--Joseph Moxham - _Surgeon._--John Francis. - - - 1765 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--John Marriott - Joseph Hall - Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - _Captain-Lieut._--Yelverton Peyton - _Lieutenants._--N. Lane - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - _Cornets._--Henry Crofton - Daniel Brown - George Evans - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - _Chaplain._--Thomas Ashcroft - _Adjutant._--Joseph Moxham - _Surgeon._--John Francis - - - 1766 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Joseph Hall - Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - Thomas S. Hall - Francis Gwynne - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Eyre - _Lieutenants._--N. Lane - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - James Poole - Harry Nettles - _Cornets._--Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - Patrick Lynch - George Bennett - Hamlet Obins - John Francis - _Chaplain._--Thomas Ashcroft - _Adjutant._--Joseph Moxham - _Surgeon._--William Waring - - - 1767 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - Francis Elliott - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Eyre - _Lieutenants._--Nat. Lane - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - _Cornets._--Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - John Francis - Martin Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - _Chaplain._--Thomas Ashcroft - _Adjutant._--Joseph Moxham - _Surgeon._--William Waring - - - 1768 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - Francis Gwynne - James Poole - Francis Elliott - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Eyre - _Lieutenants._--N. Lane - Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - _Cornets._--Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - John Francis - Martin Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - _Chaplain._--Thomas Ashcroft - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--William Waring - - - 1769 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - Thomas Lea - Francis Ed. Gwynne - James Poole - Arthur Blake - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Eyre - _Lieutenants._--Robert Archdale - Joseph Moxham - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - _Cornets._--Hamlet Obins - John Francis - Martin Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Shadd - _Chaplain._--James Adams - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1770 - - _Colonel._--John Hale - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - James Poole - C. Fortescue Garstin - Richard Carew - Richard Gardiner - _Captain-Lieut._--Joseph Moxham - _Lieutenants._--Robert Archdale - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - _Cornets._--John Francis - Martin Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Shadd - Thomas Whittaker - _Chaplain._--James Adams - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1771 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - James Poole - C. Fortescue Garstin - T. Van Straubenzee - Vincent Corbet - _Captain-Lieut._--Joseph Moxham - _Lieutenants._--Robert Archdale - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - _Cornets._--John Francis - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Whittaker - William Loftus - _Chaplain._--James Adams - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1772 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - James Poole - C. Fortescue Garstin - T. Van Straubenzee - Vincent Corbet - _Captain-Lieut._--Joseph Moxham - _Lieutenants._--Robert Archdale - Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - _Cornets._--John Francis - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Whittaker - William Loftus - _Chaplain._--James Adams - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1773 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Samuel Birch - _Captains._--Henry Bishop - C. Fortescue Garstin - T. Van Straubenzee - Richard Crewe - Joseph Moxham - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - Hamlet Obins - John Francis - _Cornets._--Mark Kerr - James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Whittaker - William Loftus - John St. Clair - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1774 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Henry Bishop - _Captains._--C. F. Garstin - Richard Carew - T. Van Straubenzee - Joseph Moxham - Oliver Delancey - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Henry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - H. Obins - John Francis - Mark Kerr - _Cornets._--James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Whittaker - William Loftus - John St. Clair - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1775 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Henry Bishop - _Captains._--C. F. Garstin - Richard Crewe - T. Van Straubenzee - Joseph Moxham - Oliver Delancey - Hon. F. Needham - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - H. Obins - John Francis - Mark Kerr - _Cornets._--James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - Thomas Whittaker - William Loftus - John St. Clair - Samuel Bagot - Thomas J. Cook - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1776 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Blaquière - _Major._--Henry Bishop - _Captains._--C. F. Garstin - Richard Crewe - T. V. Straubenzee - Joseph Moxham - Oliver Delancey - Hon. F. Needham - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Benjamin Bunbury - Matthew Patteshall - H. Obins - John Francis - Mark Kerr - _Cornets._--James Hussey - Frederick Metzer - William Loftus - John St. Clair - Samuel Bagot - William St. Leger - David Ogilvy - David St. Clair - John Sloper - Peter Anderson - John Hamilton - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1777 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Richard Crewe - _Captains._--Joseph Moxham - Oliver Delancey - Hon. F. Needham - Hon. Thomas Stanley - R. H. Elliston - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieuts._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - Geo., Visct. Deerhurst - _Cornets._--Frederick Metzer - John St. Clair - Samuel Bagot - David Ogilvy - John Sloper - Peter Anderson - John Hamilton - Thomas Patterson - John Jones - Samuel Watts - William St. Leger - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1778 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Richard Crewe - _Captains._--Joseph Moxham - Oliver Delancey - Hon. F. Needham - Hon. Thomas Stanley - R. H. Elliston - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James, Hussey - Geo., Visct. Deerhurst - Wm., Lord Cathcart - _Cornets._--Frederick Metzer - John St. Clair - Samuel Bagot - David Ogilvy - John Sloper - John Hamilton - Thomas Patterson - John Jones - Samuel Watts - William St. Leger - Thomas Romain - T. Smith Bradshaw - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1779 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Hon. F. Needham - Wm. Lord Cathcart - Wm. Henry Talbot - (Two vacancies) - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - Samuel Bagot - _Cornets._--William St. Leger - David Ogilvy - John Sloper - John Hamilton - John Jones - T. Smith Bradshaw - J. Stapleton - Thomas Patterson - Charles Searle - John St. Clair - J. Thos. Fonblanque - _Chaplain._--Richard Griffith - _Adjutant._--John St. Clair - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1780 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Hon. F. Needham - Wm. Henry Talbot - Samuel Bagot - _Captain-Lieut._--Robert Archdale - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - T. Smith Bradshaw - _Cornets._--David Ogilvy - John Jones - J. Stapleton - Thomas Patterson - Charles Searle - John St. Clair - J. Thos. Fonblanque - Thomas Tucker - John Black - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Cox, Muir & Co. - - - 1781 - - _Colonel._--George Preston - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Wm. Henry Talbot - Samuel Bagot - T. Smith Bradshaw - _Captain-Lieut._--John Stapleton - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - John Jones - _Cornets._--Thomas Patterson - Charles Searle - John St. Clair - Thomas Tucker - John Black - David M’Culloch - Warren Delancey - Joseph White - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Cox, Muir & Co. - - - 1782 - - _Colonels._--George Preston - Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Wm. Henry Talbot - Samuel Bagot - T. Smith Bradshaw - _Captain-Lieut._--John Stapleton - _Lieutenants._--Harry Nettles - Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - John Jones - _Cornets._--Thomas Patterson - Charles Searle - John St. Clair - Thomas Tucker - John Black - Warren Delancey - Joseph White - David MacCulloch - William Jephson - William Woodley - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1783 - - _Colonel._--Hon. Thomas Gage - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - T. Smith Bradshaw - John Stapleton - _Captain.-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--Matthew Patteshall - Mark Kerr - James Hussey - John Jones - Henry G. Grey - _Cornets._--John St. Clair - Thomas Tucker - John Black - Warren Delancey - William Jephson - Joseph White - William Woodley - George Birch - C. L. Wallace - Ralph Hamilton - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Cox, Muir & Co. - - 1784 - - _Colonel._--Hon. Thomas Gage - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - John Stapleton - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--James Hussey - John Jones - Henry G. Grey - John Black - _Cornets._--John St. Clair - William Jephson - Joseph White - Francis E. Lee - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Cox, Muir & Co. - - - 1785 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - John Stapleton - William St. Leger - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - Henry G. Grey - John Black - Thomas Tucker - William Hatton - _Cornets._--William Jephson - Joseph White - Evan Lloyd - Richard Odlum - R. F. Currie - _Chaplain._--John Beevor - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1786 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - John Stapleton - William St. Leger - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Thomas Tucker - William Hatton - _Cornets._--William Jephson - Joseph White - Richard Odlum - R. F. Currie - William Wells - Francis E. Lee - _Chaplain._--A. Greenfield - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1787 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - John Stapleton - William St. Leger - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Thomas Tucker - William Hatton - _Cornets._--William Jephson - Joseph White - Evan Lloyd - Richard Odlum - Francis E. Lee - Samuel Stapleton - P. D. du Moulin - _Chaplain._--A. Greenfield - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1788 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - John Stapleton - William St. Leger - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Thomas Tucker - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - _Cornets._--Joseph White - Richard Odlum - Francis E. Lee - Samuel Stapleton - P. D. du Moulin - Thomas Grey - _Chaplain._--A. Greenfield - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1789 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - William St. Leger - George Pigott - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Joseph White - _Cornets._--Richard Odlum - Francis E. Lee - Samuel Stapleton - P. D. du Moulin - Thomas Grey - William S. Bacon - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1790 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - Samuel Bagot - George Pigott - Hon. John Hope - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Richard Odlum - _Cornets._--Frank E. Lee - Peter D. du Moulin - Thomas Grey - William S. Bacon - Christopher Johnston - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Jones - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1791 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - George Pigott - Hon. John Hope - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Richard Odlum - _Cornets._--Francis E. Lee - Peter D. du Moulin - Thomas Grey - William S. Bacon - Christopher Johnston - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Gibson - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - _Agents._--Wybrants & Son, Dublin - - - 1792 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--Robert Archdale - George Pigott - Hon. John Hope - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Jones - John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Richard Odlum - _Cornets._--Peter David du Moulin - William S. Bacon - Christopher Johnston - (3 vacancies) - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Gibson - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1793 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Earl of Lincoln - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--George Pigott - Charles Maitland - John Jones - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Richard Odlum - William S. Bacon - _Cornets._--Peter D. du Moulin - Christopher Johnston - William Richards - Oswald Werge - Leonard Shafto Orde - Theobald Butler - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--Edward Wilson - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1794 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Duke of Newcastle - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Samuel Birch - _Major._--Oliver Delancey - _Captains._--George Pigott - Charles Maitland - John Jones - _Captain-Lieut._--Harry Nettles - _Lieutenants._--John Black - Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - Richard Odlum - William S. Bacon - _Cornets._--Christopher Johnston - William Richards - Oswald Werge - Theobald Butler - William L. Murray - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Mainwaring - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1795 - - _Colonel._--Thomas, Duke of Newcastle - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Major._--Harry Nettles - _Captains._--Charles Maitland - John Jones - Evan Lloyd - Hon. John Creighton - John Black - William L. Murray - _Captain-Lieut._--William Jephson - _Lieutenants._--Richard Odlum - William S. Bacon - Christopher Johnston - William Richards - Oswald Werge - Thomas Butler - (2 vacancies) - _Cornets._--Samuel Bristow - Richard Aylmer - Richard Garstin - John Jones - Edward Wilson - Richard Edwards - David Supple - (2 vacancies) - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Mainwaring - _Surgeon._--Christopher Johnston - - - 1796 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonel._--George Hardy - _Majors._--Harry Nettles - Evan Lloyd - _Captains._--John Black - William Jephson - Francis Gore - Robert Fletcher - Robert Lowe - James MacDonell - _Capt.-Lieut._--Christopher Johnston - _Lieutenants._--William Richards - Oswald Werge - Thomas Butler - Richard Aylmer - Richard Garstin - Edward Wilson - Richard Edwards - David Supple - _Cornets._--John Mainwaring - James Byrne - John Gildea - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - John Jones - Thomas Smithson - John Delancey - William Grey - John Willington - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Mainwaring - _Surgeon._--John Robinson - - - 1797 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Henry George Grey - _Majors._--Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - _Captains._--Francis Gore - Robert Fletcher - Robert Lowe - James MacDonell - Christopher Johnston - William H. Delancey - _Captain-Lieut._--William Richards - _Lieutenants._--Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - Richard Garstin - Edward Wilson - Richard Edwards - David Supple - John Mainwaring - James Byrne - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - John Jones - John Delancey - _Cornets._--Jon. Willington - John Jappie - Thomas Glegg - Thomas A. Cookson - _Chaplain._--Thomas Sneyd - _Adjutant._--John Mainwaring - _Surgeon._--John Robinson - - - 1798 - - _Colonel._--Charles Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonel._--H. G. Grey - _Majors._--Evan Lloyd - William Jephson - _Captains._--Francis Gore - Robert Fletcher - Robert Lowe - James MacDonell - Christopher Johnston - William H. Delancey - _Captain-Lieut._--William Richards - _Lieutenants._--Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - Richard Garstin - Edward Wilson - Richard Edwards - David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - John Delancey - Peter Carey - J. Cocks - Vere L. Ward - _Cornets._--Jon. Willington - John Werge - John Jappie - Thomas Ahmuty - John M. Winter - Thomas Cockerill - William Roycraft - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--William Robinson - _Asst.-Surgeon._--Thomas Thompson - _Veterinary-Surgeon._--James Burt - - - 1799 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - Francis Gore - _Captains._--Robert Lowe - James MacDonell - Christopher Johnston - William H. Delancey - William Richards - Robert Jones - _Captain-Lieut._--Oswald Werge - _Lieutenants._--Richard Aylmer - Richard Garstin - Edward Wilson - Richard Edwards - David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - John Delancey - Peter Carey - J. Cocks - V. L. Ward - Jon. Willington - _Cornets._--John Werge - John Jappie - Thomas Ahmuty - William Roycraft - Thomas Cockerill - William Ogden - John Laing - James O’Reilly - John Clarke - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--William Robinson - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Lewis Bowen - _Veterinary-Surgeon._--James Burt - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Agents._--Cox & Company - 1796.--Chaplain discontinued - 1797.--Assistant-Surgeon appointed - 1798.--Paymaster appointed - 1799.--A second Lieut.-Colonel appointed - - - 1800 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - Francis Gore - _Captains._--Robert Lowe - James MacDonell - Christopher Johnston - Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - John Daniell - Thomas Ellis - Thomas Gerrard - _Captain-Lieut._--Edward Wilson - _Lieutenants._--David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - Peter Carey - Jon. Willington - R. K. Carden - John Werge - John Laing - John Delancey - P. K. Roche - _Cornets._--John Jappie - Thomas Ahmuty - William Roycraft - Thomas Cockerill - Henry Harris - Joseph Hawtyn - George Lang - James Annesley - Edward Kelly - H. W. Thompson - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--William Robinson - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Lewis Bowen - _Veterinary Surgeon._--James Burt - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Agents._--Cox & Company - (A second Assistant-Surgeon appointed) - - - 1801 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - Francis Gore - _Captains._--James MacDonell - Robert Lowe - Christopher Johnston - Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - John Daniell - Thomas Ellis - Thomas Gerrard - _Captain-Lieut._--Edward Wilson - _Lieutenants._--David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - Peter Carey - Jon. Wellington - John Werge - John Laing - Wm. Ch. Jerningham - P. K. Roche - _Cornets._--John Jappie - William Roycraft - Thomas Cockerill - Henry Harris - Joseph Hawtyn - George Lang - James Annesley - William J. Kent - W. B. Laird - Joseph Tyndale - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--William Robinson - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Samuel Tilt - Alexander Menzies - _Veterinary Surgeon._--James Peers - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Agents._--Cox & Company - - - 1802 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - Francis Gore - _Captains._--James MacDonell - Robert Lowe - Christopher Johnston - Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - John Daniell - Thomas Ellis - Thomas Gerrard - _Captain-Lieut._--Edward Wilson - _Lieutenants._--David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - Jonathan Willington - John Werge - P. K. Roche - Wm. Ch. Jerningham - W. B. Laird - John Jappie - William Roycraft - Thomas Cockerill - Henry Harris - Joseph Hawtyn - Henry F. R. Soane - Richard Miller - James Annesley - _Cornets._--William J. Kent - Joseph Tyndale - Montfort Westropp - William Brown - Edmund Safferey - ---- Gledd - ---- Brydges - De Lancey Barclay - (Staff as in previous year) - - - 1803 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - James MacDonell - _Captains._--Robert Lowe - Christopher Johnston - Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - John Daniell - _Captain-Lieut._--Edward Wilson - _Lieutenants._--David Supple - John Mainwaring - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - Jonathan Willington - P. K. Roche - Wm. Ch. Jerningham - W. Roycraft - De Lancey Barclay - _Cornets._--Joseph Tyndale - Montfort Westropp - William Brown - Edmund Safferey - ---- Gledd - Thomas Turner - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--William Robinson - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Samuel Tilt - Alexander Menzies - _Veterinary Surgeon._--James Peers - - - 1804 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--William Jephson - James MacDonell - _Captains._--Robert Lowe - Christopher Johnston - Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - Edward Wilson - John Werge - W. B. Laird - David Supple - _Lieutenants._--Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - Jonathan Willington - P. K. Roche - William Roycraft - De Lancey Barclay - Montfort Westropp - Edmund Safferey - Thomas Turner - _Cornets._--William Brown - John Sharland Harris - J. R. L. Lloyd - William C. Faulkner - William D’Arcy - William Moray - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--James O’Connor - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Samuel Tilt - _Veterinary Surgeon._--James Peers - - - 1805 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--James MacDonell - Christopher Johnston - _Captains._--Oswald Werge - Richard Aylmer - Edward Wilson - John Daniell - John Werge - W. B. Laird - David Supple - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - P. K. Roche - _Lieutenants._--Jonathan Willington - William Roycraft - De Lancey Barclay - Edmund Safferey - Thomas Turner - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - W. C. Faulkner - William D’Arcy - J. R. Lloyd - William Moray - _Cornets._--Ralph Laurence - Robert D’Arcy - James Reid - Charles Johnson - William Abbs - (2 vacancies) - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--James Anderson - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Samuel Tilt - _Assistant-Surgeon._--John Hemphill - _Vet. Surg._--Edward Coleman - - - 1806 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieutenant-Colonels._--H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--James MacDonell - Henry Loftus - _Captains._--Oswald Werge - Edward Wilson - John Daniell - W. B. Laird - David Supple - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - P. K. Roche - Francis D’Arcy Bacon - Archibald Ross - _Lieutenants._--Jonathan Willington - William Roycraft - Edmund Safferey - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - W. C. Faulkner - William D’Arcy - J. R. L. Lloyd - Wm. Moray - Robert D’Arcy - Ralph Lawrenson - James Read - Henry Walker - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - John Blake - _Cornets._--James Delancey - John Lane - Edward Wrixon - Charles White - Bartholomew Thomas - Frederick Geale - Thomas Lahiff - James Butler - (Staff as in 1805) - _Agents._--Messrs. Arnutt & Brough, Dublin - - - 1807 - - _Colonel._--Oliver Delancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--Henry Loftus - Lynch Cotton - _Captains._--Oswald Werge - Edward Wilson - John Daniell - William B. Laird - David Supple - Philip Teesdale - James Hellings - P. K. Roche - F. D. Bacon - Archibald Ross - _Lieutenants._--Jonathan Willington - William Roycraft - Edmund Safferey - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - William D’Arcy - Ralph Lawrenson - James Read - Henry Walker - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - John Blake - James Delancey - _Cornets._--John Lane - Edward Wrixon - Bartholomew Thomas - Frederick Geale - Thomas Lahiff - James Butler - G. W. R. Lewin - _Paymaster._--James Byrne - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--James Anderson - _Assistant-Surgeons._--James Tilt - ---- Howship - _Vet. Surg._--Edward Coleman - - - 1808 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--Henry Loftus - Lynch Cotton - _Captains._--Oswald Werge - Edward Wilson - John Daniell - William B. Laird - David Supple - Philip Teesdale - P. K. Roche - Francis D. Bacon - Archibald Ross - Jonathan Willington - _Lieutenants._--William Roycraft - Edmund Safferey - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - William D’Arcy - J. R. L. Lloyd - Robert D’Arcy - William Moray - James Read - Henry Walker - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - John Blake - James de Lancey - John Lane - _Cornets._--Edward Wrixon - Bartholomew Thomas - Frederick Geale - Thomas Lahiff - James Butler - G. W. R. Lewin - _Paymaster._--(Vacant) - _Adjutant._--William Roycraft - _Surgeon._--James Anderson - _Assistant-Surgeons._--Samuel Tilt - ---- Howship - _Vet. Surg._--Edward Coleman - - - 1809 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--Henry Loftus - Lynch Cotton - _Captains._--Oswald Werge - David Supple - Philip Teesdale - Jonathan Willington - James Grant - George John Sale - William Moray - Henry Yonge - Thomas Forster - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - _Lieutenants._--Edmund Safferey - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - J. R. L. Lloyd - James Read - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Thomas Lahiff - Edward Wrixon - G. W. Wallace - John Brackenbury - H. E. Lynch - John D’Arcy - ---- Johnson - William Gale - _Cornets._--G. W. R. Lewin - James Tomkinson - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - William Henry Robinson - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Gale - _Surgeon._--William King - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John White - David Christie - _Vet. Surg._--Edward Coleman - - - 1810 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Charles Morland - _Captains._--David Supple - Philip Teesdale - Jonathan Willington - James Grant - George John Sale - William Moray - Henry Yonge - Thomas Forster - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - James Conran - _Lieutenants._--Edmund Safferey - William Brown - Hon. John Jones - James Read - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Thomas Lahiff - Edward Wrixon - John Brackenbury - H. E. Lynch - John D’Arcy - ---- Johnson - William Gale - James Tomkinson - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - F. W. Hutchinson - _Cornets._--Thomas Kendall - Fran. Curtayne - Robert Willington - William Daniel - John Smith - J. M’Keale Anderson - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Gale - _Surgeon._--William King - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John White - David Christie - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1811 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - William Carden - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Philip Teesdale - Jonathan Willington - James Grant - G. J. Sale - William Moray - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - James Conran - William Brown - David M’Neale - _Lieutenants._--Edmund Safferey - Hon. John Jones - John Burton - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Thomas Lahiff - Edward Wrixon - John Brackenbury - H.E. Lynch - John D’Arcy - William Gale - ---- Johnson - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - Charles B. Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - F. E. Cawne - John Smith - Thomas Kendall - Fran. Curtayne - _Cornets._--Robert Willington - William Daniel - Henry Bond - J. M’Keale Anderson - Benjamin Astley - Isidore Blake - James Cockburn - Fra. Haworth - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Gale - _Quartermaster._--Thomas Carson - _Surgeon._--William King - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John White - David Christie - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1812 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Hon. H. G. Grey - Evan Lloyd - William Carden - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Philip Teesdale - Jonathan Willington - James Grant - George John Sale - William Moray - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - William Brown - Daniel M’Neale - John Burton - _Lieutenants._--Hon. John Jones - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Thomas Lahiff - Edward Wrixon - John Brackenbury - H. E. Lynch - John Darcy - William Gale - ---- Johnson - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - C. B. Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - F. E. Cawne - John Smith - Thomas Kendall - Fran. Curtayne - James Cockburn - Robert Willington - _Cornets._--William Daniel - J. M’K. Anderson - Benjamin Astley - Isidore Blake - Fran. Haworth - ---- Carew - Samuel Orr - William MacFarlane - Samuel Enderby - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Gale - _Quartermaster._--Thomas Carson - _Surgeon._--William King - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John White - David Christie - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1813 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. Lincoln Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Philip Teesdale - Jonathan Willington - James Grant - George Jno. Sale - William Moray - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - William Brown - Daniel M’Neale - Jno. Burton - _Lieutenants._--Hon. John Jones - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Thomas Lahiff - Edward Wrixon - John Brackenbury - Henry Edward Lynch - John D’Arcy - ---- Johnson - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - F. E. Cawne - Fran. Curtayne - James Cockburn - Robert Willington - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Francis Haworth - _Cornets._--J. M’Keale Anderson - Benjamin Astley - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William MacFarlane - John Marks - Richard Willington - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--John Marks - _Quartermaster._--Thomas Carson - _Surgeon._--William King - _Assistant-Surgeon._--John Lorimer - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1814 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. L. Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - William Moray - Henry Walker - William Roycraft - Daniel M’Neale - James Burton - Hugh Percy Davidson - Hon. Leicester Stanhope - John Atkins - _Lieutenants._--Hon. John Jones - Frederick Willoe - Charles Johnson - Benjamin Adams - Edward Wrixon - John Brackenbury - John D’Arcy - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - William H. Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - F. E. Cawne - Francis Curtayne - James Cockburn - Robert Wellington - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Francis Haworth - John Fraser - J. M’Keale Anderson - Benjamin Astley - _Cornets._--Isidore Blake - H. Carew - W. MacFarlane - John Marks - Richard Willington - John Tomlinson - Thomas Hurring - William Gibson Peat - Oliver Delancey - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--John Marks - _Quartermaster._--Thomas Carson - _Surgeon._--Alexander Young - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Eugene M’Swiney - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1815 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. Lincoln Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - William Moray - Henry Walker - Daniel M’Neale - Hugh Percy Davidson - Hon. Leicester Stanhope - John Atkins - T. Perrouet Thompson - Joseph Smyth - _Lieutenants._--Benjamin Adams - John Brackenbury - John D’Arcy - Michael Ryan - Joseph Budden - W. Henry Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - Francis Curtayne - James Cockburn - Robert Willington - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Francis Haworth - Benjamin Astley - T. Ramsay Wharton - George Daun - C. G. A. Skinner - Isidore Blake - W. Hackett - _Cornets._--H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Richard Willington - John Tomlinson - Thomas Hurring - W. Gibson Peat - Oliver de Lancey - William Potts - George Clarke - James Patch - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Hackett - _Quartermaster._--Thomas Carson - _Surgeon._--Alexander Young - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Eugene M’Swiney - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1816 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. Lincoln Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - Daniel M’Neale - Hon. Leicester Stanhope - John Atkins - T. Perrouet Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - _Lieutenants._--John Brackenbury - John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - William H. Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - H. Bond - Francis Haworth - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Samuel Ward Watson - William Hackett - John Tomlinson - Charles Greville - _Cornets._--Richard Willington - Thomas Hurring - Oliver de Lancey - William Potts - George Clarke - James Patch - N. Raven - Thomas M’Kenzie - Peter Backhouse - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--William Hackett - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--W. Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Eugene M’Swiney - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edward Coleman - - - 1817 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. Lincoln Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - T. Perrouet Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - _Lieutenants._--John Brackenbury - John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Francis Haworth - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - W. M’Farlane - Samuel Ward Watson - Richard Willington - Ambrose de L’Etang - John Tomlinson - Henry Court Amiel - Charles Greville - T. L. Stuart Menteath - _Cornets._--Thomas Hurring - Oliver de Lancey - William Potts - George Clarke - T. Ellman - J. Patch - N. Raven - P. Backhouse - Thomas Carey - Thomas Nicholson - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--Thomas Carey - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Thomas Price - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1818 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - William Carden - Hon. Lincoln Stanhope - _Majors._--Oswald Werge - Nathan Wilson - _Captains._--David Supple - Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - T. Perrouet Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - Charles Wayth - _Lieutenants._--John Brackenbury - John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - W. Henry Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Robert Coulthard - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Samuel Ward Watson - Richard Willington - Ambrose de L’Etang - John Tomlinson - Henry Court Amiel - T. L. Stuart Menteath - Thomas Hurring - Oliver de Lancey - _Cornets._--William Potts - George Clarke - T. Ellman - James Patch - N. Raven - Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - James Byrne Smith - J. B. Nixon - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--James Byrne Smith - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Thomas Price - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1819 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - Oswald Werge - _Majors._--Nathan Wilson - Jonathan Willington - _Captains._--George John Sale - Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - T. Perrouet Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - Charles Wayth - John Brackenbury - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - W. Henry Robinson - F. W. Hutchinson - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Samuel Ward Watson - Richard Willington - Ambrose de L’Etang - John Tomlinson - Henry Court Amiel - T. L. Stuart Menteath - Thomas Hurring - Oliver de Lancey - W. T. H. Fisk - _Cornets._--William Potts - George Clarke - T. Ellman - N. Raven - Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - John Byrne Smith - J. B. Nixon - William Marriott - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--J. R. Smith - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--W. Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Thomas Price - _Vet. Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1820 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - Oswald Werge - _Majors._--Nathan Wilson - Jonathan Willington - _Captains._--George John Sale - Dan. M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - Thomas P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - Charles Wayth - John Brackenbury - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - W. H. Robinson - Charles Byrne Sale - F. W. Hutchinson - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - Wm. M’Farlane - Richard Willington - Ambrose de L’Etang - H. Court Amiel - T. L. Stuart Menteath - Thomas Hurring - Oliver de Lancey - William T. H. Fisk - George F. Clarke - George G. Shaw - _Cornets._--William Potts - N. Raven - Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - James Byrne Smith - William Marriott - Charles St. John Fancourt - Frederick Loftus - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--James Byrne Smith - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Thomas Price - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1821 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - Nathan Wilson - _Majors._--Jonathan Willington - George John Sale - _Captains._--Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - Thomas P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - Charles Wayth - John Brackenbury - William H. Robinson - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - Charles Byrne Sale - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Richard Willington - Ambrose de L’Etang - Henry Court Amiel - T. L. S. Menteath - Thomas Hurring - W. T. Hawley Fisk - George F. Clarke - George G. Shaw - W. H. B. Lindsay - N. Raven - _Cornets._--W. Potts - Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - Robert Lewis - Charles St. John Fancourt - Frederick Loftus - Arch. Edmund Bromwich - Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Samuel Holmes - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1822 - - _Colonel._--Oliver de Lancey - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - Nathan Wilson - _Majors._--Jonathan Willington - Norcliffe Norcliffe - _Captains._--Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - Thomas P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - Charles Wayth - John Brackenbury - William H. Robinson - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - Charles Byrne Sale - Francis Curtayne - William Daniel - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Richard Willington - Henry Court Amiel - T. L. S. Menteath - Thomas Hurring - W. T. Hawley Fisk - George G. Shaw - N. Raven - W. Potts - _Cornets._--Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - Robert Lewis - C. St. John Fancourt - Frederick Loftus - Arch. E. Bromwich - William Penn - Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--W. T. Hawley Fisk - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeons._--John Lorimer - Sam. Holmes - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1823 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - _Majors._--Jonathan Willington - Norcliffe Norcliffe - _Captains._--Daniel M’Neale - John Atkins - Edward Byne - Thomas P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - John Brackenbury - William H. Robinson - W. T. Cockburn - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - Charles Byrne Sale - Francis Curtayne - Henry Bond - Isidore Blake - H. Carew - William M’Farlane - Rich. Willington - Henry Court Amiel - Thomas Hurring - W. T. Hawley Fisk - George G. Shaw - N. Raven - William Potts - William Graham - _Cornets._--Peter Backhouse - Thomas Nicholson - Robert Lewis - Frederick Loftus - Arch. Edmund Bromwich - William Penn - Hon. Nat. H. C. Massey - Lewis Shedden - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--W. T. Hawley Fisk - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeons._--John Lorimer, M.D. - Sam. Holmes, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edmund Price - - - 1824 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - _Majors._--J. Willington - George Luard - _Captains._--Daniel M’Neale - Thomas P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - Malcolm M’Neill - John Brackenbury - John Scott - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - Harry Bond - W. T. Hawley Fisk - George F. Clarke - George Robbins - William Dungan - Thomas Nicholson - _Cornets._--Robert Lewis - Frederick Loftus - William Penn - Hon. N. H. C. Massey - Samuel Pole - R. J. Elton - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--W. T. H. Fisk - _Quartermaster._--James Cockburn - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeon._--John Lorimer - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Edmund Price - _Agents._--Hopkinson & Sons - - - 1825 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - _Majors._--J. Willington - George Luard - _Captains._--T. P. Thompson - Benjamin Adams - J. Brackenbury - John Scott - William Locke - Frederick Johnston - _Lieutenants._--John D’Arcy - Joseph Budden - W. T. Hawley Fisk - George F. Clarke - George Robbins - William Dungan - George T. Greenland - M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Cornets._--Frederick Loftus - Hon. N. H. C. Massey - Samuel Pole - R. J. Elton - John Barron - Hon. R. F. Greville - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--W. T. H. Fisk - _Quartermaster._--T. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeon._--John Lorimer - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Henry Smith - - - 1826 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Evan Lloyd - Hon. L. Stanhope - _Majors._--George Luard - Lord Bingham - _Captains._--Benjamin Adams - John Scott - Frederick Johnston - W. N. Burrows - George F. Clarke - Alan Chambre - _Lieutenants._--W. T. H. Fisk - George Robbins - William Dungan - G. T. Greenland - M. C. D. St. Quintin - Frederick Loftus - Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey - Samuel Pole - _Cornets._--R. J. Elton - John Barron - Hon. R. F. Greville - Charles Forbes - Henry Witham - S. J. W. F. Welch - _Paymaster._--Robert Harman - _Adjutant._--W. T. H. Fisk - _Quartermaster._--T. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Sam. Holmes - _Veterinary Surgeon._--Henry Smith - - - 1827 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Majors._--Anthony Bacon - John Scott - _Captains._--William N. Burrowes - George F. Clarke - George Robbins - George T. Greenland - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - _Lieutenants._--Robert James Elton - John Barron - Charles Forbes - Henry Witham - S. J. W. F. Welch - _Cornets._--Nat. B. F. Shawe - Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - William Murray Percy - William Henry Tonge - Lionel Ames - _Paymaster._--W. T. Hawley Fisk - _Adjutant._--John Barron - _Quartermaster._--T. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Assistant-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1828 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Majors._--John Scott - William N. Burrowes - _Captains._--George F. Clarke - George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - John Lawrenson - Robert James Elton - _Lieutenants._--John Barron - Charles Forbes - Henry Witham - Nat. B. F. Shawe - W. C. Douglas - Samuel Need - William M. Percy - _Cornets._--William H. T. Tonge - Lionel Ames - A. H. Mitchelson - Denis Hanson - William Wentworth - William L. Shedden - _Paymaster._--W. T. Hawley Fisk - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--T. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--William Wybrow - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1829 - - _Colonel._--Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Majors._--John Scott - W. N. Burrowes - _Captains._--George F. Clarke - George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - Robert James Elton - _Lieutenants._--John Barron - Charles Forbes - Harry Witham - N. B. F. Shawe - William C. Douglas - Samuel W. Need - William M. Percy - _Cornets._--William H. Tonge - Lionel Ames - A. H. Michelson - Denis Hanson - William Wentworth - W. L. Shedden - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--T. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--James G. Elkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - _Agent._--Mr. Hopkinson - - - 1830 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Majors._--John Scott - W. N. Burrowes - _Captains._--George F. Clarke - George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - Robert K. Trotter - _Lieutenants._--John Barron - Charles Forbes - N. B. F. Shawe - Samuel W. Need - William C. Douglas - William M. Percy - William H. Tonge - _Cornets._--Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - H. F. Walker - Walter Williams - Philip J. West - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--Thos. Nicholson - _Surgeon._--James G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - _Agent._--Mr. Hopkinson - - - 1831 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--W. N. Burrowes - _Captains._--George F. Clarke - George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - Robert R. Trotter - _Lieutenants._--John Barron - Charles Forbes - N. B. F. Shawe - Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - W. M. Percy - W. H. Tonge - _Cornets._--Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - H. F. Walker - Walter Williams - Philip J. West - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - _Quartermaster._--Thos. Nicholson - - - 1832 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--W. N. Burrowes - _Captains._--George F. Clarke - George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - Robert K. Trotter - _Lieutenants._--Charles Forbes - N. B. F. Shawe - Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - W. M. Percy - W. H. Tonge - Lionel Ames - _Cornets._--Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - P. J. West - F. J. Parry - W. H. Fielden - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - - - 1833 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--Henry Pratt - _Captains._--George Robbins - M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - Robert K. Trotter - Charles Forbes - _Lieutenants._--N. B. F. Shawe - Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - Walter Williams - _Cornets._--Philip West - F. J. Parry - W. H. Fielden - Edward Croker - R. W. Macdonald - R. A. F. Kingscote - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1834 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--Henry Pratt - _Captains._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - R. K. Trotter - Charles Forbes - N. B. F. Shawe - _Lieutenants._--Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - P. J. West - _Cornets._--F. J. Parry - W. H. Fielden - Edward Croker - R. W. Macdonald - R. A. F. Kingscote - John Mordaunt - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet.-Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1835 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--Henry Pratt - _Captains._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - K. R. Trotter - Charles Forbes - N. B. F. Shawe - _Lieutenants._--Samuel W. Need - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - P. J. West - _Cornets._--F. J. Parry - W. H. Fielden - Edward Croker - R. W. M’Donald - R. A. F. Kingscote - John Mordaunt - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1836 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--Henry Pratt - _Captains._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - G. M. Keane - John Lawrenson - R. K. Trotter - N. B. F. Shawe - W. C. Douglas - _Lieutenants._--Lionel Ames - Denis Hanson - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - W. H. Fielden - Edward Croker - R. W. Macdonald - _Cornets._--R. A. F. Kingscote - John Mordaunt - Wallace Barrow - J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - Robert Reynard - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. G. Parken - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1837 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Cols._--Sir Evan Lloyd - George, Lord Bingham - _Major._--Henry Pratt - _Captains._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - George M. Keane - John Lawrenson - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - W. L. Shedden - _Lieutenants._--Denis Hanson - W. Williams - W. H. Fielden - Edward Croker - R. A. F. Kingscote - John Mordaunt - Wallace Barrow - _Cornets._--J. R. Palmer - J. R. Broadley - Robert Reynard - John D. Brett - William M. Mitchell - A. S. Willett - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Denis Hanson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1838 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Henry Pratt - _Major._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Captains._--John Lawrenson - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - W. H. Fielden - _Lieutenants._--Edward Croker - R. A. F. Kingscote - W. Barrow - J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - R. A. Houblon - Francis Burdett - _Cornets._--Robert Reynard - J. D. Brett - W. M. Mitchell - A. S. Willett - Hon. G. O’Callaghan - Andrew Wauchope - _Paymaster._--Captain G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Wallace Barrow - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1839 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Henry Pratt - _Major._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Captains._--J. Lawrenson - W. C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - W. L. Shedden - W. Williams - W. H. Fielden - _Lieutenants._--Edward Croker - R. A. F. Kingscote - W. Barrow - J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - Richard A. Houblon - Francis Burdett - _Cornets._--Robert Reynard - J. D. Brett - W. M. Mitchell - A. S. Willett - Hon. G. O’Callaghan - Andrew Wauchope - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Wallace Barrow - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. G. Elkington - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - _Agents._--Hopkinson & Sons - - - 1840 - - _Colonel._--Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--William C. Douglas - Lionel Ames - Walter Williams - Edmund Croker - R. A. F. Kingscote - Wallace Barrow - _Lieutenants._--J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - Francis Burdett - J. D. Brett - Archibald, Earl of Cassilis - W. M. Mitchell - Aug. Saltern Willett - _Cornets._--Thomas Lindsay - Edward C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - William O. Hammond - H. Roxby Benson - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Thomas Lindsay - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--James G. Elkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Wilkinson - - - 1841 - - _Colonel._--Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B. - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--William C. Douglas - Walter Williams - Edward Croker - R. A. F. Kingscote - Wallace Barrow - J. R. Palmer - _Lieutenants._--J. B. Broadley - Francis Burdett - J. D. Brett - Archibald, Earl of Cassilis - A. S. Willett - Hon. H. S. Blackwood - Thomas Lindsay - E. C. Scobell - _Cornets._--H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - William O. Hammond - H. R. Benson - Charles W. Miles - _Paymaster._--G. Chandler - _Adjutant._--Thomas Lindsay - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--James G. Elkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Wilkinson - - - 1842 - - _Colonel._--Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B. - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--W. C. Douglas - Walter Williams - R. A. F. Kingscote - J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - Francis Burdett - _Lieutenants._--J. D. Brett - Archibald, Earl of Cassilis - A. S. Willett - Hon. H. S. Blackwood - Thomas Lindsay - Edward C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - _Cornets._--W. O. Hammond - H. R. Benson - C. W. Miles - Wm. A., Lord Inverury - H. C. Taylor - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--Thomas Lindsay - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--Edward Pilkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--Alex. Leslie - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Wilkinson - - - 1843 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--J. R. Palmer - John B. Broadley - Francis Burdett - J. D. Brett - A. S. Willett - Hon. H. S. Blackwood - _Lieutenants._--Thomas Lindsay - E. C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - Charles W. Miles - Wm. A., Lord Inverury - _Cornets._--H. C. Taylor - Alfred Crawshay - Thomas Lyon - Samuel Le H. Hodson - N. M. Innes - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--Thomas Lindsay - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--Edward Pilkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--G. Anderson - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1844 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--J. R. Palmer - J. B. Broadley - Francis Burdett - J. D. Brett - A. S. Willett - E. C. Scobell - _Lieutenants._--Thomas Lindsay - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - C. W. Miles - H. C. Taylor - Alfred Crawshay - Thomas Lyon - _Cornets._--Samuel Le H. Hobson - N. M. Innes - J. F. Blathwayt - E. C. A. Haworth - R. D. Hay Lane - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--H. T. Lindsay - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--Edward Pilkington - _Assistant-Surgeon._--G. Anderson - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1845 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--John Lawrenson - _Captains._--J. R. Palmer - Francis Burdett - John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - E. C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - _Lieutenants._--Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - Charles W. Miles - Alfred Crawshay - Thomas Lyon - Norman M. Innes - J. E. Fleeming - _Cornets._--E. C. A. Haworth - J. F. Blathwayt - R. D. Hay Lane - John Stephenson - Henry W. Lindow - William I. Anderton - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--John Stephenson - _Quartermaster._--William Hale - _Surgeon._--John Brown Gibson, M.D. - _Assistant-Surgeon._--G. Anderson - _Vet. Surgeon._--John Wilkinson - - - 1846 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - E. C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - _Lieutenants._--Charles W. Miles - Alfred Crawshay - Thomas Lyon - J. E. Fleeming - E. C. A. Haworth - R. D. Hay Lane - John Stephenson - W. I. Anderton - _Cornets._--J. C. W. Russell - E. R. Dodwell - P. J. W. Miles - W. W. Codrington - William H. K. Erskine - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--John Stephenson - _Quartermaster._--Wm. Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--W. C. Lord - - - 1847 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - E. C. Scobell - H. R. Boucherett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - _Lieutenants._--Charles W. Miles - Alfred Crawshay - Thomas Lyon - J. E. Fleeming - E. C. A. Haworth - R. D. Hay Lane - John Stephenson - William I. Anderton - _Cornets._--J. C. W. Russell - E. R. Dodwell - Philip J. W. Miles - W. W. Codrington - William H. K. Erskine - _Paymaster._--George Chandler - _Adjutant._--John Stephenson - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--W. C. Lord - - - 1848 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Col._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - C. W. Miles - Thomas Lyon - _Lieutenants._--J. E. Fleeming - E. C. A. Haworth - R. D. Hay Lane - W. I. Anderton - William Morris - J. C. W. Russell - Philip J. W. Miles - W. W. Codrington - _Cornets._--W. H. K. Erskine - H. St. George, R.M. - Alexander Campbell - William F. Webb - Robert White - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--J. E. Fleeming - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--William C. Lord - - - 1849 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John Dary Brett - A. S. Willett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - J. E. Fleeming - E. C. A. Haworth - _Lieutenants._--R. D. Hay Lane - W. I. Anderton - William Morris - J. C. W. Russell - W. H. R. Erskine - Howard St. George - W. F. Richards - William F. Webb - Robert White - _Cornets._--J. P. Winter - Thomas Taylor, R.M. - J. H. Reed - A. F. C. Webb - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--Howard St. George - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--William C. Lord - - - 1850 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge - _Lt.-Colonel._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - J. E. Fleeming - E. C. A. Haworth - _Lieutenants._--R. D. Hay Lane - William Morris - J. C. W. Russell - W. H. K. Erskine - Howard St. George - W. F. Richards - Robert White - John Pratt Winter - Joseph H. Reed - _Cornets._--Thomas Taylor, R.M. - A. F. C. Webb - Godfrey C. Morgan - A. Learmonth - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--Howard St. George - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surg._--Henry Kendall, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--William C. Lord - - - 1851 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge - _Lt.-Colonel._--M. C. D. St. Quintin - _Major._--Francis Burdett - _Captains._--John D. Brett - A. S. Willett - Abraham Hamilton - H. R. Benson - E. C. A. Haworth - R. D. Hay Lane - _Lieutenants._--William Morris - W. H. K. Erskine - Howard St. George - W. F. Richards - Robert White - John Pratt Winter - A. F. C. Webb - G. C. Morgan - A. Learmonth - _Cornets._--Thomas Taylor, R.M. - John Henry Thomson - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis Edward Knight - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--Howard St. George - _Quartermaster._--William Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surg._--Henry Kendall, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--William C. Lord - - - 1852 - - _Colonel._--H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, K.G. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Lawrenson - _Major._--John D. Brett - _Captains._--A. S. Willett - H. R. Benson - E. C. A. Haworth - William Morris - W. H. K. Erskine - W. Fred. Richards - _Lieutenants._--Robert White - John Pratt Winter - A. F. C. Webb - G. C. Morgan - A. Learmonth - John H. Thompson - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis E. Knight. - W. F. Tollemache - _Cornets._--Thomas Taylor, R.M. - John Thomas Cator - George Ross - J. W. Cradock-Hartopp - _Paymaster._--J. Stephenson - _Adjutant._--A. Learmonth - _Quartermaster._--W. Hall - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--W. C. Lord - - - 1853 - - _Colonel._--T. W. Taylor, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Lawrenson - _Major._--A. S. Willett - _Captains._--H. R. Benson - Wm. Morris - Wm. H. K. Erskine - John Pratt Winter - A. F. C. Webb - _Lieutenants._--G. C. Morgan - A. Learmonth - J. H. Thompson - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis E. Knight - Wm. F. Tollemache - _Cornets._--Thos. Taylor, R.M. - J. W. Cradock-Hartopp - John Chadwick - Philip Musgrave - W. J. Pearson Watson - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - G. O. Wombwell - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--John Chadwick - _Quartermaster._--John Yates - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--S. Price Constant - - - 1854 - - _Colonel._--T. W. Taylor, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--J. Lawrenson - _Major._--A. S. Willett - _Captains._--H. R. Benson - Wm. Morris - Robert White - J. Pratt Winter - A. F. C. Webb - Godfrey C. Morgan - _Lieutenants._--A. Learmonth - J. H. Thompson - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis E. Knight - J. W. Cradock-Hartopp - Philip Musgrave - _Cornets._--Thos. Taylor, R.M. - J. Chadwick - W. J. Pearson Watson - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - G. O. Wombwell - Archibald Cleveland - A. F. S. Jerningham - _Paymaster._--J. Stephenson - _Adjutant._--J. Chadwick - _Quartermaster._--John Yates - _Surgeon._--J. B. Gibson, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--H. Kendall, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--S. P. Constant - - - 1855 - - _Colonel._--Sir. J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--J. Lawrenson - _Major._--Henry R. Benson - _Captains._--Wm. Morris - Robert White - Godfrey C. Morgan - Alex. Learmonth - Sir Wm. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis Edward Knight - J. W. C. Hartopp - John Macartney - _Lieutenants._--W. J. P. Watson - Thos. Taylor, R.M. - John Chadwick - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - G. O. Wombwell - Drury Curzon Lowe - Arthur Burnand - Henry H. Barber - Henry Baring - _Cornets._--G. H. L. Boynton - Wm. D. Nath. Lowe - Wm. Digby Seymour - John Gibsone - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--John Chadwick - _Quartermaster._--C. J. Ffennell - _Surgeon._--H. H. Massey, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--St. John Stanley - _Vet. Surgeon._--S. P. Constant - - - 1856 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--John Lawrenson - _Major._--Henry R. Benson - _Captains._--Wm. Morris, C.B. (Major) - Robert White - Alex. Learmonth - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - Lewis Edward Knight - John Macartney - W. J. P. Watson - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - _Lieutenants._--Thos. Taylor, R.M. - John Chadwick - Drury Curzon Lowe - Arthur Burnand - Henry Baring - G. H. L. Boynton - Wm. D. Seymour - Wm. W. King - John Gibsone - _Cornets._--James Duncan - Walter R. Nolan - Henry Marshall - George Cleghorn - Hon. W. H. Curzon - Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - _Paymaster._--John Stephenson - _Adjutant._--John Chadwick - _Quartermaster._--Dennis O’Hara - _Surgeon._--H. H. Massey, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--St. John Stanley - _Vet. Surgeon._--Wm. Partridge - - - 1857 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K. H. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--H. R. Benson - _Major._--A. Learmonth - _Captains._--W. Morris, C.B. (Major) - R. White - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - L. E. Knight - J. Macartney - W. J. P. Watson - _Lieutenants._--T. Taylor, R.M. - A. Burnand - H. Baring - G. H. L. Boynton - W. D. Seymour - W. W. King - J. Gibsone - _Cornets._--J. Duncan - W. R. Nolan - H. Marshall - G. Cleghorn - Hon. W. H. Curzon - C. Waymouth - R. Bainbridge - _Paymaster._--J. Stephenson - _Adjutant._--J. Duncan - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Surgeon._--H. H. Massey, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--St. John Stanley - _Vet. Surgeon._--W. Partridge - - - 1858 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. R. Benson - J. R. H. Rose - _Majors._--A. Learmonth - W. Morris, C.B. (Lt.-Col.) - _Captains._--R. White - Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - L. E. Knight - J. Macartney - A. Burnand - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - D. C. Lowe - T. Taylor - H. Baring - H. A. Sarel - _Lieutenants._--W. D. Seymour - W. W. King - J. Gibsone - J. Duncan - W. R. Nolan - H. Marshall - Hon. H. W. Curzon - C. Waymouth - R. Bainbridge - H. E. Wood - T. Gonne - _Cornets._--A. Gooch - F. J. King - J. Harding - R. D. Macgregor - J. G. Scott - W. S. Tucker - R. T. Goldsworthy - J. T. Fraser - H. W. F. Harrison - E. A. Corbet - _Paymaster._--F. L. Bennett - _Adjutant._--J. Duncan - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Surgeon._--E. Mockler - _Asst.-Surgeons._--G. C. Clery - Y. H. Johnson - _Vet. Surgeon._--W. Partridge - - - 1859 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. R. Benson - J. R. H. Rose - _Majors._--A. Learmonth - R. White - _Captains._--Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - L. E. Knight - J. Macartney - Sir G. H. Leith, Bart. - D. C. Lowe - T. Taylor - H. Baring - H. A. Sarel - C. Steel - W. D. Seymour - _Lieutenants._--J. Gibsone - J. Duncan - W. R. Nolan - H. Marshall - Hon. W. H. Curzon - C. Waymouth - R. Bainbridge - H. E. Wood, V.C. - T. Gonne - F. J. King - J. Harding - _Cornets._--R. D. Macgregor - J. G. Scott - W. S. Tucker - J. I. Fraser - R. T. Goldsworthy - H. W. F. Harrison - E. A. Corbet - _Paymaster._--G. B. Belcher - _Adjutant._--J. Duncan - _Quartermaster._--Wm. Garland - _Riding-Master._--G. Pumfrett - _Surgeon._--J. Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Y. H. Johnson - G. C. Clery - _Vet. Surgeon._--W. Partridge - - - 1860 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--H. R. Benson - A. Learmonth - _Majors._--R. White - Sir. W. Gordon, Bart. - _Captains._--L. E. Knight - J. Macartney - Sir G. H. Leith - D. C. Lowe - H. A. Sarel - C. Steel - W. R. Nolan - J. Gibsone - H. Marshall - _Lieutenants._--J. Duncan - Hon. W. H. Curzon - C. Waymouth - R. Bainbridge - H. E. Wood, V.C. - T. Gonne - J. Harding - A. J. Billing - R. D. Macgregor - J. G. Scott - R. T. Goldsworthy - _Cornets._--J. I. Fraser - H. W. F. Harrison - H. R. Abadie - G. J. B. Bruce - H. W. Young - G. Rosser - F. W. Blumberg - _Paymaster._--G. B. Belcher - _Adjutant._--J. Duncan - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Riding-Master._--G. Pumfrett - _Surgeon._--G. Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Y. H. Johnson - G. C. Clery - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Ferris - - - 1861 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lt.-Col. & Col._--H. R. Benson, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Robert White - _Lt.-Col. & Col._--J. C. H. Gibsone - _Majors._--Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - L. E. Knight - _Captains._--John Macartney - D. C. Lowe - H. A. Sarel - W. R. Nolan - John Gibsone - James Duncan - Hon. W. H. Curzon - Charles Waymouth - James Goldie - Robert Bainbridge - _Lieutenants._--H. E. Wood, V.C. - T. Gonne - J. Harding - A. J. Billing - R. D. Macgregor - J. G. Scott - R. T. Goldsworthy - J. I. Fraser - H. W. F. Harrison - H. R. Abadie - _Cornets._--G. J. B. Bruce - H. W. Young - George Rosser - F. W. Blumberg - George Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - J. D. Jackson - Edward Corbett - E. H. Maunsell - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--G. Pumfrett - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Surgeon._--James Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Sam. Fuller - David Cullen, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Ferris - - - 1862 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lt.-Col. & Col._--H. R. Benson - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Robert White - _Lt.-Col. & Col._--J. C. H. Gibsone - _Majors._--Sir W. Gordon, Bart. - L. E. Knight - _Captains._--D. C. Lowe - H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.) - W. R. Nolan - John Gibsone - James Duncan - Hon. W. H. Curzon - Charles Waymouth - James Goldie - Robert Bainbridge - H. E. Wood, V.C. - _Lieutenants._--T. Gonne - James Harding - A. J. Billing - R. T. Goldsworthy - H. R. Abadie - B. Chamley - G. J. B. Bruce - H. W. Young - George Rosser - _Cornets._--F. W. Blumberg - George Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - T. D. Jackson - Edward Corbett - E. H. Maunsell - E. W. Pritchard - S. Y. Clark - H. Faulkner - Harris St. J. Dick - _Adjutant._--George Pumfrett - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--William Garland - _Surgeon._--James Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Sam. Fuller - D. Cullen, M.D. - _Veterinary-Surgeon._--J. Ferris - - - 1863 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Robert White - Sir W. Gordon, Bt. - _Majors._--L. E. Knight - Drury C. Lowe - _Captains._--H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.) - Walter R. Nolan - James Duncan - Hon. W. H. Curzon - C. Waymouth - James Goldie - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - T. W. S. Miles - W. Balfe - _Lieutenants._--A. J. Billing - R. T. Goldsworthy - H. R. Abadie - B. Chamley - H. W. Young - George Rosser - F. W. Blumberg - G. Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - W. S. Browne - _Cornets._--J. D. Jackson - E. Corbett - E. H. Maunsell - E. W. Pritchard - S. Y. Clark - H. Faulkner - H. St. J. Dick - Robert Blair - J. C. Symonds - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--G. Pumfrett - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Surgeon._--J. Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--Sam. Fuller - David Cullen, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--John Ferris - - - 1864 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Robert White - Sir W. Gordon, Bt. - _Majors._--L. E. Knight - Drury C. Lowe - _Captains._--H. A. Sarel (Lieut.-Col.) - W. R. Nolan - James Duncan - Hon. W. H. Curzon - C. Waymouth - J. Goldie - Robert Bainbridge - Thomas Gonne - T. W. S. Miles - W. Balfe - _Lieutenants._--A. J. Billing - R. T. Goldsworthy - H. R. Abadie - B. Chamley - H. W. Young - George Rosser - F. W. Blumberg - George Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - _Cornets._--J. D. Jackson - E. Corbett - E. H. Maunsell - S. Y. Clark - H. Faulkner - H. St. J. Dick - Robert Blair - J. C. Symonds - W. A. Ellis - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--George Pumfrett - _Riding-Master._--T. Martin - _Quartermaster._--W. Garland - _Surgeon._--J. Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeons._--J. Fuller - D. Cullen, M.D. - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1865 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Robert White - L. E. Knight - _Majors._--Drury C. Lowe - Hon. W. H. Curzon - _Captains._--H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.) - W. R. Nolan - James Duncan - C. Waymouth - J. Goldie - R. Bainbridge - T. Gonne - T. W. S. Miles - _Lieutenants._--A. J. Billing - R. T. Goldsworthy - H. R. Abadie - H. W. Young - George Rosser - F. W. Blumberg - George Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - J. D. Jackson - Edward Corbett - _Cornets._--E. H. Maunsell - S. Y. Clark - H. Faulkner - J. C. Symonds - William A. Ellis - H. T. S. Carter - William Watt - H. Bancroft - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--George Pumfrett - _Riding-Master._--T. Martin - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--James Kellie, M.D. - _Asst-Surgeon._--S. A. Lithgow - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1866 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Robert White - _Majors._--Drury C. Lowe - Hon. W. H. Curzon - _Captains._--H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.) - W. R. Nolan - Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - William A. Battine - Sir John Hill, Bart. - George C. Robinson - _Lieutenants._--Arthur J. Billing - Henry R. Abadie - H. W. Young - F. W. Blumberg - George Pumfrett - H. A. Robinson - Edward Corbett - W. G. Walmesley - E. H. Maunsell - _Cornets._--S. Y. Clark - H. Faulkner - John C. Symonds - Harry T. S. Carter - H. Bancroft - E. B. Callander - S. M. Benson - W. Brougham - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--George Pumfrett - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--James Kellie, M.D. - _Asst-Surgeon._--S. A. Lithgow - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1867 - - _Colonel._--Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Drury C. D. Lowe - _Major._--Hon. W. H. Curzon - _Major Lieut.-Col._--Henry A. Sarel - _Captains._--Walter R. Nolan - Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - Sir J. Hill, Bt. (B. Maj.) - George C. Robinson - Sam. Boulderson - W. A. Battine - _Lieutenants._--Henry R. Abadie - F. W. Blumberg - H. A. Robinson - W. G. Walmesley - Stanley Y. Clark - H. Bancroft - Thomas A. Cooke - Hon. A. W. Erskine - _Cornets._--E. B. Callander - S. M. Benson - W. Brougham - Thomas Crowe - E. V. W. Edgell - Sir Charles Nugent, Bart. - C. W. J. Unthank - Ernest A. Belford - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--A. J. Billing - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--John Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--James Kellie, M.D. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--S. A. Lithgow - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1868 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Drury C. Lowe - _Majors._--Hon. W. H. Curzon - H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.) - _Captains._--W. R. Nolan - Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - W. A. Battine - G. C. Robinson - S. Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - _Lieutenants._--H. A. Robinson - W. G. Walmesley - S. Y. Clark - Thomas A. Cooke - Hon. A. W. Erskine - S. M. Benson - W. Brougham - Thomas Crowe - G. H. L. Pellew - _Cornets._--E. V. W. Edgell - Sir Charles Nugent, Bart. - C. W. J. Unthank - Ernest A. Belford - James F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown - William Bashford - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly (Hon. Captain) - _Adjutant._--John Brown - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--Arthur Greer - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. E. O’Loughlin - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1869 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Drury C. D. Lowe - _Majors._--Hon. W. H. Curzon - Henry A. Sarel (Lt.-Col.) - _Captains._--W. R. Nolan - Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - G. C. Robinson - Samuel Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - H. A. Robinson - _Lieutenants._--W. G. Walmesley - S. Y. Clark - T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - Thomas Crowe - G. H. L. Pellew - Sir C. Nugent, Bart. - C. W. J. Unthank - _Cornets._--Ernest A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - William Bashford - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - C. E. Swaine - R. N. Humble - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly, (Hon. Captain) - _Riding-Master._--Thomas Martin - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--A. J. Greer - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. E. O’Loughlin - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1870 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Drury C. Lowe - _Majors._--Hon. W. H. Curzon - W. R. Nolan - _Captains._--Charles Waymouth - Robert Bainbridge - T. Gonne - G. C. Robinson - S. Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - _Lieutenants._--T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - Thomas Crowe - E. V. W. Edgell - C. W. J. Unthank - Ernest A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - William Bashford - _Cornets._--W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - R. N. Humble - Charles E. Arkwright - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Adjutant._--J. Brown (Lieut.) - _Riding-Master._--R. H. Boyle - _Surgeon._--A. J. Greer - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Asst.-Surgeon._--J. E. O’Loughlin - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1871 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. - _Lieut.-Colonel._--D. C. Drury Lowe - _Majors._--W. R. Nolan - Robert Bainbridge - _Captains._--T. Gonne - G. C. Robertson - S. Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - _Lieutenants._--E. V. W. Edgell - C. W. J. Unthank - E. A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - William Bashford - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - C. E. Swaine - R. N. Humble - _Cornets._--C. E. Arkwright - Thomas Mack - A. E. De Butts - _Paymaster._--De P. O’Kelly - _Riding-Master._--R. H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--A. J. Greer - _Asst.-Surgeon._--Ed. Hoile, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1872 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General) - _Lt.-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Majors._--W. R. Nolan - G. C. Robertson - _Captains._--T. Gonne - S. Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - C. W. J. Unthank - _Lieutenants._--E. V. W. Edgell - E. A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - Robert N. Humble - H. M. Barton - C. E. Arkwright - _Sub-Lieutenants._--T. Mack - A. E. de Butts - G. A. Wood - _Paymaster._--J. W. Smith - _Riding-Master._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--Arthur J. Greer - _Assistant-Surgeon._--E. Hoile, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1873 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General) - _Lt.-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Majors._--W. R. Nolan - G. C. Robertson - _Captains._--Thomas Gonne - Samuel Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - C. W. J. Unthank - _Lieutenants._--E. V. W. Edgell - E. A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - R. N. Humble - C. E. Arkwright - Thomas Mack - _Sub-Lieutenants._--George A. Wood - Percy Wormald - John M. Russell - _Paymaster._--John W. Smith - _Riding-Master._--Richard H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon._--Arthur Greer - _Assistant-Surgeon._--E. Hoile, M.D. - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1874 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General) - _Lt.-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Major._--Walter R. Nolan - _Captains._--Thomas Gonne - Samuel Boulderson - Frederick W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - E. V. W. Edgell - _Lieutenants._--Ernest A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - Robert N. Humble - C. E. Arkwright - Thomas Mack - George A. Wood - Mortimer G. Neeld - _Sub-Lieutenants._--Percy Wormald - John M. Russell - C. H. Purvis - _Paymaster._--J. W. Smith - _Riding-Master._--Richard Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Medical Officer._--Arthur J. Greer - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - [Illustration: 1894.] - - - 1875 - - _Colonel._--C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General) - _Lt-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Major._--Thomas Gonne - _Captains._--Samuel Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - S. M. Benson - E. V. W. Edgell - Ernest A. Belford - _Lieutenants._--James F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - Charles E. Arkwright - Thomas Mack - Percy Wormald - John M. Russell - George A. Wood - Mortimer G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Sub-Lieutenant._--C. H. Purvis - _Riding-Master._--Richard H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Medical Officer._--A. C. McTavish - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1876 - - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Lieut.-General) - _Lt.-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Major._--Thomas Gonne - _Captains._--Samuel Boulderson - F. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - E. V. Wyatt-Edgell - Ernest A. Belford - _Lieutenants._--J. F. Alexander - Hon J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - Charles E. Arkwright - Thomas Mack - Percy Wormald - John M. Russell - George A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - _Sub-Lieut._--C. F. S. Anstruther-Thomson - _Riding-Master._--Richard H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon-Major._--A. C. McTavish - _Veterinary Surgeon._--J. Lambert - - - 1877 - - _Colonel-in-Chief_ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Lieut.-General) - _Lt.-Col._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Majors._--Thomas Gonne - Samuel Boulderson - _Captains._--Fred. W. Blumberg - S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - E. V. Wyatt Edgell - Ernest A. Belford - James F. Alexander - _Lieutenants._--Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - Charles E. Swaine - Charles E. Arkwright - Percy Wormald - John M. Russell - George A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - _Riding-Master._--R. H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Surgeon-Major._--A. C. McTavish - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1878 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J.C. Hope Gibsone(Gen.) - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.) - _Majors._--Thomas Gonne - S. Boulderson - _Captains._--S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - E. V. Wyatt-Edgell - Ernest A. Belford - J. F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Lieutenants._--John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - C. E. Swaine - J. M. Russell - G. A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - _Sub-Lts._--F. J. C. Frith - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - _Riding-Master._--R. H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1879 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J.C.Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Thomas Gonne - _Major._--Samuel Boulderson - _Captains._--S. Y. Clark - James C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - E. V. Wyatt Edgell - E. A. Belford - James F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Lieuts._--John Brown (Adj.) - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - C. E. Swaine - J. M. Russell - George A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - F. J. Cockayne Frith - Henry Fortescue - Thomas A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - _2nd Lieuts._--C. J. Anstruther Thomson - C. H. Butler - F. D. H. St. Quintin - _Riding-Master._--R. H. Boyle - _Quartermaster._-J. Berryman, V.C. - _Vet. Surgeon._-James Lambert - - - 1880 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Thomas Gonne - _Major._--Samuel Boulderson - _Captains._--S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thomas A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - Ernest A. Belford - James F. Alexander - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - W. T. S. Kevill-Davies - _Lieutenants._--Charles E. Swaine - John M. Russell - Geo. A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - Thos. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - _2nd Lieuts._--C. J. Anstruther Thomson - Chas. H. Butler - F. D. H. St. Quintin - W. G. Renton - M. H. Woods - James H. Dyer - _Paymaster._--J. Brown (Hon. Cap.) - _Adj._--Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - _Riding-Master._--John Perry - _Quartermaster._--J. Berryman, V.C. - _Vet. Surgeon._--James Lambert - - - 1881 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonel._--Thos. Gonne - _Major._--Samuel Boulderson - _Captains._--S. Y. Clark - J. C. Duke - Thos. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - Ernest A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John M. Russell - _Lieutenants._--Geo. A. Wood - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - Henry Fortescue - Thos. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.) - _2nd Lieuts._--C. J. Anstruther Thomson - Chas. H. Butler - W. G. Renton - J. H. Dyer - C. Coventry - _Paymaster._--J. Brown (Hon. Capt.) - _Riding-Master._--John Perry - _Quartermaster._--Douglas Shawe - - - 1882 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H. R. H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Samuel Boulderson - S. Y. Clark - _Majors._--J. C. Duke - Thos. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson. - _Captains._--Ernest A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - John M. Russell - F. W. Benson - _Lieutenants._--M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - Chas. H. Purvis - Henry Fortescue - Thos. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.) - C. J. Anstruther - Thomson - Chas. H. Butler - W. G. Renton - James H. Dyer - Chas. Coventry - Thos. H. Standbridge - _Paymaster._--John Brown (Hon. Capt.) - _Riding-Master._--John Perry - _Quartermaster._--Douglas Shawe - - - 1883 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Sam. Boulderson - Thos. A. Cooke - _Majors._--S. M. Benson - Ernest A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Captains._--F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - Henry Fortescue - _Lieutenants._--Thos. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.) - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - Chas. H. Butler - Wm. G. Renton - James H. Dyer - Chas. Coventry - T. H. Standbridge - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (H. Capt.) - _Riding-Master._--John Perry - _Quartermaster._--Douglas Shawe - - - 1884 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--Sam. Boulderson - Thos. A. Cooke - _Majors._--S. M. Benson - Ernest A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Captains._--F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. Purvis - Henry Fortescue - _Lieutenants._--Thomas A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.) - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - Chas. H. Butler - Wm. G. Renton - James H. Dyer - Chas. Coventry - T. H. Standbridge - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (H. Capt.) - _Riding-Master._--John Perry - _Quartermaster._--Douglas Shawe - - - 1885 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--S. Boulderson - Thos. A. Cooke - _Majors._--S. M. Benson - E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Captains._--F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - _Lieutenants._--E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - C. H. Butler - W. G. Renton - J. H. Dyer - C. Coventry - T. H. Standbridge - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain) - _Adjutant._--Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1886 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--S. Boulderson - T. A. Cooke - _Majors._--S. M. Benson - E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - _Captains_.--F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - _Lieutenants._--E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - C. H. Butler - W. G. Renton - J. H. Dyer - C. Coventry - T. H. Standbridge - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - B. P. Portal - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain) - _Adjutant._--C. Coventry - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee (Hon. Captain) - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe (Hon. Captain) - - - 1887 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - _Lieutenants._--C. H. Butler - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - E. W. N. Pedder - C. A. S. Warner - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Viscount Clandeboye - A. Rawlinson - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain) - _Adjutant._--C. Coventry (Lieut.) - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1888 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonels._--T. A. Cooke - S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther Thomson - C. H. Butler - _Lieutenants._--W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - E. W. N. Pedder - C. A. S. Warner - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Viscount Clandeboye - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _2nd Lieuts._--R. du P. Grenfell - T. G. Collins - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell (Capt.) - _Adjutant._--C. Coventry - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1889 - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonel._--S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry (Adjutant) - H. W. R. Ricardo - _Lieutenants._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Earl of Ava - A. Rawlinson - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _2nd Lieuts._--R. du P. Grenfell - T. G. Collins - Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1890. - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieut.-Colonel._--S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - _Lieutenants._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Earl of Ava - A. Rawlinson - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _2nd Lieuts._--T. G. Collins - Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - W. F. Egerton - W. A. Tilney - _Paymaster._--J. M. Russell - _Adjutant._--C. Coventry - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1891. - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Col._--H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.) - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - T. A. Steele - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - _Lieutenants._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Earl of Ava - A. Rawlinson - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _2nd Lieuts._--T. G. Collins - Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - W. F. Egerton - W. A. Tilney - _Adjutant._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Riding-Master._--H. M’Gee - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1892. - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--H. R. Benson (Gen.) - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--S. M. Benson - _Majors._--E. A. Belford - Hon. J. P. Bouverie - F. W. Benson - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - _Lieutenants._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson - B. P. Portal - A. J. T., Earl of Ava - A. Rawlinson - N. T. Nickalls - E. D. Miller - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - _2nd Lieuts._--T. G. Collins - Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - W. F. Egerton - W. A. Tilney - _Adjt._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Riding-Master._--W. Pilley (Hon. Lieutenant) - _Quartermaster._--D. Shawe - - - 1893. - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--Sir D. C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B. (Lieut.-Gen.) - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--E. A. Belford - _Majors._--F. W. Benson (Attached Egyptian Army) - M. G. Neeld - H. C. Jenkins - _Captains._--C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Lieutenants._--G. C. C. D’Aguilar - G. F. Milner - C. A. S. Warner - F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson - B. P. Portal - N. T. Nickalls - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - T. G. Collins - _2nd Lieuts._--Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - W. F. Egerton - W. A. Tilney - _Adjutant._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Riding-Master._--W. Pilley - _Quartermaster._--C. Clarke (Hon. Lieutenant) - - - 1894. - - _Colonel-in-Chief._ - H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief - _Colonel._--Sir D. C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B. (Lieut.-Gen.) - _Lieutenant-Colonel._--E. A. Belford - _Majors._--M. G. Neeld - C. H. Purvis - H. Fortescue - _Captains._--E. B. Herbert - Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue - C. J. Anstruther - W. G. Renton - C. Coventry - H. W. R. Ricardo - Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Lieutenants._--G. C. C. D’Aguilar - C. A. S. Warner - B. P. Portal - N. T. Nickalls - H. M. Jessel - V. S. Sandeman - T. G. Collins - Prince Adolphus of Teck - H. C. Noel - _2nd Lieutenants._--W. F. Egerton - W. A. Tilney - Sir F. Burdett, Bt. - _Adjutant._--Hon. H. A. Lawrence - _Riding-Master._--W. Pilley - _Quartermaster._--C. Clarke - - - - - APPENDIX B - - QUARTERS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE I7TH LANCERS SINCE THEIR FOUNDATION - - - [^1 signifies headquarters] - - 1759. _November 7th._--Warrant for raising the regiment. - _November 26th_ (?)--First rendezvous. Watford and - Rickmansworth. - _December._--Coventry. - - 1760. _October._--Haddington,^1 Musselburgh. - - 1761. _August._--Perth,^1 Falkland, Aberdour, Cupar, Culross, - Leven. - - 1762. _June._--Musselburgh^1 (2 troops), Dalkeith (2), Hamilton. - _September._--Haddington,^1 Dalkeith, Dunbar, Hamilton, - Musselburgh, Linlithgow. - - 1763. _January._--Haddington^1 (2), Dalkeith, Dunbar, Musselburgh, - Linlithgow. - - 1764 to 1771.--Ireland. [Gap in the muster-rolls; 2 troops in the - Isle of Man 1766.] - - 1772. _January._--Clonmell^1 (3), Clogheen (2), Leightonbridge (1). - _July._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross (2). - - 1773. _January._--Kilkenny^1 (2), Carrick (2), Ross, Leightonbridge. - _July._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen. - - 1774. _January._--Carlow,^1 Athy, Tullow, Callen. - _July._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick. - - 1775. _April._--Embarked for Boston; arrived 10–15 June. - America, active service. - - 1776. _March._--Embarked for Halifax. - _June._--Left Halifax. - _July._--Landed Staten Island. - _August._--Mustered Staten Island. - - 1777. _January._--Mustered at New York. - _May._ „ Perth and Amboy. - _August._ „ Camp, New York Island, and - Bloomendale. - - 1778. _February._ „ Philadelphia. - - 1779. _September._ „ Flushing, Long Island (detachment to - Carolina). - - 1780. _May._--Mustered at Hampstead, Long Island. - - 1780. _July._--Mustered at East Chester. - - 1781. _January._ „ Haarlem, N. Y., and Hampstead, L. I. - _July._ „ Flushing, L. I. - - 1782. _January._ „ Hampstead, L. I. - _July._ „ Fort Knyphausen. - - 1783. _January._ „ New York and Haarlem. - _July._ „ New York. - Embarked for Ireland. - - 1784. _January._--Cork (on arrival). - _July._--Maryborough,^1 (3), Mount Mellick (3). - - 1785. _January._--Maryborough,^1 Mount Mellick. - _July._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown. - - 1786. _January._--Tullamore,^1 Philipstown. - _July._--Longford,^1 Navan. - - 1787. _January._--Athlone,^1 Mount Mellick, Navan, “Man-of-War.” - _July._--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe. - - 1788.--Castlebar,^1 Sligo, Ballinrobe. - - 1789.--Bandon. - - 1790. _July._--Kilkenny. - - 1791. _January._--Kilkenny,^1 Carrick, Ross. - _July._--Kilkenny. - - 1792. _January._--Kilkenny. - _July._--Phœnix Park. - - 1793. _January._--Collon. - _July._--Lisburn. - - 1794.--Belturbet. - - 1795. _May_?--Three troops embarked for West Indies--Jamaica. - _August._ „ „ „ St. Domingo. - Active service. - - 1796.--Jamaica, Grenada, St. Domingo. - - 1797. _March._--Port Royal (3 troops)? for embarkation. - _May._--Trowbridge (2 troops? depôt). - _August._--Return from West Indies. Nottingham, Trowbridge, - Gloucester, Bath, Bristol. - - 1798.--Canterbury (detachment on active service to Ostend). - - 1799.--Canterbury. Two troops to Southampton. - _Summer._--Swinley Camp. - _Winter._--Exeter and Taunton. - - 1800. _Summer._--Bagshot Heath. - _Winter._--Duffield (in aid of civil power). - - 1801 to 1802.--Manchester,^1 Lancaster, Chester, Bolton, Preston. - - 1803. _May._--Embarked for Ireland. - Tullamore,^1 Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny. - - 1804.--Clonmel,^1 Tullamore, Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny. - - 1805.--Dublin. - _September._--Moved to Northampton. - - 1806. _April._--Brighton, Romney, Rye, Hastings. - _October._--Embarked for active service in South America. - _December._--Arrived in La Plata. - - 1807.--Active service in South America. - _November._--Embarked for England. - - 1808. _January._--Disembarked at Portsmouth and marched to - Chichester. - _February._--Embarked for East Indies. - _August._--Fort William, Calcutta. - - 1809. _February._--Surat. Detachment to Persia. - - 1810.--Surat. - - 1811. _December._--Ruttapore. - - 1812 to 1821.--Ruttapore. Active service, detachments 1813 to 1815; - whole regiment, 1816 to 1821. - - 1822.--Ruttapore. - - 1823. _January._--Embarked for England. - _May._--Arrived in England. Quarters, Chatham. - - 1824. _June._--Regent’s Park Barracks. - _July._--Canterbury. - - 1825. _June._--Regent’s Park Barracks. - _July._--Brighton, Chichester. - - 1826. _March._--Exeter and Topsham. - - 1827. _January._--Hounslow and Hampton Court. - - 1828. _April._--Dundalk, Belturbet. - - 1829. _May._--Dublin. - - 1830. _May._--Newbridge,^1 Armagh, Navan, Kells, Kilkenny. - - 1831. _April._--Limerick,^1 Ennis, Newmarket, Adair. - _June._--Headquarters to Ballincollig. - - 1832. _April._--Portobello Barracks, Dublin. - _June._--Newport,^1 Berkeley, Dursley. - _July._--Dursley,^1 Wootton-under-Edge. - _November._--Headquarters to Gloucester. - (Cholera year.) - - 1833. _March._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court, Kensington. - - 1834. _May._--Leeds,^1 Burnley. - - 1835. _May._--Manchester. - - 1836. _April._--Norwich, Ipswich. - - 1837. _May._--Coventry, Northampton. - - 1838. _June._--Portobello Barracks, Dublin - - 1839. _January._--Royal Barracks, Dublin. - _August._--Portobello Barracks. - - 1840.--Portobello Barracks. - - 1841.--Glasgow, Edinburgh.^1 - - 1842.--Leeds. - - 1843. _April._--Nottingham.^1 - [_Autumn._]--Birmingham.^1 - - 1844. _May._--Hounslow.^1 - - 1845. _April._--Brighton.^1 - - 1846. _June._--Dundalk.^1 - - 1847. _April._--Island Bridge,^1 Portobello and Royal Barracks. - _October._--Royal Barracks. - - 1848 to 1849.--Royal Barracks, Dublin. - - 1850. _April._--Newbridge,^1 Clonmel, Kilkenny, Waterford, Carrick. - - 1851. _April._--Woolwich. - _October._--Canterbury. - - 1852. _June._--Brighton,^1 Christchurch, Trowbridge. - - 1853. _March._--Brighton,^1 Dorchester. - _June._--Chobham. - _July._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court. - - 1854. _April._--Sailed for active service in the Crimea. Depôt, - Canterbury. - - 1855.--Crimea. - - 1856. _April._--Left the East for Ireland. - _May._--Cahir Barracks,^1 Fethard, Clonmel, Clogheen, - Limerick. - _September._--Portobello Barracks. - - 1857. _March._--Island Bridge Barracks. - _October._--Embarked for active service in India. Depôt, - Canterbury. - - 1858. _February._--Arrived Kirkee, Bombay. - Pursuit of Tantia Topee. - - 1859. _May_--Gwalior. - - 1860. _January._--Left Gwalior. - _April._--Secunderabad. - - 1861 to December 1864.--Secunderabad. - - 1865. _January._--Embarked for England. - _May._--Colchester. - - 1866. _March._--Aldershot. - - 1867. _August._--Brighton,^1 Shorncliffe. - - 1868. _June._--Woolwich,^1 Kensington, Hampton Court. - _August._--Hounslow, Kensington, Hampton Court. - - 1869. _July._--Edinburgh,^1 Hamilton. - - 1870. _April._--Royal Barracks, Dublin. - - 1871. _April._--Longford,^1 Athlone, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Gort. - - 1872. _May._--Ballincollig, Limerick, Cork, Fermoy, Clogheen. - - 1873. _July._--Curragh. - _August._--Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin. - - 1874. _August._--Dundalk,^1 Belfast, Belturbet (1 troop in December) - - 1875. _June._--Island Bridge^1 and Royal Barracks, Dublin. - - 1876. _June._--Embarked for England for autumn manœuvres. - - 1876. _September._--East Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot. - - 1877. _August._--Leeds,^1 Preston, Sheffield. - - 1878. [_May._--Detachments to Burnley, Blackburn, and Clitheroe, in - aid of civil power.] - _July._--Aldershot. - _September._--Hounslow,^1 Hampton Court. - - 1879. _February._--Embarked for active service in South Africa. - Depôt, Hounslow. - _April._--Arrived Durban. - _October._--Embarked for India. - _November._--Arrived at Mhow. - - 1880 to _January_ 1884.--Mhow. Depôt, Canterbury. - - 1884. _January and February._--Lucknow. - - 1885 to 1890.--Lucknow. - - 1890. _October._--Embarked for England. - _November._--Shorncliffe (one squadron in Egypt). - - 1891. _July._--Hounslow. - - 1892. Hounslow, Hampton Court, and Kensington. - - 1893. _September._--Preston^1 [Derby, Alfreton, Normanton (in aid - of civil power)] and Birmingham. - - 1894. Leeds,^1 Birmingham. - - - - - APPENDIX C - - PAY OF ALL RANKS OF A LIGHT DRAGOON REGIMENT - - - 1764 - - S. = “Subsistence.” A. = Arrears. G. = Grass money. - - _Colonel._ - - S. £483 12 6 - A. 112 13 3 - ------------- - £596 5 9 - ============= - - _Lieut.-Colonel._ - - S. £337 12 6 - A. 79 14 9 - ------------- - £417 7 3 - ============= - - _Major._ - - S. £282 17 6 - A. 66 7 0 - ------------- - £349 4 6 - ============= - - _Captain._ - - S. £209 17 6 - A. 54 3 5 - ------------- - £264 0 11 - ============= - - _Capt.-Lt. & Lieut._ - - S. £127 15 0 - A. 25 11 4 - ------------- - £153 6 4 - ============= - - _Cornet._ - - S. £109 10 0 - A. 26 15 8 - ------------- - £136 5 8 - ============= - - _Chaplain._ - - S. £91 5 0 - A. 22 6 4 - ------------- - £113 11 4 - ============= - - _Adjutant._ - - S. £82 2 6 - A. 20 1 9 - ------------- - £102 4 3 - ============= - - _Surgeon._ - - S. £82 2 6 - A. 20 1 9 - ------------- - £102 4 3 - ============= - - _Surgeon’s Mate._ - - S. £54 15 0 - A. 4 17 5 - ------------- - £59 12 5 - ============= - - _Quartermaster._ - - S. £75 0 0 - A. 20 13 10 - ------------- - £93 13 10 - ============= - - _Sergeant._ - - S. £18 5 0 - A. 9 9 0 - G. 1 11 10 - ------------- - £29 5 10 - ============= - - _Corporal._ - - S. £12 2 8 - A. 6 2 0 - G. 1 11 10 - ------------- - £19 16 6 - ============= - - _Trumpeter._ - - S. £18 5 0 - A. 7 16 0 - G. 1 11 10 - ------------- - £27 12 10 - ============= - - _Farrier._ - - S. £9 2 0 - A. 3 1 0 - G. 1 11 10 - ------------- - £13 14 10[15] - ============= - - _Light Dragoon._ - - S. £9 2 0 - A. 3 1 0 - G. 1 11 10 - ------------- - £13 14 10 - ============= - - - 1796 - -All the allowances hitherto known under the head of - - Bread money, - Grass money, - Poundage money, - New allowances for necessaries, - -to be comprised under one head, and form a daily rate of allowance. -Such daily rate for non-commissioned officers and men of the cavalry -(after deduction of 1s. 8d. per man for horsecloth and surcingle) to be -3½ d. _per diem_. - - - - - APPENDIX D - - HORSE FURNITURE AND ACCOUTREMENTS OF A LIGHT DRAGOON (WITH PRICES - THEREOF) IN 1759 - - - Saddle £1 1 0 - Holsters 0 5 8 - Stirrup Leather 0 1 3 - Tinned Stirrups 0 3 6 - Girths and Surcingle[16] 0 2 6 - Crupper 0 0 11 - Breastplate 0 1 2 - Furniture complete with Leather Seat and Embroidery 1 7 6 - Crupper Pad 0 1 3 - Point Straps and Loops 0 1 0 - Carbine Bucket 0 1 8 - Bucket Strap 0 0 9 - Carbine Strap 0 0 3½ - 2 long Baggage Straps 0 1 6 - 2 single „ „ 0 1 4 - 1 middle „ Strap 0 0 6½ - 2 Cloak Straps 0 0 8 - 1 middle Cloak Strap 0 0 3 - Bridle and Bridoon 0 4 6 - Tinned Bit 0 3 0 - Linking Collar, brown 0 2 6 - „ „ white 0 1 6 - Pair Leathered Canvas Bags for curry comb and brushes 0 3 2 - Curry Comb and Brush[16] 0 2 3 - Mane Comb and Sponge[16] 0 0 8 - Horse Cloth[16] 0 4 9 - Snaffle Watering Bridle[16] 0 2 0 - Carbine 2 0 0 - Pair of Pistols 1 10 0 - Sword 0 12 0 - „ Belt 0 5 0 - Shoulder Belt 0 5 0 - Cartridge Box and Belt 0 2 8 - - -“NECESSARIES” OF A CAVALRY SOLDIER, 1795 - - 3 Shirts - 2 pairs Shoes - 1 „ Gaiters - 2 „ Stockings - Forage Cap - Saddle Bag - 1 pair Canvas or Woollen Overhose - 1 Stock - 1 Black Ball - 1 Canvas or Woollen Frock or Jacket - 2 Brushes - 1 Curry Comb and Brush - 1 Mane Comb and Sponge - 1 Horse Picker - - - - - APPENDIX E - - CLOTHING, ETC., OF A LIGHT DRAGOON, 1764 - - -Coat, waistcoat, breeches, and cloak found by the Colonel by contract. - - Helmet £0 16 0 - Boots and Spurs 1 3 0 - Watering Cap 0 2 6 - 4 Shirts[17] at 6s. 10d. 1 7 4 - 4 pairs Stockings[17] at 2s. 10d. 0 11 4 - 1 pair Boot Stockings 0 2 0 - 2 pairs Shoes at 6s.[17] 0 12 0 - 1 Black Stock[17] 0 0 8 - 1 „ „ Buckle[17] 0 0 6 - 1 pair Leather Breeches[17] 1 5 0 - 1 pair Knee Buckles[17] 0 0 8 - 1 pair Short Black Gaiters[17] 0 7 4 - White Jacket[17][18] 0 8 6 - Stable Frock 0 4 8 - Pick-wire and Pan Brush 0 0 2 - Worm and Oil Bottle ... - Necessary Bags 0 7 3 - Corn Bag 0 2 6 - Black Ball[17] 0 1 0 - 3 Shoe Brushes[17] 0 1 3 - Hair Comb 0 0 6 - Burnisher 0 0 6 - White Portmanteau 0 8 0 - 1 pair of Gloves 0 1 6 - Farrier’s Cap 0 14 0 - „ Budgets 0 14 0 - „ Apron 0 1 8 - „ Axe and Case 0 5 0 - „ Saw and Case 0 8 6 - Trumpeter’s Hat and Feather 1 0 0 - Trumpet 2 2 0 - Sling and Tassels of crimson and white 0 10 0 - - - - - APPENDIX F - - EVOLUTIONS REQUIRED AT THE INSPECTION OF A REGIMENT - - 1759 - - -The squadron was drawn up in three ranks at open order, _i.e._ -with a distance equal to half the front of the squadron between ranks. - -Each squadron was told off into half-ranks, one-third of ranks, and -fours. - -_Officers take your posts of exercise._--The officers rode out -from their posts till eight or ten paces in rear of the C.O., then -turned about and faced their squadrons. - -_Half-ranks to the right; double your files._--The left half-ranks -of each squadron reined back to the half-distance between ranks, and -passaged to the right until the right half-ranks were covered. - -_Half-ranks that doubled; as you were._--The left half-ranks -passaged to the left and rode back to their original places. - -(The same manœuvre then executed to the left.) - -_Rear ranks to the right; double your front._--The rear ranks -wheeled into column of half-ranks, then wheeled (as a column) to the -left and came up, the leading half-rank on the right flank of the -front, and the rear half-rank on the right flank of the centre rank. - -_Rear ranks that doubled; as you were._--The columns of half-ranks -wheeled to the right, and countermarched to their original places. - -(The same manœuvre then repeated to the left.) - -_By two divisions to right and left about, outward, march._--Each -rank of each squadron divided in the centre, and wheeled, the right -half-ranks to right about, and the left half-ranks to left about; -whereby each squadron was formed into two divisions, with an interval -between them, facing to the rear. - -_Wheel to the right and left about to your proper front._--The -original formation resumed. - -_Centre rear ranks move up to your order._--“Order” allowed a -distance equal to one-third of the squadron’s frontage between ranks. - -_By three divisions wheel to the right._--We should now give the -word “Divisions, right wheel.” - -_To the right._ - -_To the right about._ - -(Same manœuvre repeated to the left.) - -_Centre and rear ranks move forward to your close order._--Close -order reduced the distance between ranks to the space required for four -men to wheel abreast. - -_By fours wheel to the right about._ - -_By fours wheel to the left about._ - -_Officers take post in front of your squadrons._ - -_Squadrons wheel to the right; march._ - -_To the right._ - -_To the right about._ - -The same then was repeated to the left; and the evolutions came to an -end, the trumpets blowing a march till the inspecting officer was out -of sight. - - - THE END - - - _Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, - _Edinburgh_ - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] In those days written Tap-to, meaning that no more liquor was to be -drawn. - -[2] There were curious ideas afloat in those days about soldiers’ -heads. Colonel Dalrymple of the King’s Own Dragoons suggests (1761) -that the men’s hair should be cut close, but that they should be -provided with Spanish lamb’s-wool wigs for cold and rainy weather. - -[3] They were said, when thus docked, to have “hunter’s tails”; hence, -perhaps, the popular identification of the Light Dragoon officer with -the sportsman. - -[4] Denotes one of the six original trumpet-calls. - -[5] The calls were first authorised by regulation (so far as is known) -in 1799. - -[6] These are fragments of some of the inspection reports:--1770, “A -_very good_ regiment.” 1771, “A very fine regiment, and appears -perfectly fit for service. Must have had great care taken of it.” 1772, -“In every respect a fine regiment and fit for service.” 1773, “This -regiment is an extreme pretty one and in good order.” 1774, “This -regiment is in great order and fit for service.” - -[7] This Colonel Washington must not be confounded with his namesake -the famous George. - -[8] Froude, _English in Ireland_, iii. 105, 106. - -[9] This officer was not of the Seventeenth. - -[10] This year 1802 also witnessed the introduction of the chevron on -the sleeves of non-commissioned officers. - -[11] This animal proved to be Cheettoo’s death. His hoofs were so -extraordinarily large that his tracks were always recognisable, and -hence exposed his rider to the certainty of continued pursuit. Cheettoo -having been driven thus into the jungle was finally killed by a tiger. - -[12] It is perhaps worth noting that the poleaxe was a favourite weapon -with Royalist cavalry officers in the civil war. - -[13] Now A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay. - -[14] The first hint of a short service system was given by a Frenchman, -and presented, by translation, to England in 1590. - -[15] Besides a halfpenny per day per horse of his troop. - -[16] Articles marked [16] were found at the Dragoon’s expense out of his -arrears and grass money. Also the following articles (besides the -clothing specified in Appendix E): Goatskin holster top at 1s. 6d.; -Horse picker and turnscrew, 2d.; Pair of saddle bags. - -[17] All articles marked [17] supplied, according to King’s regulation -and custom, out of the Light Dragoon’s arrears and grass money. - -[18] White Jacket added to the kit by the special request of the men -themselves at the close of the Seven Years’ War. - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -1. 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Sc.</span></p> - <p class="center p0" style="clear: both"><i><b>John Hale</b></i></p> - <p class="center p0"><i><b>First Colonel of the 17<sup>th</sup> Light Dragoons</b></i>.</p> - </div> - - -<h1>A History<br /> -Of the 17th Lancers<br /> -<span class="sm">(DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN)</span></h1> - -<p class="center xs p6">BY</p> - -<p class="center">HON. J. W. FORTESCUE</p> - -<p class="center p6">London<br /> -MACMILLAN AND CO.<br /> -AND NEW YORK<br /> -1895</p> - -<p class="center xs"><i>All rights reserved</i></p> - -<div class="border center p2"> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_a_vii"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_a_vii.jpg" - alt="" /> - </div> - - -<p class="center boxed"><b>To the Memory</b><br /> - -<span class="xs">OF</span><br /> - -<span class="lg">MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES WOLFE</span><br /> - -<span class="sm">WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY<br /> - -ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM BEFORE QUEBEC<br /> - -<span class="allsmcap">13TH</span> SEPTEMBER 1759<br /> - -THIS HISTORY<br /> - -OF THE REGIMENT RAISED IN HIS HONOUR<br /> - -BY HIS COMRADE IN ARMS</span><br /> - -JOHN HALE<br /> - -<span class="sm">IS PROUDLY AND REVERENTLY INSCRIBED</span></p> -</div> - - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_ix">[ix]</span></p> -<h2>Preface</h2> -</div> - - -<p>This history has been compiled at the request of the Colonel and -Officers of the Seventeenth Lancers.</p> - -<p>The materials in possession of the Regiment are unfortunately very -scanty, being in fact little more than the manuscript of the short, -and not very accurate summary drawn up nearly sixty years ago for -Cannon’s <i>Historical Records of the British Army</i>. The loss of the -regimental papers by shipwreck in 1797 accounts for the absence of all -documents previous to that year, as also, I take it, for the neglect -to preserve any sufficient records during many subsequent decades. I -have therefore been forced to seek information almost exclusively from -external sources.</p> - -<p>The material for the first three chapters has been gathered in part -from original documents preserved in the Record Office,—Minutes of the -Board of General Officers, Muster-Rolls, Paysheets, Inspection Returns, -Marching Orders, and the like; in part from a mass of old drill-books, -printed Standing Orders, and military treatises, French and English, -in the British Museum. The most important[· is a smudge?] of these -latter are Dalrymple’s <i>Military Essay</i>, Bland’s <i>Military -Discipline</i>, and, above all, Hinde’s <i>Discipline of the Light -Horse</i> (1778).</p> - -<p>For the American War I have relied principally on the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_x">[x]</span> original -despatches and papers, numerous enough, in the Record Office, -Tarleton’s <i>Memoirs</i>, and Stedman’s <i>History of the American -War</i>,—the last named being especially valuable for the excellence -of its maps and plans. I have also, setting aside minor works, derived -much information from the two volumes of the <i>Clinton-Cornwallis -Controversy</i> compiled by Mr. B. Stevenson; and from Clinton’s -original pamphlets, with manuscript additions in his own hand, which -are preserved in the library at Dropmore.</p> - -<p>For the campaigns in the West Indies the original despatches in -the Record Office have afforded most material, supplemented by a -certain number of small pamphlets in the British Museum. The Maroon -War is treated with great fulness by Dallas in his <i>History of -the Maroons</i>; and there is matter also in Bridges’ <i>Annals of -Jamaica</i>, and the works of Bryan Edwards. The original despatches -are, however, indispensable to a right understanding of the war. -Unfortunately the despatches that relate to St. Domingo are not to be -found at the Record Office, so that I have been compelled to fall back -on the few that are published in the <i>London Gazette</i>. Nor could I -find any documents relating to the return of the Regiment from the West -Indies, which has forced me unwillingly to accept the bald statement in -Cannon’s records.</p> - -<p>The raid on Ostend and the expedition to La Plata have been related -mainly from the accounts in the original despatches, and from -the reports of the courts-martial on General Whitelocke and Sir -Home Popham. There is much interesting information as to South -America,—original memoranda by Miranda, Popham, Sir Arthur Wellesley -(the Duke of Wellington) and other documents—preserved among the -manuscripts at Dropmore.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xi">[xi]</span></p> - -<p>The dearth of original documents both at the Record Office and the -India Office has seriously hampered me in tracing the history of the -Regiment during its first sojourn in India and through the Pindari War. -I have, however, to thank the officials of the Record Department of the -India Office for the ready courtesy with which they disinterred every -paper, in print or manuscript, which could be of service to me.</p> - -<p>Respecting the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny I have received (setting -aside the standard histories) much help from former officers, -notably Sir Robert White, Sir William Gordon, and Sir Drury Lowe, -but especially from Sir Evelyn Wood, who kindly found time, amid all -the pressure of his official duties, to give me many interesting -particulars respecting the chase of Tantia Topee. Above all I have to -thank Colonel John Brown for information and assistance on a hundred -points. His long experience and his accurate memory, quickened but not -clouded by his intense attachment to his old regiment, have been of the -greatest value to me.</p> - -<p>My thanks are also due to the officials of the Record Department of the -War Office, and to Mr. S. M. Milne of Calverley House, Leeds, for help -on divers minute but troublesome points, and to Captain Anstruther of -the Seventeenth Lancers for constant information and advice. Lastly, -and principally, let me express my deep obligations to Mr. Hubert -Hall for his unwearied courtesy and invaluable guidance through the -paper labyrinth of the Record Office, and to Mr. G. K. Fortescue, the -Superintendent of the Reading-Room at the British Museum, for help -rendered twice inestimable by the kindness wherewith it was bestowed.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xii">[xii]</span></p> - -<p>The first and two last of the coloured plates in this book have been -taken from original drawings by Mr. J. P. Beadle. The remainder are from -old drawings, by one G. Salisbury, in the possession of the regiment. -They have been deliberately chosen as giving, on the whole, a more -faithful presentment of the old and extinct British soldier than could -easily be obtained at the present day, while their defects are of the -obvious kind that disarm criticism. The portrait of Colonel John Hale -is from an engraving after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the -original of which is still in possession of his lineal descendant in -America. That of Lord Bingham is after a portrait kindly placed at the -disposal of the Regiment by his son, the present Earl of Lucan. Those -of the Duke of Cambridge and of Sir Drury Lowe are from photographs.</p> - -<p class="left"><i>May, 1895.</i></p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xiii">[xiii]</span></p> - -<h2>Contents</h2> -</div> - -<table summary="contents" class="smaller" style="max-width: 40em"> - <tr> - <th class="chap">CHAP.</th> - <th></th> - <th class="pag">PAGE</th> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">1.</td> - <td class="cht">The Rise of the 17th Light Dragoons, 1759</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">2.</td> - <td class="cht">The Making of the 17th Light Dragoons</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">3.</td> - <td class="cht">Reforms after the Peace of Paris, 1763–1774</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">4.</td> - <td class="cht">The American War—1st Stage—The Northern Campaign, 1775–1780</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">5.</td> - <td class="cht">The American War—2nd Stage—The Southern Campaign, 1780–1782</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">6.</td> - <td class="cht">Return of the 17th from America, 1783—Ireland, 1793—Embarkation -for the West Indies, 1795</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">7.</td> - <td class="cht">The Maroon War in Jamaica, 1795</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">8.</td> - <td class="cht">Grenada and St. Domingo, 1796</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_87">87</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">9.</td> - <td class="cht">Ostend—La Plata, 1797–1807</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">10.</td> - <td class="cht">First Sojourn of the 17th in India, 1808–1823—The Pindari War</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_110">110</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">11.</td> - <td class="cht">Home Service, 1823–1854</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_121">121</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">12.</td> - <td class="cht">The Crimea, 1854–1856</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_128">128</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">13.</td> - <td class="cht">Central India, 1858–1859</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_144">144</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">14.</td> - <td class="cht">Peace Service in India and England, 1859–1879</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_166">166</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">15.</td> - <td class="cht">The Zulu War—Peace Service in India and at Home, 1879–1894</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_174">174</a><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xiv">[xiv]</span></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<h2>Appendix</h2> -</div> - -<table summary="appendix" class="smaller" style="max-width: 40em"> - <tr> - <th></th> - <th></th> - <th class="pag">PAGE</th> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">A.</td> - <td class="cht">A List of the Officers of the 17th Light Dragoons, Lancers</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_181">181</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">B.</td> - <td class="cht">Quarters and Movements of the 17th Lancers since their Foundation</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_236">236</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">C.</td> - <td class="cht">Pay of all Ranks of a Light Dragoon Regiment, 1764</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_241">241</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">D.</td> - <td class="cht">Horse Furniture and Accoutrements of a Light Dragoon, 1759</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_243">243</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">E.</td> - <td class="cht">Clothing, etc. of a Light Dragoon, 1764</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_244">244</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chn">F.</td> - <td class="cht">Evolutions required at the Inspection of a Regiment, 1759</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#Page_245">245</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_xv">[xv]</span></p> - -<h2>List of Illustrations</h2> -</div> - -<table summary="illlos" class="smaller" style="max-width: 40em"> - <tr> - <th></th> - <th></th> - <th class="pag">PAGE</th> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Lieutenant-Colonel John Hale</td> - <td class="ctr"><a href="#frontispiece"><i>Frontispiece</i></a></td> - <td class="pag"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.G., Colonel-in-Chief 17th Seventeenth Light Dragoons, 1764</td> - <td class="ctr">To face</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_001fp">1</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Seventeenth Light Dragoons, 1764</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_011fp">11</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Privates, 1784–1810</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_031fp">31</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officers, 1810–1813</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_048afp">48</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Privates, 1810–1813</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_048afp">48</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officer, Corporal, and Privates, 1814</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_065fp">65</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officers and Private, 1817–1823</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_087fp">87</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officers, 1824</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_102fp">102</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Privates, 1824–1829</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_117fp">117</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">George, Lord Bingham</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_121fp">121</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officers, 1829</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_128fp">128</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officer and Privates, 1829–1832</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_143fp">143</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Officers, 1832–1841</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_155fp">155</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Central India, 1858, 1859</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_165fp">165</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Lieutenant-General Sir Drury Curzon Drury Lowe, K.C.B.</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_179fp">179</a></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Seventeenth Lancers, 1895</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="pag"><a href="#i_b_227fp">227</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_001fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_001fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><span style="float: left">W. & D. Downey Photo.</span></p> - <p class="p0 sm"><span style="float: right">Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc.</span></p> - <p class="center p0" style="clear: both"><i><b>H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.G.</b></i></p> - <p class="center p0"><i><b>Colonel-in-chief 17<sup>th</sup> Lancers, 1876.</b></i></p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_1">[1]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER I<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE RISE OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1759</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1645.</div> - -<p>The British Cavalry Soldier and the British Cavalry Regiment, such as -we now know them, may be said to date from 1645, that being the year -in which the Parliamentary Army, then engaged in fighting against King -Charles the First, was finally remodelled. At the outbreak of the war -the Parliamentary cavalry was organised in seventy-five troops of -horse and five of dragoons: the Captain of the 67th troop of horse was -Oliver Cromwell. In the winter of 1642–43 Captain Cromwell was promoted -to be Colonel, and entrusted with the task of raising a regiment of -horse. This duty he fulfilled after a fashion peculiarly his own. -Hitherto the Parliamentary horse had been little better than a lot of -half-trained yeomen: Colonel Cromwell took the trouble to make his -men into disciplined cavalry soldiers. Moreover, he raised not one -regiment, but two, which soon made a mark by their superior discipline -and efficiency, and finally at the battle of Marston Moor defeated the -hitherto invincible cavalry of the Royalists. After that battle Prince -Rupert, the Royalist cavalry leader, gave Colonel Cromwell the nickname -of Ironside; the name was passed on to his regiments, which grew to be -known no longer as Cromwell’s, but as Ironside’s.</p> - -<p>In 1645, when the army was remodelled, these two famous regiments -were taken as the pattern for the English cavalry; and having been -blent into one, appear at the head of the list as Sir Thomas Fairfax’s -Regiment of Horse. Fairfax was General-in-Chief, and his appointment -to the colonelcy was of course a<span class="pagenum" id="Page_2">[2]</span> compliment to the regiment. Besides -Fairfax’s there were ten other regiments of horse, each consisting -of six troops of 100 men apiece, including three corporals and two -trumpeters. As the field-officers in those days had each a troop of his -own, the full establishment of the regiments was 1 colonel, 1 major, -4 captains, 6 lieutenants, 6 cornets, 6 quartermasters. Such was the -origin of the British Cavalry Regiment.</p> - -<p>The troopers, like every other man in this remodelled army, wore -scarlet coats faced with their Colonel’s colours—blue in the case of -Fairfax. They were equipped with an iron cuirass and an iron helmet, -armed with a brace of pistols and a long straight sword, and mounted -on horses mostly under fifteen hands in height. For drill in the field -they were formed in five ranks, with six feet (one horse’s length in -those days), both of interval and distance, between ranks and files, so -that the whole troop could take ground to flanks or rear by the simple -words, “To your right (or left) turn;” “To your right (or left) about -turn.” Thus, as a rule, every horse turned on his own ground, and the -troop was rarely wheeled entire: if the latter course were necessary, -ranks and files were closed up till the men stood knee to knee, and the -horses nose to croup. This formation deservedly bore the name of “close -order.” For increasing the front the order was, “To the right (or left) -double your ranks,” which brought the men of the second and fourth -ranks into the intervals of the first and third, leaving the fifth rank -untouched. To diminish the front the order was: “To the right (or left) -double your files,” which doubled the depth of the files from five to -ten in the same way as infantry files are now doubled at the word, -“Form fours.”</p> - -<p>The principal weapons of the cavalry soldiers were his firearms, -generally pistols, but sometimes a carbine. The lance, which had -formerly been the favourite weapon, at Crecy for instance, was utterly -out of fashion in Cromwell’s time, and never employed when any other -arm was procurable. Firearms were the rage of the day, and governed the -whole system of cavalry<span class="pagenum" id="Page_3">[3]</span> attack. Thus in action the front rank fired -its two pistols, and filed away to load again in the rear, while the -second and third ranks came up and did likewise. If the word were given -to charge, the men advanced to the charge pistol in hand, fired, threw -it in the enemy’s face, and then fell in with the sword. But though -there was a very elaborate exercise for carbine and pistol, there was -no such thing as sword exercise.</p> - -<p>Moreover, though the whole system of drill was difficult, and required -perfection of training in horse and man, yet there was no such thing -as a regular riding-school. If a troop horse was a kicker a bell was -placed on his crupper to warn men to keep clear of his heels. If he -were a jibber the following were the instructions given for his cure:—</p> - -<p>“If your horse be resty so as he cannot be put forwards then let one -take a cat tied by the tail to a long pole, and when he [the horse] -goes backward, thrust the cat within his tail where she may claw -him, and forget not to threaten your horse with a terrible noise. Or -otherwise, take a hedgehog and tie him strait by one of his feet to the -horse’s tail, so that he [the hedgehog] may squeal and prick him.”</p> - -<p>For the rest, certain peculiarities should be noted which distinguish -cavalry from infantry. In the first place, though every troop and -every company had a standard of its own, such standard was called in -the cavalry a Cornet, and in the infantry an Ensign, and gave in each -case its name to the junior subaltern whose duty it was to carry it. -In the second place there were no sergeants in old days except in the -infantry, the non-commissioned officers of cavalry being corporals -only. In the third place, the use of a wind instrument for making -signals was confined to the cavalry, which used the trumpet; the -infantry as yet had no bugle, but only the drum. There were originally -but six trumpet-calls, all known by foreign names; of which names -one (<i>Butte sella</i> or <i>Boute selle</i>) still survives in the -corrupted form, “Boots and saddles.”</p> - -<p>How then have these minor distinctions which formerly separated cavalry -from infantry so utterly disappeared? Through<span class="pagenum" id="Page_4">[4]</span> what channel did the two -branches of the service contrive to meet? The answer is, through the -dragoons. Dragoons were originally mounted infantry pure and simple. -Those of the Army of 1645 were organised in ten companies, each 100 -men strong. They were armed like infantry and drilled like infantry; -they followed an ensign and not a cornet; they obeyed, not a trumpet, -but a drum. True, they were mounted, but on inferior horses, and for -the object of swifter mobility only; for they always fought on foot, -dismounting nine men out of ten for action, and linking the horses by -the rude process of throwing each animal’s bridle over the head of the -horse standing next to it in the ranks. Such were the two branches of -the mounted service in the first British Army.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="sidenote">1745.</div> - -<p>A century passes, and we find Great Britain again torn by internal -strife in the shape of the Scotch rebellion. Glancing at the list of -the British cavalry regiments at this period we find them still divided -into horse and dragoons; but the dragoons are in decided preponderance, -and both branches unmistakably “heavy.” A patriotic Englishman, the -Duke of Kingston, observing this latter failing, raised a regiment -of Light Horse (the first ever seen in England) at his own expense, -in imitation of the Hussars of foreign countries. Thus the Civil War -of 1745 called into existence the only arm of the military service -which had been left uncreate by the great rebellion of 1642–48. Before -leaving this Scotch rebellion of 1745, let us remark that there took -part in the suppression thereof a young ensign of the 47th Foot, -named John Hale—a mere boy of seventeen, it is true, but a promising -officer, of whom we shall hear more.</p> - -<p>The Scotch rebellion over, the Duke of Kingston’s Light Horse were -disbanded and re-established forthwith as the Duke of Cumberland’s own, -a delicate compliment to their distinguished service. As such they -fought in Flanders in 1747, but were finally disbanded in the following -year. For seven years after the British Army possessed no Light -Cavalry, until at the end of 1755 a single troop of Light Dragoons—3 -officers and 65 men<span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[5]</span> strong—was added to each of the eleven cavalry -regiments on the British establishment, viz., the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd -Dragoon Guards, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 10th, and 11th -Dragoons. These light dragoons were armed with carbine and bayonet and -a single pistol, the second holster being filled (sufficiently filled, -one must conclude) with an axe, a hedging-bill, and a spade. Their -shoulder-belts were provided with a swivel to which the carbine could -be sprung; for these light troops were expected to do a deal of firing -from the saddle. Their main distinction of dress was that they wore not -hats like the rest of the army, but helmets—helmets of strong black -jacked leather with bars down the sides and a brass comb on the top. -The front of the helmet was red, ornamented with the royal cypher and -the regimental number in brass; and at the back of the comb was a tuft -of horse-hair, half coloured red for the King, and half of the hue of -the regimental facings for the regiment. The Light Dragoon-horse, we -learn, was of the “nag or hunter kind,” standing from 14.3 to 15.1, for -he was not expected to carry so heavy a man nor such cumbrous saddlery -as the Heavy Dragoon-horse. Of this latter we can only say that he was -a most ponderous animal, with a character of his own, known as the -“true dragoon mould, short-backed, well-coupled, buttocked, quartered, -forehanded, and limbed,”—all of which qualities had to be purchased -for twenty guineas. At this time, and until 1764, all troop horses were -docked so short that they can hardly be said to have kept any tail at -all.</p> - -<p>In the year 1758 nine of these eleven light troops took part in an -expedition to the coast of France, England having two years before -allied herself with Prussia against France for the great struggle -known as the Seven Years’ War. <span class="sni">1759.</span> So eminent was the -service which they rendered, that in March 1759, King George II. -decided to raise an entire regiment of Light Dragoons. On the 10th of -March, accordingly, the first regiment was raised by General Elliott -and numbered the 15th. The Major of this regiment, whom we shall meet -again as Brigadier of cavalry in America, was William Erskine. On the -4th August another<span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[6]</span> regiment of Light Dragoons was raised by Colonel -Burgoyne, and numbered the 16th. We shall see the 16th distinguished -and Burgoyne disgraced before twenty years are past.</p> - -<p>And while these two first Light Dragoon regiments are a-forming, -let us glance across the water to Canada, where English troops are -fighting the French, and seem likely to take the country from them. -Among other regiments the 47th Foot is there, commanded (since March -1758) by Colonel John Hale, the man whom we saw fighting in Scotland -as an ensign fourteen years ago. Within the past year he has served -with credit under General Amherst at the capture of Cape Breton and -Louisburg, and in these days of August, while Burgoyne is raising -his regiment, he is before Quebec with General Wolfe. Three months -more pass away, and on the 13th of October Colonel John Hale suddenly -arrives in London. He is the bearer of despatches which are to set all -England aflame with pride and sorrow; for on the 13th of September was -fought the battle on the plains of Abraham which decided the capture -of Quebec and the conquest of Canada. General Wolfe fell at the head -of the 28th Regiment in the moment of victory; and Colonel Hale, who -took a brilliant share in the action at the head of the 47th, has been -selected to carry the great news to the King. Colonel Hale was well -received; the better for that Wolfe’s last despatches, written but four -days before the battle, had been marked by a tone of deep despondency; -and, we cannot doubt, began to wonder what would be his reward. He did -not wonder for long.</p> - -<p>Very shortly after Hale’s arrival the King reviewed the 15th Light -Dragoons, and was so well pleased with their appearance that he -resolved to raise five more such regiments, to be numbered the 17th to -the 21st.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The raising of the first of these regiments, that now known to us -as the Seventeenth Lancers, was intrusted to Colonel John Hale, who -received his commission for the purpose on the 7th<span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[7]</span> November. For the -time, however, the regiment was known as the Eighteenth, for what -reason it is a little difficult to understand; since the apology for -a corps which received the number Seventeen was not raised until a -full month later (December 19th). As we shall presently see, this -matter of the number appears to have caused some heartburning, until -Lord Aberdour’s corps, which had usurped the rank of Seventeenth, was -finally disbanded, and thus yielded to Hale’s its proper precedence.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">7th Nov.</div> - -<p>On the very day when Colonel Hale’s commission was signed, which we -may call the birthday of the Seventeenth Lancers, the Board of General -Officers was summoned to decide how the new regiment should be dressed. -As to the colour of the coat there could be no doubt, scarlet being the -rule for all regiments. For the facings white was the colour chosen, -and for the lace white with a black edge, the black being a sign of -mourning for the death of Wolfe. But the principal distinction of the -new regiment was the badge, chosen by Colonel Hale and approved by the -King, of the Death’s Head and the motto “Or Glory,”—the significance -of which lies not so much in claptrap sentiment, as in the fact that it -is, as it were, a perpetual commemoration of the death of Wolfe. It is -difficult for us to realise, after the lapse of nearly a century and a -half, how powerfully the story of that death seized at the time upon -the minds of men.</p> - -<p>Two days after the settlement of the dress, a warrant was issued for -the arming of Colonel Hale’s Light Dragoons; and this, being the -earliest document relating to the regiment that I have been able to -discover, is here given entire:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="left smcap">George R.</p> - -<p>Whereas we have thought fit to order a Regiment of Light -Dragoons to be raised and to be commanded by our trusty and -well-beloved Lieutenant-Colonel John Hale, which Regiment is to -consist of Four troops, of 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, 2 drummers, -and 67 private men in each troop, besides commission officers, -Our will and pleasure is, that out of the stores remaining -within the Office of our Ordnance under your charge you cause -300 pairs of pistols, 292 carbines, 292 cartouche boxes, and 8 -drums, to be issued and delivered to the said Lieutenant-Colonel -John Hale, or to such<span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[8]</span> person as he shall appoint to receive -the same, taking his indent as usual, and you are to insert -the expense thereof in your next estimate to be laid before -Parliament. And for so doing this shall be as well to you as -to all other our officers and ministers herein concerned a -sufficient Warrant.</p> - -<p>Given at our Court at St. James’ the 9th day of November 1759, -in the 33rd year of our reign.</p> - -<p>To our trusty and well-beloved Cousin and Councillor John -Viscount Ligonier, Master-General of our Ordnance.</p> -</div> - -<p>These preliminaries of clothing and armament being settled, Colonel -Hale’s next duty was to raise the men. Being a Hertfordshire man, the -son of Sir Bernard Hale of Kings Walden, he naturally betook himself -to his native county to raise recruits among his own people. The first -troop was raised by Captain Franklin Kirby, Lieutenant, 5th Foot; the -second by Captain Samuel Birch, Lieutenant, 11th Dragoons; the third by -Captain Martin Basil, Lieutenant, 15th Light Dragoons; and the fourth -by Captain Edward Lascelles, Cornet, Royal Horse Guards. If it be asked -what stamp of man was preferred for the Light Dragoons, we are able -to answer that the recruits were required to be “light and straight, -and by no means gummy,” not under 5 feet 5½ inches, and not over 5 -feet 9 inches in height. The bounty usually offered (but varied at the -Colonel’s discretion) was three guineas, or as much less as a recruit -could be persuaded to accept.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[9]</span></p> - -<p>Whether from exceptional liberality on the part of Colonel Hale, or -from an extraordinary abundance of light, straight, and by no means -gummy men in Hertfordshire at that period, the regiment was recruited -up to its establishment, we are told, within <span class="sni">December.</span> -the space of seventeen days. Early in December it made rendezvous -at Watford and Rickmansworth, whence it marched to Warwick and -Stratford-on-Avon, and thence a fortnight later to Coventry. Meanwhile -orders had already been given (10th December) that its establishment -should be augmented by two more troops of the same strength as the -original four; and little <span class="sni">1760. 28th Jan.</span> more than a -month later came a second order to increase each of the existing -troops still further by the addition of a sergeant, a corporal, and 36 -privates. Thus the regiment, increased almost as soon as raised from -300 to 450 men, and within a few weeks again strengthened by one-half, -may be said to have begun life with an establishment of 678 rank and -file. To them we must add a list of the original officers:—</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant.</i>—John Hale, 7th November 1759.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Major.</i>—John Blaquiere, 7th November 1759.</p> - -<p class="smcap p1 center">Captains.</p> - -<table summary="officers" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Franklin Kirby</td> - <td class="right">4th</td> - <td class="ctr">Nov.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Samuel Birch</td> - <td class="right">5th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Martin Basil</td> - <td class="right">6th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Edward Lascelles</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">John Burton</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Samuel Townshend</td> - <td class="right">8th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="smcap p1 center">Lieutenants.</p> - -<table summary="officers" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Thomas Lee</td> - <td class="right">4th</td> - <td class="ctr">Nov.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">William Green</td> - <td class="right">5th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Joseph Hall</td> - <td class="right">6th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Henry Wallop</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Henry Cope</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Yelverton Peyton</td> - <td class="right">8th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="smcap p1 center">Cornets.</p> - -<table summary="officers" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Robert Archdall</td> - <td class="right">4th</td> - <td class="ctr">Nov.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Henry Bishop</td> - <td class="right">5th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Joseph Stopford</td> - <td class="right">6th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Henry Crofton</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Joseph Moxham</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Daniel Brown</td> - <td class="right">8th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center"><i>Adjutant.</i>—Richard Westbury.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[10]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER II<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE MAKING OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1760</div> - -<p>Details of the regiment’s stay at Coventry are wanting, the only -discoverable fact being that, in obedience to orders from headquarters, -it was carefully moved out of the town for three days in August during -the race-meeting. But as these first six months must have been devoted -to the making of the raw recruits into soldiers, we may endeavour, with -what scanty material we can command, to form some idea of the process. -First, we must premise that with the last order for the augmentation of -establishment was issued a warrant for the supply of the regiment with -bayonets, which at that time formed an essential part of a dragoon’s -equipment. Swords, it may be remarked, were provided, not by the Board -of Ordnance, but by the Colonel. It is worth while to note in passing -how strong the traditions of 1645 still remain in the dragoons. The -junior subaltern is indeed no longer called an ensign, but a cornet; -but the regiment is still ruled by the infantry drum instead of the -cavalry trumpet.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_011fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_011fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">Farrier.   Officer.   Trumpeter.</p> - <p class="p0 center">1763.</p> - </div> - -<p>Let us therefore begin with the men; and as we have already seen what -manner of men they were, physically considered, let us first note how -they were dressed. Strictly speaking, it was not until 1764 that the -Light Dragoon regiments received their distinct dress regulations; -but the alterations then made were so slight that we may fairly take -the dress of 1764 as the dress of 1760. To begin with, every man was -supplied by the Colonel, by contract, with coat, waistcoat, breeches, -and cloak. The coat, of <span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[11]</span>course, was of scarlet, full and long in -the skirt, but whether lapelled or not before 1763 it is difficult to -say. Lapels meant a good deal in those days; the coats of Horse being -lapelled to the skirt, those of Dragoon Guards lapelled to the waist, -while those of Dragoons were double-breasted and had no lapels at all. -The Light Dragoons being a novelty, it is difficult to say how they -were distinguished in this respect, but probably in 1760 (and certainly -in 1763) their coats were lapelled to the waist with the colour of the -regimental facing, the lapels being three inches broad, with plain -white buttons disposed thereon in pairs.</p> - -<p>The waistcoat was of the colour of the regimental facing—white, of -course, for the Seventeenth; and the breeches likewise. The cloaks -were scarlet, with capes of the colour of the facing. In fact, it -may be said once for all that everything white in the uniform of the -Seventeenth owes its hue to the colour of the regimental facing.</p> - -<p>Over and above these articles the Light Dragoon received a pair of -high knee-boots, a pair of boot-stockings, a pair of gloves, a comb, a -watering or forage cap, a helmet, and a stable frock. Pleased as the -recruit must have been to find himself in possession of smart clothes, -it must have been a little discouraging for him to learn that his coat, -waistcoat, and breeches were to last him for two, and his helmet, -boots, and cloak for four years. But this was not all. He was required -to supply out of an annual wage of £13: 14: 10 the following articles -at his own expense:—</p> - -<table summary="articles" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">4 shirts at 6s. 10d.</td> - <td class="right">£1</td> - <td class="right">7</td> - <td class="right">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">4 pairs stockings at 2s. 10d.</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">11</td> - <td class="right">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 pairs shoes at 6s.</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">12</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">A black stock</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Stock-buckle</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair leather breeches</td> - <td class="right">1</td> - <td class="right">5</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair knee-buckles</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 pairs short black gaiters</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">7</td> - <td class="right">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 black ball (the old substitute for blacking)</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">1</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">3 shoe-brushes</td> - <td class="rightbbs">0</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£4</td> - <td class="rightbbd">7</td> - <td class="rightbbd">1</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[12]</span></p> - -<p>Nor was even this all, for we find (though without mention of their -price) that a pair of checked sleeves for every man, and a powder bag -with two puffs for every two men had likewise to be supplied from the -same slender pittance.</p> - -<p>Turning next from the man himself to his horse, his arms, and -accoutrements, we discover yet further charges against his purse, thus—</p> - -<table summary="items" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Horse-picker and turnscrew</td> - <td class="right">£0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">2  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Worm and oil-bottle</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">3½</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Goatskin holster tops</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">1</td> - <td class="right">6  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Curry-comb and brush</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">2</td> - <td class="right">3  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Mane comb and sponge</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">8  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Horse-cloth</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="right">4</td> - <td class="right">9  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Snaffle watering bridle</td> - <td class="rightbbs">0</td> - <td class="rightbbs">2</td> - <td class="rightbbs">0  </td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£0</td> - <td class="rightbbd">11</td> - <td class="rightbbd">7½</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>Also a pair of saddle-bags, a turn-key, and an awl.</p> - -<p>All these various items were paid for, “according to King’s regulation -and custom,” out of the soldier’s “arrears and grass money.” For his -pay was made up of three items—</p> - -<table summary="items" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">“Subsistence” (5d. a day nominal)</td> - <td class="right">£9</td> - <td class="right">2</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="ctr">per annum.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">“Arrears” (2d. a day nominal)</td> - <td class="right">3</td> - <td class="right">1</td> - <td class="right">0</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">“Grass money”</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£13</td> - <td class="rightbbd">14</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>We must therefore infer that his “subsistence” could not be stopped for -his “necessaries” (as the various items enumerated above are termed); -but none the less twopence out of the daily stipend was stopped for his -food, while His Majesty the King deducted for his royal use a shilling -in the pound from the pay of every soul in the army. Small wonder that -heavy bounty-money was needed to persuade men to enlist.</p> - -<p>What manner of instruction the recruit received on his first appearance -it is a little difficult to state positively, though it is still -possible to form a dim conception thereof. The first thing<span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[13]</span> that he was -taught, apparently, was the manual and firing exercise, of which we are -fortunately able to speak with some confidence. As it contains some -eighty-eight words of command, we may safely infer that by the time a -recruit had mastered it he must have been pretty well disciplined. The -minuteness of the exercise and the extraordinary number of the motions -sufficiently show that it counted for a great deal. “The first motion -of every word of command is to be performed immediately after it is -given; but before you proceed to any of the other motions you must -tell one, two, pretty slow, by making a stop between the words, and in -pronouncing the word <i>two</i>, the motion is to be performed.” In -those days the word “smart” was just coming into use, but “brisk” is -the more common substitute. Let us picture the squad of recruits with -their carbines, in their stable frocks, white breeches, and short black -gaiters, and listen to the instructions which the corporal is giving -them:—</p> - -<p>“Now on the word <i>Shut your pans</i>, let fall the primer and take -hold of the steel with your right hand, placing the thumb in the upper -part, and the two forefingers on the lower. Tell <i>one, two</i>, and -shut the pan; tell <i>one, two</i>, and seize the carbine behind the -lock with the right hand; then tell <i>one, two</i>, and bring your -carbine briskly to the recover. Wait for the word. Shut your—pans, -one—two, one—two, one—two.”</p> - -<p>There is no need to go further through the weary iteration of “Join -your right hand to your carbine,” “Poise your carbine,” “Join your -left hand to your carbine,” whereby the recruit learned the difference -between his right hand and his left. Suffice it that the manual and -firing exercise contain the only detailed instruction for the original -Light Dragoon that is now discoverable. “Setting-up” drill there was -apparently none, sword exercise there was none, riding-school, as we -now understand it, there was none, though there was a riding-master. -A “ride” appears to have comprised at most twelve men, who moved in a -circle round the riding-master and received his teaching as best they -could. But it must not be inferred on that account that the men could -not<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[14]</span> ride; on the contrary the Light Dragoons seem to have particularly -excelled in horsemanship. Passaging, reining back, and other movements -which call for careful training of man and horse, were far more -extensively used for purposes of manœuvre than at present. Moreover, -every man was taught to fire from on horseback, even at the gallop; and -as the Light Dragoons received an extra allowance of ammunition for -ball practice, it is reasonable to conclude that they spent a good deal -of their time at the butts, both mounted and dismounted.</p> - -<p>As to the ordinary routine life of the cavalry barrack, it is only -possible to obtain a slight glimpse thereof from scattered notices. -Each troop was divided into three squads with a corporal and a sergeant -at the head of each. Each squad formed a mess; and it is laid down as -the duty of the sergeants and corporals to see that the men “boil the -pot every day and feed wholesome and clean.” The barrack-rooms and -billets must have been pretty well filled, for every scrap of a man’s -equipment, including his saddle and saddle-furniture, was hung up -therein according to the position of his bed. As every bed contained -at least two men, there must have been some tight packing. It is a -relief to find that the men could obtain a clean pair of sheets every -thirty days, provided that they returned the foul pair and paid three -halfpence for the washing.</p> - -<p>The fixed hours laid down in the standing orders of the Light Dragoons -of 14th May 1760 are as follows:—</p> - -<p>The drum beat for—</p> - -<table summary="drumbeat" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht"><i>Réveille</i> from</td> - <td class="ctr">Ladyday to</td> - <td class="ctr">Michaelmas</td> - <td class="cht">5.30 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span></td> - <td class="ctr">Rest of year</td> - <td class="cht">6.30</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Morning stables</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">8 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span></td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">9.0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Evening stables</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">4 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span></td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">3.0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">“Rack up”</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">8 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span></td> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="cht"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Tattoo<a id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">9 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span></td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="cht">8.0</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>If there was an order for a mounted parade the drum beat—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">[15]</span></p><div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">1st drum—“To horse.” The men turned out, under the eye of the -quartermaster and fell in before the stable door in rank entire. -Officers then inspected their troops; and each troop was told -off in three divisions.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">2nd drum—“Preparative.” By the Adjutant’s order.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">3rd drum—“A flam.” The centre division stood fast; the right -division advanced, and the left division reined back, each two -horses’ lengths.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">4th drum—“A flam.” The front and rear divisions passaged to -right and left and covered off, thus forming the troop in three -ranks.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">5th drum—“A march.” The quartermasters led the troops to their -proper position in squadron.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">6th drum—“A flam.” Officers rode to their posts (troop-leaders -on the flank of their troops), facing their troops.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent">7th drum—“A flam.” The officers halted, and turned about to -their proper front.</p> -</div> - -<p>Then the word was given—“Take care” (which meant “Attention”). “Draw -your swords;” and the regiment was thus ready to receive the three -squadron standards, which were escorted on to the ground and posted in -the ranks, in the centre of the three squadrons.</p> - -<p>Each squadron was then told off into half-squadrons, into three -divisions, into half-ranks, into fours, and into files. As there are -many people who do not know how to tell off a squadron by fours, it may -be as well to mention how it was done. The men were not numbered off, -but the officer went down each rank, beginning at the right-hand man, -and said to the first, “You are the right-hand man of ranks by fours.” -Then going on to the fourth he said, “You are the left-hand man of -ranks by fours,” and so on. Telling off by files was a simpler affair. -The officer rode down the ranks, pointing to each man, and saying -alternately, “You move,” “You stand,” “You move,” “You stand.” Conceive -what the confusion must have been if the men took it into their heads -to be troublesome. “Beg your honour’s pardon, but you said I was to -stand,” is the kind of speech that must have been heard pretty often in -those days, when field movements went awry.</p> - -<p>If the mounted parade went no further, the men marched back<span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[16]</span> to their -quarters in fours, each of the three ranks separately; for in those -days “fours” meant four men of one rank abreast. If field movements -were practised, the system and execution thereof were left to the -Colonel, unhampered by a drill-book. There was, however, a batch of -“evolutions” which were prescribed by regulation, and required of -every regiment when inspected by the King or a general officer. As -these “evolutions” lasted, with some modification, till the end of -the century, and (such is human nature) formed sometimes the only -instruction, besides the manual exercise, that was imparted to the -regiment, it may be as well to give a brief description thereof in -this place. The efficiency of a regiment was judged mainly from its -performance of the evolutions, which were supposed to be a searching -test of horsemanship, drill, and discipline.</p> - -<p>First then the squadron was drawn up in three ranks, at open order, -that is to say, with a distance equal to half the front of the squadron -between each rank. Then each rank was told off by half-rank, third of -rank, and fours; which done, the word was given, “Officers take your -posts of exercise,” which signified that the officers were to fall -out to their front, and take post ten paces in rear of the commanding -officer, facing towards the regiment. In other words, the regiment was -required to go through the coming movements without troop or squadron -leaders. Then the caution was given, “Take care to perform your -evolutions,” and the evolutions began.</p> - -<p>To avoid tedium an abridgment of the whole performance is given at -some length in the Appendix, and it is sufficient to say here that the -first two evolutions consisted in the doubling of the depth of the -column. The left half-ranks reined back and passaged to the right until -they covered the right half-ranks; and the original formation having -been restored by more passaging, the right half-ranks did likewise. -The next evolution was the conversion of three ranks into two, which -was effected by the simple process of wheeling the rear rank into -column of two ranks, and bringing it up to the flank of the front and -centre<span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">[17]</span> ranks. Then came further variations of wheeling, and wheeling -about by half-ranks, thirds of ranks, and fours; each movement being -executed of course to the halt on a fixed pivot, so that through all -these intricate manœuvres the regiment practically never moved off -its ground. No doubt when performed, as in smart regiments they were -performed, like clockwork, these evolutions were very pretty—and of -course, like all drill, they had a disciplinary as well as an æsthetic -value; but it must be confessed that they left a blight upon the -British cavalry for more than a century. It is only within the last -twenty years that the influence of these evolutions, themselves a -survival from the days of Alexander the Great, has been wholly purged -from our cavalry drill-books.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile at this time (and for full forty years after for that matter) -an immense deal of time was given up to dismounted drill; for the -dragoons had not yet lost their character of mounted infantry. To -dismount a squadron, the even numbers (as we should now say) reined -back and passaged to the right; and the horses were then linked with -“linking reins” carried for the purpose, and left in charge of the two -flank men, while the rest on receiving the word, “Squadrons have a care -to march forward,” formed up in front, infantry wise, and were called -for the time a battalion. This dismounted drill formed as important a -feature of an inspection as the work done on horseback. Probably the -survival of the march past the inspecting officer on foot may be traced -to the traditions of those days.</p> - -<p>If it be asked how time was found for so much dismounted work, the -explanation is simple. From the 1st of May to the 1st October the troop -horses were turned out to grass, and committed to the keeping of a -“grass guard”—having, most probably, first gone through a course of -bleeding at the hands of the farriers. It appears to have mattered but -little how far distant the grass might be from the men’s quarters; for -we find that if it lay six or eight miles away, the “grass guard” was -to consist of a corporal and six men, while if it were within a mile or -two, two<span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">[18]</span> or three old soldiers were held to be amply sufficient. Men -on “grass guard” were not allowed to take their cloaks with them, but -were provided with special coats, whereof three or four were kept in -each troop for the purpose. “Grass-time,” it may be added, was not the -busy, but the slack time for cavalrymen in those days—the one season -wherein furloughs were permitted.</p> - -<p>The close of the “grass-time” must have been a curious period in the -soldier’s year, with its renewal of the long-abandoned stable work and -probable extra tightening of discipline. On the farriers above all -it must have borne heavily, bringing with it, as we must conclude, -the prospect of reshoeing every horse in the regiment. Moreover, the -penalty paid by a farrier who lamed a horse was brutally simple: his -liquor was stopped till the horse was sound. Nevertheless the farrier -had his consolations, for he received a halfpenny a day for every horse -under his charge, and must therefore have rejoiced to see his troop -stable well filled. The men, probably, in a good regiment, required -less smartening after grass-time than their horses. Light Dragoons -thought a great deal of themselves, and were well looked after even on -furlough. At the bottom of every furlough paper was a note requesting -any officer who might read it to report to the regiment if the bearer -were “unsoldierly in dress or manner.” We gather, from a stray order, -“that soldiers shall wear their hair <i>under</i> their hats,” that -even in those days men were bitten with the still prevailing fashion of -making much of their hair; but we must hope that Hale’s regiment knew -better than to yield to it.</p> - -<p>Every man, of course, had a queue of leather or of his own hair, either -hanging at full length, in which case it was a “queue,” or partly -doubled back, when it became a “club.” Which fashion was favoured by -Colonel Hale we are, alas! unable to say,<a id="FNanchor_2" href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a> but we gain some knowledge -of the <i>coiffure</i> of the Light Dragoons from the following -standing orders:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[19]</span></p> - -<p>“The Light Dragoon is always to appear clean and dressed in a -soldier-like manner in the streets; his skirts tucked back, a black -stock and black gaiters, but <i>no powder</i>. On Sundays the men are -to have white stocks, and be well powdered, but no grease on their -hair.”</p> - -<p>Here, therefore, we have a glimpse of the original trooper of the -Seventeenth in his very best: his scarlet coat and white facings neat -and spotless, the skirts tucked back to show the white lining, the -glory of his white waistcoat, and the sheen of his white breeches. -“Russia linen,” <i>i.e.</i> white duck, would be probably the material -of these last—Russia linen, “which lasts as long as leather and costs -but half-a-crown,” to quote one of our best authorities. Then below the -white ducks, fitting close to the leg, came a neat pair of black cloth -gaiters running down to dull black shoes, cleaned with “black ball” -according to the regimental recipe. Round on his neck was a spotless -white stock, helping, with the powder on his hair, to heighten the -colour of his round, clean-shaven face. Very attractive he must have -seemed to the girls of Coventry in the spring of 1760. What would we -not give for his portrait by Hogarth as he appeared some fine Sunday in -Coventry streets, with the lady of his choice on his arm, explaining -to her that in the Light Dragoons they put no grease on their heads, -and in proof thereof shaking a shower of powder from his hair on to -her dainty white cap! Probably there were tender leave-takings when -in September the regiment was ordered northward; possibly there are -descendants of these men, not necessarily bearing their names, in -Coventry to this day.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[20]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER III<br /> -<span class="subhed">REFORMS AFTER THE PEACE OF PARIS, 1763–1774</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1760.</div> - -<p>In September Hale’s Light Dragoons moved up to Berwick-on-Tweed, and -thence into Scotland, where they were appointed to remain for the -three ensuing years. Before it left Coventry the regiment, in common -with all Light Dragoon regiments, had gathered fresh importance for -itself from the magnificent behaviour of the 15th at Emsdorf on the -16th July; in which engagement Captain Martin Basil, who had returned -to his own corps from Colonel Hale’s, was among the slain. The close -of the year brings us to the earliest of the regimental muster-rolls, -which is dated Haddington, 8th December 1760. One must speak of -muster-rolls in the plural, for there is a separate muster-roll for -each troop—regimental rolls being at this period unknown.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[21]</span></p> - -<p>These first rolls are somewhat of a curiosity, for that every one -of them describes Hale’s regiment as the 17th, the officers being -evidently unwilling to yield seniority to the two paltry troops -<span class="sni">1761.</span> raised by Lord Aberdour. The next muster-rolls show -considerable difference of opinion as to the regimental number, the -head-quarter troop calling itself of the 18th, while the rest still -claim <span class="sni">1762.</span> to be of the 17th. In 1762 for the first -time every troop <span class="sni">1763.</span> acknowledges itself to be of the -18th, but in April 1763 the old conflict of opinion reappears; the -head-quarter troop writes itself down as of the 18th, two other troops -as of the 17th, while the remainder decline to commit themselves to -any number at all. A gap in the rolls from 1763–1771 prevents us from -following the controversy any further; but from this year 1763, the -Seventeenth, <span class="sni">1763.</span> as shall be shown, enjoys undisputed -right to the number which it originally claimed.</p> - -<p>Albeit raised for service in the Seven Years’ War, the regiment was -never sent abroad, though it furnished a draft of fifty men and -horses to the army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. All efforts -to discover anything about this draft have proved fruitless; though -from the circumstance that Lieutenant Wallop is described in the -muster-rolls as “prisoner of war to the French,” it is just possible -that it served as an independent unit, and was actively engaged. But -the war came to an end with the Treaty of Paris early in 1763; and -with the peace came a variety of important changes for the Army, and -particularly for the Light Dragoons.</p> - -<p>The first change, of course, was a great reduction of the military -establishment. Many regiments were disbanded—Lord Aberdour’s, the -20th and 21st Light Dragoons among them. Colonel Hale’s regiment -was retained, and became the Seventeenth; and, as if to warrant it -continued life, Hale himself was promoted to be full Colonel. We must -not omit to mention here that, whether on account of his advancement, -or from other simpler causes, Colonel Hale in this same year took to -himself a wife, Miss Mary Chaloner of Guisbrough. History does not -relate whether the occasion was duly celebrated by the regiment, either -at the Colonel’s expense or at its own; but it is safe to assume that, -in those hard-drinking days, such an opportunity for extra consumption -of liquor was not neglected. If the fulness of the quiver be accepted -as the measure of wedded happiness, then we may fearlessly assert -that Colonel Hale was a happy man. Mrs. Hale bore him no fewer than -twenty-one children, seventeen of whom survived him.</p> - - - -<p>The actual command of the regiment upon Colonel Hale’s promotion -devolved upon Lieut.-Colonel Blaquiere, whose duty it now became to -carry out a number of new regulations laid down after the peace for -the guidance of the Light Dragoons. <span class="sni">1764.</span> By July 1764 -these reforms were finally completed; and as they remained<span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[22]</span> in force -for another twenty years, they must be given here at some length. The -pith of them lies in the fact that the authorities had determined to -emphasise in every possible way the distinction between Light and Heavy -Cavalry. Let us begin with the least important, but most sentimental of -all matters—the dress.</p> - - -<p class="center smcap">Privates</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Coat.</i>—(Alike for all ranks.) Scarlet, with 3-inch white -lapels to the waist. White collar and cuffs, sleeves unslit. -White lining. Braid on button-holes. Buttons, in pairs, white -metal with regimental number.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Waistcoat.</i>—White, unembroidered and unlaced. Cross -pockets.</p> - -<p><i>Breeches.</i>—White, duck or leather.</p> - -<p><i>Boots.</i>—To the knee, “round toed and of a light sort.”</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Helmet.</i>—Black leather, with badge of white metal in -front, and white turban round the base, plume and crest scarlet -and white.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Forage Cap.</i>—Red, turned up with white. Regimental number -on little flap.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Shoulder Belts.</i>—White, 2¾ inches broad. Sword belt over -the right shoulder.</p> - -<p><i>Waist Belt.</i>—White, 1¾ inches broad.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Cloaks.</i>—Red, white lining; loop of black and white lace -on the top. White cape.</p> - -<p><i>Epaulettes.</i>—White cloth with white worsted fringe.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Corporals</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">Same as the men. Distinguished by narrow silver lace round the -turn-up of the sleeves. Epaulettes bound with white silk tape, -white silk fringe.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Sergeants</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">Same as the men. Epaulettes bound with narrow silver lace; -silver fringe. Narrow silver lace round button-holes. Sash of -spun silk, crimson with white stripe.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Quartermasters</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">Same as the men. Silver epaulettes. Sash of spun silk, crimson.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Officers</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">Same as the men; but with silver lace or embroidery at the -Colonel’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[23]</span> discretion. Silk sash, crimson. Silver epaulettes. -Scarlet velvet stock and waist belts.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Trumpeters</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">White coats with scarlet lapels and lining; lace, white with -black edge; red waistcoats and breeches. Hats, cocked, with -white plume.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Farriers</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent">Blue coats, waistcoats, and breeches. Linings and lapels blue; -turn-up of sleeves white. Hat, small black bearskin, with a -horse-shoe of silver-plated metal on a black ground. White apron -rolled back on left side.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Horse Furniture.</i>—White cloth holster caps and housings -bordered with white, black-edged lace. <span class="allsmcap">XVII. L. D.</span> -embroidered on the housings on a scarlet ground, within a wreath -of roses and thistles. King’s cypher, with crown over it and -<span class="allsmcap">XVII. L. D.</span> under it embroidered on the holster caps.</p> - -<p>Officers had a silver tassel on the holster -caps and at the corners of the housings.</p> - -<p>Quartermasters had the same furniture as -the officers, but with narrower lace, and without tassels to the -holster caps.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center smcap">Arms</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Officers.</i>—A pair of pistols with barrels 9 inches long. -Sword (straight or curved according to regimental pattern), -blade 36 inches long. A smaller sword, with 28-inch blade, worn -in a waist belt, for foot duty.</p> - -<p class="hangingindent"><i>Men.</i>—Sword and pistols, as the officers. Carbine, 2 feet -5 inches long in the barrel. Bayonet, 12 inches long. Carbine -and pistols of the same bore. Cartridge-box to hold twenty-four -rounds.</p> -</div> - -<p>So much for the outward adornment and armament of the men, to which we -have only to add that trumpeters, to give them further distinction, -were mounted on white horses, and carried a sword with a scimitar -blade. Farriers, who were a peculiar people in those days, were made as -dusky as the trumpeters were gorgeous. They carried two churns instead -of holsters on their saddles, wherein to stow their shoeing tools, -etc., and black bearskin furniture with crossed hammer and pincers on -the housing. Their weapon was an axe, carried, like the men’s swords, -in a belt<span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[24]</span> slung from the right shoulder. When the men drew swords, -the farriers drew axes and carried them at the “advance.” The old -traditions of the original farrier still survive in the blue tunics, -black plumes, and axes of the farriers of the Life Guards, as well as -in the blue stable jackets of their brethren of the Dragoons.</p> - -<p>Passing now from man to horse, we must note that from 27th July 1764 -it was ordained that the horses of Horse and Dragoons should in future -wear their full tails, and that those of Light Dragoons only should be -docked.<a id="FNanchor_3" href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> This was the first step towards the reduction of the weight -to be carried by the Light Dragoon horse. The next was more practical. -A saddle much lighter than the old pattern was invented, approved, -and adopted, with excellent results. It was of rather peculiar -construction: very high in the pommel and cantle, and very deep sunk in -the seat, in order to give a man a steadier seat when firing from on -horseback. Behind the saddle was a flat board or tray, on to which the -kit was strapped in a rather bulky bundle. It was reckoned that this -saddle, with blanket and kit complete, 30 lbs of hay and 5 pecks of -oats, weighed just over 10 stone (141 lbs.); and that the Dragoon with -three days’ rations, ammunition, etc., weighed 12 stone 7 lbs. more; -and that thus the total weight of a Dragoon in heavy marching order -with (roughly speaking) three days’ rations for man and horse, was 22 -stone 8 lbs. In marching from quarter to quarter in England, the utmost -weight on a horse’s back was reckoned not to exceed 16 stone.</p> - -<p>A few odd points remain to be noticed before the question of saddlery -is finally dismissed. In the first place, there was rather an uncouth -mixture of colours in the leather, which, though designed to look well -with the horse furniture, cannot have been beautiful without it. Thus -the head collar for ordinary occasions was brown, but for reviews -white; bridoons were black, bits of bright steel; the saddle was -brown, and the carbine bucket black. These buckets were, of course, -little more than leather caps five<span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[25]</span> or six inches long, fitting over -the muzzle of the carbine, practically the same as were served out -to Her Majesty’s Auxiliary Cavalry less than twenty years ago. Light -Dragoons, however, had a swivel fitted to their shoulder-belt to which -the carbine could be sprung, and the weapon thus made more readily -available. The horse furniture of the men was not designed for ornament -only; for, being made in one piece, it served to cover the men when -encamped under canvas. As a last minute point, let it be noted that the -stirrups of the officers were square, and of the men round at the top.</p> - -<p>We must take notice next of a more significant reform, namely, the -abolition of side drums and drummers in the Light Dragoons, and the -substitution of trumpeters in their place. By this change the Light -Dragoons gained an accession of dignity, and took equal rank with the -horse of old days. The establishment of trumpeters was, of course, -one to each troop, making six in all. When dismounted they formed a -“band of music,” consisting of two French horns, two clarionets, and -two bassoons, which, considering the difficulties and imperfections of -those instruments as they existed a century and a quarter ago, must -have produced some rather remarkable combinations of sound. None the -less we have here the germ of the regimental band, which now enjoys so -high a reputation.</p> - -<p>Over and above the trumpeters, the regiment enjoyed the possession -of a fife, to whose music the men used to march. At inspection the -trumpets used to sound while the inspecting officer went down the line; -and when the trumpeters could blow no longer, the fife took up the -wondrous tale and filled up the interval with an ear-piercing solo. The -old trumpet “marches” are still heard (unless I am mistaken) when the -Household Cavalry relieve guard at Whitehall. But more important than -these parade trumpet sounds is the increased use of the trumpet for -signalling movements in the field. The original number of trumpet-calls -in the earliest days of the British cavalry was, as has already been -mentioned, but six. These six were apparently<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[26]</span> still retained and made -to serve for more purposes than one; but others also were added to -them. And since, so far as we can gather, the variety of calls on one -instrument that could be played and remembered was limited by human -unskilfulness and human stupidity, this difficulty was overcome by the -employment of other instruments. These last were the bugle horn and the -French horn; the former the simple curved horn that is still portrayed -on the appointments of Light Infantry, the latter the curved French -hunting horn. The united efforts of trumpet, bugle horn, and French -horn availed to produce the following sounds:—</p> - -<table summary="sounds" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Stable call—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(<i>Butte Sella</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">Boot and saddle—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(<i>Monte Cavallo</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">Horse and away—Trumpet. But sometimes bugle - horn; used also for evening stables.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(? <i>Tucquet</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">March—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Water—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(<i>Auquet</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">Setting watch or tattoo—Trumpet. Used also for - morning stables.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(? <i>Tucquet</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">The call—Trumpet. Used for parade or assembly.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Repair to alarm post—Bugle horn.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(<i>Alla Standarda</i>).<a href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">Standard call—Trumpet. Used for fetching - and lodging standards; and also for drawing and returning swords.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Preparative for firing—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Cease firing—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Form squadrons, form the line—Bugle horn.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Advance—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">(<i>Carga</i>).<a id="FNanchor_4" href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></td> - <td class="cht">Charge or attack—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Retreat—French horns.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Trot, gallop, front form—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Rally—Bugle horn.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht">Non-commissioned officers’ call—Trumpet.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht1top">The quick march on foot—The fife.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="cht1">The slow march on foot—The band of music.</td> - </tr> - -</table> - -<p>All attempts to discover the notation of these calls have, I regret to -say, proved fruitless, so that I am unable to state<span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[27]</span> positively whether -any of them continue in use at the present day. The earliest musical -notation of the trumpet sounds that I have been able to discover dates -from the beginning of this century,<a id="FNanchor_5" href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> and is practically the same as -that in the cavalry drill-book of 1894; so that it is not unreasonable -to infer that the sounds have been little altered since their first -introduction. Indeed, it seems to me highly probable that the old -“Alla Standarda,” which is easily traceable back to the first quarter -of the seventeenth century, still survives in the flourish now played -after the general salute to an inspecting officer. As to the actual -employment of the three signalling instruments in the field, we shall -be able to judge better while treating of the next reform of 1763–1764, -viz. that of the drill.</p> - -<p>The first great change wrought by the experience of the Seven Years’ -War on the English Light Dragoon drill was the final abolition of -the formation in three ranks. Henceforward we shall never find the -Seventeenth ranked more than two deep. Further, we find a general -tendency to less stiffness and greater flexibility of movement, and -to greater rapidity of manœuvre. The very evolutions sacrifice some -of their prettiness and precision in order to gain swifter change of -formation. Thus, when the left half rank is doubled in rear of the -right, the right, instead of standing fast, advances and inclines to -the left, while the latter reins back and passages to the right, thus -accomplishing the desired result in half the time. Field manœuvres -are carried out chiefly by means of small flexible columns, differing -from the present in one principal feature only, viz. that the rear -rank in 1763 does not inseparably follow the front rank, but that -each rank wheels from line into column of half-ranks or quarter-ranks -independently. Moreover, we find one great principle pervading all -field movements: that Light Dragoons, for the dignity of their name, -must move with uncommon rapidity and smartness. The very word “smart,” -as applied to the action of a soldier, appears, so far as I know, for -the first time in a drill-book made for Light<span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[28]</span> Dragoons at this period. -In illustration, let us briefly describe a parade attack movement, -which is particularly characteristic.</p> - -<p>The regiment having been formed by previous manœuvres in echelon of -wings (three troops to a wing) from the left, the word is given, -“Advance and gain the flank of the enemy.”</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><i>First Trumpet.</i>—The right files (of troops?) of each -wing gallop to the front, and form rank entire; unswivel their -carbines, and keep up a rapid irregular fire from the saddle.</p> - -<p>Under cover of this fire the echelon advances.</p> - -<p><i>Second Trumpet.</i>—The right wing forms the “half-wedge” -(single echelon), passes the left or leading wing at an -increased pace, and gains the flank of the imaginary enemy by -the “head to haunch” (an extremely oblique form of incline), and -forms line on the flank.</p> - -<p><i>Third Trumpet</i>—“<i>Charge.</i>”—The skirmishers gallop -back through the intervals to the rear of their own troops, and -remain there till the charge is over.</p> - -<p><i>French Horns</i>—“<i>Retreat.</i>”—The skirmishers gallop -forward once more, and keep up their fire till the line is -reformed.</p> -</div> - -<p>The whole scheme of this attack is perhaps a shade theatrical, and, -indeed, may possibly have been designed to astonish the weak mind of -some gouty old infantry general; but a regiment that could execute it -smartly could hardly have been in a very inefficient state.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="sidenote">1765.</div> - -<p>In 1765 the Seventeenth was moved to Ireland, though to what part -of Ireland the gap in the muster-rolls disenables us to say. Almost -certainly it was split up into detachments, where we have reason to -believe that the troop officers took pains to teach their men the new -drill. We must conceive of the regiment’s life as best we may during -this period, for we have no information to help us. Colonel Blaquiere, -we have no doubt, paid visits to the outlying troops from time to time, -and probably was able now and again to get them together for work in -the field, particularly when an inspecting officer’s visit was at hand. -We know, from the inspection returns, that the Seventeenth advanced and -gained the flank of the enemy every year, in a fashion which commanded<span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">[29]</span> -the admiration of all beholders. And let us note that in this very year -the British Parliament passed an Act for the imposition of stamp duties -on the American Colonies—preparing, though unconsciously, future work -on active service for the Seventeenth.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1766.</div> - -<p>For the three ensuing years we find little that is worth the -chronicling, except that in 1766 the regiment suffered, for a brief -period, a further change in its nomenclature, the 15th, 16th, and 17th -being renumbered the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Light Dragoons. In this same -year we discover, quite by chance, that two troops of the Seventeenth -were quartered in the Isle of Man, for how long we know not. In 1767 a -small matter crops up which throws a curious light on the grievances -of the soldier in those days. Bread was so dear that Government was -compelled to help the men to pay for it, and to ordain that on payment -of fivepence every man should receive a six-pound loaf—which loaf was -to last him for four days. Let us note also, as a matter of interest -to Colonel Blaquiere, a rise in the value of another article, namely, -the troop horse, whereof the outside price was in this year raised from -twenty to twenty-two guineas.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1770.</div> - -<p>In 1770 we find Colonel Hale promoted to be Governor of Limerick, and -therewith severed from the regiment which he had raised. As his new -post must presumably have brought him over to Ireland, we may guess -that the regiment may have had an opportunity of giving him a farewell -dinner, and, as was the fashion in those days, of getting more than -ordinarily drunk. From this time forward we lose sight of Colonel Hale, -though he is still a young and vigorous man, and has thirty-three years -of life before him. His very name perishes from the regiment, for if -ever he had an idea of placing a son therein, that hope must have been -killed long before the arrival of his twenty-first child. His successor -in the colonelcy was Colonel George Preston of the Scots Greys, a -distinguished officer who had served at Dettingen, Fontenoy, and other -actions of the war of 1743–47, as well as in the principal battles of -the Seven Years’ War.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile, through all these years, the plot of the American<span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[30]</span> -<span class="sni">1770.</span> dispute was thickening fast. From 1773 onwards -the news of trouble and discontent across the Atlantic became more -frequent; and at last in 1774 seven infantry regiments were despatched -to Boston. Then probably the Seventeenth pricked up its ears and -discussed, with the lightest of hearts, the prospect of fighting the -<span class="sni">1775.</span> rebels over the water. The year 1775 had hardly -come in when the order arrived for the regiment to complete its -establishment with drafts from the 12th and 18th, and hold itself in -readiness to embark at Cork for the port of Boston. It was the first -cavalry regiment selected for the service—a pretty good proof of its -reputation for efficiency.<a id="FNanchor_6" href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_031fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_031fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">Marching Order.   Field-day Order.   Review Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">PRIVATES, 1784–1810.</p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">[31]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER IV<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE AMERICAN WAR—1ST STAGE—THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1775–1780.</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1775.</div> - -<p>It would be beside the purpose to enter upon a relation of the -causes which led to the rupture between England and the thirteen -North American Colonies, and to the war of American Independence. -The immediate ground of dispute was, however, one in which the Army -was specially interested, namely, the question of Imperial defence. -Fifteen years before the outbreak of the American War England had, -by the conquest of Canada, relieved the Colonies from the presence -of a dangerous neighbour on their northern frontier, and for this -good service she felt justified in asking from them some return. -Unfortunately, however, the British Government, instead of leaving it -to the Colonies to determine in what manner their contribution to the -cost of Imperial defence should be raised, took the settlement of the -question into its own hands, as a matter wherein its authority was -paramount. Ultimately by a series of lamentable blunders the British -ministers contrived to create such irritation in America that the -Colonies broke into open revolt.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1774.</div> - -<p>It was in the year 1774 that American discontent reached its acutest -stage; and the centre of that discontent was the city of Boston. In -July General Gage, at that time in command of the forces in America, -and later on to be Colonel-in-Chief of the 17th Light Dragoons, feeling -that the security of Boston was now seriously threatened by the -rebellious attitude of the citizens, moved down with some troops and -occupied the neck of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_32">[32]</span> <span class="sni">1774.</span> isthmus on which the city -stands. This step increased the irritation of the people so far that in -a month or two he judged it prudent to entrench his position and remove -all military stores from outlying stations into Boston. By November -the temper of the Colonists had become so unmistakably insubordinate -that Gage issued a proclamation warning them against the consequences -of revolt. This manifesto was taken in effect as a final signal for -general and open insurrection. Rhode Island and New Hampshire broke out -at once; and the Americans began their military preparations by seizing -British guns, stores, and ammunition <span class="sni">1775.</span> wherever they -could get hold of them. By the opening of 1775 the seizure, purchase, -and collection of arms became so general that Gage took alarm for the -safety of a large magazine at Concord, some twenty miles from Boston, -and detached a force to secure it. This expedition it was that led to -the first shedding of blood. The British troops succeeded in reaching -Concord and destroying the stores; but they had to fight their way back -to Boston through the whole population of the district, and finally -arrived, worn out with fatigue, having lost 240 men, killed, <span class="sni">19th April.</span> wounded, -and missing, out of 1800. The Americans then -suddenly assembled a force of 20,000 men and closely invested Boston.</p> - -<p>It was just about this time that there arrived in Boston Captain Oliver -Delancey, of the 17th Light Dragoons, with despatches announcing that -reinforcements would shortly arrive from England under the command of -Generals Howe and Clinton. Captain Delancey was charged with the duty -of preparing for the reception of his regiment, and in particular of -purchasing horses whereon to mount it. Two days after his arrival, -therefore, he started for New York to buy horses, only to find at his -journey’s end that New York also had risen in insurrection, and that -there was nothing for it but to return to Boston.</p> - -<p>And while Delancey was making his arrangements, the Seventeenth was -on its way to join him. The 12th and 18th Regiments had furnished -the drafts required of them, and the Seventeenth,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_33">[33]</span> <span class="sni">1775.</span> -thus raised to some semblance of war strength, embarked for its first -turn on active service. Here is a digest of their final muster, -dated, Passage, 10th April 1775, and <span class="sni">10th April.</span> endorsed -“Embarkation”—</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Major.</i>—Henry Bishop.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair, <i>Cornet</i>.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Surgeon’s mate.</i>—Alexander Acheson.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>Deputy-Chaplain.</i>—W. Oliver.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Major Bishopp’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Robert Archdale, <i>Captain</i>. Frederick Metzer, <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -1 Quartermaster, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 trumpeter, 29 dragoons, 31 horses.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain Straubenzee’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Henry Nettles, <i>Lieutenant</i>. Sam. Baggot, <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, 31 horses.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain Moxham’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Ben. Bunbury, <i>Lieutenant</i>. Thomas Cooke, <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, 31 horses.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain Delancey’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Hamlet Obins, <i>Lieutenant</i>. James Hussey, <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 1 hautboy, 27 dragoons, -31 horses.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain Needham’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Mark Kerr, <i>Lieutenant</i>. Will. Loftus, <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 26 dragoons, 31 horses.</p> - - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain Crewe’s Troop.</i></p> - -<p class="center">Matthew Patteshall, <i>Lieutenant</i>. John St. Clair (Adjutant), <i>Cornet</i>.<br /> -5 Non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter, 1 hautboy, 26 dragoons, 31 horses.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_34">[34]</span></p> - -<p>What manner of scenes there may have been at the embarkation that day -at Cork it is impossible to conjecture. We can only bear in mind that -there were a great many Irishmen in the ranks, and that probably all -their relations came to see them off, and draw what mental picture we -may. Meanwhile it is worth while to compare two embarkations of the -regiment on active service, at roughly speaking, a century’s interval. -In 1879 the Seventeenth with its horses sailed to the Cape in two -hired transports—the <i>England</i> and the <i>France</i>. In 1776 it -filled no fewer than seven ships, the <i>Glen</i>, <i>Satisfaction</i>, -<i>John and Jane</i>, <i>Charming Polly</i>, <i>John and Rebecca</i>, -<i>Love and Charity</i>, <i>Henry and Edward</i>—whereof the very -names suffice to show that they were decidedly small craft.</p> - -<p>The voyage across the Atlantic occupied two whole months, but, like all -things, it came to an end; and the regiment <span class="sni">June 15–19.</span> -disembarked at Boston just in time to volunteer its services for the -first serious action of the war. That action was brought about in this -way. Over against Boston, and divided from it by a river of about -the breadth of the Thames at London Bridge, is a peninsula called -Charlestown. It occurred, rather late in the day, to General Gage that -an eminence thereupon called Bunker’s Hill was a position that ought -to be occupied, inasmuch as it lay within cannon-shot of Boston and -commanded the whole of the town. Unfortunately, precisely the same -idea had occurred to the Americans, who on the 16th June seized the -hill, unobserved by Gage, and proceeded to entrench it. By hard work -and the aid of professional engineers they soon made Bunker’s Hill -into a formidable position; so that Gage, on the following day, found -that his task was not that of marching to an unoccupied height, but of -attacking an enemy 6000 strong in a well-fortified post. None the less -he attacked the 6000 Americans with 2000 English, and drove them out -at the bayonet’s point after the bloodiest engagement thitherto fought -by the British army. Of the 2000 men 1054, including 89 officers, went -down that day; and the British occupied the Charlestown peninsula.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_35">[35]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1775.</div> - -<p>The acquisition was welcome, for the army was sadly crowded in Boston -and needed more space; but the enemy soon erected new works which -penned it up as closely as ever. Moreover the Americans refused to -supply the British with fresh provisions, so that the latter—what -with salt food, confinement, and the heat of the climate—soon became -sickly. The Seventeenth were driven to their wit’s end to obtain forage -for their horses. It was but a poor exchange alike for animals and -men to forsake the ships for a besieged city. The summer passed away -and the winter came on. The Americans pressed the British garrison -more hardly than ever through the winter months, and finally, on the -<span class="sni">1776.</span>2nd March 1776, opened a bombardment which fairly -drove the English out. On the 17th March Boston was evacuated, and the -army, 9000 strong, withdrawn by sea to Halifax.</p> - -<p>However mortifying it might be to British sentiment, this evacuation -was decidedly a wise and prudent step; indeed, but for the -determination of King George III. to punish the recalcitrant Boston, -it is probable that it would have taken place long before, for it was -recommended both by Gage, who resigned his command in August 1775, and -by his successor, General Howe. They both saw clearly enough that, as -England held command of the sea, her true policy was to occupy the line -of the Hudson River from New York in the south to Lake Champlain in -the north. Thereby she could isolate from the rest the seven provinces -of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, -and Maine, and reduce them at her leisure; which process would be the -easier, inasmuch as these provinces depended almost entirely on the -States west of the Hudson for their supplies. The Americans, being -equally well aware of this, and having already possession of New York, -took the bold line of attempting to capture Canada while the English -were frittering their strength away at Boston. And they were within -an ace of success. As early as May 1775 they captured Ticonderoga and -the only King’s ship in Lake Champlain, and in November they obtained -possession of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">[36]</span> Chambly, St. John’s, and Montreal. Fortunately Quebec -still held out, though reduced to great straits, and saved Canada to -England. On the 31st December the little garrison gallantly repelled an -American assault, and shortly after it was relieved by the arrival of a -British squadron which made its way through the ice with reinforcements -of 3500 men under General Burgoyne. This decided the fate of Canada, -from which the Americans were finally driven out in June 1776.</p> - -<p>One other small incident requires notice before we pass to the -operations of Howe’s army (whereof the Seventeenth formed part) in -the campaign of 1776. Very early in the day Governor Martin of North -Carolina had recommended the despatch of a flying column or small force -to the Carolinas, there to rally around it the loyalists, who were -said to be many, and create a powerful diversion in England’s favour. -Accordingly in December 1775, five infantry regiments under Lord -Cornwallis were despatched from England to Cape Fear, whither General -Clinton was sent by Howe to meet them and take command. An attack on -Charleston by this expedition proved to be a total failure; and on the -21st June 1776, Clinton withdrew the force to New York. This episode -deserves mention, because it shows how early the British Government -was bitten with this plan of a Carolina campaign, which was destined -to cost us the possession of the American Colonies. Three times in the -course of this history shall we see English statesmen make the fatal -mistake of sending a weak force to a hostile country in reliance on -the support of a section of disaffected inhabitants, and each time (as -fate ordained it) we shall find the Seventeenth among the regiments -that paid the inevitable penalty. From this brief digression let us now -return to the army under General Howe.</p> - -<p>While the bulk of this force was quartered at Halifax, the Seventeenth -lay, for convenience of obtaining forage, at Windsor, some miles away. -In June the 16th light Dragoons arrived at Halifax from England with -remounts for the regiment; but it is questionable whether they had -any horses to spare, for<span class="pagenum" id="Page_37">[37]</span> we find that out of 950 horses 412 perished -on the voyage. About the same time arrived orders for the increase of -the Seventeenth by 1 cornet, 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 30 privates -per troop; but the necessary recruits had not been received by the -time when the campaign opened. On the 11th June the regiment, with the -rest of Howe’s army, was once more embarked at Halifax and reached -Sandy Hook on the 29th. Howe then landed his force on Staten Island, -and awaited the arrival of his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, who duly -appeared with a squadron and reinforcements on the 1st July. Clinton -with his troops from Charleston arrived on the 1st August, and further -reinforcements from England on the 12th. Howe had now 30,000 men, -12,000 of them Hessians, under his command in America, two-thirds of -whom were actually on the spot around New York.</p> - -<p>Active operations were opened on the 22nd August, by the landing of -the whole army in Gravesend Bay at the extreme south-west corner of -Long Island. The American army, 15,000 strong, occupied a position on -the peninsula to the north-west, where Brooklyn now stands—its left -resting on the East River, its right on a stream called Mill Creek, -and its front covered as usual by a strong line of entrenchments. -From this fortified camp, however, they detached General Putnam with -10,000 men to take up a position about a mile distant on a line of -heights that runs obliquely across the island. After a reconnaissance -by Generals Clinton and Erskine, the latter of whom led the brigade to -which the Seventeenth was attached, General Howe decided to turn the -left flank of the Americans with part of his force, leaving the rest -to attack their front as soon as the turning movement was completed. -At 9 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> on the 26th August the turning column, under the -command of Howe himself, marched across the flat ground to seize a pass -on the extreme left of the enemy’s line, the Seventeenth forming the -advanced guard. On reaching the pass it was found that the Americans -had neglected to secure it, being content to visit it with occasional -cavalry<span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">[38]</span> <span class="sni">1776.</span> patrols. One such patrol was intercepted by -the advanced party of the Seventeenth; and the pass was occupied by the -British without giving alarm to the Americans. At nine next morning, -Howe’s column having completely enveloped Putnam’s left, opened the -attack on that quarter, while the rest of the army advanced upon the -centre and right. The Americans were defeated at all points and driven -in confusion to their entrenchments; but Howe made no effort to pursue -them nor to storm the camp, as he might easily have done. He merely -moved feebly up to the enemy’s entrenchments on the following day, -and began to break ground as if for a regular siege. On the 29th the -Americans evacuated the camp, and retired across the East River to New -York; and this they were allowed to do without hindrance, though the -British army of 20,000 men stood on their front, and a navigable river, -where a British seventy-four could have anchored, lay in their rear. -Thus deliberately were sacrificed the fruits of the battle of Brooklyn. -This was the first action in which the Seventeenth was under fire. -The regiment at its close received the thanks of Generals Erskine and -Clinton.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">[40]</span></p> - -<p>The possession of Long Island gave the British complete command of New -York by sea; and Howe set himself to transport his army to New York -Island, an operation which was completed on the 15th September. The -Americans then evacuated New York town and retired to the northern -extremity of New York Island, where Washington fortified a position -from Haarlem to Kingsbridge along the Hudson River in order to secure -his retreat across it to the mainland. The English warships now moved -up the Hudson to cut off that retreat; and Howe having left four -brigades to cover New York town, <span class="sni">12th Oct.</span> embarked the -rest on flat-bottomed boats to turn Washington’s position. The flotilla -passed through Hell Gate; and Howe <span class="sni">18th Oct.</span> having wasted -a deal of time in disembarking the troops first at the wrong place, -landed them finally at Pell’s Point, the corner which divides East -River from Long Island Sound, and <span class="sni">1776.</span> forms the extreme -point of the spit of continent that runs down to New York Island. The -advanced parties of the Seventeenth were engaged in a trifling skirmish -at Pelham Manor, a little to the north of Pell’s Point, shortly after -disembarkation; but the British advance was practically unopposed, -and the army was concentrated at New Rochelle, on Long Island Sound, -on the 21st October. Washington now changed front, throwing his left -back, and distributed his army along a line parallel to the march of -the British; his right resting at Kingsbridge on the south, and his -left at Whiteplains on the north. The two armies were separated by a -deep river called the Bronx, which covered the whole of Washington’s -front. Howe continued his march northward, doubtless with the intention -of getting between Washington and the mainland; but Washington had -already sent parties to entrench a new position for him at Whiteplains, -to which he moved on the 26th October. This change of position brought -the Americans from the left flank to the front of the British advance, -and it was plain that an action was imminent. On the 28th, Howe’s -army, advancing in two columns, came up with the Americans, and found -them to be some 18,000 strong. The right of Washington’s main position -rested on the Bronx River; but for some reason a detached force of -4000 men had been posted on a hill on the other side of the river, -which detachment, owing to the depth and difficulty of the stream, was -necessarily cut off from the rest of the line. Howe decided to attack -this isolated body at once. The Seventeenth being detailed as part of -the attacking force, moved off to a practicable ford, the passage of -which was carried in the face of heavy fire; and the infantry then -advancing drove the enemy brilliantly from their entrenchments, from -whence the Seventeenth pursued them towards the main position at -Whiteplains. The regiment lost one man and five horses killed, Cornet -Loftus, four men and eight horses wounded, in this action; which -unfortunately led to no result. On the 30th August a general attack -on the American entrenchments was ordered, but <span class="sni">1776.</span> was -countermanded in consequence of a tremendous storm of rain; and on the -1st September the Americans quietly retired northward across the river -Croton, on which they took up a position from which it was hopeless to -attempt to dislodge them.</p> - -<p>However, there was still an American garrison of 3000 men, which had -been left by Washington in his entrenchments at Kingsbridge to hold -the passage of the Hudson; and of these Howe determined to make sure. -His attack was delivered by four columns simultaneously. The third of -these crossed the Haarlem Creek in boats under a heavy fire, and by -the capture of a strong post at the other side turned the left of the -American position. The ground was unfavourable for cavalry, however; -and the Seventeenth, which was attached to this column, lost but -one man. The result of the whole operation was the surrender of the -Americans, which was bought with the loss of 800 British killed and -wounded.</p> - -<p>Three days later Lord Cornwallis crossed the Hudson with 4000 men, and -marched against the American fort which commanded the passage of the -river from the Jersey side. The Americans promptly evacuated it and -retreated, with Cornwallis at their heels in hot pursuit. He was on the -point of overtaking them and striking a severe blow, when he received -orders from General Howe to halt—orders which he very reluctantly -obeyed. A party of the Seventeenth, probably a sergeant’s party for -orderly duties, seems to have accompanied Cornwallis on this march, -and through the gallant behaviour of one of the men has made itself -remembered.</p> - -<p>One day Private M’Mullins, of this detachment, was despatched by Lord -Cornwallis with a letter of some importance to an officer of one of -the outposts, and while passing near a thicket on his way was fired at -by the rebels. He instantly pretended to fell from his horse, hanging -with head down to the ground. The Americans, four in number, supposing -him killed, ran out from their cover to seize their booty, and had -come within a few<span class="pagenum" id="Page_41">[41]</span> <span class="sni">1776.</span> yards of him, when, to their -great astonishment, Private M’Mullins suddenly recovered his seat in -the saddle and shot the first of them dead with his carbine. He then -drew his pistol and despatched a second, and immediately after fell -with his sword upon the other two, who surrendered as his prisoners. -Whereupon Private M’Mullins drove them triumphantly before him into -camp, where he duly delivered them up. Lord Cornwallis did not fail to -report such bravery to General Howe, who in his turn not only promoted -M’Mullins to be sergeant, but brought the exploit before the notice -of the King. As all Light Dragoons of whatever regiment felt pride in -their comrades, the story of Private M’Mullins found its way into the -standard contemporary work on that branch of the service, and remains -there embalmed to this day. Let it be noted that this feat of leaning -out of the saddle almost to the ground is treated as one which “all -Light Dragoons accomplished with the greatest ease.” We should probably -never have known this but for Private M’Mullins of the Seventeenth.</p> - -<p>With the recall of Cornwallis from New Jersey the campaign of 1776 came -to an end. Since the American evacuation of New York, Howe had captured -4500 prisoners and 150 guns; but he had also thrice let slip the -opportunity of capturing the whole American army. One further operation -was insisted upon by the Admiral, namely, the capture of Rhode Island, -which was effected <span class="sni">8th Dec.</span> without loss by a small force -under General Clinton. One troop of the Seventeenth accompanied Clinton -on this expedition, and remained at Rhode Island for the next twelve -months.</p> - -<p>The rest of the Seventeenth went into winter quarters in New York, the -total strength of the regiment at the close of the campaign being 225 -men. Though its casualties had been light, it had done a good deal -of hard work and established for itself a reputation. Howe himself -testifies in his despatches to “the good service they have performed in -this campaign,” and adds that “the dread which the enemy have of the -Dragoons has been experienced on every occasion.” It is a significant -indication of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_42">[42]</span> <span class="sni">1777.</span>the nature of their work, that Howe -begs for remounts of Irish horses for them, as being “hardier and -better accustomed to get over fences.”</p> - -<p>The rest of the army in the winter of 1776–77 was split up into -detachments, and scattered along an extended line from the Delaware -to New York. The Americans fully expected Howe to cross the Delaware -as soon as the ice permitted and attack Philadelphia, but Howe as -usual did nothing. He might have destroyed the American army without -difficulty; but so far from attempting it, he allowed Washington with -an inferior force to cut off two detached posts and do a great deal of -damage.</p> - -<p>Howe’s operations in the campaign of 1777 were little more -satisfactory. After making every preparation to cross the Delaware and -advance into Pennsylvania he brought back the army to New York, and -embarked for the Chesapeake in order to approach Philadelphia from that -side. In September he won the battle of Brandywine, and took possession -of Philadelphia on the 26th. This occupation of Philadelphia was the -sole result of the campaign; and it was, in fact, a political rather -than a military enterprise, the object being to overawe the American -Congress. It was a fatal mistake, for while Howe was wasting his time -in Pennsylvania, Burgoyne was moving down from Canada to open the line -of the Hudson from the north, in the hope of co-operation from Howe’s -army in the south. No such co-operation was forthcoming. Howe’s army -was engaged elsewhere; Clinton, though, as will be seen, he did make on -his own responsibility a slight diversion on the Hudson, yet dared not -weaken the garrison of New York. The result was that <span class="sni">16th Oct.</span> Burgoyne -with his whole force of 7000 men was overpowered and -compelled to surrender at Saratoga.</p> - -<p>The Seventeenth being left in garrison at New York, of course took -no share in Howe’s operations. The fact was that in November 1776 -it received some 200 recruits and 100 fresh horses from England, so -that its time must have been fully occupied in the task of knocking -these into shape. Nevertheless<span class="pagenum" id="Page_43">[43]</span> small detachments of the regiment were -employed in two little affairs which must be related here.</p> - -<p>The Americans, after retreating across the Croton in 1776, had formed -large magazines on the borders of Connecticut, at the town of Danbury -and elsewhere. These magazines General Clinton judged that it would -be well to destroy. Accordingly, on the 25th April, 2000 men, drafted -from different regiments, including twelve from the Seventeenth for -the needful reconnaissance and patrol duties, embarked on transports -and sailed up Long Island Sound to Camp’s Point, where they landed. At -ten that night they marched, and at eight next morning they reached -Danbury, to the great surprise of the Americans, who evacuated the -town with all speed. The British, having destroyed the whole of the -stores, prepared to return to their ships, but found that the Americans -had assembled at a place called Ridgefield, and had there entrenched -themselves to bar the British line of march. Weary as they were after -twenty-four hours’ work, the English soldiers attacked and carried the -entrenchments; and then, as night came on, they lay on their arms, -prepared to fight at any moment. At daybreak they continued their -march, and were again attacked by the Americans, who had received -reinforcements during the night. Still they fought their way on till -within half a mile of their ships, when General Erskine, losing all -patience, collected 400 men, and taking the offensive at last beat the -enemy off. The men had had no rest for three days and three nights, -and were fairly worn out; but we may guess that the little detachment -of the Seventeenth was not the last to answer to the call of its -Brigadier. This expedition cost the British 15 officers and 153 men!</p> - -<p>The second of the two affairs to which we have alluded was an -expedition made by Clinton as a diversion to help Burgoyne, and was -directed against two American forts on the right bank of the Hudson, -which barred the passage of the British warships to Albany; Albany -being the point to which Burgoyne hoped to penetrate. A force of -3000 men, including one troop of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_44">[44]</span> <span class="sni">1777.</span> Seventeenth, -embarked on the 5th October and sailed up the <span class="sni">5th Oct.</span> -Hudson to Verplanks Point, forty miles from New York, on the east bank -of the river. Here Clinton landed a portion of his force under the -fire of a small American field-work, drove out the enemy, and pursued -them for some little way. This feint produced the desired effect. -The American general of the district at once concluded that Clinton -meant to advance to meet Burgoyne on the east bank of the Hudson, and -hurried away with most of the garrison of the river ports to occupy -the passes on the roads. Clinton meanwhile quietly embarked <span class="sni">6th Oct.</span> two-thirds of his force on the following morning, leaving -the remainder to hold Verplanks, and landed them on the opposite bank. -Thence he advanced over a very steep mountain, along very bad roads, -to attack two important posts, Forts Clinton and Montgomery, from the -rear. Though Fort Clinton, the lower of the two, was but twelve miles -distant, it was not reached before sunset, owing to the difficulties of -the march. Opposite Fort Clinton the force divided into two columns, -one of them standing fast, while the other made a detour to reach Fort -Montgomery unobserved—the design being to attack both posts, which -were only three-quarters of a mile apart, simultaneously. The upper -post, Fort Montgomery, was easily captured, being at once abandoned by -its garrison of 800 men. Fort Clinton, however, was a more difficult -matter, the only possible approach to it being over a plain covered -with four hundred yards of abattis, and commanded by ten guns. The -British, though they had not a single gun, advanced under a heavy fire, -pushed each other through the embrasures, and, in spite of a gallant -resistance on the part of the Americans, drove them out of the fort. -The American loss was 300 killed, wounded, and prisoners; the British -loss, 140 killed and wounded. Having destroyed the American shipping -and some other batteries farther up the river, Clinton’s little -expedition returned to New York. The troop of the Seventeenth formed -part of the column that stormed Fort Clinton—a service which, if the -original plan of campaign had been<span class="pagenum" id="Page_45">[45]</span> <span class="sni">1777.</span> adhered to, would -have been one of the most valuable in the war.</p> - -<p>With this the campaign of 1777 came to an end, decidedly to the -disadvantage of the British, who had lost the whole of Burgoyne’s -division and gained nothing but Philadelphia. The winter of 1777–78 -the British army spent in the city of Philadelphia, where it was kept -inactive, and allowed to grow slack in discipline and efficiency; -and this although Washington lay for five whole months but 26 miles -distant, at Valley Forge—his position weak, his guns frozen into the -entrenchments, his army worn to a shadow by sickness and desertion, -and absolutely destitute of clothing, stores, and equipment. Howe had -14,000 men, and Washington a bare 4000, yet for the fourth time Howe -allowed him to escape; and this time inaction was fatal, for the new -year was to bring with it an event which changed the whole aspect and -conduct of operations.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778.</div> - -<p>In February 1778 the French Government, still smarting under the loss -of Canada, concluded a treaty of defensive alliance with the young -American Republic, and despatched a fleet under D’Estaing to operate -on the American coast. The British Government no sooner heard the -news than it sent instructions for the army to evacuate Philadelphia -and retire to New York, from whence half of it was to be forthwith -despatched to attack the French possessions in the West Indies. The -burden of this duty fell, not upon Howe, to whom it would have been a -just retribution, but upon Clinton, who succeeded to the command on -Howe’s resignation in the spring of 1778.</p> - -<p>During the winter the Seventeenth had been moved down from New York to -join the main army at Philadelphia, where, in March 1778, we find them -reduced to a nominal total of 363 men, of whom no fewer than 67 were in -hospital, and 162 horses. Fortunately for its own sake the regiment was -busily employed during the spring in the duty of opening communications -and bringing in supplies, by which it was prepared for the heavy work -that lay before it. On the 3rd of May a strong detachment of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_46">[46]</span> -<span class="sni">1778.</span> Seventeenth formed part of a mixed force of 1000 -men which was sent out to reduce a hostile post at Crooked Billet, -seventeen miles from Philadelphia. The business was neatly managed, for -the British, with trifling loss, killed, wounded, or captured 150 of -the Americans, and, thanks to the Seventeenth, took the whole of their -baggage. Three weeks later the regiment was again employed in a small -expedition against 3000 Americans, who had been posted by Washington -in an advanced and isolated position at Barren Hill under the command -of Marquis Lafayette. This time the affair was sadly bungled, and the -Americans, who should have been captured in a body, would have got off -scot free but for a dash made on the rear-guard by the light Dragoons, -wherein 40 or 50 American prisoners were taken.</p> - -<p>By constant excursions of this kind, on a larger or smaller scale, the -regiment was prepared for the very arduous duty that lay before it. -On the 18th June, at 3 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span>, the evacuation of Philadelphia -was begun, and by 10 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> the whole British army had crossed -the Delaware at the point of its junction with the Schuylkill. It then -advanced up the left bank, on a road running parallel to the river, -as far as Cornell’s Ferry, where it left the line of the Delaware -and turned off on the road to Sandy Hook. Up to the 27th June the -British, though constantly watched by small parties of the enemy, were -allowed to pursue their march through this difficult country without -molestation; but on that day an advanced corps of 5000 Americans -appeared close in rear, with the main army of Washington but three -miles behind it, while other smaller bodies came up on each flank. On -<span class="sni">28th June.</span> the 28th, Clinton, expecting an attack, divided -his army into two parts, the first of which he sent off at daybreak in -charge of the baggage (which was so abundant that the column was twelve -miles long), leading off the second, under his personal command, at -8 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> The Seventeenth was attached to the baggage column, -and must have marched with it for some eight or nine hours, when it -was hurriedly sent for to join the rear-guard under General Clinton. -The rear column had just come down from the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_47">[47]</span> <span class="sni">1778.</span> high -ground into a plain about three miles long by one mile wide, when the -Americans appeared in force in the rear and on both flanks. Their -first attempt was made on the right flank, and was likely to have -been serious, had it not been checked, to use Clinton’s words, by the -resolute bearing and firm front of the Seventeenth. The Americans had -not lost their respect for the Light Dragoons. From that point the -regiment was swiftly moved to others; and the general impression left -on the mind by Clinton’s rather confused description is, that the -Seventeenth were kept manœuvring round the column, frequently under -Clinton’s immediate direction, wherever the Americans threatened most -danger. The 16th Light Dragoons, more fortunate than the Seventeenth, -had a chance of charging the American cavalry, and made admirable use -of it; but they lost a great number of horses, which was a serious -matter considering the weakness of the British mounted force. Finally -Clinton made his dispositions for a pitched battle in the plain; but -the Americans knew better than to accept it, and retired to the hills -from which they had originally come down. Clinton thereupon attacked -them with the infantry and drove them back. They retreated to a second -position. Again Clinton attacked, and after hard fighting forced them -out. They then fell back on a third position, where, Clinton feeling -by this time assured of the safety of his baggage, thought best to -leave them. And so ended the very hard day’s work which takes its -name from the heights of Freehold, at the foot whereof the combat was -fought. So terrible was the heat in the confinement of the valley that -fifty-nine of the infantry dropped dead while advancing to the attack. -The total loss on the English side was 358 men. The Seventeenth had no -casualties, though Clinton’s testimony shows that they did good work. -The Americans lost 361 men, and from that day abandoned the pursuit, -having had for the present enough of it. Clinton, therefore, made the -rest of his way untroubled to Sandy Hook, and on the 5th July embarked -his army for New York. A flying expedition to Rhode Island, which -arrived too late to catch<span class="pagenum" id="Page_48">[48]</span> <span class="sni">1778.</span> the French force that -had threatened it, and a successful inroad into Georgia in the south, -brought the campaign of 1778 to a close.</p> - -<p>In November, Clinton, in obedience to his orders, sent away half of his -army to England and the West Indies. He was so sensible of the injury -inflicted on his forces by the loss of some of his best troops, that he -begged to be allowed to resign his command, and required some pressure -to induce him to retain it. His difficulties were great enough, for -everything was going wrong in New York. In December there was not a -fortnight’s flour in store, and not a penny in the military chest. The -clothing provided for the men proved to be bad, and was condemned right -and left by their officers. “The linen is coarse and thin, and unfit -for soldiers’ shirts, the stockings of so flimsy a texture as to be -of little service, and the shoes of the worst kind.” One consignment -of shoes was found to consist of “thin dancing pumps,” and even these -too small for the men to wear. Moreover the Government in England, -which had always given Howe a free hand, thought it right to tie down -Clinton, who was far the better man, with every kind of order. “For -God’s sake, my Lord,” the General wrote at last, “if you wish me to do -anything leave me to myself.”</p> - -<p>Such was the state of things when the Seventeenth went into their -winter quarters at Hampstead, Long Island, in 1778. It was now the -only British cavalry corps on the American Continent, the 16th having -gone home, leaving all its horses and a certain number of men with the -sister regiment. Though its numbers were thus raised to 414 men, we -shall not again find it in the field entire during the remainder of -the war. From this winter onward the scene of the main contest shifts -from the north to the south, and we shall find the Seventeenth divided -between these two points of the compass.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_048afp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_048afp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">Field-day Order.   Review Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">OFFICERS, 1810–1813.</p> - </div> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_048bfp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_048bfp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">Watering Order.   Review Order.   Marching Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">PRIVATES, 1810–1813.</p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_49">[49]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER V<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE AMERICAN WAR—2ND STAGE—THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, 1780–1782</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1780.</div> - -<p>The alliance of France with the revolted provinces having compelled -the British Government to reduce General Clinton’s army by one-half, -this loss was supplemented by the enlistment of volunteers from the -loyal party in America itself, and by the organisation of corps of -irregulars. One such corps, consisting partly of cavalry and partly of -infantry, was commanded by Captain Lord Cathcart of the Seventeenth, -and another, known as the King’s American Dragoons, received an -Adjutant from the regiment. But the corps with which the name of the -Seventeenth was inseparably connected was the so-called “Legion” -commanded by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. To this last a small party of -the Seventeenth seems to have been permanently attached, probably as a -pattern for the guidance of the provincial recruits. But in addition -to these a troop of the regiment under its own officers was frequently -joined to it, which though in contemporary accounts generally included -in the term “Cavalry of the legion,” was distinct from it and careful -to preserve its individuality.</p> - -<p>With the change in the composition of the army came simultaneously a -change in the plan of campaign, by a return to the scheme, already -tried once at the outbreak of the war, of an expedition to the -Carolinas; where it was hoped that the loyalists were numerous and -ready to rally round the army. The plan was to scour the country with -flying columns, which would serve at once to hearten good subjects -and overawe the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_50">[50]</span> <span class="sni">1780.</span> disaffected. For such operations -Charleston was required as a base, and it was to preparations for -the reduction of Charleston that most of Clinton’s energies were -devoted in the summer of 1779. An accession of strength was gained by -the evacuation of Rhode Island in October, and finally, on the 26th -December, Clinton sailed with a portion of his army on this expedition -to the South. One troop of the Seventeenth, sixty strong, accompanied -him.</p> - -<p>Bad luck dogged this enterprise from the first. The transports were -overtaken by a storm and dispersed in all directions. All the cavalry -horses perished, and one ship containing siege artillery was lost. It -was not till the end of January that the ships, many of them badly -battered, appeared at the appointed rendezvous, the Island of Tybee, -off the coast of Georgia, having spent five weeks over a voyage -generally reckoned to last ten days. The troop of the Seventeenth was -sent with Tarleton’s legion to Port Royal, a little to the north of -Savannah, where it was landed and quartered at Beaufort, at the head of -the harbour. With great difficulty it procured forty or fifty inferior -horses; and after a time was ordered to join some reinforcements that -were marching up from Savannah, and advance up country with them to -unite with Clinton’s army before Charleston. Meanwhile the people of -the country, knowing that the British had lost their horses, equipped -themselves as cavalry to harass the column on the march. Nothing could -have suited Tarleton better. A charge by the troop of the Seventeenth -sufficed to disperse these irregular horsemen, and ensure the capture -not only of several prisoners, but, better still, of their horses. -After twelve days’ march through a difficult country broken up by -flooded rivers, and in the thick of a hostile population, the legion -arrived at its destination on the Ashley with its strength in horses -multiplied by four or five, and a good supply of forage to boot.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile General Clinton with the rest of the army had sailed to the -river Edisto, a little to the south of Charleston, and advanced thence -by slow marches upon the town. Charleston lies on a tongue of land -which runs, roughly speaking, from north<span class="pagenum" id="Page_51">[51]</span> <span class="sni">1780.</span> to south, -being enclosed between the Cooper River on the east and the Ashley on -the west. The British fleet having moved up to blockade it to the south -or seaward, Clinton on the 30th March threw his army across the Ashley -to the neck of the isthmus on which the town stands, and encamped over -against the American entrenchments. As usual these were formidable -enough, stretching across the isthmus from the Ashley to the Cooper, -and strengthened by a deep canal, two rows of abattis, and other -obstacles. Over and above the garrison of 6000 men within the town, the -Americans kept a force of militia and three regiments of cavalry, under -General Huger, on the upper forks and passes of the Cooper, whereby the -communications between the town and the back country were kept open. -The dislodgment of this corps of Huger’s was therefore indispensable -to the complete investment of Charleston; and the execution of this -task was intrusted to a picked force of 1400 men, including Tarleton’s -legion and the detachment of the Seventeenth.</p> - -<p>On the 12th April, therefore, Tarleton moved off to Goose Creek on his -way to Monk’s Corner, thirty miles from Charleston, where there lay -the American post that held Biggin’s Bridge over the Cooper. Knowing -that the enemy was superior to him in cavalry, he had determined to -make a night attack, and he had the good fortune on the way to pick -up a negro who acquainted him with the enemy’s dispositions. Learning -from this source that the American force was divided, the cavalry -being on his own side of the river and the infantry on the other, he -pushed on through the night, and at 3 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> surprised the main -guard of the cavalry. Galloping hard on the backs of the fugitives he -dashed straight into the camp, dispersed the far superior force that -lay there, and captured 150 prisoners, 400 horses, and 50 ammunition -waggons. The bridge being thus uncovered he at once ordered his -infantry across it against the American post on the other side; and -this having been captured, detached a force to seize Bowman’s Ferry, -which commanded another branch of the Cooper. This was promptly done, -and by the evening<span class="pagenum" id="Page_52">[52]</span> <span class="sni">1780.</span> the American communications on -the Cooper were cut through and Charleston completely isolated.</p> - -<p>The Americans, however, were not so easily to be baulked. Huger himself -and his principal officer, Colonel Washington,<a id="FNanchor_7" href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> had managed to escape -by hiding in a swamp, and before the end of April had begun to collect -another force of cavalry to the north of the Santee, a river which runs -parallel to the Cooper, and at its nearest point is not above twenty -miles from Biggin’s Bridge. On the 6th of May this force crossed the -Santee, snapped up a British foraging party, and prepared to recross -the river, a few miles lower down, at Lanew’s Ferry. Tarleton, who was -patrolling with the detachment of the Seventeenth and some of his own -dragoons, 150 men all told, learned what had happened, and pressed on -with all haste to catch the Americans before they could repass the -Santee. Once again he caught a superior force by surprise. Coming up -at 3 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> with the American vedettes he at once drove them in -upon the picquet, and was on the backs of the main body in an instant. -Five officers and 36 men were cut down, 7 officers and 60 men made -prisoners, and the rest, including Colonel Washington, driven into the -river to escape as best they could by swimming. Tarleton, who had lost -but two men and four horses killed, marched back to camp, twenty-six -miles, on the same evening, with the result that twenty horses died of -fatigue. But Tarleton, as we shall see, never spared men or horses.</p> - -<p>On the 12th May Charleston surrendered to General Clinton, who -thereupon prepared to return to New York. But first he sent three -expeditions up three different rivers to the interior to pursue the -advantages gained by the surrender. Of these three, one, under Lord -Cornwallis, was ordered to cross the Santee River and pursue a large -train of American stores and ammunition which, under the command of -Colonel Burford, was retreating in all haste by the north-east bank -towards North Carolina. Accordingly, on the 18th May, Cornwallis with -a mixed force<span class="pagenum" id="Page_53">[53]</span> <span class="sni">1780.</span> of 2500 men, including Tarleton’s -legion and the Seventeenth, marched off and crossed the Santee in -boats at Lanew’s Ferry. The legion and Seventeenth were then at once -detached to Georgetown to clear the left flank of Cornwallis’s line of -march, while the main body pursued its way up the river to Nelson’s -Ferry. Having rejoined Cornwallis at that point on the 27th, Tarleton -was detached once more with 40 men of the Seventeenth, 130 of the -legion dragoons, 100 mounted infantry, and a three-pounder field-gun, -to follow Burford by forced marches. So intense was the heat that -many both of the men and of the horses broke down; but by dint of -impressing fresh horses on the road the little column reached Camden -(sixty miles distant as the crow flies) on the following day. There -Tarleton learned that Burford was still far ahead of him, having left -Rugeley’s Mills (twenty miles as the crow flies beyond Camden) on the -26th. Moreover, American reinforcements were on the march to join -him from North Carolina, and both columns were making all haste to -effect a junction. Seeing that such junction must at all hazards be -prevented, Tarleton started off again at 2 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> on the 29th, -reached Rugeley’s Mills at daylight, and there <span class="sni">29th May.</span> -obtained information of Burford still in retreat twenty miles ahead of -him. In the hope of delaying him Tarleton sent him a message, wherein -he exaggerated the strength of his force, to summon him to surrender. -But Burford was too cunning either to pause or to surrender; so there -was nothing for Tarleton to do but to leave his three-pounder behind -and press on with his weary men and horses as best he could. At last -at three in the afternoon the British advanced parties came up with -Burford’s rear-guard, captured five men, and forced Burford to turn -and fight. His force was 380 infantry, a detachment of cavalry, and 2 -guns. The British had started but 300 strong, had marched a hundred and -five miles in fifty-four hours, and had perforce left some men behind -them on the way. Tarleton divided his little party into three columns, -whereof the men of the Seventeenth, under Captain Talbot, formed the -centre, and attacked at once.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_54">[54]</span> <span class="sni">1780.</span> The Americans reserved -their fire till the cavalry was within ten yards of them, but failed to -check the charge of the British, who galloped straight into the middle -of them and did fearful execution. Tarleton’s horse was killed under -him; and the men, thinking that their leader was dead, became mad. The -Americans lost 14 officers and 99 men killed; 8 officers and 142 men -wounded, 3 officers and 50 men prisoners, also 3 colours, 2 guns, and -the whole of their baggage train. The British lost but 2 officers and 3 -men killed, 1 officer (Lieutenant Patteshall of the Seventeenth) and 11 -men wounded, and 40 horses. After this action, known as the engagement -of Waxhaws, the Americans who were advancing from North Carolina -at once retired; and Tarleton rejoined Cornwallis at Camden. South -Carolina was now virtually cleared of American troops; and Cornwallis -having established a few outlying posts to keep order, and left Lord -Rawdon in command at Camden, returned to Charleston to take up the -business of civil administration.</p> - - - -<p>General Washington now detached 2000 men from the North to North -Carolina, which nucleus being reinforced by 4000 more men from -Virginia, entered South Carolina once more on the 27th July, and -advanced along the line of the Upper Santee upon Camden. To the great -disgust and disappointment of the British commander the whole country -welcomed the arrival of the Americans with joy, and Cornwallis in -great anxiety hastened up to Camden in person. General Gates with -6000 men was advancing in his front, General Sumpter with 1000 men -was threatening his communications with Charleston in rear; 800 of -the garrison of Camden were in hospital, and a bare 2000 men fit for -service. Nevertheless Cornwallis decided rather to advance against -Gates than to retreat upon Charleston; and accordingly marched at 10 -<span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> on the 15th August, almost exactly at the time when Gates -started down the same road to meet him. <span class="sni">16th Aug.</span> At 2 -<span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> the advanced parties of the two columns met, fortunately -just at a point where Cornwallis had reached a good position, his -flanks being secured by swampy ground, and the line of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_55">[55]</span> -<span class="sni">1780.</span> Gates’s advance narrowed by the same cause to a point which -prevented deployment of his far superior force. Cornwallis drew up his -little army in two lines, holding Tarleton’s cavalry in reserve in the -rear. Even this small force of mounted men had been weakened by the -recall of part of the Seventeenth to New York; but the regiment was -nevertheless represented. Cornwallis took the initiative, and after an -hour’s hard fighting broke up the Americans completely. Then Tarleton -was let loose with his men of the Seventeenth and dragoons of the -legion, who pursued the defeated army for twenty-two miles, capturing -seven guns, the whole of the baggage, and a great number of prisoners. -Cornwallis lost 345 men killed and wounded, nearly all of them from the -infantry, while the Americans lost in killed, wounded, and prisoners, -not far from 2000 men, a number equal to that of the whole British -force engaged.</p> - - - -<p>There still remained General Sumpter, with 1000 men well armed and -equipped, on the south side of the Wateree (Upper Santee), who was -now preparing to retreat to North Carolina. Tarleton with a mixed -force of 350 men was at once sent across the river after him; but by -noon on the day after the <span class="sni">17th Aug.</span> battle his troops -were so exhausted by fatigue and by the heat that he was forced to -pick out 100 cavalry and 60 infantry, and proceed with these alone. -After marching five miles further his advanced party came upon two -American vedettes, who fired and killed one dragoon. But the shots -caused no alarm in the American camp, for it was assumed that the -American militiamen, according to their usual habit, were merely -shooting at cattle. Tarleton’s men at once captured the vedettes, -and moved on to a neighbouring height, from which on peering over -the crest they discovered the Americans comfortably resting, without -the least suspicion of danger, during the heat of the day. General -Sumpter was not even dressed, so hot was the weather; and altogether -Tarleton’s task, thanks to his own energy, was once more an easy one. -The Americans were promptly attacked and dispersed with the loss of 150 -killed and wounded, and 300<span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">[56]</span> prisoners. -<span class="sni">1780.</span> Two guns, a -great quantity of stores and ammunition, and 250 loyalist prisoners -previously captured by Sumpter, also fell into Tarleton’s hands.</p> - -<p>Emboldened by this success, Lord Cornwallis advanced into North -Carolina, but owing to the destruction of one of his detachments -was compelled to fall back once more into South Carolina, and thus, -notwithstanding his victory at Camden, found himself in as bad a -position as ever. In November the indefatigable Sumpter, undismayed -by previous defeats, collected another force and again threatened -the British communications between Camden and Charleston. Once again -Tarleton was ordered to checkmate him; but this time fortune sided with -Sumpter. Tarleton on receiving his instructions moved off with his -usual swiftness, and interposing between Sumpter’s force and the line -of retreat into North Carolina, was on the point of cutting him off -before Sumpter had received the least warning of an enemy’s approach. -Unluckily, however, a deserter betrayed Tarleton’s movements, and thus -enabled Sumpter to get the start of him on his retreat. Tarleton none -the less followed hard after him, and having overtaken his rear-guard, -and cut it to pieces, hurried forward with a handful of 170 of the -Seventeenth and legion cavalry, and 80 mounted infantry, to catch -the main body before it could cross a rapid river, the Tyger, that -barred its line of march. At 5 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> on the 20th November he -finally overtook Sumpter at Blackstocks, and with his usual impetuosity -attacked him forthwith. The American force was 1000 strong, skilfully -posted on difficult ground, and sheltered by log huts. Tarleton’s men -were beaten back from all points, and being very heavily punished, were -forced to retire. But by chance Sumpter himself had been badly wounded; -and the Americans, without a leader to hold them together, retreated -and dispersed. Tarleton, therefore, although defeated, was successful -in gaining his point, and received particular commendation for this -action from Lord Cornwallis.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1780.</div> - -<p>In December reinforcements from New York were sent to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_57">[57]</span> South Carolina, -and among them a troop of the Seventeenth, which was added to -Tarleton’s command for the forthcoming operations. Cornwallis designed -to march once more into North Carolina. The Americans, true to their -habitual tactics, resolved to keep him in the South by harassing -his outlying posts, and to this end sent 1000 men under General -Morgan across the Broad River to attack Lord Rawdon in the district -known as “Ninety-six,” on the western frontier of South Carolina. -Cornwallis replied to this by detaching Tarleton, with a mixed force -of about 1000 men, to the north-west to cut off Morgan’s retreat. -<span class="sni">1781.</span> On the night of the 6th January, Tarleton, after -a very fatiguing march, managed to get within six miles of Morgan, -who retreated in a hurry, leaving his provisions half-cooked on the -ground. <span class="sni">7th Jan.</span> At three next morning Tarleton resumed -the pursuit, and at 8 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> came up with the American force, -disposed for action, at a place called the Cowpens. As usual Tarleton -attacked without hesitation, in fact so quickly that he barely allowed -time for his troops to take up their allotted positions. The 7th Foot -and legion infantry formed his first line, flanked on each side by -a troop of cavalry; the 71st Foot and remainder of the cavalry were -held in reserve. The Americans were drawn up in two lines, whereof -the first was easily broken, but the second stood firm and fought -hard. Seeing that his infantry attack was failing, Tarleton ordered -the troop of cavalry on the right flank to charge, which it duly did -under a very heavy fire, but being unsupported, was driven back by -Morgan’s cavalry with some loss. Tarleton then ordered up the 71st, -which drove back the Americans brilliantly for a time, but being, -like the rest of the British force, fatigued by the previous hours of -hard marching, could not push the attack home. The Americans rallied -and charged in their turn, and the British began to waver. Tarleton -ordered his irregular cavalry to charge, but they would not move; and -then the American cavalry came down upon the infantry, and all was -confusion. <span class="sni">1781.</span> “Where is now the boasting Tarleton?” -shouted Colonel Washington, as he galloped down on the broken<span class="pagenum" id="Page_58">[58]</span> ranks. -But the boasting Tarleton, who had driven Washington once to hide for -his life in a swamp, and once to swim for his life across the Santee, -was not quite done with yet. Amid all the confusion the troop of the -Seventeenth rallied by itself, and with these, a mere 40 men, and 14 -mounted officers who had formed on them, Tarleton made a desperate -charge against the whole of Washington’s cavalry, hurled it back, and -pressing on through them, cut to pieces the guard stationed over the -captured English baggage. Cornet Patterson of the Seventeenth, maddened -by Colonel Washington’s taunt, singled him out, and was shot dead by -Washington’s orderly trumpeter. Lieutenant Nettles of the Seventeenth -was wounded, and many troopers of the regiment likewise fell that day. -The survivors of that charge were the only men that left the field -with Tarleton that evening. The irregular cavalry was collected in the -course of the following days; but the infantry men were cut down where -they stood. Both the 7th and the 71st had done admirably throughout -their previous engagements in the war, and felt that their detachments -had not received fair treatment at Cowpens. The 71st, it is on record, -never forgave Tarleton to the last.</p> - -<p>In spite of his victory Morgan continued his retreat into North -Carolina, Lord Cornwallis following hard at his heels, but sadly -embarrassed by the loss of his light troops. Having been misled by -false reports as to the difficulty of passing the rivers of North -Carolina, Cornwallis marched into the extreme back country of the -province so as to cross the waters at their head, and on the 1st -February fought a brilliant little action to force the passage of the -Catawba. At the close of the day Tarleton’s cavalry had an opportunity -of taking revenge for Cowpens, and this time did not leave the -Seventeenth to do all the work alone. From the Catawba Cornwallis -pressed the pursuit of Morgan with increased energy, but failed, -though only by a hair’s breadth, to overtake him. <span class="sni">1781.</span> -Nevertheless, by the time he had reached Hillsborough, the American -troops had fairly evacuated North Carolina; and Cornwallis seized -the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_59">[59]</span> opportunity to issue a proclamation summoning the loyalists of -the province to the royal standard. The Americans replied by sending -General Greene with a greatly augmented force back into Carolina. -Thereupon the supposed loyalists at once joined Greene, who was thus -able to press Cornwallis back to a position on the Deep River. On the -14th March, Cornwallis, always ready with bold measures, marched out -with 2000 British to attack Greene with 7000 Americans, met him at a -place called Guildford, and defeated him with heavy loss. The cavalry -had no chance, though the Seventeenth was present at the action; but -the British infantry was terribly punished: 542 men were killed and -wounded in the fight; and Cornwallis thus weakened was obliged to -retire slowly down the river to Wilmington, which he reached on the 7th -April.</p> - -<p>The memory of Cornwallis’s campaigns in the Carolinas has utterly -perished. But although they issued ultimately in failure, they remain -among the finest performances of the British rank and file. The march -in pursuit of Morgan, which culminated in the action of Guildford -and the retreat to Wilmington, alone covered 600 miles over a most -difficult country. The men had no tents nor other protection against -the climate, and very often no provisions. Day after day they had to -ford large rivers and numberless creeks, which (to use Cornwallis’s -own words), in any other country in the world would be reckoned large -rivers. When, for instance, the Guards forced the passage of the -Catawba, they had to ford a rapid stream waist-deep for five hundred -yards under a heavy fire to which they were unable to reply. The -cavalry on their part came in for some of the hardest of the work, -being continually urged on and on to the front in pursuit of an -enemy which they could sometimes overtake, but never force to fight; -constantly engaged in petty skirmishes, losing a man here and a man -there, but gaining little for their pains, and at each day’s close -driven to their wits’ end to procure food for themselves and forage -for their horses. <span class="sni">1782.</span> By the time Cornwallis reached -Wilmington the cavalry were about<span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">[60]</span> worn out with their work on the -rear-guard, and, in Cornwallis’s words, were in want of everything. -But not a man of the army complained, and all, by Cornwallis’s own -testimony, showed exemplary patience and spirit. Meanwhile the -Americans gave him no rest. No sooner was his back turned on South -Carolina than they attacked his posts right and left, making particular -efforts against Lord Rawdon at Camden. In fact, in spite of all the -hard work done and the hardships endured with invincible patience by -the British troops, the state of the country was worse than ever—armed -parties of Americans everywhere and all communications cut. Cornwallis -was painfully embarrassed by his situation. To re-enter South Carolina -would be to admit that the operations of the past eighteen months had -been fruitless. He decided that the best course for him was to continue -his advance into Virginia, at the same time despatching messengers to -warn Lord Rawdon that he must prepare to be hard beset.</p> - -<p>Not one of these messengers ever reached Lord Rawdon. The perils of -bearers of despatches at this time were such that they could only -be conquered by more than ordinary devotion to duty. Fortunately an -instance of such devotion has been preserved for us from the ranks of -the Seventeenth. The case is that of a corporal, O’Lavery by name, -who was especially selected to accompany a bearer of despatches on a -dangerous and important mission. The two had not gone far before they -were attacked, and both of them severely wounded. The man in charge of -the despatch died on the road; the corporal took the packet from the -dead man’s hand and rode on. Then he too dropped on the road from loss -of blood, but sooner than suffer the papers to fall into the hands of -the enemy, he concealed it by thrusting it into his wound. All night -he lay where he fell, and on the following morning was found alive, -but unable to do more than point to the ghastly hiding-place of the -despatch. The wound thus maltreated proved to be mortal, and Corporal -O’Lavery was soon past all human reward. But Lord Rawdon, unwilling -that<span class="pagenum" id="Page_61">[61]</span> such gallant service should be forgotten, erected a monument to -O’Lavery’s memory in his native County Down.</p> - - - -<p>On the 25th of April Cornwallis, having refreshed his army, quitted -Wilmington and marched northward to Petersburg, <span class="sni">20th May.</span> -where he effected a junction with two bodies, amounting together to -3600 men, which had been despatched to reinforce him from England -and New York. With these he crossed the Appomattox in search of -Lafayette, and pursued him for some way north, destroying all the -enemy’s stores as he went. The Americans were now, in spite of their -continued resistance in South Carolina, in a distressed and desponding -position; but just at this critical moment their hopes were revived by -intelligence of coming aid from France. Clinton having discovered this -by interception of despatches, and learned further that an attack on -New York was intended, recalled half of Cornwallis’s troops to his own -command, and thus put an end to further operations in the South. It -is significant that Clinton begs in particular for the return of the -detachment of the Seventeenth; evidently he counted upon this regiment -above others in critical times. Thus for the moment operations in the -South came to a standstill and Cornwallis retired to Yorktown.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile Washington had raised an army in Connecticut and marched -down with it to his old position at Whiteplains, where he was joined -by a French force of 6000 men which had occupied Rhode Island since -June of the previous year. For more than a month Washington kept -Clinton in perpetual fear of an attack, until at last he received -intelligence that the expected French fleet under the Comte de Grasse -was on its way to the Chesapeake. Then he suddenly marched with the -whole army, French and American, to Philadelphia, and thence down the -Elk River to the Chesapeake. De Grasse had been there with 24 ships -and 3500 troops since the 30th, and had managed to keep his position -against the British fleet of 19 ships under Admiral Graves. This brief -command of the sea by the French virtually decided the war. <span class="sni">1782.</span> -Yorktown was invested on the 28th September,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_62">[62]</span> and on the 19th -October Cornwallis was compelled to surrender. From that moment the -war was practically over, though it was not until the 16th April 1783 -that Washington received, from the hand of Captain Stapleton of the -Seventeenth, the despatch that announced to him the final cessation of -hostilities.</p> - -<p>So ended the first war service of the 17th Light Dragoons. It will have -been remarked that since 1779 little has been said of the headquarters -of the regiment stationed at New York. The answer is that there is -little or nothing to say, no operations of any importance having been -undertaken in the North after the capture of Charleston. Yet it is -certain that the duties of foraging, patrolling, and reconnaissance -must have kept the men in New York perpetually engaged in trifling -skirmishes and petty actions, whereof all record has naturally -perished. A single anecdote of one such little affair has survived, -and is worth insertion, as exemplifying from early days a distinctive -trait of the regiment, viz. the decided ability of its non-commissioned -officers when left in independent command. We shall find instances -thereof all through the regiment’s history. Our present business is -with Sergeant Thomas Tucker, who, when out patrolling one day with -twelve men, came upon a small American post, promptly attacked it, -and made the garrison, which, though not large, was larger than his -own party, his prisoners. Tucker had accompanied the regiment from -England as a volunteer; he went back with it to England as a cornet. -Incidents of this kind must have been frequent round New York; and as -seventeen men of the Seventeenth, exclusive of those taken at Yorktown, -were prisoners in the hands of the Americans at the close of the war, -there can be no doubt that the garrison duty in that city was not mere -ordinary routine.</p> - -<p>A few odd facts remain to be noted respecting the officers. The first -of these, gleaned from General Clinton’s letter-book of 1780, is rather -pathetic. It consists of a memorial to the King from the 17th Light -Dragoons, setting forth “that they look upon themselves as particularly -distinguished, by having been employed in the actual service of their -country ever since the rebellion began<span class="pagenum" id="Page_63">[63]</span> in America. <span class="sni">1782.</span> -But its being the only regiment of Dragoons in this service, and their -promotion being entirely confined to that line, they cannot but feel -sensibly when they see every day promotion made over them of officers -of inferior rank.” I cannot discover that the least notice was taken of -this petition, hard though the case undoubtedly was; for many of these -officers held high staff appointments in New York. Lieutenant-Colonel -Birch was a local Brigadier-General, and towards the end of the war -was actually in command at New York; but he seems to have gained -little by it. On the other hand Captain Oliver Delancey made his -fortune, professionally speaking, through his success as Clinton’s -Adjutant-General from August 1781.</p> - -<p>As to the detachments employed in the South enough has already been -said. But it is worth while to correct the error into which other -writers have fallen, that the men of the Seventeenth were not with -Cornwallis in the campaign of North Carolina. The fact is rendered -certain by the mention of twenty-five men in the melancholy roll of the -capitulation of Yorktown, which twenty-five I take to be the remnant -of the small body that was permanently attached to Tarleton’s legion. -Moreover, it was not likely that Cornwallis, who was badly in want of -light troops, would have left them to do garrison work with Rawdon. The -loose expression “legion-cavalry” is so often used to cover the whole -of the mounted force under Tarleton’s command, that it is frequently -difficult to distinguish the detachment of the Seventeenth from the -irregulars. But the men of that detachment were not willing to sink -their individuality in the general body of legion dragoons. When their -old regimental uniform was worn out they were offered the green uniform -of the legion, but they would have none of it. They preferred to patch -their own ragged and faded scarlet, and be men of the Seventeenth. Nor -can we be surprised at it when we remember how the legion retired and -left a handful of the Seventeenth to face the victorious Americans -alone at Cowpens. This action gives a fair clue to the real seat of -strength in Tarleton’s cavalry.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_64">[64]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1782.</div> - -<p>Lastly, it must be noted that, although the history of the American War -is usually slurred over in consequence of its disastrous conclusion, -yet to the rank and file of the British army there is far more ground -therein for pride than for shame. British troops have never known -harder times, harder work, nor harder fighting, than in the fifteen -hundred miles of the march through the Carolinas. They were continually -matched against heavy odds under disadvantageous conditions, yet they -were almost uniformly victorious. The Americans fought and kept on -fighting with indomitable courage and determination, but it was not the -Americans but the French, and not so much the French army as the French -fleet, that caused Cornwallis to capitulate at Yorktown.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_065fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_065fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury.</i></p> - <p class="center p0 sm">OFFICER, Review Order.   PRIVATE, Field-day Order.   CORPORAL, Marching Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">1814.</p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_65">[65]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER VI<br /> -<span class="subhed">RETURN OF THE 17TH FROM AMERICA, 1783—IRELAND, 1793—EMBARKATION FOR -THE WEST INDIES, 1795</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1783.</div> - -<p>In 1783 the Seventeenth embarked from New York and returned to -Ireland, after an absence of eight years. I have failed to discover -the exact date. <span class="sni">1784.</span> The last muster in America is dated -New York, 29th June 1783; the first in Ireland, Cork, 14th January -1784, which latter date must be approximately that of their arrival. -This muster-roll at Cork is somewhat of a curiosity. Firstly, it is -written on printed forms, the earliest instance thereof in the history -of the Seventeenth; in the second place, it shows the regiment to be -327 men short of its proper strength, which is, to say the least of -it, singular; and, lastly, it shows that every troop had lost exactly -forty horses, no more and no less, cast and dead in America,—a -coincidence which sets one wondering who may have been the person or -persons that made money out of it. The regiment was now reduced to -a peace establishment of 204 non-commissioned officers and men, and -stationed at Mount Mellick, Maryborough, and other quarters in King’s -and Queen’s Counties. It also received new clothing, and for the first -time discarded the scarlet, which it had hitherto worn, for blue.</p> - -<p>The new kit, which, saving regimental distinctions, was issued to the -whole of the Light Dragoons, <span class="sni">April.</span> consisted of a blue -jacket, with white collar and cuffs and the whole front laced with -white cord, similar to the jackets now worn by the Horse Artillery. -The shade of blue was dark for regiments serving at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">[66]</span> home, -<span class="sni">1784.</span> and French gray for regiments serving in India. The helmet also -was altered to the new and seemingly very becoming pattern which is -to be seen in so many old prints. The leather breeches remained the -same, but the boots, for officers at any rate, were more in the Hessian -style. A coloured picture published at the beginning of the century -makes the new dress appear a very handsome one, in the case of the -Seventeenth Light Dragoons—the combination of light blue, silver lace, -and crimson sash, relieved by the black fur on the cap, being decidedly -pleasing. Let us note that the Seventeenth still retained their -mourning lace round the helmet, and the plume of scarlet and white. The -badge, of course, appears both on helmet and sabre-tasche, though, if -so small a point be worth notice, the skull is below and not above the -cross-bones. Shoulder-belts continued to be of buff leather, but the -sword-belt of 1784, henceforward worn round the waist, was black. It is -painful to have to add that in this year, when the Light Dragoons were -on the whole more becomingly and sensibly dressed than at any other -period of their existence, the abomination known as the shako made -its first appearance in the cavalry, being in fact the head-dress for -field-day order. Though not yet quite so extravagantly hideous as it -became under King George IV. it was sufficiently ugly—felt in material -and black in colour, with white lace curling spirally around it, and a -short red and white plume.</p> - -<p>Of the life of the regiment during the nine ensuing years there is -neither material nor, I think, occasion for an annual chronicle. -Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Birch still retained the command, and held -it until 1794. The only one of the original officers that remained, -Captain Robert Archdale, disappears from the regimental list after -1794, so that for two whole years Birch was the sole survivor.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile these were troublous days for Ireland. In the course of the -American War the country had been so far stripped of troops that, -in the alarm of French invasion in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_67">[67]</span> 1779, corps of volunteers, to -the nominal strength of 50,000 men, had been raised for purposes of -defence. <span class="sni">1784.</span> Unfortunately, however, these volunteers -did not confine themselves to military matters. They were, in Mr. -Froude’s words, armed politicians not under military law. As such they -twice received the thanks of the Irish House of Commons for political -services, and finally extorted the independence of the Irish Parliament -in 1782. They then attempted to establish a Legislative Assembly side -by side with the House of Commons, and virtually to dictate to it the -government of the country, and this although the peace of 1783 had -rendered their existence as a defending force wholly unnecessary. They -were suppressed by a little firmness, and therewith their character -changed. Hitherto, though supported in part by Catholic subscriptions, -the volunteers had consisted of Protestants only—men of position and -good character. These men now retired, and their arms fell into the -hands of ruffians and bad characters of every description. At last -in 1787 these volunteers, once the idol of Ireland, appeared to have -ceased their existence, but it was only for a time.</p> - - - -<p>The outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, with its cant words -of liberty, equality, and fraternity, turned many heads all the -world over, and nowhere more than in Ireland. The most significant -symptom thereof was the foundation of the Society of United Irishmen -by the rebel Wolfe Tone; whereof the main object was the propagation -and adoption of revolutionary principles, and ultimately rebellion. -<span class="sni">1792.</span> In 1792 some of Tone’s associates formed two -battalions of “National Guards,” which were to hold a great review -on the 9th December, but having been informed that they would muster -at their peril, very sensibly took care, after all, not to put in -an appearance. This happened in Dublin. But at Belfast and in the -North there was not less sympathy with the Jacobins and the extreme -revolutionists of France, and in Ulster too there were “National -Guards” of the same stamp.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793.</div> - -<p>The services of a regiment in aid of the civil power are<span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">[68]</span> so ungrateful -that they are better left unrecorded, nor would allusion here be made -to those of the Seventeenth but for the coincidence that they have -found a place in history. For in the year 1786 began one of those -periodic outbreaks of agrarian crime which have so often troubled -Ireland, the perpetrators being what are now called moonlighters but -were then known as whiteboys or defenders. Of the share taken by the -Seventeenth in the suppression of these defenders it is best to say -nothing, arduous though the work undoubtedly was. But it was a far -more serious matter when, early in April 1793, the “National Guard” -of Northern Republicans paraded in their green uniforms at Belfast, -undeterred by the suppression of their brethren in Dublin. In March, -General Whyte was sent down to compel their submission, the Seventeenth -forming part of his force. He thereupon sent four troops of the -regiment to disarm the “Guard” of these Republican volunteers. The rest -of the story is best told in Mr. Froude’s own words:—</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793.</div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>On the evening of the 9th March, a corporal and a private of -the 17th, off duty, strolled out of the barracks into the -city where they met a crowd of people round a fiddler who was -playing <i>Ça ira</i>. They told the fiddler to play God save -the King. The mob damned the King with all his dirty slaves, -and threw a shower of stones at them. The two dragoons, joined -by a dozen of their comrades, drew their sabres and “drove the -town before them.” Patriot Belfast had decorated its shops with -sign-boards representing Republican notables. The soldiers -demolished Dumouriez, demolished Mirabeau, demolished the -venerable Franklin. The patriots so brave in debate, so eloquent -in banquet, ran before half a dozen Englishmen. A hundred and -fifty volunteers came out, but retreated into the Exchange -and barricaded themselves. The officers of the 17th came up -before any one had been seriously hurt, and recalled the men -to their quarters. In the morning General Whyte came in from -Carrickfergus, went to the volunteer committee room, and said -that unless the gentlemen in the Exchange came out and instantly -dispersed, he would order the regiment under arms. They obeyed -without a word. The dragoons received a reprimand, but not too -severe, as the General felt that they had done more good than -harm.<a id="FNanchor_8" href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_69">[69]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793.</div> - -<p>Thus through two men of the Seventeenth the Irish volunteers were -finally brought to an end. It must be remembered in defence of these -two dragoons that their regiment had fought through the whole of the -American War, which had failed mainly through the Alliance of the -French with the Americans; and that it was a little hard on them, when -at home, to hear abuse of the King whom they served, and witness the -exaltation of French and American heroes. Moreover, in those days the -Irish had injured so many soldiers by hamstringing them when peaceably -walking in the streets that there was a deal of bad blood between the -Irish and the Army.</p> - -<p>In that same year began the great war with France which was destined to -last, with only a few months intermission, for the next twenty years, -and to be finally closed by the victory of Waterloo. The efforts of Mr. -Pitt were early directed against the French possessions in the West -Indies—a policy which, after having been for many years condemned, in -deference to the verdict of Lord Macaulay, has lately been vindicated -by a more competent and impartial authority, Captain Mahan of the -United States Navy. The richest of the French West Indies was the -Island of St. Domingo, which accordingly became one of Pitt’s first -objects. Ever since 1790, when the revolutionary principles of Paris -had first found their way thither, the island had been in a state of -disturbance, which had culminated, partly through mismanagement and -partly through wilful mischief, in a general rising of the negroes -against the whites, accompanied by all the atrocities that inevitably -attend a servile war and a war of colour. Of the white planters many -took refuge in Jamaica, whence they pressed the British Government -to take possession of St. Domingo, averring that all classes of the -population would welcome British dominion, and that on the first -appearance of a British force the Colony would surrender without a -struggle. It was the story of the Carolinas repeated, and we shall see -that the story had the same end.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793.</div> - -<p>St. Domingo, an island almost as large as Great Britain,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_70">[70]</span> in shape -greatly resembles a human right hand cut off at the wrist, and with -the thumb, second and third fingers doubled inwards; the wrist forming -the eastern end, and two long promontories, represented by the little -and first fingers, the western extremities. The French garrison in the -island consisted of 6000 regular troops, 14,000 white militia, and -25,000 negroes. The British force first directed against it consisted -of 870 rank and file, which with the help of a small squadron captured -<span class="sni">19th Sept.</span> and garrisoned the ports of Jeremie and Mole St. -Nicholas, <span class="sni">22nd Sept.</span> situated near the extremities of the -south and north promontories respectively. These posts, as commanding -the windward passage between St. Domingo and Cuba, were of considerable -strategic importance to the Navy. From Jeremie an expedition was -undertaken against Cape Tiburon, in reliance on the help of 500 -friendly Frenchmen, whom a French planter undertook to raise for the -purpose. Not 50 Frenchmen appeared, and the attack was a total failure. -Then came the rainy season, and with it the yellow fever, which played -havoc among the troops. Reinforcements being imperatively needed, -more men were withdrawn from Jamaica to St. Domingo, whereby, as will -presently appear, the safety of Jamaica was seriously compromised.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794.</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1794 the British succeeded in taking Tiburon and one -or two more ports, and finally in June they effected the capture of -Port au Prince. But the revolted negroes, under the command of a man -of colour, Andrew Rigaud, showed plainly by an attack on the British -post at Tiburon that they at any rate did not mean to accept British -rule. And now yellow fever set in again with frightful severity. A -small British reinforcement of 300 men lost 100 in the short passage -between Guadeloupe and Jamaica, left 150 more dying at Jamaica, and -arrived at Port au Prince with a bare 50 fit for duty. -<span class="sni">1795.</span> Then Rigaud again became active, and on 28th December succeeded -in recapturing Tiburon, after the British had lost 300 men out of 480.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_71">[71]</span></p> - -<p>When the news of all these calamities arrived in England, it was -resolved that four regiments of Light Cavalry should be sent dismounted -to St. Domingo in August, and that meanwhile detachments amounting -to eight troops of the 13th, 17th and 18th Light Dragoons should be -despatched to Jamaica forthwith. These last were, if required by the -General, to be sent on to St. Domingo; and as the General required them -very badly, being able to raise only 500 men fit for duty out of seven -regiments, he lost no time in asking for them.</p> - -<p>The detachments, including that from the Seventeenth, were accordingly -shipped off, when or from whence I have been unable to discover. As -little is known of the life on a transport in those days, it may be -worth while to put down here such few details as I have succeeded in -collecting. In the first place, then, hired transports seem generally -to have been thoroughly bad ships. That they should have been small was -unavoidable; but they seem as a rule to have been in every respect bad, -and by no means invariably seaworthy. Those who have seen in the naval -despatches of those days the extraordinary difficulty that was found in -keeping even men-of-war clean, and the foul diseases that were rampant -in the fleet through the jobbery and mismanagement of the Admiralty, -will not be inclined to expect much of the hired transports. Let us -then imagine the men brought on board a ship full of foul smells from -bad stores and bilge-water, and then proceed to a brief sketch of the -regulations.</p> - -<p>The first regulation is that the ship is to be frequently fumigated -with brimstone, sawdust, or wet gunpowder—no doubt to overcome the -pervading stench. Such fumigation was to begin at 7 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span>, when -the berths were brought up and aired, and be repeated if possible after -each meal. Moreover, lest the free circulation of air should be impeded -unnecessarily, it was ordained that married couples should not be -allowed to hang up blankets, to make them separate berths, <i>all over -the ship</i>, but in certain places only. <span class="sni">1795.</span> The men -were to be divided into<span class="pagenum" id="Page_72">[72]</span> three watches, one of which was always to be -on deck; and in fine weather every man was to be on deck all day, and -kept in health and strength by shot drill. For the rest the men were -required to wash their feet every morning in two tubs of salt water -placed in the forecastle for the purpose, to comb their heads every -morning with a small tooth comb, to shave, to wash all over, and to put -on a clean shirt at least twice a week.</p> - -<p>At the very best the prospects of a voyage to the West Indies a -century ago could not have been pleasant; but the experience of these -unfortunate detachments of dragoons seems to have been appalling. After -a terrible passage, in which some ships were cast away, and all were -seriously battered, a certain number of transports arrived in July at -Jamaica, and among them those containing two troops of the Seventeenth. -Jamaica not being their destination, they were told that their arrival -was an unfortunate blunder, and packed off again to St. Domingo. Think -of the feelings of those unhappy men at being bandied about in such a -fashion. They had not sailed clear of the Jamaican coast, however, when -they were hastily recalled. The Maroons had broken out into rebellion; -and the “unfortunate blunder” which brought the Seventeenth to Jamaica -was fated to prove a piece of great good luck to the island and a cause -of distinction to the regiment. But something must first be said of the -story of the Maroons themselves.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_73">[73]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER VII<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE MAROON WAR IN JAMAICA, 1795</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1795.</div> - -<p>The year 1795, as will presently be told when we speak of the services -of the Seventeenth in Grenada, was marked by a simultaneous revolt of -almost all the possessions of the British in the West Indies. Amid -all this trouble the large and important island of Jamaica remained -untouched. This was remarkable, for from its wealth it offered a -tempting prey to the French, and, from its proximity to St. Domingo, it -was easy of access to French agents of sedition and revolt, who could -pass into it without suspicion among the hundreds of refugees that had -fled from that unhappy island. Moreover, the garrison had been reduced -to great weakness by the constant drain of reinforcements for St. -Domingo. Still, in spite of some awkward symptoms, the Jamaica planters -remained careless and supine; and no one but the governor, Lord -Balcarres, a veteran of the American War, felt the slightest anxiety. -Such was the state of affairs when the squadron of the Seventeenth -arrived at Port Royal in July, and was sent on board ship again. Three -days later the Maroons were up in rebellion.</p> - -<p>The history of these Maroons is curious, and must be told at some -length if the relation of the war is to be rightly understood. Jamaica -was originally gained for the English by an expedition despatched by -Cromwell in 1655; but it was not until 1658 that the Spaniards, after -a last vain struggle to expel the British garrison, were finally -driven from the island. On their departure their slaves fled to the -mountains, and there for some<span class="pagenum" id="Page_74">[74]</span> years they lived by the massacre and -plunder of British settlers. <span class="sni">1795.</span> They seem to have -scattered themselves over a large extent of country, and to have kept -themselves in at least two distinct bodies, those in the north holding -no communication with those in the south. These latter, in their -district of Clarendon, being disagreeably near the seat of Government, -the British authorities contrived to conciliate and disperse; but -their fastnesses had not long been deserted by the Maroons when they -were occupied (1690) by a band of revolted slaves. These last soon -became extremely formidable and troublesome, their ravages compelling -the planters to convert every estate-building into a fortress; and at -last the burden of this brigandage became so insupportable that the -Government determined to put it down with a strong hand.</p> - -<p>At the outset the attacks of the whites on these marauding gangs met -with some success; but soon came a new departure. A man of genius arose -from among these revolted slaves, one Cudjoe by name, by whose efforts -the various wandering bands were welded into a single body, organised -on a quasi-military footing, and made twice as formidable as before. -Nor was this all. The Maroons of the north, who from the beginning -had never left their strongholds nor ceased their depredations, heard -the fame of Cudjoe, joined him in large numbers, and enlisted under -his banner. Yet another tribe of negroes, distinct in race from both -the others, likewise flocked to him; and the whole mass thus united -by his genius grew, about the year 1730, to be comprehended, though -inaccurately, by the whites under the name of Maroons (hog-hunters). -Cudjoe now introduced a very skilful and successful system of warfare, -which became traditional among all Maroon chiefs. The grand object -was to take up a central position in a “cockpit,” <i>i.e.</i> a glen -enclosed by perpendicular rocks, and accessible only through a narrow -defile. A chain of such cockpits runs through the mountains from -east to west, communicating by more or less practicable passes one -with another. These glens run also in parallel lines from north to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_75">[75]</span> -south, but the sides are so steep as to be impassable to any but a -Maroon. <span class="sni">1795.</span> Such were the natural fortresses of these -black mountaineers, in a country known to none but themselves. To -preserve communication among themselves they had contrived a system of -horn-signals so perfect that there was a distinct call by which every -individual man could be hailed and summoned. The outlets from these -cockpits were so few that the white men could always find a well-beaten -track which led them to the mouth of a defile; but beyond the mouth -they could not go. A deep fissure, from two hundred to eight hundred -yards long, and impassable except in single file, was easily guarded. -Warned by the horns of the scouts that an enemy was approaching, the -Maroons hid themselves in ambush behind rocks and trees, selected each -his man, shot him down, and then vanished to some fresh position. Turn -whither he might, the unlucky pursuer was met always by a fresh volley -from an invisible foe, who never fired in vain.</p> - -<p>Nevertheless the white men were sufficiently persistent in their -pursuit of Cudjoe to force him to abandon the Clarendon district; -but this only made matters worse, inasmuch as it drove him to an -impregnable fastness, whence there was no hope of dislodging him, -in the Trelawney district farther to the north-west. This cockpit -contained seven acres of fertile land and a spring of water. Its -entrance was a defile half a mile long; its rear was barred by a -succession of other cockpits, its flanks protected by lofty precipices. -Here Cudjoe made his headquarters and laughed at the white men. The -Maroons lived in indolent savagery while their provisions lasted, and -in active brigandage when their wants forced them to go and plunder. -They were fond of blood and barbarity, as is the nature of savages, -and never spared a prisoner, black or white. After nine or ten years -of successful warfare Cudjoe fairly compelled the whites to make -terms with him; and accordingly, in the year 1738, a solemn treaty -was concluded between Captains Cudjoe, Johnny, Accompong, Cuffee, -Quaco, and the Maroons of Trelawney town on the one part, and George -the Second, by the Grace of God King of Great Britain,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_76">[76]</span> France, and -Ireland, and of Jamaica Lord, on the other. <span class="sni">1795.</span> The terms -of the treaty granted the Maroons amnesty, fifteen hundred acres of -land, and certain hunting rights; also absolute freedom, independence, -and self-government among themselves—the jurisdiction of the chiefs -being limited only in respect of the penalty of death, and of disputes -in which a white man was concerned. On their part the Maroons undertook -to give up runaway slaves, to aid the king against all enemies, -domestic and foreign, and to admit two white residents to live with -them perpetually. A similar treaty was concluded with another body of -Maroons that had not followed Cudjoe to Trelawney from the windward end -of the island; and thus the Maroon question for the present was settled.</p> - -<p>From 1738 till 1795 Maroons gave little or no trouble. They remained -dispersed in five settlements, three of them to windward, but the -two of most importance to leeward, in Trelawney district. They lived -in a state midway between civilisation and barbarism, retaining the -religion—a religion without worship or ceremony—which their fathers -had brought from Africa, cultivating their provision grounds regularly, -if in rather a primitive fashion, breeding horses, cattle, and fowls, -hunting wild swine and fugitive slaves, and conducting themselves -generally in a harmless and not unprofitable manner. Their vices were -those of the white man, drinking and gambling, which of course gave -rise to quarrels; but they were ruled with a strong hand by their -chiefs, and kept well within bounds. Owing to the climate in which -they lived, some thousands of feet above the sea, and the free, active -life which they led, they were physically a splendid race—tall and -muscular, and far superior to the negro slaves whom, from this cause as -well as in virtue of their own freedom, they held in great contempt. -Moreover, the fact that they were employed to hunt down runaway slaves -helped greatly to make them friendly to the whites and hostile to the -blacks. In fact they held an untenable position, being bound to the -whites by treaty, and fighting in alliance with them both against -insurgent negroes, as in 1760, and white<span class="pagenum" id="Page_77">[77]</span> invaders, as in 1779–80, and -yet bound by affinity of race and colour to the very negroes that they -helped to keep in servitude. <span class="sni">1795.</span> Meanwhile they grew -rapidly in numbers and consideration. Certain restrictions to which -they had been subjected by Acts of the Jamaica Assembly at the time of -the treaty fell into disuse, and became a dead letter. They began to -leave their own district and wander at large about the plantations, -making love to the female slaves, becoming fathers of many children by -them, and thus gradually breaking down the barrier between themselves -and their fellow-blacks. Simultaneously the internal discipline of the -Maroons became seriously relaxed. Cudjoe and his immediate successors -had ruled them with a rod of iron; but at a distance of two generations -the authority of the chiefs, though they still bore the titles of -Colonel and Captain, had sunk to a mere name. For a time the Colonel’s -power in Trelawney was transferred to one of the white residents, a -Major James, who had been brought up among the Maroons, could beat the -best of them at their feats of activity and skill, and was considered -to be almost one of themselves. Of great physical strength and utterly -fearless, he would interpose in the thick of a Maroon quarrel, heedless -of the whirling cutlasses, knock down those that withstood him, and -clap the rebellious in irons without a moment’s hesitation. Naturally -so strong a man was a great favourite with the Maroons, who, while he -remained among them, were kept well in hand. But it so happened that -James succeeded to the possession of an estate which obliged him to -spend most of his time away from the Maroon town; and as a resident -who does not reside could be satisfactory neither to his subjects at -Trelawney nor his masters at Kingston, he was deprived of his post. -He, rather unreasonably, felt himself much aggrieved by the Government -in consequence; and the Maroons, who had been annoyed at his former -neglect, became positively angry at his involuntary removal. In plain -truth, the Maroons through indiscipline had got what is called “above -themselves,” and were ripe for any mischief.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_78">[78]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795.</div> - -<p>It was not long before matters came to a crisis. The new resident -appointed in place of James, though in character irreproachable, was -not a man to dominate the Maroons by personal ascendancy and courage. -A trifling dispute sprang up in the middle of July; the Trelawney -Maroons drove him from the town, and on the 18th sent a message to the -magistrates to say that they desired nothing but battle, and that if -the white men would not come to them and make terms, then they would -come down to the white men. With that they called in all their people, -and sent the women into the bush—nay, report said that they proposed -to kill their cattle and also such of their children as were likely to -prove an encumbrance to them.</p> - -<p>Lord Balcarres, when the news reached him, was not a little troubled. -At ordinary times it might have been politic to temporise and -conciliate, but now that the greater number of the islands were -aflame such policy seemed impossible. Here was a race of black men in -insurrection, who had successfully resisted the whites two generations -before, and now held an independent position in virtue of a solemn -treaty. The bare existence of such a community was a standing menace -at such a time. There was evidence that French agents were at work in -Jamaica; and it was remarkable that just at this time the negroes on -nine plantations, where the managers were known to be men of unusual -clemency, showed symptoms of unrest and discontent. It is evident from -Balcarres’s despatches that he had negro insurrection, so to speak, on -the brain, and it is certain that he was ambitious of military glory; -but he cannot be blamed at such a time for acting forcibly and swiftly. -For a fortnight endeavours were made to smoothe matters over, and with -some slight success, for six of the chiefs surrendered. But the main -body still held aloof; and Balcarres without further ado proclaimed -martial law. He took pains to obtain information as to every path and -track that led into the Maroon district, his plan being to seize these -and thus blockade the whole of it, though he admits that it would be a -difficult manœuvre to do so<span class="pagenum" id="Page_79">[79]</span> effectually “on a circle of forty square -miles of the most difficult and mountainous country in the universe.” -<span class="sni">1795.</span> On the 9th August the preparations were complete, and -the passes were seized; whereupon thirty-eight of the older and less -warlike Maroons surrendered, and were carried away under a guard and -kept in strict confinement. Seeing this the remainder at once set fire -to their towns (the old and the new town, as the two groups of shanties -half a mile apart were named), an action which was not misinterpreted -as “a signal of inveterate violence and hostility.” It was now clear -that the matter would have to be fought out.</p> - -<p>The force at Balcarres’s disposal was not great. The garrison consisted -of the 16th and 62nd Foot, both so weak as to number but 150 men -apiece fit for duty, and the 20th or Jamaica Light Dragoons. Besides -these there were the stray detachments of the 13th, 14th, 17th, and -18th Light Dragoons, and of the 83rd Foot, some of them very weak, -and probably amounting in all to little more than 400 men. Also there -was a fair force of local militia, with several local Major-Generals. -The Maroons of Trelawney numbered 660 men, women, and children; and -there were at least as many more in the other Maroon settlements, -which latter, though they never rose, were greatly distrusted by the -Governor. Balcarres resolved to surround the whole of the Trelawney -Maroon district, and made his dispositions thus:—Colonel Sandford, -with the 16th Foot and 20th Dragoons, covered one outlet to the north; -Colonel Hull, with 170 men of the 62nd Foot and of the Seventeenth, -another; Colonel Walpole, with 150 of the 13th and 14th Dragoons, -barred one approach from the south; and Balcarres himself, with the -83rd, took post to the south-west. The Seventeenth was represented by -one troop only, the other being on board ship on its way to St. Domingo.</p> - -<p>On the 12th August the Maroons opened the war by attacking a militia -post, and killing and wounding a few men. On the same day Lord -Balcarres ordered Colonel Sandford to attack and carry the new town -from his side, and having done<span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">[80]</span> so, to halt and cut off the retreat -of the Maroons, while he himself attacked the old town from his own -side. <span class="sni">1795.</span> Off started Colonel Sandford, accordingly, with -forty-five of the 18th Dragoons, mounted, a body of militia infantry, -and a number of volunteers—the latter men of property in the country, -and “all generals,” as Balcarres sarcastically remarked. In spite of -the steepness and difficulty of the ground the little column advanced -rapidly with great keenness. <span class="sni">12th Aug.</span> The Maroons on their -approach quietly evacuated the site of the new town, and withdrew -into a deep defile, three-quarters of a mile long, which formed their -communication with the old town. Presently up came Sandford, and to -his great joy carried the new town without opposition. Flushed with -success he started off, in disobedience to orders, to take the old -town, pressing on with his mounted men, dragoons, and volunteers, at -such a pace that the militia could not keep up with him. Thus hurrying -into the trap laid for him, he plunged into the defile. The column, -which was half as long as the defile, had passed two-thirds of the way -through it, when a tremendous volley was poured into its whole length. -Not a Maroon was to be seen, and the column continued its advance. A -second volley followed: Colonel Sandford fell dead; and then the column -began to run. The officer of the 18th, seeing that retreat through the -defile would be fatal, dashed straight forward at a small party of -Maroons which he saw ahead, broke through them, and galloping headlong -through a breakneck country, brought the remains of his detachment -safely to Lord Balcarres’s camp. Two officers and thirty-five men -were killed, and many more wounded in this little affair; and the -militia (who had not been under fire) were so far demoralised that they -evacuated the new town and retired. That night (though Balcarres knew -it not) every Maroon warrior got blind drunk. Sixty of them were so -helpless even on the following afternoon that they had to be carried -into the cockpit by the women.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795.</div> - -<p>Though the Seventeenth was not engaged in this affair, it<span class="pagenum" id="Page_81">[81]</span> has been -necessary to describe it at length in order to show how formidable an -enemy these Maroons were. <span class="sni">14th Aug.</span> Two days after the -engagement the second troop of the regiment was disembarked from the -transport in Montego Bay, and moved up to the front. British dragoons -have rarely been better mounted than these detachments in Jamaica. The -island is famous for its horses; and every trooper rode a thoroughbred.</p> - -<p>Mortified by his failure, Balcarres hurried up reinforcements of -militia and stores, the conveyance of the latter proving, from the -difficulty of the country, to be a frightful task. On the 18th August -he reoccupied the new town, unopposed, and on the 23rd moved with -three columns under Colonels Fitch, Incledon, and Hull, against the -old town. The march was made at daybreak and in profound silence; -and the old town was duly captured, as Balcarres fondly imagined, by -surprise. The real fact was that the Maroons, disliking the insecurity -of the towns, had evacuated them a week before and withdrawn into -the cockpits, leaving only a small alarm-post outside. These Maroon -sentries fired a few shots and wounded three men, two of them troopers -of the Seventeenth, and quietly retired upon their main body. Balcarres -then established a post and a block-house on the site of the new town, -occupied every approach, and set himself to destroy all the Maroon -provision grounds, with the idea of cooping them up and starving them -out. He might as well have tried to pen a swarm of mosquitoes in a -lion’s cage. The Maroons quietly passed out and burnt and plundered an -estate house six miles in rear of Balcarres’s headquarters.</p> - -<p>At the end of August the rainy season set in, and transport became -a matter of extreme difficulty. Balcarres himself returned to Port -Royal, and left to Colonel Fitch the duty of completing the cordon -round the Maroon district. Fresh obstacles cropped up at every moment. -The principal planters to the south-west of the Maroon district, by -which side access to it was easiest, were relations of Major James, -who took up his<span class="pagenum" id="Page_82">[82]</span> grievances warmly and laid themselves out to thwart -the Governor. <span class="sni">1795.</span> One of these, a local Major-General, -eighty years of age, and recently married to a wife of twenty, took -offence because Balcarres appointed a regular Major-General to command -the field force over his head. Another local Major-General suddenly -abandoned operations with his militia in the middle of a concerted -movement, on the remarkable ground that he had promised his wife to -return to her in a week, and had already been absent ten days. It was -only with the greatest difficulty that the troops, exposed to most -arduous service and every possible hardship, could be kept supplied -with food. Frequently they passed the whole day without a morsel to -eat. To discourage them still further, the militia went home and left -the regulars to do all the work; and, finally, the climax came when the -commanding officer, Colonel Fitch himself, <span class="sni">12th Sept.</span> was -caught in an ambuscade, and with two other officers shot dead.</p> - -<p>The control of the operations was now entrusted to Colonel Walpole, -who at once hastened to Trelawney with all speed. He found the troops -sickly and dispirited, and worn out with incessant duty. It was -pretty clear that the idea of confining the Maroons by a cordon was -an absurdity, and that the destruction of their provision ground only -drove them oftener afield to massacre, plunder, and destroy. After -weeks of hard work the small British force had lost two field officers -and seventy men killed in action alone, to say nothing of wounded, -and men dead from sickness and fatigue, while not a single Maroon -was certainly known to have been killed. The situation was becoming -serious: the negroes had begun to join the Maroons; the French might -come at any moment; and then there would be every likelihood of a -general revolt of the blacks against the whites, such as had already -taken place in the Windward Islands. Walpole soon altered the whole -plan of operations. He began by redistributing his posts, so as to -command the mouths of the cockpits, employing negroes to clear away the -jungle from the approaches and from the heights above them. -<span class="sni">1795.</span> He then set to work to train some of his men<span class="pagenum" id="Page_83">[83]</span> in the tactics of -Maroon warfare, the essence of which was that men should work together -in pairs or groups, one man taking charge of another’s arms when he -required both hands for climbing, and that above all they should take -advantage of cover. Walpole had three infantry regiments with him; but -the men that he chose for this work were the 17th Light Dragoons, and -he did not regret his choice. So the two troops of the Seventeenth were -dismounted and turned into mountaineer marksmen.</p> - -<p>Colonel Walpole soon put his men into good heart by playing off the -Maroon trick of ambuscades against themselves; for he lay in wait for -one of their foraging parties, cut it off, and destroyed it to a man. A -week later he sent a party of the Seventeenth along the right crest of -the main cockpit in order to try and discover some fresh entrance into -it. The party soon encountered the Maroons and became hotly engaged. -The whole force of the Seventeenth numbered but forty men, of whom -a fourth had been left in reserve under the command of a sergeant. -Unfortunately, when called up in support, this sergeant led his handful -of men straight into the mouth of the cockpit, where, of course, there -was a bullet ready for every one of them. The main body, however, -kept together, and was brought off in good order when compelled to -retire by want of ammunition. Of the forty men one sergeant and three -men were killed, and nine men wounded—a pretty heavy loss. None the -less the Maroons were considerably dismayed by this bold attack, for -hitherto they had been accustomed to lie hidden while the white men -poured harmless volleys into the unresisting mountains. Still more -dismayed were they when Walpole, having cleared the heights of jungle, -managed by hook or by crook to get a howitzer in position and began to -drop shells into the cockpit. In a very short time the Maroons were -driven out of this favourite position, and compelled to withdraw to -the adjoining cockpit. This was a serious matter for them, for the -abandoned cockpit contained a spring of water. Walpole at once followed -them up with the howitzer and drove them out of their second retreat. -<span class="sni">1795.</span> The Maroons then withdrew to a stupendous<span class="pagenum" id="Page_84">[84]</span> height -so as to be out of reach of the shells. But a young cornet of the -Seventeenth, Oswald Werge by name, saw one of the Maroon women leave -the height to draw water, followed her unseen, and thus discovered the -one path that led to the Maroon position. By this path the Seventeenth -advanced, and again drove out the Maroons, who now retired down a very -steep precipice into a third cockpit, where there was a spring of -water. The Seventeenth occupied the abandoned height, and a detachment -of the 62nd Foot under Colonel Hull marched into the virgin fortress of -Cudjoe. They were the first white men who had ever penetrated into it, -but they could never have entered it if the Seventeenth had not cleared -the way.</p> - -<p>What time was occupied by these operations, and with what loss to the -Seventeenth, I have unfortunately been unable exactly to determine. -There seems to have been a critical action on the 15th December, to -which General Walpole makes allusion, but whereof no account can -be found. All that is known is that thirty men of the Seventeenth, -together with ten of another regiment (probably the 62nd) were -posted so as to intercept the Maroons in one of Walpole’s concerted -movements, the whole detachment being under the command of a subaltern, -who was not of the Seventeenth. The Maroons, however, managed to -surprise this party, and shot down a certain number, including the -officer, who, being disabled by his wound, made over the command to -Sergeant-Major Stephenson of the Seventeenth. Stephenson was quite -equal to the occasion. Far from being dismayed, he rallied his men and -made a counter attack on the Maroons with a vigour that astonished -them. Such conduct would have been creditable at any time, but it -becomes particularly conspicuous when we think of the scare that had -been created in Jamaica by the reputation and first successes of the -Maroons. Stephenson was offered a commission in the infantry for his -gallantry on this occasion, but stuck to his own regiment, in the hope -of gaining a commission in the Seventeenth.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">18th Dec.</div> - -<p>Three days after, Colonel Hull, still following up the Maroons<span class="pagenum" id="Page_85">[85]</span> with -his little force of the Seventeenth and 62nd, fell in with them -strongly posted on a precipitous hillside. <span class="sni">1795.</span> The -British halted on the acclivity over against them; and both sides -opened a heavy fire. After about a dozen of the Maroons had fallen they -ceased firing and began to blow their horns, as if desirous of seeking -a parley. Thereupon the English fire was checked, and the Maroons were -then told that the Colonel would grant them peace. -<span class="sni">18th Dec.</span> For a long time they refused to believe it until Mr. Oswald -Werge, of the Seventeenth, coolly threw down his arms, scrambled -down to the valley below, and invited the Maroons to come and shake -hands. It was an act of uncommon courage, for both sides, true to -Maroon tactics, kept themselves carefully under cover; and therefore -the first man to show himself, however pacific his intention, stood -a good chance of being shot down. Werge’s coolness, however, saved -him. The Maroons took courage. One of them came down and shook hands -with him, and presently exchanged hats with him, which was the Maroon -symbol of perfect friendship. Thereupon it was agreed that hostilities -should cease, and that Colonel Walpole should be sent for; and it was -stipulated that neither British nor Maroons should advance until his -arrival. Still neither force trusted the other; and, accordingly, the -two tiny armies lay on their arms, weary, and worn and thirsty, to -glare at each other through the livelong night. In the valley between -them was a well; but in order that neither force should take an unfair -advantage, it was agreed that British and Maroons alike should post -two sentries over it. At length, however, the Maroons, unable longer -to endure the agony of thirst, begged that the British sentries might -be withdrawn while they drank, and engaged to withdraw their own in -turn that the British too might drink. So both sides came down to the -well and drank; and then the guard was posted again, and the rest -returned to their arms. It must have been a strange scene, this of -the rival sentries over the spring in that savage rocky glen—on the -one side the wild negro of the mountain, his splendid athletic form -barely concealed by a few foul rags, on the other the trooper<span class="pagenum" id="Page_86">[86]</span> of the -Seventeenth, <span class="sni">1795.</span> bronzed, and lean, and haggard after -months of harassing work, with his blue jacket faded, his white facings -weeks soiled, his white breeches and Hessian boots sadly the worse for -wear; but always erect and alert, and proud in the consciousness that -he had beaten the dreaded Maroons on their own ground. There must have -been good discipline in these sixty-four men of the Seventeenth and -the fifty of the 62nd, seeing that with all the burden of a tropical -climate on their backs they had outstayed the native mountaineers in -the deliberate endurance of thirst within sight of water.</p> - -<p>This action ended the war. The Maroons surrendered to Walpole, and -submitted to beg His Majesty’s pardon on their knees, while Walpole -on his side promised that they should not be sent out of the island. -This promise was violated by the Jamaica Government, whereat Walpole -was so disgusted that he not only refused a sword of honour from the -Jamaica Parliament, but resigned his commission. Thus the Seventeenth -never had a chance of fighting under this gallant officer again. When -he took charge of the operations the Jamaica Government was in such -despair of quelling the Maroons that it actually imported a hundred -bloodhounds from Cuba to hunt them down. When the hounds arrived the -war was virtually over; and Walpole, in a letter to Lord Balcarres, has -recorded to whom the credit was due:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>I must not omit to mention to your Lordship that it is to the -impression made by the undaunted bravery of the 17th Light -Dragoons, who were more particularly engaged on the 15th -December, that we owe the submission of the rebels. The Maroons -speak of them with astonishment. Mr. Werge was particularly -signalised with the advanced guard, and the sergeant-major -of that regiment is strongly recommended for his spirit and -activity by the Commanding Officer, Mr. Edwards, who is in every -way deserving of your Lordship’s opinion.</p> -</div> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_087fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_087fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury.</i></p> - <p class="center p0 sm">OFFICER. Review Order.   PRIVATE. Field-day Order.   OFFICER. Stable Dress.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">1817–1823.</p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_87">[87]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER VIII<br /> -<span class="subhed">GRENADA AND ST. DOMINGO, 1796</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1795.</div> - -<p>While these two troops of the Seventeenth were making a name for the -regiment in Jamaica, the remainder were very differently engaged. On -the 6th August four troops embarked at Cork, 189 men being present and -194 absent in Jamaica and elsewhere, and sailed to Portsmouth, where -they joined the cavalry camp at Netley, under Lord Cathcart. On the -21st September (according to the official record) they embarked for St. -Domingo. From that date, if it be correct, it is extremely difficult to -trace them. They formed part of the great expedition for the reconquest -of the West Indies beyond all doubt; but that expedition did not sail -until November, when the huge fleet of transports, under the convoy of -Admiral Christian’s squadron, was one of the most wonderful sights ever -seen by Englishmen. The ships were not clear of the Channel before they -were dispersed, many of them being lost, with appalling loss of life, -by a storm. The fleet, all that was left of it, sailed again on the 9th -December, and was again met by a storm, greatly damaged, and compelled -to return to Spithead on the 30th. On the 26th December 100 transports -were missing, of which no one knew whether they were afloat or gone -to the bottom. It was not until the following March that Sir Ralph -Abercromby, the Commander-in-Chief of the expedition, after having been -a third time driven back to England by gales in February, contrived -finally to reach Barbados, the headquarters of the British forces in -the West Indies.</p> - -<p>The Seventeenth, or at any rate some of them, appear to have<span class="pagenum" id="Page_88">[88]</span> reached -the West Indies earlier than this. <span class="sni">1795.</span> Two troops were -employed, we are told, as marines on board H.M.S. <i>Hermione</i>, -the ill-fated ship which in 1797 was the scene of one of the most -disgraceful mutinies in the history of the British navy. Fortunately -the Seventeenth had no share in the massacre of officers and -delivery of the ship to the Spaniards, which make the name of the -<i>Hermione</i> a byword. The two troops were landed at Martinique; but -in order to understand why they were needed there it is necessary to -glance at the history of the West Indies during the year 1795.</p> - -<p>It has already been said that Mr. Pitt made early attack on the French -Antilles. In addition to the expedition to St. Domingo, he in 1794 -sent General Grey and Admiral Jervis to reduce the French islands of -Martinique and Guadeloupe, which object they successfully accomplished. -The adjacent islands of Grenada and St. Vincent had already been -surrendered to us by France in previous wars, and were known as the -French Ceded Islands. In 1795, however, the French contrived to stir -up revolt against the English in the whole of these islands; and as in -those days the French Revolutionists stuck at nothing, they did not -hesitate to rouse the whole negro population, free and slave, against -the British and ally themselves with it. The result was a quasi-civil -war of the most barbarous kind—in fact, a turning loose of all the -worst characters in the West Indies on the track of massacre and -plunder. The garrisons of the British islands were so weak that in some -cases, as in St. Lucia, they were overpowered and in others pressed -to extremity. Grenada being the island wherewith the Seventeenth was -engaged, it is necessary to glance at the course of the revolt therein.</p> - -<p>Grenada, like most of the West Indian Islands, is simply a rugged, -confused mass of volcanic hills, rising at their highest to three -thousand feet. For the most part it is covered with jungle, but in -the valleys and on the less precipitous ground the soil is fertile, -and grows fine crops of sugar-canes and cacao. In shape the island -is elliptical: it measures at its longest, from north to south, -about twenty miles; at its broadest, from east to west, about<span class="pagenum" id="Page_89">[89]</span> ten -miles. <span class="sni">1795.</span> There are two little ports, St. Andrews and -Grenville, on the windward or east side; another at the north point, -Sauteurs; and two more on the leeward or western side, Charlottetown -and St. George’s, the capital. The garrison in 1795 consisted of 150 -men of the 58th Foot, quartered in the barracks at St. George’s, and in -the old fort, called Fort George, which still commands the entrance to -the harbour.</p> - -<p>It was on the 2nd March 1795 that the revolt broke out in Grenada. None -of the English had the least idea that it was coming. The Governor -himself had gone away on a trip to the leeward side of the island, -unconscious of any mischief. Before the morning of the 3rd of March -had dawned the negroes had massacred the whites at Grenville Bay -to windward, captured those at Charlottetown to leeward, and held -forty-two of them, including the unlucky Governor, as prisoners in -their hands. The civilian next in rank to the Governor at once took -command of the island, sent to Martinique, Barbados, and Trinidad for -assistance, and called out the local militia. This done he sent the 150 -men of the 58th, together with the militia, to attack the insurgent -post at Charlottetown. But when it came to the point the militia was -not to be found—every man had fled on board the coasting vessels. The -insurgents’ position being very strong, the 58th could not attack it, -and were compelled to return to St. George’s.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">12th Mar.</div> - -<p>On the 12th March General Lindsay arrived from St. Lucia (which as yet -was still quiet) with 150 men of the 9th and 68th Foot, and on the -17th attacked the insurgents, who forthwith retired to an impregnable -position. Then the tropical rain came down and put a stop to all -further operations. There are not many roads in Grenada now, and -there were still fewer then—mere narrow, cobble-paved tracks, hardly -wide enough for any wheeled vehicle. In fact these West Indies are -miserable places to fight in, as this poor handful of British soldiers -now discovered. Soaked with rain, exhausted by the stifling heat, and -broken down by fever, the men had to tramp back as best they<span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">[90]</span> could. -<span class="sni">1795.</span> General Lindsay in the delirium of fever committed -suicide, and his successor saw that without a stronger force it was -useless to attack the rebels. Meanwhile the head of the insurgents, -a ruffianly mulatto named Fédon, issued a proclamation threatening -death to all who helped the English, and announcing openly that he -would retaliate for any measures of repression by slaughtering his -prisoners. As a natural consequence the negroes flocked to his standard -in thousands, and laid the whole island waste.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1st April.</div> - -<p>On the 1st of April there arrived a weak reinforcement of the 25th and -29th Foot, probably about 400 men, from Barbados. With these and a -few blue-jackets Brigadier Campbell attacked the insurgent stronghold -on the 8th, but was repulsed. The rebel position was of extraordinary -strength, well chosen, well fortified by abattis and other obstacles, -and strongly manned. The British troops did all that men could do, with -everything—numbers, climate, and tropical rain—against them; but they -were compelled to retreat with the loss of 100 killed and wounded. -Fédon then brought out his prisoners and cut the throat of every one.</p> - -<p>Then, as usual, together with the rains came the yellow fever. The -British troops suffered frightfully. “The 25th and 29th begin to fall -down fast,” says the General in a letter of 11th May. “Twenty died last -week and six were carried off yesterday.” So things went from bad to -worse. No reinforcements could be obtained from the other islands, for -one and all (excepting Barbados) were in a worse position than Grenada. -St. Lucia had been evacuated; St. Vincent, after desperate fighting, -was at the last gasp. In fact it seemed as if the West Indies were lost -to England. By December the insurgent force in Grenada amounted to -10,000 men, well armed, furnished with artillery, and led by trained -white French officers. The British troops, outnumbered on every side, -were compelled to abandon the ports which they had tried to hold on -the coast, and retire to St. George’s. The rebels, or brigands as -they were called, threatened to attack them<span class="pagenum" id="Page_91">[91]</span> even there. -<span class="sni">1795.</span> Nothing but the capture of the capital was wanting to give them -absolute possession of the whole island.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1796.</div> - -<p>But at last the tide began to turn. The long-awaited reinforcements -from England had arrived at Barbados, and the relief of Grenada was -at hand. On the 4th March 588 men from the 10th, 25th, and 88th Foot, -under Brigadier Mackenzie, arrived at St. George’s. They had lost -45 men in the course of a two days’ passage; but their arrival was -timely, for it compelled the insurgents to retire from before the -capital. A week later further reinforcements from the 3rd, 8th, and -63rd Foot and the Seventeenth Light Dragoons landed at Sauteurs, at -the extreme north point of the island. What were the numbers of the -Seventeenth I have not been able to ascertain. One account says two -troops, and I am inclined to think that this is correct. Whence these -troops came, whether from England or Martinique, it is impossible to -say. On the 24th March, pursuant to the designs of Brigadier Campbell, -the forces at Sauteurs, 700 men in all, and those from St. George’s, -converged—the former by land, the latter by sea—upon the new position -which the rebels had entrenched at Port Royal or Grenville. The troops, -having been landed, worked during the night at the construction of a -three-gun battery, and opened fire at daybreak next morning. But before -attacking the main position on the principal heights, it was necessary -first to clear some secondary heights adjoining them. -<span class="sni">25th Mar.</span> For this duty the detachment of the 88th was detailed; but such -was the difficulty of the ground that it was two hours before the -88th could even get near the enemy, and when they reached them it was -only to be driven back. With great reluctance Campbell, who had made -his dispositions not only to drive the rebels out, but to cut them -off on every side, was compelled to bring up the 8th Foot to support -their attack. Just at that moment a few of the rebels sneaked round to -the rear of the British and set fire to the stores on the beach; and -the conflagration was hardly extinguished when two French schooners -anchored in the bay and began to land troops under cover of their -artillery fire. Campbell saw that no time<span class="pagenum" id="Page_92">[92]</span> was to be lost. -<span class="sni">1796.</span>Under a heavy cross fire from the rebel batteries ashore, and -the guns of the schooners afloat, the Seventeenth charged down the -beach and swept it clean, cutting down every soul. They then rallied -and took post under cover of a hill. Meanwhile Campbell, quickly -concentrating his infantry, led them straight to the assault, and, -not without a severe struggle, carried the entrenchments by storm. -The insurgents fled in all directions, but they did not get off scot -free; for, as they emerged upon the low ground, the Seventeenth swooped -upon them and did great execution. Three hundred brigands, mostly -<i>sans-culottes</i> from Guadeloupe, are said to have met their fate -at the hands of the regiment that day. No prisoners were taken: it -was not a time for taking prisoners; and the survivors of the pursuit -took refuge in their original stronghold opposite Charlottetown. The -total British loss was 12 officers and 135 men killed and wounded. The -Seventeenth lost but 4 men wounded, one horse killed, and two horses -wounded; but the detachment, together with its commander Captain John -Black, was highly commended both in orders and despatches for its -behaviour in the action.</p> - -<p>After this engagement nothing more was done for a time, owing to the -general confusion caused by the revolt. The Seventeenth was moved to -St. George’s and quartered in Government House, much to the disgust of -the new Governor, who arrived in April and wanted the house to himself. -<span class="sni">17th Mar.</span> Meanwhile the main expedition under Sir Ralph -Abercromby had at last arrived from England and was concentrating -at Barbados. He turned his attention first to St. Lucia, which was -recaptured on the 24th May, and then to St. Vincent, which was finally -relieved on the 10th June. <span class="sni">19th June.</span> A few days later he -sent a force to Grenada, which landed at Charlottetown and advanced -upon Morne Quaqua, the great rebel stronghold, from the west, while a -second column moved against it from the east. This Morne Quaqua was a -remarkable position. The rebel camp was on a height at a considerable -elevation, and above it rose a rocky precipice accessible only by a -narrow path, which path, together with the lower ground beneath it, -was commanded by a field-gun and several swivels and wall-pieces. Above -this rose another bluff with another gun in position, and finally above -this again, at the head of a very steep ascent, came the summit. Felled -trees and abattis made good any points that nature might have left -unstrengthened. Nevertheless, the French commandant, when he saw the -advance of the British columns, lost heart and surrendered. Fédon and -the desperate faction thereupon led out their English prisoners, some -twenty in number, stripped them, bound them, and murdered them. They -then fled to the jungle, where they were hunted down by the troops and -hanged in twos and threes. Fédon alone, most unfortunately, was never -caught.</p> - -<p>So ended the relief of Grenada, wherein the Seventeenth took decidedly -a leading part. How long the detachment remained in the island it is -impossible to discover, but probably not for very long; for by August, -so far as can be gathered from scattered notices, five troops of the -regiment were at St. Domingo and three at Jamaica. It is to these -three latter that a muster-roll taken in December 1796 most probably -refers,—a ghastly document wherein, unfortunately, the place of muster -is not mentioned. It shows that between 25th June and 24th December -1796, of—</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li>12 sergeants 7 died,</li> - <li>116 privates 76 died,</li> - <li>2 trumpeters both died.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p>Thirty-seven men out of 130 died in a single week, and but forty-five -were left alive when the muster was taken. Captain John Black, -who had done so well in Grenada, was dead by July; one of the -Lieutenant-Colonels, George Hardy, had died a month before him. Such -was yellow fever in the West Indies a hundred years ago.</p> - -<p>Of the services of the regiment in St. Domingo it has been extremely -difficult to gather any information, owing to the absence of all St. -Domingo despatches from the Record Office. It would appear, however, -that the Seventeenth was quartered at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_94">[94]</span> Jeremie under the orders of -General Bowyer. <span class="sni">1796.</span> The French, under the command of -the coloured man Rigaud, were very active, in the spring of 1796, -in attacking the various scattered posts occupied by the British on -the south-eastern promontory of St. Domingo, round about Jeremie. -<span class="sni">8th Aug.</span> In August, General Bowyer being apprehensive of -further attack on these posts, sent Captain Whitby with two subalterns -and sixty rank and file of the Seventeenth, dismounted, eastward to -Caymites, <i>en route</i> for the two posts named Fort Raimond and Du -Centre. <span class="sni">10th Aug.</span> At this latter place they arrived on -the 10th. Whitby had hardly time to send a small detachment of the -13th Light Dragoons to Raimond, when that post was attacked by the -French, who were repulsed with severe loss. Whitby then reinforced -Raimond still further by a detachment of twenty men of the Seventeenth -under Lieutenant Gilman, who took post in the block-house. On the -12th the enemy were still before the block-house, keeping up a heavy -though not very effective fire, when Gilman at last grew tired of it, -sallied out with his twenty men of the Seventeenth and a few Colonial -irregulars, and drove them off into the jungle. The French left a small -field-gun behind them, and sixty-three dead on the field, sixteen of -whom were whites. Many more dead and wounded were found dead in the -jungle afterwards. “I am happy to say,” wrote General Bowyer, “that -in this gallant affair the Seventeenth had only two privates wounded. -Lieutenant Gilman’s<a id="FNanchor_9" href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> cool conduct and intrepidity on this occasion -seem to me so praiseworthy that I should not do justice to my own -feelings if I did not recommend him for promotion.”</p> - -<p>Simultaneously Bowyer was under the necessity of raising the siege of -Irois, another post, which Rigaud had besieged for eighteen days with -4000 men. Then hearing that the French had taken up a strong position -on a mountain called Morne Gautier, to cut off communication between -Irois and Jeremie, he resolved to attack it. He therefore marched in -three columns<span class="pagenum" id="Page_95">[95]</span> at daybreak on the 16th August, and opened fire at long -range. <span class="sni">1796.</span> Seeing that the men of the Seventeenth, who -formed part of his force, were falling fast, he determined to carry the -position by assault, and had formed the Seventeenth for the purpose, -when he was disabled by a bullet which struck him in the left breast. -None the less the attack was made; and though the British were driven -back the French retreated in the night, and Irois was saved. In the -course of these operations the Seventeenth lost about thirty men killed -and wounded, seven having been killed and fifteen wounded in the attack -on Morne Gautier alone. As only half the regiment was in St. Domingo, -and that half terribly reduced by sickness, these losses cannot but -represent at least a third, if not more, of the numbers engaged.</p> - -<p>With this the record of the Seventeenth in St. Domingo comes to an end. -What further work it may have done is buried in the lost despatches -and the lost regimental papers. <span class="sni">1797.</span> There is a complete -muster-roll of the regiment dated Port Royal, 4th March 1797, showing -that 126 men died in the course of the year 1796; but whether the -regiment was moved thither from St. Domingo before its return home, or -whether it sailed home direct, must remain uncertain. In any case it -left the West Indies, and arrived in England in August 1797. The bad -luck at sea which had marked the departure from England attended the -passage home. The head-quarter ship, the <i>Caledonia</i>, foundered -at sea, and though the men were saved the baggage and regimental books -were lost. Hence the scantiness of information respecting the first -forty years of the life of the regiment.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_96">[96]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER IX<br /> -<span class="subhed1">1797–1807</span><br /> -<span class="subhed">OSTEND—LA PLATA</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1797.</div> - -<p>On landing in England the Seventeenth was distributed into quarters -at Nottingham, Leicester, Trowbridge, Bath, and Bristol. The regiment -was reduced to a mere skeleton. Four hundred recruits and a draft from -the 18th Light Dragoons, however, soon filled up the gaps and restored -it to its strength. All ranks had something new to learn. In 1796 a -new drill-book, far more ambitious than any that had yet appeared, was -provided for the cavalry; and for the first time (so far as I have -been able to discover) a properly authorised system of sword exercise. -The drill shows little that is new, except that the system of telling -off by threes now came into general use, and with it the practice of -executing all movements to the rear by means of “Threes about.” The -interval of “six inches from knee to knee” in the ranks also makes its -appearance as the normal formation. A further change is the reversion -to the old practice of posting troop leaders on the flanks of troops, -dressing with the men, and covered by a corporal in the rear rank.</p> - -<p>As regards sword exercise we must content ourselves with observing that -we encounter for the first time the once famous “six cuts.” The recruit -was posted in front of a wall on which was drawn a circle; and he was -then taught that each of the six cuts required of him should intersect -at the centre of the circle, and divide it into six equal segments. -I do not mean that the unhappy man was tortured by any such abstruse -terms as<span class="pagenum" id="Page_97">[97]</span> these, but that this was the principle on which the six cuts -were based. <span class="sni">1797.</span> In addition, there was a seventh cut, -directed vertically, so to speak, from heaven to earth, and called -by the high-sounding name of St. George. These seven cuts are still -familiar to hundreds of living men. The whole of the sword exercise was -comprehended in no fewer than six divisions, each containing from seven -to ten words of command, and must therefore have consumed considerable -time. It may be remarked that, when cutting the sword exercise on foot, -the men were not required to extend their legs as at present, though -they kept the bridle hand in the bridle position. The swords themselves -were perhaps the most defective part of the whole concern, and caused -great complaint among the Light Dragoons in the Peninsula. The pattern -was bad, and the material was bad; and common sense was so absolutely -ignored in the design that the hilt was not even provided with a -guard. Before quitting the question of drill, it is well to remind -readers that dismounted drill still occupies a prominent place in the -training of the Light Dragoons; and the words “Form battalion” and “Fix -bayonets” are still in full use.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1798.</div> - -<p>In 1798 the regiment was moved to Canterbury, where it made the -acquaintance of a naval officer who was destined to exert some -influence on a part of its career. This was Captain, afterwards Sir -Home, Popham. Just then he was full of a scheme for blowing up the -lock-gates of the Bruges Canal, which lock-gates were situated at -Saas, a village just a mile from the entrance to Ostend harbour. The -canal itself from Bruges to Saas was thirteen miles long, one hundred -yards wide, and thirteen feet deep, and had recently been completed at -a cost of five millions. For the invasion of England it was of great -importance to the enemy; for any number of vessels could be fitted up -therein and brought down to Ostend without risk of facing the British -cruisers at sea. If an invasion were intended, Ostend was obviously the -best port of embarkation for the invading army; and even if the project -of a descent on England should prove<span class="pagenum" id="Page_98">[98]</span> to be no more than a scare, the -destruction of the lock would at any rate spoil a seaport and stop all -internal navigation from Holland to West Flanders.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">April.</div> - -<p>So Captain Popham argued; and his arguments were held to be good. -Accordingly the whole plan of operation was entrusted to him; and -preparations for the little expedition went forward with the utmost -secrecy all through the month of April. By the second week in May -everything was ready, and on the 13th the troops were embarked at -Margate on seven transports. The force consisted of four companies -of the 1st Guards, the flank companies of the Coldstream Guards, 3rd -Guards, 23rd, and 49th Foot; the 11th Foot, artillerymen with six guns, -and, lastly, one sergeant and eight men of the 17th Light Dragoons, -the only mounted men of the expedition. <span class="sni">16th May.</span> On the -morning of the 16th May the little fleet got a fair wind and sailed -away, arriving, without further mishap than leaving the 1st Guards -hopelessly astern, in Ostend at 1 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> on the 19th. -<span class="sni">19th May.</span> For a time everything went like clockwork. Sir Eyre Coote, -who commanded the expedition, summoned the French commander at Ostend -to surrender, as a feint, to make him believe the town was the object -of attack. Then having received a high-flown reply, and seen all -the French troops drawn into Ostend, he quietly landed his men on -the opposite side of the river, and blew up the lock-gates with the -greatest success. By 11 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> Coote was back on the beach and -anxious to re-embark, having accomplished his object with the trifling -loss of five men killed and wounded. But meanwhile a gale had sprung -up, and the surf was so great that re-embarkation was impossible. After -several futile attempts, in which boats were swamped and the men nearly -drowned, Coote decided to entrench himself where he lay and wait for -better weather.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">20th May.</div> - -<p>At four o’clock next morning, when the wind and surf had considerably -increased, the enemy was seen advancing in two columns, with far -superior numbers, against Coote’s position. Outnumbered and outflanked -the British force fought for two<span class="pagenum" id="Page_99">[99]</span> hours against hopeless odds, until -Coote was wounded while rallying the 11th Foot. <span class="sni">1798.</span> Then -General Burrard, the second in command, seeing the front broken and -both flanks turned, was compelled to surrender. Of the 1100 men landed, -163 were killed and wounded, and the rest of course taken prisoners. -Of the nine men of the Seventeenth, one was wounded. So exemplary had -been their behaviour, we are told, that when, shortly after, they were -exchanged and returned to the regiment, <span class="sni">1799.</span> every man of -them was promoted to be a non-commissioned officer, while the sergeant, -William Brown, was given a commission, first in the waggon train and -latterly in the regiment. As usual the non-commissioned officer of the -Seventeenth, when in independent command, brings credit to his corps.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_100">[100]</span></p> - -<p>In this same year two squadrons of the regiment were ordered -to Portsmouth to embark for Egypt, but, the order having been -countermanded, the whole regiment joined a large cavalry camp then -formed at Swinley. <span class="sni">1800.</span> In the following year another camp -of 30,000 men was formed on Bagshot Heath under the command of the Duke -of York, of which the regiment again formed part. In September it was -employed in suppressing riots which had arisen in consequence of the -high price of provisions. While engaged in this service many men were -badly knocked about, and Captain Werge, who had escaped without injury -from such deadly marksmen as the Maroons, narrowly escaped death at -the hands of his own countrymen, receiving a shot through his helmet. -<span class="sni">1801.</span>Two troops having been added to the establishment, the -regiment paraded in its greatest recorded strength at Manchester in -the following year—upwards of 1000 non-commissioned officers and men, -and nearly 1000 horses, being present. Colonel Grey was the fortunate -officer who held command, and we must hope that Major-General Oliver -Delancey, the Colonel-in-Chief, who alone could remember the regiment -before it went to the American War, went up to inspect so fine a corps. -Unfortunately this magnificent strength did not last long. -<span class="sni">1802.</span> In May 1802, England and France, being both of them exhausted -after nine years’ fighting, agreed to the peace of Amiens. Thereupon, -with the usual blindness, the army was reduced, and two troops of the -Seventeenth were disbanded. Their horses were valued by a dealer at -forty guineas apiece, a larger price in those days than in these, which -shows that the regiment must have been superbly mounted.<a id="FNanchor_10" href="#Footnote_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1803.</div> - -<p>Peace lasted for just fourteen months; and then in May 1803 England -took the initiative and declared war against France. On the 1st of that -month the Seventeenth embarked from Liverpool for Ireland. It met with -its usual luck at sea on the passage, the transports being dispersed -by a gale which drove them into various ports on the East Coast, and -permitted but one immediately to reach its destination at Dublin. -<span class="sni">1804.</span> In the course of the following year the establishment -was again augmented to ten troops, four of which joined the camp at -the Curragh, where a large force was assembled under the command of -Lord Cathcart. This Lord Cathcart, let us remember, was an officer -of the Seventeenth during the American War; he is the same man who -commanded the expedition against Copenhagen in 1807, when Sir Arthur -Wellesley himself served under him. <span class="sni">1805.</span> The following -year is memorable for the formation of Napoleon’s camp of invasion at -Boulogne. Napoleon’s hopes having been shattered by Nelson’s victory at -Trafalgar (12th October), he broke up the camp and marched away to the -campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz. Previous to these two great disasters -there had been some idea of a diversion to be made by an English army -on the Continent; and in September the Seventeenth received orders -to prepare for foreign service as part of this force. But Austerlitz -effectually smothered this design. In December the regiment was moved -back to England, and spent Christmas day on the passage, the first of -four successive Christmas days that it was destined to celebrate on the -sea.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806.</div> - -<p>The year 1806 opened gloomily with the death of William<span class="pagenum" id="Page_101">[101]</span> Pitt, the -great man whose indomitable spirit had carried England through the -first and worse half of the tremendous contest against France. The want -of his guiding hand was soon to be badly felt.</p> - -<p>The month of March brought a nearer occasion of mourning to the -Seventeenth. On the 20th there died at the Plantation, Guisbrough, in -Yorkshire, General John Hale, the father of the regiment. He had been -promoted Major-General in 1772, Lieutenant-General in 1777, and General -in 1793, and, it seems, had settled down to end his days among his -wife’s people. In his long life of seventy-eight years he had seen the -rise of William Pitt, “the terrible cornet of horse,” and the death -of his son William Pitt, “the pilot who weathered the storm.” He left -behind him seventeen children and the Seventeenth Light Dragoons.</p> - -<p>Just about this time unfavourable reports of the regiment found their -way to headquarters, insomuch <span class="sni">April.</span> that a general was -sent down to Northampton to inspect it. Rather to his surprise this -officer found that, so far from being unfit for active service, the -regiment was the best in the matter of men and horses, drill and -equipment, that he had seen. He reported accordingly to headquarters, -with results that were speedily apparent.</p> - -<p>In September, the regiment being then distributed in quarters at -Brighton, Hastings, Romney, Rye, and other points on the south-east -coast, there arrived suddenly one night an express message ordering the -Seventeenth to prepare forthwith for foreign service. Its route, it was -added, would be sent down immediately. <span class="sni">27th Sept.</span> On the -27th September the regiment marched to Portsea and Southampton, and -having detached two troops to Chichester as a depôt, gave up its horses -and embarked on the 5th October at Spithead, bound for South America. -It must now be explained where and why it was wanted.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806.</div> - -<p>On the 4th January 1806, just when the Seventeenth was disembarking -in England from Dublin, there arrived off the Cape<span class="pagenum" id="Page_102">[102]</span> of Good Hope 4000 -British troops under Sir David Baird, convoyed by a squadron under -Commodore Sir Home Popham. The troops were landed; and in less than -three weeks the Cape Colony had passed from the Dutch into the hands -of the English for ever. Before he sailed, Sir Home Popham, always -a busy man, had become greatly bitten with the idea of an attack on -the Spanish possessions in Central and South America, that is to say, -on any part of Central and South America except Brazil, which was a -Portuguese Colony. He had held many conversations with one General -Miranda, a native of Venezuela, who was at the head of a revolutionary -movement against the dominion of Spain in South America, and had -promised that if the British would send a force thither the whole -population would rise and fight at their side against Spain. It was -the old story which had taken the English to the Carolinas in 1781, -and to St. Domingo in 1793, with most disastrous results. But Popham, -forgetting these two lessons, continually urged upon the English -Government the project of an attack on South America, and even drew up -a complete plan of operations for descent on the continent from the -Atlantic and Pacific sides simultaneously.</p> - -<p>The date of this plan is October 1804. The memorandum had been before -the British Government for more than a year, and had received little or -no notice. At three months’ distance from England, with men and ships -to his hand, and no one in command over him, Popham persuaded Baird -to let him have Brigadier-General Beresford (afterwards well known -in the Peninsular War as Marshal Beresford) and 900 men; -<span class="sni">14th April.</span> and with these and his squadron he sailed away for Rio -de la Plata, to take Buenos Ayres on his own responsibility. At first -everything went well. The force, strengthened by 200 more men picked up -at St. Helena, duly arrived in the Plata, and disembarked on the 25th -June at a point ten miles below Buenos Ayres. From thence, in spite of -Spanish troops in greatly superior numbers that were drawn up to oppose -him, Beresford marched practically unchecked <span class="pagenum" id="Page_103">[103]</span>and unhindered into -the city, <span class="sni">26th June.</span>and on the following day received its -surrender.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_102fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_102fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury, 1832</i></p> - <p class="p0 center sm">OFFICERS, 1824.</p> - </div> - -<p>For seven weeks Beresford held Buenos Ayres, the people swearing -allegiance to King George, and doing everything in the way of promises -that was asked of them,—all of which did not prevent them from -rising <i>en masse</i>, when their preparations were complete, and -attacking Beresford with unmistakable fury. <span class="sni">12th Aug.</span> -With but 1300 men against 13,000, Beresford fought for three hours -and inflicted heavy loss on the enemy, but having lost 12 officers -and 150 men, he was at length compelled to surrender. The Spaniards -agreed to his proposals that he and his army should be shipped off -to England forthwith; and there it might have been supposed that the -whole matter would have ended. But it was not to be. The Spaniards most -treacherously violated the treaty, and carried off Beresford and the -whole of his army into the back country as prisoners.</p> - -<p>On the first capture of Buenos Ayres Popham had, of course, sent -despatches home to report his success. The Government, however, -was, for various reasons, much annoyed and embarrassed at Popham’s -escapade, and responded by ordering him to England and trying him -by court-martial. Still the nation at large was so delighted at the -exploit that the Government, after much hesitation, was forced to send -out reinforcements under Sir Samuel Auchmuty. Auchmuty’s instructions -bade him simply make good Beresford’s losses and await further -reinforcements, failing the arrival of which he was to proceed with his -troops to the Cape. At one moment in August the whole expedition was -countermanded; but finally the Government made up its mind and decided, -on 22nd September, to despatch it. This vacillation accounts for the -very short and sudden warning received by the Seventeenth. The whole -force under Auchmuty’s command numbered 3000 men, viz. the Seventeenth, -700 strong; the 87th and 40th regiments of Foot; three companies of the -95th (now the Rifle Brigade), and 170 Artillery. <span class="sni">1806.</span> The -transports finally sailed from Falmouth on the 9th October, the British -Government<span class="pagenum" id="Page_104">[104]</span> being still in ignorance of the loss of Buenos Ayres and of -the capture of Beresford’s army.</p> - -<p>The haste in the equipment of the expedition soon showed itself in -various ways. The transports were such miserable sailers that, long -before they reached their destination, they ran short of water, -and were obliged to put in at Rio Janeiro. There Auchmuty heard -of Beresford’s disaster, and further of the arrival of a small -reinforcement of the 47th and 38th Foot, which had been sent from the -Cape to the Plata, and had taken up a position at Maldonado, a town -standing at the entrance to the river on the north side. -<span class="sni">1807.</span>Not knowing what to do, Auchmuty victualled his ships for four -months and started off again for Maldonado, where he arrived at last, -after a passage of 147 weary days, <span class="sni">5th Jan.</span> on the 5th -January.</p> - -<p>Finding that Maldonado was an untenable position, Auchmuty evacuated -it a week later and sailed up the river. <span class="sni">13th Jan.</span> The -retention of Beresford’s army was an act of treachery which called for -reprisals, and these he resolved to take by attacking Monte Video, -which stands on the north bank of the river, on the opposite side to -Buenos Ayres, and some one hundred and twenty miles below it. On the -16th he landed in a small bay to west of Caretas Rocks, nine miles from -Monte Video, the enemy watching the disembarkation in great force, but -not daring to oppose it. Three days later Auchmuty began his advance -upon Monte Video in two columns, the right column being made up of the -Seventeenth, two troops of the 20th, and as many of the 21st Light -Dragoons, all of them dismounted, under Brigadier-General Lumley. -The Seventeenth had previously exchanged their carbines for Spanish -muskets, which had been obtained at Rio Janeiro. This right column was -early attacked by the enemy and threatened by 4000 Spanish cavalry, -which occupied two heights in the front and right of Auchmuty’s -advance. The attack, however, was soon repulsed by the dismounted -cavalry and the light companies of the infantry; and the enemy retired, -allowing the British advanced posts to occupy the suburbs of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_105">[105]</span> Monte -Video on the same evening. <span class="sni">1807.</span> Auchmuty himself had his -horse shot under him while directing this column, and remounted himself -on Colonel Evan Lloyd’s charger.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">20th Jan.</div> - -<p>Next day the enemy took the initiative, sallying forth against -Auchmuty’s force with 6000 men and several guns. This time they -attacked the British left and left flank with cavalry, using their -infantry to keep the dismounted cavalry in check. After driving in the -picquets the Spanish infantry column was repulsed with great slaughter, -and the cavalry then retired. The enemy’s loss in this action was -reckoned at 1500. The English loss between the 16th and 20th was 18 -killed and 119 wounded of all ranks.</p> - -<p>Arrived before the town, Auchmuty discovered that the defences of Monte -Video were not “weak,” as Popham had described them in his memorandum, -but, to use Auchmuty’s own word, “respectable,” mounting 160 guns. -Moreover the Spaniards, through possession of a fortified island, kept -command of the sea, and were able to cannonade the British advance -from their gunboats. Nevertheless, Auchmuty was fully decided that -he would take Monte Video somehow. While he was making up his mind -how to do it the enemy appeared on his rear, but was repulsed after a -sharp skirmish, in which the Seventeenth lost a few men. -<span class="sni">22nd Jan.</span> After a few days’ construction of batteries and other -preparations, Auchmuty saw that if Monte Video was to be taken it must -be stormed, and accordingly made his dispositions for an assault at -daybreak on the 3rd February. Naturally he chose infantry regiments -for infantry work, and left the Seventeenth, together with the rest -of the cavalry, the 47th Foot, one company of the 71st, and 700 -marines to protect the rear and cover the attack, under the command of -General Lumley. <span class="sni">3rd Feb.</span> The storming force did its work -magnificently, and in a few hours Monte Video was in Auchmuty’s hands, -though at the cost of 27 officers and 370 men killed and wounded.</p> - -<p>Horses being cheap, some of the Seventeenth were now mounted, doubtless -a very welcome change from the drudgery of the infantry work during the -siege of Monte Video; though even<span class="pagenum" id="Page_106">[106]</span> when employed on foot the regiment -earned the personal thanks of the General. <span class="sni">1807.</span> The -Seventeenth had shown that it could beat the infantry at its own work -in Jamaica eleven years before. But the native South American horses, -as Auchmuty himself says, were not strong enough to carry the equipment -of the British dragoons. The native irregular horsemen, armed with -muskets and swords, pursued a method of warfare of the most harassing -kind. They would ride up in twos or threes, dismount, fire over their -horses’ backs, mount again, and gallop off before the British had a -chance of catching them. And these men were not soldiers; they were the -ordinary members of the population, not friendly as Popham had hoped, -but inveterately hostile to the European invaders. In fact the British -on the Plata found exactly the same elements opposed to them in New -Spain as Napoleon was to find, a few months later, in the old Spain -which is known to us as the Peninsula. <span class="sni">March.</span> Owing to the -difficulty of obtaining forage, the mounted men of the Seventeenth, -some 220 in number, were sent up the country forty or fifty miles from -Monte Video to Lanelones and St. Joseph, while the remainder of the -regiment was quartered in and about Monte Video.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile, since the departure of General Auchmuty, the British -Government had committed itself to the project of a general attack on -Spanish South America. Sir Arthur Wellesley himself was called upon -to give advice respecting it. Finally, on the 30th October General -Craufurd (the famous Craufurd of the Light Division) was ordered off -with 4000 men, with instructions to take Lima and Valparaiso on the -Pacific coast, and to open communications with Beresford across the -continent when Valparaiso was in his hands. Craufurd sailed on the 13th -December 1806, arrived at Porto Praya on the 11th January 1807, waited -for several weeks there in vain for the admiral who was to go with him, -and at last in despair sailed for the Cape, where he arrived on the -20th March. There he found orders to join Auchmuty at Buenos Ayres, -and accordingly sailed thither on the 5th April. <span class="sni">1807.</span> The -confusion caused by the efforts of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_107">[107]</span> British Government to manage -a campaign at from three to six months’ distance from England, can be -appreciated only by those who have read the original despatches.</p> - -<p>In February there arrived in the Plata a reinforcement consisting of -the 9th Light Dragoons, a fact worth noting, inasmuch as this is the -only occasion on which this great regiment, the first of the Lancer -regiments, has fought side by side with the Seventeenth. The 16th and -Seventeenth fought together in their youth in America. Thus after -unspeakable confusion a large British force was at last in process -of concentration on the Plata. And now the Government in an evil -hour decided to put another commander over the heads of Craufurd and -Auchmuty, and chose for the purpose General John Whitelocke. He arrived -on the 10th May, and found that Auchmuty had already seized the town -of Colonia, immediately opposite to Buenos Ayres, so as to make the -passage across the river as short as possible. <span class="sni">15th June.</span> -A month later Craufurd arrived, and next day the Seventeenth and the -artillery were embarked at Monte Video, while the rest of the army -moved up to Colonia to embark there. Devoutly thankful the Seventeenth -must have been to get to serious business again. Forage was terribly -scarce for the horses, and flour hardly less scarce for the men, though -bullocks could be bought for a dollar a head.</p> - -<p>The passage up the river was delayed by contrary winds, but at last -the hundred miles were traversed, and the troops landed at Ensenada, -thirty miles below Buenos Ayres. The moment the army was disembarked -it was surrounded by a cloud of Spanish light cavalry hovering -about just out of musket range. Here was the opportunity for using -the Seventeenth; but it was not employed. Two of the four mounted -troops, each of forty men, were ordered to give up their horses to -the commissariat. <span class="sni">28th June to 5th July.</span> But when the -pack-saddles were put on them the horses broke loose, and were from -that moment useless. Thirty more mounted men were detailed to look -after the landing of provisions, of whom ten were used as orderlies to -carry despatches. <span class="sni">1807.</span> Twelve more were attached to one -of the infantry brigades; and the remainder, forty-eight all told,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_108">[108]</span> -accompanied General Whitelocke, principally, no doubt, as his escort. -The natural consequence was that the army could hardly advance at all. -One staff officer was taken prisoner by the enemy’s light cavalry while -carrying orders between two brigades, and another was stabbed within -three hundred yards of the flank of the British line, all for want of a -little cavalry which, with unspeakable folly, had been dismounted just -when it was most sorely needed to encounter the enemy’s horse.</p> - -<p>On the 29th June the advance began, across a very difficult country, -much intersected by ditches and swamps, the dismounted men of the -Seventeenth forming the rear-guard. The army was like to have been -starved on this short march, but eventually it reached Buenos Ayres, -after brushing aside some slight opposition from the Spaniards on the -4th July. Part of the Seventeenth and 40th Foot were left behind at the -village of Reduction on the way, to protect the artillery. Sixteen of -them, mounted men, together with thirty dismounted men of the 9th, were -engaged in repelling an attack on the rear of the British advance.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">3rd July.</div> - -<p>On the 3rd July General Whitelocke managed to lose his army; but on -the next day he found it again, and on the 5th July made his attack -on the city. <span class="sni">5th July.</span> That is to say, that he sent 6000 -men up fourteen different streets through three miles of a hostile -town, with strict orders not to fire until they reached the far end. -What is more, the 6000 men did it. Nearly every street was entrenched -and defended with cannon; every house was strongly barricaded and a -fortress in itself; from every roof came a shower not only of bullets -but of stones, bricks, and tiles, and every description of missile. -Nevertheless the men did fight their way to the other end of the -town without firing a shot; but by the time they had reached their -allotted positions 1000 of them were down, and 1500 more, Craufurd -himself among them, had been overpowered and compelled to surrender. -Nevertheless Auchmuty on the left held a strong position, to which many -men had rallied, where he had captured 32 guns and 600 prisoners; and -with him sixteen mounted men of the Seventeenth, together with some<span class="pagenum" id="Page_109">[109]</span> -infantry, opened communication, through all the fire, from the reserve. -<span class="sni">1807.</span> On the extreme right the British also held a strong -position, and thither also some mounted men of the Seventeenth made -their way from Reduction, to keep in touch with the city. But all was -to no purpose. Next day Whitelocke came to terms with the Spaniards, -and agreed to withdraw every British soldier from the country.</p> - -<p>So ended the ill-fated expedition to the Plata. Whitelocke was tried -by court-martial on his return, and cashiered. The British in any case -could hardly have kept a hold on the country; but Popham’s error was no -excuse for Whitelocke’s mismanagement. This was the third time in fifty -years in which the Seventeenth was sent on a fool’s errand to a country -where the population was expected to receive them with open arms, and -met them in fact with loaded muskets. Carolina in 1781, St. Domingo in -1796, and the Plata in 1806, were all part of one great blunder; and -for all three the Seventeenth suffered. It is not a soldier’s business -when sent on active service to inquire as to the wisdom or unwisdom -of the statesmen who send him. He must simply obey orders, and do -his duty. But it is hard when years of good and gallant service by a -regiment are buried under the cloud of a statesman’s blunder; and this -has been the fate of the Seventeenth.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_110">[110]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER X<br /> -<span class="subhed">FIRST SOJOURN OF THE 17TH IN INDIA, 1808–1823—THE PINDARI WAR</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1807.</div> - -<p>The army evacuated the Plata in November. The Seventeenth was driven -by stress of weather into Cork Harbour, and thus spent their second -consecutive Christmas Day on shipboard. <span class="sni">1808.</span> Leaving Cork -early in January it sailed to Portsmouth, disembarked on the 17th, -and joined the depôt troop at Chichester, where it remained for six -weeks dismounted under orders for the East Indies. Every man who asked -for a furlough within a hundred miles of London obtained it; and this -was well, for there were not many of them that saw their homes again. -Still, though the furlough was extended to the 20th February, every -man, with the exception of one detained by sickness, was present at the -expiration of the term. Moreover, though the men had money in their -pockets, having arrears of pay due to them on their return, there was -not a single case of misconduct at Chichester; and that meant a great -deal in these hard-drinking days. The men had gone through much since -they were last in England—147 days at sea in miserable transports, -most of the time within the tropics; then a campaign with plenty of -hardships and very little glory, wherein their horses were taken from -them just when they could have been most useful; then a two months’ -passage home in bad weather, and the mortification of landing as part -of an unsuccessful army, and unsuccessful through no fault of its own. -Finally it was under orders to sail in six weeks to the East Indies, a -very deadly quarter to Europeans in those days.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_111">[111]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808.</div> - -<p>The Mayor and Corporation of Chichester could not understand how a -regiment in such circumstances could spend £3000 in the town in six -weeks without a single instance of misbehaviour, <span class="sni">29th Feb.</span> -and went so far as to express their thanks to the Seventeenth for its -exemplary conduct.</p> - -<p>A few days later the regiment embarked at Portsmouth, 800 strong, -under the command of Major Cotton; Lieutenant-Colonel Evan Lloyd being -detained to give evidence on General Whitelocke’s court-martial. On the -1st of June it arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, <span class="sni">4th June.</span> -where it found one of its old colonels, Major-General H. G. Grey, and -was inspected by him. From the Cape the regiment sailed for Calcutta. -As it was approaching the Hugli one of the transports, the <i>Hugh -Inglis</i>, was set on fire by the carelessness of a petty officer, but -the fire was extinguished without serious damage. Next day the three -topmasts were carried away by a squall, and swept fourteen or fifteen -men overboard with them, of whom, however, all but one were saved. The -Seventeenth has gone through a good many adventures at sea between -gales, founderings, fires, and service as marines.</p> - -<p>On the 25th August the regiment was disembarked at Calcutta, 790 men -strong, and did garrison duty in Fort William until December; during -which time Major Cotton, the regimental quartermaster, and sixty-two -non-commissioned officers and men, fell sick and died—a melancholy -opening to its first term of Indian service. <span class="sni">1809.</span>In the -following year it was placed on the Bombay establishment, and sailing -from Calcutta arrived at Bombay on the 1st February. From thence it was -moved up to its destined quarters at Surat on the Tapti River, some two -hundred miles north of Bombay. Two galloping guns worked by its own men -were added, as was usual, to the establishment; and by a concurrence of -testimony the regiment was excellently mounted.</p> - -<p>Early in 1810 the Seventeenth was employed on a rather curious service. -At the end of 1809 there was a sudden rising of religious fanatics in -Mandavi under the leadership of a man named Mean Abdul Rahman, who -killed the vizier of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_112">[112]</span> Mandavi, and put the rajah to flight. -<span class="sni">1809.</span> The leader then sent a message to the English Resident, ordering -him to accept Mohammedanism or fight. He added that he was come down -to earth in the bodies of four great men, Adam, Jesus, Ahmad and -Mean Abdul Rahman, and concluded with a request for three hundred -rupees. Absurd as the matter sounds, it soon assumed a serious aspect. -<span class="sni">1810.</span> The news of the rising reached Surat on the 10th -January, and the people at once flocked out from the city to join the -new prophet. The Mohammedans in general began to assume a threatening -attitude, and attacked the Hindoos with the cry of “Deen.” In fact -there were the elements of a troublesome disturbance, which in the -judgment of the Resident required to be suppressed at once. Accordingly -four troops of the Seventeenth, under Major Supple, and some infantry -were called out and marched off to the village of Boodham, where the -prophet and the most devoted of his followers were assembled. The -Seventeenth outmarched the infantry, and came up with the fanatics at -daybreak on the morning of the 19th January on the plain outside the -village. The fanatics were summoned to surrender and give up their -leader; but they replied with shouts of defiance. A feint attack was -then made to intimidate them; but they simply threw up clouds of dust -in the horses’ faces and dared the Seventeenth to the combat. Then -the regiment attacked in earnest, and there ensued what the Resident -called a “furious engagement.” The fanatics were armed with spears -and small hatchets attached to bamboo shafts, twelve or fourteen feet -long, with which they could inflict severe wounds; and they fought -like demons. If the Seventeenth had had lances in these days they -might have made short work of them; but, as things were, the fighting -lasted for some time. It was not until 200 of the fanatics lay dead -on the field that the bulk of them dispersed and fled to the village, -where, still undefeated, they renewed the fight against the infantry -and artillery. Finally the Seventeenth set fire to the village and -put an end to the affair; and the leader of the fanatics, having been -wounded<span class="pagenum" id="Page_113">[113]</span> in the first action, was captured by the infantry. -<span class="sni">1810.</span> Of the Seventeenth, one corporal and two privates were killed; -all the officers, several privates and many of the horses were wounded. -Lieutenant Adams’ helmet was cut to pieces on his head.</p> - -<p>In this same year a detachment of the Seventeenth, under Lieutenant -Johnson, accompanied Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm on his mission -to Persia. On its return in December this detachment brought with -it a letter from Sir John to the Colonel, in which the former went -out of his way to express his high opinion not only of Mr. Johnson, -but of the non-commissioned officers, Sergeant Willock and Corporals -Carrigan and Batson, who were with him. It is remarkable to note that -non-commissioned officers of the Seventeenth, employed with small -detachments, have never failed from the first to command the admiration -of all strange officers whom it has been their duty to serve. A curious -memorial of this escort was found in the ruins of Persepolis by an -officer of the regiment (Lieutenant Anstruther Thomson, now Captain -Anstruther) while travelling in 1888. Scratched on one of the lions at -the head of the main stairway are the death’s head and cross-bones with -the motto, and beneath it the name “Serg<sup>t.</sup> Rob<sup>t.</sup> Willock”; and on -the wall of Xerxes’ house is cut the name of “P<sup>te.</sup> M. Cloyne, 17 L. -D<sup>S.</sup> 1810.”</p> - -<p>Before we quit this year we must add two small extracts (copied from -the <i>Calcutta Gazette</i>) from the Dress Regulations, which gives us -a faint glimpse of the transition through which the British Army was -passing:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><i>10th October.</i>—Clubs and queues are abolished in all -ranks from this date, and the hair is in future to be cut close -to the neck. No powder is to be worn on duty.</p> -</div> - -<p>This is the first beginning of the short hair, which now particularly -distinguishes a soldier. Old as the queues were, the whole Army was -delighted to be rid of them, though there were antique officers that -regretted them to the end. <span class="sni">1810.</span> At the beginning of the -great war with France the War Office, which was decidedly<span class="pagenum" id="Page_114">[114]</span> negligent in -the matter of feeding the troops in Flanders, never failed to send them -shiploads of leathern queues.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><i>8th November.</i>—Scale epaulettes are to be worn -exclusively by officers of cavalry.</p> -</div> - -<p>No shoulders have seen more vicissitudes of adornment than those of the -British officer.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811.</div> - -<p>In December of the following year the regiment left Surat for new -cantonments at Ruttapore, near Kaira, in the northern division -of Guzerat. <span class="sni">1812.</span> On the 1st of January following -Lieutenant-Colonel Evan Lloyd was promoted to be Major-General, and -retired from the command. He was the last of the officers then doing -duty with the regiment who had served with it in the American War. -His successor was the Hon. Lincoln Stanhope, who came from the 16th -Lancers, and was blamed by his brother officers in that corps, not -without justice, for preferring “an arduous campaign in Bond Street” -to duty with his regiment in the Peninsula. None the less he did good -service enough with the Seventeenth.</p> - -<p>The year 1812 brought with it a further change in the clothing. The -cord lacing and the innumerable buttons that had adorned the front -of the jacket were abolished, and another jacket with broad, white -facings, almost as wide as a plastron, was substituted in its stead. -Simultaneously the old helmet disappeared and the felt shako took its -place. The old white breeches and knee-boots were likewise swept away -to make room for French gray overalls, with a double white stripe, and -Wellington boots. These last may perhaps have been introduced rather -earlier than the other changes; the Wellington boot, according to one -authority, having been prescribed for Light Dragoons in 1808. The old -crimson sash of the officer made way for a girdle similar to that worn -at present. White welts to the seams and a small pair of epaulettes, -white for men and silver for officers, completed the transformation. -When the Seventeenth received this new dress it is impossible to say; -and the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_115">[115]</span> change is therefore recorded under the year when it was -ordered, though probably not carried into effect until a year or two -later. <span class="sni">1812.</span> The fact that the regiment was quartered in -India, of course, made in those days no difference as to the clothing -issued to it, except that white covers were worn over the shakos.</p> - -<p>In September there arose a mighty famine in Guzerat, which carried -off thousands of natives. Simultaneously there broke out an epidemic -fever which was as fatal to Europeans as to natives. In the four -months, October 1812 to January 1813, four officers and 73 men of the -Seventeenth were swept off by this fever; yet even this was a small -matter to those who could remember the ravages of yellow fever in the -West Indies.</p> - - -<div class="sidenote">1813 to 1815.</div> - -<p>In the three following years strong detachments of the regiment were -employed in active service, apparently in expeditions against different -hill-tribes. Of the work done I have been unable to discover any -record, such expeditions being too common in the early days of British -rule in India to excite much interest. In December 1815 the regiment -took part in an expedition into the mountains of Cutch, whither no -British troops had hitherto penetrated. On the march they crossed the -Ran of Cutch, which separates Guzerat from the Cutch peninsula, and -being in the advanced guard were the first English soldiers to cross -it. The Ran being, from all accounts, merely a bed of sand which -comparatively lately had been the bottom of a sea, the accounts of the -march and the description of the country filled the Indian newspapers -of the period. The news of Waterloo and of the close of the great war -was exhausted, so a graphic picture of the Ran was welcome.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1816.</div> - -<p>The capture of a couple of hill forts, Aujar and Bhooj, soon quieted -Cutch; and the troops then repassed the Ran to put down some local -banditti and disperse some piratical tribes on the coast. The central -nest of these tribes having been taken, the work was done; and -accordingly after the capture of Dwarka, on the coast to the south of -the Gulf of Cutch, the field force was broken up, and the Seventeenth -returned to Ruttapore.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_116">[116]</span> The losses of the regiment in the work of those -three years are unrecorded, and, except from disease, were probably not -worth mention.</p> - -<p>Before quitting this year we must turn our eyes homeward for a moment, -where rather an interesting matter was going forward. H.R.H. the -Commander-in-Chief, at the opening of 1816, had become bitten with the -notion of forming corps of Lancers in imitation of the Polish Lancers -which had done such good service to the army under Napoleon. The first -idea was to attach a troop of lancers to each cavalry regiment, just as -a small body of riflemen was attached to a regiment of infantry. Lord -Rosslyn offered the 9th Light Dragoons for the experiment, and trained -fifty picked men under the command of Captain Peters. On Saturday, 20th -April, these fifty men were reviewed in the Queen’s Riding-house at -Pimlico, before a few select spectators who were admitted by ticket. -The men were dressed in blue jackets faced with crimson, gray trousers -and blue cloth caps, and carried a lance sixteen feet long with a -pennon of the Union colours. “The opposite extremity of the lance,” -continues our authority, “was confined in a leather socket attached to -the stirrup, and the lance was supported near the centre by a loose -string.” Such is an abridged account of the first parade of Lancers -in England, taken from an extract from the <i>Sun</i> newspaper of -22nd August 1816, and copied into the <i>Calcutta Gazette</i>, whence -probably it found its way to the officers’ mess of the Seventeenth.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_117fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_117fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury.</i></p> - <p class="center p0 sm">Marching Order.   Review Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">PRIVATES, 1824–1829.</p> - </div> - -<div class="sidenote">1817.</div> - -<p>The new year brought the regiment to more serious service in the -field, namely, the Pindari War. These Pindaris in their early days -had been merely the scavengers of the Mahratta armies; but they had -been increasing in numbers and power in the south of Hindostan and the -north of the Dekhan since 1811. Their most celebrated chiefs were two -men named Kurreem and Cheettoo, who had been captured by Dowlat Rao -Scindiah, but were released by him for a ransom in 1812. The Pindaris -then came out as an independent body, and began incursions on a large -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_117">[117]</span>scale. <span class="sni">1817.</span> They invaded a country in bands of from one -to four thousand men apiece, which on reaching the frontier broke up -into parties of from two to five hundred. They earned little but their -arms; they were admirably mounted, and thought nothing of marching -fifty or sixty miles in a day. They lived, themselves and their horses, -on plunder, and what they could not carry off they destroyed. In 1812 -they were bold and strong enough to cross the Nerbuddha and invade the -territory of the Rajah of Nagpore, and in 1813 they actually set fire -to part of his capital. As they threatened further depredations in the -Gaikwar’s territory, a force of 600 native infantry and three troops -of the Seventeenth were sent to disperse them; and these repressive -measures had a good effect for the time. By 1814 their numbers were -reckoned at 27,000 men, “the best cavalry commanded by natives in -India,” with 24 guns; and in the two following years they became more -and more dangerous and troublesome. Holkar and Scindiah, being afraid -of them, had both made an alliance with them, and encouraged them -secretly. Moreover, the British Government was hampered in any attempt -to put them down by an engagement with Scindiah, which prevented it -from entering into any negotiations with the Rajpoots under Scindiah’s -protection. Unless British troops could follow the Pindaris into -Rajpoot territory it was of no use to advance against them, for the -only way in which the Pindaris could be suppressed was by hunting them -down to a man.</p> - -<p>The capture of Bungapore in the Madras Presidency at last brought -matters to a crisis. Lord Moira, the Governor-General, called upon -Scindiah to disown the Pindaris and conclude a treaty with England. -Scindiah signed it cheerfully on the 5th November 1816. That little -farce over, he joined a general conspiracy of the Mahratta powers to -overthrow British rule in India. The Peishwar and the Rajah of Nagpore, -who had also recently signed treaties of alliance with England, -together with Holkar were the principal leaders of the movement. Then -the Governor-General bestirred himself in earnest. <span class="sni">1817.</span> -He collected the Bengal,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_118">[118]</span> Madras, and Central armies, and fairly -surrounded the whole Pindari country, the Malwa in fact, with 80,000 -men. Over and above these a force, under Sir W. Grant Keir, advanced -from Bombay to block up one corner on the Bombay side. It was to this -force that the Seventeenth was attached, joining it at Baroda.</p> - -<p>The Baroda force under Sir W. Keir marched on the 6th December. On the -second day’s march the rear-guard was attacked by a body of Bheels—a -race which, though “diminutive and wretched looking,” were “active and -capable of great fatigue,” as befitted a gang of professed thieves -and robbers. They were driven off by a squadron of the Seventeenth -under Colonel Stanhope himself, but at the cost of an officer, -Cornet Marriott, and several men and horses wounded. Sergeant-Major -Hampson received an arrow in the mouth from a Bheel archer. He calmly -plucked the arrow out, drew his pistol, shot the Bheel, and then fell -dead—choked by the flow of blood. This affair won the Seventeenth the -thanks of the General in field orders.</p> - -<p>Of the subsequent movements of the Seventeenth in the war I have -found great difficulty, from the impossibility of getting at the -original despatches, in obtaining any knowledge. The great battle -of the campaign was fought against Holkar’s troops at Maheidpore on -the 20th December. The Seventeenth was not present at the action, -though Colonel Stanhope was thanked in orders and despatches for his -service as D.Q.M.G., and though immediately after it the regiment was -ordered off to reinforce Sir J. Malcolm’s division for the pursuit of -Holkar. <span class="sni">1818.</span> On the 23rd January 1818 a treaty was make -with Holkar; and the war then resolved itself into a pursuit of the -other members of the conspiracy, and in particular of the Pindaris. -In fact the work of the Seventeenth was a foretaste of that which -it was to experience in Central India forty years later; equally -difficult to trace from the rapidity of the movements; equally hard -to recount from the dearth of material and the separation of the -regiment into detachments; above all equally hard on men and horses, -perpetually harassed by long forced marches which led only to<span class="pagenum" id="Page_119">[119]</span> more -forced marches for weeks and weeks together. <span class="sni">1818.</span> I have -only been able to gather that the men suffered not a little from the -extraordinary changes of temperature, varying from 28½ to 110 degrees -during the march; and that on a few odd occasions their services were -such as to call down the special praise of the divisional commander. -These commendations are the more valuable, inasmuch as petty, though -brilliant actions were very common in Central India during the early -months of 1818.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">19th Jan.</div> - -<p>The first of these in which we hear of the Seventeenth is an action -at Mundapie, wherein four squadrons of the regiment surprised the -Pindaris, and cut down 100 of them, with the loss of one private -wounded. The gallantry and rapidity of the attack, by the testimony -of the General, alone saved the Seventeenth from heavier casualties. -We hear next of a detachment of the regiment engaged at the capture -of Fort Pallee; <span class="sni">9th Feb.</span> and next, at a more important -affair, we find the whole of the Seventeenth fighting against the most -renowned of the Pindari leaders, Cheettoo himself. The action recalls -the history of the detachment which served under Tarleton in Carolina. -<span class="sni">March.</span>It appears that Colonel Stanhope obtained information -that a large body of Pindaris was within a forced march of him. He -at once sent off a detachment in pursuit, which after a thirty mile -march came upon the enemy, evidently by surprise, and cut down 200 of -them. Cheettoo himself, conspicuous by his dress and black charger, -narrowly escaped capture, and owed his safety only to the speed of -his horse.<a id="FNanchor_11" href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> Captain Adams and Cornet Marriott, who had already -distinguished themselves in the rear-guard action with the Bheels, were -prominent on this occasion, and with the whole detachment received Sir -W. Keir’s thanks in division orders. On the 14th March, when Sir W. -Keir’s force was broken up, two officers of the Seventeenth, Colonel -Stanhope and Captain Thompson, were selected by the General for special -approbation and thanks.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_120">[120]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1819.</div> - -<p>After a short rest in cantonments the regiment, towards the end of -the year, resumed the chase of the Pindaris. The new year found them -marching into the province of Candeish, excepting a detachment of -eighty-six convalescents who, on their recovery, joined Sir W. Keir’s -force in Cutch. While there it must have experienced the frightful -earthquake of June 1819, which destroyed most of the Cutch towns -and killed thousands of natives. Of the general movements of the -Seventeenth I have been unable to discover anything. It appears that -before the end of the year the regiment was back again in cantonments, -and that it moved up to Cutch again in May following, still engaged at -the old work. <span class="sni">1820.</span> Colonel Stanhope was then entrusted -with a force of between five and six thousand men, destined, it was -said, for the invasion of Scinde. After six months’ encampment between -Bhooj and Mandivie, the Seventeenth returned to cantonments, and the -force generally was broken up. Colonel Stanhope, with a few troops -which he had retained, reduced the pirate fort of Dwarka, where Cornet -Marriott (now promoted Lieutenant in the 67th Foot) was mortally -wounded. He was acting as Brigade-Major to Colonel Stanhope at the -time, the Seventeenth not being present at the engagement.</p> - -<p>Two more years at the Kaira cantonments brought the regiment to the end -of its first term of Indian service. It marched to Cambay in November, -reached Bombay by water in December, and finally sailed for England -on the 9th January 1823. It had landed at Calcutta, in 1808, 790 men -strong; it had lost in fourteen years, from disease and climatic causes -alone, exclusive of men invalided and killed in action, 26 officers and -796 men; it had received in India 929 men and officers. It went home, -after leaving behind it volunteers for different regiments, under 200 -strong of all ranks. Such were the effects of cholera,—for 1818 was -a bad cholera year,—general ignorance of sanitary matters, and of -English clothing in the Indian climate.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_121fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_121fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">GEORGE, LORD BINGHAM</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">(EARL OF LUCAN)</p> - <p class="center p0 smcap sm">Lieutenant-Colonel 17th Light Dragoons (Lancers)</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">1826–1837</p> - </div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_121">[121]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER XI<br /> -<span class="subhed">HOME SERVICE, 1823–1854</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1823.</div> - -<p>On their way home the Seventeenth touched at St. Helena, where they -found an Army List, and therein learned for the first time that -they had become a regiment of Lancers. Such were the fruits of the -inspection held at the Queen’s Riding-house in Pimlico six years -before. There also they heard of the death of their Colonel, Oliver -Delancey, who had held that rank since 1795. He had entered the army as -a Cornet in the 14th Dragoons in 1766, and joined the Seventeenth as -a Captain in 1773. He had therefore held a commission in the regiment -for close on fifty years when he died in September 1822. He had gained -some slight reputation as a pamphleteer, and he was for many years a -Member of Parliament, but it was as a soldier and an officer in the -Seventeenth that he had made his mark, in the New England provinces -and Carolina. He was succeeded by Lord R. Somerset, a distinguished -Peninsula officer.</p> - -<p>On the 18th May the regiment arrived at Gravesend, and marched to -Chatham, where all the men, with the exception of some fifty, including -non-commissioned officers, were invalided or discharged. At Chatham -they returned their carbines into store; it was nearly sixty years -before they received them again; and, in accordance with regulation, -ceased to shave their upper lips. It must have been rather a curious -time, that last half of 1823, between the growing of the moustaches, -the learning of the lance exercise, and the constant influx of -recruits. In those<span class="pagenum" id="Page_122">[122]</span> days it was, as a rule, rare for a regiment to -receive above a dozen recruits in the year; <span class="sni">1823.</span> and -though the heavy mortality in India had caused the rapid passage of -many men into the ranks, yet we may guess that the fifty old soldiers, -many of whom had probably brought back with them a liver from the East, -were not too well pleased at being flooded with five times their number -of recruits. The spectacle of 250 bristly upper lips must in itself -have been somewhat disquieting. But recruits came in fast. Before the -year was out the regiment numbered 311 men, or little below its reduced -establishment, viz. six troops of 335 men with 253 horses.</p> - -<p>The acquisition of the lance, of course, brought with it a certain -change of dress. Lancers being of Polish origin, the Polish fashion in -dress was of course imperative. The shako was discarded for ever, and -a lance cap of the orthodox shape introduced in its place; the upper -part thereof white as at present, and the plume, as ever since 1759, -red and white. The officers, besides a huge pair of epaulettes, wore -aiguillettes of silver, and were generally very gorgeously attired. For -we are now, it must be remembered, in the reign of King George IV., -and therefore every uniform is at its zenith of expense and its nadir -of taste. Hence, the first lance caps were so high and heavy that they -were a misery to wear; and the jackets, though in pattern unchanged, -were made so tight that men could hardly cut the sword exercise.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1824.</div> - -<p>From this point for the next thirty years the history of the regiment -is merely that of home duty in England and Ireland; and as the changes -of quarter are recorded in the Appendix, there is no need to repeat -them here. Let it, however, be noted that the Seventeenth took the -London duty for the first time in 1824, <span class="sni">1825.</span> and that in -the following year it found itself once more at Chichester, where we -hope that it was welcomed by the Mayor and Corporation.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1826.</div> - -<p>In 1826, George, Lord Bingham, who had exchanged into the Seventeenth -eleven months before, succeeded Colonel Stanhope in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_123">[123]</span> command of the -regiment. We shall meet with him again as Lord Lucan twenty-eight years -hence; not without results. Lord Bingham retained the command until -1837, and brought the regiment up to a very high pitch of efficiency. -He was a keen soldier, who had taken the pains to study his profession; -a very rare thing in those days; and had even taken the trouble to join -the Russian army in the war of 1828–29 against the Turks, in order to -gain experience of active service. He came to the Seventeenth at a time -when such a commander was especially valuable, for the slack period -of the British army, perhaps inevitable after the exertions of the -great war, was telling heavily on the cavalry. The drill was stiff, -unpractical, and obsolete—designed, apparently, to assimilate the -movements of cavalry and infantry as far as possible to each other. It -was so useful (this was the pretext alleged) for officers to be able -to handle horse and foot with equal facility. “It is hardly credible,” -writes a critic in 1832, “that the late regulations did not contain a -single formation from column into line, in which one or more of the -squadrons had not to rein back as a necessary and essential part of the -movement.” Even when this was altered, officers were still posted in -the ranks instead of in front of their troops. At this time, too, and -for years after, changes of formation were always carried out to the -halt. A regiment that required to take ground to the right, wheeled -into “columns of troops to the right,” to the halt; then advanced as -far as was necessary, then halted, and then wheeled into line, once -again to the halt. In many regiments “field cards” were issued, “drawn -out in all the pride of red ink,” with each movement numbered and -marked in its regular succession; and thus the programme for the day of -review was rehearsed for weeks beforehand.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1829.</div> - -<p>Lord Bingham had not long been in command before the uniform of the -regiment was again changed. When the change was made I cannot with -accuracy say; but in 1829 we find the white lapel-like facings on -the jacket done away with, and a plain blue jacket with white collar -and cuffs preferred in its place.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_124">[124]</span> The old red and white plume also -disappears at this period for ever, and a black plume is worn in its -stead.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1830.</div> - -<p>A year later King William IV. came to the throne and made yet another -change. Whether from jealousy of the colour of his own service, the -Navy, or from whatever cause, he clothed the whole Army, except the -artillery and riflemen, in scarlet. The Lancer regiments, one and all, -were accordingly arrayed in a double-breasted scarlet jacket with two -rows of buttons and gorgeous embroidery, and blue overalls with a -double scarlet stripe. The plume for the officers was of black cocktail -feathers; and as the cap was very high, and measured ten inches square -at the top, and the plume was sixteen inches long, it may be guessed -that heads were sufficiently covered. Large gold epaulettes and gold -cap-lines with large gold tassels completed the dress. Those were merry -days for the army tailor, if not for the Army. That there were curses -both loud and deep from the service we need not doubt; but the King -at least permitted the Seventeenth to retain its facings, which was -more than he allowed to the Navy. With almost incredible want of tact -the sailor-king altered the time-honoured white facings of the Navy -to scarlet. Happily neither of these changes lasted long; though the -appropriation of gold lace to the regular army, and the relegation of -silver to the auxiliary forces, has continued to be the rule up to the -present day. As a finishing touch to the trials of the Lancers at this -period, a general order compelled the shaving of the moustaches which -had been so carefully cultivated for the previous eight years.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1828–32.</div> - -<p>From 1828 to 1832 the Seventeenth was quartered in Ireland. In the -latter year they encountered an old Indian enemy in Dublin, namely -Asiatic cholera, by which they lost three men. On crossing to England -in June they were isolated for some months, lest they should spread the -disease from their quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1833.</div> - -<p>In the following year the regiment was reviewed by King William IV. in -Windsor Park. After the review the King invited the officers to dinner, -and reminded them then that he<span class="pagenum" id="Page_125">[125]</span> had inspected the Seventeenth half a -century before at New York. It is noteworthy that one officer, who was -still borne on the strength of the regiment, had served with it at -that time. Sir Evan Lloyds’ name still appeared on the roll as senior -lieutenant-colonel; and thus there was at least one man who could say -that he had worn both the scarlet and gold and the scarlet and silver. -Nor must we omit to add that among those who witnessed the review on -that day was the future colonel-in-chief of the regiment, Prince George -of Cambridge, then a boy of fourteen. Thus the lives of two colonels of -the Seventeenth actually bridge over the gulf between the American War -of Independence and the fifty-eighth year of Queen Victoria. Sir Evan -Lloyds’ name remained on the regimental list from 1785 until 1836, when -he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 7th Dragoon Guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1834.</div> - -<p>The year 1834 witnessed the abolition of a time-honoured institution, -namely, the squadron standards. A relic of feudal days, which had kept -its significance and its value up to the first years of the great -Civil War, the troop or squadron standard had long been obsolete. In -fact it is rather surprising that such standards should ever have been -issued to Light Dragoons. Nevertheless they survived to a time within -the memory of living men in all cavalry regiments, and are fortunately -still preserved, together with the blue dress and axes of the farriers -and other historic distinctions, in that walking museum of the British -cavalry, the Household Brigade.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837.</div> - -<p>The year 1837 found the headquarters of the Seventeenth at Coventry for -the first time since 1760, when it had but just sprung into existence. -On this occasion we may hope that it was allowed to remain in the town -during the race meeting. It is somewhat of a coincidence that the -regiment should have opened the two longest reigns on record, those, -namely, of King George III. and Queen Victoria, in the same quarters. -In this same year Lord Bingham retired from the command, and was -succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Pratt, who in his turn gave place after -two years to Lieutenant-Colonel St. Quintin.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_126">[126]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1840.</div> - -<p>In 1840 the Light Dragoons and Lancers discarded the scarlet which had -been imposed upon them, and reverted once more to the blue jackets -and the overalls of Oxford mixture, which had been ordained in 1829. -<span class="sni">1841.</span> In 1841 the Seventeenth, after a three years’ stay in -Ireland, was moved to Scotland; its first visit to North Britain since -1764. <span class="sni">1842.</span>Coming down to Leeds in the following year it -received a new colonel in the person of Prince George of Cambridge, -the present Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment and Commander-in-Chief of -the Army. Under his command the regiment was employed in aid of the -civil power to suppress serious riots in the manufacturing districts -in August 1842. <span class="sni">1843.</span> In the following year, headquarters -and three troops of the regiment being stationed at Birmingham, -there occurred an accident which, after fifty years, sounds almost -incredible. The men had just left barracks, in watering order, for -the exercise of the horses, and were about to pass under an arch of -what in the infancy of railways was called the “Liverpool line,” when -an engine, with its whistle shrieking loudly, passed over the arch -at a high speed. In an instant every horse swung violently round, -dismounting almost, if not actually, every man, and the whole hundred -of them stampeded wildly back through the streets to their stables. -Many of the men were injured, some so seriously that they had to be -carried back to barracks; and all this came about through the now -familiar whistle of a railway engine. The incident gives us a momentary -glimpse of one feature in the England of half a century ago.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844.</div> - -<p>Next year the regiment took part in the review held by the Queen in -honour of the Czar of Russia. Another ten years was to see it fighting -that Czar’s army, and helping to break his heart. The vicissitudes of a -regiment’s life are strange, and the Seventeenth had its share thereof -in the forties: first putting down rioters at Leeds; then marching past -the Czar at Windsor; then rushing across to Ireland to maintain order -there during the abortive insurrection headed by Smith O’Brien; and, -<span class="sni">1848.</span> finally, escorting Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her -first entry into the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_127">[127]</span> city of Dublin. -<span class="sni">1850.</span> The year 1850 -brought it back to England once more, where, after one bout of peace -manœuvres at Chobham, it at last received orders, for the first time -for thirty-four years, to hold itself in readiness for active service. -The warning came in February 1854, and the scene of action was destined -to be the Crimea.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_128">[128]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER XII<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE CRIMEA, 1854–1856</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1854</div> - -<p>On receiving the order to prepare for active service the regiment -was formed into four service and two depôt troops of the following -strength:—</p> - -<table summary="troops" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="chtltrb"></td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Service</td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Depôt</td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Total</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Field Officers.</td> - <td class="rightr">2</td> - <td class="rightr"></td> - <td class="rightr">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Captains.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - <td class="rightr">1</td> - <td class="rightr">5</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Subalterns.</td> - <td class="rightr">8</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - <td class="rightr">12</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Staff.</td> - <td class="rightr">6</td> - <td class="rightr"></td> - <td class="rightr">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Sergeants.</td> - <td class="rightr">18</td> - <td class="rightr">7</td> - <td class="rightr">25</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Trumpeters.</td> - <td class="rightr">5</td> - <td class="rightr">2</td> - <td class="rightr">7</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Farriers.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - <td class="rightr">2</td> - <td class="rightr">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Corporals.</td> - <td class="rightr">13</td> - <td class="rightr">5</td> - <td class="rightr">18</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlrb">Privates.</td> - <td class="rightbr">254</td> - <td class="rightbr">51</td> - <td class="rightbr">305</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">HORSES. Officers.</td> - <td class="rightr">48</td> - <td class="rightr">8</td> - <td class="rightr">56</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtindent">R. & F.</td> - <td class="rightbr">249</td> - <td class="rightbr">34</td> - <td class="rightbr">283</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<div class="sidenote">April</div> - -<p>After the whole had been inspected by the Duke of Cambridge, the depôt -troops marched to Brighton on the 10th May, where they formed part of -the consolidated cavalry depôt under Colonel Bonham.</p> - -<p>Headquarters and the service troops embarked at Portsmouth on the 18th, -23rd, 24th, and 25th April in five sailing ships, thus:—</p> - - -<p>Headquarters, under Colonel Lawrenson, in the ship <i>Eveline</i>.</p> - -<p>One troop, under Major Willett, in the <i>Pride of the Ocean</i>.</p> - -<p>One troop in the <i>Ganges</i>.</p> - -<p>One troop in the <i>Blundell</i>.</p> - -<p>Remainder in the <i>Edmundsbury</i>.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_128fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_128fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury, 1832</i></p> - <p class="p0 center sm">OFFICERS, 1829</p> - </div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_129">[129]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1854. May.</div> - -<p>After passages varying from twenty-three days to five weeks, the whole -arrived at Constantinople toward the end of May. Men and officers -were all well, but twenty-six horses had perished on the voyage. -The regiment was disembarked at Kulali, on the Asiatic side of the -Bosporus, and on the 30th of May was inspected by the Sultan in person -at Scutari.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_130">[130]</span></p> - -<p>On the 2nd June the regiment re-embarked on the same vessel, and -sailed to Varna, where, on disembarkation, <span class="sni">4th June.</span> it -was made part of the Light Brigade under the command of Lord Cardigan. -Leaving Varna on the 8th it marched to Devna, some eighteen miles to -the north-west, and remained encamped at a short distance from the -village until the 28th July, <span class="sni">28th July.</span>on which day it -marched for Yeni-bazar, halting at Kutlubi, Yasytepe, and Sazego on the -way, and finally encamped at Yeni-bazar on the 1st August. So far the -army had done nothing, but had been condemned to inactivity, losing -many men by cholera meanwhile. The retreat of the Russians from the -Danube after their failure before Silistria, and defeat at Giurgevo -in July, had virtually secured the only object of the expedition, -namely, that Russia should abandon the invasion of Turkey. But at the -end of June the British Government decided to direct the expedition -against Sebastopol, and to destroy Russia’s great stronghold in the -Black Sea. <span class="sni">25th Aug.</span> Accordingly, on the 25th of August the -Seventeenth started to march back from Yeni-bazar to Varna. Cholera -had been at work with them, as with the rest of the army, in August, -and they left twelve men buried at Yeni-bazar. <span class="sni">28th Aug.</span> -Arriving at Varna on the 28th, the regiment embarked once more on -four transports on 2nd and 3rd September, and sailed for the Crimea. -<span class="sni">17th Sept.</span> A fortnight later the headquarters, under -Colonel Lawrenson, landed at Kalamita Bay, the spot chosen by Lord -Raglan for the disembarkation of the army. The Seventeenth lost two -more men by cholera in the passage, and showed a serious falling-off in -strength on landing.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1854.</div> - -<table summary="staff" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="chtltr">Field Officers.</td> - <td class="ctrtr">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Captains.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Subalterns.</td> - <td class="rightr">7</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Staff.</td> - <td class="rightr">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Sergeants.</td> - <td class="rightr">16</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Trumpeters.</td> - <td class="rightr">5</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Farriers.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Corporals.</td> - <td class="rightr">11</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Privates.</td> - <td class="rightr">192</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlrb">Totals--All ranks</td> - <td class="rightbr">247</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">HORSES. Officers.</td> - <td class="rightr">21</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtindent">Troops</td> - <td class="rightbr">216</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<div class="sidenote">19th Sept.</div> - -<p>Two days later the army began its advance; the infantry divisions -massed in close column, and the cavalry on its skirts—the Seventeenth -being in rear of the left flank of the infantry. Early in the afternoon -the four squadrons of the advanced guard came upon 2000 of the enemy’s -cavalry, a little way on the other side of the Bulganak River. Both -parties threw out skirmishers, who fired some ineffectual carbine -shots without dismounting, as was the fashion of the day; and then the -Seventeenth and 8th Hussars were ordered up in haste to reinforce the -advanced squadrons. The Russians, although in overwhelming force, did -not attack, and the advanced squadrons then retired by alternate wings. -A few artillery shots were exchanged, and with that the first encounter -with the Russians was over. The troops bivouacked that night in order -of battle, <span class="sni">20th Sept.</span> and on the following day attacked and -carried the Russian entrenched position on the heights of the Alma.</p> - -<p>Details of the action of the Alma, wherein the cavalry, from the nature -of the case, was little if at all engaged, would be out of place here. -It is, however, worth while to remark that the first infantry division -and the cavalry division, which occupied the left of the English line, -were both under the command of former colonels of the Seventeenth, -the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Lucan. During the infantry attack the -cavalry, which was on the extreme left, remained perforce inactive; -but when the Highland Brigade, which was next to the cavalry, had -carried the heights before them, one squadron of the Seventeenth, which -was presently joined by the other, moved off without orders from any -general officer, and began to ascend the heights. <span class="sni">1854.</span> On -their way they contrived<span class="pagenum" id="Page_131">[131]</span> in some way to cross part of the front of the -Highlanders, and were soundly rated by Sir Colin Campbell for their -pains. When, finally, on reaching the summit they began to capture -Russian prisoners, the pursuit was checked by Lord Raglan’s order; -and in consequence little was done. Shortly after the action Colonel -Lawrenson went home invalided, leaving to Major Willett the command of -the regiment.</p> - -<p>For two days after the battle of the Alma the army remained halted, -<span class="sni">23rd Sept.</span> and then on the 23rd slowly resumed the march on -Sebastopol. Lord Raglan’s wish had been to push on immediately after -the victory, but to this the French commander would not consent. On the -24th the cavalry, under Lord Lucan, was sent on to the river Belbec, -a day’s march ahead of the main army, but encountered no opposition. -Next day, Lord Raglan having been obliged, in deference to the French, -to abandon his plan of attacking Sebastopol from the north, the army -executed the flank march which brought it round from the north to -the south side of the city. The march lay through difficult wooded -ground; and the cavalry, which had been pushed forward to cover the -advance, was misguided by a staff-officer. The result was that Lord -Raglan and his escort were the first to come upon the rear-guard of -the Russian army, which was likewise, though unknown to the English, -executing a flank march across the British front. The cavalry soon came -up, and captured some waggons as well as a few prisoners. After this -trifling and rather ludicrous affair with the Russian rear-guard at -Mackenzie’s Farm, the march was continued, and the army bivouacked that -night on the Tchernaya River. <span class="sni">29th Sept.</span> On the following -day Balaclava was taken; and after three nights more bivouac on the -Balaclava plains, the Seventeenth received some tents. They, like the -rest of the army, had landed without tents or kits.</p> - -<p>The main business of the cavalry now consisted in patrolling east and -northward towards the Tchemaya, where, as early as the 5th October, it -began to encounter Russian patrols. In a sense the cavalry was isolated -from the rest of the army. <span class="sni">1854.</span> The plain of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_132">[132]</span> Balaclava -lies about a mile from Sebastopol, and extends on an average to a -length of about three miles from east to west, and a breadth of two -miles from north to south. It is enclosed on all sides by heights: on -the north by the Fedioukine Hills, on the south by the Kamara Hills, -on the east by Mount Hasport, and on the west by the Chersonese, where -the bulk of the army was encamped. The plain is cut in two from east to -west by a line of hills called the Causeway heights, which run almost -to the Chersonese; and it was at the foot of these hills, on the south -side of them, that the camp of the Light Brigade was situated. Just -about due south of the camp, at a distance of about a mile, stands the -village of Kadikoi, at the entrance to the gorge that leads down to -Balaclava harbour.</p> - -<p>Balaclava was now the British base of operations. Its defence was -entrusted to Sir Colin Campbell, with the 93rd Highlanders, some -marines, and a certain number of Turks; the cavalry being at hand to -help him in the plain. But the better to secure the base with so small -a force, an inner line of field-works was constructed from Kadikoi on -the north, along the heights on the east of Balaclava to the sea, and -an outer line of six redoubts on the Causeway heights. It has already -been said that the English and Russian patrols had clashed on the -Tchernaya; and as General Liprandi, with a Russian army, had fixed his -headquarters at Tchorgoun, less than a mile beyond the Tchernaya to -the north-east, this was hardly surprising. Shortly after the middle -of October Captain White of the Seventeenth, while on outlying picquet -on the Kamara Hills, had observed a large force of Russian cavalry and -duly reported it. Knowing the Russians to be in considerable force, -neither Sir Colin Campbell nor Lord Lucan were at their ease as to the -safety of Balaclava, from the weakness of their defending force and its -isolation from the rest of the army.</p> - -<p>On the 23rd October Major Willett died, and the command of the regiment -once more changed hands. The senior officer, Captain Morris, was -employed on the staff; and it became a question whether he would remain -where he was, leaving the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_133">[133]</span> command to Captain White, or whether he -would return to the regiment. <span class="sni">1854.</span>On the 24th Lord Lucan -received intelligence that Balaclava would be attacked on the morrow by -a Russian force of 25,000 men. He at once despatched an aide-de-camp to -Lord Raglan, who said “Very well.” That evening Captain Morris decided -that he would take command of the Seventeenth.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">25th Oct.</div> - -<p>Next day the cavalry turned out as usual an hour before daybreak, and -were standing to their horses, when Lord Lucan rode off slowly to the -easternmost redoubt on the Causeway heights. The coming of the dawn -showed him a signal on the flagstaff of the redoubt, which told him -that his information was correct, and that the Russians were advancing -in force. Lord George Paget of the 4th Light Dragoons at once galloped -back and ordered the Light Brigade to mount. The men were just about to -be dismissed to their breakfasts when they were moved off toward the -threatened quarter.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile the Russians, with 11,000 men and 38 guns, attacked the -easternmost redoubt; and in spite of a gallant resistance from the five -or six hundred Turks that held it, carried it by storm. The Turks then -abandoned the three next redoubts; and thus the line of the Causeway -heights fell into the hands of the Russians. Simultaneously two more -Russian columns had advanced and occupied the Fedioukine heights, -and filled the valley between the Fedioukine and Causeway heights -with 3500 cavalry and a battery of twelve guns. Lord Lucan, seeing -that his 1500 men of the Light and Heavy Cavalry Brigades could not -check the advance of 11,000 Russians, fell back to a position on the -southern slopes of the Causeway heights, which would enable him to fall -on the flank of any force that might cross the South Valley towards -Balaclava. From this position he was ordered by Lord Raglan to retire. -The result was that the Russians immediately detached four squadrons -to attack the weak force of infantry that held the mouth of the gorge -leading to Balaclava. So serious did Sir Colin Campbell judge this -attack to be that he warned the 93rd, as the Russian cavalry came down -on them, that they must<span class="pagenum" id="Page_134">[134]</span> die where they stood. -<span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> Fortunately the Russian attack was not pushed home, and the four -squadrons were utterly defeated by the unshaken firmness of the 93rd. -Convinced as to the soundness of his dispositions, Lord Lucan shortly -after moved the Light Brigade forward to its original station; while, -in obedience to Raglan’s order, he despatched the Heavy Brigade across -the valley to reinforce the defending troops at Kadikoi.</p> - -<p>Just as the Heavy Brigade was moving off, the Russian cavalry came up -in great force over the Causeway heights, full on the flank of the -Heavies, but lending their own flank to the Light Brigade. Brigadier -Scarlett thereupon wheeled the Heavies into line, and delivered the -brilliant attack known as the charge of the Heavy Brigade. Every one, -including Lord Lucan, expected to see the Light Brigade fall down on -the Russian flank, and smash it completely. But Lord Cardigan judged -that his instructions forbade him to attack, and refused to move. -Every man in the Brigade was waiting for the order to charge, and Lord -Cardigan himself cursed loudly at his own inaction. Captain Morris, -doing duty with his regiment for the first time since it had landed in -the Crimea, begged and prayed his Brigadier to let loose, if not the -whole Brigade, at any rate the Seventeenth Lancers; but Lord Cardigan -would not hear of it. Thus for the second time the Seventeenth (and for -that matter the Light Brigade), was baulked of the successful attack -which its old Colonel had prepared for it.</p> - -<p>Then came an order from Lord Raglan to Lord Lucan to “advance and -recover the heights,” <i>i.e.</i> the Causeway heights; presently -supplemented by a further order—“Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to -advance rapidly to the front and recover the guns,” meaning the guns -captured by the Russians in the redoubts on the Causeway heights. This -last order was brought by Captain Nolan, an excitable man, and at that -particular moment in a highly excited state. “Guns,” said Lord Lucan -to him, “what guns?” Nolan waved his hand vaguely, it would seem, in -the direction of the Russian battery at the head of the North Valley<span class="pagenum" id="Page_135">[135]</span> -and said, by no means too respectfully: “There, my Lord, is your enemy, -there are your guns.” <span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> Lord Lucan was a -quick-tempered man, and probably not in his most amiable mood at that -instant. He was one of those officers, rare enough in those days, who -had taken particular pains to study his profession, and was on all -hands acknowledged to possess more than ordinary ability. His warnings -of the previous day had been neglected at headquarters; his perfectly -correct dispositions, carefully concerted with Sir Colin Campbell, -had been twice upset by superior order, with results that must almost -certainly have been fatal, if the Russian cavalry had known its work; -and now had come a fresh staff-officer with an order which, not in -itself too clear, had been further obscured by that staff-officer’s -excitability. Over hastily he accepted what he believed to be the true -meaning of the order, and directed Lord Cardigan to attack the Russian -battery at the head of the North Valley with the Light Brigade.</p> - -<p>That Brigade, after its various movements, had been finally drawn up -facing directly up the South Valley, and had stood dismounted there for -more than three-quarters of an hour, when Lord Cardigan gave the order -which showed that its time had come. In the Seventeenth that morning -there were 139 men in the ranks, increased at the last moment by the -arrival of Private Veigh, the regimental butcher, who, hearing that the -regiment was about to be engaged, rode up fresh from the shambles to -join it. He was dressed in a blood-stained canvas smock, over which he -had buckled the belt and accoutrements of one of the Heavy Dragoons who -had been killed in the charge; and, having accommodated himself also -with the dead dragoon’s horse, he now rode up with his poleaxe<a id="FNanchor_12" href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> at -the slope. The rest of the regiment was in marching order—full-dress -jackets and lance-caps cased—with the exception of Captain Morris, -the commanding officer, who wore a forage cap. The first squadron was -led by Captain White, the troop leaders being Captain Hon. Godfrey -Morgan and Lieutenant<span class="pagenum" id="Page_136">[136]</span> Thomson; -<span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> the second -squadron was led by Captain Winter, with Captain Webb in command of the -right, and Lieutenant Sir William Gordon in command of the left troop. -Lieutenant Hartopp, Lieutenant Chadwick (the Adjutant) and Cornet -Cleveland were the other officers with the regiment, Cornet Wombwell -being with Lord Cardigan as aide-de-camp. The two squadrons of the -Seventeenth formed the centre of the first line of the Brigade, having -the 11th Hussars to their left, and the 13th Hussars to their right; -while the 4th and 8th Hussars composed the second line.</p> - -<p>In this formation the Light Brigade moved off to the attack; its duty -being to advance over a mile and a half of ground, flanked by Russian -batteries and riflemen on the Fedioukine heights to the right, Russian -batteries and riflemen on the Causeway heights to the left, and fall -upon a battery of twelve guns to their front, which guns were backed -by the mass of the Russian Cavalry. The first line began the advance -at a trot, and was presently reduced to the Seventeenth and 13th only; -the 11th being ordered back to the second line by Lord Lucan. The -formation of the Brigade was thus altered from two lines to three. The -Seventeenth was now therefore on the left of the first line, though -Captain White’s squadron still remained the squadron of direction.</p> - -<p>Presently, without sound of trumpet, but conforming to the pace of the -Brigadier, the first line broke into the gallop. It had barely started -when Captain Nolan rode across the front from left to right, shouting -and waving his sword. “No, no, Nolan,” shouted Captain Morris, “that -won’t do, we have a long way to go and must be steady.” As he spoke a -fragment of a shell struck Nolan to the heart. His horse swerved and -trotted back through the squadron interval with his rider still firm in -the saddle, and then with an unearthly cry the body of Nolan dropped to -the ground. This was the first shell that fell into the Light Brigade.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile the handful of squadrons, with the Seventeenth and 13th at -their head, rode on with perfect steadiness, and in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_137">[137]</span> beautiful order, -into the ring of the Russian fire. <span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> Then men -and horses began to drop fast in the first line. The survivors closed -up and rode on. The trumpet sounded no charge; the officers uttered no -stirring word; the men gave no cheer; for this was no headlong rush -of reckless cavaliers, but an orderly advance of disciplined men. -Throughout this ride down the valley there was but one word continually -repeated, “Close up”; and the men closed in to their centre, and with -an ever-diminishing front rode on. Those who watched the advance -from the heights a mile away saw the line expand as the stricken men -and horses floundered down, and contract once more like some perfect -machinery as the survivors took up their dressing and rode on. But at -last the gaps became so frequent and so wide that men could close up -no more; and then the whole of the first line sat down and raced for -the guns. The Russians were ready for them and met them at about eighty -yards distance with a simultaneous discharge of every gun in the front -battery. How many men fell under this salvo we shall never know. By -this time two-thirds of the first line must have fallen: the remaining -third rode on. In a few seconds they had plunged into the smoke and -were among the Russian guns.</p> - -<p>On the extreme left a handful of the Seventeenth had outflanked the -battery, and of these—all that he could see of his regiment—Captain -Morris, who was still unharmed, retained command. Pressing on past the -battery through the smoke, he was aware of a large body of Russian -cavalry, part of an overwhelming force, that stood halted before him in -rear of the guns. Steadying his men for a moment, he led them without -thought of hesitation straight at the Russians, and drove his sword to -the hilt through the body of their leader. His men were hard at his -heels. They broke through the Russian Hussars, they swept all that were -covered by their narrow front before them, and galloped on in pursuit. -Meanwhile Captain Morris had fallen. Unable to withdraw his sword from -the body of the Russian officer, he was tethered by his sword-arm to -the corpse, and while<span class="pagenum" id="Page_138">[138]</span> thus disabled received two sabre cuts and a -lance wound. <span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> Utterly defenceless against -the lances of the Cossacks, who had closed like water upon the small -gap made by the Seventeenth, he was forced to surrender. Lieutenant -Chadwick, who was wounded by a lance thrust in the neck, was also made -prisoner at the same time.</p> - -<p>Another fragment of the first line, backed by men of various regiments, -was rallied by Corporal Morley, and by him led back through the Russian -cavalry to the North Valley.</p> - -<p>Yet another little remnant of the Seventeenth, to the right of Morris, -had entered the battery, where Sergeant O’Hara took command of them, -and directed their efforts against the Russian gunners, who were -attempting to carry off their guns. These were presently rallied by -Lord Cardigan’s Brigade-Major, Major Mayow; but a portion of them -having missed him in the smoke went on with O’Hara to their left, where -they met their comrades, the survivors of Captain Morris’s party. These -last, after chasing the Russian Hussars back upon their supports, had -been forced back by immensely superior numbers, and were now menaced -in their turn both in flank and rear. The two little parties joined -together, and fighting their way back through the Russians made good -their retreat down the valley.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile Major Mayow, with about a dozen men of the Seventeenth, like -Captain Morris, charged a body of Russian horse, which was halted in -rear of the battery, drove it back, and pursued it for some distance -upon the main body. Then Mayow halted, and seeing the remains of a -squadron of the 8th Hussars approaching to his right rear, he formed -his handful of Lancers on the left flank of the 8th. The Russian -cavalry in rear of the guns was now panic-stricken, and in full -retreat; but there still remained some Russian squadrons which had been -left on the Causeway heights; and of these three now menaced Colonel -Shewell’s rear. Shewell gave his mixed squadron the word “Right about -wheel,” and charged them. As usual the Russians received the charge -at the halt and were utterly routed. Then, seeing no troops coming to -his support, Colonel Shewell retreated.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_139">[139]</span> -<span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> -Once more the British came under the fire of the guns on the Causeway -heights. The French had silenced those on the Fedioukine side, the -Light Brigade had silenced those in the valley, but those on the -Causeway heights still remained untaken. Fortunately some Russian -Lancers still hovered about the retreating English, and the Russian -gunners ceased to fire lest they should kill their own men. Thus -the Seventeenth and the rest of the Brigade returned in small knots -well-nigh to the spot from which they had started but five-and-twenty -minutes before. Six hundred and seventy-eight of all ranks had started; -one hundred and ninety-five came back.</p> - -<p>Of the Seventeenth Lancers Captain Winter, Lieutenant Thomson, -twenty-two men, and ninety-nine horses were killed. Captain Morris, -desperately wounded, finding himself deserted by the Russian officer to -whom he had surrendered and left to the tender mercies of the Cossacks, -contrived to catch a loose horse, and, when this had been killed under -him, made shift to stagger back to the place where Captain Nolan had -fallen. There he dropped, but was tended under fire by Surgeon Mouat -and by Sergeant Wooden of the Seventeenth, both of whom received the -Victoria Cross for the service. Captain Robert White was badly wounded -before reaching the battery, and Captain Webb wounded to the death. -Sir William Gordon, who had passed through the battery unharmed, came -back from pursuing the Russian cavalry with five sabre wounds in the -head. So terribly had he been hacked that the doctors said that on the -25th October he was “their only patient with his head off.” Hardly -able to keep himself in the saddle he lay on his horse’s neck, trying -to keep the blood out of his eyes, and rode back down the valley at a -walk. Being intercepted by a body of Russian cavalry he made for the -squadron interval, followed by two or three men, and when the Russians, -in their endeavour to bar his passage, left an opening in the squadron, -he managed to canter through it and in spite of pursuit to finally -complete his escape. His horse, which was shot through the shoulders, -managed to carry<span class="pagenum" id="Page_140">[140]</span> him out of action, but died, poor gallant beast, very -soon after. <span class="sni">1854—25th Oct.</span> Thirty-three men and almost -every surviving horse were also wounded; Trumpeter Brittain, who had -acted as Lord Cardigan’s trumpeter on that day, dying of his hurts -in hospital. Lieutenant Chadwick, and thirteen more men, all of them -wounded, were taken prisoners. Lieutenant Wombwell, being like Captain -Morris abandoned by his captors to the Cossacks, escaped, after having -two horses killed under him.</p> - -<p>So ended the work of the Seventeenth on the 25th October 1854. It -is customary to look upon the attack of the Light Brigade as a mere -desperate ride into the Russian battery. It was far more than this. -The advance down the valley through the murderous fire from front and -both flanks was but the prelude to a brilliant attack. Discipline -never failed even among the scattered fragments of the first line. -Where their own officers were still alive with them, the men of the -Seventeenth, however trifling in numbers, rallied, as under Captain -Morris, and followed them to the attack on the Russian cavalry. Where -an officer of another corps rallied them, they followed him with the -same devotion and intrepidity. The little knot with Major Mayow, under -his leadership attacked ten or fifteen times their number of Russians, -defeated them, pursued them, halted, rallied on the 8th Hussars, -attacked with them successfully once more, and stood ready to renew the -attack yet again if supports should come. Where, again, no officer was -present, the non-commissioned officers, true to regimental tradition, -readily took command; and Sergeant O’Hara and Corporal Morley proved -themselves worthy successors of Tucker and Stephenson.</p> - -<p>Had the attack of the Light Brigade been supported there is reason -to suppose that it would have been brilliantly successful; for the -Russian cavalry had been thoroughly scared, and even the infantry had -been formed into squares to resist the onslaught of the few score of -men who had passed the battery. Lord Lucan had indeed every intention -of supporting it with the Heavy Brigade, and actually brought that -brigade within destructive fire;<span class="pagenum" id="Page_141">[141]</span> -<span class="sni">1854.</span> but seeing from -his advanced position up the valley the frightful losses of the Light -Brigade, he could not bring himself to sacrifice the Heavies also. -Pulling up under the cross-fire of the batteries, his horse wounded in -two places, and his own thigh injured by a musket ball, he took his -resolution and ordered the Heavy Brigade to retire. What his feelings -may have been when he saw the wreck of his old regiment return to -him we can only guess. Yet this was not the first occasion on which -the Seventeenth had charged ten times their number of cavalry; they -had done it once before at Cowpens against a far more dangerous and -resolute enemy.</p> - -<p>After Balaclava the Seventeenth, like the other four regiments of the -Light Brigade, had almost ceased to exist in the Crimea, from the -extent of its loss both in men and horses. A supply of remounts was, -however, obtained by the capture of about 100 Russian troop-horses -which stampeded into the British camp on the night of the 26th October.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">5th Nov.</div> - -<p>The next great action of the war was the battle of Inkermann on the -5th November. In this engagement the brunt of the work fell, from -the nature of the case, upon the infantry. The Light Brigade was, -however, brought under fire late in the day in support of some French -reinforcements; Lord George Paget, who was in command that day, having -received instructions, and also a particularly urgent request from the -Commander-in-Chief of the French, to keep his men, a bare 200 all told, -within supporting distance of the French cavalry. The losses of the -Light Brigade amounted to an officer and five men killed, and five men -wounded, of whom the officer and another of the killed and one of the -wounded belonged to the Seventeenth. Cornet Cleveland, who had escaped -at Balaclava where so many fell, was the only English cavalry officer -who was touched at Inkermann. His death reduced the number of unwounded -officers of the regiment to three.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">25th Nov.</div> - -<p>Three weeks later the establishment of the Seventeenth was raised -to eight troops—a curious reflection for the handful<span class="pagenum" id="Page_142">[142]</span> of men who -represented it in the Crimea. <span class="sni">1854.</span>Some months were yet -to pass before the Seventeenth at Sebastopol could make any show as -a regiment, and those months were those of the Crimean winter. So -much has been written of that terrible time that it would be out of -place to say much of it here. Suffice it that between bad luck and bad -management both men and horses suffered very severely. Probably there -never was a time excepting the winter of 1854 when the troop-horses -of a British cavalry division were almost without exception hog-maned -and rat-tailed, the poor creatures having eaten each other’s hair -in the extremity of hunger. As to the men of the Seventeenth, it is -enough to say that they shared the misery and hardship which was borne -by the rest of the army, which was cruel enough. But hard as was the -Crimean winter, it must not be treated, simply because a British -war-correspondent was present and a British Parliament was busy, as -an unique trial of endurance. A regiment which had fought through the -Carolina campaigns and the deadly war in the West Indies had little new -to learn of misery, sickness, and death.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1855.</div> - -<p>In the months of April and June of the following year the regiment -received large drafts from England, and by the 21st July was enabled to -detach a squadron of 100 men and horses, under the command of Captain -Learmonth, to join a force of British cavalry which was employed in -collecting forage and supporting the French in the Baidar Valley. -This squadron rejoined headquarters on the 19th August, in time to be -present together with the rest of the regiment at the battle of the -Tchernaya. <span class="sni">20th Aug.</span>> <span class="sni">8th Sept.</span> Three weeks -later Sebastopol was evacuated, and the war was practically over.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_143fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_143fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury.</i></p> - <p class="center p0 sm">PRIVATE, Review Order.   OFFICER, Marching Order.   PRIVATE, Marching Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">1829–1832.</p> - </div> - -<p>About the middle of November the regiment embarked at Balaclava for -Ismid, where it landed on the 15th. Its strength on embarkation was 15 -officers and 291 non-commissioned officers and men, with 224 horses; -and the whole of it was carried in two transports, the <i>Candia</i> -and <i>Etna</i>. A corporal and five men were left behind to do orderly -work in the Crimea. <span class="sni">1856.</span> At Ismid <span class="pagenum" id="Page_143">[143]</span>the Seventeenth -was brigaded with the 8th and 10th Hussars, under Brigadier Shewell, -<span class="sni">30th Mar.</span> and there remained until after the proclamation -of peace.</p> - -<p>On the 27th of April a sergeant’s party of seventeen men and sixteen -horses was embarked in the transport <i>Oneida</i>, and two days later -the bulk of the regiment, 18 officers and 442 men, with 171 horses, -embarked in the <i>Candia</i>, homeward bound. The whole arrived at -Queenstown on the 14th May, having suffered no casualty but the loss of -a single horse on the passage.</p> - -<p>On landing, the regiment was quartered at Cahir barracks (where it -was joined by the depôt squadron from Brighton), with detachments at -Clogheen, Clonmel, Fethard, and Limerick. It had not been at home two -months before it was employed at Nenagh in aid of the civil power. -<span class="sni">12th Sept.</span> In September the regiment was moved up to -Portobello Barracks in Dublin, <span class="sni">10th Nov.</span> and two months -later was reduced to six troops once more, with an establishment of 28 -officers, 442 non-commissioned officers and men, with 300 troop-horses. -<span class="sni">1857. 7th Mar.</span> Early in the following year it moved to -Island Bridge Barracks, where all the elaborate arrangements for -quarters and reduction of establishment were upset by the outbreak of -the Indian Mutiny.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_144">[144]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER XIII<br /> -<span class="subhed">CENTRAL INDIA, 1858–1859</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1857.</div> - -<p>For the better understanding of the share taken by the Seventeenth -Lancers in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, it may be well to set -down as briefly as possible the principal events that had taken place -before their arrival—</p> - -<table summary="event" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">First outbreak at Meerut</td> - <td class="right">10th</td> - <td class="ctr">May</td> - <td class="ctr">1857.</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Outbreak at Lucknow</td> - <td class="right">30th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „  „ Cawnpore</td> - <td class="right">7th</td> - <td class="ctr">June</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Siege of Delhi opened</td> - <td class="right">8th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Cawnpore massacre</td> - <td class="right">26th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Capture of Cawnpore by Havelock</td> - <td class="right">18th</td> - <td class="ctr">July</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Fall of Delhi</td> - <td class="right">20th</td> - <td class="ctr">Sept.</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">First relief of Lucknow</td> - <td class="right">25th</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Second  „  „ </td> - <td class="right">17th</td> - <td class="ctr">Nov.</td> - <td class="ctr">„</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>In those days, when there was neither submarine cable nor Suez Canal, -news from India took some time to reach England. Reinforcements -destined for China were intercepted and sent to India on their way, and -thus arrived early; but it was October 1857 before the reinforcements -from England began fairly to pour into Calcutta. The Seventeenth was -not of these first reinforcements; and did not receive its orders -for embarkation before 2nd September. On the 7th of that month its -establishment was raised from six to ten troops; and volunteers, to the -number of 132, were received from other regiments, namely the 3rd, 4th, -and 13th Light Dragoons, the 11th Hussars, and the 16th Lancers. It -will be noticed at once that this list includes three regiments out of -the five which had composed the Light Brigade<span class="pagenum" id="Page_145">[145]</span> in the Crimea. The other -regiment of that Brigade, the 8th Hussars, sailed with the Seventeenth -to India.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1857.</div> - -<p>On the 1st October the depôt was formed, and on the 6th the regiment -moved by rail from Dublin to Cork and embarked on board the steamship -<i>Great Britain</i>, wherein the 8th Hussars had already been embarked -on the previous day. The strength of the Seventeenth was as follows:—</p> - -<table summary="strength" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Field Officers.</td> - <td class="right">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Captains.</td> - <td class="right">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Subalterns.</td> - <td class="right">9</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Staff.</td> - <td class="right">5</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Sergeants.</td> - <td class="right">37</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Trumpeters.</td> - <td class="right">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Farriers.</td> - <td class="right">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Corporals.</td> - <td class="right">23</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Privates.</td> - <td class="right">409</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>We may note among the officers the names of Captains White and Sir -W. Gordon, whom we knew at Balaclava, and of Captain Drury Lowe and -Lieutenant Evelyn Wood, whom we are in future to know better.</p> - -<p>On the 8th October the <i>Great Britain</i> sailed, and after touching -at the Cape de Verdes and the Cape of Good Hope to coal, reached Bombay -on the 17th December. A single casualty, the death of a private from -heart disease, alone occurred on the seventy days’ voyage. The Colonel, -who with one captain, the riding-master, the veterinary surgeon, and -four rough-riders, had been sent out by the overland route, of course -reached India earlier than the rest of the regiment. The Seventeenth -disembarked in two divisions on the 19th and 21st December, and on -landing were moved up first to Campoolee, at the foot of the Bhore -Ghauts, and thence to Kirkee cantonments, where it arrived on the 24th -and 26th.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1858.</div> - -<p>Then came a weary period of waiting until horses could be procured from -the remount establishment in Bombay. Meanwhile, on the 6th January -1858, Sir Hugh Rose opened the extraordinary campaign wherein he -marched from Indore, and fought his way without a check to the Jumna. -But when he had closed this campaign, first at Calpee on the 24th -May, and finally at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_146">[146]</span> Gwalior on the 20th June, the most strenuous of -his enemies were still at large, and, as the event proved, not to be -captured for another nine months. These were Tantia Topee and the Rao -Sahib; the latter Nana Sahib’s nephew, the former his right-hand man. -Of the two Tantia was incomparably the more formidable. After being -present at the first siege of Cawnpore, and the subsequent defeat of -the Nana’s troops by Havelock, he had been entrusted with the command -of the Nana’s “Gwalior contingent.” With this he had beaten General -Wyndham before Cawnpore (26th and 27th November 1857), and though -immediately after defeated in his turn by Sir Colin Campbell, had by -no means abandoned the struggle. Turning north from Cawnpore he first -captured Chirkaree. He then tried to relieve Jhansi, at that time -besieged by Sir Hugh Rose, and was defeated (1st April 1858); and -meeting Sir Hugh Rose once more at Kunch, was again defeated. Still -unquelled, he turned against Gwalior, routed Scindia’s troops, and -captured the fortress. There he was for the third time defeated by Sir -Hugh Rose, and his force still further dispersed by Sir R. Napier at -Jowra Alipore (22nd June). He then tried to make his way northward, but -was headed back by General Showers. Still undismayed, he broke away -westward to Tonk; from which point begins the final act of the drama -of the Mutiny. In this act, which may be called the hunting of Tantia -Topee, the Seventeenth had its part, and played it on the old stage of -the Pindari war—Malwa.</p> - -<p>While Sir Hugh Rose was fighting, horses began to arrive at -Kirkee—Arab, Syrian, Australian, and Cape horses for the most part; -and as each squadron of the Seventeenth was mounted, it was hurried up -to the front to join in the chase of Tantia. The first squadron was -despatched from Kirkee on the 27th May, under the command of Captain -Sir William Gordon, to join Major-General Michel’s force at Mhow. This -squadron, in spite of many obstacles, lost no time upon the road. The -first difficulty was the desertion, after two or three days’ march, of -the <i>baboo</i> who was in charge of the Commissariat arrangements. -<span class="sni">1858.</span> His<span class="pagenum" id="Page_147">[147]</span> place was taken by the only officer who could -speak Hindustani, Lieutenant Evelyn Wood; and the squadron marched -on without a day’s halt for the whole of the five hundred miles to -its destination, learning much on the way, and arriving in perfect -condition. At whatever hour of the day or night the march might close, -Sir William Gordon, with or without the help of a candle, inspected -every horse’s back, and if the hair appeared to be in the least degree -ruffled, shifted the stuffing of the saddle from the tender place with -a homely but effective instrument, a two-pronged steel fork. If the -back were actually sore the trooper could look forward to the pleasure -of tramping with the rear-guard on his own feet until it was healed; -for this was the “golden rule” from which the Captain never departed. -And such a tramp was not altogether enjoyable at that season. On the -day before the squadron ascended the table-land whereon Mhow stands, -the heat was so intense that the backs came off the brushes, and the -combs contorted themselves into serpentine shapes. But there was not -a sore back in the squadron when, at the end of June, it reached -its destination, nor through the whole of the arduous service that -subsequently fell upon it.</p> - -<p>By that time Tantia had already travelled over a large extent of -country. Closely followed by two flying columns under General Roberts -and Colonel Holmes, he struck southward from Tonk, and was overtaken -and defeated by Roberts at Sanganir on the 7th August. A week later -(14th August) he was again attacked by Roberts at Kankrowlee, again -defeated, and pursued for seventeen miles. Then he struck east towards -the Chumbul, where he evaded a third column under Brigadier Parke and -reached Jhalra-patan. Here he was joined by the Rajah’s troops, whereby -his force was augmented to 10,000 men, and gained possession of forty -cannon as well as of considerable treasure.</p> - -<p>Thus strengthened, he conceived the idea of marching on Indore; but -General Michel, divining his purpose, sent two columns, under Colonels -Hope and Lockhart, to cut him off. Tantia then retired leisurely to -Rajghur. <span class="sni">1858.</span> General Michel thereupon<span class="pagenum" id="Page_148">[148]</span> moved up to -Nulkeera, about a hundred miles north of Mhow, and there added his -troops, including Sir W. Gordon’s squadron of the Seventeenth, to the -united columns of Colonels Hope and Lockhart. <span class="sni">September.</span> -On the 14th September Michel, having obtained information of Tantia’s -movements, marched on Rajghur, some five-and-thirty miles distant.</p> - -<p>His force consisted of the following troops:—</p> - -<table summary="troops" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Seventeenth Lancers</td> - <td></td> - <td class="right">80</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">3rd Light Cavalry</td> - <td></td> - <td class="right">180</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">71st Highland Light Infantry and 92nd Highlanders</td> - <td></td> - <td class="right">600</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">15th and 4th Rifles, N. I.</td> - <td class="brckt" rowspan="2"><img src="images/big_right_bracket.png" alt="big right bracket" - style="height:2em;padding:0 0em 0 0em;" /></td> - <td class="right"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">4 guns, Bengal Artillery</td> - <td class="rightb">240</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td></td> - <td class="right">1100</td> - </tr> - -</table> - -<p>Heavy rain was falling, and the cotton soil of Malwa was a sea of black -mud. With great difficulty Michel reached Chapera, about half-way to -Rajghur, and there halted. Next day the rain ceased, and the heat -was so terrible that one-third of the European infantry fell out -exhausted, several of them actually dying of sunstroke, while many of -the artillery horses dropped dead in the traces. The march that day -lasted from 4 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> till 5 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span>, when Michel at last -arrived in sight of the enemy; but his infantry were then three miles -in rear of the mounted men, and so much spent that attack was out of -the question.</p> - -<p>At 2.30 next morning Michel advanced, but found that Tantia had -retired. The Seventeenth and the native cavalry, the whole being -under the command of Sir W. Gordon, were pushed forward on the track -of Tantia’s retreat, and presently came upon his whole force, 8000 -men and 27 guns, drawn up for battle in two lines. After a trifling -skirmish the cavalry was halted to permit the infantry and guns to -come up; but the rebel army, on seeing the advance of the British, -forthwith gave way and fled. Then Sir W. Gordon, who had been posted -on the extreme right, was let loose with the cavalry, and dashing to -the front, dispersed (to use Michel’s own words) all symptoms of an -organised body. The pursuit was kept up for four or five miles till -men<span class="pagenum" id="Page_149">[149]</span> and horses were tired out. -<span class="sni">1858. 15th Sept.</span> The heat -was terrible; the infantry fell out in great numbers under the midday -sun; and when the cavalry finally halted under the shade of some trees, -an officer of the native cavalry died then and there from sunstroke. -But not a drop of blood was shed on the English side; and the losses of -the Seventeenth consisted of a single horse killed. The trophies of the -cavalry consisted of Tantia’s whole park of 27 guns.</p> - -<p>After one day’s halt Michel resumed the pursuit, passing eastward -through Nursinghur; but between that place and Birseeah the rain came -down with such violence that further progress was impossible. For two -days the torrent never ceased to fall. The camp became a swamp, and -the unfortunate horses stood fetlock deep in mud. Meanwhile Tantia -moved away through dense jungle to the north-eastward, and on reaching -Seronge, fifty miles from Rajghur, halted there for eight days. He then -moved northward sixty miles to Esaughur, one of Scindia’s forts, which -he stormed and plundered, capturing some supplies and seven guns. He -used one of these guns for the purpose of blowing his chief artillery -officer from its mouth, and then took counsel with the Rao Sahib as to -future operations. The pair then agreed to divide their forces—Tantia -moving eastward to Chunderi, and the Rao Sahib northward to Tal Bahat.</p> - -<p>After wasting three days in the vain attempt to capture Chunderi -from Scindia’s garrison, Tantia moved south about twenty miles to -Mungrowlee—as fate ordained it, straight into the jaws of his -pursuers. Michel having marched since daybreak thirty-five miles -north-eastward from Seronge, was in the act of pitching his camp at -Mungrowlee, when a lancer of the picquet galloped in with the report -that the rebels were close at hand. Michel’s force was made up as -follows:—</p> - -<table summary="force" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Seventeenth Lancers</td> - <td class="right">90</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">H.M. 71st and 92nd</td> - <td class="right">510</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">19th N. I.</td> - <td class="right">429</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Bengal Artillery, 4 guns</td> - <td class="rightb">62</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="right">1091</td> - </tr> - -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_150">[150]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1858.</div> - -<p>Tantia Topee had 5000 men and 6 guns. His advanced guard alone was -visible when Michel moved out to meet him, <span class="sni">9th Oct.</span> and he -himself was quite unaware of Michel’s proximity. Tantia’s position, as -it happened, was strong; his advanced guard having reached an elevated -village, surrounded by high scrubby jungle, in which it was impossible -for infantry to perceive an enemy, while his guns commanded the ground -over which the British must advance. With unusual boldness Tantia -sent his cavalry forward and menaced both flanks of the British. Just -at that moment an alarm was raised in the British rear. A party of -Velliattees had contrived, owing to the thickness of the jungle, to -steal up unperceived in rear of Michel’s support, and had succeeded -in murdering a wounded Highlander. Sir W. Gordon at once galloped up -with his troop of the Seventeenth; whereupon the Velliattees promptly -vanished into the jungle. With some difficulty Sir W. Gordon espied -some of their heads through the foliage, and forthwith gave the order -to open out and pursue at the gallop. In an instant the handful of -men dashed into the jungle, heedless of what might be there, and was -in the midst of the Velliattees. Order of any kind on such ground was -impossible, so every man worked for himself; and with such effect did -the lances play that when the Seventeenth finally emerged from the -jungle they left over eighty of the rebels dead on the ground. Every -man of the forty-three that were present of Sir William Gordon’s troop -killed two, and Gordon himself, galloping like the wind, killed four -with his own sword, and knocked over as many more with his horse’s -chest. He had, however, a narrow escape; a rebel, who was just about to -fire at his back, being killed in the nick of time by Sergeant Cope. -Tantia’s main army as usual turned and fled when the British infantry -fairly advanced against them. Had Michel’s cavalry been more numerous -he might have cut the whole of the rebels to pieces; but, as things -were, he had to be content with one hundred of them left dead on the -field, a large number of prisoners, and Tantia’s six guns. -<span class="sni">1858.</span> “I solicit to bring Sir William Gordon’s services prominently<span class="pagenum" id="Page_151">[151]</span> -to the notice of His Excellency,” wrote General Michel after this -action, “and those of the squadron under his command, who did their -duty admirably.”</p> - -<p>After his defeat at Mungrowlee Tantia fled eastward across the Betwah -to Lullutpore, where he rejoined the Rao Sahib. There he remained while -the Rao Sahib marched eastward with 10,000 men and six guns. General -Michel meanwhile divided his force into three columns, intending -to move himself with the centre column in a direction due east; -but finding that his intended route lay through jungle infested by -predatory tribes, he made forced marches southward in order to join -with his right or southern column once more. <span class="sni">18th Oct.</span> -Overtaking this column at Narut on the 18th October he had ordered a -march north-westward towards Lullutpore, when at 1 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> he -received intelligence of the presence of the Rao Sahib at Sindwaho, -fifteen miles to the north. <span class="sni">19th Oct.</span> In an hour Michel had -started to meet the enemy, and at daybreak his cavalry came into sight -of one of the rebel picquets close to Sindwaho. His force was composed -thus:—</p> - -<table summary="force" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">R. H. A. (4 guns)</td> - <td class="right">68</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">8th Hussars</td> - <td class="right">118</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Seventeenth Lancers</td> - <td class="right">90</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1st Bombay Lancers</td> - <td class="right">93</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">3rd Bombay Cavalry</td> - <td class="right">98</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Mayne’s Horse</td> - <td class="rightb">150</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="right">617</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<table summary="force" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="chttopline">71st Highland Light Infantry</td> - <td class="righttopline">210</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">92nd Highlanders</td> - <td class="right">320</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">19th N. I.</td> - <td class="right">500</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Bengal Artillery (4 guns)</td> - <td class="right">60</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">3rd Bombay Cavalry</td> - <td class="rightb">50</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht"></td> - <td class="right">1140</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>The village of Sindwaho lies between the Jamnee river and its tributary -the Sujnam. The country round it has a general elevation of about -fifteen hundred feet, with an undulating surface broken by numerous -detached hills and peaks. There is very little cultivation on the high -land, the greater part thereof being covered with dense jungle. The -Rao Sahib had drawn up his force, 10,000 strong, on rising ground, -and so disposed it as to conceal his exact numbers. His artillery was -just over the skyline, with cavalry on either flank, and some squares -of infantry in the jungle, which here and there was partly open. -<span class="sni">1858.</span> He awaited<span class="pagenum" id="Page_152">[152]</span> attack, having sent down to the edge of a -watercourse detached bodies of infantry to annoy Michel’s force as it -went into the broken ground at the bottom.</p> - -<p>Michel at once sent off the cavalry to his extreme right in order to -cut off the enemy from their ascertained destination. By chance the -rebel artillery found the range of the British at once, and by three -or four lucky shots caused some slight loss to the Seventeenth while -executing this movement. The English guns, with a strong escort, -occupied Michel’s centre. As at Mungrowlee, the rebels made a show -of taking the initiative, their infantry advancing against the guns -while their horse hovered about the flank of the British cavalry, -which charged them with great effect. Then Michel’s infantry came up, -and was actually so far pressed by the enemy that one flank needed to -be reinforced, while the artillery in the centre was obliged to fire -grape. But as usual the rebels did not stand long; and presently Sir -William Gordon, with the Seventeenth, the 8th, and the Bombay Lancers -was in the thick of them. For nine miles the pursuit was continued, -though, from the heavy condition of the cultivated land and the broken -nature of the ground, it was inevitably slow. None the less 500 dead -rebels and 6 captured guns made the victory tolerably complete.</p> - -<p>While the bulk of the cavalry was thus engaged on the right, an escort -of the 3rd Bombay Cavalry, in attendance on a couple of guns on the -left, was fired at by a small body of rebels from a field of high -<i>jowarree</i>. Several horses having been wounded, the escort was -withdrawn for a little distance; and thereupon these rebels, many of -whom were mutinous Sepoys of the 36th Bengal Native Infantry, drew -themselves up into a kind of rude square. Lieutenant Evelyn Wood of the -Seventeenth, who had been doing duty with the 3rd Light Cavalry since -they left Mhow, no sooner saw this square than he attacked it singly -and alone, selecting the corner man as his first opponent. While he was -engaged with him a sowar of the 3rd Light Cavalry, Dokal<a id="FNanchor_13" href="#Footnote_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> Singh, -came up,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_153">[153]</span> and, -<span class="sni">1858.</span> having narrowly escaped a cut from a -two-handed sword which shore through his saddle into his horse’s spine, -presently made an end of the corner man. Then a small party of the 8th -Hussars, under the Adjutant, Mr. Harding, was brought up to Lieutenant -Wood’s assistance by Lieutenant Bainbridge of the Seventeenth, and the -rebels began to disperse. Harding called out to Wood to fight one of -them, and himself selected another. The sepoy waited for Harding until -he was so close that the fire of the musket singed his stable jacket, -and shot him dead. Lieutenant Wood’s opponent also waited for him with -the bayonet, till finding the chest of his horse almost on the top of -him, he clubbed his musket and was at once run through the body by -Wood’s sword. This was one of two gallant actions for which Lieutenant -Wood (better known as Sir Evelyn Wood) received the Victoria Cross.</p> - -<p>For the rest the rebels made a better resistance in this action of -Sindwaho than in any other of the many that were fought during the -chase of Tantia. The total loss of the British did not exceed 5 -officers and 20 men killed and wounded; but the brunt of the day’s -work and the whole of the loss fell on the cavalry. Of the Seventeenth -one sergeant and four privates were wounded; three horses killed and -four wounded. Sir William Gordon was again honourably mentioned in -despatches; and Lieutenant Wood distinguished himself as has been -already told. The cavalry, when the day’s work was done, had been in -the saddle from 2 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> till 5 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span>, and was not sorry -to rest. Still, they had more than ordinary consolation, for on one -native saddle were found gold mohurs to the value of £150, which were -distributed among the men. Let us not omit to mention, also, that the -infantry almost kept up with them during the twenty mile march that -preceded the action, and that among the infantry regiments, in this as -in the two previous engagements, was the 71st Highland Light Infantry, -which had worked through so many hard marches with the Seventeenth in -the Carolinas three-quarters of a century before.</p> - -<p>After one day’s halt General Michel marched from Sindwaho<span class="pagenum" id="Page_154">[154]</span> northward -to Lullutpore. <span class="sni">1858.</span> Then Tantia made a desperate move. -Starting from the northward of Lullutpore he doubled back suddenly -to the south, passing unobserved within four miles of the British -column, and between it and the Betwah. Michel, on learning of this new -departure, instantly followed him by forced marches from Lullutpore; -but being unable to pursue him directly by the mountains and jungly -track that Tantia had selected, he was compelled to move by Malthor -(a thirty mile march) and Khimlassa, where on the evening of the 24th -he heard that Tantia had but just passed before him. <span class="sni">25th Oct.</span> -On the 25th at 2 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> Michel resumed the pursuit, and -at Kurai overtook the wing of Tantia’s army, 2000 strong. This force -made hardly even a show of fighting, but forthwith fled and was hotly -pursued by the British cavalry in three separate columns. Sir W. -Gordon, with the Seventeenth and the 3rd Light Cavalry, pressed the -rebels hard for six miles, and as usual (to quote General Michel’s -despatch) did his work efficiently and well. In the course of the -pursuit, while hastening with all speed after some cavalry that was -covering the retreat of some rebel leader, the Seventeenth were brought -up, as is so often the case in that country, by a nullah. Sir William -Gordon, as was, of course, his invariable rule, waited until he had -seen every trooper pass over before him, and then gave the word to -open out and pursue at the gallop, adding that the first man up should -have for his reward whatever the leader carried on him. Well mounted, -and an admirable horseman, Sir William won the race, killed the leader -with his own hand, and divided the gold bracelets and other ornaments -of great value that were on his body among the men that were first -after him. It is hardly surprising that his troop did wonders under -such a Captain. Let us, however, do justice to all, and record the -extraordinary marches accomplished by the infantry of the column just -at this time—twenty-nine miles on one day, twenty-seven on the next, -and twenty-five before they came into action at Kurai.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_155fp" style="width: 750px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_155fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><i>G. Salisbury.</i></p> - <p class="center p0 sm">Review Order.   Marching Order.</p> - <p class="p0 center sm">OFFICERS. 1852–1841.</p> - </div> - -<p>The wing thus caught by Michel was simply dispersed; and <span class="pagenum" id="Page_155">[155]</span>(in -the words of the historian of the Mutiny) Tantia and the Rao Sahib -purchased their retreat by the sacrifice of one-half of their followers.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1858.</div> - -<p>None the less Tantia pushed on with such force as he had saved. He was -again attacked on the following day by a single regiment—that now -known as the Central India Horse—and suffered some loss; but still he -pushed on. Within a few days he had crossed the Nerbuddha, to the great -alarm of the Governments at Madras and Bombay, and was pointing towards -Nagpore.</p> - -<p>Headed back from thence by a British force, he turned sharp to the -west, <span class="sni">November.</span> hoping to find some unguarded pass by which -he might pierce farther south. It was useless; every outlet to south -and west was already occupied. He then turned north-westward into -Holkar’s country, forced a certain number of Holkar’s troops to join -him at Kargun (19th November), and then hurried away towards the west.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile Michel had followed him across the Nerbuddha, reaching -Hoshangabad on the 7th November. Feeling sure of the security of the -south and west, he sent Brigadier Parke on to Charwah, and followed -in the same direction more leisurely himself. Sir William Gordon’s -squadron was left for a time at Hoshangabad, where it was presently -joined by further portions of the Seventeenth. It is now necessary to -pause for a moment and go back to the rest of the regiment, which we -left at Kirkee awaiting its establishment of horses.</p> - -<p>The second squadron, under Major White, left Kirkee on the 11th June -and marched to Sholapore, where it was kept halted for some time. We -shall, however, see this squadron in action in due season.</p> - -<p>The third squadron, under Major Learmonth, left Kirkee on the 11th -September, and proceeded to Mhow, where it was placed at the disposal -of General Michel.</p> - -<p>Headquarters and the remaining squadron, having left a small depôt at -Kirkee, marched from that station on 22nd September, in company with D -troop of the Royal Horse Artillery and some<span class="pagenum" id="Page_156">[156]</span> infantry, -<span class="sni">1858. November.</span>the whole being under the command of Colonel Benson of the -Seventeenth. On arrival at Mhow they were immediately pushed forward -towards the Betwah, and having picked up first Major Learmonth’s -squadron at Bhopal, and next Sir William Gordon’s at Hoshangabad, -united three-fourths of the regiment at the latter place on the 6th -November.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile Tantia was still pressing on with all speed to westward. On -the 23rd November he crossed the great highroad from Bombay to Agra, -plundered some carts laden with mercantile stores for the army, cut the -telegraph wires, and hurried on in the hope of recrossing the Nerbuddha -unperceived. The British were quickly on his track. Major Sutherland, -with a handful of 200 infantry, caught him at Rajpore, attacked him, -though against odds of fifteen or twenty men to one, and put him to -flight. Nevertheless, though the pursuit was resumed next morning -with all possible swiftness, it was only to find that Tantia was safe -across the Nerbuddha. Tantia then moved rapidly north in the hope of -surprising Baroda; but the British were beforehand with him. Brigadier -Parke, moving by extraordinary marches, met him at Oodeypore on the -30th of November and defeated him once more. Tantia then fled eastward -into the Banswarra jungle, and the British commanders thought that they -had caught him at last. He was not caught yet by any means. The next -that the Seventeenth heard of him was that he was advancing on Indore, -and that they must move up to Mhow with all speed. Colonel Benson left -his encampment, twelve miles south of the Nerbuddha, crossed the river -in boats, and was at Mhow in twenty-six hours—a march of fifty-two -miles, to say nothing of the passage of the river.</p> - -<p>Tantia, however, prudently remained in the jungle; and on the 3rd -December Colonel Benson, with his three squadrons of the Seventeenth, -again left Mhow and marched north-westward for Ratlam, in order to -meet him whenever he might issue from his hiding-place. -<span class="sni">December.</span> A small column under Major Learmonth was detached from -Ratlam, but after three days’ search discovered nothing<span class="pagenum" id="Page_157">[157]</span> of the -enemy; <span class="sni">1858.</span> and Colonels Benson and Somerset, who had -united their two flying columns at Ratlam, then moved up together to -Partabghur. At this point, however, a new ally for Tantia, Feroz Shah, -appeared upon the scene, and Somerset’s column was detached to Ashta -to cut him off. Emboldened by Feroz Shah’s diversion, Tantia finally -emerged from the jungle, after a month’s wandering, at Partabghur, on -Christmas day 1858. But meanwhile Colonel Benson had been moved from -Partabghur; and a very weak force of native infantry alone was on the -spot to stop the famous rebel. Tantia held this little force engaged -for a couple of hours until his baggage and elephants were clear of the -passes, and then marched quietly away. Halting for the night within six -miles of Mundesoor he struck eastward, and in three days had reached -Zeerapore, one hundred and ten miles as the crow flies from Partabghur.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile Colonel Benson had lost no time in starting on his track -with 210 men of the Seventeenth and 37 men of the Horse Artillery with -2 guns; and after a march of one hundred and forty-eight miles in -one hundred and twenty hours, he finally caught Tantia at Zeerapore. -This being, so to speak, a strictly regimental affair, we may give an -abridged journal of the march:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><i>Friday, 24th December.</i>—Left Ninose for Nowgaum -(seventeen miles).</p> - -<p><i>Saturday, 25th December.</i>—Made a reconnaissance, and -discovered that the enemy had marched on Mundesoor; made a -forced march thither, and arrived that night (thirty-six miles) -to find the enemy encamped but four miles away.</p> - -<p><i>Sunday, 26th December.</i>—Marched at daybreak, leaving -behind all infantry, artillery waggons, led horses, and baggage -of every description, and all grass-cutters. Moved first towards -Seeta Mhow on false information, but, discovering the true -direction, turned towards Caimpore, and halted for the night on -the left bank of the Chumbul (twenty-six miles).</p> - -<p><i>Monday, 27th December.</i>—Marched at daybreak, crossed the -Chumbul, and came up with the rebels encamped at Dug; bivouacked -in sight of their fires.</p> - -<p><i>Tuesday, 28th December.</i>—Marched at 4 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> so -as to attack at daybreak;<span class="pagenum" id="Page_158">[158]</span> found that the enemy’s main body -had retreated. Drove in the picquets and pursued, crossing the -Kollee Sind River on the way (twenty-eight miles).</p> - -<p><i>Wednesday, 29th December.</i>—Marched at 3 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> -from the right bank of the Kollee Sind; after an eight-mile -march came in sight of the rebel camp; advanced over the -ploughed land, so as to make as little noise as possible, and -waited for daylight. Found the main body had retired two miles; -trotted on and came up with it; and on emerging from a wooded -lane found the rebel army, apparently about 4000 strong, drawn -up in line of battle on rising ground, with a ravine and jungle -to their rear.</p> -</div> - -<div class="sidenote">29th Dec.</div> - -<p>Colonel Benson advanced to the attack in columns of divisions, and, on -the commencement of the rebel fire, moved the leading column to the -right, thus uncovering his guns, which opened fire at four hundred -yards with grape and shell. The rebels soon gave way, and Benson then -attacked with two divisions from his right, and drove them into the -jungle. The Seventeenth then pursued them through the jungle and across -the ravine, and on emerging from the latter found them rallied and -drawn up in a new position. The Seventeenth then advanced in line, with -the two guns in the centre, and after a vain attempt of the rebels to -make a counter-attack, Sir William Gordon charged with his squadron -and drove the enemy once more into the jungle and across the ravine. -With some difficulty and delay the guns were taken across in pursuit; -and after one or two more feeble attempts to rally, the rebels were -dispersed and pursued in all directions. The action closed with the -capture of four of Tantia’s elephants by Captain Drury Lowe. The -ornaments of these elephants still remain in the regiment’s possession -as trophies of this regimental day. The whole affair lasted about two -hours; and the distance covered before the day’s work was ended was -thirty-six miles, making a total of one hundred and seventy-eight -miles, including the passage of two large rivers, in six days, -accomplished without European supplies, without protection against -the bitter cold of the nights, and, above all, without a murmur. -The casualties were as usual trifling enough. The Artillery<span class="pagenum" id="Page_159">[159]</span> and -Seventeenth each lost one man wounded and two horses killed.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1858.</div> - -<p>On the very next day (30th December) Colonel Somerset’s column, -consisting of 4 guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, 100 of the -Seventeenth under Major White, and 150 of the 92nd Highlanders on -camels, arrived likewise at Zeerapore. Major White had just missed -Colonel Benson at Dug by three hours; and had then been summoned to -join Colonel Somerset at Soosneer. In consequence of information as -to a junction between Tantia Topee and Feroz Shah, Colonel Somerset -decided to push on at once. He had marched forty miles on the 29th, -<span class="sni">30th Dec.</span> and started at 3 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> on the morning -of the 30th, but he hurried on none the less, and reached Kulcheepore -at 5.30 <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> At midnight (12.5 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> 31st December) -he started again and <span class="sni">31st Dec.</span> marched on without a -rest, except of an hour and a half to feed the horses, until 6.15 -<span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span>, when he reached Satul after a forty-mile march. -The rebels were now reported to be seven miles ahead, and it was -determined, somewhat unfortunately, to march up to their encampment at -once. As the British approached they were fired on by a rebel picquet; -so that they could then do nothing more than lie down and wait till -daylight. A small picquet of infantry, who had been riding on camels -at the head of the column, was posted by the staff officer, and the -Seventeenth then lay down on the ground, with their bridles in their -hands. In a few moments every man was sound asleep. The staff-officer, -waking an hour before daylight, found the bivouac like a camp of -the dead—every soul so exhausted as to be overcome with sleep. The -force was awakened without noise, and just at daylight the advance -was resumed, but too late to overtake the rebels, who had moved off -some time before. The British column, disregarding some dismounted -soldiers and followers in the rebel camp, pushed on with all haste. The -only track was of the worst possible description, and was necessarily -allotted to the artillery, two troops of the Seventeenth trotting -along, one on each flank of the guns, over the open. After thus -traversing some seven miles, in the course of which<span class="pagenum" id="Page_160">[160]</span> the camels were -left far in rear, the column came upon a village. <span class="sni">1858.</span> -The ground on each side thereof became impassable, so that the cavalry -was compelled to bend outwards; and thus it came about that the guns, -without escort, were actually the first to pass through a village with -high walls, and with only just sufficient roadway to enable the guns -to move. Fortunately the rebels made no effort to defend it; and it -was only on debouching from the village that the gunners found, five -hundred yards before them, three or four thousand rebel cavalry drawn -up in line. Brigadier Somerset quietly turned to Major Paget, who -commanded the half battery, and said “Gallop out towards them”; and so -with the word “Leading gun, gallop,” the formation of the British line -began. The other guns then followed, and a staff officer galloped back -to hurry forward the camel corps. Meanwhile the rebel cavalry advanced -at a walk, one of their leaders on a gray horse endeavouring with -all his might to induce his men to charge the guns. But the guns had -unlimbered, and their very first shot swept away the gray horse. Some -few rebels dismounted to pick up their chief, and the remainder of the -force moved away to the British left. Then up came half a dozen of the -92nd on their camels; and then from each side of the village appeared -the two troops of the Seventeenth. They numbered between eighty and -ninety men all told, and came on in rank entire with lances at the -“carry”—two small slender lines of pennons four hundred yards apart. -“It was a pretty sight,” says one who was there, “and the odds (4000 to -90) were so great that it became exciting also.” Straight onward they -galloped; and then suddenly the pennons swept forward like a flash of -light, every lance came down to the “engage,” and the Seventeenth with -a yell dashed on to the charge. The rebels slackened pace, halted, -and, before the lances had reached them, broke and fled; and the -Seventeenth, plunging headlong among them, was swallowed up in the huge -mass, and fairly vanished out of sight. Presently they appeared again, -every lance still busy, and for seven miles the chase and the slaughter -continued till men and horses could do no more.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_161">[161]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1859. 1st Jan.</div> - -<p>Thus did the one squadron, so far unengaged, of the Seventeenth obtain -its opportunity at last and take brilliant advantage thereof. A single -man of the Seventeenth, wounded, summed up in himself the casualties -of the whole column; but every soul was fairly worn out. Before the -rebels were overtaken at Barode (for by this name the action is known), -Somerset’s column had marched a hundred and forty-seven miles without -a halt except to feed the horses: the last fifty-two miles had been -covered in thirty hours. The action with its pursuit of twelve miles -made, with the return to camp, twenty-four miles more. All baggage and -European supplies were left hopelessly in the rear: the nights were -bitterly cold; and to bring discomfort to a climax, rain fell heavily -for three days and three nights. Yet no one complained. On the morning -after Barode men and horses were so numbed and stiff through cold and -rain that they could hardly rise from the mud in which, through sheer -fatigue, they had slept; and when after a few hours’ painful march the -sun at last broke through the clouds, the men gave him three cheers.</p> - -<p>But to Tantia, Barode was a mortal blow. The pursuing columns were -now, so to speak, running for blood. General Michel shortly after -the action formed a column wherein the whole of the Seventeenth was -united, and pressed the chase with greater rapidity than ever, covering -fifty-four miles and forty miles in two marches, and two hundred and -fifty-six miles in eight days. On the 16th January, Tantia, flying -northward, was caught and defeated by Brigadier Showers at Dewassa; on -the 21st he was again caught and beaten by Colonel Holmes at Sikur. -The Rao Sahib now abandoned Tantia in a rage, and Feroz Shah deserted -him likewise. The former fled southward and was overtaken and defeated -by Brigadier Honner’s column near Koshani on the 10th February. On -the 13th Brigadier Somerset took up the chase with three and a half -squadrons of the Seventeenth in his column, and achieved a march which -threw even his previous efforts into the shade. In six days and a half -the Seventeenth<span class="pagenum" id="Page_162">[162]</span> covered no less than two hundred and thirty miles; -<span class="sni">1859.</span> they had their enemy dead-beat before them, and they -knew it. Ghastly tokens met them on the march—hoof-tracks filled with -blood, helpless innocent horses with their feet worn down to the quick, -and, at the last, three hundred rebels who gave themselves up without a -blow, being literally unable to run away any farther. The leaders alone -escaped; but from that time the Rao Sahib’s following ceased to exist; -and he himself fled into the Banswarra jungle to be heard of no more. -Tantia Topee, deserted, and since Sikur almost alone, hid in the Paron -jungle until April, when he was betrayed by Rajah Man Singh to the -English. He was tried by court-martial and hanged.</p> - -<p>So ended this extraordinary chase, whereby the dying embers of the -Mutiny were finally trampled out. In following the track of Tantia on -the map, in and out and round about Malwa, one is reminded of nothing -so much as the hunting of a rat in a barn. Though unendowed with the -qualities that win success in a pitched battle, the man possessed a -positive genius for guerilla warfare; and as he carried neither tents -nor supplies, but satisfied his army’s wants by the simple process of -looting and stealing, he enjoyed always an advantage over his pursuers. -His methods, in fact, differed little from those of the Pindaris, with -whom the Seventeenth had to do in 1816–19; and but for the treachery of -Rajah Man Singh he might have disappeared for ever into the jungle like -his comrades the Rao Sahib and Feroz Shah, or met his fate at the jaws -of a tiger like the Pindari chief Cheettoo.</p> - -<p>Of the part played by the Seventeenth Lancers much has already been -said in the course of the narrative. It now remains to add a few -details which, lest the thread of the story should be unduly broken, -have been reserved to the last.</p> - -<p>First, we must note that in this campaign the Seventeenth wore its -English clothing: blue tunic, overalls strapped with cloth, and forage -cap protected by a white curtain, this last being preferred to the -white-covered lance cap.</p> - -<p>The bulk of the active work, as has been seen, fell upon Sir<span class="pagenum" id="Page_163">[163]</span> William -Gordon’s squadron. <span class="sni">1859.</span> When, after six months’ hard work, -Sir William rejoined the headquarters of the regiment, General Michel -sent Colonel Benson the following letter:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="smcap r2">Camp, Mhow, Headquarters, M.D.A.,</p> - -<p class="r6 p-min">1st <i>December</i> 1858.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span>,—I am directed by the Major-General to state that -as the Seventeenth Lancers are again proceeding to take the -field, he is desirous to express his strong approbation of the -conduct of the squadron commanded by Sir William Gordon, which -alone has accompanied the Mhow column through the whole of the -late operations in the field.</p> - -<p>2. Notwithstanding the most severe service in the worst weather, -this squadron, owing to the unremitting attention of Sir W. -Gordon, is almost as efficient as on the day when it left Mhow.</p> - -<p>3. The Major-General has remarked that this officer’s care was -extended to the comfort of his men, the care of baggage animals, -and even to the well-being of camp followers.</p> - -<p>4. His leading in the field was as gallant as was his -unremitting zeal; and in gallantry his officers and men emulated -his example.</p> - -<p>5. The Major-General, during the short time he has had under -his personal observation the headquarters of your corps, -has remarked with great pleasure that the general system of -the regiment is one which must lead to efficiency; but this -squadron has come so repeatedly under his observation in action -and otherwise, that he cannot let it depart without specially -recording his observation of its merits.</p> - -<p>6. The Major-General directs that this letter may be read on -parade of your regiment.—I have, &c.,</p> - -<p class="r2 p-min"><span class="smcap">J. H. Chapman</span>, Capt., A.A.G., Malwa Division.</p> -</div> - -<p>The most notable statement in this letter will be admitted to be that -of the second paragraph:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>After the most severe service in the worst weather, this -squadron, owing to the unremitting attention of Sir W. Gordon, -is almost as efficient as on the day when it left Mhow.</p> -</div> - -<p>This was no exaggeration. The squadron, for all its hard work, -literally brought back every horse with which it had started fit -for duty, excepting only those that had been killed or wounded in -action; surely a performance of which any officer might well be -proud. <span class="sni">1859.</span> The troop-horses, it may be added, were -mostly Arabs,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_164">[164]</span> and stood the work, by Sir William Gordon’s testimony, -remarkably well; and it is worth noting that in the supreme trial of -two hundred and thirty miles in six days, several “walers” dropped dead -under their riders, one or two Cape horses gave out, but no Arab was -ever off his feed. We have already seen how Sir William Gordon took -care of his horses, and we may now, by his kindness, catch a glimpse of -his method of providing for those of whom he was even more careful—his -men.</p> - -<p>He writes as follows:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>As a rule we had not much difficulty in getting supplies for -men and horses, but occasionally had to resort to force. I -remember on one occasion marching into a town called Samrood at -7 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> The head-man of the town kissed my feet in the -saddle and promised that I should have all supplies at once. I -thanked him, but as no supplies came I sent Evelyn Wood into -the town with six men about 11 o’clock. They found abundance -of everything required for men and horses, but no preparations -to let us have what we wanted. So I ordered the head-man three -dozen; after which he could not do enough for me, and supplies -were plentiful. All was of course paid for; and the occurrence -was reported by me to the authorities.</p> -</div> - -<p>Let us not omit to add that the officer who took such care of his -men and horses was himself a perfect horseman, having won the -Regimental Challenge Cup within a few months of joining as a cornet; -that, as we have seen, he fought the Russians at Balaclava till his -head was almost cut to pieces; that at Mungrowlee he killed three -men with his own hand, and throughout the Central Indian campaign -frequently distinguished himself in personal combats; and that he has -characteristically left the present writer to gather these latter -details from any source except from himself.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_165fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_165fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="center p0 sm">INDIA 1858.</p> - </div> - -<p>Lastly, it must be remarked that this was the second if not the third -campaign of its kind wherein the Seventeenth had been engaged. We -saw it within twenty years of its foundation scouring the Carolinas -and Virginia under Tarleton and Cornwallis, covering on one occasion -one hundred and five miles in fifty-four hours, and traversing by -constant forced marches a <span class="pagenum" id="Page_165">[165]</span>total distance of fifteen hundred -miles. <span class="sni">1859.</span> We found it next in Malwa in 1818 chasing -the Pindaris; once making a forced march of thirty miles, and cutting -Cheettoo’s bandits to pieces at the end. Finally, forty years later, we -follow it to this same Malwa through the mazy pursuit of Tantia Topee. -In all three cases these incessant forced marches were accompanied -by every hardship that could be inflicted by climate, privation, -and fatigue; and whether we follow the Seventeenth in long-skirted -scarlet and black helmet under the blazing sun of South Carolina and -the drenching rain of the Alleghany slopes; or first in French gray -jacket and white shako, and next in blue tunic and pugareed forage -cap, through the burning days and bitter nights of the Malwa—in all -three cases the story is the same. General Michel in 1858, no less than -Lord Cornwallis in 1782, bears eloquent witness to the cheerful spirit -and unconquerable patience with which these hardships were endured. -Nor does the parallel hold less good of the action at the close of -the march. It was when worn out with marching that a troop of the -Seventeenth stood alone, after all others had given way, and cut its -way through twenty times its number at Cowpens; it was when worn out -with marching that a squadron of the Seventeenth charged and dispersed -forty times its number at Barode.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_166">[166]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER XIV<br /> -<span class="subhed">PEACE SERVICE IN INDIA AND ENGLAND, 1859–1879</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1859.</div> - -<p>For some time after the execution of Tantia the Seventeenth was kept -marching about from day to day; and it was not until the 13th May -that it finally went into quarters at Morar (Gwalior), detaching one -squadron under Captain Taylor to Jhansi. In both places the regiment -suffered severely from sickness, and lost many officers and men—the -result of the climate, bad accommodation, and the reaction after the -campaign. <span class="sni">1860.</span>On the 10th January 1860 it was ordered to -Secunderabad, and proceeded thither by rapid marches under command -of Major White. On the way it lost thirty-eight more men of cholera -and other diseases, among them Veigh, the butcher of the Balaclava -charge, whose end was decidedly tragic. The deaths on the march, of -course, entailed the digging of graves for the dead, in which work -Veigh, who was a strong man and a thirsty soul, always glad to earn a -few extra rupees, was particularly zealous. One day when his task of -grave-digging was complete he was suddenly struck down by cholera, and -in a few hours was buried in the grave which he had made for another. -It was his final distinction to have dug his own grave.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1860–64.</div> - -<p>The regiment now remained at Secunderabad for five years. There is -little to be chronicled of this period except one or two small matters -of dress. In April 1860 the peaks on the forage caps were discontinued, -and in 1861 the regiment, for the first time in its life, was equipped -with white helmets. These were made of leather, covered with white -cloth, without plume or<span class="pagenum" id="Page_167">[167]</span> spike, -<span class="sni">1864.</span> and were the work of -a saddler sergeant who had come to the regiment from the 12th Lancers.</p> - -<p>On the 14th December 1864 the Seventeenth left Secunderabad, and after -sixteen days’ march on foot arrived at Sholapore, whence it travelled -by rail to Poona, and, after halting there till the 20th January 1865, -reached Bombay, <span class="sni">1865.</span> and embarked for England on the -<i>Agamemnon</i> on the 21st. During the eight years of its service -in India it was recruited at various times to a total number of 48 -officers and 404 men. Its losses from climatic causes and disease, -through death and invaliding, amounted to 38 officers and 373 men, -while 122 more men were left behind as volunteers to serve with other -regiments in India.</p> - -<p>In April the regiment landed at Tilbury, and on the 6th May -marched to Colchester, where it was inspected in October by the -Commander-in-Chief, its sometime Colonel. Colonel White, the Commanding -Officer, was now the only officer remaining who had ridden through -the action at Balaclava, Sir William Gordon having retired in 1864. -<span class="sni">1866.</span> In the following year Colonel White retired, and -was succeeded by Colonel Drury Lowe, a name that will live long -in the regiment. It was in this same year 1866, the year of the -Austro-Prussian war, that the Seventeenth were first quartered at -Aldershot.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1867.</div> - -<p>The year 1867 brings another name well known in the regiment on to the -list of officers, this time not at the head of all, but at the foot -of the cornets, that, namely, of John Brown, who held the adjutantcy -from this time until 1878. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown (to give him his -present rank) joined the Seventeenth as a band-boy in 1848. He rode the -Balaclava charge as a trumpeter, and was brought to the ground close to -the Russian battery, his horse’s off hind leg being carried away by a -cannon shot, and his own thigh pierced by a rifle bullet. After several -weeks in hospital he rejoined the regiment in the Crimea, and when -the Seventeenth went out to Central India dropped the trumpet for the -lance. He was one of Major White’s squadron at Barode, and from that -time rose rapidly until he received his commission in 1867. For the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_168">[168]</span> -present we need say no more than that he was Adjutant during Colonel -Drury Lowe’s command of the regiment.</p> - -<p>In August 1867 the regiment was quartered at Shorncliffe and Brighton, -<span class="sni">1868.</span> where it remained until May 1868, when, after two -months’ stay at Woolwich, it was moved in August to Hounslow and -Hampton Court. <span class="sni">1869.</span> In the following year an experiment -was tried which proved most successful, and has now been finally -adopted, viz. the “squadron organisation.” The squadron became the -unit, and the word Troop was abolished—abolished, that is to say, in -hope rather than in deed; for words which have the sanction of two -centuries of use are not so easily expunged. When troops of cavalry -first came into existence in England they were at least sixty men -strong; when they were first organised by Statute they were one hundred -men strong. Squadrons, again, were not compounds, but fractions of -troops. Be that as it may, however, the old word Troop was for the time -abolished, though not for long, and that of Squadron took its place. -The establishment of cornets was, therefore, reduced by four; four -troop sergeant-majors became squadron quartermaster-sergeants; four -farriers were reduced and four shoeing-smiths added; and an additional -sergeant (fencing instructor) was also added to the establishment. -Simultaneously eight corporals and twenty-three privates were reduced, -bringing down the total strength from 588 to 553, while the number of -horses (a more serious matter) sank from 363 to 344.</p> - -<p>In 1869 also the white plume, which had been adopted in 1857, was -done away with, and a black plume issued in its stead. The original -plume of the regiment, as we have seen, was scarlet and white, but was -arbitrarily altered, for all Lancer regiments alike, by King William -IV., to black. The old mourning lace, adopted by John Hale, having -been long since abandoned, the black plume might seem to be a means of -prolonging its memory; but the prejudice of the regiment ran in favour -of white (scarlet and white being apparently out of date), and after a -year or two the white plume was restored.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_169">[169]</span></p> - -<p>In July of the same year the regiment marched to Edinburgh and -Hamilton, and remained in Scotland for ten months. This was its first -visit to North Britain since 1760, when Colonel John Hale himself was -in command. <span class="sni">1870.</span> In 1870, as in 1764, the regiment moved -from Scotland to Ireland—history thus repeating itself (if any one -took notice of it) with commendable accuracy.</p> - -<p>On the 15th August 1870 the establishment of the regiment was -increased—the men from 457 to 540, the horses from 300 to 350. For -France and Germany just then were flying at each other’s throats, -and even while the order was a-signing, were fighting the four days’ -battle (August 14–18) around Metz. As the outcome of this war, we shall -have shortly to mention a number of sweeping reforms in the army. -Meanwhile let us note that the first change of 1870, ordered before the -war (1st April), was a retrograde step—a reversion to the old troop -organisation. A step further back would have retained the name of a -troop with the strength of a squadron, as in the days of the Ironsides. -But the Army knows little of its own history.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1871.</div> - -<p>With 1871 we enter on the first series of reforms, or let us call them -changes, accomplished under the influence of the war of 1870.</p> - -<p>First, the establishment of the regiment was fixed permanently at eight -troops, after vacillating for more than a century between the minimum -of six troops and the maximum of ten. Here, let us note, is a final -break with the traditions of the great Civil War, when the six-troop -organisation (each troop being 100 men strong) was first founded. -Strictly speaking, the system of 1645 continued for some years later -in the British regiments quartered in India; the Indian establishment -consisting of six troops, while the other two formed a depôt in -England; but this failing has now been remedied, and the old order is -therefore wholly extinct.</p> - -<p>Next, by Royal Warrant, the Purchase and Sale of Commissions in the -Army were abolished. The system had existed for more than three hundred -years, and had been threatened as far back as 1766.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_170">[170]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1871.</div> - -<p>Next the “short service system”—six years’ service with the colours -and six in the reserve—was introduced; and thereby the old British -soldier of history was, for good or ill, extinguished. The Seventeenth -felt the change little before 1876; and the British public hardly found -it out before 1879. It may be worth while to note that both short -service<a id="FNanchor_14" href="#Footnote_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> and the territorial system were first suggested just about -a century before they were introduced.</p> - -<p>Lastly, on the 1st November the historic rank of Cornet was abolished. -<i>Corneta</i> or <i>cornette</i> signifies the horn-shaped troop -standard which (like the ensign in the infantry) gave its name alike -to the officer who carried it and to the troop that served under it. -The rank is gone and all its historic associations with it; and a -generation is arising which will need to resort to a dictionary if it -would understand what Walpole meant when he called Pitt “that terrible -cornet of horse.” It is amusing to note that since the expurgation -of the word Cornet no abiding name has been found for the rank of a -junior subaltern of cavalry. Sub-lieutenants there have been and second -lieutenants, sometimes both and sometimes neither, but nothing of -permanence.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1872.</div> - -<p>The following year witnessed the death of another venerable -institution, namely, of the “churns” carried by farriers. The name -transports us to the days when farriers alone of cavalry men were -dressed in blue and were armed with axes. The reintroduction of -knee-boots, after an exile of sixty years, also revived, though in a -different fashion, the memory of early days.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1873.</div> - -<p>The year 1873 likewise brought with it a reversion to primitive times -in the shape of an order that greater attention should be paid to -dismounted duty, the cavalry being now armed with the Snider carbine. -This did not immediately affect the Seventeenth, which as yet possessed -no carbines, but it was destined to do so before long. -<span class="sni">1875.</span> Two years later came another reform, this time in the matter -of drill. The old system of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_171">[171]</span> standing pivots, or as it was called the -“pivot system,” was abolished, and the “Evolutions” of 1759 lost their -influence on cavalry drill for ever.</p> - -<p>While all these changes were going forward the Seventeenth was -quartered in Ireland, whither reform after reform pursued it across St. -George’s Channel. Being in Ireland it was, of course, called in to aid -the civil power (Mallow election, 1872) but was spared the trouble of -dealing with any disturbance. <span class="sni">1876.</span> In 1876 it was brought -over to England for mobilisation with the 5th Army Corps. Having called -attention to the disavowal or attempted disavowal of the words Troop -and Cornet, one cannot do less than emphasise the introduction of the -comparatively strange terms, Mobilisation and Army Corps, which here -confront the regiment for the first time. The Seventeenth was encamped -on Pointingdown Downs in Somerset for a few weeks, and was reviewed -with the 5th Army Corps on the 22nd July. As it is unlikely that the -Seventeenth Lancers will ever again form part of a 5th Army Corps (for -it is not often that England is so rich in army-corps) it seems well to -record so unique an experience in a not uneventful career.</p> - -<p>In this same year the Lancers’ tunic was embellished with a plastron of -the colour of the regimental facings,—a change which made the dress of -the Seventeenth, by general admission, the smartest in the Army. The -plastron being an essential feature in the uniform of the German Uhlan, -is presumably imitated from Napoleon’s Polish Lancers. No one will -quarrel with so smart a dress; but it is nevertheless a little curious -that the whole world should go to Poland for its Lancer fashions. The -lance may be called the oldest of cavalry weapons, at least it can -demonstrably be traced back beyond the days of Alexander the Great; -and its present vogue is simply a return, and a late return, to an old -favourite. Its reputation as the queen of cavalry weapons is not one -century, but many centuries old; and though it was for a time driven -out of the field by firearms, it may be said never to have wanted -champions. I have found the lance advocated, for instance, by a<span class="pagenum" id="Page_172">[172]</span> French -military writer in 1748, and by an English colonel, Dalrymple, in 1761. -In 1590 the best authorities swore by it.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1876.</div> - -<p>In 1876, likewise, came two more changes—the one temporary and -the other permanent. The first was the issue of six carbines to -every troop, a sign of a further change to come. The second was the -appointment of the Duke of Cambridge to be Colonel-in-Chief of the -regiment, which from henceforth is designated the “Duke of Cambridge’s -Own.” In the early days of the Army it was customary on all occasions -to insert the colonel’s name after the regimental number; and thus it -has been easy to identify the 18th (Hale’s) Light Dragoons of 1759 with -the present Seventeenth Lancers. The only colonels whose names enjoyed -the distinction in the Seventeenth were Hale, Preston, and Gage. The -Duke’s name is now permanently bound with that of the regiment, a -connection whereof, we trust, he will ever have good reason to feel -proud.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1877.</div> - -<p>After staying at Aldershot until August 1877, the Seventeenth marched -north to Leeds and Preston. After some service in aid of the civil -power, which brought it at Clitheroe in collision with a mob of cotton -operatives on strike, <span class="sni">1878.</span> it returned to Aldershot in -July 1878. A month later Colonel Drury Lowe retired, and was succeeded -by Colonel Gonne. The Adjutant, Lieutenant John Brown, also resigned, -but remained with the regiment as paymaster with the rank of captain.</p> - -<p>In 1878 a change was made in the armament of the Seventeenth which -takes us back to the earliest days of the British army. Martini-Henry -carbines were issued, and pistols returned into store. Carbines, of -course, were no new thing in the regiment, though they had been unknown -therein since they were withdrawn (weapons very different from the -Martini) in 1823. The bound from the old flint-lock to the Martini is -remarkable; but the abolition of the pistol is even more noteworthy, -for the pistol was a direct survival from the days of the Ironsides. -Quite unconsciously the five regiments of Lancers carried the armament -of Cromwell’s troopers into the forty-first year of Queen Victoria.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_173">[173]</span> -<span class="sni">1878.</span> As a weapon the pistol had long been regarded as -of no account: it was a muzzle loader to the last, and as but ten -rounds annually were allowed to each man for practice therewith, it -was hardly taken seriously as a weapon at all. Still the abandonment -of the pistol, as a point of historical interest, deserves at least so -much notice. Sergeant-majors, and trumpeters were now provided with -revolvers, a change which was fated to have serious influence on the -careers of two officers of the regiment.</p> - -<p>This year saw England committed to two wars, in Afghanistan and in -Zululand. It must now be told how the Seventeenth Lancers played a part -in both of them.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_174">[174]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">CHAPTER XV<br /> -<span class="subhed">THE ZULU WAR—PEACE SERVICE IN INDIA AND AT HOME, 1879–1894</span></h2></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1879.</div> - -<p>At the beginning of February England was shocked by the intelligence -that one of Lord Chelmsford’s columns, consisting of the 24th Regiment, -had been surprised and annihilated by the Zulus at Isandlhwana (22nd -January). <span class="sni">10th Feb.</span> The Seventeenth Lancers was at once -warned to proceed on active service in South Africa, and the regiment -was augmented by the transfer of sixty-five men and horses from the 5th -and 16th Lancers. In the short interval between the warning and the -embarkation the Commanding Officer, Colonel Gonne, was accidentally -shot while superintending the practice of the non-commissioned officers -with the newly issued revolver, and so severely wounded as to be unable -to proceed on active service. Accordingly, on the 22nd February, -Colonel Drury Lowe was gazetted as supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel, -and reassumed command of the regiment, his return being joyfully -welcomed by all ranks, without exception, from the second in command -downwards. On the same day the regiment was inspected by the -Colonel-in-Chief at Hounslow, <span class="sni">24th Feb.</span> and two days later -one wing, under the command of Major Boulderson, embarked on board the -hired transport <i>France</i> at Victoria Docks; headquarters and the -other wing embarking on board the <i>England</i> at Southampton on the -25th. A depôt of 121 men with 30 horses was left under the command of -Captain Benson at Hounslow.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1879.</div> - -<p>The strength of the regiment, as embarked, was as follows:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_175">[175]</span></p> - -<table summary="strength" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="chtltrb"></td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Headquarter wing<br /> - <i>England</i></td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Left wing<br /> - <i>France</i></td> - <td class="ctrtrb">Totals</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="chtlr nowrap">Field Officer.</td> - <td class="rightr">1</td> - <td class="rightr">1</td> - <td class="rightr">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Captains.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - <td class="rightr">3</td> - <td class="rightr">7</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Subalterns.</td> - <td class="rightr">7</td> - <td class="rightr">9</td> - <td class="rightr">16</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Staff.</td> - <td class="rightr">4</td> - <td class="rightr">1</td> - <td class="rightr">5</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr">Total.</td> - <td class="rightr">16</td> - <td class="rightr">14</td> - <td class="rightr">30</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlrb nowrap">Rank and File.</td> - <td class="rightbr">302</td> - <td class="rightbr">238</td> - <td class="rightbr">540</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlr nowrap">HORSES. Officers.</td> - <td class="rightr">25</td> - <td class="rightr">21</td> - <td class="rightr">46</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtindentlr">Troopers.</td> - <td class="rightbr">238</td> - <td class="rightbr">238</td> - <td class="rightbr">476</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtindent"></td> - <td class="rightr"></td> - <td class="rightr"></td> - <td class="rightr"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="chtlrb">Total.</td> - <td class="rightbr">263</td> - <td class="rightbr">259</td> - <td class="rightbr">522</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>Both ships arrived at St. Vincent, Cape de Verdes, on the 7th March to -coal; but owing to the great number of transports assembled at the same -place for the same purpose, the <i>England</i> did not leave until the -12th, nor the <i>France</i> until the 14th. Both ships were detained -again at Table Bay for a few days to coal, and arrived at Port Durban, -the <i>England</i> on the 6th, and the <i>France</i> on the 11th April; -five horses dead on the former, and six on the latter ship, were the -casualties for the voyage. By the 14th both wings were disembarked, -and the regiment then encamped for a day or two at Cator’s Manor, near -Durban—the right wing, under Colonel Drury Lowe, finally marching -on the 17th April to Landman’s Drift, and the left wing, under Major -Boulderson, on the 21st April to Dundee.</p> - -<p>The entire regiment shortly after marched up to Rorke’s Drift together -with the King’s Dragoon Guards, the whole being under the command of -Major-General Marshall. On the 21st May it visited the battlefield of -Isandlhwana, buried most of the dead bodies, and brought back some of -the abandoned waggons to Rorke’s Drift. On the 23rd it joined the 2nd -Division under Major-General Newdegate at Landman’s Drift, on the 28th -it marched with it to Koppie Allein on the Blood River, and at last on -the 1st June crossed that river and entered Zululand.</p> - -<p>On the 5th June the regiment came in contact with the Zulus for the -first time at Erzungayan Hill. In a trifling skirmish which ensued -the Adjutant, Lieutenant Frith, was shot dead by the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_176">[176]</span> Colonel’s side. -<span class="sni">1879. 7th June.</span>Two days later the division reached the -Upoko River. A squadron of the Seventeenth was now detached to do duty -at Fort Marshall, one of the posts constructed to guard the line of -communication. The remainder moved up with division towards Ulundi, the -kraal of the Zulu king. It was employed in the usual reconnaissance and -outpost duties, varied by an occasional skirmish with the Zulus, but -was never able to come to close quarters with the enemy. It was not -employed, nor was any part of the strong force of cavalry available for -the service, in a rapid advance upon Ulundi, as had been expected and -hoped.</p> - -<p>On the 2nd July the second division and flying column encamped on -the south bank of the White Umvolosi River, about five miles from -Ulundi, and on the 4th crossed the river and advanced against the -kraal. The three squadrons of the Seventeenth formed the rear-guard; -but no opportunity occurred of attacking the enemy on the march. The -column was now rapidly enveloped by the Zulus in great force, and the -cavalry was ordered to withdraw within the hollow square into which -the infantry was formed. The Zulu attack began at 8.50 <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span>, -and was maintained for three-quarters of an hour within a hundred -yards of a murderous artillery and rifle fire. During this time the -Seventeenth stood to their horses under a heavy cross-fire, and -suffered some casualties, Lieutenant Jenkins, among the officers, being -shot in the jaw. About 9.30 the Zulus showed signs of wavering, and -the Seventeenth was ordered out of the square to attack. As they rode -out Captain Edgell was shot dead at the head of his squadron, and his -troop farrier was killed at the same instant. Once clear of the square -the regiment formed in echelon of wings, rank entire, covering over -three hundred yards of front, and charged. It was met by a hot fire in -front and flank from the Zulus, who were concealed in long grass in a -donga; but charging right through them the Seventeenth scattered them -in every direction, and then taking up the pursuit hunted them with -great execution for nearly two miles. The horses were fresh, and there -was no escape from the lances, which the enemy now encountered for -the first time. The Zulu<span class="pagenum" id="Page_177">[177]</span> -<span class="sni">1879.</span>army was not only defeated -but dispersed by this pursuit, and never appeared in the field again. -<span class="sni">1879.</span> The casualties of the Seventeenth on this day were, -one officer (Captain Wyatt Edgell) and two men killed, three officers, -viz. Colonel Drury Lowe, Lieutenant James, Scots Greys, attached to -the Seventeenth, Lieutenant and acting Adjutant Jenkins, and five -men wounded; the two first-named officers slightly, and the third -severely. Also 26 horses were killed and wounded. The regiment was -highly complimented, both verbally and in orders, by the General for -its conduct at Ulundi. The only matter worthy of note in this short -Zulu campaign is the heavy loss suffered by the Seventeenth in officers -as compared with men; and this through pure chance, for all ranks were -equally exposed.</p> - -<p>The regiment began the return march on the day after the battle, with -the 2nd Division, and arrived at the Upoko River on the 15th July. -On the 26th it was ordered to march to Koppie Allein, to give over -its horses to the King’s Dragoon Guards, and to proceed dismounted to -Pinetown, where it arrived on the 21st August. It was reduced a month -later to six troops for Indian service; and 198 men then proceeded -direct to England under Lieutenant W. Kevill-Davies. On the 1st October -Colonel Drury Lowe for the second time took leave of the regiment; and -Major Boulderson took command. The regiment then embarked for India; -the left wing under Captain Cook sailing on board H.M.S. <i>Serapis</i> -on 8th October, the right wing under Major Boulderson on board H.M.S. -<i>Crocodile</i> on the 20th, and arriving at Bombay on the 28th -October and 10th November respectively. The regiment was quartered at -Mhow, the point from which it had started on the chase of Tantia Topee, -twenty-one years before; the headquarters and the right wing arriving -there on the 1st, and the left wing on the 14th November. Finally, on -the 4th December Lieutenant-Colonel Gonne, who had recovered from his -wound, arrived from England and took over the command. He was the only -officer remaining in the regiment who had served with it in Central -India in 1858–59.</p> - -<p>The Seventeenth had not been long in India before a request<span class="pagenum" id="Page_178">[178]</span> -<span class="sni">1880.</span> came from General Phayre that the regiment might be sent up to -join his force on active service in Afghanistan,—a request which, -unfortunately, could not be complied with, owing to the defective -state of the saddlery which was taken over in India. In July, however, -twenty non-commissioned officers and men were sent up to do duty with -the Transport on the Quetta-Candahar route. In this, as in all cases -in the history of the regiment when small parties of men have been -detached for particular duty, one and all did extremely well, and were -complimented on the excellence of their work in an order published by -the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Presidency. To make the parallel -complete, two of these twenty now hold commissions—Major Forbes, the -officer second in command of the King’s Dragoon Guards, and Lieutenant -Pilley, who remains with the Seventeenth as riding-master.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1881.</div> - -<p>In April of the following year Lieutenant-Colonel Gonne retired from -the command, being appointed Military Attaché at St Petersburg; and in -November Paymaster Captain John Brown took leave of the regiment with -which he had been associated for five-and-thirty years. He and Major -Berryman, the latter sometime the regimental Quartermaster, are the -only two members of the Seventeenth who went through Balaclava, Central -India, and South Africa.</p> - -<p>The Seventeenth remained at Mhow until January 1884 without further -incident worth the chronicling. Its old Colonel, General Drury Lowe, -however, was meanwhile adding to his reputation in Egypt, where he -commanded the cavalry division in the campaign of 1882. The pursuit of -Arabi’s army after the action of Tel-el-Kebir by the British cavalry, -and the surrender of Cairo and of Arabi himself to General Drury Lowe, -are matters of history. From the close of that campaign we must speak -of him as Sir Drury Lowe, K.C.B.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1884.</div> - -<p>In February 1884 the Seventeenth Lancers relieved the 10th Hussars -at Lucknow. In July Lieutenant-General Benson, who had commanded the -regiment during the Central Indian campaign, became its Colonel. In -December of the same year the regiment <span class="pagenum" id="Page_179">[179]</span>furnished a squadron to act -as escort to the Commander-in-Chief in India, General Sir F. Roberts, -at the camp of exercise in India.</p> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_179fp" style="width: 523px"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_179fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 sm"><span style="float: left">A. Bessane. Photo</span></p> - <p class="p0 sm"><span style="float: right">Walker & Burstall Ph. Sc.</span></p> - <p class="center p0" style="clear: both"><i>Lieutenant General</i></p> - <p class="center p0"><i>Sir Drury C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B.</i></p> - <p class="center p0"><i>Colonel, 17<sup>th.</sup> Lancers. 1892.</i></p> - </div> - -<p>The regiment remained at Lucknow until the expiration of its -<span class="sni">1890.</span> term of Indian service, embarking for England on H.M.S. -<i>Serapis</i> on the 9th October 1890. One squadron was disembarked -at Suez for duty with the army of occupation in Egypt, and was -quartered at Abbasiyeh near Cairo. The remaining troops disembarked at -Portsmouth on the 3rd of November. Of the non-commissioned officers -and men who went out with the regiment to the Zulu War in 1879, just -thirty returned with it in 1890; yet this was not due to death, for the -Seventeenth lost but seventy men from disease during its last period -of Indian service, an astonishing contrast to its former experiences -in the times of the Pindari War and the Mutiny. <span class="sni">1891.</span> For -a year after its return the Seventeenth was quartered at Shorncliffe, -where it was rejoined in November 1891 by the squadron that had been -detached to Egypt, and then resumed the usual round of home service. -<span class="sni">1892.</span> The following year was marked by the successful -introduction of the “squadron organisation,” which had been already -tried in 1869.</p> - -<p>In January General Benson died, and the colonelcy of the regiment -fell vacant. And as for the present we must close the history of the -Seventeenth Lancers at this point, we cannot more fitly end it than -with the name of General Benson’s successor, the fifteenth and not the -least Colonel of the regiment, Sir Drury Curzon Drury Lowe, K.C.B.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_181">[181]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX A<br /> -<span class="subhed">A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOON LANCERS</span></h2></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Note.</span>—The constant variation in the spelling of names -in the earlier years of the regiment has made the preservation -of uniformity in this respect a matter of great difficulty. I am -still in doubt as to the correct method of spelling many names, -and I can only plead that these doubts were shared by the owners -of the names themselves.</p> -</div> - - -<p class="center">1759</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Franklin Kirby</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Birch</li> - <li class="i1">Martin Basil</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Lascelles</li> - <li class="i1">John Burton</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Townsend</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas Lee</li> - <li class="i2">William Green</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Wallop</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Cope</li> - <li class="i2">Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Stopford</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Richard Westbury</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis</li> - <li class="nowrap"><i>Agent.</i>—Mr. Calcraft, Channel Row, Westminster</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1760–1761</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Lascelles</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Mawhood</li> - <li class="i1">John Burton</li> - <li class="i1">John Marriott</li> - <li class="i1">—— Baillie</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i2">William Green</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Wallop</li> - <li class="i2">Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li class="i2">N. Lane</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Stopford</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li class="i3">George Birch</li> - <li class="i3">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i3">James Poole</li> - <li class="i3">George Oliver<span class="pagenum" id="Page_182">[182]</span></li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Burton</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Richard Westbury</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1762</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel Commandant.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Lascelles</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Mawhood</li> - <li class="i1">John Burton</li> - <li class="i1">John Marriott</li> - <li class="i1">—— Baillie</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i2">William Green</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Wallop</li> - <li class="i2">Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li class="i2">N. Lane</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Stopford</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li class="i3">George Birch</li> - <li class="i3">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i3">James Poole</li> - <li class="i3">George Oliver</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Burton</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Gwynne</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Richard Westbury</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis</li> -</ul> -</div> - - -<p class="center">1763</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel Commandant.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Mawhood</li> - <li class="i1">John Marriott</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Lascelles</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Bishop</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Thomas Lea</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li class="i2">N. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Jenison</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li class="i3">George Birch</li> - <li class="i3">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i3">James Poole</li> - <li class="i3">George Oliver</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Burton</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Gwynne</li> - <li class="i3">John Evans</li> - <li class="i3">Drury Wake</li> - <li class="i3">John Collings</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Parry</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1764</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Marriott</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—N. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i2">James Poole</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li class="i3">George Evans</li> - <li class="i3">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i3">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Ashcroft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_183">[183]</span></p> - - -<p class="center">1765</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Marriott</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Yelverton Peyton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—N. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i2">James Poole</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Henry Crofton</li> - <li class="i3">Daniel Brown</li> - <li class="i3">George Evans</li> - <li class="i3">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i3">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Ashcroft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Francis</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1766</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Joseph Hall</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas S. Hall</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Eyre</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—N. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">James Poole</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i3">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i3">Patrick Lynch</li> - <li class="i3">George Bennett</li> - <li class="i3">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li class="i3">John Francis</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Ashcroft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Waring</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1767</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Elliott</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Eyre</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Nat. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i3">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li class="i3">John Francis</li> - <li class="i3">Martin Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Ashcroft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Waring</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1768</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Gwynne</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Elliott</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Eyre</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—N. Lane</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles<span class="pagenum" id="Page_184">[184]</span></li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i3">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li class="i3">John Francis</li> - <li class="i3">Martin Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Ashcroft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Waring</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1769</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lea</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Ed. Gwynne</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">Arthur Blake</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Eyre</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Hamlet Obins</li> - <li class="i3">John Francis</li> - <li class="i3">Martin Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Shadd</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—James Adams</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1770</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—John Hale</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">C. Fortescue Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Carew</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Gardiner</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Francis</li> - <li class="i3">Martin Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Shadd</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—James Adams</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1771</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">C. Fortescue Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">T. Van Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Vincent Corbet</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Francis</li> - <li class="i3">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li class="i3">William Loftus</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—James Adams</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1772</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston<span class="pagenum" id="Page_185">[185]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">James Poole</li> - <li class="i1">C. Fortescue Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">T. Van Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Vincent Corbet</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Francis</li> - <li>Mark Kerr</li> - <li>James Hussey</li> - <li>Frederick Metzer</li> - <li>Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li>William Loftus</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—James Adams</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1773</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li class="i1">C. Fortescue Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">T. Van Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Crewe</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hamlet Obins</li> - <li class="i2">John Francis</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i3">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li class="i3">William Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1774</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. F. Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Carew</li> - <li class="i1">T. Van Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i1">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Henry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">H. Obins</li> - <li class="i2">John Francis</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li class="i3">William Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1775</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. F. Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Crewe</li> - <li class="i1">T. Van Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i1">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">H. Obins<span class="pagenum" id="Page_186">[186]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Francis</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Whittaker</li> - <li class="i3">William Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas J. Cook</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1776</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Blaquière</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Bishop</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. F. Garstin</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Crewe</li> - <li class="i1">T. V. Straubenzee</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i1">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Bunbury</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">H. Obins</li> - <li class="i2">John Francis</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—James Hussey</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">William Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i3">William St. Leger</li> - <li class="i3">David Ogilvy</li> - <li class="i3">David St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">John Sloper</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Anderson</li> - <li class="i3">John Hamilton</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1777</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Richard Crewe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i1">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. Thomas Stanley</li> - <li class="i1">R. H. Elliston</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieuts.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i4">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i4">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i4">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i4">Geo., Visct. Deerhurst</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i3">David Ogilvy</li> - <li class="i3">John Sloper</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Anderson</li> - <li class="i3">John Hamilton</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Watts</li> - <li class="i3">William St. Leger</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1778</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Richard Crewe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Joseph Moxham</li> - <li class="i1">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. Thomas Stanley</li> - <li class="i1">R. H. Elliston</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr<span class="pagenum" id="Page_187">[187]</span></li> - <li class="i2">James, Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">Geo., Visct. Deerhurst</li> - <li class="i2">Wm., Lord Cathcart</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Frederick Metzer</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i3">David Ogilvy</li> - <li class="i3">John Sloper</li> - <li class="i3">John Hamilton</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Watts</li> - <li class="i3">William St. Leger</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Romain</li> - <li class="i3">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1779</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Lord Cathcart</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Henry Talbot</li> - <li class="i1">(Two vacancies)</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i2">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William St. Leger</li> - <li class="i3">David Ogilvy</li> - <li class="i3">John Sloper</li> - <li class="i3">John Hamilton</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li class="i3">J. Stapleton</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Searle</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">J. Thos. Fonblanque</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Richard Griffith</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1780</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Hon. F. Needham</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Henry Talbot</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i2">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—David Ogilvy</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">J. Stapleton</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Searle</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">J. Thos. Fonblanque</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">John Black</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox, Muir & Co.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1781</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Henry Talbot</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—John Stapleton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i2">James Hussey<span class="pagenum" id="Page_188">[188]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Jones</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Searle</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">John Black</li> - <li class="i3">David M’Culloch</li> - <li class="i3">Warren Delancey</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox, Muir & Co.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1782</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonels.</i>—George Preston</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Henry Talbot</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—John Stapleton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i2">Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i2">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">John Jones</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Patterson</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Searle</li> - <li class="i3">John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">John Black</li> - <li class="i3">Warren Delancey</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">David MacCulloch</li> - <li class="i3">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">William Woodley</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1783</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Hon. Thomas Gage</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">T. Smith Bradshaw</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li><i>Captain.-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Matthew Patteshall</li> - <li class="i2">Mark Kerr</li> - <li class="i2">James Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Henry G. Grey</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">John Black</li> - <li class="i3">Warren Delancey</li> - <li class="i3">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">William Woodley</li> - <li class="i3">George Birch</li> - <li class="i3">C. L. Wallace</li> - <li class="i3">Ralph Hamilton</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox, Muir & Co.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1784</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Hon. Thomas Gage</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—James Hussey</li> - <li class="i2">John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Henry G. Grey</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John St. Clair</li> - <li class="i3">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">Francis E. Lee</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor<span class="pagenum" id="Page_189">[189]</span></li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox, Muir & Co.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1785</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li class="i1">William St. Leger</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Henry G. Grey</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i2">William Hatton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i3">R. F. Currie</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—John Beevor</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1786</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li class="i1">William St. Leger</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i2">William Hatton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i3">R. F. Currie</li> - <li class="i3">William Wells</li> - <li class="i3">Francis E. Lee</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—A. Greenfield</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1787</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li class="i1">William St. Leger</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i2">William Hatton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i3">Francis E. Lee</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Stapleton</li> - <li class="i3">P. D. du Moulin</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—A. Greenfield</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1788</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">John Stapleton</li> - <li class="i1">William St. Leger</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones<span class="pagenum" id="Page_190">[190]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Tucker</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Joseph White</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i3">Francis E. Lee</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Stapleton</li> - <li class="i3">P. D. du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Grey</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—A. Greenfield</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1789</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">William St. Leger</li> - <li class="i1">George Pigott</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph White</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i3">Francis E. Lee</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Stapleton</li> - <li class="i3">P. D. du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Grey</li> - <li class="i3">William S. Bacon</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1790</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Bagot</li> - <li class="i1">George Pigott</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. John Hope</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Odlum</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Frank E. Lee</li> - <li class="i3">Peter D. du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Grey</li> - <li class="i3">William S. Bacon</li> - <li class="i3">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1791</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">George Pigott</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. John Hope</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Odlum</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Francis E. Lee</li> - <li class="i3">Peter D. du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Grey</li> - <li class="i3">William S. Bacon</li> - <li class="i3">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Gibson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Wybrants & Son, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_191">[191]</span></p> - -<p class="center">1792</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Archdale</li> - <li class="i1">George Pigott</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. John Hope</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Jones</li> - <li>John Black</li> - <li>Evan Lloyd</li> - <li>William Jephson</li> - <li>Richard Odlum</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Peter David du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">William S. Bacon</li> - <li class="i3">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i3">(3 vacancies)</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Gibson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1793</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Earl of Lincoln</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George Pigott</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Maitland</li> - <li class="i1">John Jones</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i2">William S. Bacon</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Peter D. du Moulin</li> - <li class="i3">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i3">William Richards</li> - <li class="i3">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i3">Leonard Shafto Orde</li> - <li class="i3">Theobald Butler</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Edward Wilson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1794</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Duke of Newcastle</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Samuel Birch</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George Pigott</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Maitland</li> - <li class="i1">John Jones</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Black</li> - <li class="i2">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i2">William S. Bacon</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i3">William Richards</li> - <li class="i3">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i3">Theobald Butler</li> - <li class="i3">William L. Murray</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Mainwaring</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1795</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Thomas, Duke of Newcastle</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Charles Maitland</li> - <li class="i1">John Jones</li> - <li class="i1">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. John Creighton</li> - <li class="i1">John Black</li> - <li class="i1">William L. Murray</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Richard Odlum</li> - <li class="i2">William S. Bacon</li> - <li class="i2">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i2">William Richards</li> - <li class="i2">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Butler</li> - <li class="i2">(2 vacancies)</li> - <li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_192">[192]</span></li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Samuel Bristow</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Garstin</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Edwards</li> - <li class="i3">David Supple</li> - <li class="i3">(2 vacancies)</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Mainwaring</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1796</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—George Hardy</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Harry Nettles</li> - <li class="i5">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Black</li> - <li class="i1">William Jephson</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Gore</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Fletcher</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">James MacDonell</li> - <li><i>Capt.-Lieut.</i>—Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—William Richards</li> - <li class="i2">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Butler</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Garstin</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Edwards</li> - <li class="i2">David Supple</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i3">James Byrne</li> - <li class="i3">John Gildea</li> - <li class="i3">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i3">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i3">John Jones</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Smithson</li> - <li class="i3">John Delancey</li> - <li class="i3">William Grey</li> - <li class="i3">John Willington</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Mainwaring</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Robinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1797</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Henry George Grey</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i5">William Jephson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Francis Gore</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Fletcher</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—William Richards</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Garstin</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Edwards</li> - <li class="i2">David Supple</li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">James Byrne</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Delancey</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Jon. Willington</li> - <li class="i3">John Jappie</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Glegg</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas A. Cookson</li> - <li><i>Chaplain.</i>—Thomas Sneyd</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Mainwaring</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Robinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1798</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Charles Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i5">William Jephson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Francis Gore</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Fletcher</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Delancey</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—William Richards<span class="pagenum" id="Page_193">[193]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Garstin</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Edwards</li> - <li class="i2">David Supple</li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">John Delancey</li> - <li class="i2">Peter Carey</li> - <li class="i2">J. Cocks</li> - <li class="i2">Vere L. Ward</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Jon. Willington</li> - <li class="i3">John Werge</li> - <li class="i3">John Jappie</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Ahmuty</li> - <li class="i3">John M. Winter</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Cockerill</li> - <li class="i3">William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Robinson</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—Thomas Thompson</li> - <li><i>Veterinary-Surgeon.</i>—James Burt</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1799</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">Francis Gore</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Delancey</li> - <li class="i1">William Richards</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Jones</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Garstin</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Edwards</li> - <li class="i2">David Supple</li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">John Delancey</li> - <li class="i2">Peter Carey</li> - <li class="i2">J. Cocks</li> - <li class="i2">V. L. Ward</li> - <li class="i2">Jon. Willington</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Werge</li> - <li class="i3">John Jappie</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Ahmuty</li> - <li class="i3">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Cockerill</li> - <li class="i3">William Ogden</li> - <li class="i3">John Laing</li> - <li class="i3">James O’Reilly</li> - <li class="i3">John Clarke</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Robinson</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Lewis Bowen</li> - <li><i>Veterinary-Surgeon.</i>—James Burt</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox & Company</li> - <li>1796.—Chaplain discontinued</li> - <li>1797.—Assistant-Surgeon appointed</li> - <li>1798.—Paymaster appointed</li> - <li>1799.—A second Lieut.-Colonel appointed</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1800</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">Francis Gore</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Ellis</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Gerrard</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Edward Wilson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—David Supple<span class="pagenum" id="Page_194">[194]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">Peter Carey</li> - <li class="i2">Jon. Willington</li> - <li class="i2">R. K. Carden</li> - <li class="i2">John Werge</li> - <li class="i2">John Laing</li> - <li class="i2">John Delancey</li> - <li class="i2">P. K. Roche</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Jappie</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Ahmuty</li> - <li class="i3">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Cockerill</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Harris</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Hawtyn</li> - <li class="i3">George Lang</li> - <li class="i3">James Annesley</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Kelly</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. Thompson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Robinson</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Lewis Bowen</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—James Burt</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox & Company</li> - <li>(A second Assistant-Surgeon appointed)</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1801</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">Francis Gore</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Ellis</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Gerrard</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Edward Wilson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">Peter Carey</li> - <li class="i2">Jon. Wellington</li> - <li class="i2">John Werge</li> - <li class="i2">John Laing</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. Ch. Jerningham</li> - <li class="i2">P. K. Roche</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Jappie</li> - <li class="i3">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Cockerill</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Harris</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Hawtyn</li> - <li class="i3">George Lang</li> - <li class="i3">James Annesley</li> - <li class="i3">William J. Kent</li> - <li class="i3">W. B. Laird</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Tyndale</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Robinson</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Samuel Tilt</li> - <li class="i6">Alexander Menzies</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—James Peers</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Cox & Company</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1802</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">Francis Gore</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Ellis</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Gerrard</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Edward Wilson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—David Supple<span class="pagenum" id="Page_195">[195]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">John Werge</li> - <li class="i2">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. Ch. Jerningham</li> - <li class="i2">W. B. Laird</li> - <li class="i2">John Jappie</li> - <li class="i2">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Cockerill</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Harris</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Hawtyn</li> - <li class="i2">Henry F. R. Soane</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Miller</li> - <li class="i2">James Annesley</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William J. Kent</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Tyndale</li> - <li class="i3">Montfort Westropp</li> - <li class="i3">William Brown</li> - <li class="i3">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i3">—— Gledd</li> - <li class="i3">—— Brydges</li> - <li class="i3">De Lancey Barclay</li> - <li class="i8">(Staff as in previous year)</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1803</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">James MacDonell</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li><i>Captain-Lieut.</i>—Edward Wilson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i2">John Mainwaring</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. Ch. Jerningham</li> - <li class="i2">W. Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">De Lancey Barclay</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Joseph Tyndale</li> - <li class="i3">Montfort Westropp</li> - <li class="i3">William Brown</li> - <li class="i3">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i3">—— Gledd</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Turner</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Robinson</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Samuel Tilt</li> - <li class="i6">Alexander Menzies</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—James Peers</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1804</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—William Jephson</li> - <li class="i5">James MacDonell</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Robert Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li class="i1">Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i1">John Werge</li> - <li class="i1">W. B. Laird</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i2">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i2">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i2">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">De Lancey Barclay</li> - <li class="i2">Montfort Westropp</li> - <li class="i2">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Turner</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Brown</li> - <li class="i3">John Sharland Harris</li> - <li class="i3">J. R. L. Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">William C. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">William D’Arcy<span class="pagenum" id="Page_196">[196]</span></li> - <li class="i3">William Moray</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James O’Connor</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Samuel Tilt</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—James Peers</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1805</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i5">Christopher Johnston</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Richard Aylmer</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">John Werge</li> - <li class="i1">W. B. Laird</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i1">P. K. Roche</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">De Lancey Barclay</li> - <li class="i2">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Turner</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i2">William D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Moray</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Ralph Laurence</li> - <li class="i3">Robert D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i3">James Reid</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i3">William Abbs</li> - <li class="i3">(2 vacancies)</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Anderson</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Samuel Tilt</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—John Hemphill</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surg.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1806</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonels.</i>—H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—James MacDonell</li> - <li class="i5">Henry Loftus</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">W. B. Laird</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i1">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i1">Francis D’Arcy Bacon</li> - <li class="i1">Archibald Ross</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i2">William D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. L. Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. Moray</li> - <li class="i2">Robert D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Ralph Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i2">James Read</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">John Blake</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—James Delancey</li> - <li class="i3">John Lane</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i3">Charles White</li> - <li class="i3">Bartholomew Thomas</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Geale</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Lahiff<span class="pagenum" id="Page_197">[197]</span></li> - <li class="i3">James Butler</li> - <li class="i3">(Staff as in 1805)</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Messrs. Arnutt & Brough, Dublin</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1807</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Henry Loftus</li> - <li class="i5">Lynch Cotton</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">William B. Laird</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">James Hellings</li> - <li class="i1">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i1">F. D. Bacon</li> - <li class="i1">Archibald Ross</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i2">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">William D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Ralph Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i2">James Read</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">John Blake</li> - <li class="i2">James Delancey</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—John Lane</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i3">Bartholomew Thomas</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Geale</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i3">James Butler</li> - <li class="i3">G. W. R. Lewin</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—James Byrne</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Anderson</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—James Tilt</li> - <li class="i9">—— Howship</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surg.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1808</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Henry Loftus</li> - <li class="i5">Lynch Cotton</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Wilson</li> - <li class="i1">John Daniell</li> - <li class="i1">William B. Laird</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">P. K. Roche</li> - <li class="i1">Francis D. Bacon</li> - <li class="i1">Archibald Ross</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i2">Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">William D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. L. Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">Robert D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">William Moray</li> - <li class="i2">James Read</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">John Blake</li> - <li class="i2">James de Lancey</li> - <li class="i2">John Lane</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i3">Bartholomew Thomas</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Geale</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i3">James Butler<span class="pagenum" id="Page_198">[198]</span></li> - <li class="i3">G. W. R. Lewin</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—(Vacant)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Anderson</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—Samuel Tilt</li> - <li class="i9">—— Howship</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surg.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1809</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Henry Loftus</li> - <li class="i5">Lynch Cotton</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i1">David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">James Grant</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Yonge</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Forster</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. L. Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">James Read</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">G. W. Wallace</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Lynch</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">—— Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">William Gale</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—G. W. R. Lewin</li> - <li class="i3">James Tomkinson</li> - <li class="i3">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i3">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i3">William Henry Robinson</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Gale</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William King</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John White</li> - <li class="i9">David Christie</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surg.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1810</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Charles Morland</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">James Grant</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Yonge</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Forster</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i1">James Conran</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">William Brown</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">James Read</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Lynch</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">—— Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">William Gale</li> - <li class="i2">James Tomkinson</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan<span class="pagenum" id="Page_199">[199]</span></li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Kendall</li> - <li class="i3">Fran. Curtayne</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Willington</li> - <li class="i3">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i3">John Smith</li> - <li class="i3">J. M’Keale Anderson</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Gale</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William King</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John White</li> - <li class="i9">David Christie</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1811</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">William Carden</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">James Grant</li> - <li class="i1">G. J. Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i1">James Conran</li> - <li class="i1">William Brown</li> - <li class="i1">David M’Neale</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Edmund Safferey</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">John Burton</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">H.E. Lynch</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">William Gale</li> - <li class="i2">—— Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles B. Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">F. E. Cawne</li> - <li class="i2">John Smith</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Kendall</li> - <li class="i2">Fran. Curtayne</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Willington</li> - <li class="i3">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i3">J. M’Keale Anderson</li> - <li class="i3">Benjamin Astley</li> - <li class="i3">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i3">James Cockburn</li> - <li class="i3">Fra. Haworth</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Gale</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thomas Carson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William King</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John White</li> - <li class="i9">David Christie</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1812</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Hon. H. G. Grey</li> - <li class="i7">Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">William Carden</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">James Grant</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray<span class="pagenum" id="Page_200">[200]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i1">William Brown</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Burton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Lynch</li> - <li class="i2">John Darcy</li> - <li class="i2">William Gale</li> - <li class="i2">—— Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">C. B. Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">F. E. Cawne</li> - <li class="i2">John Smith</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Kendall</li> - <li class="i2">Fran. Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">James Cockburn</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Willington</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Daniel</li> - <li class="i3">J. M’K. Anderson</li> - <li class="i3">Benjamin Astley</li> - <li class="i3">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i3">Fran. Haworth</li> - <li class="i3">—— Carew</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Orr</li> - <li class="i3">William MacFarlane</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Enderby</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Gale</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thomas Carson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William King</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John White</li> - <li class="i9">David Christie</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1813</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Carden</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Lincoln Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Philip Teesdale</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">James Grant</li> - <li class="i1">George Jno. Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i1">William Brown</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">Jno. Burton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lahiff</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Edward Lynch</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">—— Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">F. E. Cawne</li> - <li class="i2">Fran. Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">James Cockburn</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Willington</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Haworth</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. M’Keale Anderson</li> - <li class="i3">Benjamin Astley</li> - <li class="i3">Isidore Blake<span class="pagenum" id="Page_201">[201]</span></li> - <li class="i3">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i3">William MacFarlane</li> - <li class="i3">John Marks</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Willington</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Marks</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thomas Carson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William King</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1814</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">William Carden</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">William Roycraft</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">James Burton</li> - <li class="i1">Hugh Percy Davidson</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. Leicester Stanhope</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. John Jones</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Willoe</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Johnson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Wrixon</li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">William H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">F. E. Cawne</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">James Cockburn</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Wellington</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">John Fraser</li> - <li class="i2">J. M’Keale Anderson</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Astley</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i3">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i3">W. MacFarlane</li> - <li class="i3">John Marks</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i3">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i3">William Gibson Peat</li> - <li class="i3">Oliver Delancey</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Marks</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thomas Carson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Alexander Young</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Eugene M’Swiney</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1815</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Carden</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Lincoln Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">William Moray</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Walker</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">Hugh Percy Davidson</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. Leicester Stanhope</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">T. Perrouet Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Joseph Smyth</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Benjamin Adams<span class="pagenum" id="Page_202">[202]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Michael Ryan</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. Henry Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">James Cockburn</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Willington</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">Benjamin Astley</li> - <li class="i2">T. Ramsay Wharton</li> - <li class="i2">George Daun</li> - <li class="i2">C. G. A. Skinner</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">W. Hackett</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—H. Carew</li> - <li class="i3">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i3">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i3">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i3">W. Gibson Peat</li> - <li class="i3">Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li class="i3">William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">George Clarke</li> - <li class="i3">James Patch</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Hackett</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thomas Carson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Alexander Young</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Eugene M’Swiney</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1816</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Carden</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Lincoln Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. Leicester Stanhope</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">T. Perrouet Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">William H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">H. Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Ward Watson</li> - <li class="i2">William Hackett</li> - <li class="i2">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Greville</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i3">Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li class="i3">William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">George Clarke</li> - <li class="i3">James Patch</li> - <li class="i3">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas M’Kenzie</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Backhouse</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—William Hackett</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—W. Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Eugene M’Swiney</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edward Coleman</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_203">[203]</span></p> - -<p class="center">1817</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Carden</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Lincoln Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">T. Perrouet Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">W. M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Ward Watson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Ambrose de L’Etang</li> - <li class="i2">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Greville</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. Stuart Menteath</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i3">Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li class="i3">William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">George Clarke</li> - <li class="i3">T. Ellman</li> - <li class="i3">J. Patch</li> - <li class="i3">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i3">P. Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Carey</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Thomas Carey</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Thomas Price</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1818</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">William Carden</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Lincoln Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Oswald Werge</li> - <li class="i5">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—David Supple</li> - <li class="i1">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i1">George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">T. Perrouet Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Wayth</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i2">John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. Henry Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Robert Coulthard</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Ward Watson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Ambrose de L’Etang<span class="pagenum" id="Page_204">[204]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. Stuart Menteath</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">George Clarke</li> - <li class="i3">T. Ellman</li> - <li class="i3">James Patch</li> - <li class="i3">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">James Byrne Smith</li> - <li class="i3">J. B. Nixon</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—James Byrne Smith</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Thomas Price</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1819</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li class="i2">Oswald Werge</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Nathan Wilson</li> - <li class="i5">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">T. Perrouet Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Wayth</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. Henry Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Ward Watson</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Ambrose de L’Etang</li> - <li class="i2">John Tomlinson</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. Stuart Menteath</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. H. Fisk</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">George Clarke</li> - <li class="i3">T. Ellman</li> - <li class="i3">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">John Byrne Smith</li> - <li class="i3">J. B. Nixon</li> - <li class="i3">William Marriott</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. R. Smith</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—W. Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i6">Thomas Price</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1820</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li class="i7">Oswald Werge</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Nathan Wilson</li> - <li class="i5">Jonathan Willington</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George John Sale</li> - <li class="i1">Dan. M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill<span class="pagenum" id="Page_205">[205]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Charles Wayth</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Hutchinson</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Ambrose de L’Etang</li> - <li class="i2">H. Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. Stuart Menteath</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">William T. H. Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i2">George G. Shaw</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William Potts</li> - <li class="i3">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">James Byrne Smith</li> - <li class="i3">William Marriott</li> - <li class="i3">Charles St. John Fancourt</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—James Byrne Smith</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i9">Thomas Price</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1821</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li class="i7">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i5">George John Sale</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Wayth</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Robinson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Ambrose de L’Etang</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. S. Menteath</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i2">George G. Shaw</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. B. Lindsay</li> - <li class="i2">N. Raven</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—W. Potts</li> - <li class="i3">Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Lewis</li> - <li class="i3">Charles St. John Fancourt</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">Arch. Edmund Bromwich</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i9">Samuel Holmes</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_206">[206]</span></p> - - -<p class="center">1822</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Oliver de Lancey</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li class="i7">Nathan Wilson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i5">Norcliffe Norcliffe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Wayth</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Robinson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">William Daniel</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Richard Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">T. L. S. Menteath</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George G. Shaw</li> - <li class="i2">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i2">W. Potts</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Lewis</li> - <li class="i3">C. St. John Fancourt</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">Arch. E. Bromwich</li> - <li class="i3">William Penn</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li class="i9">Sam. Holmes</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1823</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Jonathan Willington</li> - <li class="i5">Norcliffe Norcliffe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">John Atkins</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Byne</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i1">William H. Robinson</li> - <li class="i1">W. T. Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Byrne Sale</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Curtayne</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">Isidore Blake</li> - <li class="i2">H. Carew</li> - <li class="i2">William M’Farlane</li> - <li class="i2">Rich. Willington</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Court Amiel</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Hurring</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George G. Shaw</li> - <li class="i2">N. Raven</li> - <li class="i2">William Potts</li> - <li class="i2">William Graham</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Peter Backhouse</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Lewis</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">Arch. Edmund Bromwich</li> - <li class="i3">William Penn<span class="pagenum" id="Page_207">[207]</span></li> - <li class="i3">Hon. Nat. H. C. Massey</li> - <li class="i3">Lewis Shedden</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—John Lorimer, M.D.</li> - <li class="i6">Sam. Holmes, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1824</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—J. Willington</li> - <li class="i5">George Luard</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Daniel M’Neale</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">Malcolm M’Neill</li> - <li class="i1">John Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i1">John Scott</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Bond</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i2">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i2">William Dungan</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Lewis</li> - <li class="i3">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">William Penn</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. N. H. C. Massey</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Pole</li> - <li class="i3">R. J. Elton</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—W. T. H. Fisk</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—James Cockburn</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Edmund Price</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Hopkinson & Sons</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1825</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—J. Willington</li> - <li class="i5">George Luard</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—T. P. Thompson</li> - <li class="i1">Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">J. Brackenbury</li> - <li class="i1">John Scott</li> - <li class="i1">William Locke</li> - <li class="i1">Frederick Johnston</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John D’Arcy</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph Budden</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i2">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i2">William Dungan</li> - <li class="i2">George T. Greenland</li> - <li class="i2">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. N. H. C. Massey</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Pole</li> - <li class="i3">R. J. Elton</li> - <li class="i3">John Barron</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. R. F. Greville</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—W. T. H. Fisk</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—T. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—John Lorimer</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Henry Smith</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1826</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i7">Hon. L. Stanhope</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—George Luard</li> - <li class="i5">Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Benjamin Adams</li> - <li class="i1">John Scott</li> - <li class="i1">Frederick Johnston<span class="pagenum" id="Page_208">[208]</span></li> - <li class="i1">W. N. Burrows</li> - <li class="i1">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">Alan Chambre</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—W. T. H. Fisk</li> - <li class="i2">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i2">William Dungan</li> - <li class="i2">G. T. Greenland</li> - <li class="i2">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i2">Frederick Loftus</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. Nat. Hen. Chas. Massey</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Pole</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—R. J. Elton</li> - <li class="i3">John Barron</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. R. F. Greville</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Witham</li> - <li class="i3">S. J. W. F. Welch</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Robert Harman</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—W. T. H. Fisk</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—T. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Sam. Holmes</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—Henry Smith</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1827</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Anthony Bacon</li> - <li class="i5">John Scott</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—William N. Burrowes</li> - <li class="i1">George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">George T. Greenland</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert James Elton</li> - <li class="i2">John Barron</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Witham</li> - <li class="i2">S. J. W. F. Welch</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Nat. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i3">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i3">William Murray Percy</li> - <li class="i3">William Henry Tonge</li> - <li class="i3">Lionel Ames</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Barron</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—T. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1828</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—John Scott</li> - <li class="i5">William N. Burrowes</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert James Elton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Barron</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Witham</li> - <li class="i2">Nat. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel Need</li> - <li class="i2">William M. Percy</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William H. T. Tonge</li> - <li class="i3">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i3">A. H. Mitchelson</li> - <li class="i3">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i3">William Wentworth</li> - <li class="i3">William L. Shedden</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—W. T. Hawley Fisk</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—T. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—William Wybrow</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_209">[209]</span></p> - - -<p class="center">1829</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—John Scott</li> - <li class="i5">W. N. Burrowes</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert James Elton</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Barron</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">Harry Witham</li> - <li class="i2">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">William C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">William M. Percy</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—William H. Tonge</li> - <li class="i3">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i3">A. H. Michelson</li> - <li class="i3">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i3">William Wentworth</li> - <li class="i3">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—T. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> - <li><i>Agent.</i>—Mr. Hopkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1830</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—John Scott</li> - <li class="i5">W. N. Burrowes</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert K. Trotter</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Barron</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">William C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">William M. Percy</li> - <li class="i2">William H. Tonge</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i3">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i3">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i3">H. F. Walker</li> - <li class="i3">Walter Williams</li> - <li class="i3">Philip J. West</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thos. Nicholson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> - <li><i>Agent.</i>—Mr. Hopkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1831</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—W. N. Burrowes</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert R. Trotter</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Barron</li> - <li class="i2">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">W. M. Percy</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Tonge</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i3">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i3">W. L. Shedden<span class="pagenum" id="Page_210">[210]</span></li> - <li class="i3">H. F. Walker</li> - <li class="i3">Walter Williams</li> - <li class="i3">Philip J. West</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Thos. Nicholson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1832</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—W. N. Burrowes</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George F. Clarke</li> - <li class="i1">George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert K. Trotter</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i2">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">W. M. Percy</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Tonge</li> - <li class="i2">Lionel Ames</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i3">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i3">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i3">P. J. West</li> - <li class="i3">F. J. Parry</li> - <li class="i3">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1833</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—George Robbins</li> - <li class="i1">M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">Robert K. Trotter</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Forbes</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i2">Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i2">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i2">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i2">Walter Williams</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Philip West</li> - <li class="i3">F. J. Parry</li> - <li class="i3">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i3">R. W. Macdonald</li> - <li class="i3">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1834</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">R. K. Trotter</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i1">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i2">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i2">W. L. Shedden<span class="pagenum" id="Page_211">[211]</span></li> - <li class="i2">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i2">P. J. West</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—F. J. Parry</li> - <li class="i3">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i3">R. W. Macdonald</li> - <li class="i3">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i3">John Mordaunt</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet.-Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1835</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">K. R. Trotter</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Forbes</li> - <li class="i1">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Samuel W. Need</li> - <li class="i2">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i2">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i2">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i2">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i2">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i2">P. J. West</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—F. J. Parry</li> - <li class="i3">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i3">R. W. M’Donald</li> - <li class="i3">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i3">John Mordaunt</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1836</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">G. M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">R. K. Trotter</li> - <li class="i1">N. B. F. Shawe</li> - <li class="i1">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i2">Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i2">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i2">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i2">R. W. Macdonald</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i3">John Mordaunt</li> - <li class="i3">Wallace Barrow</li> - <li class="i3">J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i3">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Reynard</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. G. Parken</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1837</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Cols.</i>—Sir Evan Lloyd</li> - <li class="i3">George, Lord Bingham</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i1">George M. Keane</li> - <li class="i1">John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i1">W. L. Shedden<span class="pagenum" id="Page_212">[212]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li class="i2">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i2">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i2">John Mordaunt</li> - <li class="i2">Wallace Barrow</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i3">J. R. Broadley</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Reynard</li> - <li class="i3">John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i3">William M. Mitchell</li> - <li class="i3">A. S. Willett</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Denis Hanson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1838</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i1">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i1">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i1">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i2">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i2">W. Barrow</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i2">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i2">R. A. Houblon</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Reynard</li> - <li class="i3">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i3">W. M. Mitchell</li> - <li class="i3">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. G. O’Callaghan</li> - <li class="i3">Andrew Wauchope</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—Captain G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Wallace Barrow</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1839</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. Elley, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Henry Pratt</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—J. Lawrenson</li> - <li class="i1">W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i1">W. L. Shedden</li> - <li class="i1">W. Williams</li> - <li class="i1">W. H. Fielden</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i2">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i2">W. Barrow</li> - <li class="i2">J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i2">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i2">Richard A. Houblon</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Robert Reynard</li> - <li class="i3">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i3">W. M. Mitchell</li> - <li class="i3">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. G. O’Callaghan</li> - <li class="i3">Andrew Wauchope</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Wallace Barrow</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> - <li><i>Agents.</i>—Hopkinson & Sons</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1840</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—William C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Lionel Ames</li> - <li class="i1">Walter Williams<span class="pagenum" id="Page_213">[213]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Edmund Croker</li> - <li class="i1">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i1">Wallace Barrow</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i2">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Burdett</li> - <li class="i2">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i2">Archibald, Earl of Cassilis</li> - <li class="i2">W. M. Mitchell</li> - <li class="i2">Aug. Saltern Willett</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li class="i3">Edward C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i3">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i3">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i3">William O. Hammond</li> - <li class="i3">H. Roxby Benson</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1841</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—William C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Walter Williams</li> - <li class="i1">Edward Croker</li> - <li class="i1">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i1">Wallace Barrow</li> - <li class="i1">J. R. Palmer</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i2">Francis Burdett</li> - <li class="i2">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i2">Archibald, Earl of Cassilis</li> - <li class="i2">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. S. Blackwood</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li class="i2">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i3">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i3">William O. Hammond</li> - <li class="i3">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i3">Charles W. Miles</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James G. Elkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1842</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—W. C. Douglas</li> - <li class="i1">Walter Williams</li> - <li class="i1">R. A. F. Kingscote</li> - <li class="i1">J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i1">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i2">Archibald, Earl of Cassilis</li> - <li class="i2">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. S. Blackwood</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li class="i2">Edward C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i2">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—W. O. Hammond</li> - <li class="i3">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i3">C. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i3">Wm. A., Lord Inverury</li> - <li class="i3">H. C. Taylor</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Edward Pilkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—Alex. Leslie</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_214">[214]</span></p> - - -<p class="center">1843</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i1">John B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Burdett</li> - <li class="i1">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. H. S. Blackwood</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li class="i2">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i2">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. A., Lord Inverury</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—H. C. Taylor</li> - <li class="i3">Alfred Crawshay</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li class="i3">Samuel Le H. Hodson</li> - <li class="i3">N. M. Innes</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Edward Pilkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—G. Anderson</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1844</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i1">J. B. Broadley</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Burdett</li> - <li class="i1">J. D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas Lindsay</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i2">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">C. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Taylor</li> - <li class="i2">Alfred Crawshay</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Samuel Le H. Hobson</li> - <li class="i3">N. M. Innes</li> - <li class="i3">J. F. Blathwayt</li> - <li class="i3">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i3">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—H. T. Lindsay</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Edward Pilkington</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—G. Anderson</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1845</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—J. R. Palmer</li> - <li class="i1">Francis Burdett</li> - <li class="i1">John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">Charles W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">Alfred Crawshay</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li class="i2">Norman M. Innes</li> - <li class="i2">J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i3">J. F. Blathwayt</li> - <li class="i3">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i3">John Stephenson</li> - <li class="i3">Henry W. Lindow</li> - <li class="i3">William I. Anderton</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Stephenson<span class="pagenum" id="Page_215">[215]</span></li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hale</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—John Brown Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—G. Anderson</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—John Wilkinson</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1846</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Charles W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">Alfred Crawshay</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li class="i2">J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li class="i2">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i2">John Stephenson</li> - <li class="i2">W. I. Anderton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. C. W. Russell</li> - <li class="i3">E. R. Dodwell</li> - <li class="i3">P. J. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i3">W. W. Codrington</li> - <li class="i3">William H. K. Erskine</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Wm. Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—W. C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1847</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. Scobell</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Boucherett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Charles W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">Alfred Crawshay</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li class="i2">J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li class="i2">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i2">John Stephenson</li> - <li class="i2">William I. Anderton</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. C. W. Russell</li> - <li class="i3">E. R. Dodwell</li> - <li class="i3">Philip J. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i3">W. W. Codrington</li> - <li class="i3">William H. K. Erskine</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—George Chandler</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—W. C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1848</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">C. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Lyon</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li class="i2">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i2">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i2">W. I. Anderton</li> - <li class="i2">William Morris</li> - <li class="i2">J. C. W. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">Philip J. W. Miles</li> - <li class="i2">W. W. Codrington</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—W. H. K. Erskine<span class="pagenum" id="Page_216">[216]</span></li> - <li class="i3">H. St. George, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">Alexander Campbell</li> - <li class="i3">William F. Webb</li> - <li class="i3">Robert White</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—William C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1849</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Dary Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i2">W. I. Anderton</li> - <li class="i2">William Morris</li> - <li class="i2">J. C. W. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. R. Erskine</li> - <li class="i2">Howard St. George</li> - <li class="i2">W. F. Richards</li> - <li class="i2">William F. Webb</li> - <li class="i2">Robert White</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. P. Winter</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">J. H. Reed</li> - <li class="i3">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Howard St. George</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—William C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1850</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Colonel.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">J. E. Fleeming</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li class="i2">William Morris</li> - <li class="i2">J. C. W. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. K. Erskine</li> - <li class="i2">Howard St. George</li> - <li class="i2">W. F. Richards</li> - <li class="i2">Robert White</li> - <li class="i2">John Pratt Winter</li> - <li class="i2">Joseph H. Reed</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li class="i3">Godfrey C. Morgan</li> - <li class="i3">A. Learmonth</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Howard St. George</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surg.</i>—Henry Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—William C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1851</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Colonel.</i>—M. C. D. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Francis Burdett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li class="i1">A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">Abraham Hamilton</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i1">R. D. Hay Lane</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—William Morris</li> - <li class="i2">W. H. K. Erskine<span class="pagenum" id="Page_217">[217]</span></li> - <li class="i2">Howard St. George</li> - <li class="i2">W. F. Richards</li> - <li class="i2">Robert White</li> - <li class="i2">John Pratt Winter</li> - <li class="i2">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. Morgan</li> - <li class="i2">A. Learmonth</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">John Henry Thomson</li> - <li class="i3">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i3">Lewis Edward Knight</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Howard St. George</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surg.</i>—Henry Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—William C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1852</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, K.G.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—John D. Brett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—A. S. Willett</li> - <li class="i1">H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. C. A. Haworth</li> - <li class="i1">William Morris</li> - <li class="i1">W. H. K. Erskine</li> - <li class="i1">W. Fred. Richards</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li class="i2">John Pratt Winter</li> - <li class="i2">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. Morgan</li> - <li class="i2">A. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i2">John H. Thompson</li> - <li class="i2">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i2">Lewis E. Knight.</li> - <li class="i2">W. F. Tollemache</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thomas Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">John Thomas Cator</li> - <li class="i3">George Ross</li> - <li class="i3">J. W. Cradock-Hartopp</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—A. Learmonth</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Hall</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—W. C. Lord</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1853</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—T. W. Taylor, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—A. S. Willett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Morris</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. H. K. Erskine</li> - <li class="i1">John Pratt Winter</li> - <li class="i1">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—G. C. Morgan</li> - <li class="i2">A. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i2">J. H. Thompson</li> - <li class="i2">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i2">Lewis E. Knight</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. F. Tollemache</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thos. Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">J. W. Cradock-Hartopp</li> - <li class="i3">John Chadwick</li> - <li class="i3">Philip Musgrave</li> - <li class="i3">W. J. Pearson Watson</li> - <li class="i3">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li class="i3">G. O. Wombwell</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Chadwick</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—John Yates</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—S. Price Constant</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1854</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—T. W. Taylor, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—J. Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—A. S. Willett</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">Wm. Morris</li> - <li class="i1">Robert White</li> - <li class="i1">J. Pratt Winter</li> - <li class="i1">A. F. C. Webb</li> - <li class="i1">Godfrey C. Morgan<span class="pagenum" id="Page_218">[218]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—A. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i2">J. H. Thompson</li> - <li class="i2">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i2">Lewis E. Knight</li> - <li class="i2">J. W. Cradock-Hartopp</li> - <li class="i2">Philip Musgrave</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Thos. Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i3">J. Chadwick</li> - <li class="i3">W. J. Pearson Watson</li> - <li class="i3">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li class="i3">G. O. Wombwell</li> - <li class="i3">Archibald Cleveland</li> - <li class="i3">A. F. S. Jerningham</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Chadwick</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—John Yates</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. B. Gibson, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—H. Kendall, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—S. P. Constant</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1855</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir. J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—J. Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Wm. Morris</li> - <li class="i1">Robert White</li> - <li class="i1">Godfrey C. Morgan</li> - <li class="i1">Alex. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i1">Sir Wm. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">Lewis Edward Knight</li> - <li class="i1">J. W. C. Hartopp</li> - <li class="i1">John Macartney</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—W. J. P. Watson</li> - <li class="i2">Thos. Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i2">John Chadwick</li> - <li class="i2">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li class="i2">G. O. Wombwell</li> - <li class="i2">Drury Curzon Lowe</li> - <li class="i2">Arthur Burnand</li> - <li class="i2">Henry H. Barber</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Baring</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—G. H. L. Boynton</li> - <li class="i3">Wm. D. Nath. Lowe</li> - <li class="i3">Wm. Digby Seymour</li> - <li class="i3">John Gibsone</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Chadwick</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—C. J. Ffennell</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—H. H. Massey, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—St. John Stanley</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—S. P. Constant</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1856</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—John Lawrenson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Henry R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Wm. Morris, C.B. (Major)</li> - <li class="i1">Robert White</li> - <li class="i1">Alex. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i1">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">Lewis Edward Knight</li> - <li class="i1">John Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">W. J. P. Watson</li> - <li class="i1">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thos. Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i2">John Chadwick</li> - <li class="i2">Drury Curzon Lowe</li> - <li class="i2">Arthur Burnand</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Baring</li> - <li class="i2">G. H. L. Boynton</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. D. Seymour</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. W. King</li> - <li class="i2">John Gibsone</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—James Duncan</li> - <li class="i3">Walter R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i3">Henry Marshall</li> - <li class="i3">George Cleghorn</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i3">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Chadwick</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Dennis O’Hara</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—H. H. Massey, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—St. John Stanley</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—Wm. Partridge</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_219">[219]</span></p> - - -<p class="center">1857</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K. H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—A. Learmonth</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—W. Morris, C.B. (Major)</li> - <li class="i1">R. White</li> - <li class="i1">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i1">J. Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">W. J. P. Watson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—T. Taylor, R.M.</li> - <li class="i2">A. Burnand</li> - <li class="i2">H. Baring</li> - <li class="i2">G. H. L. Boynton</li> - <li class="i2">W. D. Seymour</li> - <li class="i2">W. W. King</li> - <li class="i2">J. Gibsone</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li class="i3">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i3">H. Marshall</li> - <li class="i3">G. Cleghorn</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i3">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i3">R. Bainbridge</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. Stephenson</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—H. H. Massey, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—St. John Stanley</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—W. Partridge</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1858</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i7">J. R. H. Rose</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—A. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i5">W. Morris, C.B. (Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—R. White</li> - <li class="i1">Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i1">J. Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">A. Burnand</li> - <li class="i1">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">D. C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">T. Taylor</li> - <li class="i1">H. Baring</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Sarel</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—W. D. Seymour</li> - <li class="i2">W. W. King</li> - <li class="i2">J. Gibsone</li> - <li class="i2">J. Duncan</li> - <li class="i2">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i2">H. Marshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. W. Curzon</li> - <li class="i2">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i2">R. Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">T. Gonne</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—A. Gooch</li> - <li class="i3">F. J. King</li> - <li class="i3">J. Harding</li> - <li class="i3">R. D. Macgregor</li> - <li class="i3">J. G. Scott</li> - <li class="i3">W. S. Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i3">J. T. Fraser</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. F. Harrison</li> - <li class="i3">E. A. Corbet</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—F. L. Bennett</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—E. Mockler</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—G. C. Clery</li> - <li class="i6">Y. H. Johnson</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—W. Partridge</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1859</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i7">J. R. H. Rose</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—A. Learmonth</li> - <li class="i5">R. White</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i1">J. Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">Sir G. H. Leith, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">D. C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">T. Taylor<span class="pagenum" id="Page_220">[220]</span></li> - <li class="i1">H. Baring</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Sarel</li> - <li class="i1">C. Steel</li> - <li class="i1">W. D. Seymour</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. Gibsone</li> - <li class="i2">J. Duncan</li> - <li class="i2">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i2">H. Marshall</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i2">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i2">R. Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Wood, V.C.</li> - <li class="i2">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i2">F. J. King</li> - <li class="i2">J. Harding</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—R. D. Macgregor</li> - <li class="i3">J. G. Scott</li> - <li class="i3">W. S. Tucker</li> - <li class="i3">J. I. Fraser</li> - <li class="i3">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. F. Harrison</li> - <li class="i3">E. A. Corbet</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. B. Belcher</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Wm. Garland</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—G. Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Y. H. Johnson</li> - <li class="i6">G. C. Clery</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—W. Partridge</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1860</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li class="i7">A. Learmonth</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—R. White</li> - <li class="i5">Sir. W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i1">J. Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">Sir G. H. Leith</li> - <li class="i1">D. C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Sarel</li> - <li class="i1">C. Steel</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">J. Gibsone</li> - <li class="i1">H. Marshall</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i2">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i2">R. Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. E. Wood, V.C.</li> - <li class="i2">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i2">J. Harding</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. D. Macgregor</li> - <li class="i2">J. G. Scott</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. I. Fraser</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. F. Harrison</li> - <li class="i3">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i3">G. J. B. Bruce</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i3">G. Rosser</li> - <li class="i3">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—G. B. Belcher</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Duncan</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—G. Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—G. Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Y. H. Johnson</li> - <li class="i6">G. C. Clery</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Ferris</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1861</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col. & Col.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col. & Col.</i>—J. C. H. Gibsone</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i5">L. E. Knight</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—John Macartney</li> - <li class="i1">D. C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Sarel</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">John Gibsone</li> - <li class="i1">James Duncan</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth<span class="pagenum" id="Page_221">[221]</span></li> - <li class="i1">James Goldie</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—H. E. Wood, V.C.</li> - <li class="i2">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i2">J. Harding</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. D. Macgregor</li> - <li class="i2">J. G. Scott</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i2">J. I. Fraser</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. F. Harrison</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—G. J. B. Bruce</li> - <li class="i3">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i3">George Rosser</li> - <li class="i3">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i3">George Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i3">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i3">J. D. Jackson</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Corbett</li> - <li class="i3">E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—G. Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Sam. Fuller</li> - <li class="i6">David Cullen, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Ferris</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1862</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col. & Col.</i>—H. R. Benson</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col. & Col.</i>—J. C. H. Gibsone</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Sir W. Gordon, Bart.</li> - <li class="i5">L. E. Knight</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—D. C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">John Gibsone</li> - <li class="i1">James Duncan</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">James Goldie</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">H. E. Wood, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i2">James Harding</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">B. Chamley</li> - <li class="i2">G. J. B. Bruce</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i2">George Rosser</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i3">George Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i3">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i3">T. D. Jackson</li> - <li class="i3">Edward Corbett</li> - <li class="i3">E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li class="i3">E. W. Pritchard</li> - <li class="i3">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i3">H. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">Harris St. J. Dick</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—George Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—William Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Sam. Fuller</li> - <li class="i6">D. Cullen, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary-Surgeon.</i>—J. Ferris</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1863</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li class="i7">Sir W. Gordon, Bt.</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i5">Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li class="i1">Walter R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">James Duncan</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i1">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">James Goldie</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge<span class="pagenum" id="Page_222">[222]</span></li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">T. W. S. Miles</li> - <li class="i1">W. Balfe</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">B. Chamley</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i2">George Rosser</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i2">G. Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i2">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">W. S. Browne</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. D. Jackson</li> - <li class="i3">E. Corbett</li> - <li class="i3">E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li class="i3">E. W. Pritchard</li> - <li class="i3">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i3">H. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">H. St. J. Dick</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Blair</li> - <li class="i3">J. C. Symonds</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—G. Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—Sam. Fuller</li> - <li class="i6">David Cullen, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—John Ferris</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1864</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li class="i7">Sir W. Gordon, Bt.</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—L. E. Knight</li> - <li class="i5">Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. A. Sarel (Lieut.-Col.)</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">James Duncan</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i1">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">J. Goldie</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">T. W. S. Miles</li> - <li class="i1">W. Balfe</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">B. Chamley</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i2">George Rosser</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i2">George Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i2">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—J. D. Jackson</li> - <li class="i3">E. Corbett</li> - <li class="i3">E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li class="i3">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i3">H. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">H. St. J. Dick</li> - <li class="i3">Robert Blair</li> - <li class="i3">J. C. Symonds</li> - <li class="i3">W. A. Ellis</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—George Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—T. Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—W. Garland</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—J. Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeons.</i>—J. Fuller</li> - <li class="i6">D. Cullen, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1865</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li class="i7">L. E. Knight</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">James Duncan</li> - <li class="i1">C. Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">J. Goldie</li> - <li class="i1">R. Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">T. W. S. Miles<span class="pagenum" id="Page_223">[223]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—A. J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">R. T. Goldsworthy</li> - <li class="i2">H. R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i2">George Rosser</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i2">George Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i2">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">J. D. Jackson</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Corbett</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li class="i3">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i3">H. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">J. C. Symonds</li> - <li class="i3">William A. Ellis</li> - <li class="i3">H. T. S. Carter</li> - <li class="i3">William Watt</li> - <li class="i3">H. Bancroft</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—George Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—T. Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst-Surgeon.</i>—S. A. Lithgow</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1866</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Robert White</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li class="i1">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">William A. Battine</li> - <li class="i1">Sir John Hill, Bart.</li> - <li class="i1">George C. Robinson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Arthur J. Billing</li> - <li class="i2">Henry R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. Young</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i2">George Pumfrett</li> - <li class="i2">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">Edward Corbett</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Walmesley</li> - <li class="i2">E. H. Maunsell</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i3">H. Faulkner</li> - <li class="i3">John C. Symonds</li> - <li class="i3">Harry T. S. Carter</li> - <li class="i3">H. Bancroft</li> - <li class="i3">E. B. Callander</li> - <li class="i3">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i3">W. Brougham</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—George Pumfrett</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst-Surgeon.</i>—S. A. Lithgow</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1867</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir J. M. Wallace, K.H.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Drury C. D. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li><i>Major Lieut.-Col.</i>—Henry A. Sarel</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Walter R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">Sir J. Hill, Bt. (B. Maj.)</li> - <li class="i1">George C. Robinson</li> - <li class="i1">Sam. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">W. A. Battine</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Henry R. Abadie</li> - <li class="i2">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i2">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Walmesley</li> - <li class="i2">Stanley Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i2">H. Bancroft</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. A. W. Erskine</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—E. B. Callander</li> - <li class="i3">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i3">W. Brougham<span class="pagenum" id="Page_224">[224]</span></li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Crowe</li> - <li class="i3">E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i3">Sir Charles Nugent, Bart.</li> - <li class="i3">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li class="i3">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—A. J. Billing</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—John Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—James Kellie, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—S. A. Lithgow</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1868</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i5">H. A. Sarel (B. Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">W. A. Battine</li> - <li class="i1">G. C. Robinson</li> - <li class="i1">S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—H. A. Robinson</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Walmesley</li> - <li class="i2">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. A. W. Erskine</li> - <li class="i2">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">W. Brougham</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Crowe</li> - <li class="i2">G. H. L. Pellew</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i3">Sir Charles Nugent, Bart.</li> - <li class="i3">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li class="i3">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i3">James F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i3">John Brown</li> - <li class="i3">William Bashford</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—John Brown</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Arthur Greer</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. E. O’Loughlin</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1869</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Drury C. D. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i5">Henry A. Sarel (Lt.-Col.)</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i1">Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">G. C. Robinson</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">H. A. Robinson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—W. G. Walmesley</li> - <li class="i2">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i2">T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i2">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Crowe</li> - <li class="i2">G. H. L. Pellew</li> - <li class="i2">Sir C. Nugent, Bart.</li> - <li class="i2">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i3">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i3">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i3">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i3">William Bashford</li> - <li class="i3">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i3">C. E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i3">R. N. Humble</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly, (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Thomas Martin</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—A. J. Greer</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. E. O’Loughlin<span class="pagenum" id="Page_225">[225]</span></li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1870</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Drury C. Lowe</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Hon. W. H. Curzon</li> - <li class="i5">W. R. Nolan</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Charles Waymouth</li> - <li class="i1">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li class="i1">T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">G. C. Robinson</li> - <li class="i1">S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i2">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Crowe</li> - <li class="i2">E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i2">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li class="i2">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i2">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">William Bashford</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i3">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i3">R. N. Humble</li> - <li class="i3">Charles E. Arkwright</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—J. Brown (Lieut.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—R. H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—A. J. Greer</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—J. E. O’Loughlin</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1871</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B.</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i5">Robert Bainbridge</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">G. C. Robertson</li> - <li class="i1">S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i2">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li class="i2">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i2">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">William Bashford</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">C. E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">R. N. Humble</li> - <li><i>Cornets.</i>—C. E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i3">Thomas Mack</li> - <li class="i3">A. E. De Butts</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—De P. O’Kelly</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—R. H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—A. J. Greer</li> - <li><i>Asst.-Surgeon.</i>—Ed. Hoile, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1872</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i5">G. C. Robertson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—T. Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i2">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i2">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie<span class="pagenum" id="Page_226">[226]</span></li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">Robert N. Humble</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Barton</li> - <li class="i2">C. E. Arkwright</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lieutenants.</i>—T. Mack</li> - <li class="i10">A. E. de Butts</li> - <li class="i10">G. A. Wood</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. W. Smith</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Arthur J. Greer</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—E. Hoile, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1873</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—W. R. Nolan</li> - <li class="i5">G. C. Robertson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">C. W. J. Unthank</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i2">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i2">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">R. N. Humble</li> - <li class="i2">C. E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Mack</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lieutenants.</i>—George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i10">Percy Wormald</li> - <li class="i10">John M. Russell</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John W. Smith</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Richard H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon.</i>—Arthur Greer</li> - <li><i>Assistant-Surgeon.</i>—E. Hoile, M.D.</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1874</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Walter R. Nolan</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li class="i1">Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">Frederick W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i2">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">Robert N. Humble</li> - <li class="i2">C. E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Mack</li> - <li class="i2">George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">Mortimer G. Neeld</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lieutenants.</i>—Percy Wormald</li> - <li class="i10">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i10">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. W. Smith</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Richard Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Medical Officer.</i>—Arthur J. Greer</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - - <div class="figcenter" id="i_b_227fp"> - <img - class="p2" - src="images/i_b_227fp.jpg" - alt="" /> - <p class="p0 center sm">1894.</p> - </div> - - -<p class="center">1875</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—C. W. M. Balders, C.B. (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. W. Edgell</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—James F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Mack</li> - <li class="i2">Percy Wormald</li> - <li class="i2">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">Mortimer G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lieutenant.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Richard H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Medical Officer.</i>—A. C. McTavish</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1876</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. Wyatt-Edgell</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i2">Hon J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i2">Thomas Mack</li> - <li class="i2">Percy Wormald</li> - <li class="i2">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lieut.</i>—C. F. S. Anstruther-Thomson</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—Richard H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon-Major.</i>—A. C. McTavish</li> - <li><i>Veterinary Surgeon.</i>—J. Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1877</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Lieut.-General)</li> - <li><i>Lt.-Col.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li class="i5">Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Fred. W. Blumberg</li> - <li class="i1">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. Wyatt Edgell</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">James F. Alexander</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i2">John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">Charles E. Arkwright</li> - <li class="i2">Percy Wormald</li> - <li class="i2">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">M. G. Neeld<span class="pagenum" id="Page_228">[228]</span></li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i2">H. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—R. H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Surgeon-Major.</i>—A. C. McTavish</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1878</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J.C. Hope Gibsone(Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—D. C. Drury Lowe (Col.)</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li class="i5">S. Boulderson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. Wyatt-Edgell</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">J. F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i2">C. E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">J. M. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">G. A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i2">H. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Sub-Lts.</i>—F. J. C. Frith</li> - <li class="i5">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i5">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—R. H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1879</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J.C.Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Thomas Gonne</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">James C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">E. V. Wyatt Edgell</li> - <li class="i1">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">James F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Lieuts.</i>—John Brown (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i4">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li class="i4">C. E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i4">J. M. Russell</li> - <li class="i4">George A. Wood</li> - <li class="i4">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i4">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i4">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i4">F. J. Cockayne Frith</li> - <li class="i4">Henry Fortescue</li> - <li class="i4">Thomas A. Steele</li> - <li class="i4">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i4">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i11">C. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i11">F. D. H. St. Quintin</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—R. H. Boyle</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>-J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>-James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1880</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Thomas Gonne<span class="pagenum" id="Page_229">[229]</span></li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thomas A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">James F. Alexander</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i1">W. T. S. Kevill-Davies</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Charles E. Swaine</li> - <li class="i2">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i2">Geo. A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i2">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i2">Thos. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i2">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i11">Chas. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i11">F. D. H. St. Quintin</li> - <li class="i11">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i11">M. H. Woods</li> - <li class="i11">James H. Dyer</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. Brown (Hon. Cap.)</li> - <li><i>Adj.</i>—Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—John Perry</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—J. Berryman, V.C.</li> - <li><i>Vet. Surgeon.</i>—James Lambert</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1881</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—Thos. Gonne</li> - <li><i>Major.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—S. Y. Clark</li> - <li class="i1">J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i1">Thos. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i1">S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i1">John M. Russell</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Geo. A. Wood</li> - <li class="i2">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Fortescue</li> - <li class="i2">Thos. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i2">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.)</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i11">Chas. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i11">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i11">J. H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i11">C. Coventry</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. Brown (Hon. Capt.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—John Perry</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Douglas Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1882</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H. R. H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Samuel Boulderson</li> - <li class="i7">S. Y. Clark</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—J. C. Duke</li> - <li class="i5">Thos. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i5">S. M. Benson.</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i1">John M. Russell</li> - <li class="i1">F. W. Benson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i2">Henry Fortescue</li> - <li class="i2">Thos. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i2">E. B. Herbert<span class="pagenum" id="Page_230">[230]</span></li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i2">Thomson</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">James H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">Thos. H. Standbridge</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—John Brown (Hon. Capt.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—John Perry</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Douglas Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1883</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Sam. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i7">Thos. A. Cooke</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i1">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i1">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thos. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i2">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">James H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">T. H. Standbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (H. Capt.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—John Perry</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Douglas Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1884</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—J. C. Hope Gibsone (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—Sam. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i7">Thos. A. Cooke</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">Ernest A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i1">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i1">C. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">Henry Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Thomas A. Steele</li> - <li class="i2">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue (Adj.)</li> - <li class="i2">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">Wm. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">James H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i2">Chas. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">T. H. Standbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (H. Capt.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—John Perry</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—Douglas Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1885</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)<span class="pagenum" id="Page_231">[231]</span></li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i7">Thos. A. Cooke</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i1">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i1">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i2">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">J. H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i2">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">T. H. Standbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1886</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—S. Boulderson</li> - <li class="i7">T. A. Cooke</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li><i>Captains</i>.—F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i1">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i1">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li class="i1">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i2">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i2">C. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">J. H. Dyer</li> - <li class="i2">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">T. H. Standbridge</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—C. Coventry</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe (Hon. Captain)</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1887</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i7">S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis<span class="pagenum" id="Page_232">[232]</span></li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—C. H. Butler</li> - <li class="i2">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">E. W. N. Pedder</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Viscount Clandeboye</li> - <li class="i2">A. Rawlinson</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (Hon. Captain)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—C. Coventry (Lieut.)</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1888</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonels.</i>—T. A. Cooke</li> - <li class="i7">S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther Thomson</li> - <li class="i1">C. H. Butler</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i2">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i2">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i2">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">E. W. N. Pedder</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Viscount Clandeboye</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—R. du P. Grenfell</li> - <li class="i11">T. G. Collins</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell (Capt.)</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—C. Coventry</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1889</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert<span class="pagenum" id="Page_233">[233]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry (Adjutant)</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Earl of Ava</li> - <li class="i2">A. Rawlinson</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—R. du P. Grenfell</li> - <li class="i11">T. G. Collins</li> - <li class="i11">Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i11">H. C. Noel</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1890.</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Earl of Ava</li> - <li class="i2">A. Rawlinson</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—T. G. Collins</li> - <li class="i11">Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i11">H. C. Noel</li> - <li class="i11">W. F. Egerton</li> - <li class="i11">W. A. Tilney</li> - <li><i>Paymaster.</i>—J. M. Russell</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—C. Coventry</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1891.</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Col.</i>—H. R. Benson, C.B. (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">T. A. Steele</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert<span class="pagenum" id="Page_234">[234]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Earl of Ava</li> - <li class="i2">A. Rawlinson</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—T. G. Collins</li> - <li class="i11">Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i11">H. C. Noel</li> - <li class="i11">W. F. Egerton</li> - <li class="i11">W. A. Tilney</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—H. M’Gee</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1892.</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li><i>Colonel.</i>—H. R. Benson (Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—S. M. Benson</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="i5">Hon. J. P. Bouverie</li> - <li class="i5">F. W. Benson</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li class="i2">G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">A. J. T., Earl of Ava</li> - <li class="i2">A. Rawlinson</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">E. D. Miller</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—T. G. Collins</li> - <li class="i11">Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i11">H. C. Noel</li> - <li class="i11">W. F. Egerton</li> - <li class="i11">W. A. Tilney</li> - <li><i>Adjt.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—W. Pilley (Hon. Lieutenant)</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—D. Shawe</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1893.</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir D. C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B. (Lieut.-Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Majors.</i>—F. W. Benson (Attached Egyptian Army)</li> - <li class="i5">M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">H. C. Jenkins</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i1">H. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_235">[235]</span></li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">G. F. Milner</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">F. P. M. Maryon-Wilson</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li class="i2">T. G. Collins</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieuts.</i>—Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i11">H. C. Noel</li> - <li class="i11">W. F. Egerton</li> - <li class="i11">W. A. Tilney</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—W. Pilley</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—C. Clarke (Hon. Lieutenant)</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<p class="center">1894.</p> - -<div class="parent"> -<ul class="left"> - <li class="center"><i>Colonel-in-Chief.</i></li> - <li class="hangingindent1">H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief</li> - <li class="hangingindent1"><i>Colonel.</i>—Sir D. C. Drury-Lowe, K.C.B. (Lieut.-Gen.)</li> - <li><i>Lieutenant-Colonel.</i>—E. A. Belford</li> - <li><i>Majors.</i>—M. G. Neeld</li> - <li class="i5">C. H. Purvis</li> - <li class="i5">H. Fortescue</li> - <li><i>Captains.</i>—E. B. Herbert</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue</li> - <li class="i1">C. J. Anstruther</li> - <li class="i1">W. G. Renton</li> - <li class="i1">C. Coventry</li> - <li class="i1">H. W. R. Ricardo</li> - <li class="i1">Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Lieutenants.</i>—G. C. C. D’Aguilar</li> - <li class="i2">C. A. S. Warner</li> - <li class="i2">B. P. Portal</li> - <li class="i2">N. T. Nickalls</li> - <li class="i2">H. M. Jessel</li> - <li class="i2">V. S. Sandeman</li> - <li class="i2">T. G. Collins</li> - <li class="i2">Prince Adolphus of Teck</li> - <li class="i2">H. C. Noel</li> - <li><i>2nd Lieutenants.</i>—W. F. Egerton</li> - <li class="i7">W. A. Tilney</li> - <li class="i7">Sir F. Burdett, Bt.</li> - <li><i>Adjutant.</i>—Hon. H. A. Lawrence</li> - <li><i>Riding-Master.</i>—W. Pilley</li> - <li><i>Quartermaster.</i>—C. Clarke</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_236">[236]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX B<br /> -<span class="subhed">QUARTERS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE I7TH LANCERS SINCE THEIR FOUNDATION</span></h2></div> - -<p>[<sup>1</sup> signifies headquarters]</p> - -<ul class="smaller"> - <li class="hangingindent2">1759. <i>November 7th.</i>—Warrant for raising the regiment.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>November 26th</i> (?)—First rendezvous. Watford and Rickmansworth.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>December.</i>—Coventry.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1760. <i>October.</i>—Haddington,<sup>1</sup> Musselburgh.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1761. <i>August.</i>—Perth,<sup>1</sup> Falkland, Aberdour, Cupar, Culross, Leven.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1762. <i>June.</i>—Musselburgh<sup>1</sup> (2 troops), Dalkeith (2), Hamilton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>September.</i>—Haddington,<sup>1</sup> Dalkeith, Dunbar, Hamilton, Musselburgh, Linlithgow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1763. <i>January.</i>—Haddington<sup>1</sup> (2), Dalkeith, Dunbar, Musselburgh, Linlithgow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1764 to 1771.—Ireland. [Gap in the muster-rolls; 2 troops in the Isle of Man 1766.]</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1772. <i>January.</i>—Clonmell<sup>1</sup> (3), Clogheen (2), Leightonbridge (1).</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Kilkenny<sup>1</sup> (2), Carrick (2), Ross (2).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1773. <i>January.</i>—Kilkenny<sup>1</sup> (2), Carrick (2), Ross, Leightonbridge.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Carlow,<sup>1</sup> Athy, Tullow, Callen.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1774. <i>January.</i>—Carlow,<sup>1</sup> Athy, Tullow, Callen.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Maryborough,<sup>1</sup> Mount Mellick.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1775. <i>April.</i>—Embarked for Boston; arrived 10–15 June.</li> - <li class="i12">America, active service.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1776. <i>March.</i>—Embarked for Halifax.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>June.</i>—Left Halifax.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Landed Staten Island.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Mustered Staten Island.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1777. <i>January.</i>—Mustered at New York.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>May.</i>    „  Perth and Amboy.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>   „  Camp, New York Island, and Bloomendale.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1778. <i>February.</i>   „  Philadelphia.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1779. <i>September.</i>  „  Flushing, Long Island (detachment to Carolina).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1780. <i>May.</i>—Mustered at Hampstead, Long Island.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_237">[237]</span></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1780. <i>July.</i>—Mustered at East Chester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1781. <i>January.</i>   „  Haarlem, N. Y., and Hampstead, L. I.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>    „  Flushing, L. I.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1782. <i>January.</i>   „  Hampstead, L. I.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>    „  Fort Knyphausen.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1783. <i>January.</i>   „  New York and Haarlem.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>    „  New York.</li> - <li class="i12">Embarked for Ireland.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1784. <i>January.</i>—Cork (on arrival).</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Maryborough,<sup>1</sup> (3), Mount Mellick (3).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1785. <i>January.</i>—Maryborough,<sup>1</sup> Mount Mellick.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Tullamore,<sup>1</sup> Philipstown.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1786. <i>January.</i>—Tullamore,<sup>1</sup> Philipstown.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Longford,<sup>1</sup> Navan.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1787. <i>January.</i>—Athlone,<sup>1</sup> Mount Mellick, Navan, “Man-of-War.”</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Castlebar,<sup>1</sup> Sligo, Ballinrobe.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1788.—Castlebar,<sup>1</sup> Sligo, Ballinrobe.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1789.—Bandon.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1790. <i>July.</i>—Kilkenny.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1791. <i>January.</i>—Kilkenny,<sup>1</sup> Carrick, Ross.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Kilkenny.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1792. <i>January.</i>—Kilkenny.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Phœnix Park.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1793. <i>January.</i>—Collon.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Lisburn.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1794.—Belturbet.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1795. <i>May</i>?—Three troops embarked for West Indies—Jamaica.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>  „  „  „  St. Domingo.</li> - <li class="i12">Active service.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1796.—Jamaica, Grenada, St. Domingo.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1797. <i>March.</i>—Port Royal (3 troops)? for embarkation.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>May.</i>—Trowbridge (2 troops? depôt).</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Return from West Indies. Nottingham, Trowbridge, -Gloucester, Bath, Bristol.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1798.—Canterbury (detachment on active service to Ostend).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1799.—Canterbury. Two troops to Southampton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>Summer.</i>—Swinley Camp.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>Winter.</i>—Exeter and Taunton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1800. <i>Summer.</i>—Bagshot Heath.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>Winter.</i>—Duffield (in aid of civil power).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1801 to 1802.—Manchester,<sup>1</sup> Lancaster, Chester, Bolton, Preston.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1803. <i>May.</i>—Embarked for Ireland.</li> - <li class="hangingindent4">Tullamore,<sup>1</sup> Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1804.—Clonmel,<sup>1</sup> Tullamore, Philipstown, Carlow, Kilkenny.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_238">[238]</span></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1805.—Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>September.</i>—Moved to Northampton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1806. <i>April.</i>—Brighton, Romney, Rye, Hastings.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>October.</i>—Embarked for active service in South America.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>December.</i>—Arrived in La Plata.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1807.—Active service in South America.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>November.</i>—Embarked for England.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1808. <i>January.</i>—Disembarked at Portsmouth and marched to Chichester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>February.</i>—Embarked for East Indies.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Fort William, Calcutta.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1809. <i>February.</i>—Surat. Detachment to Persia.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1810.—Surat.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1811. <i>December.</i>—Ruttapore.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1812 to 1821.—Ruttapore. Active service, detachments 1813 to 1815; -whole regiment, 1816 to 1821.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1822.—Ruttapore.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1823. <i>January.</i>—Embarked for England.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>May.</i>—Arrived in England. Quarters, Chatham.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1824. <i>June.</i>—Regent’s Park Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Canterbury.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1825. <i>June.</i>—Regent’s Park Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Brighton, Chichester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1826. <i>March.</i>—Exeter and Topsham.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1827. <i>January.</i>—Hounslow and Hampton Court.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1828. <i>April.</i>—Dundalk, Belturbet.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1829. <i>May.</i>—Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1830. <i>May.</i>—Newbridge,<sup>1</sup> Armagh, Navan, Kells, Kilkenny.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1831. <i>April.</i>—Limerick,<sup>1</sup> Ennis, Newmarket, Adair.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>June.</i>—Headquarters to Ballincollig.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1832. <i>April.</i>—Portobello Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>June.</i>—Newport,<sup>1</sup> Berkeley, Dursley.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Dursley,<sup>1</sup> Wootton-under-Edge.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>November.</i>—Headquarters to Gloucester.</li> - <li class="i12">(Cholera year.)</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1833. <i>March.</i>—Hounslow,<sup>1</sup> Hampton Court, Kensington.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1834. <i>May.</i>—Leeds,<sup>1</sup> Burnley.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1835. <i>May.</i>—Manchester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1836. <i>April.</i>—Norwich, Ipswich.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1837. <i>May.</i>—Coventry, Northampton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1838. <i>June.</i>—Portobello Barracks, Dublin</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1839. <i>January.</i>—Royal Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Portobello Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1840.—Portobello Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1841.—Glasgow, Edinburgh.<sup>1</sup><span class="pagenum" id="Page_239">[239]</span></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1842.—Leeds.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1843. <i>April.</i>—Nottingham.<sup>1</sup></li> - <li class="hangingindent3">[<i>Autumn.</i>]—Birmingham.<sup>1</sup></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1844. <i>May.</i>—Hounslow.<sup>1</sup></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1845. <i>April.</i>—Brighton.<sup>1</sup></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1846. <i>June.</i>—Dundalk.<sup>1</sup></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1847. <i>April.</i>—Island Bridge,<sup>1</sup> Portobello and Royal Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>October.</i>—Royal Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1848 to 1849.—Royal Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1850. <i>April.</i>—Newbridge,<sup>1</sup> Clonmel, Kilkenny, Waterford, Carrick.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1851. <i>April.</i>—Woolwich.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>October.</i>—Canterbury.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1852. <i>June.</i>—Brighton,<sup>1</sup> Christchurch, Trowbridge.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1853. <i>March.</i>—Brighton,<sup>1</sup> Dorchester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>June.</i>—Chobham.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Hounslow,<sup>1</sup> Hampton Court.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1854. <i>April.</i>—Sailed for active service in the Crimea. Depôt, Canterbury.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1855.—Crimea.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1856. <i>April.</i>—Left the East for Ireland.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>May.</i>—Cahir Barracks,<sup>1</sup> Fethard, Clonmel, Clogheen, Limerick.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>September.</i>—Portobello Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1857. <i>March.</i>—Island Bridge Barracks.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>October.</i>—Embarked for active service in India. Depôt, Canterbury.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1858. <i>February.</i>—Arrived Kirkee, Bombay.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3">Pursuit of Tantia Topee.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1859. <i>May</i>—Gwalior.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1860. <i>January.</i>—Left Gwalior.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>April.</i>—Secunderabad.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1861 to December 1864.—Secunderabad.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1865. <i>January.</i>—Embarked for England.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>May.</i>—Colchester.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1866. <i>March.</i>—Aldershot.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1867. <i>August.</i>—Brighton,<sup>1</sup> Shorncliffe.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1868. <i>June.</i>—Woolwich,<sup>1</sup> Kensington, Hampton Court.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Hounslow, Kensington, Hampton Court.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1869. <i>July.</i>—Edinburgh,<sup>1</sup> Hamilton.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1870. <i>April.</i>—Royal Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1871. <i>April.</i>—Longford,<sup>1</sup> Athlone, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Gort.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1872. <i>May.</i>—Ballincollig, Limerick, Cork, Fermoy, Clogheen.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1873. <i>July.</i>—Curragh.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>August.</i>—Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1874. <i>August.</i>—Dundalk,<sup>1</sup> Belfast, Belturbet (1 troop in December)</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1875. <i>June.</i>—Island Bridge<sup>1</sup> and Royal Barracks, Dublin.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1876. <i>June.</i>—Embarked for England for autumn manœuvres.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_240">[240]</span></li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1876. <i>September.</i>—East Cavalry Barracks, Aldershot.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1877. <i>August.</i>—Leeds,<sup>1</sup> Preston, Sheffield.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1878. [<i>May.</i>—Detachments to Burnley, Blackburn, and Clitheroe, in aid -of civil power.]</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>July.</i>—Aldershot.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>September.</i>—Hounslow,<sup>1</sup> Hampton Court.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1879. <i>February.</i>—Embarked for active service in South Africa. Depôt, Hounslow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>April.</i>—Arrived Durban.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>October.</i>—Embarked for India.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>November.</i>—Arrived at Mhow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1880 to <i>January</i> 1884.—Mhow. Depôt, Canterbury.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1884. <i>January and February.</i>—Lucknow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1885 to 1890.—Lucknow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1890. <i>October.</i>—Embarked for England.</li> - <li class="hangingindent3"><i>November.</i>—Shorncliffe (one squadron in Egypt).</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1891. <i>July.</i>—Hounslow.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1892. Hounslow, Hampton Court, and Kensington.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1893. <i>September.</i>—Preston<sup>1</sup> [Derby, Alfreton, Normanton (in aid of civil -power)] and Birmingham.</li> - <li class="hangingindent2">1894. Leeds,<sup>1</sup> Birmingham.</li> -</ul> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_241">[241]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX C<br /> -<span class="subhed">PAY OF ALL RANKS OF A LIGHT DRAGOON REGIMENT</span></h2></div> - - -<p class="center">1764</p> - -<p class="center">S. = “Subsistence.” A. = Arrears. G. = Grass money.</p> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Colonel.</i></p> - -<table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£483</td> - <td class="right1">12</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">112</td> - <td class="rightbbs">13</td> - <td class="rightbbs">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£596</td> - <td class="rightbbd">5</td> - <td class="rightbbd">9</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Lieut.-Colonel.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£337</td> - <td class="right1">12</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">79</td> - <td class="rightbbs">14</td> - <td class="rightbbs">9</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£417</td> - <td class="rightbbd">7</td> - <td class="rightbbd">3</td> - </tr> - -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Major.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£282</td> - <td class="right1">17</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">66</td> - <td class="rightbbs">7</td> - <td class="rightbbs">0</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£349</td> - <td class="rightbbd">4</td> - <td class="rightbbd">6</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Captain.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£209</td> - <td class="right1">17</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">54</td> - <td class="rightbbs">3</td> - <td class="rightbbs">5</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£264</td> - <td class="rightbbd">0</td> - <td class="rightbbd">11</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Capt.-Lt. & Lieut.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£127</td> - <td class="right1">15</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">25</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">4</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£153</td> - <td class="rightbbd">6</td> - <td class="rightbbd">4</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Cornet.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£109</td> - <td class="right1">10</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">26</td> - <td class="rightbbs">15</td> - <td class="rightbbs">8</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£136</td> - <td class="rightbbd">5</td> - <td class="rightbbd">8</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Chaplain.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£91</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">22</td> - <td class="rightbbs">6</td> - <td class="rightbbs">4</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£113</td> - <td class="rightbbd">11</td> - <td class="rightbbd">4</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Adjutant.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£82</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">20</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">9</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£102</td> - <td class="rightbbd">4</td> - <td class="rightbbd">3</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Surgeon.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£82</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">20</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">9</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£102</td> - <td class="rightbbd">4</td> - <td class="rightbbd">3</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Surgeon’s Mate.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£54</td> - <td class="right1">15</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">4</td> - <td class="rightbbs">17</td> - <td class="rightbbs">5</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£59</td> - <td class="rightbbd">12</td> - <td class="rightbbd">5</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Quartermaster.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£75</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">20</td> - <td class="rightbbs">13</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£93</td> - <td class="rightbbd">13</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Sergeant.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£18</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="right1">9</td> - <td class="right1">9</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">G.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£29</td> - <td class="rightbbd">5</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Corporal.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£12</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">G.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£19</td> - <td class="rightbbd">16</td> - <td class="rightbbd">6</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Trumpeter.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£18</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="right1">7</td> - <td class="right1">16</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">G.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£27</td> - <td class="rightbbd">12</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Farrier.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£9</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">G.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£13</td> - <td class="rightbbd">14</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10<a id="FNanchor_15" href="#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p class="center p1"><i>Light Dragoon.</i></p> - - <table summary="pay"> - <tr> - <td class="ctr">S.</td> - <td class="right1">£9</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">A.</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="ctr">G.</td> - <td class="rightbbs">1</td> - <td class="rightbbs">11</td> - <td class="rightbbs">10</td> - </tr> - - - <tr> - <td class="ctr"></td> - <td class="rightbbd">£13</td> - <td class="rightbbd">14</td> - <td class="rightbbd">10</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_242">[242]</span></p> - - -<p class="center p1">1796</p> - -<p>All the allowances hitherto known under the head of</p> - -<ul> - <li>Bread money,</li> - <li>Grass money,</li> - <li>Poundage money,</li> - <li>New allowances for necessaries,</li> -</ul> - -<p>to be comprised under one head, and form a daily rate of allowance. -Such daily rate for non-commissioned officers and men of the cavalry -(after deduction of 1s. 8d. per man for horsecloth and surcingle) to be -3½ d. <i>per diem</i>.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_243">[243]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX D<br /> -<span class="subhed">HORSE FURNITURE AND ACCOUTREMENTS OF A LIGHT DRAGOON (WITH PRICES -THEREOF) IN 1759</span></h2></div> - -<table summary="prices" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Saddle</td> - <td class="right1">£1</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Holsters</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Stirrup Leather</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Tinned Stirrups</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Girths and Surcingle<a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Crupper</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">11</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Breastplate</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Furniture complete with Leather Seat and Embroidery</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">7</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Crupper Pad</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Point Straps and Loops</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Carbine Bucket</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Bucket Strap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">9</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Carbine Strap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">3½</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 long Baggage Straps</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 single  „  „</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 middle  „  Strap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">6½</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 Cloak Straps</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 middle Cloak Strap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Bridle and Bridoon</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Tinned Bit</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Linking Collar, brown</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „  „  white</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Pair Leathered Canvas Bags for curry comb and brushes</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Curry Comb and Brush<a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Mane Comb and Sponge<a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Horse Cloth<a href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - <td class="right1">9</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Snaffle Watering Bridle<a id="FNanchor_16" href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Carbine</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Pair of Pistols</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">10</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Sword</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">12</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „  Belt</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Shoulder Belt</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Cartridge Box and Belt</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> -</table> - - -<p class="center sm p2">“NECESSARIES” OF A CAVALRY SOLDIER, 1795</p> - -<ul> - <li>3 Shirts</li> - <li>2 pairs Shoes</li> - <li>1 „ Gaiters</li> - <li>2 „ Stockings</li> - <li>Forage Cap</li> - <li>Saddle Bag</li> - <li>1 pair Canvas or Woollen Overhose</li> - <li>1 Stock</li> - <li>1 Black Ball</li> - <li>1 Canvas or Woollen Frock or Jacket</li> - <li>2 Brushes</li> - <li>1 Curry Comb and Brush</li> - <li>1 Mane Comb and Sponge</li> - <li>1 Horse Picker</li> -</ul> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_244">[244]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX E<br /> -<span class="subhed">CLOTHING, ETC., OF A LIGHT DRAGOON, 1764</span></h2></div> - -<p class="center p2">Coat, waistcoat, breeches, and cloak found by the Colonel by contract.</p> - -<table summary="clothing" class="smaller"> - <tr> - <td class="cht">Helmet</td> - <td class="right1">£0</td> - <td class="right1">16</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Boots and Spurs</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Watering Cap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">4 Shirts<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> at 6s. 10d.</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">7</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">4 pairs Stockings<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> at 2s. 10d.</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">11</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair Boot Stockings</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">2 pairs Shoes at 6s.<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">12</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 Black Stock<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1  „  „ Buckle<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair Leather Breeches<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair Knee Buckles<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair Short Black Gaiters<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">7</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">White Jacket<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a><a id="FNanchor_18" href="#Footnote_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Stable Frock</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">4</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Pick-wire and Pan Brush</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Worm and Oil Bottle</td> - <td class="right1"></td> - <td class="right1">...</td> - <td class="right1"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Necessary Bags</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">7</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Corn Bag</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Black Ball<a href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">3 Shoe Brushes<a id="FNanchor_17" href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">3</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Hair Comb</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Burnisher</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">White Portmanteau</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">1 pair of Gloves</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Farrier’s Cap</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">14</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „   Budgets</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">14</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „   BudgetsApron</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „   Budgets</td> - <td class="right1"></td> - <td class="right1"></td> - <td class="right1"></td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „   Axe and Case</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">5</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">  „   Saw and Case</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">8</td> - <td class="right1">6</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Trumpeter’s Hat and Feather</td> - <td class="right1">1</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Trumpet</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">2</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td class="cht">Sling and Tassels of crimson and white</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - <td class="right1">10</td> - <td class="right1">0</td> - </tr> -</table> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_245">[245]</span></p> - -<h2 class="smaller">APPENDIX F<br /> -<span class="subhed">EVOLUTIONS REQUIRED AT THE INSPECTION OF A REGIMENT</span></h2></div> - -<p class="center p2">1759</p> - - -<p>The squadron was drawn up in three ranks at open order, <i>i.e.</i> -with a distance equal to half the front of the squadron between ranks.</p> - -<p>Each squadron was told off into half-ranks, one-third of ranks, and -fours.</p> - -<p><i>Officers take your posts of exercise.</i>—The officers rode out -from their posts till eight or ten paces in rear of the C.O., then -turned about and faced their squadrons.</p> - -<p><i>Half-ranks to the right; double your files.</i>—The left half-ranks -of each squadron reined back to the half-distance between ranks, and -passaged to the right until the right half-ranks were covered.</p> - -<p><i>Half-ranks that doubled; as you were.</i>—The left half-ranks -passaged to the left and rode back to their original places.</p> - -<p>(The same manœuvre then executed to the left.)</p> - -<p><i>Rear ranks to the right; double your front.</i>—The rear ranks -wheeled into column of half-ranks, then wheeled (as a column) to the -left and came up, the leading half-rank on the right flank of the -front, and the rear half-rank on the right flank of the centre rank.</p> - -<p><i>Rear ranks that doubled; as you were.</i>—The columns of half-ranks -wheeled to the right, and countermarched to their original places.</p> - -<p>(The same manœuvre then repeated to the left.)</p> - -<p><i>By two divisions to right and left about, outward, march.</i>—Each -rank of each squadron divided in the centre, and wheeled, the right -half-ranks to right about, and the left half-ranks to left about; -whereby each squadron was formed into two divisions, with an interval -between them, facing to the rear.</p> - -<p><i>Wheel to the right and left about to your proper front.</i>—The -original formation resumed.</p> - -<p><i>Centre rear ranks move up to your order.</i>—“Order” allowed a -distance equal to one-third of the squadron’s frontage between ranks.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_246">[246]</span></p> - -<p><i>By three divisions wheel to the right.</i>—We should now give the -word “Divisions, right wheel.”</p> - -<p><i>To the right.</i></p> - -<p><i>To the right about.</i></p> - -<p>(Same manœuvre repeated to the left.)</p> - -<p><i>Centre and rear ranks move forward to your close order.</i>—Close -order reduced the distance between ranks to the space required for four -men to wheel abreast.</p> - -<p><i>By fours wheel to the right about.</i></p> - -<p><i>By fours wheel to the left about.</i></p> - -<p><i>Officers take post in front of your squadrons.</i></p> - -<p><i>Squadrons wheel to the right; march.</i></p> - -<p><i>To the right.</i></p> - -<p><i>To the right about.</i></p> - -<p>The same then was repeated to the left; and the evolutions came to an -end, the trumpets blowing a march till the inspecting officer was out -of sight.</p> - - -<p class="center p4 xs">THE END</p> - - -<p class="center p6 xs"><i>Printed by</i> <span class="smcap">R. & R. Clark</span>, <span class="smcap">Limited</span>, -<i>Edinburgh</i></p> - - - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_1" href="#FNanchor_1" class="label">[1]</a> In those days written Tap-to, meaning that no more liquor -was to be drawn.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_2" href="#FNanchor_2" class="label">[2]</a> There were curious ideas afloat in those days about -soldiers’ heads. Colonel Dalrymple of the King’s Own Dragoons suggests -(1761) that the men’s hair should be cut close, but that they should be -provided with Spanish lamb’s-wool wigs for cold and rainy weather.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_3" href="#FNanchor_3" class="label">[3]</a> They were said, when thus docked, to have “hunter’s -tails”; hence, perhaps, the popular identification of the Light Dragoon -officer with the sportsman.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_4" href="#FNanchor_4" class="label">[4]</a> Denotes one of the six original -trumpet-calls.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_5" href="#FNanchor_5" class="label">[5]</a> The calls were first authorised by regulation (so far as -is known) in 1799.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6" class="label">[6]</a> These are fragments of some of the inspection -reports:—1770, “A <i>very good</i> regiment.” 1771, “A very fine -regiment, and appears perfectly fit for service. Must have had great -care taken of it.” 1772, “In every respect a fine regiment and fit for -service.” 1773, “This regiment is an extreme pretty one and in good -order.” 1774, “This regiment is in great order and fit for service.”</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_7" href="#FNanchor_7" class="label">[7]</a> This Colonel Washington must not be confounded with his -namesake the famous George.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_8" href="#FNanchor_8" class="label">[8]</a> Froude, <i>English in Ireland</i>, iii. 105, 106.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_9" href="#FNanchor_9" class="label">[9]</a> This officer was not of the Seventeenth.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_10" href="#FNanchor_10" class="label">[10]</a> This year 1802 also witnessed the introduction of the -chevron on the sleeves of non-commissioned officers.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_11" href="#FNanchor_11" class="label">[11]</a> This animal proved to be Cheettoo’s death. His hoofs were -so extraordinarily large that his tracks were always recognisable, and -hence exposed his rider to the certainty of continued pursuit. Cheettoo -having been driven thus into the jungle was finally killed by a tiger.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_12" href="#FNanchor_12" class="label">[12]</a> It is perhaps worth noting that the poleaxe was a -favourite weapon with Royalist cavalry officers in the civil war.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_13" href="#FNanchor_13" class="label">[13]</a> Now A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_14" href="#FNanchor_14" class="label">[14]</a> The first hint of a short service system was given by a -Frenchman, and presented, by translation, to England in 1590.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_15" href="#FNanchor_15" class="label">[15]</a> Besides a halfpenny per day per horse of his troop.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_16" href="#FNanchor_16" class="label">[16]</a> Articles marked [16] were found at the Dragoon’s expense out of his -arrears and grass money. Also the following articles (besides the -clothing specified in Appendix E): Goatskin holster top at 1s. 6d.; -Horse picker and turnscrew, 2d.; Pair of saddle bags.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_17" href="#FNanchor_17" class="label">[17]</a> All articles marked [17] supplied, according to King’s -regulation and custom, out of the Light Dragoon’s arrears and grass -money.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_18" href="#FNanchor_18" class="label">[18]</a> White Jacket added to the kit by the special request of -the men themselves at the close of the Seven Years’ War.</p> - -</div> -</div> - - -<p class="transnote">Transcriber’s Notes:<br /> - -1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been -corrected silently.<br /> - -2. Where appropriate, the original spelling has been retained.<br /> - -3. 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