History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1 / Compiled from the Original Records

by Francis Duncan

CONTENTS OF VOL. I

			Page
Preface			[v]
Introductory Chapter			[1]
Chapter
I.	—The Masters-General of the Ordnance, and their Honourable Board		[9]
II.	—The Infancy of Artillery in England		[35]
III.	—The Restoration, and the Revolution of 1688		[45]
IV.	—Landmarks		[60]
V.	—Marlborough's Trains		[63]
VI.	—Annapolis		[71]
VII.	—The Birth of the Regiment		[79]
VIII.	—Albert Borgard		[83]
IX.	—Twenty Years		[101]
X.	—Foundation of the Royal Military Academy		[108]
XI.	—A Sterner School		[122]
XII.	—Woolwich in the Olden Time		[140]
XIII.	—To 1755		[154]
XIV.	—The Royal Irish Artillery		[160]
XV.	—The First Battalion.—History of the Companies, their Succession of Captains, and Present Designation		[169]
XVI.	—The Second Battalion.—History of the Companies, their Succession of Captains, and Present Designation		[178]
XVII.	—During the Seven Years' War		[184]
XVIII.	—The Siege of Louisbourg		[194]
XIX.	—Minden,—and after Minden		[206]
XX.	—The Third Battalion.—History of the Companies, their Succession of Captains, and Present Designation		[218]
XXI.	—The Siege of Belleisle		[227]
XXII.	—Peace		[241]
XXIII.	—The Fourth Battalion—History of the Companies, their Succession of Captains, and Present Designation		[251]
XXIV.	—The Journal of a Few Years		[264]
XXV.	—The Great Siege of Gibraltar		[271]
XXVI.	—Port Mahon		[291]
XXVII.	—The American War of Independence		[297]
XXVIII.	—The Gunner who Governed New York		[325]
XXIX.	—Conclusion of the War		[348]
XXX.	—History, Succession of Captains, and Present Designation of the Troops and Companies Belonging to the—
		Royal Horse Artillery,
		Fifth Battalion,
		Sixth Battalion,
		Seventh Battalion	[393]
Appendices			[426]

HISTORY

Of THE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.