FOOTNOTES:
[6] This regiment has furnished several historians of its early services. The first is General Richard Stearne, who was nominated ensign of one of the independent companies in 1678, and colonel of the regiment in 1712: his narrative comprises a period of forty-one years,—viz. from 1678 to 1719, and is continued by an officer of the regiment to 1759: this work is in manuscript. The journal of Captain Parker, who entered the regiment as private in 1689, rose to the rank of captain, and retired in 1718, embraces the services of the regiment during that period, and was afterwards published by his son. General Richard Kane, who was many years an officer of the regiment, gives an account of its services, in the wars of King William III. and of Queen Anne, in a work on military discipline. Private Millner also published a journal of the campaigns from 1701 to 1712. No other regiment has produced so many historians of its services.
[7] Smollett.
[8] General Stearne, Captain Parker, Bishop Burnett, Smollett, &c.
[9] List of Irish Troops which came to England at the Revolution in 1688.
| Number of Officers and Soldiers. | |||
| Colonel Butler's dragoons, disbanded by the Prince of Orange | 635 | ||
| Battalion of Foot Guards ditto | 641 | ||
| Lord Forbes's Regiment, now the Eighteenth, or Royal Irish | 771 | ||
| Major-General Hamilton's regt., disbanded by the Prince of Orange | 771 | ||
| —— | |||
| Total | 2818 | ||
| Official Records. | |||
[10] General Stearne's Journal. A similar statement is also given in Captain Parker's Memoirs.
[11] Story's History of the War in Ireland.
[12] This list is from Story's History of the War in Ireland; the Journals of General Stearne and Captain Parker say six officers killed and eight wounded, but do not give their names.
[13] The Baron De Ghinkel was born in Guelderland: he commenced his military career in early life, and obtained the Order of the Elephant from the Prince of Orange for services in Flanders. He accompanied King William III to Ireland in 1690, and served under Marshal Duke Schomberg, and afterwards under Count Solms: he was appointed to succeed the latter in the chief command of the army in Ireland, and after the termination of the war in 1691, his Majesty conferred on him the honor of the Irish peerage with the title of Earl of Athlone and Viscount Aghrim: he died at Utrecht in 1705.
[14] The rank of the several regiments of the British Army was first regulated by a Board of General Officers assembled in the Netherlands, by command of King William III., on the 10th June, 1694.
Another Board of General Officers was assembled by order of Queen Anne in 1713, to decide on the rank and precedence of regiments raised subsequently to 1694.
A third Board was assembled, by command of King George I., in 1715, for the same purpose.
These Boards recommended that English regiments, raised in England, should take rank from the dates of their formation; and that English, Scots, and Irish regiments, raised for the service of a foreign power, should take rank from the dates of their being placed on the English establishment.
The numerical titles of regiments, as fixed on the principle laid down in the reports of the Boards of General Officers, above alluded to, were confirmed by the warrant issued by authority of King George II., dated 1st July, 1751,—and also by the warrant of King George III., dated 19th December, 1768.
[15] See [Note inserted at page 46.]
[16] A similar statement is made in General Stearne's Journal, and is corroborated by other evidence.
[17] This list is from D'Auvergne's History of the Campaigns in Flanders. General Stearne gives a greater number; as he appears to include slight wounds not noticed in the official returns. Captain Parker's statement agrees with the above.
[18] General Stearne's Journal.
[19] Colonel John Churchill was created Baron Churchill on the 14th May, 1685;—Earl of Marlborough on the 9th April, 1689;—and Duke of Marlborough on the 14th December, 1702.
[20] The British regiments at the siege of Venloo were the eighth, thirteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth, under Brigadier-General F. Hamilton and Lieut.-General Lord Cutts.
[21] Boyer's Annals of Queen Anne. The regimental historians do not give the names of the officers in their lists of killed and wounded on this occasion.
[22] This list is taken from General Stearne's Journal; he, being lieut.-colonel commanding the regiment at the time, had every opportunity of being well acquainted with its loss. His list does not correspond exactly with that given by Captain Parker. In the list in Boyer's 'Annals of Queen Anne,' there is another wounded officer included, viz. Lieutenant Weddle.
[23] The names of the officers killed and wounded are not given. Captain Parker states that he was wounded; his list says seven officers killed and eight wounded.
[24] This corps was styled foot-guards in the reigns of King Charles II. and King James II.; the second battalion came to England at the Revolution, and was disbanded by the Prince of Orange. The first battalion adhered to King James, and at the treaty of Limerick, in 1691, transferred its services to the crown of France.
[25] Alluding to both regiments bearing the Irish Harp on their Colours.
[26] The following curious statement is inserted in Lieut.-Colonel Stearne's journal:—"During the siege of Aire, provisions were very scarce; but one thing gave the soldiers relief, and it is indeed almost incredible—and it was the hoards of corn which the mice had laid up in store-houses in the earth, which our men found, and came home daily loaded with corn, which they got out of these hoards." Captain Parker alludes to the same circumstance, and adds,—"These hoards were from four to six feet under ground, and in many of them our men found some pecks of corn."
[27] On the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Stearne to the colonelcy, Captain Parker states,—"He had served in the regiment from its establishment, and, being a brave and gallant man, he rose gradually, by long service and good fortune, until, from an ensign, he became our colonel."
[28] See [Note inserted at page 14.]
[29] Continuation of General Stearne's Journal.
[30] The Warrant of the 1st July, 1751, issued by command of King George II., contained regulations for the Standards, Colours, Clothing, &c., of the regiments of Cavalry and Infantry, in order to ensure uniformity throughout the army. In this warrant it was directed, that in the centre of each colour the Number of the rank of the regiment should be painted or embroidered in gold Roman characters. In the colours of those regiments authorised to bear any Royal Devices, or Ancient Badges, the Rank of the regiment should be painted, or embroidered, towards the upper corner.
A Warrant was also issued by King George III., on the 19th December, 1768, containing regulations on the same subject.
[31] Lieut.-General Stuart's despatch.
[32] Major-General Sir Hugh Gough's despatch.
[33] Sir Hugh Gough's despatch.
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