FOOTNOTES:

[1] In the 14th year of the reign of Edward IV. a small force was established in Ireland by Parliament, consisting of 120 Archers on horseback, 40 Horsemen, and 40 Pages.

[2] Military Papers, State Paper Office.

[3] This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace in 1674.

[4] This appears to be the first introduction of bayonets into the English Army.

[5] State Paper Office.

[6] The first issue of carbines to the regular Horse appears to have taken place in 1678; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.—Vide the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.'

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

THE FIRST,

OR

THE ROYAL REGIMENT

OF

DRAGOONS;

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF ITS FORMATION

IN THE REIGN OF

KING CHARLES THE SECOND,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1839.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, ORME, AND CO.,

PATERNOSTER-ROW;

AND BY MESSRS. CLOWES AND SONS,

14, Charing Cross;

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1840.

LONDON:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons,
Stamford-street.

Eagle and Colour of the 105th Regiment of French Infantry, captured at Waterloo by the First, or Royal Dragoons, 18th June, 1815.

THE FIRST

OR

THE ROYAL REGIMENT

OF

DRAGOONS

BEARS ON ITS GUIDONS,

AS A

REGIMENTAL BADGE,

AN

"EAGLE,"

WITH THE FOLLOWING HONORARY INSCRIPTIONS—

"PENINSULA"—"WATERLOO."

[CONTENTS.]

Anno Page
1661A troop of Horse raised for service at Tangier, and equipped as Cuirassiers[1]
——Proceeds to Africa[3]
1663Skirmishes with the Moors[4]
1664Captures a splendid Moorish standard—
1664}
to }Skirmishes with the Moors[5]
1679}
1680Three additional troops of Horse raised and sent to Tangier—
——A general engagement with the Moors[7]
1683The Tangier Horse constituted the Royal Regiment of Dragoons[8]
1684Establishment[9]
——Returns to England, and equipped as dragoons[11]
——Description of the standards—Names of officers[12]
——Royal warrant respecting the rank of the regiment[13]
1685Battle of Sedgemoor[15]
1688The Revolution[18]
1689Proceeds to Scotland[21]
——Embarks for Ireland[22]
1690Siege of Charlemont[23]
——Battle of the Boyne[24]
——Embarks for England—Returns to Ireland—
——Skirmishes with the Rapparees[25]
1691Actions with the Irish[26]
——Siege of Limerick[27]
1692Embarks for England[29]
1694Proceeds to the Netherlands—
——Skirmishes near the Mehaine[30]
1695Covering the siege of Namur[31]
1697Returns to England[32]
1702Proceeds to Holland[33]
——Covering the sieges of Venloo, Ruremonde, Stevenswaert, and Liege[34]
1703Covering the siege of Bonn[34]
——Skirmish with a French piquet—
——Covering the sieges of Huy and Limburg[35]
——Proceeds from Holland to Portugal—
1704Services on the frontiers of Spain[36]
1705Capture of Valencia de Alcantara and Albuquerque[37]
——————– Barcelona[38]
——Relief of St. Mattheo[40]
1706Services in Catalonia and Valencia—
—————– during the siege of Barcelona by the French[43]
——Advances to Madrid[44]
——Returns to Valencia[45]
1707Services after the battle of Almanza[46]
1709Capture of Balaguer and Ager[47]
1710Battle of Almanara[48]
——Skirmish at Penalva[49]
——Battle of Saragossa—
——Advances to Madrid—Disaster at Brihuega[51]
1712Returns to England[53]
1715Rebellion of the Earl of Mar—Affair at Preston[54]
1719Proceeds to Scotland—Returns to England[56]
——Detachment to Spain—Capture of Vigo, &c.—
1720Prices of commissions[57]
1735Proceeds to Scotland[59]
1737Returns to England—
1742Embarks for Flanders[60]
1743Battle of Dettingen[61]
1745———– Fontenoy[63]
——Embarks for England[64]
1751Description of the clothing and guidons[65]
1755A light troop added[67]
1758Expedition to St. Maloes and Cherbourg[68]
1760Embarks for Germany—
——Battle of Warbourg[69]
—————– Campen[70]
1761———– Kirch Denkern[72]
——Skirmishes at Eimbeck and Foorwohle—
1762Battle of Groebenstien[73]
1763Returns to England[74]
——The light troop disbanded[75]
——Proceeds to Scotland—
1764Returns to England[75]
1766Drummers replaced by trumpeters—
1769Proceeds to Scotland—
1770Returns to England—
1773Proceeds to Scotland[76]
1775Returns to England—
1781Proceeds to Scotland[77]
1784Returns to England—
1790Proceeds to Scotland—
1791Returns to England—
1793Embarks for the Netherlands—
——Action at the Camp de Cæsar—
1794———— Prémont[78]
—————— Villers en Couché—
——Battle of Cateau—
—————– Tournay[79]
——Retreats to Germany[80]
1795Returns to England[81]
1806Proceeds to Scotland[83]
1807Embarks for Ireland—
1809————— Portugal[84]
1810Skirmishes at Frexadas and Alverca[86]
——Battle of Busaco—
——Skirmishes at Pombal and Quinta de Torre[87]
1811—————– Pecoloo, Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, Foz d'Aronce, Sernadilla, and Alverca[88]
——Battle of Sabugal[90]
——Skirmish near Fort Conception—
——Battle of Fuentes d'Onor—
——Skirmish near Barba del Puerco[91]
—————– during the retreat to Nave d'Aver[92]
—————– at Aldea de Ponte[93]
1812Covering the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz[94]
——Skirmishes at Llera, Maguilla, &c.[95]
——Advances to Madrid—Retreats to Portugal[97]
——Skirmish at Arguilla—
1813Battle of Vittoria[98]
——Blockade of Pampeluna[99]
1814Battle of Toulouse[100]
——Returns to England—
1815Embarks for Flanders[101]
——Battle of Waterloo[102]
1815Advances to Madrid[109]
1816Returns to England[110]
1817Proceeds to Scotland[111]
1818Embarks for Ireland—
1820Returns to England—
1824Proceeds to Scotland[112]
1825Embarks for Ireland[113]
1829Returns to England—
1835Embarks for Ireland[115]
1839Returns to England—
——The conclusion—

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

1683John Lord Churchill[117]
1685Edward Viscount Cornbury[122]
1688Robert Clifford—
——Edward Viscount Cornbury—
1689Anthony Hayford[123]
1690Edward Matthews—
1697Thomas Lord Raby—
1715Richard Lord Cobham[124]
1721Sir Charles Hotham, Bart.[126]
1723Humphrey Gore—
1739Charles Duke of Marlborough[127]
1740Henry Hawley—
1759Honourable Henry Seymour Conway[128]
1764Henry Earl of Pembroke[129]
1794Philip Goldsworthy[130]
1801Thomas Garth—
1829Lord Edward Somerset[131]
1836Sir Frederick C. Ponsonby—
1837Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.[133]