CONTENTS.


YearPage
1685Formation of the Regiment[9]
——Names of the Officers[10]
1689Proceeds to Scotland[13]
1692Embarks for Flanders
——Returns to England
——Forms part of an expedition against the coast of France
——Proceeds to Ostend[14]
1693Battle of Landen
1694Forms part of the covering army during the siege of Huy[16]
1695Operations against the Fortress of Kenoque
——Siege of the Fortress of Namur[17]
1696Returns to England[20]
1698Embarks for Ireland
1715Proceeds to Scotland[22]
——Battle of Sheriffmuir[23]
1719Action at Glenshiel[24]
——Returns to England[25]
1727Defence of Gibraltar[26]
1742Returns to England
1745Embarks for Flanders[27]
——Returns to England[28]
——Marches to Scotland
1746Battle of Falkirk
—————– Culloden[29]
1751Uniform and Colours of the Regiment[31]
1752Returns to England[31]
——Embarks for Gibraltar
1759Returns to England[32]
1765Alterations in the Clothing[33]
1766Embarks for North America[34]
1771Proceeds to the West Indies
——Employed against the Caribbees
1773Returns to North America
1775Detachment employed against the entrenchments at Great Bridge[35]
1777Returns to England[36]
1782Embarks for Jamaica
——Styled the Bedfordshire Regiment[37]
1791Returns to England[38]
1793Embarks for Holland[39]
——Engaged at Famars
——Siege of Valenciennes[40]
——Siege of Dunkirk[42]
1794Attack on the village of Prêmont[43]
——Siege of Landrécies[44]
——Battle of Tournay[47]
——Forms part of the garrison of Nimeguen[50]
1795Action at Gueldermalsen[51]
——Returns to England[53]
——Embarks for the West Indies, but returns to port[54]
1796Resumes the voyage to the West Indies
——Capture of the Islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent[55] & [57]
1797Capture of Trinidad
——Forms part of the Force destined to act against Porto Rico
1803Returns to England[60]
1804A Second Battalion added[61]
1805The First Battalion embarks for Hanover
1806Returns to England
1806Proceeds to Ireland[62]
1807The First Battalion embarks for India
1808Expedition against Tranquebar
——The Second Battalion embarks for Spain[63]
1809Battle of Corunna[64]
——The Second Battalion returns to England[65]
——County Title changed from "Bedfordshire" to "Buckinghamshire"
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Walcheren
——Siege of Flushing
——Battalion returns to England[66]
1810The Second Battalion embarks for Malta
——Capture of the Isle of France[67]
1811Capture of Java[70]
1813Attack on the piratical state of Sambas on the western coast of Borneo[72]
——A Third Battalion added
1814The Second Battalion forms part of an expedition against the north-west coast of Italy[73]
——The Second Battalion stationed at Genoa
1815The Third Battalion embarks for Flanders[74]
——Battle of Waterloo
——Attack on the Citadel of Cambray[77]
——The Second Battalion leaves Genoa and proceeds to France
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta[78]
——The Third Battalion returns to England
1816The Third Battalion disbanded
——The Second Battalion embarks from Malta for the Ionian Islands
1817Capture of the fortified town of Hatrass[79]
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta[80]
——————————— returns to England
——————————— disbanded
——Employed against the Pindarees
1825Capture of Bhurtpore[83]
1830Returns to England[87]
1832Proceeds to Ireland[88]
1836Embarks for the West Indies
1841Proceeds to Canada[89]
1845The Conclusion[90]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

1685Sir Edward Hales, Bart.[91]
1688William Beveridge[93]
1692John Tidcomb
1713Jasper Clayton
1743Joseph Price[95]
1747The Honorable William Herbert
1753Edward Braddock[96]
1755Thomas Fowke
1756Charles Jefferies[97]
1765The Honorable William Keppel[98]
1775Robert Cunninghame
1787John Douglas[99]
1789George Earl Waldegrave
——George Hotham[100]
1806Sir Harry Calvert, Bart., G.C.B.
1826Thomas Lord Lynedoch[105]
1834The Honorable Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B.
1835The Honorable Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B.
1837Sir James Watson, K.C.B.[106]

PLATES.

Colours of the Regimentto face[9]
Uniform of the Regiment"[90]

HISTORICAL RECORDS

OF

THE BRITISH ARMY.