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 of 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 1684; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.—Vide the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.'

[7] Histoire de la Milice Françoise, par le Père Daniel.

[8] National Records.

[9] The equipment of Hussars at this period is described by D'Auvergne, in his History of the Campaign of 1694, pp. 22, 23.


[CONTENTS.]

YearPage
1715Formation of the Regiment[1]
——Raised in South Britain by Brigadier-General James Dormer[1]
——Numbered Fourteenth Dragoons[1]
——Names of the Officers[2]
——Engaged with the rebels at Preston in Lancashire[2]
1716Proceeded into Lincolnshire[3]
1717Embarked for Ireland[3]
1742Returned to Great Britain[4]
1745Advanced to Edinburgh[5]
——Engaged with the Rebels at Prestonpans[6]
1746Returned to Scotland[7]
——Victory of Culloden[8]
——Rebellion suppressed[8]
1747Returned to Ireland[8]
1751Clothing, Appointments, and Guidons regulated by Royal Warrant of King George II.[9]
1768Ditto—ditto—by Royal Warrant of King George III.[10]
1776Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons[12]
1784Uniform changed from Scarlet to Dark-blue[13]
1794Two troops embarked for Flanders[15]
1795Embarked for the West Indies[16]
1797Returned to England[17]
1798Permitted to be styled the Fourteenth, or the Duchess of York's Own, Light Dragoons; to bear the Prussian Eagle; and to change the Facings from lemon-yellow to orange[18]
1808 Embarked for Portugal[19]
1809Engaged at Oporto[20]
——Engaged at Talavera de la Reyna[22]
1810Advanced to Almeida[24]
——Engaged at Villa de Puerco[25]
——Engaged at Frexadas[28]
——Battle of Busaco and Retreat to Torres Vedras[29]
——Affair at Rio Mandevilla[30]
——Posted on the Cartaxo road[30]
1811Pursuit of the French from Santarem[31]
——Skirmishes at Pombal; at Redinha; at Casal Nova; and at Foz d'Aronce[31]
——Action at Sabugal[31]
——Engaged at Gallegos[32]
——Engaged at Fuentes d'Onor[32]
——Repulse of the French from Portugal[33]
——Siege of, and retreat from before Badajoz[34]
——Action at Nave d'Aver, and at Carpio[35]
1812Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo[36]
——Siege and Capture of Badajoz[36]
——Skirmish near Villa Franca[36]
——Affair at Llerena[36]
——Skirmish at Alaejos[38]
——Action at Castrillos[38]
——Battle of Salamanca[39]
——Pursuit of the French, and engagement at Penerada[40]
——Affair at Blasco Sancho[40]
——March to Madrid[40]
——Retreat from Madrid to Alba de Tormes[41]
——Repulse of French Lancers at Matilla[41]
——Reconnoitring parties on retreat from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo[41]
1813Advance to Salamanca[42]
——Passage of the Carion and Pisuerga[42]
1813 Capture of Burgos[43]
——Skirmish at Huarte[43]
——Battle of Vittoria[43]
——Pursuit of the French to Pampeluna[44]
——————————– to the Pyrenees[44]
——Capture of a party at Ostiz[44]
—————————– at Roncesvalles[45]
——Skirmish at Almandoz[45]
—————– at the pass of Maya[45]
——Engagement at the valley of Bastan[46]
——Passage of the Nivelle[46]
——Affair at the ford near Cambo[46]
——Passage of the Nive[46]
——Affair in front of Mendionda[47]
——Engagement at Hasparren[47]
1814Active operations resumed[47]
——Actions at Hellette, Garris, and Sauveterre[47]
——Battle of Orthes[48]
——Engagement at Aire[48]
——Defeat of the enemy's designs at Pau[48]
——Skirmish at Castel Paget[49]
——Affair at Tarbes[50]
——Battle of Toulouse[50]
——Termination of the Peninsular War[50]
——Marched to Bourdeaux[51]
——Returned to England[51]
——Reviewed at Hounslow[51]
——Embarked for America[52]
——Proceeded on an Expedition to New Orleans[52]
1815Hostilities with America ceased[53]
——Returned to England[53]
——Authorised to bear the word "Peninsula"[53]
——Proceeded to Hounslow[53]
1816Embarked for Ireland[54]
1819Returned to England[54]
1822 Reviewed at Hounslow[55]
1825Re-embarked for Ireland[55]
1828Returned to England[56]
1830Proceeded to London[57]
——Reviewed by King William IV.[57]
——Authorised to bear the title of the Fourteenth, or the King's, Light Dragoons[57]
——The Facings changed from Orange to Scarlet[57]
1831Marched to Birmingham, Coventry, and Gloucester[58]
——Engaged in repressing Riots at Bristol[59]
1832Removed to Hounslow[60]
——Authorised to bear the King's Crest on the appointments; and the Prussian Eagle on the second and third corners of the regimental guidon[60]
1833Embarked at Bristol for Ireland[60]
1834Standards discontinued[60]
1835Embarked at Belfast for Scotland[60]
1838Returned to England from Scotland[60]
1841Embarked for Bombay[61]
1846Proceeded to the Bengal Presidency[62]
——The Conclusion[63]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

YearPage
1715James Dormer[65]
1720Clement Neville[66]
1737Archibald Hamilton[67]
1749James Lord Tyrawley[67]
1752Louis Dejean[68]
1757John Campbell, afterwards Marquis of Lorne[69]
1765Charles Fitroy, afterwards Lord Southampton[70]
1772Daniel Webb[70]
1773George Warde[71]
1778Sir Robert Sloper, K.B.[72]
1797John William Egerton, afterwards Earl of Bridgewater[73]
1823Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, G.C.B.[74]
1830Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B, and G.C.H.[74]
LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels from the year 1800[75]
MAJORS.
Succession of Majors from the year 1799[78]
List of the Battles, Sieges, &c. which took place in the Peninsula from 1808 to 1814[81]
PLATES.
Costume of the Regimentto face [1]
Guidon of the Regiment in 1798" [18]
Guidon of the Regiment in 1832" [60]

FOURTEENTH, OR THE KING'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS.

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