CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year | Page | |
| Introduction | ||
| 1688 | Formation of the Regiment in the vicinity of London | [1] |
| —— | Solomon Richards appointed to be Colonel | [2] |
| —— | Reported fit for duty, and marched to Windsor, Slough, Datchet, Staines, and Egham | – |
| —— | Furnished a Guard at Windsor Castle, to His Majesty King James II. | – |
| —— | Revolution took place in Great Britain | – |
| —— | King James II. proceeded to France | – |
| 1689 | King William III. and Queen Mary elevated to the Throne | – |
| —— | Regiment adhered to the Protestant interest | – |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland with Ninth Foot to aid in the defence of Londonderry | [3] |
| —— | Returned to England, having failed to land at Londonderry | – |
| —— | Colonel Richards deprived of his commission by King William III. | – |
| —— | Sir George St. George appointed Colonel | – |
| 1693 | Embarked for Flanders | [4] |
| 1694 | Quartered for the winter at Ostend | [4] |
| 1695 | Marched to Dixmude | – |
| —— | Colonel Courthorpe exchanged with Colonel Sir George St. George | – |
| —— | Engaged at the Fortress of Kenoque | – |
| —— | Joined in the Siege of Namur | [5] |
| —— | Engaged at the storming of St. Denis | – |
| —— | Colonel Courthorpe killed | [6] |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Sir Matthew Bridges promoted to the Colonelcy | – |
| —— | Surrender of the Castle of Namur | – |
| —— | Quartered for the winter in Bruges | – |
| 1696 | Encamped near Ghent | – |
| —— | Served the Campaign under the Prince of Vaudemont | [7] |
| 1697 | Engaged in operations in Brabant | – |
| —— | Termination of Hostilities by the Treaty of Ryswick | – |
| —— | Returned to England | – |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | – |
| 1701 | Preparations for War recommenced | – |
| —— | Re-embarked from Cork for Holland | – |
| —— | Reviewed by King William III. on Breda-heath | – |
| 1702 | Proceeded to Rosendael | – |
| —— | Encamped at Cranenburg | – |
| —— | Siege and Capture of Kayserswerth | [8] |
| —— | ———————— of Venloo | – |
| —— | ———————— of Ruremonde | – |
| —— | ———————— of Liege | – |
| 1703 | ———————— of Huy | [9] |
| —— | ———————— of Limburg | – |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Blood promoted to the Colonelcy, vice Sir M. Bridges | – |
| —— | Embarked from Holland | [10] |
| 1704 | Proceeded to Portugal | [10] |
| 1705 | Siege and Capture of Valencia de Alcantara | [11] |
| —— | ———————— of Albuquerque | — |
| —— | Siege of Badajoz | — |
| 1706 | Siege and Capture of Alcantara | — |
| —— | Advanced to Placencia | — |
| —— | Siege and Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo | [12] |
| —— | Marched to Madrid | — |
| —— | Retreated to Valencia | — |
| 1707 | Battle of Almanza | — |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Wightman promoted to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Blood, deceased | [14] |
| 1708 | Engaged in operations in Catalonia | [15] |
| 1709 | Returned to England | — |
| 1710 | Stationed in Scotland | — |
| 1714 | Proceeded to Ireland | — |
| 1715 | Removed to Scotland | — |
| —— | Engaged at Sheriff-Muir | — |
| 1722 | Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Ferrers to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Wightman, deceased | [16] |
| —— | Appointment of Colonel James Tyrell, vice Colonel Ferrers, deceased | — |
| 1726 | Embarked for Minorca | — |
| 1742 | Colonel John Wynyard from the Marines (4th Regiment) appointed Colonel, in succession to General Tyrell, deceased | — |
| 1748 | Peace concluded at Aix la Chapelle | [17] |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1751 | Royal Warrant issued on 1st July for regulating clothing, colours, &c. | — |
| 1752 | Colonel Edward Richbell appointed to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Wynyard, deceased | — |
| 1757 | Colonel John Forbes appointed Colonel, in succession to General Richbell, deceased | [17] |
| —— | Embarked for Nova Scotia | — |
| 1758 | Proceeded on an expedition against Cape Breton | — |
| —— | Siege of Louisburg, and capture of the island of Cape Breton | [18] |
| —— | Joined the troops at Lake George | — |
| 1759 | Siege of Ticonderago | [19] |
| —— | Proceeded to Crown Point | — |
| —— | Hon. Robert Monckton appointed Colonel, vice Forbes, deceased | — |
| 1760 | Embarked from Crown Point, and formed part of the army which advanced to Montreal, and effected the conquest of the whole of Canada | — |
| 1761 | Proceeded to New York | [20] |
| —— | Encamped at Staten Island | — |
| 1762 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| —— | Capture of Martinique | — |
| —— | ——— of Grenada | [21] |
| —— | ——— of St. Lucia | — |
| —— | ——— of St. Vincent | — |
| —— | Formed part of the expedition against the Havannah | — |
| —— | Siege and Capture of Moro Fort, with nine ships of war, &c. | — |
| 1763 | Treaty of Peace concluded | [22] |
| —— | Havannah restored to Spain in exchange for Florida | — |
| —— | Re-embarked for North America | — |
| 1767 | Returned to England | — |
| 1771 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1775 | Embarked for North America | — |
| 1776 | Arrived at Boston, and proceeded to Nova Scotia | [23] |
| —— | Embarked for New York, and landed at Staten Island | — |
| 1776 | Proceeded to Long Island | [23] |
| —— | Engaged with the American army at Brooklyn | [24] |
| —— | Capture of New York | — |
| —— | Engaged at White Plains | — |
| —— | Reduction of Fort Washington | — |
| 1777 | Engagement with the American army at Trenton | [25] |
| —— | Proceeded on an Expedition to Pennsylvania | [26] |
| —— | Attacked the American position at Brandywine | — |
| —— | Advanced, and took possession of Philadelphia | — |
| —— | Took a position at Germantown | — |
| 1778 | Marched with the army from Philadelphia through the Jerseys, on its return to New York | [27] |
| 1779 | Placed in garrison at Stoney Point | — |
| —— | Attacked and made prisoners of war | — |
| —— | Exchanged and united with detachments of Provincial troops and employed on various services in Virginia | [28] |
| 1781 | Attacked the Americans at Guildford Court House | — |
| —— | Defended York Town, where they became prisoners of war | — |
| 1782 | Major-General George Morrison appointed Colonel, vice Monckton, deceased | — |
| —— | Authorized to assume the County Title of Leicestershire Regiment | — |
| 1783 | Removed from New York to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland | [28] |
| 1786 | Embarked for England | — |
| 1792 | Major-General George Garth appointed Colonel, vice Morrison, removed to the Fourth Foot | — |
| 1793 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1796 | Embarked for St. Domingo | — |
| 1798 | Re-embarked for England | [30] |
| 1799 | A Second Battalion added to the Establishment of the Regiment by volunteers from the Militia | — |
| 1799 | The two Battalions embarked for Holland under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby | [30] |
| —— | Engaged in action with the Enemy on 19th September | — |
| —— | Again engaged at Bergen on 2nd October | [31] |
| —— | Returned to England | — |
| 1800 | Embarked for Minorca | — |
| 1802 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Second Battalion reduced | — |
| 1803 | Hostilities with France resumed | — |
| —— | Ordered suddenly from Limerick to Dublin, on account of serious riots | — |
| 1804 | Embarked from Ireland for the Isle of Wight | — |
| —— | Proceeded to the East Indies | — |
| 1806 | Proceeded to Bundelkund | [32] |
| 1807 | Captured the Fort of Chumar by storm | — |
| —— | Attack on the Fort of Comona | [33] |
| —— | Employed in pursuit of the hostile tribes | — |
| 1808 | Joined the force under Major-General St. Leger | — |
| —— | Proceeded to the Sutlej | — |
| 1814 | War with Nepaul | [34] |
| —— | Attack on Jutgurgh | — |
| 1816 | Flank Companies joined a flank Battalion forming at Allahabad | [35] |
| 1817 | Battalion Companies ordered to Nagpore | — |
| —— | Action at Jubblepore | [36] |
| 1819 | Lieut.-General Sir Josiah Champagné, G.C.H., appointed Colonel, vice Garth, deceased | — |
| 1823 | Embarked for England | [37] |
| —— | Landed at Gravesend and marched to Chatham | — |
| —— | Reviewed at Southsea Common by H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence | [38] |
| 1825 | Permitted to bear the figure of the Royal Tiger, with the word Hindoostan superscribed | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| 1826 | Returned to England | [39] |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1829 | Returned to England | — |
| 1830 | Embarked by detachments for New South Wales | — |
| 1836 | Proceeded to Bombay | — |
| 1837 | Encamped at Poona | — |
| 1838 | War with Affghanistan | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Tatta in Lower Scinde | — |
| 1839 | Marched into Scinde | [40] |
| —— | Captured Hyderabad | — |
| —— | Marched into Affghanistan | — |
| —— | Fortress of Ghuznee captured by storm | [41] |
| —— | Expedition against the Khan of Khelat | — |
| —— | Khelat captured | — |
| —— | Medal presented for storming Ghuznee | [42] |
| —— | Permitted to bear on its colours and appointments the words "Affghanistan," "Ghuznee," and "Khelat" | — |
| 1840 | Returned to British India | [43] |
| —— | General Sir F. A. Wetherall, G.C.H., appointed Colonel, vice Champagné, deceased | — |
| 1841 | Proceeded to Aden, in Arabia Felix | — |
| 1843 | Lieut.-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B., appointed Colonel, vice Wetherall, deceased | [44] |
| 1845 | Returned to Bombay | [45] |
| 1847 | Embarked for England | — |
| —— | Arrived at Gravesend and marched to Canterbury | — |
| 1848 | Proceeded to London in consequence of Chartist riots | [46] |
| —— | The Conclusion | — |
PLATES.
| Costume of the Regiment | to face | [1] |
| Colours of the Regiment | " | [46] |