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BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IVTH.
and under the Patronage of
Her Majesty the Queen.
HISTORICAL RECORDS,
OF THE
British Army
Comprising the
History of every Regiment
IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
By Richard Cannon Esqre.
Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards.
London.
Printed by Authority.
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SIXTEENTH,
OR,
THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT;
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1688,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1848.
COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30 CHARING CROSS.
M DCCC XLVIII.
LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Page | ||
| Year | Introduction | |
| 1688 | Formation of the Regiment | [1] |
| —— | Establishment and Uniform | [2] |
| —— | Quartered at Stony Stratford | - |
| 1689 | Embarked for Holland | [3] |
| —— | Engaged at Walcourt | - |
| —— | Marched to Bruges | [4] |
| 1690 | Marched to Brussels | - |
| 1691 | Joined the Army in South Brabant | - |
| 1692 | Engaged at Steenkirk | - |
| —— | Colonel Hodges killed | [5] |
| 1693 | Engaged at Landen | - |
| —— | Quartered at Dendermond | - |
| 1694 | Joined the Army in the Field | [6] |
| —— | Returned to Dendermond | - |
| 1695 | Joined in the Siege and Capture of Namur | - |
| 1696 | Joined the Army of Brabant | - |
| 1697 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryswick | [7] |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | - |
| 1701 | Preparations for recommencing War with France | - |
| —— | Re-embarked for Holland | - |
| —— | Reviewed on Breda-Heath by King William III. | - |
| 1702 | Proceeded to Rosendael | - |
| —— | Encamped at Cranenburg | - |
| —— | Siege of Kayserswerth | - |
| —— | Marched to Nimeguen | - |
| —— | War declared against France | [8] |
| —— | Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the Army | - |
| —— | Siege of Venloo | - |
| —— | ———– Ruremonde | - |
| —— | ———– Stevenswaert | - |
| —— | Capture of the Citadel of Liege | - |
| —— | Returned to Holland | - |
| 1703 | Marched towards Maestricht | - |
| —— | Siege and Capture of Huy | - |
| —— | ————————– Limburg | - |
| —— | Returned to Holland | - |
| 1704 | Accompanied the Army to Germany | [9] |
| —— | Battle of Schellenberg | - |
| —— | Crossed the Danube | - |
| —— | Battle of Blenheim | - |
| —— | Marshal Tallard, and many officers and soldiers, made prisoners | - |
| —— | Returned to Holland | [10] |
| 1705 | Attacks on Helixem and Neer-Hespen | — |
| 1706 | Battle of Ramilies | [11] |
| —— | Surrender of principal towns of Brabant | — |
| —— | Marched into quarters at Ghent | — |
| 1708 | Returned to England to repel invasion by the Pretender | — |
| —— | Returned to Flanders | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Ghent | — |
| —— | Battle of Oudenarde | — |
| —— | Siege of Lisle | [12] |
| —— | Surrender of the Citadel of Lisle | — |
| 1709 | Siege and Capture of Tournay | [13] |
| 1709 | Battle of Malplaquet | — |
| —— | Siege and Surrender of Mons | [14] |
| —— | Marched into winter quarters at Ghent | — |
| 1710 | Engaged in forcing the French Lines at Pont-à-Vendin | — |
| —— | Siege and Surrender of Douay | — |
| —— | —————————– Bethune | — |
| —— | —————————– Aire and St. Venant | — |
| —— | Returned to Ghent | — |
| 1711 | Engaged in forcing the French Lines at Arleux | — |
| —— | Siege of Bouchain | — |
| 1712 | Joined the Army at Tournay | [15] |
| —— | Encamped at Cateau-Cambresis | — |
| —— | Surrender of Quesnoy | — |
| —— | Suspension of hostilities | — |
| —— | Detached to Dunkirk | — |
| 1714 | Embarked for Scotland | — |
| 1739 | War declared against Spain | [16] |
| 1740 | Encamped near Newbury under Lieutenant-General Wade | [17] |
| —— | Embarked as Marines | — |
| —— | Re-landed at Portsmouth | — |
| —— | A detachment embarked for the West Indies on an Expedition under General Lord Cathcart | — |
| 1741 | Expedition arrived at Jamaica | — |
| —— | Employed at Carthagena, in South America | — |
| —— | Detachment nearly annihilated by disease | — |
| 1742 | War of the Austrian Succession commenced | — |
| 1745 | Arrival in Scotland of Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender | — |
| 1746 | Regiment embarked for Scotland | [18] |
| 1748 | Termination of the War on the Continent | — |
| 1749 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1751 | Royal Warrant issued on 1st July for regulating the Clothing, Colours, &c. of Regiments | — |
| 1755 | War re-commenced with France | [19] |
| 1763 | Peace of Fontainebleau took place | — |
| 1767 | Embarked for Florida in South America | [20] |
| 1775 | War commenced with North America | — |
| 1778 | War commenced with France, Spain, and Holland | [21] |
| 1779 | Regiment withdrew to Baton Rouge, and made prisoners of war by the Spanish Governor of Louisiana | — |
| —— | Engaged with French and American forces at Savannah and the State of Georgia | — |
| 1781 | Defended Pensacola against a Spanish force | [22] |
| 1782 | Returned to England from South America | [23] |
| —— | Authorized to assume the County Title of Buckinghamshire Regiment | — |
| —— | Termination of the American War | — |
| 1784 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1790 | Embarked for Nova Scotia | [24] |
| 1791 | Removed to Jamaica | — |
| 1793 | Revolution broke out in France | — |
| —— | Republican principles extended to the French West India Settlements | — |
| —— | Detachment embarked from Jamaica for St. Domingo | — |
| 1795 | Engaged in the Maroon War in Jamaica | — |
| 1796 | Maroons reduced to submission, and removed from Jamaica | [25] |
| —— | Regiment returned to England | — |
| 1797 | Embarked for Scotland | — |
| 1799 | Returned to England | [26] |
| 1800 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1802 | Peace of Amiens concluded | — |
| 1803 | War with France re-commenced | — |
| 1804 | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| —— | Employed on an Expedition against Surinam | [27] |
| 1806 | Attacked by a large force of predatory Negroes at Surinam | — |
| 1809 | The County Title exchanged to the Bedfordshire instead of the Buckinghamshire Regiment | [28] |
| 1811 | Returned to England | — |
| 1813 | Embarked for Scotland | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Ireland | — |
| 1814 | War took place with the United States of America | [29] |
| —— | Embarked for Canada | — |
| 1815 | Returned to England, proceeded to Ostend, and marched to Paris | — |
| —— | Returned to England | — |
| 1816 | Embarked for Ireland | [30] |
| 1819 | Embarked for Ceylon | — |
| 1828 | Embarked for Bengal | [31] |
| 1841 | Embarked for England | [32] |
| 1843 | Proceeded to Ireland | [33] |
| 1846 | Six Service Companies embarked for Gibraltar | [34] |
| 1847 | Six Service Companies embarked for Corfu | — |
| 1848 | Four Depôt Companies embarked from Cork for Guernsey | — |
| —— | The Conclusion | — |
PLATES.
| Costume of the Regiment | to face | [1] |
| Colours of the Regiment | " | [34] |
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF THE
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
| Year | Page | |
| 1688 | Archibald Douglas | [35] |
| —— | Robert Hodges | [36] |
| 1692 | Hon. James Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby | — |
| 1705 | Francis Godfrey | [37] |
| 1711 | Henry Durell | [38] |
| 1713 | Hans Hamilton | — |
| 1715 | Richard Viscount Irwin | — |
| 1717 | James Cholmeley | [39] |
| 1724 | Henry Earl of Deloraine, K.B. | — |
| 1730 | Roger Handasyd | [40] |
| 1763 | Hon. Robert Brudenell | — |
| 1765 | Sir William Draper, K.B. | — |
| 1766 | James Gisborne | [41] |
| 1778 | James Robertson | — |
| 1788 | Hon. Thomas Bruce | [42] |
| 1797 | Henry Bowyer | — |
| 1808 | Sir Charles Green, Bart. | [43] |
| 1814 | Sir George Prevost, Bart. | [44] |
| 1816 | Hugh Mackay Gordon | [45] |
| 1823 | William Carr, Viscount Beresford, G.C.B. and G.C.H. | — |