CONTENTS.

Anno		Page
1685	Monmouth's Rebellion—The Regiment raised	[1]
——	Obtains rank as Fourth Horse	[2]
——	Equipped as Cuirassiers	[3]
——	Reviewed by King James II.	—
1686	First Establishment	[5]
——	Encamps on Hounslow Heath—Reviewed by the King—Names of Officers	[6]
1688	The Revolution—Cuirasses delivered into Store	[7]
1689	Proceeds to Scotland	[10]
——	Skirmish at St. Johnston	[14]
——	Returns to England	[15]
1691	Proceeds to the Netherlands	[16]
1692	Battle of Steenkirk	[17]
1693	—— —— Landen	[18]
1695	Covering the Siege of Namur	[21]
1697	Returns to England	[22]
1702	Proceeds to Holland	[23]
——	Covering the Sieges of Venloo, Ruremonde, Stevenswaert, and Liege	[24 and 25]
1703	Skirmish near Haneff, and Covering the Sieges of Huy and Limburg	[26]
1704	Battle of Schellenberg	[28]
——	—— —— Blenheim	[30]
——	Covering the Siege of Landau	[33]
1705	—— —— —— —— Huy	[34]
——	Forcing the French Lines	—
——	Covering the Siege of Sandvliet	[36]
1706	Battle of Ramilies	—
1707	Cuirasses restored	[39]
1708	Battle of Oudenarde	[40]
——	Covering the Siege of Lisle	[41]
——	Battle of Wynendale	[41]
1709	Covering the Siege of Tournay	—
——	Battle of Malplaquet	—
——	Covering the Siege of Mons	[44]
1710	Ditto of Douay, Bethune, Aire, and St. Venant	—
1711	Covering the Siege of Bouchain	[45]
1714	Returns to England—Cuirasses delivered into Store	[46]
1715	Rebellion of the Earl of Mar	[47]
1722	Encamped near Andover, &c., and Reviewed by King George I.	[48]
1727	Reviewed by George II.	[49]
1731	Ditto	—
1738	Ditto	[50]
1741	Encamped on Lexdon Heath	—
1743	Sent in Pursuit of Semphill's Highlanders	—
1745	Rebellion in Favour of the Pretender	[52]
1746	Reduced to the Quality of Dragoons, and styled The Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards	[53]
1754	Employed on Coast Duty	[57]
1755	A Light Troop added to the Regiment	[58]
1757	Encamped on Salisbury Plain	—
1758	Expedition to the Coast of France	[59]
——	Proceeds to Germany	[61]
1759	Battles of Bergen and Minden	[62]
1760	Skirmish at Corbach	[64]
——	Battle of Warbourg	[66]
1761	—— —— Kirch-Denkern	[68]
——	Skirmish at Capelnhagen	[69]
——	—— —— Eimbeck and Foorwohle	[70]
1762	Battle of Groebenstien	—
——	Skirmish near the Fulda	[71]
1763	Returns to England	[72]
——	Light Troop disbanded	—
1764	Reviewed by King George III.	—
——	Remounted with long-tailed Horses	[73]
1765	Styled The Prince of Wales' Regiment of Dragoon Guards	—
1766	Drummers replaced by Trumpeters	[74]
1768	Reviewed by King George III.	—
1770	Ditto	—
1772	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1773	Returns to England	—
1779	Light Troop transferred to 20th Light Dragoons	[75]
——	Encamped on Lexdon Heath	—
1780	Riots in London	[75]
1788	Proceeds to Scotland	[76]
1789	Returns to England	—
1793	Four Troops embark for Flanders	[77]
——	Covering the Sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk	—
1794	Action at Premont and Cateau	[78]
——	Battle of Tournay	[79]
——	Retreat through Holland to Germany	[80]
1795	Embarks for England	[81]
1799	Encamps near Swinley—To be mounted on nag-tailed Horses	—
1800	Reviewed by King George III.	—
1803	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1804	Embarks for Ireland	—
1805	Returns to England	[82]
1809	Eight Troops embark for Portugal	[83]
——	Battle of Talavera	[84]
1810	In reserve during the Battle of Busaco	[88]
1811	Skirmish near Badajoz	[90]
——	—— —— Los Santos	[91]
——	Battle of Albuhera	—
——	Action at Usagre	[92]
1812	Covering the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo	[93]
——	—— —— —— —— Badajoz	[94]
——	Skirmish near Llecena	—
——	—— —— Llera	—
——	—— —— Belango	[96]
——	Advances to Madrid	[98]
——	Returns to Portugal	[99]
1813	Skirmish near Salamanca	[100]
——	Battle of Vittoria	—
——	In reserve during the Battle of the Pyrenees	[101]
1814	Advances into France	—
——	Skirmish near St. Guadens, and Battle of Toulouse	[102]
1814	Returns to England	[102]
1815	The word Peninsula to be borne on the Standards	[103]
——	Six Troops embark for Flanders	[104]
——	Advances to Paris, and Reviewed by the Sovereigns of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and France	—
1816	Embarks for England	—
1816	Embarks for Ireland	[105]
1819	Facings altered from Blue to Yellow	—
1820	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1822	Attends on King George IV. on his Visit to Scotland	[106]
——	Marches to England	—
——	Riots at Newcastle, &c.	—
1824	Proceeds to Ireland	[107]
1828	—— —— Scotland	[108]
1829	Returns to England	—
1831	Riots at Bristol, &c.	[109]
1834	Embarks for Ireland	[111]
1837	Returns to England	—
1838	The Conclusion	—

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

Anno		Page
1685	Thomas Earl of Plymouth	[113]
1687	Sir John Fenwick, Bart.	[115]
1688	Richard Viscount Colchester	[116]
1692	John Lord Berkeley	[117]
1694	Cornelius Wood	[118]
1712	Thomas Viscount Windsor	[119]
1717	George Wade	[120]
1748	Honourable Sir Charles Howard, K.B.	[121]
1765	Lord Robert Manners	[122]
1782	Philip Honeywood	[123]
1785	Richard Burton Philipson	[124]
1792	Sir William Fawcett, K.B.	[125]
1804	Richard Vyse	[127]
1825	Sir William Payne, Bart.	[128]
1831	Samuel Hawker, G.C.H.	[129]

LIST OF PLATES.

The Uniform of 1687 to face page	[6.]
"1838"	[112.]

THE THIRD,

PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENT

DRAGOON GUARDS,

BEARS ON ITS STANDARDS AS A REGIMENTAL BADGE

A CORONET, WITH A PLUME OF THREE FEATHERS,
A RISING SUN, AND A RED DRAGON,

WITH THE MOTTO

"ICH DIEN,"

AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS,—

"TALAVERA"—"ALBUHERA"—"VITTORIA"—
"PENINSULA."