CONTENTS.

Year		Page
1685	Formation of the Regiment	[1]
1686	Station and Establishment	[2]
——	Arms and Uniform	[3]
1687	Names of the Officers	[4]
1688	Assembled on Hounslow-heath	–
1689	Inspected at Hull after the Revolution	[5]
——	Embarked for Ireland	[6]
——	Engaged at the Siege of Carrickfergus	–
——	Advanced to Dundalk	–
——	Death of its Colonel, Henry Wharton, and of many soldiers by disease	[7]
1690	Engaged at Cavan	[8]
——	————– the battle of the Boyne	[9]
——	————– the siege of Waterford	–
——	————– the first siege of Limerick	–
——	————– Lanesborough	–
1691	Marched to Mullingar	[10]
——	Engaged with the Rapparees	—
——	———– at the siege of Ballymore	[11]
——	———– at the storming of Athlone	—
——	———– at the battle of Aghrim	—
——	———– at the siege of Galway	[12]
——	Surrender of Limerick, and termination of the war in Ireland	—
——	Embarked from Kinsale for Plymouth	[13]
1692	———— for the coast of France	—
——	Proceeded to Ostend, and took possession of Furnes and Dixmude	—
——	Returned to England	—
1693	Remained in England	—
1694	Embarked for Flanders	[13]
——	Engaged at the siege of Huy	[14]
1695	—————— attack on Fort Kenoque	—
——	—————— defence of Dixmude	—
——	Surrender of Dixmude to the French	[15]
——	Released from Prisoners of War and placed in garrison at Malines	—
1696	Marched to Ostend and Bruges	[16]
——	Encamped and stationed in and near Bruges	—
1697	Marched to Brabant	—
——	Encamped before Brussels	[17]
——	Peace of Ryswick	—
——	Returned to England	—
1699	Proceeded to Ireland	—
1702	War with France and Spain	—
1703	Embarked for the West Indies	[18]
1704	Proceeded to Jamaica	—
1705	Returned to England	—
1708	Embarked as Marines	[19]
——	Landed at Ostend	—
——	Employed to escort ammunition, &c. to the army besieging Lisle	[20]
——	Surrender of Lisle	[21]
1709	Returned to England	—
1710	Reviewed at Portsmouth	—
1712	Embarked for Spain	—
1713	Peace of Utrecht	—
——	Proceeded to Minorca	[22]
1719	Returned to England from Minorca	—
1722	Reviewed by King George I.	—
1739	Remained in England twenty years	—
1740	Embarked as Marines	—
1742	———— for Flanders	[23]
1743	Marched to Germany	—
——	Engaged at the battle of Dettingen	—
1743	Returned to Flanders	[24]
1744	Engaged in operations on the Scheldt	—
1745	Advanced to the relief of Tournay	—
——	Engaged at the battle of Fontenoy	[25]
——	Casualties at the battle of Fontenoy	[26]
——	Returned to England	[27]
——	Engaged in suppressing the Rebellion	—
1746	Proceeded to Scotland	—
1747	Returned to England	[28]
1748	Embarked for Holland	—
——	Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle	—
——	Returned to England	—
1749	Embarked for Minorca	—
1751	Royal Warrant issued for regulating Clothing, Colours, &c.	—
1752	Returned to England	[29]
1755	Commencement of the Seven years' War with France	—
1757	Second Battalion added to establishment	—
1758	Second Battalion constituted the 65th Regiment	—
——	Embarked for Germany	[30]
——	Marched into quarters at Munster	—
1759	Battle of Minden	[31]
——	Royal Authority to bear the word "Minden" on the colours and appointments	[33]
——	Entered cantonments at Osnaburg	[34]
1760	Arrived at Paderborn	—
——	Encamped at Fritzlar	[34]
——	————— Kalle	—
——	Marched to engage the French at Warbourg	—
——	Went into quarters at Paderborn	[35]
1761	Advanced into Hesse	—
——	Engaged at Kirch Denkern, &c.	—
1762	————– Groebenstein and Wilhelmsthal	[36]
——	————– Lutterberg	—
1762	Engaged at Homburg	[37]
——	————– the siege of Cassel	—
1763	Peace of Fontainbleau	—
——	Returned to England	—
1764	Proceeded to Scotland	—
1769	Embarked for Gibraltar	[38]
1779	Attack of Gibraltar by the Spaniards	—
1780}		{[39]
1781}	Siege and Defence continued	{ to
1782}		{[47]
1783	Returned to England	[48]
——	Styled the East Suffolk Regiment	—
1784	Reviewed at Windsor by King George III.	—
1788	Proceeded to Jersey and Guernsey	[49]
1790	Embarked as Marines	—
——	Returned to Portsmouth	—
1791	Embarked for Ireland	—
1793	Flank companies embarked for the West Indies	—
1794	——————— engaged at Martinico	[50]
——	———————————– St. Lucia	—
——	———————————– Guadaloupe	—
——	Battalion companies embarked for Flanders	[51]
——	Engaged at Werwick, and on the Lys	—
——	———– in the relief of Ypres	[52]
——	———– near Boxtel	[53]
——	Retired beyond the river Maese	[54]
1795	Returned from Holland	[55]
——	Flank companies returned from the West Indies	—
——	Embarked on an expedition for the coast of France	—
1796	Embarked for the East Indies	[56]
1797	Arrived at Madras	—
——	Embarked for Manilla	—
——	Returned to Madras	[57]
1798	Proceeded to Tanjore in the Carnatic	[58]
1799	Engaged in operations against Tippoo Saib	[59]
——	Advanced against Seringapatam	[60]
——	Action near Malleville	—
——	Storming and Capture of Seringapatam	[65]
——	Received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Seringapatam" on the colours and appointments	[70]
1800	Proceeded against the tribes of the Wynaad country	[71]
1801	Returned to Seringapatam	—
——	Proceeded to Trichinopoly	—
1802	Two companies returned from Java	[72]
——	Three companies employed against the Polygans	—
1805	Marched to Seringapatam	—
1807	Proceeded to Cannanore	—
1808	Embarked for the port of Coulan in the Travancore country	[73]
——	Serjeant Tilsey and 33 men destroyed by the Natives	[74]
——	Operations in the Travancore country	[75]
——	Returned to Seringapatam	[81]
——	Proceeded to Trichinopoly	—
1810	Flank companies proceeded against the Isle of Bourbon	[81]
——	Embarked against the Mauritius, or the Isle of France	[82]
——	Capture of the Mauritius	[83]
1811	Stationed at the Mauritius	[85]
1812	Second Battalion added to the Establishment and embarked for Ireland	—
1813	First Battalion proceeded from the Mauritius to the Isle of Bourbon	—
1814	Island of Bourbon restored to France	[86]
1815	Proceeded to the Island of Mauritius on its being retained as a Colony of Great Britain	—
1815	Second Battalion returned to England, and embarked for Flanders	[86]
——	——————— advanced to Paris	—
1816	——————— returned to England, and proceeded to Ireland	[87]
——	First Battalion continued at the Mauritius	—
1817	—————— returned to England	—
——	—————— proceeded to Ireland	—
1818	Second Battalion reduced, and incorporated with the First Battalion	[88]
1820	Embarked for England	—
1821	Proceeded to Portsmouth, and thence to Jersey and Guernsey	—
1823	Returned to England	[89]
——	Embarked for Gibraltar	—
1825	Augmented to ten Companies, six Service, and four Depôt Companies	—
1827	Presentation of new colours with the authorised Inscriptions conferred as Honourable Distinctions	—
1828	Casualties from an epidemic disease at Gibraltar	[90]
1834	Returned to England	[91]
1835	Embarked for Ireland	—
1837	Formed into six Service, and four Depôt Companies, and embarked for the Mauritius	—
1838	Depôt Companies remained in Ireland	—
1839	Augmentation of the Establishment	—
——	Depôt Companies embarked for Wales	—
1840	——————— proceeded to Scotland	—
1841	——————— returned to South Britain	—
1842	Augmentation to two Battalions	[92]
1843	Reserve Battalion arrived at the Mauritius	—
1847	First Battalion Embarked for England	—
1848	The Conclusion	—

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

Year		Page
1685	Henry Duke of Norfolk	[93]
1686	Edward Earl of Lichfield	[94]
1688	Robert Lord Hunsdon	[95]
——	Henry Wharton	—
1689	Richard Brewer	[96]
1702	John Livesay	—
1712	Richard Phillips	[97]
1717	Thomas Stanwix	—
1725	Thomas Whetham	[98]
1741	Scipio Duroure	[99]
1745	Henry Skelton	—
1757	Robert Napier	—
1766	Henry Clinton	[100]
1779	William Picton	[101]
1811	Charles Hastings, Bart.	[102]
1823	Hon. Robert Meade	[103]

PLATES.

Costume of the Regiment	to face	[1]
Colours of the Regiment	"	[28]
Attack of Gibraltar in 1782	"	[48]
Storming and Capture of Seringapatam in 1799	"	[70]

Madelay Lith. 3 Wellington S^t Strand.

TWELFTH FOOT.
1848.
For Cannons Military Records.