On May 19 the Allies were concentrated in the immediate neighbourhood of Tournay. The French were attempting to press home their success of the preceding day. In the early morning of the 22nd Pichegru, who had hastened to assume command, attacked in four columns. After some hours his superior numbers told, and the Allies were gradually forced back. Then, late in the day, four brigades were moved up to recapture the position of Pont-à-chin, which practically commanded the Valley of the Scheldt. Fox's brigade, having lost very heavily on the 18th, had been held in reserve, and now numbered barely 600 men. At last, even they were pushed forward into the fight, and, though entirely unsupported, these three fine regiments, nobly responding to the Brigadier's call, dashed forward, sweeping the French out of their hard-won vantage-ground and capturing seven guns. This timely action turned the fortunes of the day, and by nightfall the French had been beaten back, with a loss of 6,000 men. So ended Tournay.
Casualties at the Battle of Tournay, May 22, 1794.
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| 14th W. Yorks. | - | 1 | 5 | 29 |
| 53rd Shrops. L.I. | - | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 37th Hampsh. | - | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Royal Artillery | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Egmont-op-Zee, October 2, 1799.
In 1799 a fresh attempt was made to wrest Holland from the French, and Sir Ralph Abercromby was despatched to the Low Countries at the head of a division to co-operate with the Russians. His force consisted of a Brigade of Guards (one battalion from each of the three regiments, with a composite battalion of the grenadier companies of the whole Brigade) and two brigades of infantry, under Generals Coote and John Moore. On April 17 a landing was effected at Grote Keten, in face of the determined opposition of a brigade of French troops, our total loss being 27 officers and 440 men killed and wounded. Before the end of the month Abercromby had been reinforced by seven more battalions, and by September 20 the British forces had been brought up to a total of 30,000, with H.R.H. the Duke of York once more in chief command, the whole being distributed as follows:
Cavalry Brigade: 7th, 11th, and one squadron of the 18th Light Dragoons.
First Brigade—Major-General D'Oyley: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, and a composite battalion of the grenadier companies of the whole Brigade.
Second Brigade of Guards—Major-General Burrard: 1st Battalion Coldstreams, 1st Battalion Scots Guards.
Third Brigade—Major-General Coote: 2nd (Queen's), 27th (Inniskillings), 29th (Worcesters), and 85th (Shropshire Light Infantry).