AnnoPage
1685Formation of the Regiment[1]
——Equipped as Cuirassiers, and obtained rank as Seventh Horse[3]
——Reviewed by King James II.[4]
1686First Establishment[5]
——Names of Officers[6]
——Reviewed on Hounslow Heath
1688The Revolution[7]
1689Proceeds to Ireland[9]
——Siege of Carrickfergus
1690Battle of the Boyne[11]
——Siege of Limerick[12]
1691Skirmish near Brewsterfield
——Second Siege of Limerick[13]
1692Returns to England
1693Performs Court Duty[14]
1694Proceeds to the Netherlands
1695Covering the Siege of Namur
1697Skirmish near Enghien[15]
1698Returns to England[16]
1700Proceeds to Ireland
1702Three Troops return to England, and proceed to Holland[17]
——Covering the Sieges of Venloo, Ruremonde, Stevenswaert, and Liege
1703Skirmish near Haneff; and covering the Sieges of Huy and Limburg[18]
1704Three Troops from Ireland to Holland
——Battle of Schellenberg[19]
—————– Blenheim[20]
——Covering the Siege of Laudan[21]
1705Forcing the French Lines at Helixem and Neer-Hespen
1706Battle of Ramilies[24]
——Sieges of Antwerp and Dendermond[25]
1708Battle of Oudenarde[26]
——Siege of Lisle, and Action at Wynendale[27]
1709Covering the Siege of Tournay[28]
——Battle of Malplaquet
——Covering the Siege of Mons[29]
1710————————— Douay, Bethune, Aire, and St. Venant
1711Forcing the French Lines at Arleux
——Covering the Siege of Bouchain[30]
——Skirmish near Wavrechin[31]
1712Covering the Siege of Quesnoy[33]
1714Proceeds to Ireland[34]
1717Facings changed from Buff to Full Green[35]
1746Styled the Second Irish Horse[37]
1751Description of the Clothing and Standards
1788Title changed to Fifth Dragoon Guards[40]
1793Proceeds to Flanders[42]
1794Action at Prêmont
——Covering the Siege of Landrécies
——Battle of Cateau[43]
——Action near Tournay[44]
——Retreat through Holland to Germany[45]
1795Embarks for England
1796Proceeds to Ireland
1798Rebellion in Ireland[46]
——Actions at Arklow, Ballycarnen, and Gorey
—————— Vinegar Hill and White Hills[47]
——Skirmish near Prosperous
——Action at Ballinamuck[48]
1799Returns to England[48]
1804Styled the Fifth, or Princess Charlotte of Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards
1805Proceeds to Ireland[49]
1808Returns to England
1811Reviewed by the Prince Regent
——Embarks for Portugal[50]
1812Covering the Siege of Badajoz[51]
——Action at Llerena
——Battle of Salamanca[56]
——Skirmish at Alba de Tormes[60]
——Advances to Madrid[62]
——Covering the Siege of Burgos
——Retreats to Portugal[63]
1813Advances into Spain[65]
——Battle of Vittoria
1814Advances through the Pyrenees into France[67]
——Action near Tarbes
——Battle of Toulouse[68]
——Returns to England[69]
1816Proceeds to Ireland[73]
1817Proceeds to Scotland, and from thence to England
1821Returns to Scotland, and embarks for Ireland[74]
1825Embarks for Scotland[75]
1826Proceeds to England
1830Reviewed by King William IV. at Windsor[76]
1831Embarks for Ireland[77]
1834Returns to England
1835Proceeds to Scotland
1836Returns to England
1838The Conclusion[78]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

AnnoPage
1685Charles Earl of Shrewsbury[79]
1687Marmaduke Lord Langdale[81]
——Richard Hamilton[82]
1688John Coy[83]
1697Charles Earl of Arran[84]
1703William Cadogan[85]
1712George Kellum[87]
1717Robert Napier[88]
1740Charles Neville[89]
1744Richard Viscount Cobham
1745Thomas Wentworth[90]
1747Thomas Bligh[91]
1758Hon. John Waldegrave[92]
1760Hon. John Fitz-William
1789John Douglas[93]
1790Thomas Bland
1816Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg[94]
1831Sir John Slade, Bart.[99]

PLATES.

The Standard of the Regimentto precede[1]
The Capture of the Bavarian Standards at the forcing of the French Lines in 1705to face[24]
The Fifth Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Salamancato face[60]