| Anno | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| 882 | Origin of the Scots Guards at the French Court | [1] |
| 1420 | Scots Auxiliaries sent to France | [2] |
| 1421 | Battle of Baugé | [3] |
| 1422 | Scots Gendarmes instituted in France | — |
| —— | Capture of Avranches | — |
| 1423 | Battle of Crevan | — |
| 1424 | —— Verneuille | — |
| 1440 | Scots Garde du Corps instituted in France | — |
| 1495 | Conquest of Naples | [4] |
| 1515 | Battle of Pavia | — |
| 1590 | Origin of the Royal Regiment | — |
| 1613 | Scots Regiment in the service of Sweden | [7] |
| 1615 | Capture of Kexholm, and siege of Plesko | — |
| 1620 | —— Riga, Dunamond, and Mittau | [8] |
| —— | Scots Companies in the service of the King of Bohemia | — |
| 1621 | Battles of Prague and Fleurus | — |
| 1622 | ||
| 1625 | Hepburn's Scots Regiment in the Swedish Service | [9] |
| —— | Capture of Selburg, Duneberg, Nidorp, and Dorpat; and battle of Semigallia | — |
| 1626 | Relief of Mew | — |
| 1627 | Capture of Kesmark and Marienberg, and action at Dirschan | [10] |
| 1628 | Capture of Newburg, Strasberg, Dribentz, Sweitz, and Massovia | — |
| —— | Defence of Stralsund | — |
| 1629 | Skirmish near Thorn | — |
| 1630 | Relief of Rugenwald | [12] |
| —— | Blockade of Colberg | [13] |
| 1631 | Capture of Frankfort on the Oder | [14] |
| —— | —— Landsberg | [16] |
| 1631 | Defence of the fortified camp at Werben | [17] |
| —— | Battle of Leipsic | — |
| —— | Capture of Halle, and services in Franconia | [21] |
| —— | —— Wurtzburg and Marienberg | [22] |
| —— | Defence of Oxenford | — |
| —— | Capture of Frankfort on the Maine | [23] |
| —— | —— Oppenheim and Mentz | [24] |
| 1632 | —— Donawerth | [26] |
| —— | Forcing the passage of the Lech | [27] |
| —— | Capture of Augsburg | — |
| —— | Siege of Ingoldstadt | — |
| —— | Capture of Landshut and Munich | [28] |
| —— | Relief of Weissemberg | — |
| —— | Defence of Nurenberg | — |
| —— | Capture of Rayn and Landsberg | [30] |
| —— | Relief of Rayn | [31] |
| 1633 | Skirmish near Memmingen | [32] |
| —— | Capture of Kaufbeuren | — |
| —— | Siege of Kempten | — |
| 1634 | Battle of Nordlingen | [33] |
| Hepburn's Scots Regiment in the French Service: | ||
| —— | Siege of La Motte, and relief of Heidelberg | [34] |
| 1635 | Hepburn's two regiments incorporated | [35] |
| —— | Action near Metz | [36] |
| 1636 | Capture of Saverne | — |
| 1638 | Siege of St. Omer | [38] |
| 1639 | Capture of Renty, Catelet, and Hesdin | [39] |
| —— | Skirmish near St. Nicholas | [40] |
| 1643 | Battle of Roucroy | [41] |
| —— | Capture of Thionville and Turin | — |
| 1644 | Capture of Gravelines | [42] |
| 1646 | —— Courtray and Dunkirk | [43] |
| 1648 | Battle of Lens | — |
| 1649 | Siege of Paris | [44] |
| 1652 | Action in the suburbs of Paris | [45] |
| —— | Skirmish at Villeneuve, St. George's | [47] |
| —— | Capture of Bar le Duc, and Ligny | [48] |
| 1653 | Capture of Château Portien and Vervins | [49] |
| 1661 | The Regiment proceeds to England | [52] |
| 1662 | Returns to France; Scots Guards incorporated in the Regiment | [53] |
| 1666 | Proceeds to England, and afterwards to Ireland | — |
| 1668 | Returns to France | [54] |
| 1672 | Capture of Grave | — |
| 1673 | —— Maestricht | [55] |
| 1674 | Skirmishes near Heidelberg | — |
| —— | Battle of Molsheim | [56] |
| 1675 | Capture of Dachstein | [57] |
| —— | Defence of Treves | — |
| 1676 | Skirmish near Saverne | [58] |
| 1677 | —— Kochersberg and capture of Fribourg | [59] |
| 1678 | Returns to England | [60] |
| —— | Grenadier Company added | — |
| 1679 | Stationed in Ireland | — |
| 1680 | Four Companies proceed to Tangier | [61] |
| —— | Action with the Moors | — |
| —— | Twelve additional Companies proceed to Tangier | [62] |
| —— | Actions with the Moors | [63] |
| 1683 | One Company from Tangier to England | [67] |
| 1684 | Fifteen Companies ditto | — |
| —— | Five Companies from Ireland to England | — |
| —— | Styled "The Royal Regiment of Foot" | — |
| —— | Reviewed by King Charles II. | [68] |
| 1685 | Battle of Sedgemoor | [70] |
| —— | Rewards to Wounded Officers and Men | [72] |
| —— | Reviewed by King James II. | [73] |
| 1686 | Divided into Two Battalions | [74] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Scotland | — |
| —— | 1st " encamps on Hounslow Heath | — |
| 1688 | 1st " ditto | [75] |
| —— | 2nd " from Scotland to England | — |
| —— | The Revolution | — |
| 1689 | The Regiment mutinies | [77] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Scotland | [79] |
| —— | 1st " the Netherlands | — |
| —— | 1st " Battle of Walcourt | — |
| 1690 | 2nd Battalion proceeds from Scotland to Holland | [80] |
| 1692 | Battle of Steenkirk | [81] |
| 1693 | —— Landen | [84] |
| 1695 | 1st Battalion, Siege of Namur | [87] |
| 1696 | Reviewed by King William III. | [91] |
| 1698 | Embarks for Ireland | [92] |
| 1701 | Embarks for Holland | [93] |
| 1702 | Covering the siege of Kayserswerth | [94] |
| —— | Skirmish near Nimeguen | — |
| —— | Covering the sieges of Venloo and Ruremonde | [95] |
| —— | Capture of Stevenswart and Liege | — |
| 1703 | —— Huy and Limburg | [97] |
| 1704 | Battle of Schellenberg | [99] |
| —— | —— Blenheim | [102] |
| —— | Covering the siege of Landau | [105] |
| 1705 | Re-capture of Huy | [106] |
| —— | Forcing the French lines at Neer-Hespen and Helixem | [107] |
| —— | Skirmish near the Dyle | [108] |
| 1706 | Battle of Ramilies | [109] |
| —— | Covering the sieges of Dendermond, Ostend, and Menin | — |
| —— | Capture of Aeth | [110] |
| 1707 | The regimental badge changed from the Cross to the Circle of St. Andrew | — |
| 1708 | Battle of Oudenarde | [111] |
| —— | Covering the siege of Lisle | [112] |
| —— | Battle of Wynendale | [113] |
| —— | Forcing the passage of the Scheldt | [114] |
| —— | Capture of Ghent | — |
| 1709 | Capture of Tournay | [115] |
| —— | Battle of Malplaquet | [116] |
| —— | Covering the siege of Mons | [118] |
| 1710 | —— Douay and Bethune | — |
| —— | Capture of Aire | [119] |
| 1711 | —— Bouchain | — |
| 1712 | Covering the siege of Quesnoy | [120] |
| 1714 | Returns to England | [121] |
| 1715 | Proceeds to Ireland | [122] |
| 1741 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to the West Indies | [123] |
| 1742 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to England | [123] |
| 1743 | " returns to Ireland | — |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to Flanders | — |
| 1745 | " battle of Fontenoy | [124] |
| —— | " embarks for England | [125] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion —— ditto | — |
| —— | " marches to Scotland | [126] |
| 1746 | " battle of Falkirk | — |
| —— | " —— Culloden | [127] |
| —— | 1st Battalion, expedition to L'Orient, &c. | [128] |
| 1747 | " proceeds to Holland | [130] |
| —— | " relief of Hulst, and defence of Fort Sandberg | — |
| 1748 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Holland | [131] |
| 1749 | Both Battalions proceed to Ireland | [132] |
| 1751 | Regulation respecting Colours and Clothing; and designated "The First, or Royal Regiment of Foot" | — |
| 1757 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to North America | [134] |
| 1758 | " capture of Louisburg | — |
| 1759 | " —— Ticonderago, and Crown Point | [135] |
| 1760 | 2nd Battalion, expedition against the Cherokees | [136] |
| —— | " capture of Isle aux Noix, and Montreal | [141] |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to Quiberon Bay; returns to Ireland | [142] |
| 1761 | 2nd Battalion, expedition against the Cherokees | — |
| —— | " capture of Dominico | [144] |
| 1762 | " capture of Martinico, and the Havannah | — |
| —— | " re-capture of Newfoundland | [147] |
| 1763 | " returns to England | [148] |
| 1764 | " proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1768 | 1st Battalion —— Gibraltar | — |
| —— | 2nd Battalion returns to England | — |
| 1771 | " proceeds to Minorca | — |
| 1775 | Both Battalions return to England | — |
| 1780 | 1st Battalion proceeds to the West Indies | [149] |
| 1781 | 1st Battalion, capture of St. Eustatia, St. Martin, and Saba | [149] |
| 1782 | " defence of St. Christopher | — |
| —— | " returns to England | [152] |
| 1784 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar | [153] |
| —— | 1st Battalion —— Ireland | — |
| 1790 | " —— West Indies | — |
| 1793 | 2nd Battalion, defence of Toulon | — |
| 1794 | " descent on Corsica; capture of Convention Redoubt, and Calvi | [156] |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to St. Domingo | [159] |
| —— | " capture of Fort L'Acal | — |
| —— | " attack on Bombarde | [160] |
| —— | " defence of a Block House | — |
| —— | " capture of Port-au-Prince | — |
| —— | " defence of Fort Bizzeton | [161] |
| 1795 | " —— an out-post | — |
| 1796 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Elba | [162] |
| 1797 | 1st Battalion returns to England; proceeds to Scotland | [162] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Portugal | — |
| 1798 | 1st Battalion —— Ireland | [163] |
| 1799 | 2nd Battalion returns to England | — |
| —— | " expedition to Holland | — |
| —— | " action near the Helder | — |
| —— | " —— Shagen | [164] |
| —— | " battle of Egmont-op-Zee | — |
| —— | " returns to England | [165] |
| 1800 | " expedition to Ferrol and Cadiz | — |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to Scotland | [166] |
| 1801 | 2nd Battalion, expedition to Egypt | — |
| —— | " battle of Aboukir | — |
| —— | " —— Alexandria | [168] |
| —— | " skirmishes at Hamed, El Aft, &c. | [170] |
| —— | " capture of Cairo, and Alexandria | — |
| —— | 1st Battalion returns to England | [171] |
| —— | " proceeds to the West Indies | — |
| —— | " capture of St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz | [172] |
| 1801 | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Malta | [172] |
| 1802 | " —— Gibraltar | — |
| 1803 | " returns to England | — |
| —— | " proceeds to the West Indies | — |
| —— | " capture of St. Lucia, and Tobago | [173] |
| —— | 1st Battalion —— Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice | [174] |
| 1804 | Two additional Battalions embodied | — |
| 1805 | 4th Battalion proceeds to Ireland | — |
| —— | 3rd Battalion —— England | — |
| —— | 2nd Battalion —— England | [175] |
| 1806 | 4th Battalion —— England | — |
| 1807 | 2nd Battalion —— the East Indies | — |
| —— | 3rd Battalion —— Ireland | — |
| —— | 4th Battalion —— Scotland | — |
| 1808 | " —— England | [176] |
| —— | 3rd Battalion, expedition to Spain | — |
| 1809 | " battle of Corunna | [177] |
| —— | " embarks for England | [178] |
| —— | " expedition to Walcheren | [179] |
| —— | " siege of Flushing | — |
| —— | " returns to England | [180] |
| 1810 | 1st Battalion, capture of Guadaloupe | — |
| —— | 3rd Battalion proceeds to Portugal | [181] |
| —— | " battle of Busaco | — |
| —— | 4th Battalion proceeds to Scotland | [182] |
| 1811 | 3rd Battalion, battle of Fuentes d'Onor | — |
| 1812 | " siege of Ciudad Rodrigo | [183] |
| —— | Styled, "First Regiment of Foot, or Royal Scots" | — |
| —— | 3rd Battalion, siege of Badajoz | — |
| —— | " skirmish near Torrecille de la Orden | [184] |
| —— | " battle of Salamanca | — |
| —— | " siege of Burgos | [185] |
| —— | " skirmish near Palencia | — |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to Canada | [186] |
| 1813 | " attack on Sackett's Harbour | [188] |
| —— | " —— Sodius | — |
| —— | " skirmish near Four-mile Creek | [189] |
| —— | " —— Cross-roads | — |
| —— | " capture of Fort Niagara | — |
| 1813 | 1st Battalion, capture of Black-rock and Buffalo | [190] |
| —— | 3rd Battalion, skirmish near Osma | [192] |
| —— | " battle of Vittoria | — |
| —— | " capture of St. Sebastian | [193] |
| —— | " passage of the Bidassoa | [195] |
| —— | " battles of Nivelle and Nive | [196] |
| —— | 4th Battalion proceeds to Swedish Pomerania | — |
| 1814 | 1st Battalion, action at Longwood | [197] |
| —— | " skirmish near Chippewa | [198] |
| —— | " battle of Lundy's Lane | [199] |
| —— | " siege of Fort Erie | [201] |
| —— | " action at Cook's Mills | [202] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion employed against the Pindarees | [203] |
| —— | 3rd Battalion, blockade of Bayonne | — |
| —— | 4th Battalion, siege of Bergen-op-Zoom | — |
| —— | " returns to England | [204] |
| —— | " proceeds to Canada | [205] |
| —— | 3rd Battalion, repulsing the sortie from Bayonne | — |
| —— | " proceeds to Ireland | [206] |
| 1815 | 1st and 4th Battalions return to England | [207] |
| —— | 3rd Battalion proceeds to Flanders | — |
| —— | " battle of Quatre Bras | [208] |
| —— | " —— Waterloo | [210] |
| —— | " advances to Paris | [212] |
| —— | 4th Battalion proceeds to France | — |
| 1816 | " returns to England, and disbanded | [214] |
| —— | 1st Battalion proceeds to Ireland | — |
| 1817 | 3rd Battalion returns to England, and disbanded | [215] |
| —— | Order respecting inscriptions on the colours | — |
| —— | 2nd Battalion, services against the Pindarees | [216] |
| —— | " battle of Nagpore | [217] |
| —— | " —— Maheidpoor | [221] |
| 1818 | " capture of Fort Talnere | [223] |
| —— | " capture of Forts Gawelghur, and Narnullah | [225] |
| —— | " operations against Peishwah Bajee Rao | [226] |
| —— | " capture of Forts Unkye, Rajdeir, Inderye, Trimbuck, and Malleygaum | [227] |
| 1819 | 2nd Battalion capture of Asseerghur | [229] |
| 1821 | The title of "First, or Royal Regiment of Foot" restored | [236] |
| 1825 | 2nd Battalion embarks for Rangoon | — |
| —— | " action at Donabew | [237] |
| —— | " skirmishes at Padoun Mew | [240] |
| —— | " action at Simbike | [244] |
| —— | " action near the Irawaddy | [246] |
| 1826 | 1st Battalion, Service Companies proceed to the West Indies | [248] |
| —— | " Reserve Companies proceed to Scotland | [249] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion, action at Melloone | [250] |
| —— | " —— Pagahm Mew | [251] |
| —— | " returns to Madras | [252] |
| 1831 | " embarks for England | [254] |
| 1832 | " proceeds to Scotland | [249] |
| —— | The colours of both Battalions assimilated | — |
| 1833 | 1st Battalion, Reserve Companies proceed to Ireland | [255] |
| —— | 2nd Battalion proceeds to Ireland | [256] |
| —— | 1st Battalion, Service Companies proceed to Ireland | — |
| 1836 | 2nd Battalion, —— proceed to Canada | — |
| 1837 | " Depôt companies proceed to England | [257] |
| —— | " Service Companies, action at St. Charles | — |
| —— | " —— action at Point Olivière | [258] |
| —— | " —— action at St. Eustache | [259] |
| 1838 | 1st Battalion proceeds to Scotland | [261] |
| 1839 | " Service Companies embark for Gibraltar | — |
| 1841 | " Depôt Companies proceed to Ireland | — |
| 1843 | 2nd Battalion, Service Companies embark for the West Indies | — |
| —— | " Wreck of the Premier Transport, and return of the head-quarter division to Quebec | — |
| 1844 | 2nd Battalion, head-quarters, and three Companies proceed to Nova Scotia, and embark for the West Indies | [261] |
| 1846 | " Service Companies embark for Scotland, and joined by Depôt Companies | — |
| —— | 1st Battalion, Service Companies embark for the West Indies | [262] |
| —— | The conclusion | [263] |
| SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. | ||
| 1633 | Sir John Hepburn | [265] |
| 1636 | James Hepburn | [267] |
| 1637 | Lord James Douglas | — |
| 1655 | Lord George Douglas | [268] |
| 1688 | Frederick Duke Schomberg | — |
| 1691 | Sir Robert Douglas | [270] |
| 1692 | Lord George Hamilton | [271] |
| 1737 | Honourable James St. Clair | [272] |
| 1762 | Sir Henry Erskine, Bart. | [273] |
| 1765 | John Marquis of Lorne | — |
| 1782 | Lord Adam Gordon | [274] |
| 1801 | His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent | [275] |
| 1820 | George Marquis of Huntly | [279] |
| 1834 | Thomas Lord Lynedoch | [280] |
| 1843 | Sir George Murray, G.C.B. | [285] |
| 1846 | Sir James Kempt, G.C.B. | [288] |
| PLATES. | ||
| Colours of the Regiment, to precede | Page [1] | |
| Colonel Sir Robert Douglas, at the Battle of Steenkirk, to face | [83] | |
| Uniform in 1838, to face | [261] | |
Colours of the 1st, or Royal Regiment of Foot.
To face page [1].
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE FIRST,
OR
ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT.
882
The Royal Regiment of Foot is the representative of a body of gallant Scots, formerly in the service of the celebrated Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden; and of another body of Scots, many years in the service of the Kings of France; and it claims an origin anterior to that of any other corps in the British army; but, although a laborious research has been made, and much information procured, yet, owing to the little attention which was paid to the history of military bodies previously to the last century, all the circumstances connected with its origin have not been ascertained. Its first Colonel was Sir John Hepburn, a distinguished officer, well known in Europe during the early part of the seventeenth century; but it appears to have existed some time as independent companies before it was constituted a regiment. Tradition has connected its early services with the ancient Scots Guards at the French court; and, in order that the claims of the Royal Regiment to antiquity may be clearly understood, a brief statement of the origin and services of the Scots Guards is introduced into this record.