Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons / Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839

by Richard Cannon

AN

"EAGLE,"

WITH THE FOLLOWING HONORARY INSCRIPTIONS—

"PENINSULA"—"WATERLOO."

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[CONTENTS.]

Anno		Page
1661	A troop of Horse raised for service at Tangier, and equipped as Cuirassiers	[1]
——	Proceeds to Africa	[3]
1663	Skirmishes with the Moors	[4]
1664	Captures a splendid Moorish standard	—
1664}
to }	Skirmishes with the Moors	[5]
1679}
1680	Three additional troops of Horse raised and sent to Tangier	—
——	A general engagement with the Moors	[7]
1683	The Tangier Horse constituted the Royal Regiment of Dragoons	[8]
1684	Establishment	[9]
——	Returns to England, and equipped as dragoons	[11]
——	Description of the standards—Names of officers	[12]
——	Royal warrant respecting the rank of the regiment	[13]
1685	Battle of Sedgemoor	[15]
1688	The Revolution	[18]
1689	Proceeds to Scotland	[21]
——	Embarks for Ireland	[22]
1690	Siege of Charlemont	[23]
——	Battle of the Boyne	[24]
——	Embarks for England—Returns to Ireland	—
——	Skirmishes with the Rapparees	[25]
1691	Actions with the Irish	[26]
——	Siege of Limerick	[27]
1692	Embarks for England	[29]
1694	Proceeds to the Netherlands	—
——	Skirmishes near the Mehaine	[30]
1695	Covering the siege of Namur	[31]
1697	Returns to England	[32]
1702	Proceeds to Holland	[33]
——	Covering the sieges of Venloo, Ruremonde, Stevenswaert, and Liege	[34]
1703	Covering the siege of Bonn	[34]
——	Skirmish with a French piquet	—
——	Covering the sieges of Huy and Limburg	[35]
——	Proceeds from Holland to Portugal	—
1704	Services on the frontiers of Spain	[36]
1705	Capture of Valencia de Alcantara and Albuquerque	[37]
——	————– Barcelona	[38]
——	Relief of St. Mattheo	[40]
1706	Services in Catalonia and Valencia	—
——	———– during the siege of Barcelona by the French	[43]
——	Advances to Madrid	[44]
——	Returns to Valencia	[45]
1707	Services after the battle of Almanza	[46]
1709	Capture of Balaguer and Ager	[47]
1710	Battle of Almanara	[48]
——	Skirmish at Penalva	[49]
——	Battle of Saragossa	—
——	Advances to Madrid—Disaster at Brihuega	[51]
1712	Returns to England	[53]
1715	Rebellion of the Earl of Mar—Affair at Preston	[54]
1719	Proceeds to Scotland—Returns to England	[56]
——	Detachment to Spain—Capture of Vigo, &c.	—
1720	Prices of commissions	[57]
1735	Proceeds to Scotland	[59]
1737	Returns to England	—
1742	Embarks for Flanders	[60]
1743	Battle of Dettingen	[61]
1745	———– Fontenoy	[63]
——	Embarks for England	[64]
1751	Description of the clothing and guidons	[65]
1755	A light troop added	[67]
1758	Expedition to St. Maloes and Cherbourg	[68]
1760	Embarks for Germany	—
——	Battle of Warbourg	[69]
——	———– Campen	[70]
1761	———– Kirch Denkern	[72]
——	Skirmishes at Eimbeck and Foorwohle	—
1762	Battle of Groebenstien	[73]
1763	Returns to England	[74]
——	The light troop disbanded	[75]
——	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1764	Returns to England	[75]
1766	Drummers replaced by trumpeters	—
1769	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1770	Returns to England	—
1773	Proceeds to Scotland	[76]
1775	Returns to England	—
1781	Proceeds to Scotland	[77]
1784	Returns to England	—
1790	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1791	Returns to England	—
1793	Embarks for the Netherlands	—
——	Action at the Camp de Cæsar	—
1794	———— Prémont	[78]
——	———— Villers en Couché	—
——	Battle of Cateau	—
——	———– Tournay	[79]
——	Retreats to Germany	[80]
1795	Returns to England	[81]
1806	Proceeds to Scotland	[83]
1807	Embarks for Ireland	—
1809	————— Portugal	[84]
1810	Skirmishes at Frexadas and Alverca	[86]
——	Battle of Busaco	—
——	Skirmishes at Pombal and Quinta de Torre	[87]
1811	—————– Pecoloo, Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, Foz d'Aronce, Sernadilla, and Alverca	[88]
——	Battle of Sabugal	[90]
——	Skirmish near Fort Conception	—
——	Battle of Fuentes d'Onor	—
——	Skirmish near Barba del Puerco	[91]
——	———– during the retreat to Nave d'Aver	[92]
——	———– at Aldea de Ponte	[93]
1812	Covering the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz	[94]
——	Skirmishes at Llera, Maguilla, &c.	[95]
——	Advances to Madrid—Retreats to Portugal	[97]
——	Skirmish at Arguilla	—
1813	Battle of Vittoria	[98]
——	Blockade of Pampeluna	[99]
1814	Battle of Toulouse	[100]
——	Returns to England	—
1815	Embarks for Flanders	[101]
——	Battle of Waterloo	[102]
1815	Advances to Madrid	[109]
1816	Returns to England	[110]
1817	Proceeds to Scotland	[111]
1818	Embarks for Ireland	—
1820	Returns to England	—
1824	Proceeds to Scotland	[112]
1825	Embarks for Ireland	[113]
1829	Returns to England	—
1835	Embarks for Ireland	[115]
1839	Returns to England	—
——	The conclusion	—

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SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
1683	John Lord Churchill	[117]
1685	Edward Viscount Cornbury	[122]
1688	Robert Clifford	—
——	Edward Viscount Cornbury	—
1689	Anthony Hayford	[123]
1690	Edward Matthews	—
1697	Thomas Lord Raby	—
1715	Richard Lord Cobham	[124]
1721	Sir Charles Hotham, Bart.	[126]
1723	Humphrey Gore	—
1739	Charles Duke of Marlborough	[127]
1740	Henry Hawley	—
1759	Honourable Henry Seymour Conway	[128]
1764	Henry Earl of Pembroke	[129]
1794	Philip Goldsworthy	[130]
1801	Thomas Garth	—
1829	Lord Edward Somerset	[131]
1836	Sir Frederick C. Ponsonby	—
1837	Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.	[133]