IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES ON THE
CONTINENT OF EUROPE, AND IN THE EAST INDIES.

The Regiment also bears on the Caps of the Grenadiers and Drummers,
The White Horse, with the motto Nec aspera terrent.


CONTENTS.


YearPage
1685Formation of the Regiment[9]
——Names of the Officers[10]
1689Proceeds to Scotland[13]
1692Embarks for Flanders
——Returns to England
——Forms part of an expedition against the coast of France
——Proceeds to Ostend[14]
1693Battle of Landen
1694Forms part of the covering army during the siege of Huy[16]
1695Operations against the Fortress of Kenoque
——Siege of the Fortress of Namur[17]
1696Returns to England[20]
1698Embarks for Ireland
1715Proceeds to Scotland[22]
——Battle of Sheriffmuir[23]
1719Action at Glenshiel[24]
——Returns to England[25]
1727Defence of Gibraltar[26]
1742Returns to England
1745Embarks for Flanders[27]
——Returns to England[28]
——Marches to Scotland
1746Battle of Falkirk
—————– Culloden[29]
1751Uniform and Colours of the Regiment[31]
1752Returns to England[31]
——Embarks for Gibraltar
1759Returns to England[32]
1765Alterations in the Clothing[33]
1766Embarks for North America[34]
1771Proceeds to the West Indies
——Employed against the Caribbees
1773Returns to North America
1775Detachment employed against the entrenchments at Great Bridge[35]
1777Returns to England[36]
1782Embarks for Jamaica
——Styled the Bedfordshire Regiment[37]
1791Returns to England[38]
1793Embarks for Holland[39]
——Engaged at Famars
——Siege of Valenciennes[40]
——Siege of Dunkirk[42]
1794Attack on the village of Prêmont[43]
——Siege of Landrécies[44]
——Battle of Tournay[47]
——Forms part of the garrison of Nimeguen[50]
1795Action at Gueldermalsen[51]
——Returns to England[53]
——Embarks for the West Indies, but returns to port[54]
1796Resumes the voyage to the West Indies
——Capture of the Islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent[55] & [57]
1797Capture of Trinidad
——Forms part of the Force destined to act against Porto Rico
1803Returns to England[60]
1804A Second Battalion added[61]
1805The First Battalion embarks for Hanover
1806Returns to England
1806Proceeds to Ireland[62]
1807The First Battalion embarks for India
1808Expedition against Tranquebar
——The Second Battalion embarks for Spain[63]
1809Battle of Corunna[64]
——The Second Battalion returns to England[65]
——County Title changed from "Bedfordshire" to "Buckinghamshire"
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Walcheren
——Siege of Flushing
——Battalion returns to England[66]
1810The Second Battalion embarks for Malta
——Capture of the Isle of France[67]
1811Capture of Java[70]
1813Attack on the piratical state of Sambas on the western coast of Borneo[72]
——A Third Battalion added
1814The Second Battalion forms part of an expedition against the north-west coast of Italy[73]
——The Second Battalion stationed at Genoa
1815The Third Battalion embarks for Flanders[74]
——Battle of Waterloo
——Attack on the Citadel of Cambray[77]
——The Second Battalion leaves Genoa and proceeds to France
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta[78]
——The Third Battalion returns to England
1816The Third Battalion disbanded
——The Second Battalion embarks from Malta for the Ionian Islands
1817Capture of the fortified town of Hatrass[79]
——The Second Battalion proceeds to Malta[80]
——————————— returns to England
——————————— disbanded
——Employed against the Pindarees
1825Capture of Bhurtpore[83]
1830Returns to England[87]
1832Proceeds to Ireland[88]
1836Embarks for the West Indies
1841Proceeds to Canada[89]
1845The Conclusion[90]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.