After passing the winter in Ghent, the regiment was brigaded with the regiments of Lumley and Schomberg (now 1st and 7th Dragoon Guards), and was reviewed by the King on the 30th of May, 1696, "and made a very noble appearance." It served the campaign of this year under the Prince of Vaudemont in Flanders; and was encamped—first at Marykirk, and subsequently along the canal between Ghent and Bruges, to protect these places, with Nieuport, and the other maritime towns of Flanders, from the attacks of the enemy. A French army was encamped on the opposite side of the canal, and several skirmishes occurred, but no general engagement took place.
On the night of the 20th of September, Colonel Langston crossed the canal with a squadron of this regiment and a party of dragoons, and attacking one of the French outposts, defeated the guard and took thirty prisoners. The Prince of Vaudemont reviewed the regiment a few days after this event, and on the 5th of October it left the camp for winter-quarters in Ghent.
1697
The regiment having been selected to form part of the army of Brabant during the campaign of 1697, it marched out of its winter-quarters in the early part of May, and pitched its tents at St. Quintin Linneck on the 16th of that month, and was formed in brigade with Leveson's, Windham's, and Galway's regiments (2nd and 6th Dragoon Guards, and a regiment of French Protestants.) It took part in several manœuvres, and during the night of the 12th of June it retired with the army through the forest of Soigne, and took post before Brussels, to protect that city from a siege. The regiment was subsequently encamped near Wavre, where it remained until peace was restored by the Treaty of Ryswick[12], which was signed in September. It afterwards marched to Ghent, and during the winter embarked for England.
1698
After its return from foreign service the regiment was quartered at Northampton, Banbury, and Wellingborough; and, the House of Commons having voted that only 10,000 regular troops should be kept in pay in England, it was ordered, in February, 1698, to march to Highlake, in Cheshire, and to embark for Ireland.
Having landed at Dublin on the 31st of March, the regiment was placed on the Irish establishment, and the rates of pay of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers were reduced; the troops in Ireland being on a lower rate of pay than those in England.
1699
The establishment of the regiment was fixed by a warrant under the sign-manual, bearing date the 1st of May, 1699, at the following numbers:—
| Colonel, as Colonel, 12s.; in lieu of servants, 3s. | £0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lieut.-Colonel, as Lieut.-Colonel | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Major, as Major | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Chaplain | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Chirurgeon | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kettle-Drummer | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| First Troop. | |||
| Captain, 10s.; 2 horses, each 2s.; in lieu of servants, 3s. | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lieutenants, 5s.;do. 2s.;do. 1s. 6d. | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Cornet, 3s.;do. 2s.;do. 1s. 6d. | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Quartermaster, for himself and horse | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 Corporals, each 2s. 6d. | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Trumpeter, 2s. 6d. | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 36 Private Troopers, each 1s. 6d. | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 Troops more of the same numbers | 25 | 12 | 6 |
| Total per day | 32 | 16 | 8 |
| Per year | £11,984 | 3 | 4 |