Historical record of the Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Fusiliers / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.

by Richard Cannon

AND THE WORDS

"TALAVERA," "ALBUHERA," "BADAJOZ,"
"SALAMANCA," "VITTORIA," "PYRENEES," "ORTHES,"
"TOULOUSE," "PENINSULA,"

TO COMMEMORATE ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE
PENINSULA AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
FROM 1809 TO 1814.

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CONTENTS.

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Year		Page
1685	Formation of the Regiment	[1]
——	Names of Officers	[3]
——	Uniform of the Regiment	[4]
1688	Augmentation of the Establishment	[6]
1689	Proceeds to Holland	[8]
——	Battle of Walcourt	–
1690	Returns to England	[9]
——	Proceeds to Ireland, and is engaged in the Sieges of Cork and Kinsale	[10]
1691	Embarks for Flanders	—
——	Serves the Campaign under King William III.	[11]
1692	Battle of Steenkirk	—
1693	Battle of Landen	[13]
1694	Reviewed by King William III.	[15]
1695	Siege of Namur	[16]
1696	Arrives at Gravesend, but returns to Flanders without landing in England	[18]
——	Joins the Army of Flanders under the Prince of Vaudemont	—
1697	Returns to England	—
——	Placed on a Peace Establishment	—
1698	Proceeds to Jersey and Guernsey	—
1702	Forms part of the force employed in the Expedition under the Duke of Ormond against Cadiz	[19]
1702	Capture of the Towns of Rota, Port St. Mary's, and Fort St. Catherine	[19]
——	Sails for England, after having destroyed the Enemy's Shipping at Vigo	[20]
1703	Employed as Marines on board the Fleet	—
1705	Stationed at Plymouth	—
1706	Proceeds to Barcelona	[21]
1707	Stationed in Spain	—
——	Capture of Lerida	[22]
1708	Returns to England	—
1709	Proceeds to Spain	[23]
1710}
TO }	Stationed at Minorca	—
1719}
——	Returns to England	—
1719}
TO }	Stationed in Ireland	—
1727}
1734	Proceeds to Gibraltar	—
1749	Returns to Ireland	—
1751	Authorized by Royal Warrant to continue to bear certain Distinctions	[24]
1755	Arrives in England from Ireland	—
1756	Serves as Marines on board the Fleet under Admiral Byng	—
——	Engaged with the French Fleet off Minorca	—
——	Forms part of the Garrison of Gibraltar	—
1763	Embarks for England	—
1765	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1770	Returns to England	—
1773	Embarks for Canada	—
1775	Forms part of the Garrison of St. John's and Fort Chambly	[25]
——	Siege of Quebec	[26]
1776	Operations in Canada	[27]
——	Proceeds to New York	—
1777	Action at Staten Island	—
——	Capture of Forts Montgomery, Clinton, and Constitution	[29]
——	Engaged with the Americans at Philadelphia	[30]
1779	Capture of Newhaven	—
——	Expedition against Fairfield and Norwalk	[31]
1780	Capture of Charleston	[32]
1781	Engagement at Cow-Pens	[33]
1782	Stationed in South Carolina and New York	—
1783	Returns to England	[34]
——	Reduction of Establishment	—
1786	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1790	Embarks for Gibraltar	—
1791	Proceeds to Canada	—
1794	Stationed in Nova Scotia	—
1795	Formed into two Battalions	[35]
1796	Incorporated into one Battalion	—
1802	Proceeds to Bermuda and the Bahamas	[36]
1804	A second Battalion added	—
1806	Returns to England	[37]
1807	The First Battalion proceeds to Ireland	—
——	———————– embarks for Denmark	—
——	Siege of Copenhagen	—
——	The First Battalion returns to England	—
1808	———————– embarks for Nova Scotia	[38]
——	The Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland	—
1809	Capture of Martinique	—
——	Authorized to bear the word "Martinique" on its Colours	[41]
——	Returns to Nova Scotia	—
——	The Second Battalion proceeds to Portugal	[45]
——	Expulsion of the French from Oporto	—
1809	Battle of Talavera	[46]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Talavera" on its Colours	[48]
1810	Removal of the First Battalion from North America to the Peninsula	[49]
——	Battle of Busaco	[50]
1811	Siege of Olivenza	[53]
——	Blockade of Badajoz	—
——	Battle of Albuhera	[54]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Albuhera" on its Colours	[62]
——	Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo	[65]
——	Action at Aldea de Pont	—
1812	Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo	[66]
——	Siege of Badajoz	[67]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Badajoz" on its Colours	[69]
——	Battle of Salamanca	[71]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Salamanca" on its Colours	[72]
1813	Attack on the village of Montevite	[74]
——	Battle of Vittoria	[75]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Vittoria" on its Colours	—
——	Blockade of Pampeluna	[76]
——	Battle of the Pyrenees	—
——	Authorized to bear the word "Pyrenees" on its Colours	[79]
——	Passage of the Bidassoa	—
1814	Battle of Orthes	[80]
——	Authorized to bear the word "Orthes" on its Colours	—
——	Battle of Toulouse	[81]
——	Returns to England	[82]
1814	First Battalion proceeds to North America	[83]
1815	Operations against New Orleans	[84]
——	Attack on Mobile and Capture of Fort Bowyer	[87]
——	Embarks for England	—
——	Proceeds to Flanders	—
——	Advances to Paris	—
——	Second Battalion disbanded	[88]
——	A Recruiting Company added to the First Battalion	—
1816	Forms part of the Army of Occupation in France	—
1817}	Reduction of Establishment	[89]
1818}
1818	Returns to England	[90]
——	Proceeds to Ireland	—
1820	Embarks for Scotland	—
1821	Marches to England	—
1825	Divided into Service and Depôt Companies	[91]
——	Service Companies embark for the Ionian Islands	—
1828	Stationed at Malta	—
1833	Depôt Companies proceed to Ireland	—
1836	Service Companies return to England	—
——	Presentation of a piece of plate by command of His Majesty King William IV.	—
1837	Service Companies proceed to Ireland	[92]
1839	Service Companies embark for Gibraltar	—
1841	Depôt Companies proceed to England	—
1844	Service Companies embark for the West Indies	—
1845	Depôt Companies return to Ireland	—
1846	The Conclusion	[93]

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