IN EGYPT IN THE YEAR 1801;

IN THE PENINSULA FROM 1812 TO 1814;

AND

AT THE BATTLE OF SOBRAON IN 1846.


CONTENTS.


YearPage
1685Formation of the Regiment[1]
——Arms and Uniform[2]
——Station and Establishment[3]
——Earl of Bath, and other Officers appointed to Commissions[4]
1688Declaration of the Regiment, and of the garrison of Plymouth, in favour of King William III. and the Protestant cause[5]
1689Six companies detached to Jersey and Guernsey[6]
1690Embarked for Flanders-
1691Encamped at Anderlecht-
1692Encamped at Halle[7]
——Battle of Steenkirk-
——Engaged at Furnes and Dixmude[8]
1693The French lines at D'Otignies forced[9]
——Battle of Landen[10]
1694Encamped at Ghent
1695Attack on Fort Kenoque[11]
——Siege of Namur
1696Returned to England and occupied quarters in London; afterwards in Suffolk and Essex[12]
1697Re-embarked for the Netherlands, and joined the army at Brussels
——Treaty of Ryswick
——Returned to England
1698Proceeded to Ireland[13]
1701 War renewed[13]
——Embarked for Holland, and reviewed at Breda by King William III.
——Encamped at Rosendael
1702Decease of King William III., and accession of Queen Anne
——March to Duchy of Cleves
——Arrival at Nimeguen[14]
——War declared against France
——Siege of Venloo
—————– Ruremonde
—————– Stevenswart
—————– the Citadel of Liege
1703Proceeded to Maestricht[15]
———————– Tongres
——Siege of Huy
—————– Limburg[16]
——Spanish Guelderland wrested from France
——Marched back to Holland
1704Proceeded from Holland to the Danube
——Joined the Imperial Army
——Battle of Schellenberg
——Crossed the Danube[17]
——Joined the Imperial Army under Prince Eugene of Savoy[18]
——Battle of Blenheim
——Marshal Tallard and many officers and soldiers made prisoners[19]
——Marched to Holland with prisoners
1705Attacks on Helixem, Neer-Winden, and Neer-Hespen[20]
1706Encamped at Tongres[22]
——Battle of Ramilies
——Surrender of Brussels, Ghent, and principal towns of Brabant
1706 Surrender of Ostend[23]
——Siege of Menin, on the River Lys
——Capture of Dendermond and Aeth
1707Encampment near the village of Waterloo[24]
1708Re-embarked for England to repel invasion by the Pretender
——Returned to Flanders, landed at Ostend, and proceeded to Ghent
——Re-taking of Ghent and Bruges by the French
——Battle of Oudenarde[25]
——Siege of Lisle
——Town of Ghent re-captured[26]
1709Siege and capture of Tournay[27]
——Battle of Malplaquet[28]
——Siege and surrender of Mons[29]
——Marched into winter-quarters at Ghent
1710Forcing the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin
——Siege and surrender of Douay[30]
——Attack and surrender of Bethune
——————————– of Aire and St. Venant[31]
——Proceeded to Courtray
——Winter-quarters at Courtray
1711Encamped at Warde and on the plains of Lens
——Forcing the lines at Arleux
——Siege of Bouchain[32]
1712Negociations for peace
——Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the army
——Surrender of Quesnoy
——British troops withdrawn to Ghent, and thence to Dunkirk
1713Removed to Ghent[33]
1714————— Nieuport
1715Returned to England
1722 Encamped on Salisbury Plain[34]
——Reviewed by King George I. and the Prince of Wales
1723Proceeded to Scotland
1724Returned to England
1730Embarked for Gibraltar
1749Returned to Ireland[35]
1751Colours and costume regulated by Royal Warrant
1767Embarked for North America[36]
1768Proceeded to Boston
1775Advanced to Concord and Lexington;—commencement of American War[36]
——Returned to Boston
——Victory at Bunkers-Hill[38]
1776Evacuation of Boston[39]
——Returned to Nova Scotia[40]
——Attack and capture of Long Island
——Capture of New York
——————– White Plains
——————– Forts Washington and Lee[41]
——————– Rhode Island
1777Embarked for Philadelphia
——Attack at Brandywine Creek[42]
——March to Germantown
——Capture of Philadelphia
——————– Billing's-Point[43]
——Fight at Germantown
——Returned to Philadelphia
——Attack at Whitemarsh
1778Concentrated at New York
——Evacuation of Philadelphia
——Attack at Freehold in New Jersey[44]
——Returned to England[45]
1783 Establishment reduced on termination of the American War[45]
——Embarked for Ireland
1786—————– Jamaica
1795Returned to England
——Embarked for West Indies[46]
——Disembarked on account of a storm, and casualties at Sea
1797Proceeded to Portsmouth
1798Embarked for Madras
1799Removal to Bengal
1800Embarked for Egypt[47]
1801Landed at Cosseir
——Crossed the Desert of Arabia[48]
——Arrived at Kenna and Girgee in Upper Egypt
——Proceeded down the Nile to Rosetta, and El-Hamed[49]
——Surrender of Alexandria
——French Army evacuate Egypt
——Authorized to bear the Sphinx with the word "Egypt"[50]
1802Encamped at Alexandria
1803Arrived at Malta
1804Removed to Gibraltar[51]
——Second Battalion added to the establishment, and formed in Essex
1806Battle of Maida[53]
1807Embarked for Sicily
1809Proceeded on an expedition to Naples[54]
——Returned to Sicily[55]
——Second Battalion embarked for Walcheren
——Returned to England
1810Embarked for Gibraltar
——Proceeded to Malta[56]
1811Embarked for Sicily
1812 First Battalion embarked for Spain[56]
1813Second Battalion proceeded against the Island of Ponzo[57]
——Returned to Sicily
——First Battalion—Battle of Castalla[58]
——Siege of Tarragona
——Proceeded to Balaguer[60]
——Accidental and destructive Fire
——Marched to Valls and thence to Vendrills[61]
——Blockade of Barcelona
1814Cessation of hostilities
——Arrived at Palermo[62]
——Second Battalion embarked from Sicily for Malta
1815Return of Napoleon Buonaparte to France
——First Battalion embarked for Naples
——Proceeded to Malta
1816Peace restored; the First and Second Battalions incorporated[63]
——Authorised to bear the word "Peninsula," on the Colours and Appointments
1817Embarked for the Ionian Islands
1819Re-embarked for Malta
1821Embarked for England
1823Embarked for Ireland[64]
1826Embarked for Portugal[65]
1828Embarked for Corfu
1837Returned to Ireland[66]
1839Embarked for England
1841Proceeded to Scotland
1842Removed from Scotland
——Embarked for India[67]
1845Proceeded to Meerut
1846Joined the army on the Sutlej
——Battle of Sobraon[68]
1846 Authorised to bear the word "Sobraon," on the Colours and Appointments[71]
——Occupation of Lahore[72]