[CONTENTS.]

YearPage
1715Formation of the Regiment[9]
——Names of the Officers[10]
——Rebellion of the Earl of Mar.—Action at Preston
1718The Regiment proceeds to Ireland[12]
1742Returns to England[13]
1745Rebellion in Scotland[14]
——Battle of Preston-Pans[15]
1746———– Falkirk[18]
1749Embarks for Ireland[20]
1751Description of the Clothing and Guidons
1783Constituted Light Dragoons[25]
1784Clothing changed from Scarlet to Blue
1795Two Troops embark for Jamaica[28]
1796The Regiment proceeds to Barbadoes
——Services in the Island of St. Domingo[29]
———————————– Jamaica
1798Returns to England[30]
1803In readiness to repel the projected French Invasion[31]
1807Reviewed by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York[32]
1809Ditto, ditto, and other Members of the Royal Family[33]
1810Embarks for Portugal[34]
——Joins the Army in the Alemtejo
1810 Capture of a party of French Dragoons at Ladoera[35]
——Battle of Busaco[39]
——Lines of Torres Vedras[40]
1811Action at Campo Mayor[41]
——Party Surprised near Olivenza[46]
——Covering the Siege of Olivenza[47]
——Action near Los Santos
——Covering of the Siege of Badajoz[48]
——Battle of Albuhera
——Action at Usagre
—————– Arroyo de Molinos[50]
——Skirmish between La Nava and Merida[51]
1812Covering the Siege of Badajoz[52]
——Attack on the French post at Almaraz[53]
——Action at Usagre[54]
1813The French driven from Salamanca[56]
——Battle of Vittoria
—————– the Pyrenees[58]
——————— Nive[59]
——Action at Hasparen
1814———– Sauveterre[60]
——Battle of Orthes[61]
——Rencounter at Ayre[62]
——Action at St. Gaudens[63]
——Battle of Toulouse[65]
——Returns to England
——Embarks for Ireland[66]
1815Proceeds to Flanders[67]
——Battle of Waterloo[68]
——Advances to Paris[71]
1816 Returns to England[71]
1819Embarks for India[72]
——Stationed at Arcot[73]
1820Removes to Bangalore
1826Returns to Arcot
1828Proceeds to Arnee
1829Marches to Bangalore
1832Resumes wearing Scarlet Clothing
1833Authority to retain the motto Viret in æternum[74]
1836Facings changed to Green
1839Action at Zorapoor[75]
1840Orders issued previous to quitting India[76]
——Returns to England[79]
——Blue Clothing, with Buff Facings, resumed
1841Inspected by the Duke of Cambridge
1842Attends as a Guard of Honor to the King of Prussia on his Visit to England[80]
——The Conclusion[81]

[SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.]

YearPage
1715Richard Munden[82]
1722Sir Robert Rich, Bart.[83]
1725William Stanhope[84]
1730Henry Hawley[85]
1740Robert Dalway[86]
1741Humphrey Bland[87]
1743James Gardiner
1745Francis Ligonier[90]
1746Philip Naison[91]
1751Sir Charles Armand Powlet, K.B.[92]
——Hon. Henry Seymour Conway
1754John Mostyn[93]
1758Archibald Douglas[94]
1778Richard Pierson[95]
1781Francis Craig
1811Hon. Sir Henry George Grey, G.C.B., G.C.H.
1715 }
to }Succession of Lieut.-Colonels[96]
1842 }

THIRTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS.