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THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.

HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE FIFTEENTH,
OR,
THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,
REGIMENT OF FOOT,

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOEMATION OF THE BEGIMENT
IN 1685,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SEEVICES
TO 1818.

COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.
adjutant-general's office, hokse gdakds.

ILLUSTRATED WITHPLATES.

LONDON :
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30 CHAEING CKOSS.
M DCCC XLVIII.

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tONDON PRINTED BT W, CLOTVKS AND SONS. STAMFORD STEKBT,
IfOB HBR MAJESTY'S STATIONKRV OFFICE.

GENERAL ORDERS.

HORSE-GUARDS,
\st January, 1836.
His Majesty has been pleased to command that,
'with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regi
ments, as well as to Individuals who have dis
tinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action
with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of
every Regiment in the British Army shall be pub
lished under the superintendence and direction of
the Adjutant-General ; and that this Account shall
contain the following particulars, viz. : —
 The Period and Circumstances of the Original

Formation ofthe Regiment ; The Stations at which it
has been from time to time employed ; The Battles,
Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has
been engaged, particularly specifying any Achieve
ment it may have performed, and the Colours,
Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the
Enemy.  The Names of the Officers, and the number of

Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or
"Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and
Date of the Action.

11 GENERAL OEDEES.
 The Names of those Officers who, in con
sideration of their Gallant Services and Meritorious
Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have
been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or otheT
Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.
 The Names of all such Officers, Non-Com
missioned Officers, and Privates, as may have
specially signalized themselves in. Action.
And,
 The Badges and Devices which the Regi
ment may have been permitted to bear, and the
Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices,
or any other Marks of Distinction, have been
granted. By Command of the Right Honorable
GENERAL LORD HILL,
Commanding-in- Chief.

John Macdonald,
Adjutant- General.

( iii )

PREFACE.

The character and credit of the British Army must
chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which
all who enter into its service are animated, and
consequently it is of the highest importance that any
measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation,
by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved,
should be adopted.
Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment
of this desirable object than a full display of the noble
deeds with which the Military History of our country
abounds. Tp hold forth these bright examples to
the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to
incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those
who have preceded him in their honorable career,
are among the motives that have given rise to the
present publication.
The operations of the British Troops are, indeed,
announced in the " London Gazette," from whence
they are transferred into the public prints : the
achievements of our armies are thus made known at
the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute
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IV PEEFACE.

of praise and admiration to which they are entitled.
On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament
have been in the habit of conferring on the Com
manders, and the Officers and Troops acting under
their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks
for their skill and bravery ; and these testimonials,
confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's
approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier
most highly prizes.
It has not, however, until late years, been the prac
tice (which appears to have long prevailed in some of
the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep
regular records of their services and achievements.
Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtain
ing, particularly from the old Regiments, an au
thentio account of their origin and subsequent services.
This defect will now be remedied, in consequence
of His Majesty having been pleased to command
that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and
ample record of its services at home and abroad.
From the materials thus collected, the country
will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties
and privations which chequer the career of those who
embrace the military profession. In Great Britain,
where so large a number of persons are devoted to
the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so

PEEFACE. V
long a period, being undisturbed by the presence of
war, which few other countries have escaped, com
paratively little is known of the vicissitudes of active
service and of the casualties of climate, to which,
even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in
every part of the globe, with little or no interval of
repose. In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which
the country derives from the industry and the enter
prise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy
inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on
the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor, — on
their sufferings, — and on the sacrifice of valuable life,
by which so many national benefits are obtained and
preserved. The conduct of the British Troops, their valour,
and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great
and trying difficulties ; and their character has been
established in Continental warfare by the irresistible
spirit with which they have effected debarkations in
spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the
gallantry and steadiness with which they have main
tained their advantages against superior numbers.
In the official Reports made by the respective Com
manders, ample justice has generally been done to
the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but
the details of their services and of acts of individual

VI PREFACE.
bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the
various Regiments.
These Records are now preparing for publication,
under his Majesty's special authority, by Mr.
RiCHAED Cannon, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant
General's Office ; and while the perusal of them can
not fail to be useful and interesting to military men
of every rank, it is considered that they will also
afford entertainment and information to the general
reader, particularly to those who may have served in
the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.
There exists in the breasts of most of those who
have served, or are serving, in the Army, an Esprit
.de Corps — an attachment to everything belonging
to their Regiment ; to such persons a narrative of
the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove
interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of
the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been
of paramount interest with a brave and civilized
people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes
who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood
" firm as the rocks of their native shore :" and when
half the world has been arrayed against them, they
have fought the battles of their Country with un
shaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of
achievements in war, ^—victories so complete and sur
prising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers,

PREFACE. vu
our fellow citizens in arms, — a record which revives
the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant
deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to
the public.
Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other
distinguished Officers will be introduced in the
Records of their respective Regiments, and the
Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to
time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testify
ing the value and. importance of its services, will be
faithfully set forth.
As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record
of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct num
ber, so that when the whole shall be completed, the
Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.

INTRODUCTION

THE INFANTRY.

The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been
celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness,
and the national superiority of the British troops
over those of other countries has been evinced in
the midst ofthe most imminent perils. History con
tains so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery,
that no doubts can be raised upon the facts which
are recorded. It must therefore be admitted, that
the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is
Inteepidity. This quality was evinced by the
inhabitants of England when their country was
invaded by Julius Csesar with a Roman army, on
which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into
the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they de
scended from their ships ; and, although their dis
cipline and arms were inferior to those of their
adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing
intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, in
cluding Csesar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms
consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons
of rude construction. They had chariots, to the

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axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron
resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long
chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and
fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit
or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off
with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were,
however, unavailing against Csesar's legions : in
the course of time a military system, with dis
cipline and subordination, was introduced, and
British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted
to the greatest advantage; a full development of
the national character followed, and it shone forth
in all its native brilliancy.
The military force of the Anglo Saxons consisted
principally of infantry: Thanes, and other men of
property, however, fought on horseback. The
infantry were of two classes, heavy and light.
The former carried large shields armed with spikes,
long broad swords and spears ; and the latter ..were
armed with swords or spears only. They had also
men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and
javelins. The feudal troops established by William the
Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Intro
duction to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse ;
but when the warlike barons and knights, with their
trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a pro
portion of men -appeared on foot, and, although
these were of inferior degree, they proved stout
hearted Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipen
diary troops were employed, infantry always con
stituted a considerable portion of the railitary force ;

TO THE INFANTEY. xi
and this arme has since acquired, in every quarter
of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the
armies of any nation at any period.
The weapons carried by the infantry, during the
several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows
and arrows, .half-pikes, lances, halberds, various
kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour
was worn on the head and body, and in course of
time the practice became general for military men
to be so completely cased in steel, that it was
almost impossible to slay them.
The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the
destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the
fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms
and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and
arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but
British archers continued formidable adversaries ;
and owing to the inconvenient construction and im
perfect bore of the fire-arms when first introduced,
a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow
from their youth, was considered a valuable acqui
sition to every army, even as late as the sixteenth
century. During a great part of the reign of Queen Eliza
beth each company of infantry usually consisted of
men armed five different ways ; in every hundred
men forty were " men-at-arms," and sixty " shot ;"
the " men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-
axe men, and thirty pikemen ; and the " shot" were
twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty
harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his
principal weapon, a sword and dagger.

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Companies of infantry varied at this period in
numbers from 150 to 300 men ; each company had
a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation re
commended by an English military writer (Sir John
Smithe) in 1590 was : — the colour in the centre of
the company guarded by the halberdiers ; the pike
men in equal proportions, on each flank of the
halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank of
the pikes ; half the archers on each flank of the mus
keteers, and the harquebusiers (whose arms were
much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal
proportions on each flank ofthe company for skirmish
ing.* It was customary to unite a number of com
panies into one body, called a Regiment, which
frequently amounted to three thousand men: but
each company continued to carry a colour. Nume
rous improvements were eventually introduced in the
construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found
impossible to make armour proof against the muskets
then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without
its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was
gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seven
teenth century : bows and arrows also fell into dis
use, and the infantry were reduced to two classes,
viz. : musketeers, armed with matchlock muskets.

A company of 200 men would appear thus : —

20 20 20 30 2

30 20 20 . 20

Harquebuses. Archers. Muskets. Pikes. Halberds. Pikes. Muskets. Archers. Harquebuses.
The musket carried a ball which 'weighed ^th of a pound j and the
harquebus a ball which weighed j^th of a pound.

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swords, and daggers ; and pikemen, armed with pikes
from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.
In the early part of the seventeenth century
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the
strength of regiments to 1000 men ; he caused the
gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in
flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each contain
ing a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and
carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment
into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division
of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of form
ing four regiments into a brigade ; and the number
of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each
regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that
his infantry could resist the charge ofthe celebrated
Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers ; and his
armies became the admiration of other nations. His
mode of formation was copied by the English,
French, and other European states ; but so great
was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that
all his improvements were not adopted until near a
century afterwards.
In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-
service, styled the Admiral's regiment. In 16.78
each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30
pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with
light firelocks. In this year the King added a com
pany of men armed with hand-grenades to each of
the old British regiments, which was designated the
" grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived
as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets

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similar to those at present in use were adopted about
twenty years afterwards.
An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by
order of King James IL, to guard the artillery, and
was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot).
This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did
not carry pikes.
King William III. incorporated the Admiral's
regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised
two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the
war in this reign, each company of infantry (ex^
cepting the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14
pikemen and 46 musketeers; the captains carried;
pikes ; lieutenants, partisans ; ensigns, half-pikes ;
and Serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the
Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again
formed on the breaking out of the war in 1702.*
During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were
laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed
with a musket, bayonet, and sword ; the grenadiers
ceased, about the same period, to carry hand gre
nades ; and the regiments were directed to lay aside
their third colour : the corps of Royal Artillery was
first added to the Army in this reign.
About the year 1745, the men of the battalion
companies of infantry ceased to carry swords ; during
* The 30th, Sist, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps
in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of
Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under
Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and
in its subsequent defence in 1704 ; they were afterwards employed at
the siege of Barcelona in 1705.

TO THE INFANTEY. XV
the reign of George II. light companies were added
to infantry regiments ; and in 1764 a Board of
General Officers recommended that the grenadiers
should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had
never been used during the seven years' war. Since
that period the arms of the infantry soldier have been
limited to the musket and bayonet.
The arms and equipment of the British troops have
seldom differed materially, since the Conquest, from
those of other European states ; and in some respects
the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed to
be inferior to that of the nations with whom they
have had to contend ; yet, xmder this disadvantage,
the bravery and superiority of the British infantry
have been evinced on very many and most trying
occasions, and splendid victories have been gained
over very superior numbers.
Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like
champions who have dared to confront a host of
foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any
arms. At Crecy King Edward IIL, at the head of
about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August,
1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to
have amounted to 100,000 men ; here British valour
encountered veterans of renown : — the King of Bo
hemia, the King of Majorca, and many princes and
nobles were slain, and the French army was routed
and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward
Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black
Prince, defeated, at Poictiers, with 14,000 men,
a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry,'
and took John I., King of France, and his son

XVI INTRODUCTION
Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415,
King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000
men, although greatly exhausted by marches, pri
vations, and sickness, defeated, at Agincourt, the
Constable of France, at the head of the flower of
the French nobility and an army said to amount to
60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.
During the seventy years' war between the United
Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish mo
narchy, which commenced _in 1578 and terminated
in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the
States-General were celebrated for their uncon
querable spirit and firmness;* and in the thirty
years' war between the Protestant Princes and the
Emperor of Germany, the British troops in the ser
vice of Sweden and other states were celebrated for
deeds of heroism.f In the wars of Queen Anne,
the fame of the British army under the great
Marlborough was spread throughout the world ;
and if we glance at the achievements performed
within the memory of persons now living, there is
abundant proof that the Britons of the present age
are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities

* The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed
in 1590, observes: — "I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation
would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field,
let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish
infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For
instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the
Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or
Buffs. t Vide the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of
Foot.

TO THE INFANTEY. Xvli
which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds
of the brave men, of whom there are many now
surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the
brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army,
which had been, vainly styled Invincible, to eva
cuate that country ; also the services of the gallant
Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Penin
sula, under the immortal Wellington; and the
determined stand made by the British Army at
Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had
long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain,
and had sought and planned her destruction by
every means he could devise, was compelled to
leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to '
place himself at the disposal of the British Govern
ment. These achievements, with others of recent
dates in the distant climes of India, prove that the
same valour and constancy which glowed in the
breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt,
Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the
Britons of the nineteenth century.
The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust
and muscular frame, — intrepidity which no danger
can appal, — unconquerable spirit and resolution, —
patience in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obe
dience to his superiors. These qualities, united with
an excellent system of order and discipline to regu
late and give a skilful direction to the energies and
adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection
of officers of superior talent to command, whose
presence inspires confidence, — have been the leading
causes of the splendid victories gained by the British
b

XVUI INTRODUCTION
arms.* The fame of the deeds of the past and
present generations in the various battle-fields where
the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered,
surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory ;
these achievements will live in the page of history to
the end of time.
The records of the several regiments will be found
to contain a detail of facts of an interesting character,
connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant
exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the
world, where the calls of their Country and the com
mands of their Sovereign have required them to
proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in

* " Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes
the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to
that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons ; but His Majesty
desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the consideration
of every part ofthe army, that it has been a strict observance of order, dis
cipline, and military system, which has given the full energy to the
native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the
superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly
arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty." — General
Orders in 1801.
In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (after
wards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result
ofthe Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated : — " On
no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more
manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, ren
dered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and
which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disad
vantages were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by
the conduct of the troops themselves ; and the enemy has been taught,
that whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there
is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not
how to yield, — that no circumstances can appal, — and that will ensure
victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means."

TO THE INFANTEY. xix
active co^inental operations, or in maintaining colo
nial territories in distant and unfavourable climes.
The superiority of the British infantry has been
pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries,
and admitted by the greatest commanders which
Europe has produced. The formations and move
ments of this arme, as at present practised, while
they are adapted to every species of warfare, and to
all probable situations and circumstances of service,
are calculated to show forth the brilliancy of military
tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific
principles. Although the movements and evolutions
have been copied from the continental armies, yet
various improvements have from time to time been
introduced, to insure that simplicity and celerity by
which the superiority of the national military cha
racter is maintained. The rank and influence which
Great Britain has attained among the nations of the
world, have in a great measure been purchased by
the valour of the Army, and to persons who have the
welfare of their country at heart, the records of the
several regiments cannot fail to prove interesting.

THE FIFIEENTH,

THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,
EEGIMENT OF FOOT,
BEAKS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUS THE WORDS
" MARTINIQU E,"
AND
" GUADALOUPE,"
in commemoration of the gallantry
DISPLAYED IN THE CAPTURE OF
THOSE ISLANDS IN THE YEARS 1800 AND 1810.

A 2

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.

CONTENTS.

Year
16851686 1687 168816891690 1691 1694
1695

Formation of the Regiment at Nottingham
Establishment 
Encamped on Hounslow Heath .
Revolution in Great Britain
Marched to Scotland 
Battle of Killicrankie .....
 at Cromdale 

16961697

Marched to Inverlochy
Submission of the Highlanders to King William
and Queen Mary .
Embarked for Flanders
Engaged in. the capture of Huy .
 at Fort Kenoque
 at the surrender of Dixmude to the French
Colonel Sir James Lesley cashiered, and sue
ceeded by Colonel Emanuel Howe
Garrison of Namur surrendered .
Released from prisoners of war
Marched to Bruges
Proceeded to Brussels .
Treaty of Peace at Ryswick
Embarked for England ¦ .
Proceeded to Ireland .

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Year Page
1701 Preparations for War with France ... 14
 Re-embarked for Holland  —
 Reviewed at Breda by King William III. . . —
1702 Proceeded to Rosendael ... . • . 13
 Siege of Kayserswerth  —
 Engaged at Nimeguen  —
 War declared against France and Spain . . —
 The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command
of the army in Flanders .... —
 Engaged at the siege of Venloo . . . . 16
 Ruremonde ... —
 . —  Liege ... —
1703 Surrender of Bonn  —
 Proceeded to Maestricht ..... 17
 Engaged at the capture of Huy . . . —
 Limburg ... —
1704 Proceeded from Holland to the Danube . . —
-^  Joined the Imperial Army  18
 ¦ Battle of Schellenberg  —
 ¦  Blenheim  1&
 Marshal Tallard taken prisoner, and the French
Army d.efeated  20
 Siege of Landau  21
,1705 Re-capture of Huy  22
 Forced the French lines at Neer-Hespen and
Helixem  , _
1706 Battle of Ramilies ...... —
 Many prisoners, with cannon, colours, &c. taken 23
 Surrender of Brussels, Ghent, &c. ... —
 —  of Ostend  
 of Menin  , 
 of Dendermond and Aeth ... 
1708 Re-erabarked for England to repel the invasion
of the Pretender  
 Returned to Flanders  24

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Year Pago
1708 Battle of Oudenarde  24
 Engaged in the Siege of Lisle .... —
 Re-capture of Ghent and Bruges ... 25
1709 Siege and Capture of Tournay .... —
 Battle of Malplaquet  26
 Siege and Capture of Mons .... —
 Marched into winter-quarters at Ghent . . —
1710 Forced the French lines at Pont-d- Vendin . 27
 Siege and Captute of Douay .... —
 Encamped at Villars- Brulin .... —
 Surrender of Bethune  —
 of Aix and St. Venant ... —
 Marched into quarters at Courtray ... —
1711 Encamped at Warde and reviewed by the Duke
of Marlborough  ' —
 Forced the French lines at Arleux ... —
 Siege and surrender of Bouchain ... —
1712 Negociations for peace commenced ... 28
 Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the
Army  —
 Returned toi Ghent  —
1713 Removed to Dunkirk  —
 to Nieuport  —
1714 Returned to England  —
 Decease of Queen Ahne, and accession of King
George I  —
1715 Employed against the rebels in Great Britain . —
1719 Employed in Scotland  29
 Invasion of a Spanish force at Kintail . . —
 Defeat and surrender of the invaders at Glensheil —
1728 Reviewed at Blackheath by King George II. . —
1740 Encamped in the Isle of Wight .... 30
 Embarked for the West Indies .... —
1741 Arrived at Jamaica  —
 Sailed for Carthagena  —

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Year Page
1741 Attack and capture of Bocca-chica . . . 31
 Siege of the Castle of St. Lazar .... —
 Forts of Carthagena destroyed .... 32
 Returned to Jamaica  33
1742 Re-embarked for England  —
1745 Embarked for Ostend  —
 Ostend captured by the French .... —
 Recalled to England in consequence of the
French invasion  34
1746 Battle of Culloden  —
Embarked for the coast of France, and pro
ceeded against Port L'Orient and Quiberon ¦ —
 Returned to England  35
1748 Peace concluded at Aix -la-Chapelle ... —
1749 Proceeded to Ireland  —
1751 Royal Warrant issued for regulating the clothing,
colours, &c.  —
1755 War re-commenced with France ... 36
.  Returned to England  —
1756 Encamped at Blandford  —
1757 Encamped at Barham-Downs .... —
 Embarked on an expedition against the coast of
France  —
 Capture of the Isle of Aix  37
 Returned to England  —
1758 Embarked for North America .... —
 Formed part of an expedition against Louisbourg,
and in the taking of the Island of Cape
Breton, under Brigadier-General James
Wolfe  38
 The captured colours, &c. presented to the King,
and publiekly conveyed from Kensington
Palace to St. Paul's Cathedral ... 39
 Rewarded by the approbation pf the Sovereign,
and by the thanks of Parliament. . . —

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1759 Embarked in an expedition against Quebec,
under Major-General James Wolfe . . 39
 Death of Major-General Wolfe .... 41
 Surrender of Quebec  42
 Approbation of the King of the conduct of the
troops, thanks of Parliament, and public
thanksgiving of the Nation .... —
1760 Defence of Quebec against an attempt of the
French to retake it  43
 Joined in an attack on Montreal ... 44
— :- Conquest of Canada  —
1761 Encamped at Staten Island  44
 Embarked for Barbadoes  —
1762 Engaged on an expedition in the capture of
^ Martinique  —
 Embarked on an expedition to the Havannah . 45
 Capture of Moro Fort, nine ships of war, &c, . —
1763 Peace with Spain concluded .... —
 The Havannah restored to Spain .... —
 Embarked for New York, and proceeded to
Canada .  46
1768 Embarked for England  —
1770 Reviewed at Chatham by King George IIL . —
1772 Marched to Scotland  —
1774 Embarked for Ireland  —
1776 War with North America  —
 Embarked for America  47
 ¦ Proceeded on an expedition against Charleston —
 Re-embarked and proceeded to Staten Island . —
 Effected a landing at Long Island
 Proceeded against New York .... 48
 .  ^  '- White Plains
 Fort Washington
1777  Peek's-Hill .
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Year
1777 Arrived at Ridgefield 
 Engaged at the Hill of Compo .
 Embarked at New York ....
•" — Proceeded on an expedition against PhiladelpL
 Engaged at Brandywine ....
 Engaged at Germantown ....
 at Whitemarsh ....
1778 Marched from Philadelphia to New York.
 Embarked for the West Indies .
 Proceeded on an expedition against St. Lucia
1779 Embarked from St. Lucia and landed at St,
Christopher's 
1781 War declared ag'ainst Holland ,
 Capture of the Island of St. Eustatius
 Recaptured by the French, and the 13th and 15th
Regiments taken prisoners
1782 Island of St. Christopher's taken by the French
 Regiment returned to England .
 Received the County title of "York East Riding
1784 Embarked for Ireland .
1790  for Betrbadoes .
1793 Removed to Dominica
1794 Embarked on an expedition against Martinique
and Guadaloupe
1795 Stationed at Martinique
1796 Re-embarked for England .
1797 Proceeded to Scotland
1799 Relurned to England .
 Received volunteers from the Militia and aug
mented to two battalions
1800 Embarked for Ireland.
1802 Peace concluded with France .
 Establishment reduced, and the second battalion
disbanded ....
1803 War recommenced against France

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Year
1804 Establishment again augmented, and second
battalion added and formed in Yorkshire
1 805 First battalion embarked for the West Indies .
 Embarked as Marines on board the Fleet under
Admiral Lord Nelson 
 Relanded at Barbadoes 
1807 Again embarked on board fhe fleet .
 Returned to Barbadoes, and embarked for Grenada
 Engaged in an expedition against the islands of
St. Thomas a,nd St. Croix ....
1809  against the island of
Martinique
 Capture of Martinique
 Engaged in the reduction of the islands in the
vicinity of Guadaloupe .
 Returned to Grenada. .
1810 Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe
 Capture of Guadaloupe
1812 Removed to St. Christopher's
1814 General peace proclaimed .
1815 War recommenced by the violation of the treaty
of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte
 The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe
again taken possession of
 ' Re-erabarked for Barbadoes
1816 Peace being restored, the second battalion dis

banded .
Removed to Martinique
Proceeded to Grenada .

1817 Embarked for Nova Scotia
1819 •  for Bermuda
1821  for England
1822  for Ireland
1827 Formed into six Service and four Dep6t Com
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Year P^S"
1827 Embarked for Canada .....•- 66
1832 Employed in aid ofthe civil power at Montreal
in suppressing a serious riot .... 67
 Expressions of approbation of the conduct ofthe
regiment  "°
 Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic
cholera  • • • • '3
1838 Engaged on active- duties in consequence of re
bellion among a portion of the inhabitants of
the Canadas  75
1840 Returned to England  79
 Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the
Dep6t Companies  —
1841 Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Wool
wich  —
1842 Marched to Windsor ,  —
 Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria,
and the Prince Albert  —
¦^  Proceeded to Chester  80
— :  :  :  to Manchester  —
1843 Embarked for Ireland  —
1845 Formed into six Service and four Dep6t Com
panies  —
 Service Companies embarked for Ceylon . . —
1846 — :  arrived at Ceylon . . . 81
1847 Dep6t Companies embarked from Ireland to
England  
1848 The Conclusion  _

CONTENTS. xxxiii

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
Year Page
1685 Sir William Clifton, Bart  83
1 686 Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington ¦ —
1687 SackviUe Tufton  84
1688 Sir James Lesley  85
1695 Emanuel Howe  —
1709 Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of
Somerset  86
1715 Harry Harrison  —
1749 John Jordan  87
1756 Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst . —
1768 Charles Hotham, afterwards Thompson . . 88
1775 Richard Earl of Cavan  89
1778 Sir William Fawcett, K.B  —
1792 James Hamilton  92
1794 Henry Watson Powell  —
1814 Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B  —
1846 Sir Phineas Riall, K.C,H  93

APPENDIX.

Battles, Sieges, &c., from 1689 to 1697 ... 95
 from 1702 to 1713 . . . ' 96

PLATES.
Colours of the Regiment .... to face 1
Costume of the Regiment  »

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IFIJFTEJEHTH mJECIMEH'T ®]f ]F®(D)T

9 liUlu-.S >fiUiM^iei>- J' Jlnaia

HISTORICAL RECORD
OP THE
FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
REGIMENT OE FOOT.

Peace with foreign nations and tranquillity at home, i68.5
accompanied by improvements in the domestic and
commercial interests of the kingdom, followed the ac
cession of KiTJG J/VMEs II. to the throne, in February,
1685; but few months elapsed before James Duke of
Monmouth appeared as a competitor to the throne,
and raised an army in the west of England. The
King immediately augmented his regular forces ; and
among the corps then raised was the regiment which
now bears the title of the Fifteenth Eegiment of
Foot. This corps was raised in Nottinghamshire and the
adjoining counties, the general rendezvous being at
Nottingham ; and the several companies of which it
was composed were raised by the following gentlemen :
¦^ Sir William Clifton,  Cotter,  Baker,
William Barnes, William Dobyns, Thomas Fowke,
John Stanhope,  Warren, William Stow, and
B

2 historical record of the
1685 Roger Kirkby. Sir William Clifton was appointed
colonel by commission dated the 22nd of June, 1685 ;
Captain Cotter was appointed to be lieut.-colonel, and
Captain Baker to be major.
While many loyal men were arraying themselves
under the King's banner, and the several companies
of the regiment were making rapid progress towards
being completed iu numbers, the rebel army was over
thrown at Sedgemoor, and the Duke of Monmouth was
afterwards captured and beheaded.
In August, the regiment marched from Nottingham
to Hounslow, and pitched its tents on the heath;
where it was reviewed by the King, who thanked the
officers and soldiers for the readiness they had evinced
to support the Crown at the moment of danger : it
afterwards marched to London, was quartered for a
short period in Moorfields, and in September proceeded
to Carlisle, North Shields, Landguard Fort, and Scar
borough Castle, where it passed the winter.
1686 The King, having resolved to retain the regiment
in his service, fixed its establishment, by warrant
under the sign-manual, bearing date the 1st of January,
1685-6, at the following numbers and rates of pay
(see p. 3).
In the spring, the regiment proceeded into York
shire, and was quartered at York, Hull, &c.
Colonel Sir William Clifton retired from the service,
and was succeeded by Colonel Arthur Herbert, after
wards Earl Torrington, by commission dated Tith
of May, 1686.
1687 The regiment passed this year in the north of
England ; in February, 1687, it marched to Kingston-
upon-Thames, from which detachments proceeded to
Windsor, to mount guard at the castle. At the same

fifteenth regiment of foot.

Colonel Sik William Clifton's Rbgiuent.

Staff.
The Colonel, as Colonel 
lieut-Cdlonel, as Lieut.- Colonel .
Major, as Major 
Chaplain 
Chirurgeon 4s., bis Mate 2s. 6d 
Adjutant 
Quarter- Master and Marshal 
Total for Staff . . .
The Colonel's Company.
The Colonel, as Captain 
Lieutenant 
Ensign 
2 Seijeants, Is. Gd, each 
3 Corporals, Is. each 
1 Drummer  ¦ . ,
50 Soldiers, 8d. each 
Tot^l for one Company
Nine Companies more at the same rate
Total per day .
Per Annum £10,922 I2s. 6d.

Pay per day.

1687

0 12 0

2 5 2

0 8 0
0 4 0
0 3
0 3
0 3
0 1
1 13

2 15 4

24 18 0

29 18 6

time a grenadier company was added to the establish
ment. On the 12th of April, Colonel Herbert was succeeded
in the command of the regiment by Colonel Sackville
Tufton, brother to the Earl of Thanet.
At this period, the following ofiicers were holding
commissions in the regiment : —
b2

historical record of the

1687 Captains.
Sackville Tufton (col).
Rupert Billingsby (It.-
col).
Edward Nott (major).
John South.
William Stow.
William Barns.
John Stanhope.
Thomas Fowkes.
William Dobyns.
Roger Kirkby.
Sackville Tufton, I

Lieutenants.
William Sandys.
Pierce Row.
Ralph Philips.
William Hussey.
Matthew Rugby.
John Thornill.
John Dakeyns.
James Prince.
Michael Baker.
Peter Ashton.

Ensigns.
Joshua Dereham.
John Davies.
Charles Reke.
Thomas Whetham . *
William Laseels.
Robert Adams.
John Graydon.
John Larson.
John Price.
William Kirkby.

John Baron. ),-, ,. „
. , , } Grenadier Company.
I Andrew Armstrong.]
Charles Pharley, Chaplain. Robert Baker, Chirurgeon.
Gregory Broom, Adjutant. Thomas Gibbons, Quarter-Master.
In June, the regiment again pitched its tents on
Hounslow Heath, where it took part in several military
spectacles, exhibited in the presence of the royal family;
and afterwards marched into quarters in Norfolk. It
once more encamped on Hounslow Heath in the sum-
1688 mer of 1688, and subsequently proceeded to Berwick,
where it arrived in September. An officer of the regi
ment states in his memoirs, ' I sojourned two peaceable
' campaigns on Hounslow Heath ; where I was an
' eye-witness of one mock siege of Buda ; after which
'our regiment was ordered to Berwick.'!
At this period, England was in an agitated state ;
the proceedings of the King in favour of papacy and
arbitrary government had occasioned many noblemen
* Afterwards colonel of the twenty-seventh foot.
t Memoirs of Captain George Carleton. This officer was appointed
lieutenant iu the Fifteenth foot, from the Dutch service, in June, 1687.
He was born at Ewelme in Oxfordshire, and was descended from an an
cient and honorable family : Lord Dudley Carleton, who died Secretary of
State to King Charles I., was his great-uncle ; and in the same reign, his
father was envoy in Spain, and his uncle ambassador in Holland. Several
editions of his Memoirs have been printed.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 5
and gentlemen to invite the Prince of Orange to come 1688
to England with an army, to enable them to oppose
the Court. The Prince arrived in November ; the
King fled to France; and the Prince assumed the reins
of government.
Colonel Tufton, not agreeing with the new order of
things, was succeeded in the command of the regiment
by Colonel Sir James Lesley, by commission dated the
31st of December, 1688.
The Prince and Princess of Orange having been 1689
elevated to the throne by the title of King William the
Third and Queen Mary, their accession was opposed in
Scotland, where the Duke of Gordon held the Castle
of Edinburgh in the interest of King James, and Viscount
Dundee aroused the Highland clans to arms. In con
sequence of these proceedings, the regiment was ordered
to Scotland, in the spring of 1689 ; and it was stationed
at Leith, as a reserve and support to the troops block
ading Edinburgh Castle, until the beginning of June^
when it was ordered up the country tojoin the forces
under Major-General Mackay, who was retreating
before the Highlanders under Viscount Dundee. The
regiment joined Major-General Mackay about six
o'clock on the evening ofthe 5th of June; other troops
also arrived, and the major-general being thus rein
forced, advanced against the clans, who instantly
retired towards the mountain fastnesses. The Fif
teenth foot followed the retreating Highlanders to
the borders of the wilds of Lochaber, and afterwards
proceeded to Inverness, where the regiment was sta
tioned some time.
Captain Carleton states in his memoirs : ' We
' marched to Inverness, a place of no great strength,
' where we lay two long winters, perpetually harassed

6 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1 689 ' upon parties, and hunting of somewhat wilder than
' their wildest game, — the Highlanders, who were, if not
'as nimble-footed, yet fully as hard to be found.'
While the regiment was at Inverness, the battle of
Killicrankie was fought, in which the King's troops were
defeated, and Viscount Dundee was killed. He was
succeeded by Major-General Cannon.
1690 In April, 1690, Brigadier- General Sir Thomas
Livingstone, who commanded at Inverness, ascertained
that a general rendezvous of the clans was appointed
to take place at Strathspey, from whence they purposed
descending in a body into the Lowlands ; and that two
thousand men, under Major-Generals Cannon and
Buchan, would arrive at Cromdale on thfe 30th of A.pril ;
he therefore advanced with the royal Scots diagoons
(Greys), Fifteenth foot, and some detachments, to
attack the Highlanders. At dusk, on the evening of
the 30th of April, the troops arrived within two miles
of Balloch Castle ; they traversed the difficult defile
in the dark, and arriving at the castle, had the camp-
lights of the enemy, on a plain beyond the Spey, pointed
out to them ; when, notwithstanding the fatigue they
had undergone, the soldiers expressed a wish to be
led forward. After a halt of half an hour for refresh
ment, the troops crossed the Spey at a ford, and
advanced towards the camp, when several small
parties of Highlanders were seen attempting to escape
towards the hills, and a squadron of the Greys galloped
forward to intercept the fugitives. The soldiers rushed
into the camp and commenced the work of destruction ;
at the same time a party of the Fifteenth attacked
the enemy's guard at Cromdale- church. The High
landers, suddenly aroused from sleep, endeavoured to
escape without clothes, and through the misty dawri

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 7
numbers were seen running in every direction, some 1690
attempting to escape on any terms, and others defend
ing themselves stoutly with sword and target, against
the dragoons, and soldiers of the Fifteenth foot, who
made great slaughter. Major-Generals Cannon and
Buchan were taken by surprise as much as their men,
and the one escaped with his shirt and night-cap only,
and the other without coat, hat, or sword. ' We pur-
' sued them till they got up Cromdale-hill, where we
'lost them in a fog; and to me, at that instant of time,
' they seemed rather to be people received up into
' the clouds, than flying from an enemy.' *
The enemy had placed a small garrison in Lethindy
Castle, which was summoned to surrender; but the
Highlanders fired upon the party, and wounded three
grenadiers of the Fifteenth foot. Lieut-Carleton,
of the regiment, proceeded to an old house near
the castle, from whence he threw two or three hand-
grenades into the works, which so alarmed the enemy,
that they instantly surrendered. About three hundred
Highlanders were killed on this occasion, and one hun
dred taken prisoners : a standard, which had been
unfurled a few days previously for King James, was
captured. The loss of the King's troops was limited to
a few horses killed and wounded and five men
wounded.f 'This happened on May-day, in the morn-
' ing ; for which reason we returned to Inverness with
' our prisoners and boughs in our hats ; and the High-
' landers never held up their heads so high after this
' defeat.' ' General Mackay having received orders to build a
' fort at Inverlochy, our regiment was commanded to
* Carleton's Memoirs. t London Gazette.

8 historical record of the
1690 ' that service. The two regiments appointed to the
'same duty, with some dragoons, having joined (in
'J une), we marched together through Lochaber. This
' surely is the wildest country in the Highlands, if not
' in tlie world ; I did not see one house in all our march ;
' and the economy of the people, if I may call it such,
' is much the same with that of the Arabs or Tartars.
' In this march, or rather, if you please, most dismal
' peregrination, we could rarely go two abreast ; so
' that our very little army had sometimes an extent of
' many miles ; our enemy, the Highlanders, firing down
' upon us, from the summits of the mountains, all the
' way. Nor was it possible for our men, or very rarely
' at least, to return their favours with any prospect of
'success; for, as they popped upon us always on a
' sudden, they never staid long enough to allow any of
' our soldiers a mark, or even time enough to fire : and,.
' for our men to march or climb up those mountains,
' which to them were natural champaign, would have
' been as dangerous as it appeared to us impracticable.
' Nevertheless, under all these disadvantages, we ar-
' rived at Inverlochy, and there performed the task
' appointed, building a fort on the same spot where
' Cromwell had raised one before : and, which was not a
' little remarkable, we had with us one Hill, a colonel,
' who had been governor in Oliver's time, and who was
• now again appointed governor by General Mackay.
' Thus the work on which we were sent being elFected,
' we marched back again by the way of Killicrankie,
' where that memorable battle had been fought, under
' Dundee, the year before.'*

* Carleton's Memoirs. — From a defect of memory. Captain Carleton has
placed the expedition to Inverlochy after the action at Cromdale.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 9
After its return from Inverlochy, the regiment was 1691
stationed some time at Inverness; where Lieutenant
Carleton was rewarded with a commission of captain
in Brigadier-General Tiffin's regiment (now twenty-
seventh foot) for his distinguished conduct at the action
at Cromdale. Defeated on every occasion, and over
awed by numerous garrisons, the Highlanders lost all
hope of success, and in 1691 they tendered their sub
mission to King William. A proclamation was after
wards published, offering indemnity and pardon to all
who should cease opposition to the government and
take the oath of allegiance, before the 1st of January,
1692. Tranquillity being thus restored in Scotland, the 1692
regiment became disposable for other service ; it, how
ever, remained in the northern districts of the king
dom during the year 1693.
In the meantime, the British Monarch was engaged 1593
in war to arrest the progress of the French aggressions
on the continent. The King of France brought an
army of superior numbers into the field, and gained
several advantages.
The allies made strenuous exertions to raise new 1694
levies, augment the strength of their contingents, and
to turn the balance of war in their favour ; the
Fifteenth foot was one of the corps selected to pro
ceed on foreign service. The regiment embarked from
Scotland in the spring of 1694, and landed at Ostend,
marched from thence to Malines, where it was sta
tioned until the army took the field.
In the beginning of June, the British train of
artillery arrived at Malines, from whence it advanced
under the escort of the twelfth. Fifteenth, and
Buchan 's (afterwards disbanded) regiments, and joined

10 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1694 the army under King William in person, at the camp
at Hertogendale, on the 6th of June. The tenth,
fourteenth. Fifteenth, seventeenth, Castleton's, and
Lauder's (afterwards disbanded) regiments, were
formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Stuart,
in the division under Major-General Bellasis.
The regiment took part in the operations of this
campaign, and the numbers of the confederate forces
were so far augmented, that the progress of French
conquest was arrested, the enemy was forced to act
on the defensive, and in the autumn the allies be
sieged and captured the fortress of Huy. The Fif
teenth formed part of the covering army during the
siege; and afterwards marched to Dixmude, where
they halted a few days, and subsequently went into
cantonments in the villages along the canal of Nieu
port, where they were stationed during the winter.
1695 From these quarters, the regiment was called in
May, 1695, to enter upon the active services of another
campaign, and it pitched its tents near Dixmude,
where a small force was assembled under Major-Ge
neral EUemberg ; at the same time the main army took.
the field under King William. In June, the Duke
of Wirtemburg took the command of the troops at
Dixmude ; reinforcements also arrived ; and an attack
was made on Fort Kenoque, situated at the junction of
the Loo and Dixmude canals, with the view of draw
ing the French forces to the Flanders side of their
fortified lines, to favour the design of besieging
Namur. On the 9th of June, the grenadiers of the
Fifteenth, and other corps employed on this enter
prise, drove the enemy from the entrenchments and
houses near the Loo canal; and the attempts made by
the French to regain this post were repulsed. A re-

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 11
doubt was afterwards taken, and a lodgment effected 1695
on the works at the bridge, in which service the regi
ment had several men killed and wounded. These
attacks produced the desired efi'ect; the fortress of
Namur was invested, and the attack on Fort Kenoque
was soon afterwards desisted from, when the Fif
teenth regiment returned to Dixmude.
During the early part ofthe siege of Namur, the Fif
teenth foot, commanded by their colonel. Sir James
Lesley, were in garrison at Dixmude, a fortress of very
little strength, under Major-General EUemberg, a
foreign officer. On the 15th of July, this place was
invested by a strong division of the French army,
under General de Mental, who commenced the siege
with vigour. Major-General EUemberg failed to
make that spirited opposition to the enemy which the
circumstances of the case called for : he appeared to
view the progress of the besieging army with apathy ;
and eventually called a council of war, to which he
advanced several reasons why the town could not be
defended, and proposed to capitulate to save the garri
son, which was agreed to by the majority of the council
of war, although opposed by others. When the sol
diers were informed they were to become prisoners of
war, they became enraged at not being permitted to
defend the place, many of them broke their arms to
pieces, and some tore their regimental colours from
the staves, that they might not be delivered to the
enemy. D'Auvergne states, in his history of this
campaign, — ' The body of the garrison had the same
' heart and soul with their comrades which did such won-
' ders before Namur ;' but the soldiers were delivered
into the power of the enemy against their will.
The soldiers of the I'ifteenth were sent prisoners

12 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1695 to Ypres ; the conditions of the cartel were afterwards
violated by the enemy ; the British were sent to Arras,
Bethune, Bouchain, &c., the officers were placed in
close confinement, and attempts were made to induce
the men to enter the French service.
When the castle of Namur surrendered, the garri
son was permitted to march out with the honors of
war ; but Marshal Boufflers was arrested, and detained
until the British and other soldiers of the allied army,
kept prisoners contrary to the cartel, were released.
This produced the desired effect; the Fifteenth re
joined the army, and marched into quarters at the
town of Damme, where they received new arms and
equipment. All the officers concerned in the surrender of Dix
mude, were tried by a general court-martial : Major-
General EUemberg was sentenced to be beheaded, and
executed at Ghent on the 20th of November. Colonel
Sir James Lesley, and several other oflBcers were
cashiered. King William conferred the colonelcy of the Fif
teenth regiment on Colonel Emanuel Howe, from
captain and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards.
1696 After passing several months at Damme, and re
ceiving a detachment of recruits from England, the
regiment marched, early in 1696, to Bruges, where it
was left in garrison when the army took the field. On
the 20th of May, it marched out of Bruges, and pitched
its tents along the banks of the canal, where it was
posted several weeks.
The regiment served the campaign of this year with
the army of Flanders, under the Prince of Vaudemont ;
it was formed in brigade with a battalion of the royals,
the twelfth, and CoUingwood's (afterwards disbanded)

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 13
regiments, under Brigadier-General the Ea^l of 1696
Orkney ; and was stationed, during the summer, along
the banks of the Bruges canal, to cover Ghent,
Bruges, and the maritime towns of West Flanders,
which service was fully accomplished.
In the autumn, the regiment marched into garrison
at Bruges, where five regiments of cavalry and eleven
of infantry were stationed during the winter.
On the 13th of March, 1697, the regiment quitted 1697
Bruges, and proceeded to Brussels, from whence it
advanced , through the forest of Soignies, and pitched
its tents near the village of Waterloo. It served the
campaign of this year with the army of Brabant,
under King William ; and brought into the field forty
officers, thirty-four Serjeants, twenty-five drummers,
sixty-three grenadiers, one hundred and sixty pikemen^
and five hundred and eighty musketeers (including
men detached). The Fifteenth, seventeenth, twenty-
seventh, CoUingwood's, and Saunderson's (afterwards
disbanded) regiments, were formed in brigade under
Brigadier-General Tiffin, in the division commanded
by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis.
The regiment took part in the operations ofthe cam
paign ; and when the French commanders menaced
Brussels with a siege, the Fifteenth marched with
the army, from Waterloo through the forest, during
the night of the 22nd of June, in dark and tempestu
ous weather, and taking post before that city, was
instrumental in defeating the designs ofthe enemy.
After the regiment had been encamped before Brus
sels nearly three months, hostilities were terminated
by the treaty of Ryswick ; and the efforts of the
British monarch,, to arrest the progress of French con
quests and preserve the liberties of Europe, were thus

14 historical record OF the
1697 attended with success. The restoration of peace being
accomplished, the regiment proceeded in boats down
the canal to Bruges, and during the winter it embarked
for England.
The regiment was placed upon a peace establish-
1698 ment; and, in 1698, it proceeded to Ireland, where
it was stationed during the two following years.
The respite from war, ceded to Europe by the
treaty of Ryswick, was of short duration. The
French monarch, continuing to pursue schemes of
aggrandizement, by which he had long agitated
Christendom, procured the accession of his grandson,
Philip Duke of Anjou, to the throne of Spain, — ¦
seized on the Spanish provinces in the Netherlands, —
and detained the Dutch troops which were in garrison
in the barrier towns. These proceedings produced
a violent sensation throughout Europe : the house of
Austria claimed the Spanish monarchy, and declared
war against France; the Dutch solicited British aid;
and the Fifteenth Foot was one of the corps which
proceeded to Holland on this occasion.
1701 The regiment was augmented to eight hundred and
thirty, officers and soldiers ; and embarking from Cork
on the 15th June, 1701, arrived at Helvoetsluys, on the
island of Voorn, in South Holland, on the 8th of July.
From this place the regiment proceeded up the Maese,
in small vessels, to Gertruydenberg and Huesden, where
it was stationed two months, and afterwards proceeded
to the vicinity of Breda, and encamped on the heath.
On the 21st of September, the regiment was reviewed,
with the other British troops in Holland, by King
WiUiam III., on Breda heath, and afterwards returned
to its former quarters, where it was stationed during
the winter.

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 15
On the 10th March, 1702, the regiment marched 1702
out of garrison, and proceeded to Rosendael, where
the British infantry encamped under Brigadier-Ge
neral Ingoldsby. At this place, the troops received
information of the death of King William, on the 8th
of March, and of the accession of Queen Anne, to
whom they took the oath of fidelity.
The fortress of Kayserswerth, on the Lower Rhine,
was occupied by the French, and this place was be
sieged by the Germans, under the Prince of Saarbruck,
in the middle of April ; the British marched across the
country to the duchy of Cleves, joined a body of Dutch
and Germans under the Earl of Athlone, and encamped
at Cranenburg, on the Lower Rhine, to cover the siege.
A French force of superior numbers, commanded by
the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Boufflers, made
a rapid advance through the forest of Cleves, and
along the plains of Goch, to cut off" the communication
of the troops at Cranenburg, Avith Grave and Nimeguen ;
when the allied army struck its tents a little before
sunset, and making a rapid march throughout the
night, arrived within a few miles of Nimeguen about
eight o'clock on the morning of the llth of June; at
the same time, the French appeared on both flanks and
the rear, hurrying forward to surround the allies.
Some sharp skirmishing occurred, and the British
corps, forming the rear-guard, evinced great gallantry ;
they took possession of some hedges and buildings, and
held the enemy in check while the army effected its
retreat under the walls of Nimeguen.
The regiment remained at Nimeguen a short time.
Queen Anne declared war against France and Spain ;
additional troops arrived from England ; and the Earl
of Marlborough assumed the command of the allied

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1702 army. The Fifteenth foot took part in the opera
tions of this campaign : the French avoided a general
engagement, and retired from the frontiers of Holland,
and the British general commenced operations against
the fortresses in possession of the enemy, on the banks
ofthe Maese.
The Fifteenth foot formed part of the covering*.
army during the siege ot Venloo, which town surrendered
on the 25th of September. The services of the regi
ment were afterwards connected with the siege and
capture of Ruremonde, in the early part of October ;
and the Fifteenth foot was also one ofthe corps which
advanced to the city of Liege, took possession of that
place, and undertook the siege of the citadel. The
grenadiers of the regiment took part in the storm of
the citadel of Liege, on the 23rd of October, on which
occasion the British soldiers highly distinguished
themselves, and captured the place in gallant style. A
detached fortress, called the Chartreuse, surrendered a
few days afterwards : and these conquests terminated
the campaign. The regiment quitted the pleasant
valley of Liege on the 3rd of November, and marched
back to Holland, where it passed the winter in gar
rison.
1703 From their pleasant quarters among the Dutch
peasantry, the soldiers of the Fifteenth foot were
called, in the spring of 1703, to participate in the
achievements of another campaign ; and while the Duke
of Marlborough was besieging Bonn, they directed their
march towards the Maese ; and they were in position
before Maestricht, when the French army, under Mar
shals Villeroy and Boufflers, approached that place ; but
after some cannonading and skirmishing, the enemy
withdrew, without hazarding a general engagement.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 17
After the surrender of Bonn, the allied army assembled 1703
at Maestricht, and the Fifteenth were formed in bri
gade with a battalion ofthe foot guards,a battalion ofthe
royals, and the ninth, twenty-third, and twenty -fourth
regiments, under Brigadier- General Withers, in the di
vision commanded by Lieut.-General Churchill. The
French forces taking post behind their fortified lines,
operations were continued against their fortified towns,
and the services ofthe Fifteenth foot were connected
with the siege and capture of Huy, a fortress in the
valley of the Maese, which surrendered on the 25th of
August. The regiment also participated in the ser
vices connected with the siege of Limburg, and this
fortress surrendered on the 28th of September. After
these conquests, the regiment marched to Dutch
Brabant, and passed several months in garrison.
In the early part of 1704, a detachment of the regi- 1704
ment proceeded to Maestricht, to take part in the
duties of that garrison, while the Dutch troops were
working at the fortifications on the heights of Peters
berg. In the meantime, the progress of the war had as
sumed an unfavourable aspect in Germany ; the Elector
of Bavaria had embraced the French interest, and
having been joined by a numerous body of the forces
of Louis XIV., he had gained considerable advantage
over the army of the empire. Under these circum
stances, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to lead the
British troops from the ocean to the Danube, and
make a powerful effort to change the fortune of the
war, in the heart of Germany.
To engage in this splendid enterprise, which was
replete with important results, the Fifteenth foot
marched towards the Rhine in the early part of May,

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1704 and were joined at Bedburg by the detachment from
Maestricht. The designs of the British commander
were secret ; the object, for which the movements were
made, held Europe in perplexing anxiety, suspended
the operations of the Elector of Bavaria, and con
founded the French Generals ; and the moment the
advance assumed a specific direction, the enemy was
no longer able to render the plan abortive. Arriving
in the heart of Germany, the regiment was formed in
brigade with a battalion of the royals, and the twenty-
sixth and thirty-seventh regiments, and this brigade
was posted in the second line.
At three o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of July,
the army advanced in the direction of Donawerth, to
attack a body of French and Bavarians under Count
d'Arco, in an entrenched camp on the heights of
Schellenberg, on the left bank of the Danube. Arriving
in front of the enemy's position, the attack was com
menced about six in the evening, by a detachment
from each British corps, and the foot guards, royals,
and twenty-third regiments. The difficulty of the
ground, — the formidable preparations of the enemy, —
and the steady bravery of the Bavarians, occasioned
this to prove a particularly severe contest ; but the
determined assaults of the British soldiers shook the
strength and weakened the resistance of the enemy ;
and eventually the soldiers of the allied army over
powered all resistance, captured the heights, and pur
sued the French and Bavarians across the Danube,
capturing sixteen pieces of artillery, a number of
standards and colours, with the enemy's tents, and the
equipage and plate of the Bavarian commander.
The Fifteenth regiment shared in this splendid
triumph ofthe British arms on the banks ofthe Danube.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 19
Its loss was one serjeant and nine rank and file killed; 1704
Captains Bolton and Lesley, Lieutenant Morris, three
Serjeants, and nineteen rank and file wounded.
After this victory the army penetrated the country
of Bavaria, and the Elector concentrated his forces at
Augsburg, where he formed an entrenched camp. The
Fifteenth regiment advanced to the vicinity of Augs
burg; but the fortified camp was found too strong to
be attacked with any prospect of success, and the
troops retired a few stages ; the Germans commencing
the siege of Ingoldstadt, and the British troops forming
part of the covering army.
The Elector of Bavaria quitted his entrenched camp,
and joined the reinforcements sent him by the French
monarch ; the united armies encamping near the village
oi Blenheim, in the valley ofthe Danube.
Commanding soldiers whose chivalrous spirit panted
for distinction in the shock of battle, the British general
led his columns forward, on the morning of the memo
rable 13th of August, 1704, in full confidence in the
firmness and prowess of his troops. About mid-day a
column, of which the Fifteenth foot, under Lieut.-
Colonel William Britton, formed part, developed its
attack against the enemy's right, under Lieut.-Gene
ral Lord Cutts and Major-General Wills. The tenth.
Fifteenth, twenty-first, twenty-third, and twenty-
fourth regiments, under Brigadier-General Row, led
the attack in gallant style, followed by four battalions
of Hessians, and supported by eleven battalions of in
fantry, and fifteen squadrons of horse and dragoons.
This column proceeded to the banks of the little river
Nebel, and took possession of two water-mills, which the
enemy had evacuated and set on fire ; theu advancing
through the enclosures, made a determined attack on
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20 historical record of the
1704 the French troops posted in the viUage of Blenheim ;
Brigadier- General Row striking his sword into the
enemy's pallisades before he gave the word "fire."
The assault was made with spirit and resolution, but
the brigade was unable to force the entrenchments
against the superior numbers ofthe enemy; and while
retiring it was charged by the French troopers, who
were repulsed by the Hessian brigade. After repeated
attempts on the village had proved unavailing, a few
corps blockaded the avenues ; the army traversed the
rivulet, and attacking the French position along the
front, engaged in a sanguinary conflict. The combat
of musketry, and the charges of the cavalry, were con
tinued with varied success ; and amidst this storm of
war, the Fifteenth regiment had repeated opportu
nities of distinguishing itself. Eventually the legions
of the enemy were overpowered, driven from the field
with great slaughter, and the loss of many officers and
men taken prisoners, among whom was the French com
mander. Marshal Tallard.
The main body of the French army being defeated
with the loss of its artillery and baggage, the troops
posted in Blenheim attempted to escape by the rear of
the viUage ; but were repulsed. They were environed
on every side, and being unable to effect their escape,
twenty-four battalions of infantry, and twelve squadrons
of cavalry, surrendered prisoners of war. Thus ended
the mighty struggle of this eventful day. Bavaria was
subdued; the German empire was delivered from the
menaced danger ; the terrors ofthe British arms alarmed
the states of Italy which supported the Bourbon cause ;
and the tide of war flowed prosperously in the interest
of the allies.
Major Cornwallis, Captain Tankard, Lieutenants

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 21
Kerr and Simpson, and Ensign Jackson, of the Fif- 1'704
TEENTH regiment, were killed ; Lieut.-Colonel Britton,
Major Armstrong, Captains Villebonne and Gaston,
Lieutenants Barton, Dickenson, and Harrison, Ensigns
Lesley, Hargrave, Edwards, Dean, Patrick, and Daw
son, wounded : the number of non-commissioned officers
and soldiers of the regiment killed and wounded, has
not been ascertained.
After this victory, the army traversed the country
in triumph ; the enemy abandoning several important
cities and towns, which were taken possession of by the
allies. The Fifteenth regiment proceeded through
the circle of Suabia, and directed its march on Philips
burg, where it crossed the Rhine on the 7th of Sep
tember, and was subsequently encamped at Croon-
Weissemberg, forming part of the covering army during
the siege of Landau by the Germans. At the termi
nation of this splendid campaign, the regiment struck
its tents, and embarking in boats on the Rhine, sailed
down that river to the Netherlands, where it passed
the winter.
In the spring of 1705, the losses of the preceding 1705
campaign were replaced by the arrival of one hundred
and fifty recruits from England ; and when the regi
ment took the field, its appearance and efficiency were
commended by the Duke of Marlborough at the gene
ral review of the army. The regiment proceeded, in
the first instance, to the vicinity of Maestricht, — after
wards marched to Juliers, from whence it traversed a
mountainous country to the valley of the Moselle, and
towards the end of May pitched its tents near the an
cient city of Treves. In the early part of June, the
army passed the Moselle and Saar rivers, and the
English general was prepared to carry on the war in

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1705 Alsace. The co-operation of the imperialists under
the Margrave of Baden was, however, so long delayed
that the British commander was forced to return to the
Netherlands, to arrest the progress of the French arms
in that quarter. The regiment shared in the difficul
ties of the retrograde movement to the Maese ; and on
the return of the army, the French raised the siege of
the citadel of Liege and retired. The French had cap
tured Huy, during the absence of the army up the
Moselle; but this fortress was retaken in a few days.
The services of the regiment were next connected
with the forcing of the stupendous fortified lines con
structed by the French to cover the territory they had
seized upon in the Netherlands. These lines were
menaced by a detachment on the south of the Mehaine,
to draw the French army to that quarter ; and were
afterwards passed, by a forced march in another direc
tion, during the night ofthe 17thof July, atiVeer-/fes-
¦pen and Helixem. The French guards at these places
were surprised and overpowered early on the morning
ofthe 18th of that month, and the lines were forced
with little loss. The Marquess d' Allegre advanced
with a large body of French, Spanish, and Bavarian
infantry and cavalry, but he was repulsed with severe
loss. The Fifteenth were in reserve on this occa
sion. They .shared in the subsequent operations ofthe
campaign : but the designs of the English commander
being frustrated by the Dutch generals, the forcing of
the lines was not followed by such splendid results as
had been anticipated.
1706 After passing the winter in garrison in Holland, the
regiment again took the field in May, 1706, and had the
honour to serve at the battle of Ramilies, where the
forces of France, Spain, and Bavaria sustained a deci-

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 23
sive overthrow. This battle occurred on Whitsunday^ 1706
the 23rd of May. On the morning of that day, the
allied army was advancing in the direction of Mont St.
Andre ; when the forces of the enemy were discovered
in position, with their centre at the viUage of Ramilies,
which was occupied by a numerous body of troops.
Having complete reliance on the valour ofhis soldiers,
the English general commenced the action, and in three
hours the numerous legions of the enemy were over
thrown, and driven from the field with a terrible slaugh
ter. Many prisoners, with cannon, standards, and
colours, were captured on this occasion.
The wreck of the French army fled to Louvain, and
immediately afterwards abandoned that city and also
Brussels. The States of Brabant, and the magistrates
of Brussels, renounced their allegiance to King Philip.
The principal towns of Brabant, and several places in
Flanders, were immediately delivered up, and others
surrendered on being summoned, or in a few days after
wards. Ostend, Menin, Dendermond, and Aeth were
captured. Towns which had resisted numerous armies
for months and years, and provinces disputed for ages,
were the conquest of a summer. After sharing in these
splendid achievements, the regiment was placed in gar
rison in Flanders.
During the campaign of 1707, the services of the 1707
regiment were limited to marching, and occupying
various encampments. No general engagement or
siege occurred.
In the spring of 1708 the regiment was called from i708
its winter quarters in Flanders, in consequence of the
King of France having fitted out a fleet, and embarked
troops at Dunkirk, for the purpose of making a descent
on the British coast, in favour of the Pretender. The

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1 708 Fifteenth, and several other regiments, marched from
Ghent on the 8th of March, 1708, embarked at Ostend
on the 15th, and arrived in England on the 21st; but
the French fleet, with the Pretender on board, having
been chased from the British shores by the English
navy, the regiment returned to Flanders : it landed
at Ostend on the 20th of April, and proceeded in boats,
along the canal, to Ghent.
Leaving its quarters towards the end of May, the
regiment joined the allied army, and was engaged in
the active operations which foUowed. The French
gained possession of Ghent and Bruges by treachery.
On the llth of July, the regiment passed the Scheldt,
on a pontoon bridge, between Oudenarde and the abbey
of Eename, and engaged the French troops under the
Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Vendome, in the fields
and open grounds beyond the river. A fierce conflict
of musketry ensued ; and charge succeeded charge
until the shades of evening gathered over the scene,
and the progress of the conflict could only be discerned
by the flashes of musketry, which pointed out the
ground on which the battle raged. The French were
forced from their position ; part of their army was se
parated, and nearly destroyed ; but it was preserved
from complete annihilation by the darkness of the
night. This victory prepared the way for additional con
quests ; and the Fiftrenth foot formed part of the
covering army during the siege ofthe important fortress
of Lisle, the capital of French Flanders, which was
defended by fifteen thousand men under Marshal
Boufflers. The regiment was in position when the
united French forces advanced to raise the siege, but
were frustrated by the superior tactics of the Duke of

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 25
Marlborough . The grenadier company of the re gim ent 1 708
joined the besieging army, and took part in the attacks
on the town.
When the Elector of Bavaria besieged Brussels, the
regiment formed part of the force which marched to
the relief of that city, passed the Scheldt, and carried
the enemy's positions beyond that river on the 27 th of
November ; which was followed by the retreat of the
enemy from before Brussels.
The citadel of Lisle surrendered on the 9th of De
cember ; Ghent and Bruges were afterwards recaptured,
and the regiment had its winter quarters at Ghent.
Having reposed a few months in quarters, and re- 1709
ceived a body of recruits from England, the regiment
traversed the conquered territory to Lisle, in June,
1709, and afterwards took part in the manoeuvres by
which Marshal Villars was induced to reduce the
strength of his garrisons in his fortified towns, to re
inforce a line of entrenchments and forts, in which he
expected to be attacked. This object gained, the
siege of Tournay was immediately commenced ; and
the Fifteenth foot, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
Andrew Armstrong, formed part of the covering
army ; but when the town surrendered, the regiment
joined the besieging force, and took part in the attacks
on the castle. This proved a desperate service. The
citadel of Tournay was celebrated for the multiplicity
of its under-ground works, and the approaches were
carried on by sinking pits, and excavating subterrane
ous passages to the enemy's casemates and mines.
The soldiers employed on these works were sometimes
drowned with water, suffocated by smoke, and buried
by explosions ; and at other times parties of the be
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1 'J09 with sword and pistol in these gloomy labyrinths. In
these services the Fifteenth regiment had a number
of men killed and wounded ; it also lost several men
from the explosion of a mine, which destroyed a bat
tery. On the 3rd of September, the citadel of Tournay
surrendered ; and the army traversed the country to
wards Mons, the capital of the province of Hainault.
leaving tbe Fifteenth and several other corps at
Tournay, to level the approaches and fill the excava
tions. Immediately after this work was performed,
the regiment traversed the country towards Mons,
and joined the army, on the morning of the llth of
September, at the moment the columns of attack
were advancing to assault the enemy's fortified posi
tion at Malplaquet. This proved one of the most san
guinary and hard-contested battles of the war : the
confident and fierce attacks of the allies were made
against formidable works, defended with resolution,
which occasioned a great sacrifice of life ; but eventu
ally the position was forced, and the French army
retreated with the loss of many colours, standards,
cannon, and officers and soldiers made prisoners. The
Fifteenth were in reserve on this occasion, and its
loss was limited to Brevet Major Leslie, killed, and
three or four private soldiers killed and wounded.
This victory was followed by the siege of Mons, and
the regiment formed part of the covering army. The
garrison surrendered in October.
On the 23rd of October, Major-General Howe was
succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by Algernon
Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset, who
had served with reputation at several battles and
sieges on the continent.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 27
The regiment quitted its winter quarters at Ghent, 1710
on the 14th of April, 1710, and marched to the rendez
vous of the army near Tournay. The services of the
Fifteenth foot were this year connected with the
forcing of the French lines at Pont-a- Vendin, and with
the siege and capture of Douay, which fortress sur
rendered on the 27th of June. They subsequently
formed part of the covering army encamped at Villars-
Brulin, during the siege of Bethune. This place
having surrendered on the 29th of August, and the
French army avoiding a general engagement, the
fortresses of Aire and St. Venant were invested, and
taken ; and these conquests were the last important
events of the campaign.
After taking part in these services, the regiment
marched into quarters at Courtray, where it was sta
tioned during the winter.
Towards the end of April, 1711, the regiment ad- 11 11
vanced from Courtray, and joining the army near
Douay, was formed in brigade with the foot guards, a
battalion of the royals, and the twentieth and twenty-
third regiments. It was reviewed on the 8th of June,
at the camp at Warde, by the Duke of Marlborough ;
and afterwards took part in the skilful operations by
which the enemy's formidable and newly constructed
lines were passed at Arleux, on the 5th of August ;
and this success was foUowed by the siege of Bouchain,
a fortified town of Hainault, situate on both sides of the
river Scheldt. The regiment formed part of a division
of twenty battalions of infantry, commanded by Lieut.-
General the Earl of Orkney, which took post on the
north and north-west side of the town and river; and
it shared in the duties of the trenches, and in carrying
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1711 killed and wounded. The garrison agreed to sur
render on the 13th of September.
Thus the French monarch found his armies defeated
and dispirited ; his fortresses wrested from him, and the
victorious legions of the allies prepared to penetrate
the interior ofhis kingdom ; and he sued for peace.
1712 In the spring of 1712 the Fifteenth regiment
took the field with the army under the Duke of
Ormond, who had been appointed to the command in
succession to the Duke of Marlborough, and advanced
to the frontiers of France. Negociations for peace
having commenced, a suspension of hostilities tookplace
between the British and French, and the regiment
returned to Ghent; from whence it was afterwards
removed to Dunkirk, the French monarch having
agreed to deliver up that fortress until the treaty of
peace was concluded.
1713 The regiment was stationed at Dunkirk in 1713,
17 14 and at Nieuport in the early part of 1714.
While the regiment was in Flanders, the decease of
Queen Anne, and the accession of King George I.,
occurred, on the 1st of August, 1714, and soon after
wards the Fifteenth foot, and several other corps,
were ordered to return to England.
1715 On the 8th of February, 1715, the Earl of Hert
ford was promoted to the colonelcy of the second troop
(now second regiment) of life guards, and was suc
ceeded in the command of the Fifteenth foot by Co
lonel Harry Harrison.
The regiment was actively employed in South
Britain during the troubles in 1715; but it was not
called upon to take the field against the rebels under
the Earl of Mar, who were dispersed, in the beginning
1716 of 1716, by the King's troops under the Dukeof Argyle.

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In 1719, the regiment was stationed in Scotland, 1719
when the King of Spain fitted out an armament for
the invasion of Great Britain in favour of the Pre
tender. The Spanish fleet was dispersed by a storm ;
two ships, however, arrived on the coast of Scotland,
and four hundred Spaniards and about a hundred
Scots and English gentlemen, landed on the 27th of
April, at Kintail, and were afterwards joined by about
fifteen hundred Highlanders. Against this force,
three troops of the Greys, and the eleventh, four
teenth, and Fifteenth regiments of foot, marched
from Inverness on the 5th of June, under Major-
General Wightman, and encountered the rebels on
the 10th of that month, at the pass of Glenshiel ; when
the Spaniards and Highlanders withdrew a short
distance, and formed for battle on the romantic moun
tain scenery in the pass of Strachell. About five
o'clock in the afternoon, the grenadiers of the three
regiments climbed the rocky crags, and commenced
the action ; they were followed by the eleventh, and a
detachment of the Fifteenth under Colonel Har
rison ; at the same time, the Greys galloped forward
along the road ; and the Spaniards and Highlanders
were forced from the lofty ground on which they had
taken post. The rebels made a second stand on the
top of the hill, but were speedily driven from thence.
The Highlanders afterwards dispersed to their homes,
and on the foUowing day, the Spaniards surrendered
prisoners of war.
On the appearance of a continental war, in 1727, the 1727
regiment was augmented, and held in readiness to
proceed to Holland, but no embarkation took place.
King George II. reviewed the second and Fifteenth i728
regiments in brigade on Blackheath, on the 29th of

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1728 June, 1728, and expressed his high approbation of
their appearance and movements. The signs of war
disappearing, the establishment was afterwards re
duced.
1739 When hostilities commenced between Great Bri
tain and Spain, in 1739, the establishment was again
augmented.
1740 In the middle of June, 1740, the Fifteenth,
twenty-fourth, twenty-seventh regiments, and the six
battalions of marines, were encamped on the Isle of
Wight, under the orders of General Lord Cathcart.
Towards the end of July, the camp broke up, and the
Fifteenth, and twenty-fourth regiments, and the six
regiments of marines, embarked on board the fleet for
the West Indies. Some delay occurred, and after
putting to sea, the fleet was twice driven back by con
trary winds ; on the 26th of October it sailed a third
lime, and was dispersed by a tempest in the Bay of
Biscay ; but the greater part of the vessels were re
collected and proceeded on the voyage. Arriving at
Dominica to provide wood and water, the troops
lost their gallant leader. General Lord Cathcart (then
colonel of the sixth dragoon guards or Carabineers),
who died of dysentery ; and the command devolved on
Brigadier-General Thomas Wentworth.
1741 The expedition arrived at Jamaica in Januar}', 1741,
and the appearance of this force dispeUed the appre
hension of an attack on that island by the combined
fleets of France and Spain, and also enabled the
British commanders to act offensively. The expedi
tion put to sea, and after some delay, an attack on
Carthagena, the capital of a wealthy province in the
country of Terra Firma, in South America, was
resolved upon. This place was found strongly fortified.

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and the garrison reinforced by the crews of a squadron 1741
of large ships ; at the same time the season for active
service in that part of the world was fast passing away ;
but the design was persevered in, and the fleet having
silenced several small forts, the Fifteenth mustering
one thousand officers and soldiers, and several other
corps, landed on an island near the mouth ofthe harbour,
on the 10th of March, and commenced the siege ofthe
principal fort, or castle, called Bocca-chica. On the
evening of the 25th of March, the grenadiers of the
Fifteenth, and other regiments, mounted the breach
in gaUant style, to storm the fortress, when the Spanish
garrison fled, and the place was captured without loss.
Channels having been made through the sunk ves
sels with which the Spaniards had blocked up the
entrance to the harbour, the Fifteenth and twenty-
fourth re-embarked, and commenced landing near the
city of Carthagena. From the place of landing, the
two regiments advanced along a defile, preceded by
the grenadiers, through a country covered with trees
and herbage of luxuriant growth, the interwoven
branches forming a shelter impenetrable both to heat
and light, and several men were wounded by shots
fired from the tracks and openings into the wood. Di
verging from the defile, the two regiments encountered
a body of Spaniards advantageously posted to dispute
the passage, but as the grenadiers sprang forward to
commence the attack, the enemy fled. The two regi
ments proceeded to the vicinity of the castle of St.
Lazar, which commands the town, and were followed
by the six battalions of marines. The soldiers passed
three nights in the open air, for want of tents and
tools, and their health was seriously injured.
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1 741 men were fast decreasing in numbers from the effects
of hard duty and climate, Brigadier- General Went
worth was induced to attack the place by escalade, to
which dangerous enterprise he was urged by Vice-
Admiral Vernon. Twelve hundred men stormed the
enemy's entrenchments under the walls of the fort,
exposed to a heavy fire of musketry. The grenadiers,
led by Colonel Grant, rushed forward with astonish
ing bravery, and leaping into the lines, carried the
works in gallant style. The Spaniards fled over a
drawbridge into the fort. The British pursued, and
called for ladders to storm the fort ; but the fire was
so hot, that the Americans who carried the ladders
threw them down and fled. Meanwhile the storming
party was exposed to a destructive fire. At length three
ladders were brought forward, and a serjeant and ten
grenadiers mounted the walls, but were instantly cut
to pieces, excepting the serjeant, who saved himself by
leaping down again. Several of the ladders were
found too short : it was ascertained that, owing to a
guide having been killed, the attack had been made on
the strongest part of the works : Colonel Grant fell
mortally wounded; and after sustaining a most de
structive fire for several hours with intrepidity and
perseverance, the troops were ordered to retire, hav
ing sustained a severe loss in killed and wounded.
Violent periodical rains commenced ; the country
was deluged with water, and the change of atmosphere
produced fatal effects on the health of the men, who
were drenched with rain. All hope of further success
immediately vanished, and the troops returned on
board the fleet, where numbers died from the distem
pers peculiar to the climate.
The forts of the harbour of Carthagena having been

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demolished, the fleet sailed to Jamaica. The Fif- 1741
TEENTH, and several other corps, afterwards sailed to
the island of Cuba, where they landed, and a camp was
formed twenty miles up one of the large rivers of the
island. At this camp, the regiment was stationed some
time ; and the country was reconnoitred in various di
rections by detachments. The design of forming, a
British settlement on that part of the island of Cuba,
was, however, abandoned ; in November the troops re
turned on board ship, and were re-conveyed to Jamaica.
Having sustained a severe loss in killed and 1742
wounded at Carthagena, and also from the effects of
climate, the regiment returned to England in 1742,
and commenced recruiting its numbers.
During the years 1743 and 1744, the regiment was 1743
stationed in Great Britain. 1'44
In the meantime, a British army was supporting the 745 1
interest ofthe house of Austria on the Continent; but
the French monarch brought so great a superiority of
numbers into the field, that the allied army, under
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, was
unable to prevent the enemy gaining possession of
several fortified towns in the Austrian Netherlands,
during the summer of 1745. Under these circum
stances the regiment was sent from England to Ostend,
with the view of contributing to the preservation of
that place, where it arrived on the 27th of July, The
French besieged Ostend, which was defended by a
garrison of British and Austrian troops under Lieut.-
General Count Chanclos, of the Austrian service, who
capitulated after a siege of thirteen days, the garrison
being permitted to march out with the honors of war,,
and proceed to the Austrian territories. The Fif
teenth joined the army. D

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1745 At this period, Charles Edward, eldest son of the
Pretender, had aroused the Highland clans to arms,
and asserted his father's pretensions to the British
throne. This rebellion occasioned the regiment to be
recalled from Flanders : it arrived in the river Thames,
and landed at Gravesend, on the 25th of October;
but it was not ordered to march against the insurgent
clans — it was destined to remain in the south of Eng
land, to oppose the threatened invasion of the French.
1746 When the hopes of the Pretender had been annihi
lated by the battle of Culloden, on the 16th of April,
1746, part of the military force of the kingdom
became disposable for other services, and the Fifteenth
regiment was selected to form part of an expedition.
against the French possessions in Canada. Various
circumstances occasioned the fleet to be detained
so long, that this enterprise was deferred, and an
attempt on the port of i' Orient, the principal station
for the French East India Company's shipping and
stores, was resolved upon. The expedition sailed from
Plymouth on the 14th of September; on the 20th a
landing was effected on the coast of France, and the
troops assembled to oppose the debarkation were
driven from the shore. On the foUowing day, the
British advanced in two columns towards L'Orient;
the Fifteenth forming part of the second column.
The French militia fired upon the troops from the
woods, and put the men of one or two corps into some
confusion, when Captain Honorable James Murray
led the grenadier company of the Fifteenth forward
with great gallantry, and dispersed the enemy. When
the leading companies arrived at the village of Ple-
mur, they were fired upon from tbe houses ; but this
resistance was speedily overcome, and the people

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were punished for their temerity. On arriving before 1746
L'Orient, the governor proposed to surrender ; but the
conditions demanded were not acceded to, in conse
quence of a report of the engineers stating the prac
ticability of reducing the towu. The siege was imme
diately commenced ; but the artillery and stores with the
expedition proved unequal to the undertaking, and the
troops retreated to the coast, and re-embarked without
molestation. Another descent was made on the French coast in
October : the troops landing on the peninsula of Qui
beron, capturing a fort with eighteen guns, and after
wards destroying the guns and forts in the peninsula,
with those in the isles of Houat and Hedic. These
services performed, the regiment returned on board
the fleet and sailed for England.
Negociations for a treaty of peace were commenced 1748
in 1748, at Aix-la-Chapelle. In 1749, the strength of i749
the army was reduced, and the regiment proceeded to
Ireland. After commanding the regiment thirty-four years,
Lieut.-General Harrison died, in March of this year,
and was succeeded by Colonel John Jordan, from the
lieut.-colonelcy of the tenth dragoons, by commission,
dated 15th of April, 1749.
In the clothing warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, 1751
the facing of the regiment is directed to be yellow.
The first, or King's colour, to be the great union ; the
second, or regimental colour, to be of yellow silk, with
the union in the upper canton ; in the centre the num
ber of the regiment in gold Roman characters, within
a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk. The
uniform at this period was cocked hats bound with
white lace; scarlet coats faced and turned up with
d2

36 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1755 yellow, and ornamented with white lace; scarlet waist
coat and breeches ; white gaiters ; white cravats; and
buff belts.
The regiment remained in Ireland until the unde
termined boundary of the British and French settle
ments in North America occasioned a rupture between
the two kingdoms. The aggressions of the French led
to the sending of a body of British troops to North
America in 1 755 ; at which period the establishment
of the Fifteenth was augmented, and the regiment
embarked for England.
1 756 Colonel Jordan was removed to the ninth 'dragoons,
in April, 1756, and King George II. conferred the
colonelcy of the Fifteenth foot on Colonel Jeffery
(afterwards Lord) Amherst, from captain and lieut.-
colonel in the first foot guards.
In July of this year the regiment pitched its tents
near Blandford, where an encampment was formed of
six regiments of foot and two of dragoons under Lieut.-
General Sir Charles Howard.
1757 Numerous encampments were formed also in the
following year, and the troops held in readiness to repel a
threatened invasion of the French. The Fifteenth
foot, and four other corps, pitched their tents on Bar-
ham-downs, under Charles Duke of Marlborough.
From Barham-downs the regiment proceeded to
the Isle of Wight, in order to form part of an expe
dition against the French naval station of Rochfort, on
the river Charente. The Fifteenth, commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel Honorable Sir James Murray, was
formed in brigade with the fifth, twenty-fourth, thir
tieth, aud fifty-first regiments ; the land forces were
under Lieut.-General Sir John Mordaunt, and the
navy under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. The fleet

fifteenth regiment of foot. 37
sailed in the early part of September ; on the 23rd of 1 757
that month the Isle of Aix was captured, and the forts
were afterwards destroyed. Owing to unfavourable
weather, a landing could not be effected near Rochfort
before the enemy was alarmed and prepared for a
vigorous resistance. The troops were repeatedly in
readiness to land, and on one occasion the first division
was in the boats ; but the weather, and other causes,
prevented a debarkation taking place. The expedi
tion afterwards returned to England.
Early in the following year, the Fifteenth regi- 1758
ment, mustering eight hundred and fifty officers and
soldiers, commanded by Lieut. -Col^iel Honorable
James Murray, embarked for North America, to take
part in the attack ofthe French possessions in that part
of the world. It proceeded to Halifax, in Nova Scotia,
where the expedition was prepared against Louisburgj
the capital of the island of Cape Breton,* in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence, under the orders of its colonel, Lieut.-
General Sir Jeffiery Amherst, K.B : the naval force
being under Admiral Boscawen. The expedition
sailed from Halifax on the 28th of May, and approached
Louisburg, on the 2nd of June ; but the weather was
so unfavourable that a landing could not be effected
before the 8th of June. On that occasion, the grena
dier company of the Fifteenth formed part of the
centre division under the gallant Brigadier-General
James Wolfe, designed to force a landing; and the
regiment formed part of the left division, under Briga-
* Cape Breton had been previously captured, in the year 1745, by the
New England Militia, under the command of Colonel William Pepperell,
assisted by a naval squadron under Commodore Warren. Mutual restitu
tions taking place by the conditions of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Cape
Breton was restored to France, in exchange for Madras, which had been
taken by the French.

38 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1758dier-General Lawrence, designed to make a show of
landing at Fresh-water Cove, to divert the enemy's
attention from the main attack. The division under
Brigadier-General W^olfe approached the shore under
a heavy fire, and the surf being high, several boats
were overset. One boat, containing part of the grena
dier company of the Fifteenth, was overset, when
Lieutenant Kennedy, two Serjeants, and thirteen rank
and file, were drowned. The regiment had also Lieu
tenant Nicholson and eight men killed by the enemy's
fire. The survivors, however, jumped into the water
with great gallantry, formed on the beach, and being
animated by tlwir chivalrous leader, the heroic Wolfe,
they rushed upon their opponents with fixed bayonets,
and carried the enemy's works in a manner which ex
cited great admiration. The other divisions foUowed,
and before night the army was on shore.
The siege of Louisburg was afterwards commenced ;
and the Fifteenth regiment took part in this service.
In carrying on the approaches, and in making the attacks,
the troops underwent great fatigues with a cheerful
alacrity, which redounded to their honor. The enemy's
sallies were repulsed : the fire of the British artiUery
destroyed their shipping, silenced their batteries, and
damaged their works to so great an extent, that, on the
26th of July, the garrison surrendered prisoners of
war ; the whole island was also delivered up ; and two
other small islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence sur
rendered. Eleven stand of colours were captured on
this occasion, and sent to England.
Besides the officers and soldiers killed in effecting
a landing, the regiment had also Lieutenant Campbell
killed; Lieutenant Hamilton, Lieutenant and Adju
tant Mukens, and Ensign Moneypenny, wounded dur-

fifteenth regiment of foot. 39
ing the siege of Louisburg. The regiment had also a 1758
considerable number of private soldiers killed and
wounded. The arrival of the news of this gallant exploit pro
duced great sensation in England; the captured
colours were presented to the King, and conducted by
a splendid cavalcade from Kensington Palace to St.
Paul's Cathedral. The meritorious conduct of the
officers and soldiers of the expedition was rewarded
with the approbation of their Sovereign and the thanks
of Parliament.
The Fifteenth were stationed at Louisburg during
the remainder of the year.
From Louisburg the regiment sailed in the beginning 1759
of June, 1759, with the expedition against Quebec, under
•Major-General Jambs Wolfe; and was formed in
brigade with the forty-third, forty-eighth, and seventy-
eighth foot, under Brigadier General Monckton. To
wards the end of June, the army landed at Orleans, —
a large, fertile, and well-cultivated island in the river
St. Lawrence, below Quebec, — and commenced prepa
rations for carrying on the object of the expedition.
The French General, the Marquis of Montcalm,
possessed a superiority of numbers over the invading
force, and he had made excellent dispositions for the
defence of the country : but the EngUsh Commander
had complete reliance on the valour of his troops,
whose confidence he possessed to an extraordinary
degree. The Fifteenth foot, and three other regi
ments, were detached under Brigadier- General Monck
ton, against Point Levi, on the east shore of the river,
from whence a body of the enemy was driven ; at the
same time a body of troops, under Colonel Carleton,
took possession of the western point of the island of

40 historical record of the
1759 Orleans, and both these posts were fortified. Sixteen
hundred of the enemy attempted to retake Point Levi,
but were repulsed ; and a mortar battery, constructed
at that post, fired on Quebec, destroying fhe lower
town, and damaging the upper town. Having finished
the works on the island of Orleans, the army crossed
the north channel of the river in boats, and landed
below the splendid waterfalls of Montmorenci; and
arrangements were made for attacking the enemy's
position beyond the river Montmorenci, in which the
Fifteenth regiment was ordered to co-operate.
As the regiment was crossing the river in boats from
Point Levi, the grenadiers effected a landing, and com
menced the action prematurely, before their formation
was completed and before the troops designed to sustain
them had arrived ; and they were repulsed. They re-"
formed behind the corps from Point Levi, the Fifteenth
and seventy-eighth ; but the excess of ardour, without
sufficient attention to discipline, occasioned the loss of
five hundred officers and men, and the failure of the
operation.* Difficulties, calculated to perplex and discourage
the most resolute and intelligent commander, pre
sented themselves ; but the English general evinced
talent and perseverance. No prospect of final success,
by advancing across the river Montmorenci, presenting
itself, the troops re-embarked and proceeded to Point
Levi ; they afterwards sailed a considerable distance
up the river ; but it was found impossible to annoy

* In censuring the grenadiers for their rash conduct, Major-General
Wolfe observed in orders, ' Amherst's (the Fifteenth) and the Highlanders
' (seventy-eighth), alone, by the soldier-like and cool manner in which they
' formed, would, undoubtedly, have beaten back the whole Canadian army,
' if the enemy had ventured to attack them.'

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 41
the enemy above the town. A desperate resolution 1759
was subsequently formed, to retire a Httle down the
river, land in the night within a league of Cape
Diamond, ascend the heights of Abraham, and gain
possession of the ground at the back of the city.
At midnight on the 12th of September, the troops
went on board the boats, and at one o'clock the first
division moved down the river ; an officer who spoke the
French language, answering the challenges of the
enemy's sentries on the shore. A landing was eff'ected :
the officers and men climbed the steep woody precipice,
pulling themselves up by roots and branches of trees
with admirable courage and activity, dislodged a cap
tain's guard, and gained the heights. The Fifteenth
and other corps followed.
When the French general was informed that the En
glish had gained the heights of Abraham, he instantly
collected his forces and advanced to give battle ; and
Major-General Wolfe, observing the approach of the
hostile troops, formed line, the Fifteenth being posted
in reserve. The enemy manifesting a design against
the British left, the Fifteenth were removed to that
flank by Brigadier-General Townshend, and were
formed en p6tm.ce, presenting two fronts to the enemy.
About nine o'clock the action commenced, and was
particularly severe on the right, at which point the
British regiments behaved with extraordinary gallantry,
charging with bayonets, and overthrowing all opposition.
In the midst of the action, Major-General Wolfe was
shot in the breast, and he expired at the moment of
victory. Brigadier-General Monckton was also
wounded, and the command devolved on Brigadier-
General Townshend, who had scarcely formed the
troops after the pursuit, when a fresh body of the enemy

42 historical record op the
1759 appeared in his rear : he detached two regiments
against them, and the enemy fled to the woods. The
French commander, the Marquis of Montcalm, was
mortally wounded ; and his second in command, Briga
dier-General de Senezergue, was wounded and taken
prisoner, and he died on board an English ship on the
following day.
This victory was gained with the loss of about fifty
men killed, and five hundred wounded ; but the fall of
Major-General James Wolfe was a national loss.
He possessed an animating fervour of sentiment, — an
intuitive perception, — extensive capacity, — personal
bravery beyond all estimation, — and an unbounded
thirst for glory ; tliese bright qualities were combined
with every species of military knowledge that study
could comprehend, and actual service illustrate ; and,
while the sublimity of his genius soared above ordinary
minds, his generous disposition, and complacent deport
ment, procured him universal esteem. The soldiers
admired and loved him.
After this victory, preparations were made for prose
cuting the siege of Quebec; but further loss of life was
prevented by the surrender of the garrison.
This conquest produced great joy in England ; a day
of thanksgiving was set apart by proclamation ; and the
thanks of Parliament, with 'the approbation of their
Sovereign, were conveyed to the troops : also an abund
ant supply of warm clothing, purchased by public
subscription, for the use of the men in the cold climate
of Quebec.
The loss of the regiment in the several actions near
Quebec, was otie surgeon's mate, two Serjeants, and
eleven rank and file killed ; Major Paulus Armil
Irving, Captain Arthur Loftus, Lieutenants Samuel

fifteenth regiment of foot. 43
Rutherford, John Maxwell, senior, John Max well, Jwrn'or, 1759
William Skeane, Robert Ross, James Leslie, Lieut.
and Adjutant Francis Mekins, Ensigns Edmund Wroth,
Samuel Baker, nine Serjeants, one drummer, and
ninety -seven rank and file, wounded.
The Lieut.-Colonel of the Fifteenth foot. Colonel
Honorable James Murray, was rewarded with the
appointment of Colonel-commandant of a battalion of
the sixtieth regiment, and Governor of Quebec, in
which fortress the Fifteenth were stationed during
the winter, and they sufl'ered severely from scurvy,
occasioned by Uving constantly on salt provisions.
Resolving, if possible, to regain possession of Quebec, 1750
a French force, commanded by the Chevalier de Louis,
advanced from Montreal towards the end of April,
1760 ; the enemy attempted to cut off the British out
posts, but was frustrated by the advance ofthe piquets,
the grenadiers, and the Fifteenth regiment.
Brigadier-General Murray led the garrison of Quebec
forward, to meet the enemy, whom he engaged on the
28th of April, near the village of Sillery, and gained
some advantage; but the superior numbers of the
enemy rendered a retreatnecessary, which was executed
in good order.
The enemy besieged Quebec, and the Fifteenth
regiment had the honour of taking part in a successful
defence of that important fortress. The governor stated
in his despatch, — ' I flatter myself the extraordinary
' performances of the handful of brave men I had left,
' will please His Majesty as much as they surprised us,
' who were eye-witnesses of them.' While the garrison
was making a resolute defence, a British naval force
arrived in the river, destroyed the enemy's vessels near
the town, and cannonaded their lines. On the moming

44 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1760 ofthe 1 7th of May, the Fifteenth were under arms,
to make a sally on the besieging force ; but the French
camp was found empty, and the tents standing. A
pursuit was ordered, and some prisoners and baggage
were captured.
In June a detachment of the regiment advanced up
the river, in vessels, to co-operate with the troops under
General Sir Jeffery Amherst, in an attack on the
French army at Montreal. The British advanced upon
Montreal from three different points, and by a well-
arranged combination the whole were united before that
place in the early part of September. The French
governor, the Marquis of Vaudreuil, being unable to
withstand the British arms, surrendered ; and the con
quest of Canada was thus accomplished.
After this success, the regiment was assembled at
Montreal, and it was one of the corps which occupied
that place for several months.
1761 In the spring of 1761, the regiment proceeded up
Lake Champlain in boats, marched from the shore of
the lake to Albany, and afterwards sailed down the
Hudson river to New York. In June it was encamped
on Staten Island, and in October sailed for Barbadoes,
where an expedition was assembled under Major-General
Monckton, for an attack on the French island of Marti
nique, and the Fifteenth was one of the corps selected
for this service.
1762 The expedition sailed from Carlisle bay on the 5th
of January, 1762, and a landing was eff'ected on the
island of Martinique in the middle of that month. The
Fifteenth were actively employed in the operations
necessary to bring the enemy to submission, and some
severe fighting took place, in which the regiment had
several men killed and wounded ; Captain Prescott and

fifteenth regiment of foot. 45
Lieutenant Leslie, being among the latter. The 1762
governor, M. Le Vassor de la Touche, surrendered the
island in February,
War having been declared against Spain, the regi
ment was attached to the armament under General the
Earl of Albemarle, destined to attack the valuable
settlement of the Havannah, on the island of Cuba.
Passing through the straits of Bahama, the expe
dition arrived within six leagues of the Havannah on
the 6th of June ; a landing was effected on the follow
ing day ; and on the 9th, the troops took up a position
between Coximar and the Moro, a fort which it was
deemed necessary to besiege and capture before an
attack was made on the town. In this service, great
hardships had to be endured ; a thin soil, hardly suffi
cient to cover the troops in their approaches, a scarcity
of water, and the labour of dragging the artillery seve
ral miles over a rocky country, and under a burning
sun, called forth the eff'orts of the army and navy. The
works were carried on, the sallies of the enemy were
repulsed, and the Moro fort was captured by storm on
the 30th of July. A series of batteries were erected
against the town; and on the llth of August they
opened so well-directed a fire, that the guns of the
garrison were silenced, and flags of truce were hung out
from the town, and ships in the harbour. The terms
of capitulation were agreed upon, and the British took
possession of this valuable settlement, with nine men
of war in the harbour, and two upon the stocks.
The regiment lost a number of men on this import-
an* service ; Lieutenant Skene was among the killed ;
Captain Tyrwhitt and Lieutenant Winter died from
the eff'ects of climate.
After the capture of the Havannah, the regiment
was stationed at that place eleven months.

46 historical record of the
1763 In the meantime a treaty of peace had been concluded,
and in 1763 the Havannah" was restored to Spain;
the regiment was relieved by the Spanish troops which
arrived to take possession of the colony, and .embarked
for New York, from whence it proceeded, by Albany
and Lake Champl9.ia, to Canada, where it was sta
tioned several years.
1764 After occupying quarters successively at Montreal,
1765 Quebec, and on the upper lakes, until the summer of
1768 1768, the regiment embarked for England, and landed
at Portsmouth in July.
Occurrences of a political character having induced
Sir Jeffery Amherst to resign the colonelcy of the regi
ment, he was succeeded, on the 21st of September,
1768, by Colonel Charles Hotham (afterwards Sir
Charles Thompson, Baronet) from the sixty-third regi
ment.
1769 The regiment occupied various quarters in the
southern and midland counties of England, until the
1770 summer of 1770, when it was reviewed at Chatham by
1771 King George III. and in the spring of 1771 marched
into Yorkshire.
1772 In 1772 the regiment marched to Scotland, where it
1773 was stationed during the following year, and in the
1774 spring of 1774 it embarked at Port Patrick for Ire
land.
1775 Major-General Sir Charles Thompson was succeeded
in the colonelcy of the regiment, in September, 1775,
by Major-General Richard Earl of Cavan, from the
fifty-fifth regiment of foot.
1776 In the meantime, the determined spirit evinced by the
British colonists in North America to resist the acts of
parliament passed in England for raising a revenue in
their country, had been followed by hostilities, and the
Fifteenth regiment was one of the corps selected to

fifteenth regiment of foot, 47
proceed across the Atlantic, to aid in the attempt to 1776
reduce the refractory provincials to submission. The
regiment embarked from Ireland early in 1776, and
proceeded to Cape Fear, in North Carolina, with four
other corps, under Major-General the Earl Cornwallis.
These troops arrived on the coast of North Carolina
early in April, and Lieut.-General Clinton assumed
the command. The men landed at Cape Fear to re
fresh themselves after the voyage, and returning on
board the transports, sailed, on the Ist of June, with the
expedition against Charleston. After passing Charles
ton bar, the troops landed on one of the islands, but the
armament proved of insufficient strength for the cap
ture of the capital of South Carolina, and the five re
giments re-embarked and proceeded to Staten Island,
where'the main body of the British forces was assembled
under General Sir WiUiam Howe. The Fifteenth,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, were formed
in brigade with the fourth, twenty-seventh, and forty-
fifth regiments, under Major-General Pigot.
A landing was effected on Long Island on the 22nd
of August, and the Fifteenth regiment formed part
of the force under Lieut.-General Clinton, which ad
vanced after dusk on the evening of the 26th to seize
on a pass in the heights, and turn the enemy's left flank
at Flat-bush. This pass was taken possession of on the
following morning ; the army advanced, and the Ame
ricans were driven from their position with considera
ble loss, and forced to retreat to their fortified lines at
Brooklyn. The loss of the regiment on this occasion
was limited to a few men wounded.
The Americans quitted their fortified lines during
the night of the 28th of August, and retired across the
East River, in boats, to New York ; and the reduction

48 historical record of the
l776of Long Island was thus accomplished in a few days,
with little loss.
From Long Island the regiment proceeded with the
army across the East River, when General Washington
was forced to abandon New York, which city was taken
possession of by the British.
Proceeding up the river, the regiment took part in
the operations of the army by which the Americans
were forced to evacuate their lines on White Plains ;
but it did not sustain any loss.
The regiment took part in the attack and capture
of the enemy's lines and redoubts near Fort Washington,
on the 16th of November, when it had a few private
soldiers killed and wounded.
After taking part in these services, the regiment
proceeded into winter quarters at the city of New
York.
1777 Information being received that the Americans were
forming magazines at PeeK s-hill, about fifty miles up
the North River, Lieut.-Colonel Bird, ofthe Fifteenth,
was detached from New York against that post, with
a body of troops, of which a division of the regiment
formed part. The troops sailed from New York on
the 22nd of March, 1777, and as they approached Peek's-
hill, the Americans set fire to the stores and retreated.
The British landed, completed the destruction of the
magazines, barracks, &c., and afterwards returned to
New York.
Extensive depots were also prepared by the Ame
ricans at Danbury, and other places on the borders of
Connecticut, and the Fifteenth regiment formed part
of a body of troops which embarked from New York,
under Major General Tyron, for the destruction of
these magazines. The British arrived off Norwalk

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 49
on the evening of the 25th of April, landed without 1777
opposition, and commenced their march for Danbury,
from whence the American troops fled, as the English
approached that place on the afternoon of the following
day. As no carriages could be procured to bring off
any part ofthe immense collection of stores at this place,
the magazines were set on fire, and in the progress of
the flames the town was unavoidably burnt. This
service accomplished, the British commenced their
march back to the coast, early on the morning of the
27th of April, when a body of Americans hung upon
their rear, and at every eminence a corps of militia
was found ready to oppose their march; but they
attacked and routed their opponents ; and in one of
the skirmishes the American General Wooster was
killed. Arriving at Ridgefield, the British were opposed by
a strong force under General Arnold, protected by in-
trenchments, which the Americans were preparing ; but
a few rounds from the English artillery, and a gallant
charge with bayonets, routed the American force, and
the King's troops halted at Ridgefield during the night.
Resuming the march on the following morning, the
British were harassed by the enemy, in their retrograde
movement, and numerous skirmishes occurred. Arriv
ing at the Hill of Compo, contiguous to the place of em
barkation, the Americans appeared in force, and com
menced an attack with greater spirit and determination
than before ; the British troops confronted their nu
merous assailants, fired a volley, and charged with bay
onets with so much impetuosity and valour, that the
Americans were unable to withstand the shock, and
they retreated. The King's troops afterwards embarked
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50 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1777 Eight rank and file of the Fifteenth regiment were
kiUed on this expedition; Captain Harry Ditmas, one
serjeant, and fifteen rank and file wounded; two men
missing. Lieutenant Charles Hastings, of the twelfth
foot, serving as a volunteer with the regiment, was
also wounded.
Afterwards taking the field with the army in the
Jerseys, the regiment was engaged in the operations
designed to bring the enemy to a general engagement
but the Americans kept close in their fortified lines i
the mountains ; and an expedition against the popu
lous and wealthy city of Philadelphia was resolved upon.
The Fifteenth, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel John
Bird, were employed in this enterprise^, and were formed
in brigade with the seventeenth, forty-second, and
forty-fourth regiments, under Major-General (after
wards Earl) Grey.
Embarking from Sandy Hook, the army sailed to
the Chesapeake, and proceeding up Elk River, landed
on the northern shore on the 25th of August. The
American army took up a position at Brandywine to
oppose the advance, and on the llth of September the
royal forces moved forward to engage their opponents.
The Fifteenth formed part of the column under
Major-General the Earl Cornwallis, which made a
circuit of some miles to turn the right and gain the
rear of the American army. The action proved deci
sive; the enemy was driven from his position, and
forced to make a precipitate retreat. The battalion
companies of the regiment did not sustain any loss on
this occasion ; but the flank companies, being formed
in grenadier and light infantry battalions, had Lieu
tenant Faulkener killed ; Captain Cathcart, Captain
Douglas, and Lieutenant Leigh wounded ; also several
men killed and wounded.

fifteenth REGIMENT OF FOOT. 51
After this victory, the army continued its advance ; 1777
Philadelphia was taken possession of, and the British
troops took up a position at Germantown, the Fif
teenth being posted on the left ofthe village.
Making a forced march during the night of the 3rd
of October, the American army appeared suddenly in
front of Germantown before daylight on the following
morning, and attacked the British outposts, thinking
to surprise the troops in an unprejjared state. The
first assault was opposed by the second battalion of
light infantry, and the fortieth regiment, under Lieut.-
Colonel Musgrave, posted at the head of the village ;
these corps were forced to fall back, and Lieut.-Colonel
Musgrave threw himself, with six companies of the
fortieth, into a large store-house, where he was attacked
by an American brigade, aided by four pieces of cannon.
During the contest, while the soldiers of the fortieth
were defending their post manfully, Major-General
Grey brought forward the Fifteenth, and two other
corps ; and making a determined attack on the Ameri
can regiments, drove them back with great slaughter.
The enemy was also repulsed at every part of the field,
and forced to make a precipitate retreat.
Lieut.-Colonel John Bird, Ensign Anthony Frede
rick, and five rank and file of the regiment were killed ;
Captains George Goldfrap and Harry Ditmas, Lieu
tenant George Thomas, Ensign Henry Ball, two Ser
jeants, and forty-two rank and file wounded. In aUud
ing to the death of Lieut.-Colonel Bird, General Sir
WiUiam Howe spoke of it as an event ' much to be
' lamented, he being an officer of experience and ap-
' proved merit.' General Washington formed a forti
fied camp at WJiitemarsh; and early in December the
British army advanced with the view of inducing the
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52 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1777 Americans ,to quit their lines and off'er battle, or of
finding a vulnerable part in their fortified camp.
Several skirmishes occurred, in which the British troops
evinced their native intrepidity and firmness, and were
victorious in every instance ; but the defences of the
American camp were found too strong to be attacked,
and the army marched into winter quarters at Phila
delphia.
1778 After passing the winter at the capital of Pennsyl
vania, the regiment furnished several parties, in the
spring of 1 778, to range the country, and open com
munications for bringing in supplies.
The regiment also shared in the fatigues and diffi
culties of the march of the army from Philadelphia H:o
New York, under Lieut.-General Sir Henry Clinton,
rendered necessary by the French monarch having
united with the revolted British provinces, and thus
changed the character of the war. As the army pur
sued its journey, crossing rivers, and traversing a wild
and woody country, the enemy menaced the flanks and
rear with an attack in force ; and on the 28th of June,
some sharp fighting took place, near Freehold in New
Jersey, when the grenadier company ofthe Fifteenth
distinguished itself, and the enemy was repulsed.
Captain Cathcart, of the regiment, was wounded ; and
also Captain Ditmas, who was attached to the second
grenadier battalion.
The army afterwards continued its route, and arrived
at New York in July.
A powerful French armament menacing the British
possessions in the West Indies, the Fifteenth, and
several other corps, sailed from North America, early
in November, for Barbadoes, under Major-General
Grant.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 53
While the regiment was at sea, its colonel. Major- 177B
General the Earl of Cavan, died at Dublin, and was
succeeded by Major-General WiUiam Fawcett, deputy
adjutant-general to the forces.
On the arrival of the reinforcements at Barbadoes,
the British naval and military commanders resolved to
act off'ensively, and attack the French island of St.
Lucia. On this occasion the regiment was fonned in
brigade with the twenty-eighth, forty-sixth, and fifty-
fifth, under Major-General Prescott. The expedition
sailed from Carlisle-bay on the 12th of December, a
landing was eff'ected at St. Lucia on the following day,
and on the 14th, the French troops were driven from
several important posts. In the meantime a French
armament of very superior numbers approached the
island, and the British took up positions to repel the
enemy. The French fleet made a desperate attack
on the British naval force, but was repulsed. A nu
merous body of the enemy landed, and stormed the post
of La Vigie, which was occupied by the grenadiers,
light infantry, and fifth regiment, under Brigadier-
General Medows ; when the determined bravery of the
British proved triumphant over very superior numbers,
and the French were repulsed and forced to re-embark,
leaving the ground covered with killed and wounded.
The flank companies of the Fifteenth had an oppor
tunity of distinguishing themselves on this occasion.
The governor surrendered the island to the British
arms immediately after the departure of the French
armament. The Fifteenth remained at St. Lucia several 1779
months. In the meantime, the French possessed a
great superiority of numbers, both of naval and land
force, in the West Indies; and in June, 1779, they

54 historical record of the
1'7*79 attacked the island of St. Vincent, and in July Grenada;
the regiment embarked from St. Lucia, for the relief
of these;, islands ; but they were captured before any
force could arrive to their assistance. While the regi
ment was at sea, some sharp fighting occurred between
the hostile fleets, without decisive results, and the regi
ment was afterwards landed at the island of St. Chris-
1780 topher's, where it was stationed during the year 1780.
1781 Holland having adopted a line of politics hostile to
the British, and favourable to the American interest,
war took place between Great Britain and the United
Provinces; and in February, 1781, the Dutch island
of St.'Eustatius was captured. The Fifteenth regi
ment was afterwards removed from St. Christopher's
to St. Eustatius, and the flank companies were sub
sequently detached to the former island.
The British commandant at St. Eustatius neglected
to adopt the necessary precautions for the security of
the island, and during the night of the 26th of Novem
ber, a French force, under the Marquis of Bouille,
effected a landing, captured the commandant as he was
taking a morning ride, overpowered the posts, and
forced the garrison, consisting of the battalion companies
of the thirteenth and Fifteenth regiments, to surren
der prisoners of war. The commandant, Lieut.-Colonel
Cockburn, was afterwards tried by a general court-
martial, and cashiered.
After being detained a short period, the regiment
was exchanged, and resumed its duties.
1782 The flank companies were stationed at St. Christo
pher's, with the first battalion of the royals and a de
tachment of artillery, which constituted the military
force of the island, under Brigadier-General Eraser,
when a powerful French armament appeared off that

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place in the beginnining of January, 1782. Eight thou- 1782
sand French troops landed, with a powerful train of
artillery, under the Marquis of Bouille; and the English
troops, being unable to oppose so numerous a host on
open ground, took possession of Brimstone -hill, a formid
able post, but the fortifications were old and in a ruinous
state, and the soldiers had no intrenching tools ; a
desperate defence was however determined on, in
hopes of being relieved.
Against this post the French batteries opened their
fire, on the 19th of January, and from that day a storm
of balls and bombs rattled round the hill with increas
ing fury, until the houses on the heights were battered
to pieces, and the old works were nearly destroyed.
During this period a British naval force approached
the island, and a body of troops landed ; but the enemy
had so great a superiority of numbers, that no reason
able expectation could be entertained of being able to
save the island, and the troops returned on board the
fleet. In the meantime, the works on Brimstone-hill
had been breached in several places, and the garrison
was reduced to the last extremity ; yet the troops con
tinued to evince that valour and firmness for which
British soldiers have been distinguished; and their
conduct excited the admiration of their enemies. When
all prospect of being able to resist many hours longer
was gone, the garrison capitulated, and was permitted
to march through the breach with the honours of war,
and return to England, on condition of being considered
as prisoners of war until exchanged. The conduct of
the officers and soldiers who defended Brimstone-hill
was highly commended in Brigadier- General Eraser's
despatch; and has been held up as an example of British
courage and resolution, by historians.

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1782 The regiment returned to England, and many ofthe
officers and men, who had been made prisoners, were
lost on the voyage, in the Ville de Paris, a French ship,
which had been captured by Admiral Rodney.
This year the Fifteenth received the title of the
East Riding Yorkshire regiment, and was directed
to cultivate a connexion with that part of the county,
to facilitate the procuring of recruits.
1783 During the year 1783, the regiment was stationed
in Yorkshire, and rapidly increased in numbers ; in the
1784 following year it proceeded to Ireland, and was em-
1785 ployed on Dublin duty in 1785.
1790 After remaining in Ireland six years, the regiment
embarked at Cork, in the summer of 1790, mustering
seven hundred menj and proceeded to Barbadoes. In
1791 1791, its establishment was reduced, and upwards of
two hundred men were transferred to other corps.
1792 Lie u t .- General Fawcett was removed to the third dra
goon guards, in August, 1792; and King George III.
conferred the colonelcy of the Fifteenth foot on Major-
General James Hamilton, from the lieut.-colonelcy of
the twenty-first, or royal North British fusiUers.
1793 In 1793 the regiment was removed from Barbadoes
to Dominica, where it was stationed several months.
1794 Resistance to the authority ofthe crown, in France,
had, in the meantime, led to a violent and sanguinary
revolution, and the French West India Islands had
become the scene of democratic outrage. Great Britain
engaged in war to arrest the progress of anarchy ; and
the Fifteenth regiment was selected to join an expe
dition under General Sir Charles Grey, prepared to
rescue the French West India Islands from repubUcan
outrage. The expedition sailed from Carlisle-bay, Barbadoes,

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 57
early in February, 1794; landed at three different 1794
points on the island of Martinique, on the 5th, 6th, and
8th of that month, and drove the enemy from numerous
strong posts. Two companies of the Fifteenth dis
tinguished themselves in storming Mount Mathurine,
where a battery was erected, which compelled the garri
son of Pigeon Island to surrender at discretion. ' The
' Fifteenth regiment, led by Major Lyon and com-
' manded by Captain Panmier, surprised several hun-
' dreds of the enemy, very strongly posted, on the heights
-' of Le Grand Bouclain, on the 12th of February,
' killing several and taking all their arms, ammunition,
' cattle, &c.' * The enemy's out-posts being driven in.
Fort Royal and Fort Bourbon were besieged ; the
former was captured on the 20th of March, and the
latter surrendered two days afterwards. The loss of
the regiment on this service was Umited to a few
soldiers killed and wounded.
The regiment remained at Martinique, while a
detachment proceeded to St. Lucia, and captured that
island. From Martinique the expedition proceeded against
Guadaloupe. A determined resistance was experienced
at this place, but the island was captured before the
end of April ; and Sir Charles Grey stated in his
despatch, that he ' could not find words to convey
' an adequate idea, or to express the high sense he
' entertained of the extraordinary merit evinced by the
' officers and soldiers in this service.' The regiment
had Captain Comb and Ensign Croker kiUed, and
several private soldiers killed and wounded.
The regiment remained a short time at Martinique, 1795
and afterwards proceeded to Dominica ; but returned to
* General Sir Charles Greys despatch.

58 historical record of the
1795 Martinique in January, 1795, and was stationed at that
island twelve months, under Lieut.-Colonel Madden,
1796 In 1796 the regiment transferred two hundred and
fifty men to the forty-fifth foot, and embarked for
England, its numbers being reduced to fifty-three men.
Tt landed in November at Portsmouth, marched to
Derby, and active measures were adopted to recruit its
ranks to the augmented establishment of a thousand men.
1797 Marching northward from Derby, in April, 1797, the
1798 regiment proceeded across the border, and was stationed
1799 t^Q years in Scotland. It afterwards returned to
England, and was quartered at Sunderland barracks.
The militia regiments being permitted to volunteer
into the regular army, fifteen hundred and thirty-
eight men volunteered to the Fifteenth, and the regi
ment was augmented to two battalions.
1800 Both battalions proceeded to Ireland in 1800, the
first under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Madden,
and the second under Major Lord Sinclair ; Lieut.-
Colonel Barry afterwards succeeded to the command
of the first battaUon.
1802 In 1802, the war was terminated by the treaty of
Amiens ; when the British army was reduced, and the
second battalion was disbanded, — the establishment
of the regiment being fixed at seven hundred and
fifty rank and file.
1803 The conduct of Napoleon Buonaparte, then First
Consul of France, occasioned hostilities to be re
sumed in 1803, when the British army was aug
mented, and preparations made to repel a threatened
invasion of the French. The Fifteenth regiment
remained in Ireland.
1804 Preparations to repel the menaced French invasion
were continued in 1804, and a second battalion was

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 59
added to the regiment. It was formed of men raised 1804
for limited service under the Additional Force Act
passed on the 29th of June, 1804, and was quartered
at Scarborough, in Yorkshire.
During the winter, the first battalion again em- 1805
barked for the West Indies, and landed at Barbadoes
on the 12th of March, 1805. In May, Surgeon Shaw
died at Barbadoes.
This year is celebrated in the naval annals of Great
Britain for the splendid achievements of the marine
forces of the kingdom. Rear- Admiral Viscount Nelson
having proceeded to the West Indies in quest of the
French fleet, the Fifteenth regiment received orders
to embark and serve as marines. It went on board
on the 4th of June, Lieut.-Colonel Barry and the staff
being appointed to the " Conqueror " of seventy-four
guns ; but after a cruise of fourteen days, the fleet re
turned to port, and the regiment landed : it therefore
missed sharing in the glorious victory of Trafalgar, on
the 2 1 st of October, 1 805 . During the months of July,
August, and September, the regiment lost nine
officers and two hundred and twelve men by
fever. In May, 1806, a draft of one hundred and twenty- 1806
four men joined from the second battalion, and a few
volunteers from the eleventh regiment.
On the 24th of January, 1807, the regiment was 1807
suddenly embarked on board the fleet; but after a
short cruise returned to Barbadoes, from whence it
was removed to Grenada in April.
The court of Denmark having united with France,
in hostilities against Great Britain, an expedition was
prepared against the Danish islands of St, Thomas
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1807 Grenada to take part in this service. These colonies
surrendered on being summoned, and loss of life was
thus prevented.
1808 In July, 1808, a draft of six Serjeants and two hun
dred and ninety-three rank and file joined from the
second battalion.
In November and the early part of December, the
regiment lost about one hundred and fifty men from
the effects of the climate of the West Indies.
1809 The regiment joined the expedition under Lieut.-
General Beckwith, which sailed from Carlisle-bay,
Barbadoes, on the 28th of January, 1 809, against the
island of Martinique. The first division landed in
Bay Robert, and the second near St. Luce and
Point Solomon. The enemy's force was numerous,
and some sharp fighting occurred, in which the regi
ment had the honor to distinguish itself, and had
several men killed and wounded. The conquest of the
island was achieved in a few weeks, and Lieut.-General
Beckwith stated in his public despatch, — ' The having
' commanded such an army will constitute the pride of
' my future life. To these brave troops, conducted
' by Generals of experience, their king and country
' owe the sovereignty of this important colony ; and I
' trust, that by a comparison of the force which de-
' fended it, and the time in which it has fallen, the
' present reduction of Martinique will not be deemed
' eclipsed by any former expedition.'
The royal authority was afterwards given for the
regiment to bear the word "Martinique" on its
colours, to commemorate its distinguished gallantry
on this occasion. Lieut.-Colonel Riall received a
medal for commanding a brigade, and Major Andrew
Davidson for commanding the regiment.

fifteenth regiment of foot. 61
Three French sail of the line and two frigates, from 1809
L'Orient, having taken shelter in the Saints, in the
vicinity of Guadaloupe, they were blockaded by Rear-
Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane ; and three thousand
men, of which force the Fifteenth formed part, were
detached, under Major-General Maitland, for the re
duction of the islands. This expedition sailed from
Port Royal on the r2th of April; a landing was
effected in Ance Bois Joly, and the difficult heights of
Mount Russel, eight hundred feet high, were stormed
and captured, and a battery soon forced the French
shipping to put to sea. The reduction of the islands
was accomplished in a few days, and the enemy's
garrison was made prisoners of war. During the ac
tion on the 15th of April, Lieut.-Colonel Phineas
Riall voluntefired to storm Fort Morelli, with the
Fifteenth regiment ; but Major-General Maitland
would not allow the corps to engage in so dangerous an
enterprise. Towards the end of April, the regiment returned to
Grenada, where it was stationed about nine months.
Three hundred men of the regiment, including the 1810
flank companies, embarked from Grenada, early in
January, 1810, under Lieut.-Colonel Riall, for Barba
does, tojoin the expedition against Guadaloupe, under
Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith, and were formed
in brigade with a battalion of light infantry, and the
third West India regiment, under Brigadier- General
Har court ; this officer being afterwards appointed to
the command of a division, the brigade was commanded
by Lieut.-Colonel Riall, ofthe Fifteenth.
The expedition rendezvoused at Prince Rupert's,
Dominica, and the Fifteenth accompanied the second
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62 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1810 chored at the Saints until the 29th, when it proceeded
towards Guadaloupe, and menaced the enemy's de
fences at the Three Rivers. During the night the
regiment landed in the bay near the village of Les
Vieux Habitans without opposition, and afterwards
advanced, the enemy's posts falling back skirmish
ing. The French appearing in force on some high.
open ground, the Fifteenth turned their right flank,
the Royal West India Rangers the left, and the thir
teenth light infantry advanced against the front, when
the enemy was speedily forced from his ground.
The regiment afterwards took part in completing
the conquest of the island, an achievement which re
flected credit on the troops employed in the enterprise.
The conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Riall was commended
in the pubhc despatch of the Commander of the
Forces. The following statement appeared in general orders,
dated 6th February : — ' The Commander of the Forces
' returns his thanks to the officers of all ranks, for their
' meritorious exertions, and to the non-commissioned
' officers and soldiers, for the cheerfulness with which
' they have undergone the fatigues of a march, difficult
' in its nature, through the strongest country in the
' world, and the spirit they have manifested on all
' occasions to close with the enemy.'
The loss of the regiment was limited to a few pri
vate soldiers killed and wounded, and Captain William
Grierson wounded.
To commemorate the distinguished gallantry of the
regiment on this occasion, the royal authority was
afterwards given for theword "Guadaloupe" to be
displayed on its colours. Lieut.-Colonel Riall re
ceived a medal for commanding a brigade.

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 63
In March, that portion of the regiment which had 1810
been left at Grenada, joined at Guadaloupe ; also a
draft of ninety men from the second battalion. Another
draft of one hundred men joined from the second
battalion in July, under Lieut.-Colonel Barry, who
assumed the command ofthe regiment, — Lieut.-Colonel
Riall proceeding to Europe on leave of absence.
The health of the men soon afterwards suffiered
severely from the eff'ects of the climate of Guadaloupe,
and two hundred and seventy-six non-commissioned
officers and soldiers died. The survivors were nioved
to the Champ de Mars, and afterwards occupied the
convalescent posts of Matuba, Dolce, Vermont, and
Vieux Fort.
The regiment remained at Guadaloupe during the 1811
year 1811 ; in May, 1812, it was removed to St. Chris- 1812
topher's and stationed on Brimstone-hill, under Lieut.-
Colonel Davidson.
On the 21st of September, Lieut.-Colonel Renny
joined with a detachment of two Serjeants, and one
hundred and forty-six rank and file, from the second
battahon. Several detachments also joined from the second 1813
battalion in 1813.
After commanding the regiment twenty years, 1814
General Powell died in the summer of 1814, and was
succeeded in the colonelcy by Lieut.-General Moore
Disney, from major in the first foot guards.
The victories of the British troops, in the Peninsula
and the south of France, having accomplished the
reduction of the power of Napoleon Buonaparte, and
the restoration of the house of Bourbon to the throne
of France, a general peace was proclaimed, the army
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64 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1814 was disbanded in October, 1814, on the island of
Jersey, whither it had proceeded in June, 1811 : its
services had been limited to Great Britain and
Jersey.
1815 Early in 1815, the men of the late second battalion
embarked to join the regiment at the island of St.
Christopher; but the transports encountered much
severe weather, and were forced into Falmouth har
bour, and the soldiers landed. At this period, Buona
parte had violated the treaty of 1814, and regained
the throne of France. War immediately followed;
and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent directed
the second battalion of the Fifteenth regiment to be
re-formed ; this took place accordingly, and the men
who had landed at Falmouth proceeded to Guernsey,
where they were joined by the dep6t.
The French troops on the islands of Martinique and
Guadaloupe evinced a disposition to renounce their
allegiance to Louis XVIIL, and proclaim Buonaparte,
and the former island was taken possession of by
British troops in June ; at Guadaloupe, the Emperor
Napoleon was proclaimed on the 18th of June, a day
fatal to his power on the field of Waterloo ; and the
first battalion of the Fifteenth regiment proceeded
from St. Christopher to Barbadoes, from whence it
sailed with the expedition against Guadaloupe, under
Lieut.-General Sir James Leith. A landing was
effected on the island on the 8th of August, and the
French troops were speedily forced to surrender pri
soners of war.
The regiment proceeded to the Champ de Mars,
where it was stationed until the end of September,
when it embarked for Barbadoes.
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fifteenth regiment of foot. 65
exile to St. Helena, the second battalion of the regi- 1816
ment was disbanded in the island of Guernsey, on the
25th of January, 1816 ; the men fit for service embark
ing to join the first battalion at Barbadoes.
On the 15th of April, the regiment marched from
garrison at St. Anne's, to quell an insurrection among
the negroes in the interior of the island of Barbadoes,
where strong detachments remained until June, when
the regiment was removed to Martinique.
In August, the French eighty-eighth regiment, or
Martinique Legion, arrived to garrison the island,
and the Fifteenth, being relieved, proceeded to
Grenada, where they landed on the 5th of September,
and marched into garrison at Richmond-hill.
From Grenada the regiment embarked, in the 1817
spring of 1817, in two divisions, under Lieut.-Colonel
Davidson and Major Maxwell, for Halifax in Nova 1818
Scotia, where it was stationed two years.
The right wing, under Major Maxwell, embarked 1819
for Bermuda in June, 1819, and relieved the left
wing of the sixty-second regiment at Fort George
barracks, where the Fifteenth lost between sixty and
seventy men of the yellow fever, in August and Sep
tember. During the year 1820, the regiment was stationed 1820
at Bermuda and Nova Scotia. In the summer of
I82I, it was relieved at the former station by a wing 1821
of the second battalion of the sixtieth, and at the
latter by the eighty-first regiment ; and embarking
for England, landed at Portsmouth in July and Au-
jgust, and was stationed at Fort Cumberland until
November, when it embarked for Plymouth.
In the summer of 1822, the regiinent was removed to 1822
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66 HisTOiircAL REcoiiD OF the
18522 and landing &,t Dtiblin, occupied Richmond bWracks
a feiV weeks, and afterwards ptt)Ceeded to Naas.
1823 T'he tfegiinent T*^as removed in the summet -of 1823
to Waterford, and in the autumn to Cork, with a de
tachment at Spike Island ; and it occupied this station
1824 during the year 1824.
1825 Leaving Cork in July, 1825, the regimeiit proceeded
to Buttevant, with detachments to the town's in the
neighbourhood.
1826 A division ofthe regiment marched to Tetnplemore
ih February, 1826, and sent out numerous detachment*.
Otie party stationed at Thurles, under Captain Tempfe,
eV'inced great patience and forbearance, united "with &.
proper degree Of firmness, iu suppressiiig a riot at that
place, when Several persolis had been kiUed by the
police. Captain Temple received an address of thanks
and approbation from the magistrates and principal
inhabitants of the town, for his cool and judicious con
duct on tliis occasion. In the autumn the regiment
marched tO Galway, sending out eleven detachments.
1827 In April, 1827, the regiment was divided into six
service ahd four reserve companies, and marched to
Fermoy, Where it was inspected by Maj'or- General
Sir George Bingham, who expressed his unqualified
approbation Of its appearance, discipline, and interior
economy. In May, the service companies embarked
from the Cove of Cork, under Lieut.-Colonel Macin
tosh, for Canada, and arrived at Quebec on the 29th
of June and 6th of July ; they immediately proceeded
up the river St. Lawrence, to Kingston in Upper
Canada, where they remained ten months.
1828 Retiring down the River St. Lawrence, in boats, in
May and Jutie, 1828, the servixie companie:S proceeded
to Montreal, from whence the first division continued

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 67
its journey, in a steam vessel, to Quebec, and was 1828
followed by the second division in August.
The regiment was stationed at Quebec during the 1830
years 1829 and 1830; in October of the latter year, a
strong detachment proceeded to the Isle aux Noix, on
Lake Champlain.
The regiment continued in garrison at Quebec,
detaching 100 rank a'nd file to the Isle aux Noix
and St. John's, with a proportion of officers and non
commissioned officers.
The regiment moved to Montreal on the 3rd of May 1831
of this year, continuing its detachments.
On the 21st of May, 1832, Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, 1832
commanding the regiment, and Commandant of the
Garrison of Montreal, was called upon by the magis
trates of that place to be prepared to assist the civil
power in the event of a riot occurring at a contested
election for the west ward ofthe city, which was to ter
minate on that day. Oapta:in Temple was the cap
tain of the piquet on the occasion, but when it was
turned out, Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh took command
of it in person. At the close of the poll, several acts
of violence were perpetrated both on persons and pro
perty, when it became necessary to require the co-ope
ration of the piquet, in restoring order. The Riot Act
having been read, the Lieut.-Colonel wag authorised
by the Magistrates to take such steps as might appear
to him necessary. The piquet was immediately
marched in the direction of the rioters, who assailed
the party with stones and other missiles, when the
order to "-fire " was given, not, however, until every
eff'ort had been exerted to cause them to disperse. The
front rank alone, consisting of about sixteen men, dis-
diarged their pieces in quick succession, the eonse-
f2

68 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1832 quences of which proved fatal on the spot to three of the
rioters ; several others were severely wounded, but the
disturbance was effectually checked. The regiment
remained under arms in difi'erent parts of the town
during the night.
A company of the Royal Artillery stationed at the
Island of St. Helen's, under the command of Captain
W. C. Anderson, brought over two ninerpounders in
the short space of twelve minutes from the time the
signal was given for their services, and remained on
duty with the regiment until the next day. This was
remarkable, as the river is nearly a mile broad, with a
very rapid current, and the guns had to be shipped in
bateaux after the signal was made, and re-limbered
on landing at the Montreal side.
The conduct of the troops, particularly that portion
under the immediate orders of Lieut.-Colonel Macin
tosh, was marked by great steadiness and forbearance,
notwithstanding that they had been harassed by con
tinual alarms for some days previous to the riot. On the
day ofthe 2 Ist the rain fell in torrents, whilst the men
were exposed to it for hours before the riot commenced.
The following documents are deemed worthy of a
place in these Records ; the conduct and discipline
of the corps, on the occasion referred to, being highly
estimated by the civil and military authorities.
Presentment of Grand Jury.
' The grand jury humbly represent to the court, that,
' in the investigation of the occurrence upon which were
' founded the bills for murder against William Robert-
' son and Pierre Lukin, esquires. Colonel Macintosh and
' Captain Temple, they have fully and impartially ex-
' amined into all the circumstances of the case, and the

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 69
¦ result of their proceedings is the conviction, that no 1832
• ground exists for any criminal charge against those
' individuals. In such an instance as the present, where
' violent agitation has convulsed society, the grand jury
' are compelled by a sense of duty, beyond the mere re-
' jection of the bills, to endeavour at allaying excitement,
' by an expression of the knowledge at which they have
' arrived after a severe inquiry into the transaction.
' However much the grand jury may deplore the fatal
'consequences which flowed from the introduction of an
' armed force on that occasion, they feel persuaded that
' it was fully justified by the conjuncture ; and its timely
'interposition, in their belief, averted the calamities
• which must have ensuedif the rioters had been suffered
' to pursue their impetuous and destructive course.
* With this view ofthe case, the grand jury cannot with-
' hold the public declaration of their opinion, that the
' conduct observed, as well by the magistrates as by the
' military authorities, during those events, is worthy
' of commendation at the hands of those who love peace
' and respect the laws ; while the inhabitants of the
' city of Montreal, in particular, are deeply indebted to
' the firm discharge by those gentlemen of their re-
' spective duties, for restoration to a state of securilry
' and for the protection of their lives and property.
GENERAL ORDER. ' Head Quarters,
' Quebec, 2nd September, 1832>
' On the 21st of May last, a detachment of the
' Fifteenth regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
' Macintosh, having under his orders Captain Temple
'of the same regiment, was called out by the magistrates

70 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1832 ' of Montreal, for the purpose of aiding the civil power
' in the suppression of a riot in that city, by which the
' lives and property ofthe inhabitants were endangered ;
' and the magistrates having failed in their efforts to
' restore order hy other means, the troops were required
' to make use of their arms, on which occasion three
'individuals were unfortunately killed, and others
' wounded. ' The loss of life caused by the fire of the troops is
' an event deeply to be deplored, and the Commander
' of the Forces is persuaded that throughout the colony
' there are not to be found any individuals who more
' sincerely and more sensibly lament that event than
' Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, Captain Temple, and those
' very soldiers whose painful duty it was to make use of
' their arms on the 21st of May. It is, however, con-
' soling to reflect that the riot was suppressed without
' a further sacrifice of human life, which there wa»
' every reason to apprehend ; and perhaps very many
' of the peaceable inhabitants of the city of Montreal
' are at this moment indebted for the preservation
' of their lives and property, to the timely interference
• of the troops acting under the direction of the magls-
' trates. ' Although the Commander of the Forces was disposed
' to place the greatest reliance on the discretion and
' judgment of Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, and upon the
' steadiness and discipline of the regiment under his
' command, his Lordship, nevertheless, considered it to
' be incumbent upon him to suspend the judgment in
' regard to the events of the 2 Ist of May, until the
' whole of the circumstances connected with those
' events should have undergone the fullest investiga-
*. tion before the proper tribunals of the country,

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 7%
' whose duty it is to take cognizance of qriminal 1832
' offences. ' This duty has now been performed, and Lieut.-
' Colonel Macintosh, Captain Temple, and the troops
' under their command, in suppressing the ript at
' Montreal on the 21st of May last, having been ab-.
' solved from j?,ll blame, the Commander of the Forces
' hastens to eihbi>ace the opportunity thus afforded
' him, to convey to Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh, Captain
' Temple^ and the non- commissioned officers and sol-
' diers of the Fifteenth regiment, employed in the
' suppression of a riot at Monti:eal on the 21st of May
' last, his approbation of the judgment, steadiness, and
* discipline, displayed by theiR in their jesppctivp ?ta-
' tions on that occasion,'
An address was likewise presented to Lieut.-Colonel
Macintosh and Captain Temple, by the citizens of Mon,
treal, from which the following extracts are made. : —
' Gentleroen^^We, thje subscribers, citizens of Mon-
' treal, feel it a duty that we owe to you, to express our
thanks for your conduct and that of the troops under
' your command, on the occasion of your being called
' upon to restore and preserve the public peaqe, so un-
' happily broken, at the closp of the poll for tb? elec-
' tion of a member for the west ward of this city on the
' 21st of May last,
' So strong was our conviction of the importance of
' the services rendered by ypu and the magistrates on
' that occasion, that our desire was to have expressed
• ' our testimony of them immediately upoij their occur-
' rence ; but considerations arising from the intev-
' position of judicial authority prompted lis to defer it.
' These considerations having now been removed in
' a manner the mo^t satisfactory to you and tp ourselves.

72 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1832 ' we beg most respectfully to convey to you this expres-
' sion of the obligation we feel we are under to you for
' the safety, that we then, and have since, enjoyed in our
'persons and property through your means ; for that it
' is to the military, and to the magistrates, that we owe
' our preservation, has been manifestly brought to light
' before the grand jury, by their finding and present-
' ments lately returned into the Court of King's
' Bench. ' We have only further to express a regret that the
' performance of a necessary but painful duty, should
' have subjected any one of you to unpleasant and
' unmerited restraint.'
The following letter from the Military Secretary of
the General Commanding in Chief, addressed to
Lieut.-General Lord Aylmer, K. C.B., Commander of
the Forces in Canada, was published in the General
Orders of the Colony : —
' Horse Guards, Oct. IZrd, 1832.
' My Lord,
' I have had the honor to receive and sub-
' mit to the General Commanding in Chief, your Lord-
' ship's despatches of the 30th July and 7th September
' last, conveying, for Lord Hill's information, reports
' of what had taken place in consequence of a detach-
' ment of the Fifteenth Regiment of Foot, under the
* command of Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh and Captain
' Temple, caUed out in aid ofthe civil power at Montreal
' on the 21st of May last, having been compelled to
' resort to the use of their arms, by which, unfortu-
' nately, three persons were killed, and several wounded.
' The General Commanding in Chief, equally with your
' Lordship, laments the loss of life upon the occasion
' adverted to ; but, in justice to Lieut.-Colonel Mac-

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 73
' intosh and Captain Temple, feels bound to say, after 1832
' an attentive perusal of all the papers bearing upon
' the case, that he knows no instance in which troops
' have been employed in the suppression of riots, where
* greater judgment, discretion, or humanity, has
' been displayed ; and if these officers have since been
' annoyed by accusations of murder, and by every pro-
' ceeding which could tend to keep alive anxiety, they
' have at least the consolation of feeling that they have
' discharged a painful but imperative duty, with temper
' and moderation, and that by so doing they put an
' end to disorders, which would probably have led to
• consequences most disastrous to the city of Montreal.
(Signed) ' Fitzroy Somerset.'
In the month of June of this year, the colony was
visited by that afflicting scourge, the Asiatic cholera.
One of the very first individuals attacked was a sentry
on the regimental guard ; he was relieved from his post,
complaining of the usual symptoms, and despite the
most prompt attention, he expired in a few hours.
From this time the utmost consternation prevailed in
the city, the disease making rapid progress : the deaths
were one in ten of the whole population, without dis
tinction of age or rank. Several men were hourly
admitted into hospital, where death very shortly ended
their suff'erings. The hospital serjeant and all the
orderlies (several of whom had volunteered to assist
their unfortunate coihrades) feU sacrifices to their zeal,
when the disease was on the decline. One man only,
who was in the worst stage of the disease, finally sur
vived. It is worthy of remark that none of the officers
were in the least aff'ected, although their duties ex
posed them constantly, by day and night, to an infected
atmosphere.

74 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1 832 Iu order to give increased ventilation in the barracks,
as well as to relieve the attention of the soldiers, a
large detachment, chiefly of married men, was sent to
La Prairie to occupy an old cavalry barTack there;
but this step proved fatal to many of tfaem.. It was
shortly after determined to remove the whole regiment
to the Island of St. Helen's, opposite to the city, where
the men were encamped. Thirty-seven men died of
this scourge between the 1 2th and 24th of June, 1832,
but not a single case occurred after the regiment was
placed under canvass. Lieut.-Colonel Macintosh pro^
ceeded to England, and did not again rejoin the regi
ment, having exchanged to half-pay witb Lieut..- Colonel
G. W. Horton.
1833 The regiment was moved to Kingston, Upper Ca
nada, in the spring of this year, where it had been
stationed on first arriving in the colony, detaching one
company to BrockviUe in aid of the eivU power, and a
company to Cornwall, where some pubUc works were
in course of construction.
1834 The Fifteenth moved this year to Toronto, the
seat of Government in Upper Canada, detaching one
company to Fort George and another to Amherstburg,
frontier posts ; and a subaltern's party proceeded to
Penetanquishene, the most advanced military post on
Lake Huron. The Canadas were again visited this
year by the Asiatic cholera ; the regiment, however,
did not suff'er in the least.
1835 Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Horton, from the half-pay,
vice Macintosh, assumed the command of the regiment.
1836 During the year 1836 the detachments at Fort
George and Amherstburg, were relieved by companies
firom head quarters.
1837 In the year 1 837 aU the detachments were withdrawn,
and the regiment moved to Quebec, in expectation pf

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 75
returning to England : the unsettled state of the Cana- 183?
das, however, called for an increased force, and the regi
ment remained in that garrison during the autumn
and winter of 1837.
The importance of the citadel at a time when a
rebellion had actually broken out, and the population
of the place hostile to the government, caused the
duty ofthe garrison to bear heavily upon the regi
ment, which, with two companies of the sixty-sixth
regiment, two companies of artillery, and a battalion of
volunteer militia, raised on the emergency, formed
the whole force for the protection of this important place.
On the 9th May, several ships of war were announced 1838
by telegraph ; and they shortly after anchored opposite
the citadel, having on board the Governor-General,
the Earl of Durham, and suite, and a brigade of guards,
consisting of upwards of 1600 men, under Major-Ge
neral Sir James Macdonnell.
The regiment immediately vacated its quarters and
proceeded to Chambly, on the river Richelieu, an im
portant post, as being situated in the centre of a popu
lous and disaffected country.
Two drafts consisting of 226 men joined from the
dep6t companies, nearly 100 of them volunteers from
the nineteenth regiment. New accoutrements were
supplied, and all unserviceable arms were likewise
replaced. Lieut.-Colonel Horton resigned the command of the
regiment, and proceeded to England in the month of
June, at which time two troops of the seventh hussars
were added to the garrison of Chambly.
Lieut.rColonel Lord Charles Wellesley, who ex
changed from half-pay with Lieut.-Colonel Horton,
arrived in Canada, and' assumed the command of the
regiment in October, 1838.

76 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1838 On the 18th of October the head-quarter division
of the first (or King's) dragoon guards, under the com
mand of Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable George Cath
cart, replaced the squadron of the seventh hussars.
About midnight, a fire was discovered in the centre of
the officers' quarters, which consisted of a long range
of buildings of one story only, but being very old, and
entirely of wood, they were consumed in less than
half an hour. The regiment had to deplore the loss of
the two senior Ensigns (Walter Carey and William
Dering Adair Roe), the fire having originated in the
particular porch in which their quarters were situated.
Ensign Carey had got clear of all danger, but incau
tiously attempted to secure a favourite object of value,'
when he sank in the midst of the burning mass. En
sign Roe was rescued from the flames, apparently not
much burnt; he walked nearly half a mile to the
hospital without assistance, but died in the course of
the day, mortification having rapidly taken place : the
unfortunate suff'erers were committed to the same tomb,
and a tablet was erected to their memory in the parish
church, by their brother officers, as a mark of their
regard, and of deep regret at their untimely fate.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
Although the revolt of 1837 had been put down,
another attempt to wrest the colony from the control
of the Supreme Government was known to be in ag;i-
tation ; and, as the line of the Richelieu was the most
disaff'ected, several parties of the military forces were
employed in searching for arms, and apprehending
suspected persons. About mid-day of the 8th Novem
ber, an unexpected order was received to move the
chief part of the regiment to St. John's, (where a
detachment of 100 men had been stationed for some

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 11
lime,) and although the weather was most inclement, 1838
the regiment reached its destination shortly after dark.
His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne,
now Lord Seaton, Commander of the Forces and Go-
vernor-in-Chief, was there in person, with the whole of
his staff. The seventy-third regiment had also been
brought from Montreal.
A large body of insurgents having taken possession
of a village near the frontier, their sympathizing friends
in the United States endeavoured to open a communi
cation with them and join them; that, being united,
they might act with more effect against the isolated
positions occupied by the troops : in this object they
were, however, frustrated by the timely approach of
the Commander of the Forces in person.
As the troops advanced, the country was deserted
by the misguided inhabitants, who did not anticipate
the immediate consequences of their disaffection, and
on arriving near the village of Napierville, where
the rebels were said to be in force, it was discovered
that they had dispersed ; nor could they afterwards be
brought to face the troops in any single instance. A
smaU party, however, of volunteers, signaKzed them
selves by attacking a superior force of the disaff'ected,
who in their turn became the aggressors, but they
were repulsed, and dispersed with great loss.
The troops were cantoned for a few days in the im
mediate neighbourhood of Napierville, during which
the misguided habitans sheltered themselves in the
woods, submitting their'property to the pillage ofthe sol
diery, who were living at free quarters during the time.
An irruption being threatened by the sympathizers,
at a place called Hemingford, a short distance from
the frontier, but on the opposite side of the Richelieu,

78 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1838 the Commander of the Forces moved there, accompa
nied by a division of the Fifteenth and seventy-
third regiments, some artillery, and two troops of the
first (or King's) dragoon guards.
The loyal portion of the inhabitants were speedily
formed, and prepared lo assist the trOops in acting as
circumstances might require. But the activity of the
Commander of the Forces checked the ardour of the
marauders, who never fairly made their appearance.
During the remainder of the month of November,
the regiment was employed in searching for arms,
throughout the counties bordering on the Richelieu,
and succeeded in securing large quantities of them,
after which service the corps returned to Chambly.
1839 The head-quarters were again moved in December
to St. John's, and from thence to the Isle aux Noix,
sending two companies to take post at Napierville,
thus occupying the frontier line. But one occasion
offered for proving the alacrity and discipline of the
regiment. An order was received about eleven o'clock,
A.M., on the 5th January, to move two hundred and fifty
to Henryville, a small hamlet to the east of the Riche
lieu, with all possible despatch ; and the division, in
complete marching order, arrived at its destination
before sunset ; although the distance was only seven
miles, the march had to be performed through un
cleared woods, and over roads in many places breast-
deep in snow, where the men were e^bliged to file iri
single rank. The sixty-sixth regiment, and some com
panies of the grenadier guards, together with a half
b3,tteTy of artillery, werealreadyooncentTated there, un
der the command of Major-General Sir James Macdon
nell. The promptness of this forward movement, how
ever, deterred the marauders from effecting their nefa-

fifteenth regimekt of foot. 79
rious designs ; and th€ troops shortly returned to their 1839
several stations.
The regiment moved to Montreal, and took up quar
ters 'at the island of St. Helen's, withdrawing the com-
paftiies at Napierville, but detat^hing two companies to
William Henry, and one to Three Rivers.
Duting the summer, the regiment suffered severely
f^om "Ophthalmia, and although situated most favour
ably (the rapid and clear stream of the St. Lawrence
perpetually "flowing round the island), and unremit
tingly watched by the staff and regimental surgeons,
the disease was not eradicated.
The service companies returned to England on the 1840
25th June of this year, on board the " Athol " troop
ship, and disembarked at Portsmouth, where the dep6t
companies awaited their arrival.
The regiment was quartered at the Haslar amd 1841
Fort Monckton barracks, until January, 1841, when it
marched to Winchefeter. From thence it was moved to
Woolwich in June, 'detaching three companies to Dept-
ford. The Fifteenth moved to Windsor early in the month 1842
of April, where the regiment remained until November.
On being Teiieved by a battalion of the grenadier
guards, the regiment proceeded to Manchester, the
head-quarters moving shortly after to Chester Castle.
Whilst stationed at Windsor, the regiment was
highly honored by ithe personal inspection of Her
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and her August
Consort, the Prince Albert.
Her Majesty, on another occasion, reviewed the
regiment in the Home Park, attended by H.R.H. the
Prince Albert, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Saxe Coburg Gotha.

80 HISTORICAL record OF THE
1842 Her Majesty was, on both occasions, most graciously
pleased to express her approbation of the appearance
of the men, and the precision of their movements.
The half-yearly inspection ofthe regiment, by Lieut.-
General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B., Adjutant-General
to the Forces, took place in the Horae Park at Windsor,
on the 22nd of July. He was pleased to approve
highly of the interior discipline and appearance of the
regiment. At this period, upwards of five hundred men had
been recruited for the regiment since its return from
Canada, and fifty-eight volunteers were furnished to the
following corps this year, namely, to the forty-second
royal Highland regiment, the ninety -seventh regiment,
and the St. Helena regiment.
On the 31st October and 1st November, the Fif
teenth proceeded from Windsor to the northern dis
trict, and were stationed at Chester, where the regiment
1843 remained until June 1843, when it marched to Man
chester, and in the following month embarked for
Ireland, and was stationed at Templemore.
1844 In March, 1844, the regiment proceeded from
1845 Templemore to Limerick; and in July, 1845, it was
formed into six service and four depot companies.
The former marched to Cork, and embarked on
the 8th and 17th September, in the "Maria Somes"
and "Mariner" transports, for Ceylon; the head
quarter division under the command of Lieut-
Colonel Thomas A. Drought, and the second division
under Major R. A. Cuthbert. The depot companies
proceeded from Limerick to Waterford in August,
1845, and were quartered there during the following
year.
1846 The service companies arrived at Ceylon on the 15th

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. 81
and 26th January, 1846, and were stationed at Colombo 1846
until the 26th November, when the head-quarters
were removed to Kandy, remaining there during the
year 1847. The depot companies marched from
Waterford to Clonmel, in July, 1847; and on the 2Ist 1847
October embarked at Dublin for Liverpool, and pro
ceeded to Chester.
In June, 1848, the period of the conclusion of this 1848
Record, the service companies of the Fifteenth regi
ment remained at Kandy; the depot companies removed
in the month of May, from Chester Castle to South
Wales, the head-quarters being stationed at Brecon,
with detachments at Dowlais and Swansea.

1848.

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83

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
or THE ,
FIFTEENTH, OR YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
REGIMENT OF FOOT.

Sir William Clifton, Bart.
Appointed 22nd June, 1685.
William Clifton succeeded, on the decease of his uncle,
in January, 1675, to the dignity of Baronet, of Clifton in
Nottinghamshire. On the breaking out of the rebellion of
James Duke of Monmouth, he evinced loyalty to King James
II., and interested himself in raising a regiment for His
Majesty's service, now the Fifteenth foot, of which he was
appointed colonel, by commission dated the 22nd of June,
1685. When tranquillity was restored, he retired from the
service, and was not afterwards employed in a military
capacity.

AsTHUB. Herbebt.
Appointed I2th May, 1686.
Aethub Herbebt (son of Sir Edward Herbert, attorney-
general to King Charles I., and afterwards keeper of the
great seal) was educated for the naval service, and after
serving in subordinate commissions, he had the command of a
squadron before Tangier ; he afterwards was at the head of a
fleet sent against Algiers, and obtained the reputation of an able
naval commander. King James II. gave him the colonelcy
of a corps of musketeers and pikemen, now the Fifteenth G 2

84 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
foot ; but afterwards deprived him of his commission for
opposition to the measures of the court. He proceeded to
Holland, and was well received by the Prince of Orange, who
nominated him Admiral of the Dutch fleet which accompanied
His Highness to England in the autumn of 1688, when the
revolution was accomplished. When the Prince and Princess
of Orange were elevated to the throne, Admiral Herbert was
raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Torbay and Eabl op
ToRBiNGTON, his creation bearing date the 29th of May, 1689.
He was also constituted first commissioner of the Admiralty,
commander-in-chief of the fleet, and colonel of a regiment of
marines, which was afterwards disbanded. He commanded
the British shipping in a sharp engagement with the French,
in Bantry-bay, in thesummer of 1689 ; he also commanded the
British fleet in the disastrous naval action ofi' Beachj'-head, in
the summer of -1690; and was afterwards committed to the
Tower on suspicion of treachery, in consequence of his not
having brought the British fleet gallantly into action, which
occasioned the Dutch shipping to sustain severe loss in con
test with superior numbers. He was brought to trial before a
court-martial, and acquitted ; but he was removed from his
appointments, and was not afterwards employed in the service
of his sovereign. He died in April, 1716.

Sackville Tufton.
Appointed \2th March, 1687.
Sackville Tcfton, brother of' the Earl of Thanet, was
several years an officer of the first foot guards, in which corps
King Charles II. promoted him to the commission of captain
of His Majesty's own company. He ako served in the foot
guards in the early part of the reign of King James II.,
who promoted him to the colonelcy of a corps of infantry,
now the Fifteenth foot. At the revolution in 1688, he
adhered to the interest of the Stuart dynasty, and refusing to
take the oath to the Prince of Orange, he was superseded in
the command ofhis regiment. He died in 1741.

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 85

Sie James Lesley.
Appointed ^\st December, 1688.
This officer served with reputation in the Queen's regiment,
now second foot, or the Queen's Royal, at Tangier in Africa,
where he had opportunities of distinguishing himself against
the Moors, and King Charles II. promoted him to the
majority of his regiment. He served against the rebels under
the Duke of Monmouth, in the summer of 1685 ; was at the
battle of Sedgemoor ; and was rewarded by King James II.
with the lieut.-colonelcy of the Queen Dowager's regiment.
Joining the interests of the Prince of Orange, at the Revo
lution, he was nominated colonel of the Fifteenth foot,
with which corps he served against the insurgent clans in
Scotland, and also under King William III., in Flanders.
He commanded a brigade at the attack of Fort Kenoque in
1695 ; and was afterwards engaged in the defence of Dix
mude, where he yielded to the suggestions of the governor,
and voted, in a council of war, for the surrender of the town,
for which he was cashiered, by sentence of a general court-
martial. The governor, the Dutch General EUemberg, was
beheaded at Ghent.

Emanuel Howe.
Appointed \st November 1695.
Emanuel Howe, brother of Viscount Howe, of Ireland, served
under King William III., in the Netherlands, in the first foot
guards, in which corps he was advanced to captain and lieut.-
colonel. In the autumn of 1695, His Majesty nominated Lieut.
Colonel Howe, to the colonelcy of the Fifteenth foot, with
which corps he served during the remainder of the war. In
the reign of Queen Anne he was employed in a diplomatic
capacity, and was several years envoy extraordinary at the
court of Hanover. He was promoted to the rank of major-
general in 1707, and to that of lieut.-general in the begin
ning of 1709. He died on the 26th of September, 1709.

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Algeenon Eakl of Heetfoed.
Appointed 23rd October, 1709.
Algernon Setmoue, Earl of Hertford, eldest son of the
Duke of Somerset, served with reputation under the cele
brated John Duke of Marlborough, in Flanders, and was at
the battle of Oudenarde, and covering the siege of Lisle, in
1708. In 1709 he served at the siege of Tournay, the battle
of Malplaquet, and the siege of Mons ; and on the death of
Lieut.-Gen. Howe, he was nominated lo the colonelcy ofthe
Fifteenth foot, at the head of which regiment he served in
Inlanders during the campaigns of 1710, 1711, and 1712;
and he was appointed governor of Tynemouth castle, and Clif
ford-fort. On the accession of King George I., the Earl of
Hertford was appointed to the second troop, now second regi
ment, of life guards; in 1737 he was nominated governor of
Minorca and was removed in 1 740 to the royal regiment of
horse guards (blue) ; in 1742 he resigned the government of
Minorca, and was appointed governor of Guernsey. In 1748
he succeeded to the dignity of Duke of Somerset. His
decease occurred in February, 1750.

Harey Harrison.
Appointed 8th February, 1715.
This officer entered the army as ensign in a regiment of foot,
on the 22nd of February, 1695, and served two campaigns
in Flanders under King William III. He also served with
reputation in the wars of Queen Anne, and was promoted to
the lieut.-colonelcy ofthe thirty-ninth foot, with which corps
he embarked for Portugal in 1707. He served the campaign
of 1708, on the frontiers of Portugal, under the Marquis of
Fronteira ; and in 1709, evinced signal gallantry at the battle
of the Caya. He served in Portugal during the remainder
of the war ; was promoted to the rank of colonel in 171 1 ; and
at the peace of Utrecht, accompanied his regiment to Minorca.
In 1715, King George I. rewarded his services with the
colonelcy of the Fifteenth foot, with which regiment he

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served in the action at Glensheil in 1719. He was promoted
to the rank of brigadier-general in 1735, to that of major-
general in 1739, and lieut.-general in 1748. He died in
March, 1749.

John Jordan.
Appointed \6th April, 1749.
John Jordan procured a commission in the army in Decem
ber, 1704, and served in the war of the Spanish succession.
In 1739 he was appointed major, and in 1741 lieut.-colonel of
the tenth dragoons ; and his constant attention to all the duties
ofhis station was rewarded, in 1749, with the colonelcy of the
Fifteenth foot. In April, 1756, he was removed to the
ninth dragoons. He died in the following month.

Jeffery Amherst.
Appointed 22nd May, 1756.
Jeffeby Amherst attached himself in early life to the pro
fession of arms, and in 1745 he was appointed captain and
lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards. In 1756 he was pro
moted to the colonelcy of the Fifteenth foot ; and in 1758
he was nominated commander-in-chief in North America
(with the local rank of lieut.-general), and eolonel-in-chief
of the sixtieth regiment : in the following year he was pro
moted to the rank of major-general.
The achievements of the British forces in North America,
durino- the period he was commander-in-chief in that country,
are inscribed on an obelisk in the grounds of his seat at
Montreal, viz : — ¦
Louisbourg surrendered, and six battalions made prisoners
of war, July the 26th, 1758.
Fort du Q«Mwe taken possession of, 24th November, 1758.
iViagrara surrendered, 25th July, 1759.
Ticonderago taken possession of, 26th July, 1759.
Crown Point taken possession of, 4th August, 1759.
Quebec capitulated, 18th September, 1759.

88 SUCCESSION of COLONELS.
Fort Levi surrendered, 25th August, 1 760.
Isle aux Noix abandoned, 2Sth August, 1760.
Montreal surrendered, and with it all Canada, and ten
French battalions laid down their arms, 8th September,
1760. St. John's, Newfoundland, re- taken, the 18th of September,
1762. In 1768 Sir Jeffery Amherst resigned his commissions;
but was soon afterwards appointed colonel of the third regi
ment of foot, and also re- appointed colonel-in-chief of the
sixtieth, or royal American regiment of foot. He was ad
vanced to the peerage by the title of Baron Amherst of
Holmesdale, in the county of Kent, in 1776; and three years
afterwards the colonelcy of the second troop of horse grena
dier guards was given to his lordship. On the decease of
Lord Robert Bertie, in 1782, Lord Amherst was appointed
colonel of the second troop of life guards, which, in 1788,
was formedjnto the second regiment of life guards. His
Lordship retained the commission of colonel of the second
life guards, and performed the court duty of Gold Stick
until his decease in 1797.

Charles Hotham.
Appointed 21st September, 1768.
Chaeles Hotham, son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Baronet,
was many years an officer in the first foot guards, in which
corps he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-
colonel in May, 1758, and in 1762 he obtained the rank of
colonel in the army : he also held the court appointment of
groom of the bedchamber to King George IIL, who nominated
him to the colonelcy ofthe sixty-third regiment in 1765, and
removed him to the Fifteenth foot in 1768. On the de
cease of his father, in l77l, he succeeded to the dignity of
Baronet ; and his relation, Mr. Thompson, a wealthy mer
chant, having left him a valuable legacy, he obtained His
Majesty's permission to assume the surname of Thompson.
He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1772; to

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that of lieut.-general in 1777; and general in 1793; he was
also honored with the dignity of Knight of the Order of the
Bath. He resigned the colonelcy of his regiment in 1775 ;
he also relinquished his court appointment of groom of the
bedchamber to His Ma,jesty, but the King kept the situation
vacant until his decease in 1794.

Richard Eael of Cavan. '
Appointed 1th September, 1775.
Richard Lambart, son of the Honorable Henry Lambart,
third son of Charles third Earl of Cavan, served in the army
in the war ofthe Austrian succession, and in June, 1756, he
was promoted to captain and lieut.-colonel in the first foot
guards. He was advanced to the rank of colonel in 1762,
and to that of major-general in 1772 ; he succeeded to the
dignity of Eael op Cavan in the same year. In 1774 he
was appointed colonel of the fifty-fifth regiment ; and was re
moved to the Fifteenth in the following year : in 1777 he
was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. He died in No
vember, 1778.
Sir William Fawcett, K.B.
Appointed \2th November 1778.
William Fawcett, descended from the ancient family
of Fawcetts, of Shipden Hall, near Halifax, having, from his
early youth, a strong predilection for a military life, his
friends procured him an ensign's commission in General
Oglethorp's regiment, which was stationed in Georgia ; but a
British force having been sent to Flanders in 1742, he resigned
his commission, proceeded to the continent, and, serving as a
volunteer, was at the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy, where
his gallantry attracted admiration ; and he was appointed
ensign in a regiment raised by Colonel Johnstone, with which
he served until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, when
it was disbanded.
Being now unemployed, he engaged in the service of a
mercantile establishment in the city of London ; but finding

90 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
his propensity to a military life invincible, he subsequently
purchased an ensign's commission in the foot guards, and, by
a strict attention to his duties, procured the favour of his
Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland, who gave
him the adjutancy of the second battalion of the third foot
guards, which he held together with a lieutenantcy, which
gave him the rank of captain. Neglecting no opportunity of
qualifying himself for the highest posts in his profession, he
studied the German and French languages, acquired a know
ledge of Prussian and French tactics ; and in 1757 published
a translation of the ' Memoirs upon the Art of War, by Mar-
' shal Count de Saxe,' and ' The Regulations for Prussian
' Cavalry ;' and, in 1759, ' Regulations for the Prussian In-
'fantry,' and ' The Prussian Tactics.' These works met with
great attention, and a new edition in 1760 was also well re
ceived. In the early part of the Seven Years' War, Captain Fawcett
served in Germany as. aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General
Grenville Elliott, where he acquired increased knowledge
of the military art ; and his ardour, intrepidity, and
attention to the duties of his situation, were such, that on the
decease of Lieutenant-General Grenville Elliott, Qaptain
Fawcett was recommended for the appointment of aide-de
camp to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and he had also the
oflfer of the same appointment to the Marquis of Granby ; he
chose the latter, and was sent to England with the despatches
which gave the account of the victory at Warbourg ; on which
occasion. King George 11. was highly gratified at having the
particulars of this engagement related to him in the German
language by Captain Fawcett. He was advanced to the rank
of lieutenant-colonel in the army on the 25th of November,
1760; and, continuing to serve in Germany, was appointed
military secretary to the Marquis of Granby. It is recorded
that, in Lieutenant.-Colonel Fawcett's character, strength and
softness were happily blended together, and to coolness, intre
pidity, and extensive military knowledge, he added all the re
quisite talents of a man of business, and the most persevering
assiduity. He was highly esteemed by every officer on the
staff" of the army, and was the intimate and confidential friend
of the Marquis of Granby. He remained on service until the

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peace in 1763, when he returned to England ; and his know
ledge of the German language, with the information he pos
sessed from his late oflfice, was the occasion of his being em
ployed by King George III. as commissary to settle the
claims made by the Allies against Great Britain for the ex
penses of the war.
In November, 1767, he obtained a company in the third
foot guards ; and in 1772 he was promoted to the rank of
colonel in the army, and nominated deputy adjutant-general
of the forces.
At the commencement of the American war. Colonel Faw
cett was sent to Germany, to negotiate with the states of Hesse,
Hanover, and Brunswick, for a body of troops to serve in
British pay. In 1776 he was appointed govemor of Graves
end and Tilbury-fort ; was promoted to major-general in
1777, and nominated colonel of the Fifteenth foot in 1778 :
in 1781 he was constituted adjutant-general of the forces.
The rank of lieut.-general was conferred upon this valuable
servant of the crpwn in 1782 ; in 1786 His Majesty honored
him with the riband of the Order of the Bath, and in 1792,
gave him the colonelcy of the third, or Prince of Wales's,
dragoon guards.
In May, 1796, Sir William Fawcett received the rank of
general, and was appointed governor of the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, in July following. The duties of adjutant-general
requiring greater exertions than his health would admit of, he
obtained the King's permission to resign, and on retiring from
office His Majesty honored him with distinguished marks of
his royal favour and approbation. In 1799 Sir William Faw
cett was appointed general on the staflF, and performed the
duties of commander-in-chief during the absence of the Duke
of York on the continent.
He died in March, 1804, and his funeral was honored with
the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence, Kent,
and Cambridge, and of many noblemen and general officers.

92 SUCCESSION ov COLONELS.
James Hamilton.
Appointed 22nd August, 1 792.
This officer served with reputation in the reign of King
George II., and in 1761 he took an active part in raising the
113th regiment, or Royal Highlanders, of which corps he was
appointed major-commandant. At the peace in 1763 his corps
was disbanded, and he was placed on half-pay ; he was pro
moted to the rank of lieut.-colonel in May, 1772, and appointed
to the twenty-first regiment, or Royal North British Fusiliers,
in March, 177 L He served with reputation in the American
war : was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1780 ; to that of
major-general in 1787 ; appointed colonel of the Fifteenth
regiment in 1792, and removed to the twenty-first in 1794.
He obtained the rank of lieut.-general in 1797, and that of
general in 1802. His decease occurred in 1803.

Henry Watson Powell.
Appointed 20th June, 1794.
At the augmentation of the army in 1756, this officer was
appointed captain of a company in the second battalion of the
eleventh foot, which battalion was numbered the sixty-fourth
regiment in 1758. In_l770 he obtained the majority of the
thirty-eighth, and in 1771 the lieut.-colonelcy of the fifty-
third, at the head of which corps he served in the American
war. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1779, and
to that of major-general in 1782; in 1792 he obtained the
colonelcy of the sixty-ninth regiment, from which he was re
moved in 1794 to the Fifteenth foot. In 1796 he obtained
the rank of lieut.-general, and that of general in 1801. He
died in 1814.

Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B.
Appointed 23rd July, 1814.
This oflficer commenced his career in the army, as an ensign
in the grenadier guards, on the l7th April, 1783, and served
with them to the close of the American war. He was pro-

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moted lieutenant and captain on the 3rd June, 1791, and from
the end of 1793 till the return ofthe army in May, 1795, he
served under his Royal Highness the Duke of York in Flan
ders, being present at the different actions between those pe
riods. On the 12th June, 1795, he succeeded to a company,
with the rank of lieut.-colonel ; on the 29th April, 1802, was
appointed colonel by brevet ; and brigadier general on the
Home Staflf in December, 1805. In July, 1S06, he commanded
a battalion of the foot guards in Sicily ; in August, 1 807, was
appointed brigadier general in Sicily ; and in 1808 joined the
army in Spain under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, where
he commanded a brigade in the reserve, and was present at
the battle of Corunna, for which he obtained a medal. He
commanded the first brigade of foot guards on the Walcheren
expedition in July, 1809, and on the 25th October following
was promoted to the rank of major-general. In 1810 he was
ordered to Cadiz as second in command, and in the succeeding
year was appointed to the command there. On the 4th
June, 1814, he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general,
and on the- 23rd July of that year His Majesty King George
III. conferred on him the colonelcy of the Fifteenth regi
ment ; and on the 7th April, 1815, he was nominated a Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the
Bath. He was promoted to the rank of general on the 10th ,
January, 1837, and died on the 19th April, 1846.
General Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H.
Appointed 2Ath April, 1846.
(From the seventy-fourth. Highland regiment.)

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APPENDIX.

Battle, Sieges, Sfc, in the Netherlands, during the reign of Kino
William III. ,/rom 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697.
Battle of Walcourt. ¦  . 25 August, 1689
 Fleurus  4 July, 1 690
Mons surrendered to the French . . . . 10 April, 1 691
Namur ditto ditto  20 June, 1692
Battle of Steenkirk  3 August, 
Fumes and Dixmude captured .... — Sept., 
The French lines at D'Otiguics forced . . 10 July, 1693
Battle of Landen  29 July, 
Surrender of Huy  17 Sept., 1694
Attack on Fort Kenoque  9 June, 1695
Dixmude surrendered to the French . . . 16 July, 
Namur retaken by King William III. . . 25 July, 
Citadel of Namur surrendered .... 5 Sept., 
Treaty of Ryswick signed  II Sept., 1697

96 appendix.

List of Sieges, Battles, Ifc in the Netherlands and Germany, during the
Campaigns under the Duke of Marlbobouoh, from 1702 <ol7Il.
Invested. Surrendered.
Siege of K'ayserswerth .... 16 April . 17 June, 1702
Skirmish near Nimeguen  .11 June, 
Siege of Venloo  29 August . 25 Sept.,  ¦
Capture of Fort St. Michael  18 Sept,, 
Siege of Stevens waert  3 Oct., • 
—,  Ruremonde .  6 Oct.. 
Capture of Liege Citadel  23 Oct.,  r
Siege of Bonn . . ... . . 24 April . 15 May, 1703
 Huy  16 August . 25 Aug., 
-^  Limburg  lo Sept. . 28 Sept., 
Battle of Schellenberg  2 July, 1 704
—  Blenheim  ,.,... 13 Aug. ¦ — —
Siege of Landau . ,..,... 12 Sept. . 24 Nov., 
Huy captured by the French  May, 1705
Re-capture of Huy  11 July, 
Forcingthe French Lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July, 
Skirmish near the Dyle_  21 July, 
Siege of Sandvliet . . . . .26 Oct. . 29 Oct., 
Battle of Ramilies  23 May, 1706
Siege of Ostend  28 June, . 8 July, 
 Menin  25 July, . 25 Aug., 
 Dendermond  29 Aug. . 5 Sept., 
 Aeth  16 Sept. . 3 Oct. 
Battle of Oudenarde  II July, 1708
Siege of Lisle  13 Aug. . 23 Oct., 
Capture of the Citadel  9 Dec, ¦ 
Battle of Wynendale  28 Sep. 
Passage of the Scheldt  27 Nov., 
Siege of Ghent  18 Dec, . 30 Dec 
 Tournay  27 June, . 29 July, 1709
Capture of the Citadel  3 Sept., 
Battle of Malplaquet  11 Sept., 
Siege of Mons  21 Sept. . 20 Oct.,' 
Passage of the French lines at Pont ^ Vendin . 21 April, l no
Siege of Douay  25 April, . 27 June, 
 Bethune  15 July, . 29 Aug., 
 f-"'^  6 Sept., . 9 Nov., 
 St. Venant  g Sept., . 30 Sept., 
Passage of the French lines at Arleux . . . 5 Aug rn
Siege of Bouchain  10 Aug., . 13 Sept, 
Treaty of Utrecht signed  30 March, 1713

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