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afterwards disbanded allied army Americans appointed April Argyle arms arrived attack August battle of Dettingen besieged Blenheim Brigadier-General British regiments British troops Campbell Captain captured Charles clans Colonel colours corps Deinse detachment ditto Duke of Cumberland Duke of Marlborough Earl of Mar employed encamped enemy enemy's England file killed file wounded Flanders fleet force formed in brigade France gallant garrison Holland Honorable hundred infantry island James Wood January John July June killed and wounded King George King James King William III landed Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-General Lieutenants Major-General MAR's regiment Namur Netherlands NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS numbers occasion officers and soldiers prisoners proceeded promoted rank and file regiment embarked regiment marched regiment of foot removed retreat return on board Robert Mackay ROYAL NORTH BRITISH Scotland Scots second battalion September serjeants served the campaign Sicily siege Sir James Wood stationed superior numbers surrendered TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS TWENTY-FIRST regiment valour victory village Viscount Mordaunt
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Sivu i - ... undisturbed by the presence of war, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively 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 enterprise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be supposed not often...
Sivu ii - 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...
Sivu ii - Office; and while the perusal of them cannot 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.
Sivu xiv - ... 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 of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, 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...
Sivu 56 - I n 1 796 he obtained the rank of colonel ; and in 1799 he served in the expedition to the Helder, and was present at every action of that short campaign in Holland, excepting one. In 1802 Lord Forbes was promoted to the rank of major-general, and nominated to the command of the troops stationed at Ashford, in Kent, and subsequently of the garrison at Dover, and he occasionally commanded the Kent District in the absence of LicutenantGeneral Sir David Dundas and of Lord Ludlow.
Sivu 17 - B 1745- Quitting its cantonments in April, the regiment marched with the army commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, to the relief of Tournay, which fortress was besieged by a numerous French army, which took up a position near the village of Fontenoy. The enemy had a great superiority of numbers ; but the Duke of Cumberland, trusting to the innate bravery of his troops, resolved to hazard a general engagement on the...
Sivu ii - ... and while the perusal of them cannot 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...
Sivu ix - He formed his columns so compactly that his infantry could resist the charge of the 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 seaservice, styled the Admiral's regiment....