TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number],and the footnotes have been placed at the end of each major section.
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.These are indicated by a dotted gray underline.
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF
THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1702,
AND OF
ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1844.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,
MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.
M.DCCC.XLIV.
London:
Harrison and Co., Printers,
St. Martin’s Lane.
HORSE-GUARDS,
1st January, 1836.
His Majesty has been pleased to command that,with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments,as well as to Individuals who have distinguishedthemselves by their Bravery in Actionwith the Enemy, an Account of the Services ofevery Regiment in the British Army shall be publishedunder the superintendence and direction ofthe Adjutant-General; and that this Account shallcontain the following particulars, viz.:—
—— The Period and Circumstances of the OriginalFormation of the Regiment; The Stations at which ithas been from time to time employed; The Battles,Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it hasbeen engaged, particularly specifying any Achievementit may have performed, and the Colours,Trophies, &c., it may have c