Category: History - British
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 distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British Army shall...
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 distinguished themselves by their Brave...
2. Part 2[5] “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 inh...
3. Part 3—— The Royal authority granted to Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, to bear on his crest the figure of a Highlander of the 92nd regiment, up to the middle in water, &c., &c., with the wor...
4. Part 4Meanwhile the brilliant career of General Bonaparte in Italy had produced a change of sentiment among the inhabitants of Corsica, of which island he was a native. The Corsicans,...
5. Part 5The British Government having resolved to effect the expulsion of the French from Egypt, an army[9] amounting to about fifteen thousand men, of which the NINETY-SECOND formed pa...
6. Part 6On the 30th of August, the British troops marched to Osted, and went into cantonments. On this day, after expressing in orders his satisfaction at the conduct of the troops in t...
7. Part 7The NINETY-SECOND afterwards received the Royal Authority to bear the words “FUENTES D’ONOR” on the regimental colour and appointments, in commemoration of the gallantry display...
8. Part 8On the 15th of November, the enemy appeared in force about Mozarbes, and his numerous cavalry was observed moving to its left, upon the British line of communication with Ciudad...
9. Part 9On the 17th of February, the enemy was discovered in the village of _Arriverete_, on the right bank of the Gave de Mauleon, endeavouring to destroy the bridge over it. A ford wa...
10. Part 10The allied troops to the right having repulsed the repeated attacks in that quarter, the enemy directed his attention in a more particular manner to this part of the British lin...
11. Part 11Major-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., on the 11th of March, inspected the head-quarters of the regiment, at Fort Augusta, under Major Winchester, he having been in command the g...
12. Part 12On the 6th of April, 1846, a letter of thanks was received from the Magistrates and Commissioners of Police of Edinburgh, for the promptness and efficiency with which a piquet o...
13. Part 13+---------------------+--------------+--------------+---------------------+ | Name. | Date of | Date of | Remarks. | | | Appointment. | Removal. | | +---------------------+-----...
14. Part 14KING’S GERMAN LEGION. Officers. Men. 1st Light Dragoons 36 610 2nd ” 41 620 3rd ” 40 621 Royal Artillery 34 675 1st Battalion of the Line 39 824 2nd ” 38 837 3rd ” 41 815 4th ”...