CHAPTER II

The siege of Landau, 1704--British camp visited by the King of the Romans--battle of the river Geet--Sir Walter Scott's praise of the regiment--victory of Ramillies--the Greys defeat the Regiment du Roi at Autreglize--strange history of "Mother Ross," a famous Amazon, wounded as a trooper of the Greys at Ramillies--desperate battle of Malplaquet, signal bravery of the Greys--battle of Oudenarde--exploit of the Greys at Pont-à-Nache--sieges of Aire and Saint-Venant--end of the campaign--fresh campaign in French Flanders--siege of Bouchain--French sue for peace, 1712--Treaty of Utrecht, 1713--question of precedence, 1694--Greys rank as Second Dragoons, 1713--Greys take part in putting down the Rebellion of the Old Pretender--and defeat Jacobites at Strachell--Greys reviewed at Hounslow by George II.--suppression of Kentish smugglers, 1737--Greys encamped in Windsor Forest--reviewed by George II. on Kew Green--arrive at Dover--_British Military Journal_, 1799--heroism of the Greys at Dettingen--and Fontenoy--Greys capture the White Standard--campaign in Flanders.