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HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS:
ОглавлениеCONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1685,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1846.
COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE-GUARDS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30 CHARING CROSS.
MDCCCXLVII.
London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS,
BEARS IN THE CENTRE OF ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR,
THE ROSE WITHIN THE GARTER AND THE CROWN OVER IT; AND IN THE CORNER THE WHITE HORSE;
ALSO THE WORD
"MARTINIQUE,"
FOR ITS GALLANT CONDUCT AT THE CAPTURE OF THAT ISLAND IN 1809;
AND THE WORDS
"TALAVERA," "ALBUHERA," "BADAJOZ,"
"SALAMANCA," "VITTORIA," "PYRENEES," "ORTHES,"
"TOULOUSE," "PENINSULA,"
TO COMMEMORATE ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE
PENINSULA AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
FROM 1809 TO 1814.
| Year | Page | |
| 1685 | Formation of the Regiment | 1 |
| —— | Names of Officers | 3 |
| —— | Uniform of the Regiment | 4 |
| 1688 | Augmentation of the Establishment | 6 |
| 1689 | Proceeds to Holland | 8 |
| —— | Battle of Walcourt | – |
| 1690 | Returns to England | 9 |
| —— | Proceeds to Ireland, and is engaged in the Sieges of Cork and Kinsale | 10 |
| 1691 | Embarks for Flanders | — |
| —— | Serves the Campaign under King William III. | 11 |
| 1692 | Battle of Steenkirk | — |
| 1693 | Battle of Landen | 13 |
| 1694 | Reviewed by King William III. | 15 |
| 1695 | Siege of Namur | 16 |
| 1696 | Arrives at Gravesend, but returns to Flanders without landing in England | 18 |
| —— | Joins the Army of Flanders under the Prince of Vaudemont | — |
| 1697 | Returns to England | — |
| —— | Placed on a Peace Establishment | — |
| 1698 | Proceeds to Jersey and Guernsey | — |
| 1702 | Forms part of the force employed in the Expedition under the Duke of Ormond against Cadiz | 19 |
| 1702 | Capture of the Towns of Rota, Port St. Mary's, and Fort St. Catherine | 19 |
| —— | Sails for England, after having destroyed the Enemy's Shipping at Vigo | 20 |
| 1703 | Employed as Marines on board the Fleet | — |
| 1705 | Stationed at Plymouth | — |
| 1706 | Proceeds to Barcelona | 21 |
| 1707 | Stationed in Spain | — |
| —— | Capture of Lerida | 22 |
| 1708 | Returns to England | — |
| 1709 | Proceeds to Spain | 23 |
| 1710} | ||
| TO } | Stationed at Minorca | — |
| 1719} | ||
| —— | Returns to England | — |
| 1719} | ||
| TO } | Stationed in Ireland | — |
| 1727} | ||
| 1734 | Proceeds to Gibraltar | — |
| 1749 | Returns to Ireland | — |
| 1751 | Authorized by Royal Warrant to continue to bear certain Distinctions | 24 |
| 1755 | Arrives in England from Ireland | — |
| 1756 | Serves as Marines on board the Fleet under Admiral Byng | — |
| —— | Engaged with the French Fleet off Minorca | — |
| —— | Forms part of the Garrison of Gibraltar | — |
| 1763 | Embarks for England | — |
| 1765 | Proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1770 | Returns to England | — |
| 1773 | Embarks for Canada | — |
| 1775 | Forms part of the Garrison of St. John's and Fort Chambly | 25 |
| —— | Siege of Quebec | 26 |
| 1776 | Operations in Canada | 27 |
| —— | Proceeds to New York | — |
| 1777 | Action at Staten Island | — |
| —— | Capture of Forts Montgomery, Clinton, and Constitution | 29 |
| —— | Engaged with the Americans at Philadelphia | 30 |
| 1779 | Capture of Newhaven | — |
| —— | Expedition against Fairfield and Norwalk | 31 |
| 1780 | Capture of Charleston | 32 |
| 1781 | Engagement at Cow-Pens | 33 |
| 1782 | Stationed in South Carolina and New York | — |
| 1783 | Returns to England | 34 |
| —— | Reduction of Establishment | — |
| 1786 | Proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1790 | Embarks for Gibraltar | — |
| 1791 | Proceeds to Canada | — |
| 1794 | Stationed in Nova Scotia | — |
| 1795 | Formed into two Battalions | 35 |
| 1796 | Incorporated into one Battalion | — |
| 1802 | Proceeds to Bermuda and the Bahamas | 36 |
| 1804 | A second Battalion added | — |
| 1806 | Returns to England | 37 |
| 1807 | The First Battalion proceeds to Ireland | — |
| —— | ———————– embarks for Denmark | — |
| —— | Siege of Copenhagen | — |
| —— | The First Battalion returns to England | — |
| 1808 | ———————– embarks for Nova Scotia | 38 |
| —— | The Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland | — |
| 1809 | Capture of Martinique | — |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Martinique" on its Colours | 41 |
| —— | Returns to Nova Scotia | — |
| —— | The Second Battalion proceeds to Portugal | 45 |
| —— | Expulsion of the French from Oporto | — |
| 1809 | Battle of Talavera | 46 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Talavera" on its Colours | 48 |
| 1810 | Removal of the First Battalion from North America to the Peninsula | 49 |
| —— | Battle of Busaco | 50 |
| 1811 | Siege of Olivenza | 53 |
| —— | Blockade of Badajoz | — |
| —— | Battle of Albuhera | 54 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Albuhera" on its Colours | 62 |
| —— | Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo | 65 |
| —— | Action at Aldea de Pont | — |
| 1812 | Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo | 66 |
| —— | Siege of Badajoz | 67 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Badajoz" on its Colours | 69 |
| —— | Battle of Salamanca | 71 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Salamanca" on its Colours | 72 |
| 1813 | Attack on the village of Montevite | 74 |
| —— | Battle of Vittoria | 75 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Vittoria" on its Colours | — |
| —— | Blockade of Pampeluna | 76 |
| —— | Battle of the Pyrenees | — |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Pyrenees" on its Colours | 79 |
| —— | Passage of the Bidassoa | — |
| 1814 | Battle of Orthes | 80 |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word "Orthes" on its Colours | — |
| —— | Battle of Toulouse | 81 |
| —— | Returns to England | 82 |
| 1814 | First Battalion proceeds to North America | 83 |
| 1815 | Operations against New Orleans | 84 |
| —— | Attack on Mobile and Capture of Fort Bowyer | 87 |
| —— | Embarks for England | — |
| —— | Proceeds to Flanders | — |
| —— | Advances to Paris | — |
| —— | Second Battalion disbanded | 88 |
| —— | A Recruiting Company added to the First Battalion | — |
| 1816 | Forms part of the Army of Occupation in France | — |
| 1817} | Reduction of Establishment | 89 |
| 1818} | ||
| 1818 | Returns to England | 90 |
| —— | Proceeds to Ireland | — |
| 1820 | Embarks for Scotland | — |
| 1821 | Marches to England | — |
| 1825 | Divided into Service and Depôt Companies | 91 |
| —— | Service Companies embark for the Ionian Islands | — |
| 1828 | Stationed at Malta | — |
| 1833 | Depôt Companies proceed to Ireland | — |
| 1836 | Service Companies return to England | — |
| —— | Presentation of a piece of plate by command of His Majesty King William IV. | — |
| 1837 | Service Companies proceed to Ireland | 92 |
| 1839 | Service Companies embark for Gibraltar | — |
| 1841 | Depôt Companies proceed to England | — |
| 1844 | Service Companies embark for the West Indies | — |
| 1845 | Depôt Companies return to Ireland | — |
| 1846 | The Conclusion | 93 |
