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[1] In the 14th year of the reign of Edward IV. a small force was established in Ireland by Parliament, consisting of 120 Archers on horseback, 40 Horsemen, and 40 Pages.

[2] Military Papers, State Paper Office.

[3] This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace of 1674.

[4] This appears to be the first introduction of bayonets into the English Army.

[5] State Paper Office.

[6] The first issue of carbines to the regular Horse appears to have taken place in 1684; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.—Vide the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.'

THE SIXTH,

OR

THE INNISKILLING DRAGOONS,

BEAR, AS A REGIMENTAL BADGE,

THE CASTLE OF INNISKILLING;

WITH THE WORD "INNISKILLING" UNDERNEATH, COMMEMORATIVE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE REGIMENT WAS FORMED IN 1689;

ALSO THE WORD

"WATERLOO,"

AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY

AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO,

ON THE 18th OF JUNE,

1815.

Year		Page
	The circumstances which gave rise to the Formation of the Regiment	1
1688	The Revolution	3
——	The people of Inniskilling and Londonderry oppose the proceedings of King James II., and refuse admittance to his troops	4
1689	Various Skirmishes—the Siege of Londonderry	6
——	Battle of Newton Butler	12
——	The Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons, embodied	13
——	Siege of Londonderry raised	—
——	The Regiment joins the Army under Duke Schomberg	14
1690	Placed on the establishment of the Regular Army	16
——	Capture of Belturbet—Action at Cavan	17
——	Action at Butler's Bridge	19
——	Capture of the Castles of Killeshandra and Ballingargy	20
——	Battle of the Boyne	21
——	Detached against Athlone—Siege of Limerick	25
1691	Capture of Ballymore and Athlone	26
——	Battle of Aghrim	—
——	Capture of Galway	27
——	Services before Sligo	28
——	Surprised at Coloony	29
——	Termination of the War in Ireland	31
1708	The Regiment embarks for England	33
1709	Marches to Scotland	—
1713	Returns to England	—
1714	Stationed in Scotland	—
1715	Battle of Dumblain	34
1728	Marches to England	37
1729	Returns to Scotland	—
1733	Stationed in England	—
1742	Embarks for Flanders	39
1743	Battle of Dettingen	40
1745	———– Fontenoy	43
1746	———– Roucoux	45
1747	———– Val	46
1748	Returns to England	48
1751	Description of the Uniform and Guidons	49
1755	A Light Troop added	51
1758	Expedition to St. Maloes	53
——	—————– Cherbourg	54
——	Embarks for Germany	—
1759	Battle of Minden	56
——	Action at Wetter	57
1760	Battle of Warbourg	58
——	Skirmish near Zierenberg	60
——	Surprise at Zierenberg	—
——	Battle of Campen	61
1761	———– Kirch-Denkern	62
1762	———– Groebenstien	63
1763	Returns to England	64
——	Light troop disbanded, and eight men per troop, of the heavy troops, equipped as Light Dragoons	—
1764	Alterations in the equipment	—
1765	Stationed in Scotland	—
1766	—————England	—
1767	Reviewed by King George III.	65
1711	Stationed in Scotland	65
1772	—————England	—
1776	—————Scotland	66
1777	—————England	—
1779	Men equipped as Light Dragoons incorporated in the Twentieth Regiment of Light Dragoons	67
1793	Embarks for Flanders	68
——	Covering the Siege of Valenciennes	69
——	—————————Dunkirk	—
——	Action at Menin	70
1794	———– Vaux	71
——	Covering the Siege of Landrécies	—
——	Battle of Cateau	—
——	———– Tournay	72
——	Action at Bauvines	73
——	Retreat through Holland to Germany	74
1795	Returns to England	77
1798	Reviewed by King George III.	78
1808	Stationed in Scotland	79
1809	Embarks for Ireland	—
1814	Returns to England	—
1815	Embarks for Flanders	80
——	Battle of Waterloo	83
——	Advances to Paris	89
1816	Returns to England	90
1818	Stationed in Scotland	—
1819	Embarks for Ireland	—
1821	Stationed at Dublin, on the occasion of the Visit of King George IV. to Ireland	—
1823	Embarks for Scotland	91
1824	Stationed in England	—
1829	Embarks for Ireland	—
1833	Stationed in Scotland	92
1834	—————England	—
1838	Stationed in Ireland	92
1841	—————England	93
1842	—————Scotland, and furnishes the Royal Escorts on the Visit of Queen Victoria to Edinburgh, &c.	—
1843	Marches to England	—
1846	Embarks for Ireland	95
	The Conclusion	—
	Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels	96

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.