THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
 GIFT OF 
 
 COMMODORE BYRON MCCANDLESS
 
 HISTORICAL RECORD 
 
 FOURTEENTH, OR THE KING'S, REGIMENT 
 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS: 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 RICHARD CANNON, ESQ., 
 
 ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, HOBSE GUARDS. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. 
 
 LONDON: 
 PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, 
 
 30, CHARING CROSS. 
 
 M DCCC XLVII.
 
 Loxww : Printed by W. Ci.oww and SONS. Stamford Strert, 
 For Her Majesty's Stationen- Office.
 
 GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 HORSE GUARDS, 
 
 1st January, 1836. 
 
 His MAJESTY has been pleased to com- 
 mand, that, with a 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 Ser- 
 vices of every Regiment in the British Army shall 
 be published under the superintendence and 
 direction of the Adjutant-General ; and that this 
 Account shall contain the following particulars, 
 viz., 
 
 The Period and Circumstances of the 
 
 Original Formation of the Regiment ; The Sta- 
 tions at which it has been from time to time em- 
 ployed ; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military 
 Operations, in which it has been engaged, par- 
 ticularly specifying any Achievement it may have 
 performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it 
 may have captured from the Enemy. 
 
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 U GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 The Names of the Officers, and the 
 
 number of Non-Commissioned Officers and Pri- 
 vates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, spe- 
 <jjfying the Place and Date of the Action. 
 
 The Names of those Officers, who, in con- 
 sideration of their Gallant Services and Meri- 
 torious Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, 
 have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or 
 other Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour. 
 
 The Names of all such Officers, Non-Com- 
 missioned Officers and Privates as may have 
 specially signalized themselves in Action. 
 
 And, 
 
 The Badges and Devices which the Re- 
 giment may have been permitted to bear, and the 
 Causes on account of which such Badges or De- 
 vices, or any other Marks of Distinction, have 
 been granted. 
 
 By Command of the Right Honourable 
 GENERAL LORD HILL, 
 
 Commanding-in- Chief. 
 
 JOHN MACDONALD, 
 Adjutant- General.
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 THE character and credit of the British Army must 
 chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which 
 all who enter into its service are animated, and 
 consequently it is of the highest importance that any 
 measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, 
 by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved, 
 should be adopted. 
 
 Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment 
 of this desirable object than a full display of the 
 noble deeds with which the Military History of our 
 country abounds. To hold forth these bright 
 examples to the imitation of the youthful soldier, 
 and thus to incite him to emulate the meritorious 
 conduct of those who have preceded him in their 
 honourable career, are among the motives that have 
 given rise to the present publication. 
 
 The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, 
 
 a 2
 
 IV PREFACE. 
 
 announced in the " London Gazette," from whence 
 they are transferred into the public prints: the 
 achievements of our armies are thus made known at 
 the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute 
 of praise and admiration to which they are entitled. 
 On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament 
 have been in the habit of conferring on the Com- 
 manders, and the Officers and Troops acting under 
 their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks 
 for their skill and bravery; and these testimonials, 
 confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's 
 approbation, constitute the reward which the 
 soldier most highly prizes. 
 
 It has not, however, until late years, been the prac- 
 tice (which appears to have long prevailed in some of 
 the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep 
 regular records of their services and achievements. 
 Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtain- 
 ing, particularly from the old Regiments, an au- 
 thentic account of their origin and subsequent services. 
 
 This defect will' now be remedied, in consequence 
 of His Majesty having been pleased to command 
 that every Regiment shall in future keep a full and 
 ample record of its services at home and abroad.
 
 PREFACE. V 
 
 From the materials thus collected, the country 
 will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties 
 and privations which chequer the career of those who 
 embrace the military profession. In Great Britain, 
 where so large a number of persons are devoted to 
 the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, 
 and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so 
 long a period, been undisturbed by the presence of 
 war, which few other countries have escaped, com- 
 paratively little is known of the vicissitudes of active 
 service, and of the casualties of climate, to which, 
 even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in 
 every part of the globe, with little or no interval of 
 repose. 
 
 In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which 
 the country derives from the industry and the enter- 
 prise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy 
 inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on 
 the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor, on 
 their sufferings, and on the sacrifice of valuable 
 life, by which so many national benefits are obtained 
 and preserved. 
 
 The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, 
 and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great
 
 yi PREFACE. 
 
 and trying difficulties; and their character has been 
 established in Continental warfare by the irresistible 
 spirit with which they have effected debarkations in 
 spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the 
 gallantry and steadiness with which they have main- 
 tained their advantages against superior numbers. 
 
 In the official Reports made by the respective Com- 
 manders, ample justice has generally been done to 
 the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but 
 the details of their services, and of acts of individual 
 bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the 
 various Regiments. 
 
 These Records are now preparing for publication, 
 under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr. 
 RICHARD CANNON, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant- 
 General's Office ; and while the perusal of them can- 
 not fail to be useful and interesting to military men 
 of every rank, it is considered that they will also 
 afford entertainment and information to the general 
 reader, particularly to those who may have served in 
 the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. 
 
 There exists in the breasts of most of those who 
 have served, or are serving, in the Army, an Esprit 
 de Corps an attachment to everything belonging
 
 PREFACE. Vll 
 
 to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative of 
 the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove 
 interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of 
 the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been 
 of paramount interest with a brave and civilized 
 people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes 
 who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood 
 " firm as the rocks of their native shore ;" and when 
 half the World has been arrayed against them, they 
 have fought the battles of their Country with un- 
 shaken fortitude. It is presumed that a. record of 
 achievements in war, victories so complete and sur- 
 prising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers, 
 our fellow-citizens in arms, a record which revives 
 the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant 
 deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to 
 the public. 
 
 Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other 
 distinguished Officers will be introduced in the 
 Records of their respective Regiments, and the 
 Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to 
 time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testify- 
 ing the value and importance of its services, will be 
 faithfully set forth.
 
 Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record 
 of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct num- 
 ber, so that when the whole shall be completed, the 
 Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 THE ancient Armies of England were composed 
 of Horse and Foot ; but the feudal troops esta- 
 blished by William the Conqueror in 1086, con- 
 sisted almost entirely of Horse. Under the feudal 
 system, every holder of land amounting to what 
 was termed a "knight's fee," was required to 
 provide a charger, a coat of mail, a helmet, a 
 shield, and a lance, and to serve the Crown a 
 period of forty days in each year at his own 
 expense ; and the great landholders had to pro- 
 vide armed men in proportion to the extent of 
 their estates ; consequently the ranks of the feudal 
 Cavalry were completed with men of property, 
 and the vassals and tenants of the great barons, 
 who led their dependents to the field in person. 
 
 In the succeeding reigns the Cavalry of the 
 Army was composed of Knights (or men at arms 
 and Hobiliers (or horsemen of inferior degree) ; 
 and the Infantry of spears and battle-axe men, 
 cross-bowmen, and archers. The Knights wore
 
 X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 armour on every part of the body, and their 
 weapons were a lance, a sword, and a small 
 dagger. The Hobiliers were accoutred arid armed 
 for the light and less important services of war, 
 and were not considered qualified for a charge in 
 line. Mounted Archers* were also introduced, 
 and the English nation eventually became pre- 
 eminent in the use of the bow. 
 
 About the time of Queen Mary the appellation 
 of " Men at Arms" was changed to that of " Spears 
 and Launces." The introduction of fire-arms ulti- 
 mately occasioned the lance to fall into disuse, 
 and the title of the Horsemen of the first degree 
 was changed to " Cuirassiers." The Cuirassiers 
 were armed cap-a-pie^ and their weapons were a 
 sword with a straight narrow blade and sharp 
 point, and a pair of large pistols, called petronels ; 
 and the Hobiliers carried carbines. The Infantry 
 carried pikes, matchlocks, and swords. The 
 introduction of fire-arms occasioned the forma- 
 tion of Regiments armed and equipped as infantry, 
 but mounted on small horses for the sake of 
 expedition of movement, and these were styled 
 " Dragoons ;" a small portion of the military 
 
 * 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.
 
 INTRODUCTION. XI 
 
 force of the kingdom, however, consisted of this 
 description of troops. 
 
 The formation of the present Army commenced 
 after the Restoration in 1660, with the establish- 
 ment of regular corps of Horse and Foot; the 
 Horsemen were cuirassiers, but only wore armour 
 on the head and body ; and the Foot were pike- 
 men and musketeers. The arms which each 
 description of force carried, are described in the 
 following extract from the " Regulations of King 
 Charles II.," dated 5th May, 1663 : 
 
 " Each Horseman to have for his defensive 
 " armes, back, breast, and pot ; and for his offen- 
 " sive armes, a sword, and a case of pistolls, the 
 " barrels whereof are not to be und r . foorteen 
 " inches in length ; and each Trooper of Our 
 " Guards to have a carbine besides the aforesaid 
 " armes. And the Foote to have each souldier a 
 " sword, and each pikeman a pike of 16 foote 
 " long and not und r . ; and each musqueteer a 
 " musquet with a collar of bandaliers, the barrell 
 " of which musquet to be about foor foote long 
 " and to conteine a bullet, foorteen of which shall 
 " weigh a pound weight*." 
 
 The ranks of the Troops of Horse were at this 
 period composed of men of some property gene- 
 
 * Military Papers, State Paper Office.
 
 Xll INTRODUCTION. 
 
 rally the sons of substantial yeomen : the young 
 men received as recruits provided their own horses, 
 and they were placed on a rate of pay sufficient 
 to give them a respectable station in society. 
 
 On the breaking out of the war with Holland 
 in the spring of 1672, a Regiment of Dragoons 
 was raised* ; the Dragoons were placed on a lower 
 rate of pay than the Horse, and the Regiment 
 was armed similar to the Infantry, excepting that 
 a limited number of the men carried halberds 
 instead of pikes, and the others muskets and bay- 
 onets ; and a few men in each troop had pistols ; 
 as appears by a warrant dated the 2nd of April, 
 1672, of which the following is an extract : 
 
 " CHARLES R. 
 
 " Our will and pleasure is, that a Regi- 
 " ment of Dragoones which we have established 
 " and ordered to be raised, in twelve Troopes of 
 " fourscore in each beside officers, who are to be 
 " under the command of Our most deare and most 
 " intirely beloved Cousin Prince Rupert, shall 
 " be armed out of Our stoares remaining within 
 " Our office of the Ordinance, as followeth ; that 
 " is to say, three corporalls, two Serjeants, the 
 " gentlemen at armes, and twelve souldiers of 
 
 This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace of 1674.
 
 INTRODUCTION. Xlll 
 
 " each of the said twelve Troopes, are to have and 
 " carry each of them one halbard, and one case 
 " of pistolls with holsters ; and the rest of the 
 " souldiers of the several Troopes aforesaid, are 
 " to have and to carry each of them one match- 
 " locke musquet, with a collar of bandaliers, and 
 " also to have and to carry one bayonet*, or great 
 " knive. That each lieutenant have and carry 
 " one partizan ; and that two drums be delivered 
 " out for each Troope of the said Regimentf." 
 
 Several regiments of Horse and Dragoons 
 were raised in the first year of the reign of King 
 James II. ; and the horsemen carried a short car- 
 bine^: in addition to the sword and pair of pistols: 
 and in a Regulation dated the 21st of February, 
 1687, the arms of the Dragoons at that period 
 were commanded to be as follows : 
 
 " The Dragoons to have snaphanse musquets, 
 " strapt, with bright barrels of three foote eight 
 " inches long, cartouch-boxes, bayonetts, granado 
 " pouches, buckets, and hammer-hatchetts." 
 
 After several years' experience, little advantage 
 
 * This appears to be the first introduction of bayonets into the 
 English Army. t State Paper Office. 
 
 J 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.'
 
 XIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 was found to accrue from having Cavalry Regi- 
 ments formed almost exclusively for engaging the 
 enemy on foot ; and, the Horse having laid aside 
 their armour, the arms and equipment of Horse 
 and Dragoons were so nearly assimilated, that 
 there remained little distinction besides the name 
 and rate of pay. The introduction of improve- 
 ments into the mounting, arming, and equipment 
 of Dragoons rendered them competent to the 
 performance of every description of service re- 
 quired of Cavalry ; and, while the long musket 
 and bayonet were retained, to enable them to act 
 as Infantry, if necessary, they were found to be 
 equally efficient, and of equal value to the nation, 
 as Cavalry, with the Regiments of Horse. 
 
 In the several augmentations made to the 
 regular Army after the early part of the reign of 
 Queen Anne, no new Regiments of Horse were 
 raised for permanent service ; and in 1746 King 
 George II. reduced three of the old Regiments 
 of Horse to the quality and pay of Dragoons ; at 
 the same time, His Majesty gave them the title of 
 First, Second, and Third Regiments of Dragoon 
 Guards : and in 1788 the same alteration was 
 made in the remaining four Regiments of Horse, 
 which then became the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and 
 Seventh Regiments of Dragoon Guards.
 
 INTRODUCTION. XV 
 
 At present there are only three Regiments 
 which are styled Horse in the British Army, 
 namely, the two Regiments of Life Guards, and 
 the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, to whom 
 cuirasses have recently been restored. The other 
 Cavalry Regiments consist of Dragoon Guards 
 Heavy and Light Dragoons, Hussars, and Lan- 
 cers ; and although the long musket and bayonet 
 have been laid aside by the whole of the Cavalry, 
 and the Regiments are armed and equipped on 
 the principle of the old Horse (excepting the 
 cuirass), they continue to be styled Dragoons. 
 
 The old Regiments of Horse formed a highly 
 respectable and efficient portion of the Army, 
 and it is found, on perusing the histories of the 
 various campaigns in which they have been en- 
 gaged, that they have, on all occasions, maintain- 
 ed a high character for steadiness and discipline as 
 well as for bravery in action. They were formerly 
 mounted on horses of superior weight and phy- 
 sical power, and few troops could withstand a 
 well-directed charge of the celebrated British 
 Horse. The records of these corps embrace a 
 period of 1 50 years a period eventful in history, 
 and abounding in instances of heroism displayed 
 by the British troops when danger has threatened 
 the nation, a period in which these Regiments
 
 XVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 have numbered in their ranks men of loyalty, 
 valour, and good conduct, worthy of imitation. 
 
 Since the Regiments of Horse were formed 
 into Dragoon Guards, additional improvements 
 have been introduced into the constitution of the 
 several corps; and the superior description of 
 horses now bred in the United Kingdom, enables 
 the commanding officers to remount their regi- 
 ments with such excellent horses, that, whilst 
 sufficient weight has been retained for a powerful 
 charge in line,alightness has been acquired, which 
 renders them available for every description of 
 service incident to modern warfare. 
 
 The orderly conduct of these Regiments in 
 quarters has gained the confidence and esteem of 
 the respectable inhabitants of the various parts of 
 the United Kingdom in which they have been 
 stationed ; their promptitude and alacrity in at- 
 tending to the requisitions of the magistrates in 
 periods of excitement, and the temper, patience, 
 and forbearance which they have evinced when 
 subjected to great provocation, insult, and violence 
 from the misguided populace, prove the value of 
 these troops to the Crown, and to the Government 
 of the country, and justify the reliance which is 
 reposed in them.
 
 ON THE INSTITUTION 
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY 
 
 THE BRITISH ARMY. 
 
 THE records of the military events of the remote 
 ages speak of heavy-armed horsemen being accom- 
 panied by others mounted and equipped for light 
 services. The Barons and Knights, who rode the 
 powerful horses celebrated by historians, and took 
 the field completely cased in steel, had a few 
 light-armed attendants; the feudal horsemen were 
 variously armed ; and the practice of employing 
 Light, as well as Heavy Cavalry, was adopted, to 
 a limited extent, by several commanders of anti- 
 quity. Armour, proof against arrow, lance, and 
 sword, and men and horses of colossal appearance, 
 in whom the greatest amount of weight and phy- 
 sical power, consistent with a moderate share of 
 activity, could be combined, were however held in 
 the highest estimation ; but eventually the great 
 advantage of having a portion of Cavalry in which 
 lightness, activity, and celerity of movements 
 might form the principal characteristics, was dis- 
 covered. The introduction of fire-arms occasioned 
 
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 XV111 ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 armour to be gradually laid aside, or limited to a 
 few heavy horsemen ; superiority of weight was 
 no longer thought so necessary; and in the seven- 
 teenth and eighteenth centuries the use of Light 
 Cavalry became more general than formerly. 
 
 During the seventy years' war between Spain 
 and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 
 Prince Maurice of Nassau (afterwards Prince of 
 Orange) selected a few English and Dutch heavy- 
 armed Lancers, and constituted them Carabineers, 
 for skirmishing, and other services of a similar 
 character. The Emperor of Germany formed 
 regiments of Hungarian Hussars, who were light 
 men on small horses. The Carabineers were 
 of an intermediate class, being much heavier 
 than the Hussars, and lighter than the English 
 Lancers and Cuirassiers, who rode powerful 
 horses, and wore armour on the head, body, and 
 limbs. The French monarchs adopted the prac- 
 tice of having a few Carabineers in each troop of 
 Horse; and, in 1690, Louis XIV. added a troop 
 of Carabineers to each Regiment of Cavalry. 
 During the campaign of 1691, these troops formed 
 a Carabineer brigade ; but their motley appear- 
 ance, and the defects of the plan, occasioned them 
 to be constituted a regiment of Carabineers, 
 and clothed in blue. In 1693 the French King 
 added a regiment of Hussars to the Cavalry of 
 his army.* 
 
 In England the same principle was partially 
 
 * Histoire de la MUice Franyoise, par Ic I'KRK DAMKL.
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XIX 
 
 carried out ; the heavy horse laid aside their 
 armour, excepting cuirasses ; they were mounted 
 on horses of less weight than formerly, and they 
 were supplied with carbines by King Charles II. 
 In 1685, King James II. raised several indepen- 
 dent troops of Light Horse, and one of them (Sir 
 Thomas Burton's) was retained in his service until 
 the Revolution in 1688, when it was disbanded 
 In 1691-2 King William III. constituted the 
 Seventh Regiment of Horse, now Sixth Dragoon 
 Guards, a corps of Carabineers, as an honorary 
 distinction, and for the performance of services for. 
 which the other regiments of Horse, being Cuiras- 
 siers, were not well adapted. The object was to 
 combine with strength and power a greater degree 
 of activity and speed than was to be found in the 
 Cavalry at that period ; and His Majesty appears 
 to have contemplated having several corps of this 
 description in his service, as he designated this 
 the First Regiment of Carabineers ; but no second 
 regiment was formed.* In 1694 a troop of 
 foreign Hussars formed part of the Army com- 
 manded by King William in Flanders.f 
 
 During the wars of Queen Anne the Regi- 
 ment of Carabineers was again supplied with cui- 
 rasses, and was mounted on the same description 
 of horses as the other regiments ; retaining, how- 
 ever, the title of Carabineers. The activity, size, 
 
 * National Records. 
 
 f The equipment of Hussars at this period is described by 
 D'AUVERGXE, in his History of the Campaign of 1694, pp. 22, 23.
 
 XX ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 weight, and strength of the horses ridden by the 
 British Cuirassiers and Heavy Dragoons, with the 
 bravery and muscular powers of the men, esta- 
 blished their superiority in continental warfare 
 over the Cavalry of other nations; they acquired 
 great celebrity in the valley of the Danube and 
 on the plains of the Netherlands, in the early part 
 of the eighteenth century, under the renowned 
 John Duke of Marlborough ; and after the peace 
 of Utrecht, in 1713, the reputation of the British 
 Horse and Dragoons was so high that no altera- 
 tion was thought necessary, and many years 
 elapsed without any attempt being made to re- 
 vive the practice of having either Carabineers, or 
 Light Horse, in the British Army. 
 
 The great utility of the Light Cavalry of the 
 continental armies had, in the mean time, become 
 apparent. Improvements in military tactics, and 
 in the arming and equipment of corps, were 
 taking place in various countries ; and a spirit of 
 smulation extending itself to Great Britain, on 
 ;he breaking out of the rebellion in 1745, his 
 Grace the Duke of Montague evinced his loyalty 
 and public spirit by raising a Regiment of Cara- 
 bineers for the service of King George II. ; at the 
 same time, his Grace the Duke of Kingston, with 
 equal zeal and generosity, raised, at his own ex- 
 pense, a Regiment of Light Horse. The latter regi- 
 ment approximated, in the lightness of the men, 
 horses, and equipment, to the Hussars of the con- 
 tinental armies ; the Duke of Montague's Cara- 
 bineers were of a heavier description of Cavalry.
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XXI 
 
 At this period the old Cavalry Regiments rode 
 black horses (excepting the Scots Greys) with 
 docked tails ; but the Duke of Kingston's Regi- 
 ment was mounted on light horses of various 
 colours, with swish or nag tails. The accoutre- 
 ments were as light as possible : the men carried 
 short carbines slung to their sides by a moveable 
 swivel, pistols, and light swords inclined to a curve. 
 
 The usefulness of the Duke of Kingston's 
 Regiment of Light Horse was proved in Scotland, 
 where it served under His Royal Highness the 
 Duke of Cumberland, and was found qualified 
 for every description of service ; the light horses 
 traversing hilly grounds with facility. It distin- 
 guished itself on several occasions, particularly 
 at the battle of Culloden, on the 16th of April, 
 1746, when it charged the clans with signal gal- 
 lantry, and evinced great spirit and activity in the 
 pursuit of the rebel army upwards of three miles 
 from the field of battle. The Duke of Cumber- 
 land was highly pleased with its behaviour during 
 the period it was under his command; and the 
 conduct of the Light Horse throughout the con- 
 test reflected credit on the noble peer who had 
 raised them. 
 
 The rebellion being suppressed, the regiment 
 was, in consequence of the conditions on which 
 the men had enlisted, directed to be disbanded ; 
 but the Duke of Cumberland so highly approved 
 of its conduct that he obtained permission to em- 
 body as many of the men as would re-enlist, as 
 his own Regiment of Light Dragoons.
 
 XX11 ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 His Majesty's thanks and particular satisfac- 
 tion were communicated to His Grace the Duke 
 of Kingston, for his zeal and affection for His 
 Majesty's person and Government ; and His 
 Grace was desired to convey to the officers and 
 soldiers His Majesty's high sense of their loyalty, 
 activity, and gallant behaviour, at a period of 
 national danger. The regiment was afterwards 
 disbanded at Nottingham, and nearly every man 
 engaged in the Regiment of Light Dragoons, of 
 which, as a signal mark of honour and distinc- 
 tion, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber- 
 land was appointed Colonel. 
 
 The Duke of Cumberland's Light Dragoons 
 were mounted on active nag-tailed horses, from 
 fourteen and a-half to fifteen hands high. The 
 men were from five feet eight to five feet nine 
 inches in height ; and their equipment was upon 
 a new and light plan, but retaining the cocked 
 hat of the Heavy Dragoon pattern. This regi- 
 ment served in the Netherlands, with the Army 
 commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke 
 of Cumberland : its general usefulness was fully- 
 established, and it distinguished itself at the 
 battle of Val, in 1747- The treaty of Aix-la- 
 Chapelle having put an end to the war, it re- 
 turned to England, and was disbanded in 1749. 
 
 From this period the value of light horsemen 
 was more appreciated in England than formerly ; 
 the general utility of this arm, on home and 
 foreign service, had been fully proved ; and at 
 the commencement of hostilities with France, in
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XX111 
 
 1755, King George II. resolved to possess the 
 advantage of a body of Light Cavalry in the 
 approaching contest. His Majesty accordingly 
 commanded a troop of Light Dragoons to be 
 added to the First, Second, and Third Regiments 
 of Dragoon Guards, and First, Second, Third, 
 Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh 
 Regiments of Dragoons. The First, Second, 
 Third, and Fourth Irish Horse (now Fourth, 
 Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Dragoon Guards), 
 and the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Thir- 
 teenth, and Fourteenth Dragoons, being on the 
 Irish establishment, did not receive the same 
 addition. 
 
 These troops of Light Dragoons were mounted, 
 armed, equipped, and trained, according to specific 
 instructions, calculated to render them available 
 for the services for which they were designed. 
 Several of them were reviewed in Hyde Park by 
 His Majesty ; and their neat appearance, celerity 
 of movement, and the spirited and exact manner 
 in which they performed their evolutions, were 
 much admired. 
 
 Nine of these troops were formed into a bri- 
 gade in 1758, under the command of one of the 
 King's aides-de-camp. Colonel George Augustus 
 Eliott, of the Horse Grenadier Guards ; and they 
 were employed in the expeditions to the coast of 
 France under Charles Duke of Marlborough and 
 Lieut. -General Bligh. They landed in France 
 twice ; skirmished with the French Cavalry ; and 
 throughout these enterprises they evinced activity
 
 XXIV ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 spirit, and general usefulness. After their return 
 to England, they were augmented to 125 men 
 per troop. 
 
 At this period, the war on the Continent had 
 involved most of the European states; and the 
 extended and active operations which were taking 
 place in Germany rendered it necessary for a 
 British force to join the Allied Army under 
 Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. This gave rise 
 to a further augmentation of the Army ; and the 
 increased estimation in which Light Cavalry was 
 held induced the King to give directions for the 
 raising of entire Regiments of Light Dragoons, 
 in addition to the five Regiments of Horse, 
 three of Dragoon Guards, and fourteen of Dra- 
 goons, already on the British and Irish establish- 
 ments. The following corps were accordingly 
 embodied : 
 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS. 
 Incorporated in 1759. 
 
 FIFTEENTH, in England, by Colonel George 
 A. Eliott; now the Fifteenth, or the King's 
 Hussars. 
 
 SIXTEENTH, in England, by Lieut.-Colonel 
 John Burgoyne ; now the Sixteenth, or the 
 Queen's Lancers. 
 
 SEVENTEENTH, in Scotland, by Captain Lord 
 Aberdour; disbanded in 1763. 
 
 EIGHTEENTH, in England, by Lieut.-Colonel 
 John Hale ; now the Seventeenth Lancers.
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XXV 
 
 NINETEENTH, in Ireland, by Lieut.-Colonel 
 Lord Drogheda ; numbered the Eighteenth in 
 1763; constituted Hussars in 1807; and after 
 performing much valuable service at home and 
 abroad, it was disbanded at Newbridge, in Ire- 
 land, in 1821. 
 
 Incorporated in 1760. 
 
 TWENTIETH, in Ireland, by Captain Sir James 
 Caldwell; disbanded in 1763. 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST, or Royal Foresters, in Eng- 
 land by Lieut.-General the Marquis of Granby, 
 and Colonel Lord Robert Sutton ; disbanded in 
 1763. 
 
 After the peace of Fontainebleau, three of these 
 corps were disbanded, and the other four con- 
 tinued in the service. The light troops attached 
 to the heavy regiments were also disbanded, but 
 a few men of each troop were afterwards equipped 
 as Light Dragoons. 
 
 A more perfect knowledge of the efficiency 
 and capabilities of Light Cavalry, acquired during 
 the campaigns in Germany and Portugal, had 
 advanced the estimation in which that arm was 
 held; and, in 1768, the TWELFTH Dragoons (one 
 of the heavy regiments raised by King George I. 
 in 1715), underwent a change of equipment and 
 clothing, and was constituted a corps of Light 
 Dragoons, by General Carpenter, in Ireland. 
 
 This alteration served as a precedent for sub- 
 sequent changes ; and further experience, during
 
 XXVI ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 the American war, from 1775 to 1783, con- 
 firming the value of Light Cavalry, the SEVENTH, 
 EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH, THIRTEENTH, 
 and FOURTEENTH Regiments of Dragoons were 
 changed from heavy to light. The Light Dra- 
 goons attached to the heavy regiments were in- 
 corporated into newly-raised corps, and the fol- 
 lowing regiments of 
 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS 
 
 Were embodied in 1779. 
 
 NINETEENTH, by Major-General Russell Man- 
 ners; disbanded in 1783. 
 
 TWENTIETH, by Major-General Richard Bur- 
 ton Phillipson; disbanded in 1783. 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST, by Major-General John Dou- 
 glas ; disbanded in 1783. 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND, by Lieut.-Colonel John Lord 
 Sheffield ; disbanded in 1783. 
 
 Embodied in 1781. 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD, by Lieut-General Sir John 
 Burgoyne, Baronet, for service in India, and was 
 numbered the NINETEENTH after the peace in 1783. 
 This regiment signalized itself on numerous occa- 
 sions in India, and was rewarded with the honour 
 of bearing on its guidons and appointments the 
 Elephant, with the words Assaye and Seringapatam. 
 The word Niagara was also added in com memo-
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XXV11 
 
 ration of the gallantry of two troops, in the year 
 1813, in North America. In 1817 it was consti- 
 tuted a corps of LANCERS. It was disbanded in 
 Ireland in 1821. 
 
 Thus a few years had produced a great change 
 in the British Army. Twenty-five years previ- 
 ously to the termination of the American war 
 there was not a single Light Dragoon Regiment 
 in the Service, and in 1783 there were seventeen; 
 four of them were disbanded at that period, and 
 thirteen retained in the Service. 
 
 Soon after the termination of the American 
 war, the French monarch having, by aiding the 
 rebellious British provincials, taught his own sub- 
 jects a lesson of insubordination, was deprived of 
 the reins of government ; and the violent conduct 
 of the French revolutionists in the West Indies 
 occasioned the TWENTIETH or JAMAICA REGIMENT 
 OF LIGHT DRAGOONS to be raised in 1791 by 
 Colonel Henry F. Gardner, for service in that 
 island. Besides its services in Jamaica, detach- 
 ments of this regiment served at Malta ; Sicily ; 
 at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1806 ; 
 at the capture of Alexandria, in 1807; at the 
 attack on Monte Video; in Portugal; at Genoa; 
 and on the eastern coast of Spain ; and acquired 
 the honour of bearing the word Peninsula on its 
 guidons and appointments. It was disbanded in 
 Ireland in 1818. 
 
 War with France commenced in 1793, and was 
 followed by augmentations to the Army. It 
 was not found necessary to add a single Heavy
 
 XXV111 ON THE INSTITUTION OF 
 
 Cavalry Regiment; but the following Regiments 
 of 
 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS 
 Were incorporated in 1794. 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST, by Lieut.-Colonel Thomas R. 
 Beaumont. This regiment served at the Cape of 
 Good Hope and in India thirteen years ; a detach- 
 ment was sent to do duty at St. Helena, when 
 Napoleon Buonaparte was removed thither. This 
 regiment was disbanded at Chatham in 1820. 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND, by Major-General William 
 Viscount Fielding ; served in Great Britain and 
 Ireland; disbanded in 1802. 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD, by Colonel William Fuller- 
 ton ; served in Great Britain and Ireland ; dis- 
 banded in 1802. 
 
 TWENTY-FOURTH, by Colonel William Loftus ; 
 served in Great Britain and Ireland ; dis- 
 banded in 1802. 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH, by Major-General Francis 
 Edward Gwyn. This regiment was numbered 
 the TWENTY-SECOND after the Treaty of Amiens 
 in 1802. It served with reputation in India ; was 
 employed at the reduction of Java ; signalized 
 itself on several occasions; and was rewarded with 
 the royal authority to bear the word Seringapatam 
 on its guidons and appointments. It was dis- 
 banded in England in 1820.
 
 LIGHT CAVALRY. XXIX 
 
 Raised in 1795. 
 
 TWENTY-SIXTH, by Lieut.-General R. Man- 
 ners ; numbered the TWENTY-THIRD in 1803. 
 This regiment served in Egypt, Portugal, Spain, 
 Flanders, and France ; and its distinguished con- 
 duct was rewarded with the honour of bearing 
 on its guidons and appointments, the Sphinx, 
 with the words Egypt, Peninsula, and Waterloo. 
 In 1816 it was constituted a corps of LANCERS. 
 It was disbanded in England in 1817. 
 
 TWENTY-SEVENTH, by Major-General Wynter 
 Blathwayte ; numbered the TWENTY-FOURTH in 
 1804. This regiment served in India, distin- 
 guished itself at the battles of Ghur and Delhi, 
 and was permitted to bear the Elephant, with 
 the word Hindoostan, on its guidons and appoint- 
 ments. It was disbanded in England, on its 
 arrival from Bengal, in 1819. 
 
 TWENTY-EIGHTH, by Major-General Robert 
 Lawrie; served in Great Britain, Ireland, and 
 at the Cape of Good Hope ; disbanded in Ire- 
 land in 1802. 
 
 TWENTY-NINTH, by Major-General Francis 
 Augustus Lord Heathfield ; numbered the 
 TWENTY-FIFTH in 1804. This regiment served 
 in India, and was at the reduction of the Isle of 
 France. It was disbanded at Chatham, on its 
 arrival from India, in 1819.
 
 XXX ON THE INSTITUTION OF LIGHT CAVALRY. 
 
 Raised in 1794. 
 
 THIRTIETH, by Lieut-Colonel J. C. Garden ; 
 disbanded in 1796. 
 
 THIRTY-FIRST, by Lieut.-Colonel William St. 
 Ledger; disbanded in 1796. 
 
 THIRTY-SECOND, by Lieut.-Colonel H. J. 
 Blake ; disbanded in 1796. 
 
 THIRTY-THIRD, by Lieut.-Colonel J. Black- 
 wood ; disbanded in 1796. 
 
 Soon after the re-commencement of hostilities 
 with France in 1803, the SEVENTH, TENTH, FIF- 
 TEENTH, and EIGHTEENTH Light Dragoons were 
 
 9 O O 
 
 equipped as HUSSARS. Since the termination of 
 the war in 1815, the THIRD and FOURTH Dra- 
 goons have been changed from heavy to light ; the 
 NINTH, TWELFTH, SIXTEENTH, and SEVENTEENTH 
 Light Dragoons have been constituted LANCERS ; 
 and the EIGHTH and ELEVENTH Light Dragoons 
 have also been equipped as HUSSARS. 
 
 At this period (1847), the Cavalry of the Bri- 
 tish Army consists of twenty-six regiments thir- 
 teen Heavy and thirteen Light ; and is composed 
 of three regiments of Cuirassiers, ten of Heavy 
 Dragoons, four of Light Dragoons, five of Hussars, 
 and four of Lancers.
 
 THE FOURTEENTH, 
 
 OB 
 
 THE KING'S, REGIMENT 
 
 OF 
 
 LIGHT DBAGOONS, 
 
 BEARS ON ITS APPOINTMENTS 
 
 THE KING'S CREST, 
 
 AND THE WORDS, 
 
 TALAVERA" " FUENTES D'ONOR ""SALAMANCA 1 
 " VITTORIA " " OKTHES " " PENINSULA." 
 
 THE WHITE HORSE AND THE PRUSSIAN EAGLE, 
 
 As shown in Plate opposite to Page 62, 
 
 WERE BORNE ON THE REGIMENTAL GUIDON UNTIL THE YEAR 1834, 
 WHEN THE GUIDONS OF THE REGIMENTS OF LIGHT DRAGOONS, HUSSARS, AND 
 LANCERS. WERE DIRECTED TO BE DISCONTINUED.
 
 XXXV 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Year Pa^e 
 
 1715 Formation of the Regiment ... 1 
 
 Raised in South Britain by Brigadier General 
 
 Jamee Dormer ...... 1 
 
 Numbered Fourteenth Dragoons ... 1 
 
 Names of the Officers 2 
 
 Engaged with the rebels at Preston in Lancashire 2 
 
 1716 Proceeded into Lincolnshire ... 3 
 
 1717 Embarked for Ireland 3 
 
 1742 Returned to Great Britain .... 4 
 
 1745 Advanced lo Edinburgh 5 
 
 Engaged with the Rebels at Prestonpans . 6 
 
 1746 Returned to Scotland 7 
 
 Victory of Culloden ..... 8 
 
 Rebellion suppressed . 8 
 
 1747 Returned to Ireland 8 
 
 1751 Clothing, Appointments, and Guidons regulated 
 
 by Royal Warrant of King George II. . 9 
 1768 Ditto - ditto - by Royal Warrant of King 
 
 George III 10 
 
 1776 Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons . . 12 
 
 1784 Uniform changed from Scarlet to Dark -blue . 13 
 
 1 794 Two troops embarked for Flanders . . . 15 
 
 1795 Embarked for the West Indies ... l(i 
 
 1797 Returned to England 17 
 
 1798 Permitted to be styled the Fourteenth, or the 
 
 Duchess of York's Own, Light Dragoons ; to 
 bear the Prussian Eagle ; and to change the 
 
 Facings from lemon yellow to orange. . ] 8
 
 XXXVI CONTENTS. 
 
 Year Page 
 
 1808 Embarked for Portugal 19 
 
 1809 Engaged at Oporto 20 
 
 Engaged at Talavera de la Reyna ... 22 
 
 1810 Advanced to Almeida .... 24 
 
 Engaged at Villa de Puerco .... 25 
 
 Engaged at Frexadas 28 
 
 Battle of Busaco and Retreat to Torres Vedras . 29 
 
 Affair at Rio Mandevilla .... 30 
 
 Posted on the Cartaxo road .... 30 
 
 1811 Pursuit of the French from Santarem . 31 
 
 Skirmishes at Pombal ; at Redinha ; at Casal 
 
 Nova ; and at Foz d'Aronce . . . 31 
 
 Action at Sabugal . . . 31 
 
 Engaged at Gallegos * . 32 
 
 Engaged at Fuentes d'Onor .... 32 
 
 Repulse of the French from Portugal . . 33 
 
 Siege of, and retreat from before Badajoz . 34 
 
 Action at Nave d'Aver, and at Carpio . . 35 
 
 1812 Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo ... 36 
 
 Siege and Capture of Badajoz .... 36 
 
 Skirmish near Villa Franca .... 36 
 
 Affair at Llerena ...... 36 
 
 Skirmish at Alaejos 38 
 
 Action at Castrillos 38 
 
 Battle of Salamanca 39 
 
 Pursuit of the French, and engagement at 
 
 Penerada ....... 40 
 
 Affair at Blasco Sancho .... 40 
 
 March to Madrid 40 
 
 Retreat from Madrid to Alba de Tormes . 4 1 
 
 Repulse of French Lancers at Matilla . . 41 
 
 Reconnoitring parties on retreat from Salamanca 
 
 to Ciudad Rodrigo 41 
 
 1813 Advance to Salamanca ..... 42 
 
 Passage of the Carion and Pisuerga . . 42
 
 CONTENTS. XXXVii 
 
 Year Page 
 
 1813 Capture of Burgos . . . . . . 43 
 
 Skirmish at Huarte ..... 4 
 
 Battle of Vittoria '. 43 
 
 Pursuit of the French to Pampeluna . 44 
 
 to the Pyrenees . . 44 
 
 Capture of a party at Ostiz .... 44 
 
 at Roncesvalles ... 45 
 
 Skirmish at Almandoz .... 45 
 
 at the pass of Maya .... 45 
 
 Engagement at the valley of Bastan . . 46 
 
 Passage of the Nivelle ..... 46 
 
 Affair at the ford near Cambo ... 46 
 
 Passage of the Nive 46 
 
 Affair in front of Mendionda ... 47 
 
 Engagement at Hasparren . . . 47 
 
 1814 Active operations resumed .... 47 
 
 Actions at Hellette, Garris, and Sauveterre . 47 
 
 Battle of Orthes 48 
 
 Engagement at Aire .... * 48 
 
 Defeat of the enemy's designs at Pau . . 48 
 
 Skirmish at Castel Paget .... 49 
 
 Affair at Tarbes 50 
 
 Battle of Toulouse 50 
 
 Termination of the Peninsular War ... 50 
 
 Marched to Bourdeaux . . . . 51 
 
 Returned to England . ... . . 51 
 
 Reviewed at Hounslow .... 51 
 
 Embarked for America . . . . . 52 
 
 Proceeded on an Expedition to New Orleans . 52 
 
 1815 Hostilities with America ceased ... 53 
 
 Returned to England 53 
 
 Authorised to bear the word " Peninsula" . 53 
 
 Proceeded to Hounslow .... 53 
 
 1816 Embarked for Ireland 54 
 
 1819 Returned to England 54
 
 XXXV111 CONTENTS. 
 
 Year Page 
 
 1 822 Reviewed at Hounslow 55 
 
 1825 Re-embarked for Ireland .... 
 
 1828 Returned to England 56 
 
 1830 Proceeded to London .... 5*7 
 
 Reviewed by King William IV. ... 57 
 
 Authorised to bear the title of the Fourteenth, 
 
 or the King's, Light Dragoons. . . 57 
 
 The Facings changed from Orange to Scarlet . 57 
 
 1831 Marched to Birmingham, Coventry, and Glou- 
 
 cester ....... 58 
 
 Engaged in repressing Riots at Bristol . . 59 
 
 1832 Removed to Hounslow .... 60 
 
 Authorised to bear the King's Crest on the ap- 
 
 pointments ; and the Prussian Eagle on the 
 second and third corners of the regimental 
 
 guidon 60 
 
 1833 Embarked at Bristol for Ireland . . 60 
 
 1834 Standards discontinued ..... 60 
 
 1835 Embarked at Belfast for Scotland . . 60 
 1838 Returned to England from Scotland . . 60 
 1841 Embarked for Bombay . . . . 61 
 1846 Proceeded to the Bengal Presidency . . 62 
 
 The Conclusion . 63
 
 CONTENTS. XXXIX 
 
 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 
 
 Year Page 
 
 1715 James Dormer ...... 65 
 
 1720 Clement Neville 66 
 
 1737 Archibald Hamilton 67 
 
 1 749 James Lord Tyrawley ..... 67 
 
 1752 Louis Dejean 68 
 
 1757 John Campbell, afterwards Marquis of Lome. 69 
 
 1765 Charles Fitroy, afterwards Lord Southampton . 70 
 
 1772 Daniel Webb 70 
 
 1773 George Warde 71 
 
 1778 Sir Robert Sloper, K.B. ..... 72 
 
 1797 John William Egerton, afterwards Earl of 
 
 Bridgewater ...... 73 
 
 1823 Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, G-.C.B. . . 74 
 
 1830 Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B. and G.C.H. . 74 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. 
 
 Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels from the year 1800 75 
 
 MAJORS. 
 
 Succession of Majors from the year 1799 ... 78 
 
 List of the Battles, Sieges, &c. which took place in 
 
 the Peninsula from 1808 to 1814 81 
 
 PLATES. 
 
 Costume of the Regiment .... to face 1 
 
 Guidon of the Regiment in 1798 . . . ,,18 
 
 Guidon of the Regiment in 1832 . . . . }J 62
 
 FOUBTEENTH, OR THE KING'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS.
 
 HISTORICAL RECORD 
 
 FOURTEENTH (THE KING'S) REGIMENT 
 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS. 
 
 THE accession of the house of Hanover to the 1715 
 throne of Great Britain and Ireland, was the 
 commencement of a dynasty under which this 
 kingdom has attained a splendid elevation of 
 naval, military, commercial, and political import- 
 ance ; has extended its possessions in remote 
 countries ; and its armies have fought and 
 conquered in every quarter of the globe. The 
 first year of His Majesty's reign had, however, 
 not expired, when it was found necessary to 
 augment the regular army, and the FOURTEENTH, 
 (THE KING'S) REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS, is 
 one of the corps incorporated on that occasion. 
 It was raised in South Britain, by Brigadier- 
 General JAMES DORMER, who had acquired a
 
 2 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1715 reputation in the war of the Spanish succession ; 
 and the following officers were appointed to the 
 regiment, by commissions dated the 22nd July, 
 1715. 
 
 Captains. Lieutenants. Cornets. 
 
 James Dormer (col). Jas. Stevens (cap.-lt.) Edward Stroude. 
 
 H. Killegrew (It. col.) Henry Lasale. Thomas Ellis. 
 
 Sol. Rapin. (major) Peter Davenport. Thomas Delahaye. 
 
 Henry Pelham. Jonathan Pirke. William Hamilton. 
 
 William Boyle. Cuthbert Smith. Rigley Molyneux. 
 
 BeTerly Newcommin. James Flemming. Andrew Forrester. 
 
 His Majesty's protestant subjects arrayed them- 
 selves under the royal standard with great cheer- 
 fulness, but before the regiment was complete in 
 men and horses, the arrangements of the Jacobites 
 were in such a state of forwardness, that the 
 Pretender's standard was raised in Scotland by the 
 Earl of Mar, who was soon at the head of ten 
 thousand men. A body of rebels having penetrated 
 into Lancashire, DORMER'S dragoons were among 
 the corps directed to advance, under Major- 
 General Wills, and fight the insurgent bands : the 
 regiment was formed in brigade with Pitt's horse, 
 now second dragoon guards, under its Colonel, 
 Brigadier-General Dormer. Arriving at Preston, 
 about three o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th 
 of November, the rebels were found in force in the 
 town, with the avenues barricaded and defended 
 by cannon. The FOURTEENTH dragoons were 
 directed to dismount and form as infantry, to take
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 6 
 
 part in storming the avenue leading to Lancaster, 1715 
 in which they were assisted by Wynne's (ninth), 
 and a squadron of Stanhope's dragoons (afterwards 
 disbanded) under Brigadier- Generals Dormer and 
 Muiiden ; Pitt's horse, Munden's (thirteenth), and 
 a squadron of Stanhope's dragoons forming in 
 support. The first barrier was carried with great 
 gallantry ; but the inner barricade could not be 
 forced for want of cannon. The houses were 
 afterwards set on fire, and measures adopted to 
 prevent the escape of the rebels, who were 
 eventually forced to surrender at discretion. The 
 regiment had three men and sixteen horses killed 
 on this occasion, Brigadier-General Dormer, and 
 four private soldiers wounded. 
 
 The regiment escorted a number of the captured 
 insurgents to Lancaster gaol, and was afterwards 
 quartered in that town, and in the early part of 
 1716 the rebellion was suppressed by the troops 
 under the Duke of Argyle. 
 
 In May 1716, the regiment marched from 1713 
 Lancaster, into cantonments at Lincoln and the 
 neighbouring towns. 
 
 A reduction of the army took place in the 
 spring of 1717, and in May, DORMER'S dragoons 1717 
 marched to Bristol and embarked for Ireland, to 
 replace a regiment ordered to be disbanded in that 
 country. 
 
 The regiment remained in Ireland during the 
 
 B 2
 
 1720 succeeding twenty-five years. In 1720, Brigadier- 
 General Dormer was removed to the sixth regi- 
 ment of foot, and was succeeded in the colonelcy 
 of the FOURTEENTH dragoons, by Colonel Clement 
 Neville, from the lieut.-colonelcy of the thirteenth 
 dragoons. 
 
 1721 Colonel Neville commanded the regiment 
 1737 seventeen years, and was removed in 1737, to the 
 
 eighth dragoons, and the colonelcy of the FOUR- 
 TEENTH was conferred on Colonel Archibald 
 Hamilton from the 27th foot. 
 
 1740 Charles VI. Emperor of Germany, died in 
 1740; the succession of the Archduchess Maria- 
 Theresa, as Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, was 
 
 J74j disputed by the Elector of Bavaria, who was 
 
 1742 supported by a French army; and, in 1742, King 
 George II. sent a British force to Flanders to aid 
 the house of Austria ; at the same time the 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons were withdrawn from 
 Ireland, to replace the cavalry regiments which 
 had proceeded on foreign service from England. 
 
 The regiment was stationed in Great Britain 
 during the years 1743 arid 1744; and in 1745, 
 
 1745 when Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, 
 raised his father's standard in Scotland, it was 
 ordered to Stirling. After Lieut.-General Sir John 
 Cope had marched from Stirling with the infantry 
 and some artillery, the FOURTEENTH dragoons 
 proceeded to Leith, where they were stationed
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 5 
 
 when the rebel army advanced towards Ediii- 1745 
 burgh. They were suddenly ordered to join 
 Colonel Gardiner, who was retiring before the 
 rebel army, with the thirteenth dragoons ; they 
 rode through Edinburgh at a brisk pace during 
 public worship on Sunday, the 15th of September, 
 when the congregations rushed out of the churches 
 and chapels and filled the streets, and four 
 hundred volunteers, with a thousand men of 
 the trained bands, appeared in arms. The 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons joined Colonel Gardiner 
 at Carstorphin, from whence they fell back to 
 Coltsbridge, where they were joined by the 
 city guard and Edinburgh regiment. On a 
 report of the approach of the rebel bands, the 
 Edinburgh regiment and city guard withdrew 
 within the walls, and the dragoons moved towards 
 Haddington, the citizens refusing to admit them 
 into the place ; and while a tumultuary council 
 was being held to decide about the mode of de* 
 fending the city, the insurgents gained possession 
 of one of the gates : thus Edinburgh fell into the 
 hands of the young Pretender. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH dragoons were afterwards 
 ordered to join Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, 
 who had arrived at Dunbar with a small body 
 of infantry, arid he advanced towards Edinburgh, 
 when the rebel army was put in motion to meet 
 him. On the 20th of September the King's
 
 () HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1 745 troops confronted the insurgents near Preston- 
 pans and the night was passed in the field : 
 the FOURTEENTH dragoons, commanded by Lieut.- 
 Colonel William Wright, furnished videttes and 
 patrols on the flanks of the army. Before day- 
 break, on the following morning, a chosen band 
 of Highlanders advanced through the thick 
 atmosphere, and attacked the right of the King's 
 troops; their sudden advance in the dark, their 
 superior numbers, and peculiar mode of fighting, 
 struck with consternation the few men who 
 guarded the artillery, and who faced about and 
 fled. The dragoons advanced to charge the 
 Highlanders ; but seeing the very superior num- 
 bers of their opponents, and being discouraged by 
 the loss of their artillery, they made only a feeble 
 effort to stem the torrent of battle, and afterwards 
 retired from the field. Several officers, and a 
 few private soldiers, however, behaved with great 
 gallantry, and among others, Major RICHARD 
 BOWLES, of the FOURTEENTH dragoons, particu- 
 larly distinguished himself; the few troopers, 
 who rallied round him, had been cut down, and 
 his own horse killed ; but he continued to fight 
 on foot; he was surrounded, and had received 
 eleven wounds, when a rebel leader interposed 
 and saved his life. When once troops are put 
 into confusion, and are afterwards closely pressed 
 by the enemy, no reserves being at hand for
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 7 
 
 them to rally upon, the difficulty of restoring 1745 
 order becomes particularly great, and, in this 
 instance, the loss of the battle was the result. 
 The FOURTEENTH dragoons withdrew from the 
 field, and afterwards marched to Berwick. 
 
 The regiment subsequently joined the army 
 assembled under Field-Marshal Wade at New- 
 castle ; when the rebels penetrated into Derby- 
 shire, it was employed in covering Yorkshire ; 
 and when the young Pretender made a precipitate 
 retreat to Scotland, the FOURTEENTH dragoons 
 inarched to Edinburgh, where a few regiments 
 were assembled under Lieut.-General Hawley. 
 
 On their return to Scotland, the rebels be- 1746 
 sieged Stirling Castle ; and Lieut.-General Haw- 
 ley put the King's troops in motion to raise the 
 siege. The FOURTEENTH dragoons left Edin- 
 burgh on the 13th of January, 1746 ; they took 
 part in driving a body of rebels out of Linlithgow, 
 and were subsequently encamped near Falkirk. 
 
 On the 17th of January, as the soldiers were 
 at dinner in the camp, the approach of the rebel 
 army was descried, and the troops moved towards 
 some high grounds on Falkirk-moor, where the 
 insurgent bands were formed- The action was 
 commenced by a charge of the cavalry ; the 
 enemy's first line was broken, and some execution 
 done ; but the second line of insurgents repulsed 
 the dragoons. The infantry was, soon afterwards,
 
 8 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1746 brought into the fight; but a heavy storm of 
 wind and rain beat so violently in the soldiers' 
 faces, as nearly to blind them, and the wet pre- 
 vented their muskets giving fire. Several regi- 
 ments retired in some disorder; others main- 
 tained their ground and repulsed the Highlanders, 
 and after dark the whole withdrew to Linlithgow 
 and afterwards to Edinburgh. 
 
 The Duke of Cumberland subsequently took 
 the command of the troops in Scotland, and ad- 
 vanced towards Stirling ; when the rebels made a 
 precipitate retreat. His Royal Highness pursued ; 
 but the FOURTEENTH dragoons were left behind, 
 and were directed to patrol along the roads lead- 
 ing westward from Edinburgh, to prevent the 
 rebels obtaining intelligence. At length the High- 
 landers were overpowered in the field of Culloden, 
 and the rebellion was suppressed. 
 
 1747 In 1747 the regiment returned to Ireland, and 
 was stationed in that country during the succeed- 
 ing forty-eight years. 
 
 1749 Lieut-General Hamilton died on the 8th of 
 July, 1749, and King George II. conferred the 
 colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH dragoons on Lieut- 
 General James, Lord Tyrawley, from the tenth 
 regiment of Foot. 
 
 1751 The following description of the clothing and 
 guidons of the regiment is taken from the Royal 
 Warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 9 
 
 COATS., scarlet ; double-breasted, without lap- 1751 
 pels ; lined with lemon colour ; slit sleeves turned 
 up with lemon colour ; the button-holes worked 
 with narrow white lace; the buttons of white 
 metal, set on three and three ; a long slash pocket 
 in each skirt ; and a white worsted aiguillette on 
 the right shoulder. 
 
 WAISTCOATS AND BREECHES, lemon colour. 
 
 HATS, bound with silver lace, and ornamented 
 with a white loop and a black cockade. Red 
 forage cap turned up with lemon colour, and 
 XIV. D. on the flap. 
 
 BOOTS, of jacked leather, reaching to the knee. 
 
 CLOAKS, Scarlet, with a lemon-coloured cape ; 
 the buttons set on three and three, upon white 
 frogs or loops, with a red and green stripe down 
 the centre. 
 
 HORSE FURNITURE, of lemon-coloured cloth ; 
 the holster caps and housings having a border of 
 white lace, with a red and green stripe down the 
 centre ; XIV. D. embroidered upon a red ground, 
 within a wreath of roses and thistles, on the 
 housing ; and upon the holster caps G.R., with 
 the crown over it, and XIV. D. underneath. 
 
 OFFICERS, distinguished by silver lace and 
 embroidery ; and a crimson silk sash worn across 
 the left shoulder. 
 
 QUARTER MASTERS, to wear a crimson sash 
 round their waists.
 
 10 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1751 SERJEANTS, to have narrow silver lace on the 
 cuffs, pockets, and shoulder-straps ; silver aiguil- 
 lettes ; and green, red, and white worsted sashes 
 tied round their waists. 
 
 DRUMMERS AND HAUTBOYS, clothed in lemon- 
 coloured coats, lined and faced with scarlet, and 
 ornamented with white lace, having a red and 
 green stripe down the centre : red waistcoats and 
 breeches. 
 
 GUIDONS, the first, or King's guidon, to be 
 of crimson silk, with a silver and red fringe ; in 
 the centre, the rose and thistle conjoined, and 
 crown over them, with the motto Dieu et mon 
 droit underneath ; the white horse in a compart- 
 ment in the first and fourth corners ; and XIV. 
 D., in silver characters, on a lemon ground, in 
 a compartment in the second and third corners : 
 the second and third guidons to be of lemon- 
 coloured silk; in the centre XIV. D. on a red 
 ground within a wreath of roses and thistles on 
 the same stalk ; the white horse, on a red ground, 
 in the first and fourth compartments ; and the 
 rose and thistle conjoined, on a red ground, in 
 the second and third compartments ; the third 
 colour to have a figure 3, on a circular red 
 ground, under the wreath. 
 
 1752 Lieut.-General Lord Tyrawley commanded the 
 regiment two years, and was removed, in July, 
 1752, to the third dragoons, and was succeeded by
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 1 1 
 
 Colonel Lewis Dejean, whose regiment of foot 1752 
 had been disbanded at the peace of Aix-la-Cha- 
 pelle, in 1748-9. 
 
 Colonel Dejean was promoted to the rank of 1756 
 major-general in 1756, and in 1757 he was re- 1757 
 moved to the third Irish Horse, now sixth dragoon 
 guards; and His Majesty conferred the colonelcy 
 of the FOURTEENTH dragoons on Colonel John 
 Campbell, from the fifty-fourth regiment. 
 
 The rank of major-general was conferred on 1751 
 Colonel Campbell in 1759; in 1761 his uncle, 1769 
 Archibald, third Duke of Argyle, died, when his 
 father, General John Campbell of the Scots Greys, 
 succeeded to that title, and Major- General Camp- 
 bell of the FOURTEENTH Dragoons obtained the 
 designation of MARQUIS OF LORNE : he was re- 
 moved to the first, the royal regiment of foot, in 
 1765, and was succeeded in the command of the 1765 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons, by Colonel Charles Fitz- 
 roy, (afterwards Lord Southampton) whose regi- 
 ment of foot had been disbanded at the peace of 
 Fontainbleau in 1763. 
 
 On the 19th December, 1768, a warrant was 1768 
 issued, by authority of King George III., for 
 regulating the standards, guidons, clothing, &c., 
 of the regiments of cavalry, in which it was 
 directed, that the uniform of the FOURTEENTH 
 dragoons should be red, with lemon-coloured 
 facings, without lappels, with silver lace ; the
 
 12 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1768 uniform, &c., being the same as prescribed by 
 the Royal Warrant of the 1st July, 1751. 
 
 1772 Colonel Fitzroy was promoted to the rank of 
 major-general and removed to the third dragoons, 
 in 1772, when King George III. conferred the 
 colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH dragoons on Lieut. - 
 General Daniel Webb, from the eighth foot. 
 
 1773 Lieut.-General Webb died in 1773, and was 
 succeeded by Colonel George Warde, from the 
 lieut. -colonelcy of the fourth dragoons. 
 
 1775 Hostilities between Great Britain and her 
 North American Colonies commenced in 1775, 
 and the rugged valleys and trackless forests which 
 became the theatre of this war, were not adapted 
 for the operations of heavy dragoons. The ne- 
 cessity of having a greater proportion of light 
 
 1 776 cavalry had become apparent, and in 1776, the 
 FOURTEENTH, which were then in Ireland, were 
 constituted a corps of LIGHT DRAGOONS. The 
 standard height for men and horses was reduced ; 
 the cocked hats were replaced by helmets ; arms 
 and appointments of a lighter description were 
 
 1777 adopted, and in the annual army list for 1777, 
 the regiment was designated, " THE FOURTEENTH 
 LIGHT DRAGOONS." 
 
 1778 In 1778, Major-General Warde was removed to 
 the first Irish horse, now fourth dragoon guards, and 
 was succeeded in the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH 
 light dragoons, by Major-General Robert Sloper.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 13 
 
 In 1784 the clothing of the light dragoon 1784 
 regiments was changed from scarlet to dark blue ; 
 and the following orders were issued on this sub- 
 ject, dated 
 
 Adjutant Generals Office, 
 Dublin, 18th May, 1784. 
 
 ' His Majesty's pleasure having been signified 
 ' to the Lord Lieutenant, that the clothing of the 
 ' light dragoon regiments shall hereafter be 
 ' made in conformity to the following regulations, 
 ' it is the Commander-in-Chief s order that the 
 * said regulations be observed accordingly.' 
 
 Regulations for the Clothing of the Light Dragoons. 
 
 The clothing of a private light dragoon is to 
 consist of a jacket, shell, under-waistcoat, and 
 leather breeches. 
 
 The jacket and shell to be of blue cloth ; the 
 collars and cuffs of the royal regiments to be red, 
 and those of the other regiments to be of the 
 colour of the facing of the regiment , looped upon 
 the breast, edged with white cord, and to be lined 
 with white , the llth and 13th regiments ex- 
 cepted, which are to be lined with buff. The 
 under waistcoat to be of flannel with sleeves, and 
 made so as to be buttoned within the waistband 
 of the breeches. 
 
 The breeches to be of buckskin. 
 
 N.B. The make of the dress and method of
 
 14 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1784 placing the cord upon the breast of the jacket, to 
 be exactly conformable to the pattern approved 
 by His Majesty. 
 
 Officers and Quarter Masters. The dress-uni- 
 form of the officers and quarter-masters of the 
 light dragoons to be made according to the King's 
 regulations of the 19th December, 1768, except- 
 ing that the coats are to be blue and faced with 
 the same colour as the private men, and that the 
 Royal regiments are to be faced with scarlet. 
 
 Field Uniform of the Officers and Quarter 
 Masters. The jacket and shell to be made up in 
 the same manner as those of the men, excepting 
 that the shell is to have sleeves, and that the 
 looping is to be made of silver, the 13th regiment 
 excepted, which is to be of gold. 
 
 Serjeants. The Serjeants of the light dragoons 
 to be distinguished by gold or silver looping. 
 
 Corporals. The corporals of the light dra- 
 goons to be distinguished by a gold or silver 
 cord, round the collar and cuffs. 
 
 Trumpeters. The trumpeters to have a jacket 
 and shell, the colour and facing of the regiment, 
 with lace, instead of looping, in front and down 
 the seams. 
 
 N.B. A pattern suit may be seen at the Com- 
 mander-in-Chiefs office at the Royal Hospital 
 (Signed) H. PIGOT, 
 
 Adjutant General.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 15 
 
 The foregoing orders were sent to the officers 1784 
 commanding the 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, and 
 18th light dragoons ; to the Earl of Drogheda ; to 
 the major of brigade for the general officers ; and to 
 the agents, Messrs. Montgomery, Wybrants, and 
 Cane. 
 
 The regiment remained in Ireland performing 1791 
 the usual duties of a cavalry corps on home ser- 
 vice, until the events attendant on the French 
 revolution occasioned it to be employed in con- 
 tinental and colonial warfare. When this revo- 
 lution assumed its wild and violent character, the 
 spirit of republicanism soon extended to the 
 French West India Islands. The resolution to 
 grant the immediate freedom of the slaves, for 
 which they were unprepared, was followed, in 1791, 
 by acts of outrage and spoliation committed by 
 the blacks against the properties of their owners. 
 In 1793 the planters of St. Domingo obtained 1793 
 British aid ; and the revolutionists afterwards 
 received assistance from France. 
 
 In the same year, a British army appeared in 
 Flanders under the Duke of York, to arrest the 
 progress of the French aggressions on the conti- 
 nent ; and in 1794, two troops of the FOURTEENTH 1794 
 light dragoons were withdrawn from Ireland to 
 engage in the contest. On their arrival in Flan- 
 ders, the two troops of the regiment were attached 
 to the eighth light dragoons ; and^they formed 
 part of the van of the forces under Lieut-General
 
 16 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 t h e Earl of Moira, on the march from Ostend to 
 join the army under His Royal Highness the 
 Duke of York. The squadron of the FOURTEENTH 
 also shared in the toils and hardships of the win- 
 ter campaign in Holland ; it took part in several 
 skirmishes with the enemy, and after enduring 
 great privation and suffering from an unusually 
 severe season, which occasioned the loss of several 
 men and horses, it arrived in the early part of 
 
 1795 1795, in Germany, where it was incorporated in 
 the eighth regiment of light dragoons. 
 
 The contest in the West Indies had, in the 
 meantime, been carried on with varied success, 
 and the seven troops of the FOURTEENTH light 
 dragoons in Ireland were ordered to give up their 
 horses to the twenty-fourth light dragoons at 
 Clonmel, and to embark for the West Indies dis- 
 mounted. This transfer took place under the 
 direction of Major-General Egerton, who bore 
 testimony to the alacrity with which the officers 
 and men prepared for embarkation . 
 
 The regiment embarked on the 25th of Febru- 
 ary, 1795, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Arthur Carter; on arriving at St. Domingo, it 
 was furnished with such horses as could be pro- 
 cured, and it was soon engaged in active operations 
 against the bands of armed negroes and mulattoes 
 who had enrolled themselves under the banners 
 of the French republic. 
 
 1796 During the years 1796 and 1797, numerous
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 17 
 
 actions occurred ; but against a hundred thousand 1797 
 trained blacks who had been instructed in Eu- 
 ropean discipline, the few British troops on the 
 island were unable to do more than exhibit many 
 brilliant examples of discipline and valour. In 
 an enterprise against the post of Mirebalais in 
 the beginning of June, 1797, a detachment of 
 the FOURTEENTH, Eighteenth, and Twenty-first 
 light dragoons, commanded by Lieut. -Colonel 
 Carter of the FOURTEENTH, distinguished them- 
 selves. They drove twelve hundred of the enemy 
 with three pieces of cannon from a strong position, 
 captured two guns, and chased a number of op- 
 ponents into the river Artibonite, capturing 
 their ammunition, mules, &c. The conduct of 
 Lieut.-Colonel Carter, and of the dragoons under 
 his orders, was commended in the public des- 
 patches. The climate of St. Domingo was, 
 however, so very injurious to the health of Eu- 
 ropean soldiers, that the regiment was soon 
 reduced to a skeleton. The few surviving men 
 who were fit for service, were permitted to volun- 
 teer into other corps, and the remainder, twenty- 
 five in number, embarked for England, where 
 they arrived in the month of October, and were 
 stationed at Chelmsford. 
 
 On the 1st of June, 1797, General Sir Robert 
 Sloper. K.B., was removed to the fourth dragoons, 
 and the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH was con-
 
 18 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1797ferred on Major-General John William Egerton, 
 afterwards Earl of Bridgewater, from first lieut.- 
 colonel of the seventh light dragoons. This 
 officer being on the staff when the few men of the 
 regiment arrived from St. Domingo, he was em- 
 ployed in superintending the recruiting and re- 
 mounting of his corps, and in a short time he 
 had the satisfaction of seeing it a fine body of 
 light cavalry mustering six hundred mounted 
 men, who were divided into eight troops. 
 
 1798 In August, 1798, King George III. was 
 graciously pleased to approve of the regiment 
 being styled "the FOURTEENTH, or the DUCHESS 
 OF YORK'S OWN Regiment of Light Dragoons," in 
 honour of Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, 
 Princess Royal of Prussia, who was married to His 
 Royal Highness the Duke of York in 1791 ; at the 
 same time the Royal authoritywas given for the 
 FOURTEENTH to assume the " PRUSSIAN EAGLE" 
 as a regimental badge, and the colour of the 
 facing of the regiment was changed from lemon- 
 yellow to orange. 
 
 1800 The establishment was augmented to ten 
 troops, of ninety rank and file each, in 1800; 
 
 1802 but at the peace of Amiens, in 1802, a reduction 
 of two troops took place. 
 
 1803 Hostilities were resumed in 1803, and in 1804 
 
 1804 the regiment was again augmented to ten troops 
 of ninety rank and file each, for which a supply
 
 GUIDON OF THE FOURTEENTH, OR THE DUCHESS OF YORK'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS, M DCC XCVIII. 
 
 [To fate pagt 18
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 19 
 
 of new carbines and pistols was received in 1807, 1807 
 from the ordnance stores. 
 
 The French Emperor, Napoleon Buonaparte, 
 having attempted to reduce Spain and Portugal 
 to subjection to his power, a British army pro- 
 ceeded to Portugal to aid the inhabitants in their 
 struggles for freedom. Portugal had been deli- 
 vered, and the arrny under Lieu tenant -General 
 Sir John Moore was advancing into Spain, when 
 the FOURTEENTH (the DUCHESS OF YORK'S OWN) 
 regiment of light dragoons, was ordered to em- 
 bark for the Peninsula. The regiment marched 
 to Falmouth, where it was put on board of trans- 
 ports, and arrived at Lisbon on the 23rd of 
 December under the command of Colonel Samuel 
 Hawker. 
 
 The return to England of the troops which had 
 served under Lieut-General Sir John Moore, 
 whose career of honour was terminated at the 
 battle of Corunna, left only a small British 
 force in the Peninsula, and these troops 
 were quartered near Lisbon, from whence the 
 FOURTEENTH light dragoons advanced in the 
 early part of 1809, to Bucellas, an out-post of the 
 army. In April the regiment formed the ad- 
 vance-guard on the march of the army to Coim- 
 bra, and in the beginning of May it was united 
 in brigade with the sixteenth and twentieth light 
 dragoons under Major-General Cotton, and was 
 
 c 2
 
 20 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1809 reviewed on the plains of Coimbra by Lieutenant- 
 General Sir Arthur Wellesley. The French 
 troops under Marshals Soult and Victor had, in 
 the meantime, invaded Portugal, and Marshal 
 Soult had captured Oporto. 
 
 To expel the French from Oporto, was the 
 first service undertaken by the British comman- 
 der ; on this occasion two squadrons of the FOUR- 
 TEENTH, under Lieut.-Colonel Neil Talbot, were de- 
 tached with the Portuguese troops under Marshal 
 Beresford to intercept the French, if they should 
 attempt to retreat by Amarante ; the remain ing- 
 three squadrons under Colonel Hawker advanced 
 direct upon Oporto, and being employed, with 
 the other cavalry on the advance-piquets, they 
 took part in the rencounters with the enemy on 
 the 10th and 1 1th of May. Arriving on the 12th 
 of May, on the banks of the Douro near Oporto, 
 unperceived by the French, the English general 
 resolved to pass the river, when two squadrons of 
 the FOURTEENTH were detached, with the German 
 brigade and two guns under Major-General 
 John Murray, three miles up the river, to Barca 
 de Avintas, where they effected a passage in 
 boats. In the meantime a portion of the army 
 had passed nearer the city, and was engaged in a 
 fierce action with the enemy, when the FOUR- 
 TEENTH light dragoons and the Germans were 
 seen advancing down the right bank of the river.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS, 21 
 
 The French made a precipitate retreat. The 1809 
 leading squadron of the FOURTEENTH, command- 
 ed by Major F. B. Hervey, and gallantly sup- 
 ported by the second squadron under Major the 
 Honourable Charles Butler, dashed sword in hand 
 upon the enemy's rear-guard and overthrew it, 
 as it was pushing through a narrow road to 
 gain an open space beyond the defile. Some ex- 
 ecution was done, the French General, Laborde, 
 was unhorsed, and General Foy was wounded ; 
 but no other troops advancing to support the 
 FOURTEENTH, the gallant dragoons had to fight 
 their way back, and had several men and horses 
 killed and wounded. Major F. B. Hervey lost 
 his right arm ; Captain Peter Hawker, Lieutenants 
 Robert Knipe, and Evelyn P. Dormer, were 
 wounded. 
 
 The conduct of the FOURTEENTH was com- 
 mended in Sir Arthur Wellesley's public despatch, 
 and also in general orders. They had marched 
 eighty miles in four days over the most difficult 
 country, and they were employed In pursuing, 
 along a mountainous region, the discomfited French 
 troops, whose line of retreat could be traced by the 
 smoke of burning houses. Having followed the 
 enemy as far as Ginjo, the FOURTEENTH light 
 dragoons halted, and afterwards moved towards 
 Abrantes, where the army was concentrated for 
 operations on the Tagus.
 
 22 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1809 From Abrantes the army advanced into Spain, 
 and a body of French troops under Marshal 
 Victor retreated from Talavera de la Reyna. 
 The Spaniards under General Cuesta pursued 
 with avidity ; but the French were reinforced, 
 and they drove the Spaniards back upon Talavera, 
 where the allied army formed in order of battle ; 
 the FOURTEENTH light dragoons being posted in 
 the rear of Brigadier-General Alexander Camp- 
 bell's division. 
 
 When the army went into position, Major- 
 General Mackenzie was left with a division of 
 infantry and a brigade of cavalry, as an advanced 
 post, in the wood on the right of the Alberche, 
 which covered the left flank. The French at- 
 tacked this post between two and three o'clock 
 on the 27th of July, when the FOURTEENTH light 
 dragoons were ordered forward, and they crossed 
 the Alberche river, and sent out a line of skir- 
 mishers to cover the retrograde movements of the 
 infantry. The regiment was employed in skir- 
 mishing until night, and had nine horses killed ; 
 Lieutenant Theophilus Thomas Ellis, and one 
 private soldier wounded. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH light dragoons resumed their 
 post in the position occupied by the allied army, 
 and supported the infantry during the severe con- 
 test on the 28th of July. The left of the British 
 line was attacked at day-break, and when the
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 23 
 
 enemy was repulsed at this point, a long pause 1809 
 ensued. An attack on the centre was made soon 
 after two o'clock, and the French were again 
 driven back ; they also failed in another attack 
 on the left. A strong body of the enemy ad- 
 vanced against Major-General Sherbrooke's divi- 
 sion ; this attack was repulsed by a charge of the 
 whole division with bayonets; but the brigade of 
 foot guards pursued so far as to be in danger of 
 being annihilated; when the forty-eighth regiment, 
 and the FOURTEENTH and sixteenth light dragoons 
 were brought forward, and the foot guards rallied 
 and again advanced. This was a moment of 
 great peril to the allied army; but the steady 
 valour of the British troops prevailed, and the 
 French fell back. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH light dragoons had three 
 men and twenty-one horses killed ; Colonel Sa- 
 muel Hawker, Captains John Chapman, and Peter 
 Hawker, Lieutenants William Wainman and 
 Thomas Smith, six rank and file, and three 
 horses wounded ; thirteen horses missing ; Lieu- 
 tenant Evelyn P. Dormer taken prisoner Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel Neil Talbot, and Major Baker 
 had each a horse killed under him. 
 
 Colonel Hawker was rewarded with a gold 
 medal, and the regiment was subsequently 
 authorised to bear on its guidons and ap- 
 pointments the word "TALAVERA", in comme-
 
 24 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1809 moration of its distinguished services in this 
 action.* 
 
 After this battle the enemy brought forward 
 such very superior numbers, that the British 
 General was forced to act on the defensive, and 
 while the army was encamped on the banks of 
 the Guadiana, a malignant fever proved fatal to 
 numbers of officers and soldiers. The FOUR- 
 TEENTH dragoons were removed to Villa Vicosa, 
 a fortified town in the Alemtejo, from whence 
 they marched, in December, to Santarem, a town 
 very pleasantly situated on the right bank of the 
 Tagus, where they were formed in brigade with 
 the royal dragoons under Major-General Slade. 
 
 1810 In February, 1810, Badajoz and CiudadRodrigo 
 were both menaced by the enemy, and in March 
 the regiment returned to the Alemtejo, and took 
 the advanced posts of Lieut-General Rowland 
 Hill's corps at Arronches, a town situate at the 
 conflux of the Caya and the Aigrette, near the 
 Spanish frontiers. A concentration of French 
 troops near Ciudad Rodrigo afterwards relieved 
 the other provinces. Ciudad Rodrigo was event- 
 ually beseiged by Marshal Ney, and the British 
 commander, hoping the enemy, by detaching 
 troops, would furnish an opportunity for relieving 
 this fortress, withdrew the FOURTEENTH light 
 
 S.ee Memoir in Appendix. Page 7j.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 25 
 
 dragoons from the Alemtejo. The regiment 1810 
 advanced to Almeida in June ; it was attached to 
 the light division under Brigadier-General Crau- 
 furd, who was behind the Agueda river, watching 
 the enemy's motions; and with the sixteenth 
 light dragoons, and first hussars King's German 
 Legion, took the out-post duty on this frontier. 
 No opportunity to relieve Ciudad Rodrigo oc- 
 curred ; but during the siege marauding parties 
 of French soldiers entered the villages of Barquillo 
 and Villa de Puerco on three successive nights. 
 Brigadier-General Craufurd, thinking to cut off 
 
 o * o 
 
 the next party, formed two ambuscades, one near 
 Villa de Puerco, with six squadrons, another of 
 three squadrons near Barquillo, and he also placed 
 his artillery, five companies of the ninety-fifth, 
 (Rifle-brigade) and the third Portuguese Ca^adores 
 in reserve ; the FOURTEENTH light dragoons were 
 employed in these ambuscades. On the morning 
 of the llth of July, a little after day-break, a 
 party of French infantry was observed near Villa 
 de Puerco, and a small body of cavalry at Bar- 
 quillo ; and the open country on the right would 
 have enabled the six squadrons to place themselves 
 between the infantry and their point of retreat ; 
 but this was circuitous, and Brigadier-General 
 Craufurd preferred passing along a narrow defile 
 between two stone walls. This proved difficult ; 
 in threading the defile in a long line the dragoons
 
 26 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 18 10 were separated, and the French infantry, two 
 hundred strong, had time to form square, being 
 hidden in high standing corn. The French dra- 
 goons coming out of Barquillo, were charged by 
 the German hussars and a squadron of the six- 
 teenth, and two officers and twenty-nine men were 
 made prisoners. In the meantime the FOUR- 
 TEENTH light dragoons had threaded the defile, 
 and mounting the hill, rode with distinguished 
 gallantry against the square; but the French 
 infantry remained perfectly steady, and opened 
 such a fire, that Lieut. -Colonel Talbot and eight 
 men fell dead close to the bayonets, and twenty- 
 three men were wounded.* The survivors with- 
 drew a short distance to reform their ranks, and 
 the French square commenced its retreat with 
 singular steadiness and good order. The FOUR- 
 TEENTH dragoons seeing this, prepared to launch 
 against it another squadron, which was already in 
 speed for the purpose, when Colonel Arentschildt 
 of the hussars, observing cavalry approaching in 
 front and flank, checked the movement. It was 
 afterwards regretted that he took this step, as the 
 horsemen, who alarmed him, proved to be the 
 German hussars and sixteenth returning from the 
 pursuit of the French dragoons, the whole of 
 whom they had captured. 
 
 On the death of Lieut.-Colonel Talbot the com- 
 
 * See Memoir in Appendix. Page 75. 

 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 27 
 
 mand of the regiment devolved on Lieut-Colonel 1810 
 F. B. Hervey, under whose directions the FOUR- 
 TEENTH became celebrated as an efficient corps of 
 light cavalry, remarkable for the excellent manner 
 in which thev performed the out-post duty. 
 
 Meanwhile Ciudad Rodrigo had surrendered ; 
 the FOURTEENTH remained in the villages near 
 Fort La Conception until the 21st of July, when 
 the enemy's masses approaching, they fell back 
 to Almeida, where Brigadier-General Craufurd 
 halted the few troops under his orders, and, with 
 astonishing hardihood, confronted the whole 
 French army. During the night of the 23rd of 
 July, the videttes and patrols of the regiment were 
 exposed to a heavy storm of wind and rain, and as 
 daylight appeared, they discovered the approach 
 of numerous legions of the enemy : a few shots 
 were fired ; the cavalry reserves and guns moved 
 forward, and a skirmish ensued in which the 
 FOURTEENTH had one serjeant killed; Lieutenant 
 John Blachford, one private soldier, and four 
 horses wounded. After opposing the superior 
 numbers of the enemy for some time, the British 
 withdrew beyond the river Coa ; and Brigadier- 
 General Craufurd stated in his despatch, ' The 
 ' retreat of the FOURTEENTH light dragoons from 
 ' Val-de-la-Mula to Almeida, was conducted in 
 ' the most regular and soldier-like manner, though 
 ' opposed to a superior force of French cavalry.'
 
 V>8 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1810 A squadron of the regiment and a squadron of 
 the royal dragoons, on duty at Frexadas, were 
 sharply engaged with a superior force of the 
 enemy on the 28th of August, and highly distin- 
 guished themselves. 
 
 Marshal Massena invaded Portugal with such 
 an immense superiority of numbers, that the 
 British commander was under the necessity of 
 withdrawing from the frontiers, and the FOUR- 
 TEENTH and sixteenth light dragoons, with the 
 first German hussars, had the honour of covering 
 the retrograde movements. On the 24th of Sep- 
 tember the enemy skirmished with the piquets in 
 front of Mortagao, from whence a squadron of the 
 FOURTEENTH under Captain Thomas W. Brother- 
 ton, with one of the sixteenth and first hussars, 
 covered the retreat of the light division four miles 
 to some strong ground. The three squadrons re- 
 pulsed four of French hussars ; some of the enemy's 
 dragoons approaching too close, were charged by 
 the squadron of the FOURTEENTH, and overthrown 
 with the loss of about thirty men. On the follow- 
 ing morning the cavalry skirmishers exchanged a 
 few shots, and the FOURTEENTH were employed in 
 covering the retreat of the light division to the 
 position of Busaco. During this retreat Captain 
 the Hon. Henry Percy was taken prisoner while 
 reconnoitring the flank movement of the enemy. 
 The FOURTEENTH were in reserve during the
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 29 
 
 battle of Busaco on the 27th of September ; and 1810 
 they were subsequently employed in covering the 
 retreat of the army to the strong lines of Torres 
 Vedras. 
 
 On the 1st of October, the out-posts were at- 
 tacked and driven from the hills bounding the 
 plain of Coimbra to the north, when three troops 
 of the FOURTEENTH, under Major the Honourable 
 Charles Butler, proceeded through the town, and 
 formed the rear-guard on the main road from 
 Coimbra to Pombal. The remainder of the 
 regiment was formed on the plain, with the 
 other cavalry corps, and withdrew before a su- 
 perior force of the enemy, crossing the Mondego 
 at a ford below the town, and skirmishing to 
 prevent the passage of the river by the enemy. 
 
 The French army continuing to press forward, 
 its advance-guard skirmished with the rear of the 
 allies almost every day, and the FOURTEENTH 
 light dragoons had frequent opportunities of ex- 
 hibiting brilliant instances of the innate valour of 
 British soldiers. At Rio Mandevilla the FOUR- 
 TEENTH and sixteenth light dragoons, first Ger- 
 man hussars, royal dragoons, and Captain Bull's 
 troop of artillery, repulsed a very superior force 
 of the enemy, on which occasion the first French 
 hussars were nearly annihilated. The FOUR- 
 TEENTH had six men and six horses killed ; eight 
 men and twelve horses wounded.
 
 30 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1810 The French legions continued to press forward 
 as to an assured victory ; but the lines of Torres 
 Vedras arrested their progress, and while they re- 
 mained in front of these extensive works, the FOUR- 
 TEENTH light dragoons took the line of out-posts 
 from the Sobral road. The French army with- 
 drew during the night of the 14th of November ; 
 the morning of the 15th was foggy, and it was 
 some hours after day-break when the British 
 General discovered the void space in his front. 
 The FOURTEENTH were ordered forward along the 
 Cartaxo road, and their patrols took a number 
 of French stragglers prisoners. Marshal Massena 
 took up a position at Santarem ; the head quarters 
 of the allied army were established at Cartaxo, 
 and the FOURTEENTH light dragoons furnished 
 the out-posts, extending from the causeway and 
 bridge over the river. 
 
 1811 After wasting his army by privation and sick- 
 ness, the French marshal retreated ; and at day- 
 light on the 6th of March, 1811, Lord Wellington 
 discovered the empty camps at Santarem, and 
 moved his own army forward in pursuit. On 
 the 8th of March, a squadron of the FOURTEENTH 
 commanded by Captain Babington, and supported 
 by the other squadrons of the regiment under 
 Colonel Hervey, made a successful charge on 
 four squadrons of the eleventh and twenty-sixth 
 French dragoons at Venta de Serra, and captured
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 31 
 
 fourteen men and fourteen horses; with the loss 1811 
 of two men and two horses. 
 
 Continuing to press upon the rear of the French 
 army, the regiment was present at the skirmish 
 at Pombal on the 10th of March, at Redinha on 
 the 12th, at Cased Nova on the 14th, and at Foz 
 cT Aronce on the 15th. The FOURTEENTH were 
 also present at the action near Sabugal, on the 
 3rd April, but did not sustain any loss. 
 
 The French Commander continued his retreat 
 to Salamanca, and the British General stood vic- 
 torious on the confines of Portugal; the FOUR- 
 TEENTH light dragoons furnished the out-posts 
 on the left bank of the Agueda at Villa del Egua, 
 where a peasant arrived from Ledesma, with 
 intelligence that the French army was reinforced 
 and re-organized, and was advancing. A squadron 
 under Captain Brotherton was sent to Santa 
 Espirita, and it fell back behind the Agueda as the 
 French army advanced. 
 
 Almeida being blockaded by the allied army, 
 Marshal Massena advanced to its relief; the 
 FOURTEENTH withdrew gradually as the enemy 
 approached, and on the 3rd of May they were 
 engaged behind Gallegos ; when Lieutenant John 
 Townsend retired with the piquets under a heavy 
 cannonade towards Fuentes d' Onor, and a squad- 
 ron, under Captain Brotherton, had a sharp affair 
 near Pozo Velho.
 
 32 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1811 At the battle of Fuentes d' Onor, on the 5th 
 of May, the FOURTEENTH and first royal dragoons 
 covered the movement of the right of the army 
 from Nave d' Aver, retiring by alternate squad- 
 rons, under a heavy cannonade; one squadron 
 of the regiment charged with signal gallantry 
 some French artillery, but was repulsed, and 
 Captain Robert Knipe commanding the squadron 
 was mortally wounded : he was succeeded in the 
 command of the squadron by Lieutenant (after- 
 wards Lieut.-Colonel) John Townsend : Lieut.- 
 Colonel Hervey had his horse killed under him, 
 and received a severe contusion. 
 
 An attack was made on the position in the rear 
 of the village. ' The French with one shock 
 ' drove in all the cavalry out-guards, and cutting 
 
 * off Captain Ramsay's battery, came sweeping in 
 
 * upon the reserves of horse and upon the seventh 
 ' division. But their leading squadrons approach- 
 ' ing in a disorderly manner, were partially 
 ' checked by the British, and, at the same time, 
 ' a great commotion was observed in their main 
 
 * body. Men and horses there closed with con- 
 
 * fusion and tumult towards one point, a thick 
 ' dust arose, and loud cries, and the sparkling of 
 
 * blades, and the flashing of pistols, indicated some 
 ' extraordinary occurrence. Suddenly the mul- 
 ' titude became violently agitated, an English 
 ' shout pealed high and clear, the mass was rent
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 33 
 
 1 asunder, and Norman Ramsay burst forth at 181 1 
 
 * the head of his battery, his horses, breathing fire, 
 
 * stretched like greyhounds along the plain, the 
 
 * guns bounding behind them as things of no 
 
 * weight, and the mounted gunners followed in 
 4 full career. Captain Brotherton of the FOUR- 
 
 * TEENTH dragoons, seeing this, rode forth with a 
 
 * squadron and overturned the head of the pur- 
 
 * suing troops, and General Charles Stewart join- 
 
 * ing in the charge, took the French General 
 
 * Lamotte, fighting hand to hand.'* The French 
 were repulsed in their attempt to relieve Almeida, 
 and they withdrew from Portugal. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH light dragoons had Captain 
 Robert Knipe and three private soldiers killed ; 
 Captain Thomas Potter Milles, Lieutenants John 
 Townsend, John Gwynne, Lovell B. Badcock, 
 Theophilus Thomas Ellis, six Serjeants, and 
 twenty-one rank and file wounded ; three private 
 soldiers missing. Lieut.-Colonel Hervey was 
 rewarded with a gold medal, and the royal au- x 
 thority was subsequently given for the regiment 
 to bear on its guidons and appointments the 
 words " FUENTES D' ONOR," as a special mark 
 of His Majesty's approbation of its conduct on 
 this occasion. 
 
 Viscount Wellington subsequently proceeded 
 
 * Colonel Napier's History of the Peninsular War. 
 
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 34 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 181 1 to Estremadura, where the strong fortress of Ba- 
 dajoz was besieged by the allies, and the FOUR- 
 TEENTH dragoons formed part of the force left on 
 the Agueda. Marshal Marmont advanced with 
 a numerous French army, and having introduced 
 a convoy into Ciudad Rodrigo, he drove back the 
 British posts. On the morning of the 6th of 
 June, two French columns appeared, when the 
 light division was directed to retire from Gallegos 
 upon Nave d' Aver and subsequently upon Al- 
 fayetes, and the royal dragoons, witli a squadron 
 of the FOURTEENTH, covered the retreat. Two 
 thousand French cavalry, six thousand infantry, 
 and ten guns, bore down upon the British squad- 
 rons and menaced their destruction ; but the 
 French horsemen were attacked and defeated 
 twice, and the retreat was effected with little 
 loss. 
 
 Marshal Marmont afterwards marched to 
 Spanish Estremadura, and the British General 
 withdrew from before Badajoz. The allied army 
 subsequently proceeded to the vicinity of Ciudad 
 Rodrigo, and eventually blockaded that fortress, 
 the FOURTEENTH taking part in the out-post 
 duty as usual. When the French army advanced 
 to relieve the blockade, the regiment was stationed 
 at Espejo, on the lower Azava, with advanced- 
 posts at Carpio and Marialva. Having thrown 
 a supply into Ciudad Rodrigo, the French Mar-
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 35 
 
 shal marched against the allied army, and on 1811 
 the morning of the 25th of September, fourteen 
 squadrons of the imperial guards drove the out- 
 posts from Carpio, across the Azava ; the lancers 
 of Berg crossed the river in pursuit, but were 
 charged and driven back by a squadron of the 
 FOURTEENTH and two squadrons of the sixteenth 
 light dragoons, and Carpio was again occupied 
 by the British. Another body of the enemy 
 attacked the troops at El Bodon, and when the 
 British had withdrawn from this post, the FOUR- 
 TEENTH fell back from Carpio, and a succession 
 of retrograde movements followed, until the allied 
 army took up a position behind Soita, when the 
 French withdrew into Spain. 
 
 In the action at Carpio, and in the subsequent 
 movements, the regiment had Lieutenant Hall 
 and several private soldiers wounded ; and the 
 conduct of its commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel 
 Hervey, was commended in the public despatches ; 
 the excellent behaviour of Captain Brotherton 
 was also particularly mentioned. 
 
 During the winter the strength of the regiment 
 on foreign service was reduced two troops. 
 
 CiudadRodrigo was captured in January, 1812; 1312 
 the regiment subsequently proceeded to Spanish 
 Estremadura, and was stationed near Badajoz 
 when the siege of that fortress was undertaken. 
 The FOURTEENTH subsequently joined that 
 
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 36 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1812 portion of the covering army which was under 
 Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Graham, and when 
 the French army under Marshal Soult advanced, 
 the British fell back upon Albuhera ; the FOUR- 
 TEENTH were employed in covering the retrograde 
 movement, and they skirmished with the enemy's 
 advanced-guard near Villa Franca. Badajoz 
 having been captured by storm during the night 
 of the 5th of April, the French army marching 
 to its relief fell back. 
 
 In a few days after the capture of Badajoz, the 
 FOURTEENTH were engaged in an enterprise 
 against several regiments of French cavalry. 
 The Regiment moved, on the night of the 10th 
 of April, from Villa Franca upon Usagre, and 
 afterwards along the Road to Llerena ; the light 
 brigade skirmished with the French, until the 
 heavy brigade turned their flank ; the enemy 
 was then charged, overthrown, pursued, and many 
 prisoners taken. On the following night a party 
 of the FOURTEENTH, under Lieutenant Edward 
 Pellew, took a piquet of twenty-two French dra- 
 goons prisoners. The regiment had upwards of 
 twenty men and several horses wounded ; and the 
 conduct of Lieut-Colonel Hervey was commended 
 in Lieut.-General Sir Stapleton Cotton's despatch. 
 
 From Estremadura, the regiment marched 
 towards the Agueda, and it formed the advanced 
 guard of Sir Thomas Graham's column in the
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 37 
 
 march towards Salamanca, near which city it 1812 
 skirmished with a body of the enemy on the 16th 
 of June, and had one serjeaut and one trumpeter 
 killed ; four private soldiers and five horses 
 wounded. 
 
 The enemy retired behind the Douro, and the 
 allies followed to the banks of that river, where 
 the FOURTEENTH were formed in brigade with the 
 first German hussars, and took the out-posts at 
 Tordesillas. In the middle of July, Marshal 
 Marmont commenced offensive operations and 
 passed the Douro at several points, when Lord 
 Wellington united his centre and left behind the 
 Guarena stream, and the FOURTEENTH and Ger- 
 man hussars covered the retreat from Rueda. 
 The right wing of the allied army and a brigade 
 of cavalry were at Castrejon on the Trabancas, 
 and to cover the retrograde of this force, the 
 FOURTEENTH and German hussars moved, on the 
 17th of July, to Alaejos. On the 18th some 
 sharp skirmishing occurred, and the troops at 
 Castrejon fell back behind the Guarena; the 
 FOURTEENTH retired from the plain near Alaejos 
 under a heavy fire, and took post behind the 
 Guarena at Castrillos. The French army ad- 
 vanced to the opposite side of the river, and General 
 Clause! sent a brigade of cavalry across under 
 Brigadier-General Carier, supporting it with a 
 column of infantry, and manifesting an intention
 
 38 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1812 to press the British left. Major-General Victor 
 Baron Alten led the FOURTEENTH and first 
 German hussars against the French cavalry, and 
 some sharp fighting occurred, during which 
 General Carier was made prisoner. While the 
 British and French horsemen were warmly 
 engaged, the twenty-seventh and fortieth regiments, 
 supported by a Portuguese brigade, came rushing 
 down the hill and broke the French infantry with 
 an impetuous bayonet charge ; the FOURTEENTH 
 and German hussars had, in the meantime, 
 driven back the French cavalry, and the two 
 regiments charged the broken infantry, and 
 sabred some, and made others prisoners. The 
 regiment had eighteen men and twenty horses 
 killed ; Captain Brotherton, Lieutenants John 
 Gwynne, Francis Fowke, thirty-four rank and 
 file, and eighteen horses wounded. 
 
 The regiment was actively employed in the 
 operations of the succeeding three days, and 
 occasionally skirmished between the opposing 
 armies. 
 
 On the 22nd of July the memorable battle of 
 Salamanca was fought; the FOURTEENTH skir- 
 mished with the enemy's advanced posts at day- 
 break, and afterwards took their station in the 
 line. By several changes of position, the French 
 Marshal endeavoured to turn the right of the allied 
 army and gain the road to Ciudad Rodrigo;
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 39 
 
 Lord Wellington detected a false movement in the 1812 
 opposing- army, and instantly ordering his 
 divisions forward, commenced the battle. The 
 FOURTEENTH light dragoons participated with the 
 third division in its attack upon, and complete 
 discomfiture of, the enemy's left ; two squadrons 
 under Lieut.-Colonel Hervey reinforced Brigadier- 
 General D'Urban's Portuguese brigade, which 
 turned the enemy's flank, and the regiment shared 
 in the glorious struggle by which the French army 
 was overthrown and driven from the field with a 
 severe loss. 
 
 The regiment had several men and horses killed 
 and wounded ; Captain Brotherton, though still 
 suffering from his wound received on the 1 8th of 
 July, mounted his charger during the fight, and 
 was again wounded ; and the gallant bearing of 
 the regiment was afterwards rewarded with the 
 royal authority to display the word " SALAMANCA" 
 on its guidons and appointments ; its commanding 
 officer, Lieut.-Colonel Hervey, was presented with 
 a gold medal as a mark of royal favour and 
 approbation. 
 
 On the following day the regiment pursued the 
 rear of the French army, and two squadrons were 
 sharply engaged and took several prisoners near 
 Penerada. On the 26th, a patrol of three 
 dragoons of the FOURTEENTH, and four of the 
 German hussars, under Corporal William Hanley
 
 40 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1812 of the former corps, detached to Blasco Sancho, 
 captured a party of the enemy, consisting of two 
 officers, one serjeant, one corporal, and twenty- 
 seven mounted dragoons, with one private servant 
 and two mules, for which they received the ex- 
 pressions of the approbation of the Commander of 
 the Forces. The French horses were inven to the 
 
 o 
 
 FOURTEENTH and German hussars, to complete 
 deficiencies ; the amount was divided among the 
 patrol, and a further pecuniary donation was 
 afterwards made to the men engaged in this 
 gallant exploit. 
 
 After driving the enemy across the Douro and 
 taking possession of Valladolid, the army marched 
 to Madrid, and the FOURTEENTH light dragoons 
 passed Segovia and bivouacked near Escurial, 
 a place celebrated for its magnificent palace, built 
 by Philip II. and used as a monastery. The head 
 quarters of the regiment were established at Getafe, 
 and it took the out-post duty. Lieutenant Gust 
 commanded a post of observation at Cousingia, 
 in La Mancha, aud Lieutenant Ward a post of 
 communication between that station and Madrid. 
 
 When the Marquis of Wellington left Madrid 
 to undertake the siege of Burgos, the FOURTEENTH 
 were left in the vicinity of the capital of Spain ; 
 and when a concentration of the French forces 
 rendered a retrograde movement necessary, the 
 regiment assembled, with the first German hussars,
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 41 
 
 at Guadalaxara, and fell back upon Madrid. 1812 
 From Madrid the regiment formed part of the 
 rear-guard of Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill's 
 corps, to Alba de Tormes, and for several days it 
 \vas almost constantly engaged in manoeuvring 
 and skirmishing to retard the advance of the 
 enemy. On the 16th of November the regiment 
 repulsed the charge of a body of French lancers of 
 superior numbers, at Matiila, and had several 
 men killed and wounded. Colonel Hervey again 
 signalized himself, and narrowly escaped being 
 made prisoner. 
 
 In the retreat from Salamanca to Ciudad 
 Rodrigo, the regiment took part in the piquets and 
 other duties of the rear-guard, which it continued 
 to perform until the army went into cantonments 
 behind the Agueda ; and Captain Badcock was 
 detached with a reconnoitring party to the Sierra 
 de Francia and river Alagon. 
 
 After passing the winter in cantonments among 1813 
 the Portuguese peasantry, the regiment crossed 
 the confines of that kingdom, and formed part of 
 the centre column of the allied army in the ad- 
 vance in May 1813. Arriving at Salamanca on 
 the 26th of that month, the bridge and streets 
 were found barricaded, and a division of French 
 infantry, three squadrons of cavalry, and some 
 artillery, under General Villattes, were formed on 
 the heights above the ford of Santa Marta. A
 
 42 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1813 British brigade passed the river at the ford, and 
 the FOURTEENTH light dragoons and first German 
 hussars removed the barricades and pushed 
 through the town, when the enemy fell back, but 
 was overtaken, and lost about two hundred men 
 killed and wounded, and two hundred pri- 
 soners. 
 
 The line of the Tormes was thus gained ; that 
 of the Douro was soon afterwards won ; and the 
 allied army, proudly confident in its distinguished 
 commander, advanced with a firmness which the 
 enemy could not withstand, and the Carion and 
 the Pisuerga were speedily passed : the FOUR- 
 TEENTH light dragoons forming, as usual, part of 
 the advance of the allied army, were engaged, on 
 the 12th of June, in forcing a division of the 
 enemy from a position near Burgos, when one 
 squadron, under Captain Milles, charged and 
 took some prisoners and a gun. The loss of the 
 regiment was limited to one man and one horse 
 killed ; and one man and five horses wounded. 
 
 Unable to withstand the combinations of the 
 British general, the French destroyed Burgos 
 castle, and fell back with tumult and confusion 
 behind the Ebro ; the British urged their march 
 towards the sources of that river, and traversing 
 a wild but beautiful region, turned the enemy's 
 position: the FOURTEENTH being in advance, 
 crossed the Ebro at the bridge of Frias on the
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 43 
 
 15th of June, and a patrol fell in with a body of 1813 
 the enemy near Pancorba. 
 
 The enemy concentrated in front of Vittoria ; 
 the Marquis of Wellington examined their po- 
 sition on the 20th of June, and the FOURTEENTH 
 skirmished with the French near the village of 
 Huarte. 
 
 On the 21st of June, the long-expected battle 
 was fought near Vittoria, and the FOURTEENTH 
 light dragoons had the honour of sharing in a 
 conflict in which the French army sustained a 
 decisive overthrow. The regiment was attached 
 to the troops under Lieut-General Sir Rowland 
 Hill, and supported the attacks of the infantry 
 and artillery ; in the afternoon it was detached 
 to out-flank the enemy's left, and in the evening 
 it pursued the wreck of the French army along 
 the Pampeluna road, passing the whole of the 
 enemy's baggage, which had been abandoned. 
 
 The gallant bearing of the FOURTEENTH on 
 this occasion was subsequently rewarded with the 
 royal authority to bear the word " VITTORIA" on 
 their guidons and appointments ; and an ad- 
 ditional honorary distinction was conferred on 
 their commanding officer, Colonel Hervey. 
 
 On the following day the regiment went in pur- 
 suit of the remains of the French army, and on 
 the 24th of June, fell in with the rear-guard at a 
 pass about two leagues from Pampeluna, when
 
 44 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1813 two battalions of riflemen drove the French in- 
 fantry through the pass, the horse artillery killed 
 several men, and dismounted one of the two pieces 
 of cannon brought off from Vittoria ; at the same 
 time the leading squadron of the FOURTEENTH, 
 under Major Brotherton, charged and captured a 
 tumbril. 
 
 The French withdrew into the passes of the 
 Pyrenean mountains ; the FOURTEENTH light dra- 
 goons followed the enemy, and on the 28th of 
 June, a patrol of three men of the regiment, 
 under Lieutenant Ward, penetrating to the 
 village of Ostiz, found twenty-five French foot 
 soldiers regularly armed and formed up at the 
 village, who surrendered themselves prisoners of 
 war. 
 
 Advancing further into the mountains, a patrol 
 of six men of the regiment, commanded by 
 Lieutenant Clavering, encountered, on the 1st of 
 July, a body of infantry of the French rear-guard, 
 on the road from Roncesvalles to St. Jean-Pied- 
 de-Port, dispersed them, and took eighteen 
 prisoners. 
 
 A strong body of French troops occupied the 
 fruitful valley of Bastan, in the mountains, from 
 whence they were driven by the troops under Sir 
 Rowland Hill. The FOURTEENTH were attached 
 to Lieut-General Hill's division, and a squadron, 
 under Major Brotherton, was engaged, on the
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 45 
 
 4th of July, with a body of the enemy near 1813 
 Almandoz. The allied army was established in 
 positions in the mountains ; the FOURTEENTH 
 took the out-post duty in front of Maya, and also 
 furnished posts of correspondence for several 
 weeks. At length, the French army having been 
 reinforced, re-organized, and placed under the 
 command of Marshal Soult, advanced and com- 
 menced offensive operations. During the action 
 of the 26th of July, the regiment was employed 
 in carrying off the wounded from the pass of 
 Maya, and received the thanks of Sir Rowland 
 Hill. A squadron under Captain Milles was 
 similarly employed on the 30th of July, when Sir 
 Rowland Hill's post at Arestegui was attacked, 
 and another squadron under Major Brotherton 
 had a rencounter with the enemy. 
 
 The French having been repulsed, fell back in 
 disorder, and were pursued to the confines of 
 Spain. The FOURTEENTH formed the van of Sir 
 Rowland Hill's division, and were engaged with 
 the enemy in the valley of Bastan, on the 1st and 
 2nd of August : on the 5th the regiment took the 
 out-post duty in front of Maya. 
 
 On the 10th of November the troops descended 
 from the Pyrenees, and traversed the mountain 
 passes by moonlight, until they arrived at the 
 line of piquets, where they halted until the day 
 dawned, when they transferred the seat of war to
 
 46 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1813 France, and taught the admirers of splendid but 
 unprincipled aggressions, that the day of retri- 
 bution had arrived. The FOURTEENTH light dra- 
 goons were attached to Sir Rowland Hill's divi- 
 sion, and one squadron formed the advance-guard 
 to Marshal Beresford's corps. The enemy's po- 
 sition on the Nivelle was forced, and the regiment 
 was united at Espelette on the following day. 
 The regimental baggage, which was attached to 
 the second division, fell into the hands of a party 
 of the enemy, in the rear of the pass of Maya, on 
 which occasion the regiment had one troop ser- 
 j cant-major and two private soldiers killed. 
 
 From the 15th of November to the 9th of 
 December the regiment furnished the out-posts 
 on the river Nive: it formed the advanced-guard 
 to Sir Rowland Hill's corps at the passage of the 
 Nive at the fords near Cambo, and the stream 
 being deep, two men and two horses were 
 drowned. On the llth of December, a squad- 
 ron, under Major Brotherton, encountered a 
 body of the enemy in front of Mendionda, and 
 captured a convoy of corn, wine, and salt, and 
 made four men and horses of the escort pri- 
 soners. On the 13th the regiment was engaged 
 with the French Light cavalry, under General 
 Pierre Soult, (brother of Marshal Soult), at 
 Hasparren, when Major Brotherton and Lieu- 
 tenant Southwell were taken prisoners; also one
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 47 
 
 serjeant and one private soldier wounded, and is 13 
 one taken prisoner. 
 
 The regiment took the out-post duty in front 
 of Urt on the 14th of December ; and was formed 
 in brigade with the thirteenth light dragoons, 
 under Colonel Vivian, who was succeeded, in the 
 beginning of the following year, by Major-General 
 Fane. 
 
 After reposing a short period in quarters 1814 
 during very severe weather, the army resumed 
 operations in the middle of February, 1814, and 
 the FOURTEENTH light dragoons took the van in 
 the advance against the enemy's left, which led 
 to the actions at Hellette, Garris, and Sauve- 
 terre. 
 
 On the 27th of February the battle of Orthes 
 was fought; the FOURTEENTH shared in the 
 operations of the troops under Sir Rowland 
 Hill, and passing the stream above Orthes, 
 advanced towards the great road to St. Sever, 
 thus operating against the enemy's left. The 
 French were overpowered and driven from the 
 field ; the FOURTEENTH light dragoons earned 
 another inscription, the word ' ORTHES/ for their 
 guidons and appointments, and Colonel Hervey 
 was rewarded with another honorary distinction. 
 
 The French fell back in disorder, the FOUR- 
 TEENTH followed the enemy ; crossed the Adour 
 on the 1st of March, and, continuing the pursuit,
 
 48 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1814 were engaged, on the following day, at Aire, from 
 whence the French were driven by the troops 
 under Sir Rowland Hill. Serjeant Vernor, and 
 privates Craig and Hose, distinguished them- 
 selves on this occasion. 
 
 A party, favourable to the house of Bourbon, 
 was known to exist in this part of France, and 
 Marshal Soult sent a body of troops to Pan 
 on the night of the 7th of March, to arrest the 
 nobles who had assembled to welcome the arrival 
 of the Duke D'Angouleme ; but Major-General 
 Fane had arrived at Pau with a brigade of 
 infantry and two regiments of cavalry, and de- 
 feated the enemy's design. The FOURTEENTH 
 light dragoons, with two guns attached, made a 
 strong patrol to Pau on the 7th of March, and 
 on the following day fell in with the French de- 
 tachment, and Captain Townsend and four private 
 soldiers were taken prisoners. 
 
 Some offensive movements were made by the 
 enemy on the 1 3th and 14th of March, and General 
 Pierre Soult proceeded with three regiments of 
 cavalry to Clarac, on the Pau road, to intercept the 
 communication with that town, and to menace 
 the right flank of the allies. The piquet of the 
 FOURTEENTH at Clarac, repulsed the enemy 
 on the morning of 14th of March, but Captain 
 Babington was taken prisoner. In the evening 
 the piquet under Captain Badcock was attacked
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 49 
 
 by the whole of the fifth regiment of chasseurs 1814 
 and being reinforced by a squadron under Cap- 
 tain Milles, kept its ground until another squad- 
 ron arrived under Captain Anderson, when the 
 French were repulsed with loss. Captain Milles 
 was rewarded with the brevet rank of Major. 
 
 On the 16th of March the regiment repulsed 
 an attack of the enemy in front of Castel Paget. 
 On the 18th at daylight, the army was in move- 
 ment; the French right was turned by the 
 valley of the Adour, and their out-posts driven 
 back upon Lembege : the leading squadron of the 
 FOURTEENTH, under Captain Anderson, was 
 engaged with the French on the Lembege 
 road, and Lieutenant Lyons was killed. 
 
 A squadron of the regiment, under Captain 
 Milles, was attached to Lieut.-General Stewart's 
 division, and was engaged, on the 1 9th of March, 
 near Vic Bigorre ; on the 20th the regiment took 
 part in the affair at Tarbes, and assumed the out- 
 post duty in the evening ; and it was in advance 
 during the march of the army towards Toulouse 
 on the 22nd of that month. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH light dragoons had the honor 
 of serving at the battle of Toulouse on the 10th 
 of April ; they were attached to the troops under 
 Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, and took part 
 in the operations by which the French army was 
 driven from its ground. Hostilities were soon 
 
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 50 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 18 14 afterwards terminated; Napoleon Buonaparte 
 abdicated the throne of France, and the Bourbon 
 dynasty was restored. 
 
 Thus terminated, with glory to the British 
 arms, a war in which the FOURTEENTH, the 
 Duchess of York's Own Regiment of Light Dra- 
 goons, had acquired a high reputation ; it had 
 become justly celebrated for the excellent esprit- 
 de-corps which pervaded the ranks, and especially 
 for the superior style in which the officers arid 
 soldiers had, during several years, performed the 
 duties of piquets, patrols, videttes, and other ser- 
 vices which devolve upon a corps employed in 
 the out-post duty. 
 
 At the termination of the contest, the regi- 
 ment marched into quarters at Monte Mar- 
 san, where the reputation it had acquired 
 occasioned it to be selected from among the other 
 cavalry corps of the army, to take part in the 
 contest between Great Britain and the United 
 States of North America. The regiment marched 
 to Bourdeaux in May, arid being there reviewed 
 by Major-General Lord Dalhousie, was compli- 
 mented on its appearance and efficiency ; but the 
 order for its embarkation for America was coun- 
 termanded. 
 
 The regiment marched from Bourdeaux to 
 Calais, where it embarked for England, and 
 landing at Dover on the 17th of July, proceeded
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 51 
 
 from thence to the vicinity of London. It was 1814 
 reviewed on Hounslow Heath, by His Royal 
 Highness the Duke of York, who complimented 
 Colonel Hervey on the appearance and efficiency 
 of the several troops, adding, " They appear as if 
 they had never been on service." After the 
 review the regiment joined the depot at Wey- 
 mouth. 
 
 The non-effectives during the five years and a 
 half the regiment had been on foreign service, 
 including men invalided and sent home, and 
 horses cast and sold, were 654 non-commissioned 
 officers and private soldiers, and 1564 troop 
 horses. From the period of its leaving Ireland 
 in 1795, it had been recruited from the counties 
 of Worcester, Warwick, Salop, and Bucks, with 
 some volunteers from the fencible cavalry in 1800, 
 and from the royal waggon train in 1810. 
 
 The contest in North America, which had 
 been recommenced in 1813, had not terminated, 
 and in the autumn two squadrons of the regi- 
 ment, dismounted, embarked, and sailing from 
 Plymouth, arrived, on the 24th of November, at 
 Jamaica, where an expedition was assembled under 
 Major-General (afterwards Lord) Keane, for an 
 attempt on New Orleans, situate on the river Mis- 
 sissippi, one hundred and ten miles from the 
 Gulf of Mexico. The approach to this place 
 was particularly difficult ; and when the fleet 
 
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 52 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1814 arrived, on the 10th of December, off the coast 
 of Louisiana, the troops had to be removed into 
 light vessels, and eventually into open boats, for 
 the tedious navigation of Lake Bargne, and were 
 afterwards obliged to traverse a difficult morass. 
 Emerging from the morass, the soldiers were op- 
 posed by such immense bodies of Americans, 
 with extensively fortified lines and batteries, and 
 armed vessels on the river, that after extraordi- 
 nary efforts, and exhibitions of valour and perse- 
 verance, the enterprise was relinquished. 
 
 1815 I n the attack on the enemy's lines, on the 8th 
 January, 1815, the two squadrons served dis- 
 mounted. Major-General the Honourable Sir 
 Edward Pakenham, K.C.B., was killed ; Major- 
 Generals Gibbs and Keane were dangerously 
 wounded ; and the command devolved on Major- 
 General Lambert, who stated in his public des- 
 patch, * The conduct of the two squadrons of the 
 ' FOURTEENTH light dragoons, latterly under the 
 1 command of Lieut.-Colonel Baker, previously of 
 ' Major Milles, has been the admiration of every 
 ' one, by the cheerfulness with which they have 
 ' performed all descriptions of service.' 
 
 The troops returned on board the fleet ; and 
 one boat, containing Lieutenant Brydges, Cor- 
 net Hammond, one serjeant-major, and thirty- 
 nine rank arid file of the regiment, was captured 
 by the Americans.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 53 
 
 Hostilities were soon afterwards terminated by a 1815 
 treaty of peace ; and the two squadrons arrived in 
 England, and joined the regiment at Hounslow 
 in May ; a third squadron which had embarked 
 for America, also rejoined the head-quarters. 
 
 This year the regiment was authorized to bear 
 the word " PENINSULA" on its guidons and ap- 
 pointments, in commemoration of its services in 
 Portugal, Spain, and France. 
 
 Napoleon Buonaparte having quitted Elba, and 
 returned to France, and having regained the 
 throne of that kingdom, war was immediately re- 
 commenced ; three squadrons of the FOURTEENTH 
 having sailed for America, the regiment was pre- 
 vented sharing in the contest which followed ; but 
 Colonel Hervey and Major Percy served on the 
 staff of Field- Marshal the Duke of Wellington. 
 
 In December the regiment embarked at Bristol 1816 
 for Ireland, and landed at Waterford and Cork in 
 January, 1816 : at the same time the establishment 
 was reduced to eight troops. 
 
 A further reduction took place in the two 1817 
 following years; and in 1818 Captains Townsend I 818 
 and Badcock received the rank of major in the 
 army for services in the field during the Penin- 
 sular war. 
 
 During its stay in Ireland the regiment was 1819 
 several times commended for its conduct and 
 discipline by Major-General White, and Major-
 
 54 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1819 General Sir Sydney Beckwith : and on the 27th 
 of May, 1819, it was formed in column and re- 
 ceived the personal thanks of Sir George Beck- 
 with, commanding the forces in that part of the 
 United Kingdom. The regiment embarked from 
 Dublin in June, and landed at Liverpool on the 
 1 1th of that month. 
 
 In the autumn of this year the FOURTEENTH 
 light dragoons lost their commanding officer, 
 Colonel SIR FELTON BATHURST HERVEY, BARONET, 
 who died on the 24th September, 1819, and 
 whose death was regretted by the corps.* His 
 services had been rewarded with the dignity of a 
 Baronet, and the following distinctions ; a cross 
 for the battles of Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, 
 Vittoria, and Orthes ; a medal for the battle of 
 Waterloo ; Companion of the Bath ; Companion 
 of the Guelphic Order; the Russian Order of 
 Wladimir ; Maria Theresa of Austria ; St. Henry 
 of Saxony ; Tower and Sword of Portugal ; 
 Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria ; and the Prussian 
 Order of Merit. He was succeeded by Lieut.- 
 Colonel Baker. 
 
 1821 In 1821 the establishment was reduced to six 
 troops. 
 
 1822 On the 1st of June, 1822, the regiment was re- 
 viewed on Hounslow-heath, with the first and 
 second life guards, royal horse guards, tenth and 
 
 * See Memeir in Appendix. Page 76.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 55 
 
 fifteenth hussars, and a brigade of horse of artillery, 1822 
 by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the 
 Commander-in-Chief, who was pleased to express 
 his approbation of the appearance and movements 
 of the troops. 
 
 In the autumn of 1823 General the Earl of 1823 
 Bridgewater died, and was succeeded in the 
 colonelcy of the regiment by Lieut.-General Sir 
 John Ormsby Vandeleur, G.C.B., whose regiment, 
 the nineteenth light dragoons, had been disbanded 
 two years previously. 
 
 The regiment remained in England until April, 1825 
 1825, when it embarked at Bideford for Ireland, 
 landed at Waterford, and marched to Cork and 
 Fermoy. 
 
 In 1826 the FOURTEENTH marched to Dublin, 1826 
 where its appearance, discipline, and interior 
 economy, were commended by Major-General Sir 
 Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B., at the inspections in 
 June and September. From Dublin the regiment 
 marched in January, 1827, to Athlone, Ballinrobe, 1827 
 Gort, and Loughrea; it returned to Dublin in 
 March, 1828 ; was commended for its appearance, 1828 
 efficiency and discipline, and also for its good 
 conduct while in Ireland, by Lieut.-General Sir 
 George Murray, K.C.B., commanding the forces 
 in that country, at the inspection on the 22nd of 
 March ; and embarked for Liverpool on the 26th 
 of that month.
 
 56 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1829 From Liverpool the regiment marched to Bir- 
 mingham and Coventry, and while in these 
 quarters Lieut.-Colonel Baker retired,* and was 
 succeeded by Lieut.-Colonel John Townsend, by 
 commission dated the 16th of April 1829. In 
 May, 1829, the regiment marched to Leeds, 
 Burnley, and Rochdale. 
 
 1830 In April, 1830, the regiment proceeded to 
 Brighton and Chichester, and its appearance, 
 discipline, and interior economy, were commended 
 by Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian at the 
 inspection on the 24th of May. 
 
 The regiment was inspected at Brighton on the 
 19th of June by its colonel, Lieut-General Sir 
 John Ormsby Vandeleur, G.C.B. who was pleased 
 to express himself * much gratified by the highly 
 ' military appearance of the regiment, the celerity 
 
 * and precision of its movements in the field, and 
 ' the clean and orderly state of the barracks, as 
 
 * well as the fine condition of the horses, all of 
 ' which prove the zeal and ability of the com- 
 ' manding officer, and the active assistance he 
 ' receives from the other officers, as well as the 
 4 steady good conduct of the non-commissioned 
 ' officers and privates, which he shall not fail to 
 
 * report to the Commander-in-Chief. He requests 
 
 * Lieut. -Colonel Townsend to accept his thanks, 
 ' and also to communicate them to the officers, 
 
 * See Memoir in Appendix. Page 76.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 57 
 
 ' and to the regimetit. He cannot omit observing 
 
 * the excellent management of the school, and the 
 
 * great progress of the pupils.' 
 
 In the same month Lieut-General Sir John 
 Ormsby Vandeleur was removed to the sixteenth 
 light dragoons, and was succeeded by Major- 
 General Sir Edward Kerrison, Baronet. 
 
 In July the regiment marched to London, and 
 was reviewed by His Majesty, King William IV. 
 on the 26th of that month, who was graciously 
 pleased to express his royal approbation of its ap- 
 pearance, and to command that it should in future 
 bear the distinguished title of " THE FOUR- 
 TEENTH, or THE KING'S, instead of the Duchess of 
 York's Own, REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS." 
 This distinctive appellation occasioned the regi- 
 ment to discontinue the orange, and, as a Royal 
 regiment, to assume the scarlet facing. 
 
 From London the regiment marched to Bir- 1831 
 mingham and Coventry, where it was stationed 
 until July, 1831, when the head-quarters were 
 removed to Gloucester. 
 
 In October, 1831, the political feelings of the 
 lower classes of the city of Bristol being in a 
 highly excited state, and riotous proceedings being 
 anticipated, a troop of the FOURTEENTH LIGHT 
 DRAGOONS (with one of the third dragoon guards) 
 was ordered to the vicinity, for the purpose of 
 aiding the magistracy in the preservation of order.
 
 58 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1831 The arrival of the Recorder, Sir Charles Wetherell, 
 on Saturday the 29th October, for the purpose of 
 holding the sessions, was the immediate cause of 
 the outbreak. Large bodies of the populace 
 assembled from every quarter, parading the streets, 
 throwing stones at the authorities, breaking 
 windows, and committing other acts of violence. 
 This continued throughout the day ; but it was 
 not until 'evening, that serious consequences began 
 to be apprehended. At dusk, the mob attacked 
 and forcibly entered the mansion house, the Riot 
 Act was consequently proclaimed, and the troops 
 were called to the immediate scene of outrage. 
 They cleared the streets in the neighbourhood of 
 the mansion house, but there not being at hand 
 a sufficient body of constables to act in concert 
 with the troops, the mob still retained possession 
 of the courts and alleys of the city, whither the 
 dragoons were unable to follow them. On Sunday 
 the rioters assembled in greater numbers, and 
 during that day, and the following night, suc- 
 ceeded in destroying the mansion house, custom 
 house, excise office, the bishop's palace, and a 
 vast amount of private property. 
 
 On the morning of the 31st October, an 
 additional troop of the FOURTEENTH light dragoons 
 arrived, and Major Beckwith, who had preceded 
 it, (travelling post from head-quarters at 
 Gloucester), havingconcerted with the magistrates,
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 59 
 
 who saw the necessity of energetic measures, 1831 
 placed himself at the head of the squadron, and 
 proceeded against the rioters, who were engaged 
 in plundering the cellars of the bishop's palace, 
 which they had destroyed on the day before : the 
 troops were assailed with bottles, stones, &c., but 
 they quickly dispersed the mob ; and it having 
 been ascertained that in another part of the city 
 the rioters were about commencing the destruction 
 of the remaining portion of Queen-square, the 
 squadron of the Fourteenth proceeded thither, 
 and put the mob to flight ; thence it repaired to 
 the jail, which was regained possession of, and 
 restored to the charge of the civil authorities. 
 The squadron then traversed the quays and wharfs, 
 dispersing every riotous assemblage with which 
 it came in contact, and driving out and pursuing, 
 for some miles, a large body of colliers who had 
 been attracted to the scene of outrage. To this 
 energetic conduct of the FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRA- 
 GOONS, under Major Beckwith, may be ascribed 
 the restoration of tranquillity and the preservation 
 of the remainder of the city of Bristol. 
 
 tn June, 1832, the regiment was removed to 1832 
 Hounslow, and was employed on the King's duty, 
 in furnishing escorts for their Majesties and the 
 royal family, &c. 
 
 In 1832 the King's Crest was permitted to be 
 borne on the Appointments ; and the Prussian
 
 60 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 
 
 1832 Eagle, which had been carried as the regimental 
 badge from the year 1798, was authorised to be 
 continued on the second and third corners of the 
 Regimental Guidon. 
 
 1833 In March, 1833, the regiment embarked at 
 Bristol for Dublin, from whence it marched in 
 April, 1834, to Longford. 
 
 1834 On the 24th May, 1834, His Majesty com- 
 manded that the use of Guidons in regiments 
 of Light Dragoons should be discontinued. The 
 Guidons in regiments of Hussars and Lancers 
 had been directed on 12th March, 1834, to be 
 discontinued. 
 
 1835 In May, 1835, the regiment was removed to 
 
 1836 Dundalk, and in May, 1836, it embarked at Belfast 
 for Glasgow. 
 
 The regiment was stationed at Glasgow until 
 
 1837 the spring of 1837, when it marched to Edinburgh, 
 and occupied Piershill barracks. 
 
 1838 In the summer of 1838 the regiment left Scot- 
 land ; it was stationed at Birmingham until 
 
 1839 April, 1839, when it marched to Hounslow, from 
 whence it proceeded to Dorchester in May, 
 
 1840 1840. 
 
 1841 The regiment remained at Dorchester until the 
 30th of March, 1841, when it was removed to 
 Canterbury, where it arrived on the 10th of April, 
 preparatory to its being embarked for Bombay 
 to relieve the fourth light dragoons.
 
 GUIDON OF THE FOURTEENTH, OR THE KING'S LIGHT DRAGOONS, M DCCC XXXII. 
 
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 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 61 
 
 The regiment being augmented to the India 1841 
 establishment, Major William Havelock, K.H. 
 (from the fourth light dragoons) was promoted to 
 be the second Lieut.-Colonel, and Captain Edward 
 Harvey was promoted to be second Major, on the 
 30th April, 1841. 
 
 On the 24th of May, the first division, under 
 the command of Lieut.-Colonel Townsend, em- 
 barked at Gravesend for India in the freight ship 
 " Repulse," and arrived at Bombay on the 8th of 
 September, from whence it proceeded to Kirkee : 
 the second division embarked at Gravesend on 
 board of the freight ship " Reliance " on the 14th 
 of June, under the command of Major Barton, 
 and landing at Bombay on the 5th of October 
 following, marched to join the regiment at Kir- 
 kee, where it arrived on the 13th of that month. 
 
 The FOURTEENTH light dragoons during the 
 years 1842, 1843, and 1844, continued to be 
 stationed at Kirkee: two squadrons however 
 proceeded on field service to Kolapoor in October, 
 1844. 1844 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel Townsend received leave from 1845 
 India, and he died at Castle Townsend, in Ireland, 
 on the 22nd April, 1845.* He was succeeded by 
 Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Edward Harvey, on the 
 23rd of April. 
 
 The two squadrons of the FOURTEENTH light 
 * See Memoir in Appendix. Page 76.
 
 62 HISTORICAL RECORD OF Til E 
 
 1845 dragoons, which had proceeded on field service 
 in the southern Mahratta country, rejoined the 
 head-quarters on the 19th of March, 1845, and 
 in the following December the regiment marched 
 from Kirkee, en route to Mhow and Agra. 
 
 1846 On the 4th of March, 1846, the regiment 
 marched from Agra to Meerut, arriving at the 
 latter station on the 16th of that month ; and in 
 April, 1846, the regiment proceeded to Umballa, 
 where it has continued to the end of the year 
 1846.
 
 FOURTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. 63 
 
 The statement of the services of the FOUR- 
 TEENTH, OR THE KING'S, LIGHT DRAGOONS, from 
 the period of the formation of the regiment in 
 1715 to the present time, (as given in the preced- 
 ing pages,) affords abundant proofs of the value 
 of its services abroad, as well as at home ; and its 
 order, discipline, good conduct, and bravery, 
 have, on numerous occasions, been attested by 
 the general officers under whom the regiment 
 has been employed. 
 
 During the Peninsular War, from 1808 to 
 1814, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Light Dra- 
 goons were principally employed on the im- 
 portant duties of out-posts, on which the safety of 
 an army in the field, and the success of its move- 
 ments greatly depend. 
 
 In the mode of performing these peculiar and 
 important services, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth 
 Light Dragoons, under the direction of active 
 and intelligent officers, acquired the confidence 
 of the Commander of the Forces, and of the 
 division of the army of which they formed a 
 portion. 
 
 At the period of the conclusion of this Record, 
 (1846) the regiment is reported to be in a high 
 state of efficiency, and in readiness to evince its 
 prowess whenever the public service may again 
 require its assistance.
 
 66 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 
 
 DRAGOONS. He commanded a brigade at the attack of 
 the rebels at Preston, and was wounded at the storming 
 of the avenue leading to Lancaster. He was removed in 
 1720, to the sixth foot ; he was promoted to the rank of 
 Major-General in 1727, and to that of Lieut.-General in 
 1735. In 1738, he was rewarded with the colonelcy of 
 the first troop of horse grenadier guards, and he retained 
 this appointment until his decease in 1 742. 
 
 CLEMENT NEVILLE. 
 Appointed 9*A April, 1720. 
 
 THIS Officer entered the army at the Revolution in 1688, 
 and he served under King William III, in the Nether- 
 lands. He also served in the wars of Queen Anne ; was 
 promoted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of Munden's regiment 
 of foot, with which he served in Spain, and signalized 
 himself at the battle of Saragossa in 1710 ; but was 
 made prisoner at Brihuega. He was shortly afterwards 
 exchanged, and at the close of the campaign of 1711, he 
 was rewarded with the rank of colonel in the army. At 
 the peace of Utrecht, his regiment was disbanded ; and 
 in the summer of 1715, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel 
 of the thirteenth dragoons. In 1720 he was promoted to 
 the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH dragoons, from which 
 he was removed to the eighth dragoons in 1737, and in 
 1739, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General. 
 In 1740, he was appointed colonel of the sixth horse, 
 now fifth dragoon guards ; and in 1743, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieut.-General. He died in 1744.
 
 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 67 
 
 ARCHIBALD HAMILTON. 
 
 Appointed 27th June, 1737. 
 
 ARCHIBALD HAMILTON entered the army in November, 
 1688, and at the Revolution he adhered to the Prince of 
 Orange, afterwards King William III, under whose 
 command he served in Flanders. In the reign of Queen 
 Anne, he served in Portugal and Spain, and his regiment 
 (Montjoy's foot), was nearly annihilated at the battle of 
 Almanza in 1707, where he was taken prisoner. This 
 corps was subsequently incorporated into other regiments 
 and the officers sent home to recruit, and at the peace of 
 Utrecht it was disbanded. In the summer of 1715, he 
 was appointed Lieut, -Colonel of the eleventh dragoons, 
 and in May, 1732, he was promoted to the colonelcy of 
 the twenty- seventh foot : from which he was removed, in 
 1737, to the FOURTEENTH dragoons. He died in 1749. 
 
 JAMES LORD TYRAWLEY. 
 
 Appointed 24:th July, 1749. 
 
 THE HON. JAMES O'HARA was appointed lieutenant in 
 the royal regiment of fusiliers, commanded by his 
 father, on the 15th of March, 1703, and in 1706 he pro- 
 ceeded with his regiment to the relief of Barcelona. In 
 the following year he served on the staff of the army in 
 Spain, and was wounded at the battle of Almanza, 
 where, it is said, he was instrumental in saving the Earl 
 of Galway's life. He served several years at Minorca, 
 and, in 1713, obtained the colonelcy of the royal fusiliers 
 in succession to his father, at whose decease, in 1733, he 
 succeeded to the dignity of BARON TYRAWLEY. The 
 rank of brigadier-general was conferred on his lordship 
 
 F 2
 
 68 SUCCESSION OP COLONELS. 
 
 on the 23rd of November, 1735 ; that of major-general 
 on the 2nd of July, 1739 ; and in August of the latter 
 year, he was removed from the royal fusiliers to the 
 fifth horse, now fourth dragoon guards. In March, 
 1743, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant- 
 general, and in the following month obtained the colo- 
 nelcy of the second troop of horse grenadier guards, 
 from which he was removed, in 1745, to the third troop 
 of life guards, which gave him the privilege of taking 
 the court duty of Gold Stick. In 1746, when King 
 George II. had resolved to disband the third and 
 fourth troops of life guards, his lordship was removed to 
 the tenth foot ; he was removed, in 1 749, to the 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons ; in 1752, to the third dragoons ; 
 and in 1755, to the second, or Coldstream regiment of 
 foot guards. lie was appointed Governor of Portsmouth 
 on the 1st of May, 1759, and was promoted to the rank 
 of General on the 7th of March, 1761. He held the ap- 
 pointment of Governor of Minorca for several years, 
 and was employed as envoy and ambassador to the courts 
 of Portugal and Russia. He died at Twickenham on 
 the 13th of July, 1773. 
 
 Louis DEJEAN. 
 Appointed 27th November, 1752. 
 
 Louis DEJEAN served many years in the first troop of 
 horse grenadier guards, in which corps he rose to the 
 rank of Lieut.-Colonel, and in 1746 he was promoted to 
 the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, which was afterwards 
 disbanded. In 1752, he was appointed to the colonelcy 
 of the FOURTEENTH dragoons; in 1756, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Major-General ; in J 757, he was removed
 
 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 69 
 
 to the third Irish horse, now sixth dragoon guards ; and 
 in 1759, he was advanced to the rank of Lieut.-General. 
 He died at Dublin, in 1764. 
 
 JOHN CAMPBELL. 
 Appointed 6th April, 1757. 
 
 JOHN CAMPBELL entered the army in the reign of King 
 George II., and in 1745, he was promoted to the Lieut.- 
 Colonelcy of the fifty-fourth regiment, now forty- third, or 
 Monmouthshire light infantry, with which corps he served 
 a short period in the Netherlands. The rebellion 
 breaking out in Scotland, he quitted Flanders, and in 
 January, 1746, he joined Lieut.-General Hawley, with a 
 thousand Argyleshire highlanders, on the day of the 
 unfortunate battle of Falkirk. He subsequently joined 
 the Duke of Cumberland at Perth, and accompanied His 
 Royal Highness to the north. He was promoted to the 
 rank of colonel, and appointed aide-de-camp to the King 
 in November, 1755 ; in the following month he was 
 nominated colonel of the fifty-fourth regiment, then first 
 embodied, from which he was removed in 1757, to the 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons, and in 1759, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Major- General, and appointed colonel of 
 the Argyleshire fencibles ; in January 1761, he was 
 advanced to the rank of Lieut.-General. On the decease 
 of his uncle, Archibald, third Duke of Argyle, in 1761, 
 his father, General John Campbell, of the Scots Greys, 
 succeeded to that title, and Lieut.-General Campbell, of 
 the FOURTEENTH dragoons, became MARQUIS OF 
 LORNE. In the following year he was appointed 
 Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, and in 1765 he was 
 removed to the royal regiment of foot. He was again
 
 70 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 
 
 appointed Commander-in-Chief in Scotland in 1767, 
 and in 1770 he succeeded to the title of DUKE OF 
 ARGYLE. He was promoted to the rank of General in 
 1778 ; removed to the third foot guards in 1782, and 
 advanced to the rank of Field Marshal in 1796. Being 
 distinguished for many social, private, and public virtues, 
 he was highly honoured and respected in society, and he 
 died lamented, on the 24th day of May, 1806, in the 
 eighty-third year of his age, 
 
 CHARLES FITZROY. 
 Appointed llth September, 1765. 
 
 CHARLES FITZROY, brother of Augustus Henry, Duke 
 of Grafton, was appointed ensign in the first foot guards 
 in 1752 ; in 1758, he was promoted to the command of a 
 company, with the rank of Lieut-Colonel, and in 1762 he 
 was appointed colonel of the 1 1 9th, or the Prince's Own 
 regiment of foot, which was disbanded in the following year. 
 He was appointed to the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH 
 dragoons, in 1765 ; was promoted to the rank of Major- 
 General, and removed to the third dragoons in 1772, and 
 in 1777, he was promoted to the rank of Lieut. -General ; 
 in 1780, he was created LORD SOUTHAMPTON. In 1793, 
 he was advanced to the rank of General. He died in 1 797. 
 
 DANIEL WEBB. 
 Appointed 20th October, 1772. 
 
 DANIEL WEBB was many years an officer of the eighth 
 horse, now seventh dragoon guards, at a period when that 
 corps acquired a high reputation for discipline, efficiency, 
 and valour, and was designated Ligonier's horse. He rose 
 to the rank of major in the regiment ; commanded a
 
 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 71 
 
 squadron at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, where his 
 corps highly distinguished itself under the eye of its 
 sovereign ; and he also commanded a squadron at the 
 battle of Fontenoy, in 1745. In a few days after the 
 battle, he was promoted to the Lieut. -Colonelcy, in suc- 
 cession to Lieut.-Colonel Francis Ligonier, who was 
 promoted to the colonelcy of the forty- eighth foot. Lieut. 
 Colonel Webb performed the duties of commanding 
 officer of the eighth horse, until November, 1755, when 
 he was rewarded with the colonelcy of the forty-eighth 
 foot : in 1759, he was promoted to the rank of Major- 
 General. He served in Germany under Prince Ferdi- 
 nand of Brunswick, and commanded a brigade of cavalry 
 at the battle of Warbourg in 1760; in 1761, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General. In 1766, he 
 was removed to the eighth foot, and in 1772, to the 
 FOURTEENTH dragoons, the command of which corps he 
 retained until his decease in the following year. 
 
 GEORGE WARDE. 
 Appointed llth November, 1773. 
 
 THIS officer held a commission in the eleventh dragoons 
 for many years, and was appointed major of the regiment 
 in 1756. In 1758, he was promoted to the Lieut.- 
 Colonelcy of the fourth dragoons, and he brought that 
 corps into so excellent a state of discipline and efficiency, 
 that he received the expression of the high approbation 
 of King George III., on several occasions, when His 
 Majesty reviewed the regiment. He was promoted to 
 the rank of colonel in 1772; in the following year, the 
 King rewarded him with the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH 
 dragoons, and four years afterwards he was advanced to 
 the rank of Major-General. In 1778, he was removed
 
 72 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 
 
 to the first Irish horse, now fourth dragoon guards, and 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieut-General in 1782. 
 In 1 792 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, 
 and while in that country he devoted much of his time in 
 bringing his regiment into a perfect condition for active 
 service. He possessed sound ideas of what cavalry ought 
 to be ; he had an aversion to slow movements, and, 
 although nearly seventy years of age, he exercised his 
 regiment five times a week, often leading it across the 
 country over hedge and ditch, to the astonishment of 
 every one. In 1796, he was promoted to the rank of 
 General. He was celebrated for philanthropy, and is 
 represented by historians as a "man of inviolable disin- 
 " terested integrity, public and private ; and the 
 " bestower of benefactions scarcely less secret than 
 <* extensive." He died in March 1803. 
 
 SIR ROBERT SLOPER, K.B. 
 
 Appointed 2nd April, 1778. 
 
 ROBERT SLOPER was appointed by King George II., to a 
 commission in the tenth dragoons, and at the augmenta- 
 tion of the army in December, 1755, His Majesty promoted 
 him to the majority of the regiment. In February, 1759, 
 he was promoted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the first 
 dragoon guards, and he commanded that regiment during 
 the remainder of the seven years' war in Germany, where 
 he was repeatedly commended by Prince Ferdinand of 
 Brunswick, and other general officers under whose com- 
 mand he served. While under his orders, the first 
 dragoon guards were preserved in a high state of 
 discipline and efficiency. He was promoted to the rank of
 
 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. 73 
 
 Major-General in 1771, and in 1778, King George III. 
 rewarded him with the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH 
 dragoons. In 1782, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieut-General, and to that of General in 1796 ; and in 
 the following year he was removed to the fourth dragoons. 
 He was further rewarded with the dignity of a Knight of 
 the Bath, and the government of Duncannon fort. He 
 died in 1802. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAM EGERTON. 
 Appointed 1st June, 1797. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAM EGERTON, (eldest son of the Rev. John 
 Egerton, afterwards Lord Bishop of Durham), was 
 appointed cornet in the seventh dragoons in January 
 1771 ; he obtained the command of a troop in 1776, and 
 in 1779 he was promoted to the majority of the twenty- 
 second light dragoons, from which he was removed to the 
 twentieth in 1781 ; and in 1782, he was promoted to the 
 Lieut.- Colonelcy of the twenty-first light dragoons, which 
 corps was disbanded in the following year, in consequence 
 of the termination of the American war. In 1790, he 
 was appointed to the Lieut. -Colonelcy of the seventh light 
 dragoons ; he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 
 1 793, and to that of Major-General in 1795. He served 
 some time on the staif in Ireland, and was removed to the 
 eastern district of England in 1796: in the following 
 year His Majesty conferred upon him the colonelcy of 
 the FOURTEENTH light dragoons, and promoted him in 
 1802, to the rank of Lieut -General. On the decease of 
 his cousin, Francis, third Duke of Bridgewater, in 1 803, 
 he succeeded to the title of EARL OF BRIDGEWATER, 
 and in 1812jL.be was promoted to the rank of General.
 
 74 SUCCESSION OF COLONELSJ 
 
 He retained the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH light 
 dragoons tweniy-six years, and was particularly proud 
 of the high reputation which his regiment acquired during 
 the Peninsular war. He died in 1823. 
 
 SIR JOHN ORMSBY VANDELEUR, G.C.B. 
 Appointed '28th October. 1823. 
 
 GENERAL, SIR JOHN ORMSBY VANDELEUR, G.C.B., was 
 removed to the sixteenth lancers on the 18th of June 
 1830. 
 
 SIR EDWARD KERRISON, BART., K.C.B., G.C.H. 
 Appointed \ &th June, 1 830.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 GENERAL SIR SAMUEL HAWKKR, G.C.H., entered the army as a 
 Cornet in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, on the 15th May, 1779, 
 and rose to the rank of Major in April, 1797. On the 6th June, 
 1799, he was appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Sussex 
 Fencible Cavalry, and was removed to the Fourteenth Light Dra- 
 goons on the 12th of June, 1800. On the 25th April, 1808, he 
 was appointed one of the aides-de-carnp to King George III , with 
 the rank of Colonel in the army, as a mark of His Majesty's approval 
 of his services, and of the efficient state of the Fourteenth Light 
 Dragoons. In December, i 808, he embarked for Portugal in command 
 of the regiment, and was engaged in several actions with the French 
 army, particularly at the memorable battle of Talavera, where the 
 regiment distinguished itself, and was highly commended in the official 
 despatches: He was promoted to the rank of Major General on 
 the 4th June, 1811, and relinquished the command of the regiment 
 at that period : he was appointed to serve as a Major General upon 
 the start' of Great Britain on the 25th November, 1811, and was 
 employed in the eastern district until the 24th September, 1814 : 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on the 19th July, 
 1821 ; and on the 22nd July, 1829, was appointed Captain of 
 Yarmouth Castle in the Isle of Wight. 
 
 On the 22nd April, 1831, he was nominated by His Majesty 
 King William IV., to the Colonelcy of the Third, or Prince of 
 Wales's Dragoon Guards ; he was advanced to the rank of General 
 on the 28th June, 1838 ; and he died on the 27th December of that 
 year, after a faithful service of nearly sixty years. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NEIL TALBOT entered the army as an en- 
 sign in the twenty-seventh regiment on the 25th June 1789; was 
 promoted to a lieutenancy on the 3Oth November 1791 ; and to a 
 company in the hundred and eighteenth regiment, on the 10th July 
 1794. On the 19th October 1796, Captain Talbot was removed to 
 the FOURTEENTH light dragoons ; he was promoted to a majority on 
 the 25th June 1802, and to a lieut.-colonelcy on the 22nd August 
 1805. In December 1808, he embarked with the regiment for the 
 Peninsula. Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot was engaged in an affair 
 with the enemy near Sexmiro on the llth July 1810, when an 
 attempt was made to cut off the French piquets on the Agueda, 
 On this occasion Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot was killed.
 
 76 APPENDIX. 
 
 COLONEL SIR FELTON BATHUBST HKHVKY, BART., entered the army 
 as a cornet in the third dragoon guards on the 6th May 1800. He 
 was promoted to a company of infantry on the 9th July 1803, and 
 removed to the FOURTEENTH light dragoons on the 28th of July of 
 that year ; he was promoted major on the 8th May 1 806. On the 2nd 
 August 1810, he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel of the regi- 
 ment in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot. He was appointed 
 aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent with the rank of colonel, on the 
 4th June 1814. After commanding the regiment during four years 
 of the Peninsular war, and obtaining several distinctions for gallant 
 conduct, he died on 24th September 1819, to the great regret of the 
 regiment, and of his numerous military and other friends. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CHARLES M ASSET BAKER, entered the army 
 as an ensign in the twenty-seventh regiment on the 30th March 
 1788 ; was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 30th November 1791 ; 
 and to a troop in the twenty-second dragoons on the 31st August 
 1795. He was removed to the FOURTEENTH light dragoons on the 
 3rd March 1804 ; was promoted to a majority on the 30th January 
 1813, and to the lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment on the 30th Septem- 
 ber 1819 in succession to Colonel Sir Felton B. Hervey, deceased. 
 Lieutenant Colonel Baker retired from the service on the 15th April 
 1829, and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Townsend. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN TOWNSEND, entered the army as a 
 cornet in the FOURTEENTH light dragoons on the 24th June 1805 ; 
 was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 27th February 1806; to be 
 captain of a troop on the 6th June 1811. He served in the Peninsula 
 from December 1808, until taken prisoner near the city of Pau in 
 France on the 8th March 1814, including the different affairs of the 
 10th and llth May and in crossing the Douro on the 12th May 
 1809 ; battle of Talavera in July 1809 ; affair with the enemy's ad- 
 vanced posts on the 1 1th July 1810 in front of Cuuiad Rodrigo under 
 the command of Colonel Talbot, who was killed ; passage of the Coa ; 
 skirmishes of the rear guard from Almeida to the lines of Torres 
 Vedras in 1810; affairs in the enemy's retreat from Santarem to the 
 frontiers of Spain from 6th March to 4th April 1811; battle of 
 Fuentes d'Onor, where he was wounded ; affair with the enemy's 
 lancers on the 25th September 1811 ; siege of Badajoz ; affairs with 
 the enemy's cavalry at Usagre, Llerena, in front of Salamanca, and 
 near Castrillos; battle of Salamanca; affair with the enemy's rear 
 guard near Panerandos ; several skirmishes from Madrid to Ciudad 
 Rodrigo, and from the 26th May near Salamanca to the battle of 
 Vittoria ; taking of a gun from the enemy near Pampeluna, and several 
 engagements and skirmishes from the entrance of the British army into 
 France, until the battle of Orthes. He embarked for America in 
 October 1814, and was present at the attack on New Orleans on the 
 8th of January 1815. He was promoted to a majority on the 13th Sep- 
 tember 1821 ; and to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment on the
 
 APPENDIX. 77 
 
 16th April 1829. He embarked in command of the regiment for 
 India on the 24th May 1841, and was appointed aide-de-camp to the 
 Queen, with the rank of colonel, on the 23rd November, 184L 
 He returned from India, on leave of absence, in the early part of 
 the year 1845, and died at Castle Townsend, in Ireland, on the 
 22nd April 1845. 
 
 LIEUTENANT- COLON EL WILLIAM HAVELOCK, entered the army as 
 ensign in the forty -third regiment on the 12th July 1810; was pro- 
 moted lieutenant on the 12th May 1812, and captain in the thirty- 
 second regiment on the 19th February 1818: he exchanged to the 
 fourth light dragoons on the 1 9th July 1821, and was promoted major 
 on the 31st December 1830. Major Havelock was promoted from 
 the fourth light dragoons to be lieut.-colonel, on the augmentation 
 of the FOURTEENTH light dragoons to the India establishment, on the 
 30th April 1841. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDWABD HARVEY, entered the army as cor- 
 net in the fourth light dragoons on the 24th March 1825 ; was pro- 
 moted lieutenant on the 4th May 1826, and captain of infantry on 
 the 12th October 1830 ; he exchanged to the FOURTEENTH light 
 dragoons, on the 27th December 1833, and was promoted major on 
 the 30th April 1841. On the 31st December 1841, he received the 
 rank of lieutenant-colonel by brevet, and was appointed second lieu- 
 tenant-colonel of the FOURTEENTH light dragoons, on the decease of 
 Lieu tenant- Colonel Townsend, on the 23rd April 1845.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 SUCCESSION OF MAJORS 
 
 OK THE 
 
 FOURTEENTH, OR THE KING'S LIGHT DRAGOONS. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Dates of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Removal, &c. 
 
 T. O'Brien O'Loghlin 
 
 19 Feb. 1799 
 
 Exchanged to 1st life guards 
 on 14 August 1801. 
 
 Hon. James Butler 
 
 14 October 1799 
 
 Retired from the service on 
 
 
 
 14 October 1800. 
 
 Henry Browne 
 
 14 October 1800 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 August 1804. 
 
 James Gambier 
 
 14 August 1801 
 
 Retired 25th June 1802. 
 
 NeilTalbot. . . . 
 
 25 June 1802 
 
 Promoted in August 1 805 to 
 
 
 
 be lieut.-colonel in the regi- 
 
 
 
 ment. 
 
 Richard Pigot . . 
 
 4 August 1804 
 
 Promoted to the lieut.-co- 
 
 
 
 lonelcy of the 21st dragoons 
 
 
 
 on the 1st May 1806. 
 
 Thomas Smith . 
 
 14 Nov. 1805 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 July 1807. 
 
 F. B. Hervey . . . 
 
 8 May 1806 
 
 Promoted to be lieut.-colonel 
 
 
 
 in the regiment on 2nd 
 
 
 
 August 1810. 
 
 Hon. Charles Butler . 
 
 9 July 1807 
 
 Retired from the service on 
 
 
 
 30th January 1812. 
 
 John Chapman. . . 
 
 2 August 1810 
 
 Exchanged to the 3rd dra- 
 
 
 
 goon guards with Major 
 
 
 
 Brotherton on 26th March 
 
 
 
 1812. 
 
 Charles Massey Baker 
 
 30 January 1812 
 
 Promoted to be lieut-colonel 
 
 
 
 in the regiment. 
 
 Thos. W. Brotherton . 
 
 26 March 1812 
 
 Promoted to be lieut.-colonel 
 
 
 
 by Brevet on the 19th May 
 
 
 
 1814, and exchanged to the 
 
 
 
 half-pay of the 22nd light 
 
 
 
 dragoons, on the 25th Sep- 
 
 
 
 tember 1820. He was no- 
 
 
 
 minated Aide-de-Camp to 
 
 
 
 the King, with the rank of 
 
 
 
 colonel, on the 22nd July 
 
 
 
 1830. and appointed Com- 
 
 
 
 mandant of the Cavalry 
 
 
 
 Depot at Maidstone on the 
 
 
 
 8th February 1832. He 
 
 
 
 was promoted major-ge- 
 
 
 
 neral on 23rd November 
 
 
 
 1841, and on the 17th 
 
 
 
 August 1842wns appointed
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 79 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Dates of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Removal, &c. 
 
 Thos. W. Brotherton . 
 
 
 to the staff of the Northern 
 
 
 
 District and stationed at 
 
 
 
 York. On the 1st January 
 
 
 
 1847, he was nominated 
 
 
 
 Inspecting-General of the 
 
 
 
 Cavalry in Great Britain. 
 
 T. P. Milles . . . 
 
 30 Sept. 1819 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 February 1828. 
 
 Hon. Henry Percy 
 
 12 October 1820 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 September 1824. 
 
 William Beck with. 
 
 14 Feb. 1828 
 
 Promoted to be lieut.-colonel 
 
 
 
 unattached in 1833. 
 
 Edward Lane Parry . 
 
 16 April 1829 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 July 1835. 
 
 J. W. Simmons Smith . 
 
 17 July 1835 
 
 Retired in June 1838. 
 
 Charles Barton . . . 
 
 1 June 1838 
 
 Retired from the service in 
 
 
 
 November 1842. 
 
 Edward Harvey . . 
 
 30 April 1841 
 
 Promoted to be lieutenant- 
 
 
 
 colonel on the augmentation 
 
 
 
 of the regiment in May 
 
 
 
 1845. 
 
 Francis H. Stephens . 
 
 25 Nov. 1842 
 
 Exchanged to the 1st dra- 
 
 
 
 goons on 3rd February, 
 
 
 
 1843 
 
 Charles P. Ainslie 
 
 3 Feb. 1843 
 
 At present serving in the 
 
 
 
 regiment 
 
 Thomas Jones . . . 
 
 16 May 1845 
 
 Retired in May 1845. 
 
 Wm. Henry Archer . 
 
 16 May 1845 
 
 Exchanged to the 5th dra- 
 
 
 
 goon guards in September 
 
 
 
 1846. 
 
 John Wallace King . 
 
 8 Sept. 1846 
 
 At present serving in the 
 
 
 
 regiment.
 
 APPENDIX. 81 
 
 The following list of the principal Battles, Sieges, and Actions 
 which took place in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814, 
 was prepared by the special command of His late Majesty 
 King William the Fourth : 
 
 [N.B. Honorary distinctions were granted for the nineteen actions marked thus *.] 
 
 Adjutant- General's Office, Horse Guards, 7th Nov., 1835. 
 
 1808. 
 Lourinha ......*.. 15th August. 
 
 * Roleia 17th ditto. 
 
 * Vimiera 21st ditto. 
 
 * Sahagun, Benevente, &c. (Cavalry actions) . 20th and 29th December 
 
 1809. 
 
 * Corunna 16th January. 
 
 Passage of the Vouga 10th May. 
 
 Grigon, Heights of llth ditto. 
 
 Passage of the Douroj 
 
 and > 12th ditto. 
 
 Capture of Oporto ) 
 
 Salamonde 16th ditto. 
 
 Talavera 27th and 28th July. 
 
 1810. 
 
 Barba del Puerco 19th March. 
 
 Ciudad Rodrigo surrendered to Marshal Ney 10th July. 
 
 Almeida surrendered 24th ditto. 
 
 Affair on the Coa 24th ditto. 
 
 Taking up the Lines at Busaco ;. . . . 25th and 26th Sept. 
 
 * Busaco 27th ditto. 
 
 Coimbra, Capture of 8th October. 
 
 1811. 
 
 * Barrosa 5th March. 
 
 Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, and Fozi llth, 12th, 14th, and 
 
 d'Arronce ] 15th ditto. 
 
 Campo Mayor . 25th ditto. 
 
 Guarda 29th ditto. 
 
 Sabugal 3rd April. 
 
 Oliven9a 15th ditto. 
 
 * Fuentes d'Onor 3rd and 5th May. 
 
 Badajoz, Siege of (raised 15th May). . . 8th to 15th ditto. 
 
 Barba del Puerco llth ditto. 
 
 * Albuhera 16th ditto. 
 
 Usagre (Cavalry Action) 25th ditto. 
 
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 82 APPENDIX. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Badajoz, Second Siege (raised llth June) . 30th May to llth June. 
 
 Affair near Campo Mayor 22nd June. 
 
 El Bodon 25th September. 
 
 Aldea de Ponte 27th ditto. 
 
 Arroyo dos Molinos 28th October. 
 
 Tarifa . 31st December. 
 
 1812. 
 
 Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of (taken 19th January) 8th to 19th January 
 Badajoz, Third Siege of (taken.Gth April) . 17th March to GthApril. 
 
 Almaraz 19th May. 
 
 Llerena 1 1th June. 
 
 Villares, Heights of 22nd ditto. 
 
 Forts of Salamanca (taken 27th June) . . 18th to 27th ditto. 
 Castrajon .......... 18th July. 
 
 Salamanca 22nd ditto. 
 
 La Serna 23rd ditto. 
 
 Ribera 24th ditto. 
 
 Majalahonda (Cavalry Action) .... llth August. 
 
 Occupation of Madrid 12th ditto. 
 
 Fort Retiro, Madrid, capitulated . . . 14th ditto. 
 
 Seville, Capture of 27th ditto. 
 
 Burgos, Fort St. Michael, near .... 19th September. 
 Siege of (raised 20th October) . . 20th Sept. to 20th Oct. 
 
 A .1. T, < (23rd, 25th, 27th i 
 
 Actions on the Retreat from Burgos . . , <_., , n .J '> Oct 
 
 I list n, and 29th) 
 
 Puente larga, on the Xarama .... 30th October. 
 Alba de Tonnes 10th and llth Nov. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Castalla 13th April. 
 
 Salamanca 26th May. 
 
 Morales (Cavalry Action) 2nd June. 
 
 Tarragona, Siege raised by Sir John Murray 13th ditto. 
 
 r Hormaza 12th ditto. 
 
 Ebro{ 0sma 18th ditto. 
 
 0- ( Bayas 19th ditto. 
 
 Vittoria 21st ditto. 
 
 Villa Franca and Tolosa 24th and 25th ditto. 
 
 Bastan, Valley of 4th, 5th, and 7th July. 
 
 St. Bartholomew, near St. Sebastian . . 1 7th ditto. 
 
 Pass of Maya 25th ditto. 
 
 Roncevalles 25th ditto. 
 
 St. Sebastian, Assault of (failed). . . . 25th July. 
 
 Attack on General Picton's Division . . 27th ditto.
 
 APPENDIX. 83 
 
 1813. 
 
 Pyrenees 28th July to 2nd Aug. 
 
 St. Sebastian, Assault and Capture . . . 31st August. 
 
 St. Marcial, Heights of 31st ditto. 
 
 Ordal, Pass of 12th and 13th Sept. 
 
 Bidassoa, Passage of 7th October. 
 
 forcing Enemy's Lines .... 9th ditto. 
 
 Nivelle 10th November. 
 
 Nive . 9th to 13th December. 
 
 1814. 
 
 Hellette Hth February. 
 
 Garris, near St. Palais, Heights of ... 15th ditto. 
 
 Arrivarette ditto .... 17th ditto. 
 
 Passage of the Adour 23rd and 24th ditto. 
 
 Ortb.es 27th ditto. 
 
 Aire 2nd March. 
 
 Vic Bigorre 18th ditto. 
 
 Tarbes 20th ditto. 
 
 St. Gandens 22nd ditto. 
 
 Cavalry Affair near Toulouse .... 8th April. 
 
 Toulouse 10th ditto. 
 
 Sortie from Bayonne ....... 14th ditto. 
 
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