Historical record of the Seventh Regiment, or the Royal Fusiliers. Cannon Richard
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HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS:
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1685,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1846.
COMPILED BY
RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE-GUARDS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
30 CHARING CROSS.
MDCCCXLVII.
London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL FUSILIERS,
BEARS IN THE CENTRE OF ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR,
THE ROSE WITHIN THE GARTER AND THE CROWN OVER IT; AND IN THE CORNER THE WHITE HORSE;
ALSO THE WORD
"MARTINIQUE,"
FOR ITS GALLANT CONDUCT AT THE CAPTURE OF THAT ISLAND IN 1809;
AND THE WORDS
"TALAVERA," "ALBUHERA," "BADAJOZ,"
"SALAMANCA," "VITTORIA," "PYRENEES," "ORTHES,"
"TOULOUSE," "PENINSULA,"
TO COMMEMORATE ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE
PENINSULA AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
FROM 1809 TO 1814.
| Year | Page | |
| 1685 | Formation of the Regiment | 1 |
| —— | Names of Officers | 3 |
| —— | Uniform of the Regiment | 4 |
| 1688 | Augmentation of the Establishment | 6 |
| 1689 | Proceeds to Holland | 8 |
| —— | Battle of Walcourt | – |
| 1690 | Returns to England | 9 |
| —— | Proceeds to Ireland, and is engaged in the Sieges of Cork and Kinsale | 10 |
| 1691 | Embarks for Flanders | — |
| —— | Serves the Campaign under King William III. | 11 |
| 1692 | Battle of Steenkirk | — |
| 1693 | Battle of Landen | 13 |
| 1694 | Reviewed by King William III. | 15 |
| 1695 | Siege of Namur | 16 |
| 1696 | Arrives at Gravesend, but returns to Flanders without landing in England | 18 |
| —— | Joins the Army of Flanders under the Prince of Vaudemont | — |
| 1697 | Returns to England | — |
| —— | Placed on a Peace Establishment | — |
| 1698 | Proceeds to Jersey and Guernsey | — |
| 1702 | Forms part of the force employed in the Expedition under the Duke of Ormond against Cadiz | 19 |
| 1702 | Capture of the Towns of Rota, Port St. Mary's, and Fort St. Catherine | 19 |
| —— | Sails for England, after having destroyed the Enemy's Shipping at Vigo | 20 |
| 1703 | Employed as Marines on board the Fleet | — |
| 1705 | Stationed at Plymouth | — |
| 1706 | Proceeds to Barcelona | 21 |
| 1707 | Stationed in Spain | — |
| —— | Capture of Lerida | 22 |
| 1708 | Returns to England | — |
| 1709 | Proceeds to Spain | 23 |
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| TO } | Stationed at Minorca | — |
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