Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons. Cannon Richard
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Papers, State Paper Office.
[3] This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace in 1674.
[4] This appears to be the first introduction of bayonets into the English Army.
[5] State Paper Office.
[6] The first issue of carbines to the regular Horse appears to have taken place in 1678; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.—Vide the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.'
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE FIRST,
OR
THE ROYAL REGIMENT
OF
DRAGOONS;
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF ITS FORMATION
IN THE REIGN OF
KING CHARLES THE SECOND,
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1839.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, ORME, AND CO.,
PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND BY MESSRS. CLOWES AND SONS,
14, Charing Cross;
AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.
1840.
LONDON:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons,
Stamford-street.
Eagle and Colour of the 105th Regiment of French Infantry, captured at Waterloo by the First, or Royal Dragoons, 18th June, 1815.
THE FIRST
OR
THE ROYAL REGIMENT
OF
DRAGOONS
BEARS ON ITS GUIDONS,
AS A
REGIMENTAL BADGE,
AN
"EAGLE,"
WITH THE FOLLOWING HONORARY INSCRIPTIONS—
"PENINSULA"—"WATERLOO."
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