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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

Name: Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Author: Norman, Charles Boswell

Norman, Charles Boswell

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+------------------------+-----------+-----------+
  |                        |_Officers._|   _Men._  |
  |      _Regiments._      +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |                        |  K. |  W. |  K. |  W. |
  +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
  |King's Dragoon Guards   |     |     |     |     |
  |3rd Dragoon Guards      |     |     |     |     |
  |5th Dragoon Guards      |     |     |     |     |
  |Carabiniers             |     |     |     |     |
  |7th Dragoon Guards      |     |     |     |     |
  |Grenadier Gds.          |     |     |     |     |
  |Coldstream Gds.         |     |     |     |     |
  |Royal Scots             |     |     |     |     |
  |Buffs                   |     |     |     |     |
  |King's Liverpool Regt.  |     |     |     |     |
  |Lincolns                |     |     |     |     |
  |East Yorkshire          |     |     |     |     |
  |Bedfords                |     |     |     |     |
  |Royal Irish             |   - |   - |   4 |   6 |
  |Royal Scots Fusiliers   |     |     |     |     |
  |Royal Welsh Fusiliers   |     |     |     |     |
  |24th S. Wales Borderers |     |     |     |     |
  |26th Cameronians        |   2 |   - |   - |   - |
  |28th Gloucester         |     |     |     |     |
  |29th Worcester          |     |     |     |     |
  |37th Hampshire          |     |     |     |     |
  +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+

  NOTE.--I have left the tables of casualties blank in the hope
  that some more diligent searcher after truth may be fortunate
  enough to find the missing details.


OUDENARDE, JUNE 30, 1708.

This, again, was one of those victories to commemorate which a
medal was struck by order of Her Majesty Queen Anne, whilst a
century and three-quarters later the name "Oudenarde" was inscribed
on the colours and appointments of the following regiments, by
order of Her Majesty Queen Victoria:

  1st King's Dragoon Guards.
  3rd Dragoon Guards.
  5th Dragoon Guards.
  Carabiniers.
  7th Dragoon Guards.
  Scots Greys.
  5th Lancers.
  Grenadier Guards.
  Coldstream Guards.
  Royal Scots.
  King's Liverpool Regiment.
  Buffs.
  Lincolns.
  East Yorkshire.
  Bedfords.
  Royal Irish.
  Royal Scots Fusiliers.
  Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  Cameronians.
  South Wales Borderers.
  Hampshire Regiment.

The year 1707 was wasted, owing to the opposition of the Dutch and
the treachery of the Austrians. The French were accordingly enabled
by the early spring of 1708 to mass an army of 100,000 men in
Flanders. To face them the Allies could bring but 80,000; but the
weight of Marlborough's name and the few thousand British veteran
troops in his army made up for this deficiency; and when, after a
series of the most brilliant manœuvres, the Duke at last met the
French at Oudenarde, he at any rate had no doubt as to the result.

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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII

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