These seven names record engagements between the allied forces of Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain, with the French at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1793 and 1794. Our army, which was composed of British, Hanoverians, and Hessians, was under the command of the Duke of York. His Royal Highness, who was but eight-and-twenty, had studied his profession in Berlin, and was a thorough partisan of the red-tape and pipe-clay system of the Prussian army. He possessed undeniable courage, with but little experience; and as all his movements were controlled, on the one hand, by the Cabinet at home, and on the other by the Austrian Commander-in-Chief, it is a matter for small wonder that the results of the campaign were something less than negative. At the opening of the operations the British troops at the disposal of the Duke consisted of three cavalry brigades, composed of the Blues; the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th Dragoon Guards; the Royal Scots Greys and Inniskilling Dragoons, with the 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Light Dragoons. His infantry was made up of three battalions of the Guards, the 14th (West Yorks), 37th (Hampshire), and 53rd (Shropshire) Regiments--the three latter brigaded under Sir Ralph Abercromby, an officer of very considerable experience. In 1794 it became necessary to strengthen the army very largely, and by the month of July of that year the Duke of York had under his command some 26,000 British troops, distributed as under: First Cavalry Brigade: 2nd and 6th Dragoon Guards, the Scots Greys, and the Inniskilling Dragoons. Second Cavalry Brigade: The Blues, 3rd and 5th Dragoon Guards, and the Royal Dragoons. Third Cavalry Brigade: 7th, 11th, 15th, and 16th Light Dragoons. Fourth Cavalry Brigade: 1st Dragoon Guards, the 8th and 14th Light Dragoons. Brigade of Guards: 1st Battalion of the Grenadiers, the Coldstream and the Scots Guards. First Infantry Brigade: The Buffs, 63rd (Manchesters), and 88th (Connaught Rangers). Second Infantry Brigade: 8th (King's Liverpool Regiment), 33rd (West Riding Regiment), and 44th (Essex). Third Infantry Brigade: 12th (Suffolks), 36th (Worcesters), and 55th (Border Regiment). Fourth Infantry Brigade: 14th (West Yorkshire), 37th (Hampshire), and 53rd (Shropshire). Fifth Infantry Brigade: 19th (Yorkshire), 42nd (Black Watch), and 54th (Dorsetshire). Sixth Infantry Brigade: 27th (Inniskilling Fusiliers--two battalions). Seventh Infantry Brigade: 40th (South Lancashire), 57th (Middlesex), 67th (Hampshire), and 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers).