+--------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Royal Horse Guards | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | |2nd Drag. Gds. | - | - | 2 | 2 | |3rd Drag. Gds. | - | - | - | 3 | |6th Carabiniers | - | 1 | 7 | 19 | |1st Roy. Drag. | - | - | - | 1 | |2nd Scots Greys | - | 1 | 6 | 11 | |6th Inniskill. | - | - | 3 | 7 | |7th Hussars | - | - | - | 1 | |11th Hussars | - | - | 7 | 3 | |15th Hussars | - | - | - | 14 | |16th Lancers | - | 2 | 13 | 7 | +--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ TOURNAY, MAY 22, 1794. An honour borne by the West Yorkshire. Hampshire. Shropshire Light Infantry. Just four days previously to the fight, the allied army, under Field-Marshal Otto, had received a handsome beating at the hands of the French. It is true we were hopelessly outnumbered, being able to oppose but 18,000 to 64,000. Though beaten, we were not disgraced. Fox's brigade, consisting of the three regiments above, losing 520 of all ranks, whilst in the retirement the 7th and 15th Hussars showed persistent gallantry. Nevertheless, it was a defeat, for nineteen guns were left in the hands of the victors. We were soon to learn that the failure on the part of the Archduke Charles to support Otto and the Duke of York was a deliberate design to discredit the British, and was due to jealousy of the Royal Duke, who, if not a brilliant strategist, was at any rate a brave commander, and ever solicitous for the comfort of his men. On May 19 the Allies were concentrated in the immediate neighbourhood of Tournay. The French were attempting to press home their success of the preceding day. In the early morning of the 22nd Pichegru, who had hastened to assume command, attacked in four columns. After some hours his superior numbers told, and the Allies were gradually forced back. Then, late in the day, four brigades were moved up to recapture the position of Pont-à-chin, which practically commanded the Valley of the Scheldt. Fox's brigade, having lost very heavily on the 18th, had been held in reserve, and now numbered barely 600 men. At last, even they were pushed forward into the fight, and, though entirely unsupported, these three fine regiments, nobly responding to the Brigadier's call, dashed forward, sweeping the French out of their hard-won vantage-ground and capturing seven guns. This timely action turned the fortunes of the day, and by nightfall the French had been beaten back, with a loss of 6,000 men. So ended Tournay. CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF TOURNAY, MAY 22, 1794.