+------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |14th W. Yorks. | - | 1 | 5 | 29 | |53rd Shrops. L.I. | - | 3 | 6 | 29 | |37th Hampsh. | - | 3 | 1 | 30 | |Royal Artillery | - | - | 1 | 2 | +------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ EGMONT-OP-ZEE, OCTOBER 2, 1799. In 1799 a fresh attempt was made to wrest Holland from the French, and Sir Ralph Abercromby was despatched to the Low Countries at the head of a division to co-operate with the Russians. His force consisted of a Brigade of Guards (one battalion from each of the three regiments, with a composite battalion of the grenadier companies of the whole Brigade) and two brigades of infantry, under Generals Coote and John Moore. On April 17 a landing was effected at Grote Keten, in face of the determined opposition of a brigade of French troops, our total loss being 27 officers and 440 men killed and wounded. Before the end of the month Abercromby had been reinforced by seven more battalions, and by September 20 the British forces had been brought up to a total of 30,000, with H.R.H. the Duke of York once more in chief command, the whole being distributed as follows: Cavalry Brigade: 7th, 11th, and one squadron of the 18th Light Dragoons. First Brigade--Major-General D'Oyley: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, and a composite battalion of the grenadier companies of the whole Brigade. Second Brigade of Guards--Major-General Burrard: 1st Battalion Coldstreams, 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Third Brigade--Major-General Coote: 2nd (Queen's), 27th (Inniskillings), 29th (Worcesters), and 85th (Shropshire Light Infantry). Fourth Brigade--Major-General Sir John Moore: 1st (Royal Scots), 25th (King's Own Scottish Borderers), 49th (Berkshires), 79th (Cameron Highlanders), and the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders). Fifth Brigade--Major-General Don: 17th (Leicesters--two battalions), 40th (South Lancashires--two battalions). Sixth Brigade--Lord Cavan: 20th (Lancashire Fusiliers--two battalions), and the 63rd (Manchesters). Seventh Brigade--Lord Chatham: Three battalions of the 4th (King's Own) and the 31st (East Surrey). Eighth Brigade--H.R.H. Prince William: Two battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers and the 35th (Royal Sussex). Ninth Brigade--Major-General Manners: Two battalions of the 9th (Norfolks) and the 56th (Essex). Reserve Brigade--Colonel Macdonald: The Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the 55th (Border Regiment). In garrison at the Helder were a battalion of the 35th (Royal Sussex) and the 69th (Welsh).