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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

Name: British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"
Author: Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Flanders -- History, Military; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century

Right.
    RIGHT WING ONLY.
    1st Line.
      Scots Greys.
      5th Royal Irish Dragoons.

      1st Dragoon Guards.
      5th Dragoon Guards.
      7th Dragoon Guards.
      6th Dragoon Guards.
      3rd Dragoon Guards.
      Eighteen Dutch Squadrons.

      1 Batt. 1st Guards.
      1 Batt. Royal Scots.
      16th Foot.
      26th Cameronians.
      28th Foot.
      23rd Royal Welsh.
      8th Foot.

      3rd Buffs.
      21st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
      Evans’s Foot.
      Macartney’s Foot.
      Stringer’s Foot.
      15th Foot.

      Foreign Infantry.

    2nd Line.
      Foreign Cavalry.

      2nd Batt. Royal Scots.
      18th Royal Irish.
      29th Foot.
      37th Foot.
      24th Foot.
      10th Foot.

      Foreign Infantry.
  Left.

                                     From Kane’s _Campaigns_.

[38] _Despatches_, vol. ii. p. 554.

[39] The British regiments regularly employed in the besieging army
were the 8th, 10th, and 18th, and Evans’s Foot; the Scots Greys, 3rd
and 6th Dragoon Guards. The total loss of the Allies was 32 officers
and 551 men killed, 83 officers and 1941 men wounded. The 18th Royal
Irish alone lost 15 officers, and in one attack over 100 men in half an
hour.

[40] Parker.

[41] ORDER OF BATTLE. CAMPAIGN OF 1707.

  Right.
    RIGHT WING ONLY
    1st Line.
       Stair’s Brigade.
         Scots Greys.
         5th Royal Irish Dragoons.

       Palmer’s Brigade
         1st Dragoon Guards.
         5th Dragoon Guards.
         7th Dragoon Guards.
         6st Dragoon Guards.
         3rd Dragoon Guards.

         Orrery’s Foot.
         Evans’s Foot.

         Foreign horse.

       Meredith’s Brigade.
         1 Batt. 1st Guards.
         1 Batt. Royal Scots.
         16th Foot.
         23rd Royal Welsh.
         8th Foot.

       Temple’s Brigade
         2nd Batt. Royal Scots.
         18th Royal Irish.
         Temple’s Foot.
         24th Foot.
         10th Foot.

       Lord North and Grey’s Brigade.
         3rd Buffs.
         21st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
         37th Foot.
         26th Cameronians.
         15th Foot.
         Gore’s Foot.

       No British in the Second Line.
   Left.

                                   _Postboy_ 26th June 1707.

[42] Slane’s, Brazier’s, Delaune’s, Jones’s, Carles’s, all raised in
September.

[43] Mixed battalion of Guards, 19th Foot, Prendergast’s (late
Orrery’s).

[44] 16 battalions and 30 squadrons. In these were included the
brigades of Sabine, viz., 8th, 18th, 23rd, 37th; of Evans, viz.,
Orrery’s, Evans’s, and two foreign battalions; and of Plattenberg,
which included the Scottish regiments in the Dutch service.

[45] Among them the Royal Scots and Buffs.

[46] That is to say, on the western side of the road from Oudenarde to
Deynze.

[47] The ground, though drained and built over about Bevere, seems to
have lost little of its original character, and is worth a visit.

[48] British losses: 4 officers and 49 men killed, 17 officers and 160
men wounded.

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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

History

British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Flanders -- History, Military; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century

Right.
    RIGHT WING ONLY.
    1st Line.
      Scots Greys.
      5th Royal Irish Dragoons.

      1st Dragoon Guards.
      5th Dragoon Guards.
      7th Dragoon Guards.
      6th Dragoon Guards.
      3rd Dragoon Guards.
      Eighteen Dutch Squadrons.

      1 Batt. 1st Guards.
      1 Batt. Royal Scots.
      16th Foot.
      26th Cameronians.
      28th Foot.
      23rd Royal Welsh.
      8th Foot.

      3rd Buffs.
      21st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
      Evans’s Foot.
      Macartney’s Foot.
      Stringer’s Foot.
      15th Foot.

      Foreign Infantry.

    2nd Line.
      Foreign Cavalry.

      2nd Batt. Royal Scots.
      18th Royal Irish.
      29th Foot.
      37th Foot.
      24th Foot.
      10th Foot.

      Foreign Infantry.
  Left.

                                     From Kane’s _Campaigns_.

[38] _Despatches_, vol. ii. p. 554.

[39] The British regiments regularly employed in the besieging army
were the 8th, 10th, and 18th, and Evans’s Foot; the Scots Greys, 3rd
and 6th Dragoon Guards. The total loss of the Allies was 32 officers
and 551 men killed, 83 officers and 1941 men wounded. The 18th Royal
Irish alone lost 15 officers, and in one attack over 100 men in half an
hour.

[40] Parker.

[41] ORDER OF BATTLE. CAMPAIGN OF 1707.

  Right.
    RIGHT WING ONLY
    1st Line.
       Stair’s Brigade.
         Scots Greys.
         5th Royal Irish Dragoons.

       Palmer’s Brigade
         1st Dragoon Guards.
         5th Dragoon Guards.
         7th Dragoon Guards.
         6st Dragoon Guards.
         3rd Dragoon Guards.

         Orrery’s Foot.
         Evans’s Foot.

         Foreign horse.

       Meredith’s Brigade.
         1 Batt. 1st Guards.
         1 Batt. Royal Scots.
         16th Foot.
         23rd Royal Welsh.
         8th Foot.

       Temple’s Brigade
         2nd Batt. Royal Scots.
         18th Royal Irish.
         Temple’s Foot.
         24th Foot.
         10th Foot.

       Lord North and Grey’s Brigade.
         3rd Buffs.
         21st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
         37th Foot.
         26th Cameronians.
         15th Foot.
         Gore’s Foot.

       No British in the Second Line.
   Left.

                                   _Postboy_ 26th June 1707.

[42] Slane’s, Brazier’s, Delaune’s, Jones’s, Carles’s, all raised in
September.

[43] Mixed battalion of Guards, 19th Foot, Prendergast’s (late
Orrery’s).

[44] 16 battalions and 30 squadrons. In these were included the
brigades of Sabine, viz., 8th, 18th, 23rd, 37th; of Evans, viz.,
Orrery’s, Evans’s, and two foreign battalions; and of Plattenberg,
which included the Scottish regiments in the Dutch service.

[45] Among them the Royal Scots and Buffs.

[46] That is to say, on the western side of the road from Oudenarde to
Deynze.

[47] The ground, though drained and built over about Bevere, seems to
have lost little of its original character, and is worth a visit.

[48] British losses: 4 officers and 49 men killed, 17 officers and 160
men wounded.

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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"

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