[14] The rank of the several regiments of the British Army was first regulated by a Board of General Officers assembled in the Netherlands, by command of King William III., on the 10th June, 1694. Another Board of General Officers was assembled by order of Queen Anne in 1713, to decide on the rank and precedence of regiments raised subsequently to 1694. A third Board was assembled, by command of King George I., in 1715, for the same purpose. These Boards recommended that English regiments, raised in England, should take rank from the dates of their formation; and that English, Scots, and Irish regiments, raised for the service of a foreign power, should take rank from the dates of their being placed on the English establishment. The numerical titles of regiments, as fixed on the principle laid down in the reports of the Boards of General Officers, above alluded to, were confirmed by the warrant issued by authority of King George II., dated 1st July, 1751,--and also by the warrant of King George III., dated 19th December, 1768. [15] See Note inserted at page 46. [16] A similar statement is made in General Stearne's Journal, and is corroborated by other evidence. [17] This list is from D'Auvergne's History of the Campaigns in Flanders. General Stearne gives a greater number; as he appears to include slight wounds not noticed in the official returns. Captain Parker's statement agrees with the above. [18] General Stearne's Journal. [19] Colonel John Churchill was created Baron Churchill on the 14th May, 1685;--Earl of Marlborough on the 9th April, 1689;--and Duke of Marlborough on the 14th December, 1702. [20] The British regiments at the siege of Venloo were the eighth, thirteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth, under Brigadier-General F. Hamilton and Lieut.-General Lord Cutts. [21] Boyer's Annals of Queen Anne. The regimental historians do not give the names of the officers in their lists of killed and wounded on this occasion. [22] This list is taken from General Stearne's Journal; he, being lieut.-colonel commanding the regiment at the time, had every opportunity of being well acquainted with its loss. His list does not correspond exactly with that given by Captain Parker. In the list in Boyer's 'Annals of Queen Anne,' there is another wounded officer included, viz. Lieutenant Weddle. [23] The names of the officers killed and wounded are not given. Captain Parker states that he was wounded; his list says seven officers killed and eight wounded. [24] This corps was styled _foot-guards_ in the reigns of King Charles II. and King James II.; the second battalion came to England at the Revolution, and was disbanded by the Prince of Orange. The first battalion adhered to King James, and at the treaty of Limerick, in 1691, transferred its services to the crown of France. [25] Alluding to both regiments bearing the Irish Harp on their Colours.