Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. East Yorkshire Regiment
Major Cornwallis, Captain Tankard, Lieutenants Kerr and Simpson,
and Ensign Jackson, of the FIFTEENTH regiment, were killed;
Lieut.-Colonel Britton, Major Armstrong, Captains Villebonne and
Gaston, Lieutenants Barton, Dickenson, and Harrison, Ensigns
Lesley, Hargrave, Edwards, Dean, Patrick, and Dawson, wounded: the
number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the regiment
killed and wounded, has not been ascertained.
After this victory, the army traversed the country in triumph;
the enemy abandoning several important cities and towns, which
were taken possession of by the allies. The FIFTEENTH regiment
proceeded through the circle of Suabia, and directed its march on
Philipsburg, where it crossed the Rhine on the 7th of September,
and was subsequently encamped at Croon-Weissemberg, forming part of
the covering army during the siege of _Landau_ by the Germans. At
the termination of this splendid campaign, the regiment struck its
tents, and embarking in boats on the Rhine, sailed down that river
to the Netherlands, where it passed the winter.
[Sidenote: 1705]
In the spring of 1705, the losses of the preceding campaign were
replaced by the arrival of one hundred and fifty recruits from
England; and when the regiment took the field, its appearance and
efficiency were commended by the Duke of Marlborough at the general
review of the army. The regiment proceeded, in the first instance,
to the vicinity of Maestricht,--afterwards marched to Juliers,
from whence it traversed a mountainous country to the valley of
the Moselle, and towards the end of May pitched its tents near
the ancient city of Treves. In the early part of June, the army
passed the Moselle and Saar rivers, and the English general was
prepared to carry on the war in Alsace. The co-operation of the
imperialists under the Margrave of Baden was, however, so long
delayed that the British commander was forced to return to the
Netherlands, to arrest the progress of the French arms in that
quarter. The regiment shared in the difficulties of the retrograde
movement to the Maese; and on the return of the army, the French
raised the siege of the citadel of Liege and retired. The French
had captured _Huy_, during the absence of the army up the Moselle;
but this fortress was retaken in a few days.
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