THE THISTLE AND CROWN, WITH THE MOTTO _"NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT":_ ALSO THE SPHYNX, AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:-- "EGMONT-OP-ZEE,"--"ST. LUCIA,"--"EGYPT,"--"CORUNNA,"--"BUSACO,"-- "SALAMANCA,"--"VITTORIA,"--"ST. SEBASTIAN,"--"NIVE,"--"PENINSULA,"-- "NIAGARA,"--"WATERLOO,"-- "NAGPORE,"--"MAHEIDPOOR,"--"AVA." CONTENTS. Anno Page 882 Origin of the _Scots Guards_ at the French Court 1 1420 Scots Auxiliaries sent to France 2 1421 Battle of Baugé 3 1422 Scots _Gendarmes_ instituted in France -- ---- Capture of Avranches -- 1423 Battle of Crevan -- 1424 ---- Verneuille -- 1440 Scots _Garde du Corps_ instituted in France -- 1495 Conquest of Naples 4 1515 Battle of Pavia -- 1590 Origin of the _Royal Regiment_ -- 1613 _Scots Regiment in the service of Sweden_ 7 1615 Capture of Kexholm, and siege of Plesko -- 1620 ---- Riga, Dunamond, and Mittau 8 ---- Scots Companies in the service of the King of Bohemia -- 1621} Battles of Prague and Fleurus -- 1622} 1625 _Hepburn's Scots Regiment in the Swedish Service_ 9 ---- Capture of Selburg, Duneberg, Nidorp, and Dorpat; and battle of Semigallia -- 1626 Relief of Mew -- 1627 Capture of Kesmark and Marienberg, and action at Dirschan 10 1628 Capture of Newburg, Strasberg, Dribentz, Sweitz, and Massovia -- ---- Defence of Stralsund -- 1629 Skirmish near Thorn -- 1630 Relief of Rugenwald 12 ---- Blockade of Colberg 13 1631 Capture of Frankfort on the Oder 14 ---- ---- Landsberg 16 1631 Defence of the fortified camp at Werben 17 ---- Battle of Leipsic --