Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 1st (Royal Scots)
{ The few remaining men of these
The Duke of York's Regiment { regiments were, in 1660, placed
The Duke of Gloucester's Regt. { in garrison at Dunkirk; they
The Earl of Bristol's Regiment { were afterwards removed to
Lord Newborough's Regiment { Tangier, and incorporated in
Colonel Richard Grace's Regt. { the SECOND, or QUEEN'S REGIMENT
{ OF FOOT.
[49] "Ce Régiment de Douglas, étant en garnison à Avesnes en 1661,
eut ordre de passer en Angleterre, où il rendit des services très
considerables au Roy Charles II.
"Il n'était que de huit compagnies en partant de France, et se trouva
en y revenant, un an aprés, de trente-trois compagnies, qui étoient
composées pour le moins de cent hommes chacune. Mylord George Douglas
l'a toujours commandé en France."--_Père Daniel._
[50] London Gazette; and Military Records in the State Paper Office.
[51] "_Le Régiment de Douglas Escossois._ Ce Régiment a servi
plusieurs années en France, et s'y est fort distingué. Je trouve dans
l'Ordonnance de Louis XIV., de l'an 1672, pour le rang des Régimens,
qu'il étoit un des premiers."--_Père Daniel._
[52] Comte de Chamilly's despatch, in the original correspondence
respecting the campaign of 1672, published in France.
[53] See the Historical Record of the Life Guards, p. 43.
[54] Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne par L'Abbé Raguenet.
[55] Mémoires de deux dernieres Campagnes de Monsieur de Turenne en
Allemagne.
[56] London Gazette.
[57] The Colonel of the Regiment, Lord George Douglas, was created
_Earl of Dumbarton_ on the 9th of March, 1675; but the French
historians continued to designate the corps, "_Le Régiment de Douglas_."
[58] In the order of battle for the French army on the Rhine in 1677,
printed in the _Histoire Militaire de Louis le Grand_, the First
Battalion of DOUGLAS' Regiment appears formed in brigade with the
regiments of _La Marine_, _Couronne_, and _Vendôme_, and the second
battalion is posted between two cavalry brigades, on the left of the
line.
[59] "Captain Hume, who commanded our advance-party, showed great
conduct and courage, standing several charges of the enemy's horse;
and when the action was over, and he was upon his retreat to the main
body, one of the Moors' chief commanders charged the rear of his party
and overthrew him; but the Moor's horse falling, he was immediately
killed."--_London Gazette._
[60] Tangier's Rescue by John Ross, fol. 1681.
[61] Tangier's Rescue by John Ross, fol. 1681.
[62] "This day the Scots and their grenadiers charged first, if
there was any time at all between their charging: for, like fire and
lightning, all went on at once."--_Tangier's Rescue._
[63] Tangier's Rescue.
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