The orderly conduct of these Regiments in quarters has gained the confidence and esteem of the respectable inhabitants of the various parts of the United Kingdom in which they have been stationed; their promptitude and alacrity in attending to the requisitions of the magistrates in periods of excitement, and the temper, patience, and forbearance which they have evinced when subjected to great provocation, insult, and violence from the misguided populace, prove the value of these troops to the Crown, and to the Government of the country, and justify the reliance which is reposed on them. FOOTNOTES: [1] In the 14th year of the reign of Edward IV. a small force was established in Ireland by Parliament, consisting of 120 Archers on horseback, 40 Horsemen, and 40 Pages. [2] Military Papers, State Paper Office. [3] This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace in 1674. [4] This appears to be the first introduction of _bayonets_ into the English Army. [5] State Paper Office. [6] The first issue of carbines to the regular Horse appears to have taken place in 1678; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.--Vide the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.' HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIRST, OR THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS FORMATION IN THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES THE SECOND, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1839. _ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES._ LONDON: PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, ORME, AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND BY MESSRS. CLOWES AND SONS, 14, CHARING CROSS; AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1840. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, Stamford-street. [Illustration: Eagle and Colour of the 105th Regiment of French Infantry, captured at Waterloo by the First, or Royal Dragoons, 18th June, 1815.] THE FIRST OR THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS BEARS ON ITS GUIDONS, AS A REGIMENTAL BADGE, AN "EAGLE," WITH THE FOLLOWING HONORARY INSCRIPTIONS-- "PENINSULA"--"WATERLOO." CONTENTS. Anno Page 1661 A troop of HORSE raised for service at TANGIER, and equipped as CUIRASSIERS 1 ---- Proceeds to Africa 3 1663 Skirmishes with the Moors 4 1664 Captures a splendid Moorish standard -- 1664} to } Skirmishes with the Moors 5 1679} 1680 Three additional troops of Horse raised and sent to Tangier -- ---- A general engagement with the Moors 7 1683 The Tangier Horse constituted the ROYAL REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS 8 1684 Establishment 9