Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 14th (Buckinghamshire)
After taking part in several movements, the regiment was in
position at _Landen_, on the morning of the 19th of July, when
the French army, of very superior numbers, commanded by Marshal
Luxembourg, advanced to attack the forces under King William. On
this occasion the FOURTEENTH Regiment had its first opportunity of
proving its prowess in action with the enemy, and it gave presage
of that gallantry for which it afterwards became distinguished. The
French commenced the action with great spirit, but were repulsed
several times; their superior numbers enabled them to bring
forward fresh troops, and they eventually carried the village of
Neer-Winden. The King ordered a retreat, which was executed with
difficulty, and was attended with serious loss.
The FOURTEENTH Regiment had Captains Van Burgh, Cassin, and
Henriosa, and Lieutenant Worley, killed; Lieutenant Nicholson
died of his wounds; Captains Devaux and Stanwix, Lieutenants
Campbell, Forbes, and Pettitpiere, Ensigns Revison and Perrott,
wounded; Lieutenant-Colonel Graham taken prisoner: the number of
non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the regiment, killed and
wounded, has not been ascertained.
In the autumn, when the army separated for winter quarters, the
regiment marched into garrison at Bruges; at the same time parties
were sent to England to procure recruits, to replace the losses
sustained during this campaign.
[Sidenote: 1694]
When the army took the field in the spring of 1694, the regiment
was left, with several other corps, under Brigadier-General Sir
David Collier, encamped near Ghent, to form a guard for the
artillery, which was conveyed by water to Malines. The regiment
joined the army at the camp near Louvain, on the 4th of June, and
on the 6th it was reviewed by His Majesty, who was pleased to
express to Colonel Tidcomb his high approbation of its appearance.
The regiment was afterwards employed in several movements, and
it formed part of the splendid body of troops encamped at Mont
St. André, near the village of Ramilies, where the forces of the
confederate states were assembled under King William III., and
presented a magnificent spectacle of war.
The FOURTEENTH was one of the corps which attempted, by a forced
march, to pass the enemy's fortified lines, and penetrate French
Flanders; but by extraordinary exertions the French gained the
pass first, and thus preserved their country from an invasion.
The regiment was subsequently encamped near _Rousselaer_, forming
part of the covering army during the siege of _Huy_. The vicinity
of the camp was infested by detachments of the enemy, and on one
occasion the waggons conveying the bread to the army were attacked,
when a detachment of the FOURTEENTH, forming part of the guard, was
engaged, and the regiment had Captain Sacheverel mortally wounded,
who was the only British officer killed by the enemy during this
campaign.
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