AND THE WORDS, "TALAVERA"--"FUENTES D'ONOR"--"SALAMANCA"--"VITTORIA"--"ORTHES"--"PENINSULA." THE WHITE HORSE AND THE PRUSSIAN EAGLE, _As shown in Plate opposite to Page 62_, WERE BORNE ON THE REGIMENTAL GUIDON UNTIL THE YEAR 1834, WHEN THE GUIDONS OF THE REGIMENTS OF LIGHT DRAGOONS, HUSSARS, AND LANCERS, WERE DIRECTED TO BE DISCONTINUED. 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 of 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 1684; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660.--_Vide_ the 'Historical Record of the Life Guards.' [7] _Histoire de la Milice Françoise_, par le PÈRE DANIEL. [8] National Records. [9] The equipment of Hussars at this period is described by D'AUVERGNE, in his _History of the Campaign of 1694_, pp. 22, 23. CONTENTS. Year Page 1715 Formation of the Regiment 1 ---- Raised in South Britain by Brigadier-General James Dormer 1 ---- Numbered Fourteenth Dragoons 1 ---- Names of the Officers 2 ---- Engaged with the rebels at Preston in Lancashire 2 1716 Proceeded into Lincolnshire 3 1717 Embarked for Ireland 3 1742 Returned to Great Britain 4 1745 Advanced to Edinburgh 5 ---- Engaged with the Rebels at Prestonpans 6 1746 Returned to Scotland 7 ---- Victory of Culloden 8 ---- Rebellion suppressed 8 1747 Returned to Ireland 8 1751 Clothing, Appointments, and Guidons regulated by Royal Warrant of King George II. 9 1768 Ditto--ditto--by Royal Warrant of King George III. 10 1776 Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons 12 1784 Uniform changed from Scarlet to Dark-blue 13 1794 Two troops embarked for Flanders 15 1795 Embarked for the West Indies 16 1797 Returned to England 17 1798 Permitted to be styled the Fourteenth, or the Duchess of York's Own, Light Dragoons; to bear the Prussian Eagle;