Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the King's, Regiment of Light Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment and of Its Subsequent Services — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the King's, Regiment of Light Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment and of Its Subsequent ServicesCannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the King's, Regiment of Light Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment and of Its Subsequent Services
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Light Dragoons, 14th
---- Skirmish at Almandoz 45
---- -------- at the pass of Maya 45
---- Engagement at the valley of Bastan 46
---- Passage of the Nivelle 46
---- Affair at the ford near Cambo 46
---- Passage of the Nive 46
---- Affair in front of Mendionda 47
---- Engagement at Hasparren 47
1814 Active operations resumed 47
---- Actions at Hellette, Garris, and Sauveterre 47
---- Battle of Orthes 48
---- Engagement at Aire 48
---- Defeat of the enemy's designs at Pau 48
---- Skirmish at Castel Paget 49
---- Affair at Tarbes 50
---- Battle of Toulouse 50
---- Termination of the Peninsular War 50
---- Marched to Bourdeaux 51
---- Returned to England 51
---- Reviewed at Hounslow 51
---- Embarked for America 52
---- Proceeded on an Expedition to New Orleans 52
1815 Hostilities with America ceased 53
---- Returned to England 53
---- Authorised to bear the word "Peninsula" 53
---- Proceeded to Hounslow 53
1816 Embarked for Ireland 54
1819 Returned to England 54
1822 Reviewed at Hounslow 55
1825 Re-embarked for Ireland 55
1828 Returned to England 56
1830 Proceeded to London 57
---- Reviewed by King William IV. 57
---- Authorised to bear the title of the Fourteenth, or the
King's, Light Dragoons 57
---- The Facings changed from Orange to Scarlet 57
1831 Marched to Birmingham, Coventry, and Gloucester 58
---- Engaged in repressing Riots at Bristol 59
1832 Removed to Hounslow 60
---- Authorised to bear the King's Crest on the appointments;
and the Prussian Eagle on the second and third corners
of the regimental guidon 60
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