Historical Record of the Fourth, or the King's Own, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1680, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourth, or the King's Own, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1680, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
+----------------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| | | Loss. |
| Corps. | Strength at the +------------------------+
| | commencement of | During | At the |
| | the siege. | the siege. | general |
| | | | assault.|
| +----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+
| | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | F | G |
+----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+
|Fourth, or | | | | | | | | | | |
| King's Own | 25 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 616 | 14 | 68 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|Twenty-third, | | | | | | | | | | |
| or Royal Welsh| | | | | | | | | | |
| Fusiliers | 24 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 615 | 19 | 83 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|Twenty-fourth | | | | | | | | | | |
| Regiment | 25 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 623 | 6 | 61 | 6 | .. | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|Thirty-fourth | | | | | | | | | | |
| Regiment | 26 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 650 | 12 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| +----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+
| Total |100 |104 |109 | 70 |2504 | 51 |289 | 30 | 17 | 24 |
+----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+
OFFICERS KILLED.
Fourth, or King's Own, --Lieut. Whitehead.
Thirty-fourth regiment,--Captain Hobby.
" " Lieut. Armstrong.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
Twenty-third regiment, --Lieut. Young.
Twenty-fourth regiment,--Major Godfrey.
" " Lieut. Francis.
Thirty-fourth regiment,--Capt. Sir Hugh Williams.
Engineer,--Major Cunningham.
[27] "Major-General Grant crossed the ford with the Fourth and
fifth regiments, and the FOURTH REGIMENT, passing the ford first,
drove the enemy from an entrenchment and battery, and took from
them three brass field-pieces and a 5½ inch howitzer."--_London
Gazette._
[28] London Gazette.
[29] The effectives of the British army in 1803 were as follows:--
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