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)
1799 Augmented to three battalions --
---- Embarks for Holland 77
---- Battle of Egmont-op-Zee 78
---- Returns to England 79
1802 Second and third battalions disbanded --
1803 Preparations to repel the French invasion 80
1804 A second battalion added to the regiment 88
1805 Embarks for Hanover 89
1806 Returns to England 90
1807 Expedition to Copenhagen --
---- Returns to England 91
1808 Embarks for Sweden 91
---- Returns to England --
---- Proceeds to Portugal 92
---- Advances into Spain --
---- Retreats to the coast --
1809 Battle of Corunna 93
---- Returns to England 94
---- Expedition to Walcheren 95
1810 Second battalion proceeds to Gibraltar --
---- First battalion proceeds to Portugal 96
---- Lines of Torres Vedras --
1811 Battle of Sabugal --
---- Skirmish near Barba del Puerco 97
1812 Covering the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 98
---- Storming of Badajoz 99
---- Battle of Salamanca 105
---- Siege of Burgos 106
---- Skirmish near the Carion --
1813 Battle of Vittoria 108
---- Siege of St. Sebastian 109
---- Passage of the Bidassoa 112
---- Battle of the Nivelle 113
---- ------------- Nive --
1814 Blockade of Bayonne 114
---- Embarks for the West Indies 116
---- Expedition to the Chesapeake 117
---- Battle of Bladensburg 118
---- Capture of Washington 119
---- Expedition against Baltimore 121
---- Battle of Godly Wood --
---- Returns to the West Indies 123
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