Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1693 Embarked for Flanders 4
1694 Quartered for the winter at Ostend 4
1695 Marched to Dixmude -
---- Colonel Courthorpe exchanged with Colonel
Sir George St. George -
---- Engaged at the Fortress of Kenoque -
---- Joined in the Siege of Namur 5
---- Engaged at the storming of St. Denis -
---- Colonel Courthorpe killed 6
---- Lieut.-Colonel Sir Matthew Bridges promoted
to the Colonelcy -
---- Surrender of the Castle of Namur -
---- Quartered for the winter in Bruges -
1696 Encamped near Ghent -
---- Served the Campaign under the Prince of
Vaudemont 7
1697 Engaged in operations in Brabant -
---- Termination of Hostilities by the Treaty of
Ryswick -
---- Returned to England -
---- Embarked for Ireland -
1701 Preparations for War recommenced -
---- Re-embarked from Cork for Holland -
---- Reviewed by King William III. on Breda-heath -
1702 Proceeded to Rosendael -
---- Encamped at Cranenburg -
---- Siege and Capture of Kayserswerth 8
---- ---------------- of Venloo -
---- ---------------- of Ruremonde -
---- ---------------- of Liege -
1703 ---------------- of Huy 9
---- ---------------- of Limburg -
---- Lieut.-Colonel Blood promoted to the Colonelcy,
_vice_ Sir M. Bridges -
---- Embarked from Holland 10
1704 Proceeded to Portugal 10
1705 Siege and Capture of Valencia de Alcantara 11
---- ---------------- of Albuquerque --
---- Siege of Badajoz --
1706 Siege and Capture of Alcantara --
---- Advanced to Placencia --
---- Siege and Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo 12
---- Marched to Madrid --
---- Retreated to Valencia --
1707 Battle of Almanza --
---- Lieut.-Colonel Wightman promoted to the
Colonelcy, in succession to General Blood,
deceased 14
1708 Engaged in operations in Catalonia 15
1709 Returned to England --
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