Historical Record of the Seventh, or the Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars: Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in 1690, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1842Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventh, or the Queen's Own Regiment of Hussars: Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in 1690, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1842
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Queen's Own Hussars, 7th
After several marches the regiment was encamped at Mont St.
André, where an army of eighty-eight thousand men of several
nations was assembled under the command of the British monarch,
and CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons were formed in brigade with Eppinger's
(foreign), Essex's (now fourth), and Wynne's (late fifth),
regiments of dragoons, under the orders of Brigadier-General
Wynne. No general engagement occurred; and after taking part in
the operations of a toilsome campaign, the regiment went into
cantonments for the winter among the Flemish peasantry, in the
villages between Ghent and Sas van Ghent.
[Sidenote: 1695]
From its winter quarters, the regiment marched in April, 1695, to
Dixmude, in West Flanders; it joined the army in May, at the camp
at Arseele, and was formed in brigade with Dopf's (Dutch) dragoons
under Brigadier-General Wynne.
In the beginning of June, the army advanced to Becelaer. On the
14th of that month five hundred dragoons (among whom was a large
detachment from CUNNINGHAM'S regiment) under the command of the
Earl of Portland and Brigadier-General Wynne, left the camp with
the view of intercepting a numerous French force, which was
moving quietly across the country to attack the bread-waggons of
the confederate army, on their way from Bruges to the camp. On
arriving at _Moorsleede_, the French detachment was found in the
village, with the streets barricaded with waggons and implements
of husbandry. The dragoons instantly dismounted and attacked the
barricades with signal gallantry, CUNNINGHAM'S men evincing true
Scottish heroism; and in a few moments the French gave way and
fled, leaving a number of killed and wounded behind them, and one
captain and thirty men prisoners. Count de Soissons, brother of
Prince Eugene of Savoy, served as a volunteer on this occasion, and
expressed, in the strongest terms, his admiration of the valour
of the dragoons. Lieutenant Webb, and several men were killed;
Captains Collins and Holgate were wounded. Brigadier-General Wynne,
who commanded the brigade of which CUNNINGHAM'S dragoons formed
part, received a severe wound of which he afterwards died.
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