On the decease of General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., his Majesty conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General David Dundas, by commission dated the 26th of December, 1795. [Sidenote: 1796] [Sidenote: 1797] [Sidenote: 1798] [Sidenote: 1799] The QUEEN'S OWN light dragoons occupied various quarters in England until the summer of 1799, when they were encamped near Windsor, and were reviewed by the King, who was pleased to express, in very gracious terms, his royal approbation of their appearance and field movements. In the mean time the British government had resolved to make, in connection with the Russians, an attempt to deliver Holland from the power of the French republic; and the SEVENTH embarked for this service at Ramsgate, in the beginning of September, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel HENRY LORD PAGET, who was appointed to the command of the cavalry employed in this expedition, consisting of the SEVENTH, Eleventh, Fifteenth, and part of the Eighteenth light dragoons; the whole being under the orders of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. On the advance of the army on the 19th of September, the SEVENTH were attached to the column under Lieut.-General de Hermann, which attacked the enemy at half-past three in the morning, and by eight gained possession of _Bergen_, a large village surrounded by extensive woods; but the Russians, overlooking the formidable resistance they were to meet with, had not preserved the necessary order, and they were driven back with the loss of many men, and Lieut.-Generals de Hermann and Tchertchekoff taken prisoners. In the attack of the enemy's position on the 2nd of October, the SEVENTH formed part of the cavalry attached to the column commanded by Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, which advanced along the beach to within a mile of _Egmont-op-Zee_, where a corps of French infantry was posted among the sand-hills, with a numerous body of cavalry and artillery on the beach. A sanguinary contest ensued, in which the heroic perseverance of the British was conspicuous. Late in the evening the enemy's cavalry made an attempt on the British horse artillery on the beach: but were charged with signal intrepidity by the light dragoons under Colonel LORD PAGET, and driven with considerable loss nearly to the town. The British established themselves among the sand-hills, where they passed the night, and on the following day gained possession of Egmont-op-Zee[7]. The SEVENTH had two men and four horses killed on this occasion, and eleven men and twenty-five horses wounded. Part of the regiment was engaged on the 6th of October, in driving the enemy from his position between _Beverwyck_ and _Wyck-op-Zee_, which proved a sanguinary service; but the SEVENTH did not sustain any loss.