Historical Record of the Sixteenth, or, the Bedfordshire 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 Sixteenth, or, the Bedfordshire 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. Regiment of Foot, 16th (Bedfordshire)
---- Marched to Nimeguen -
---- War declared against France 8
---- Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the Army -
---- Siege of Venloo -
---- -------- Ruremonde -
---- -------- Stevenswaert -
---- Capture of the Citadel of Liege -
---- Returned to Holland -
1703 Marched towards Maestricht -
---- Siege and Capture of Huy -
---- -------------------- Limburg -
---- Returned to Holland -
1704 Accompanied the Army to Germany 9
---- Battle of Schellenberg -
---- Crossed the Danube -
---- Battle of Blenheim -
---- Marshal Tallard, and many officers and soldiers,
made prisoners -
---- Returned to Holland 10
1705 Attacks on Helixem and Neer-Hespen --
1706 Battle of Ramilies 11
---- Surrender of principal towns of Brabant --
---- Marched into quarters at Ghent --
1708 Returned to England to repel invasion by the Pretender --
---- Returned to Flanders --
---- Proceeded to Ghent --
---- Battle of Oudenarde --
---- Siege of Lisle 12
---- Surrender of the Citadel of Lisle --
1709 Siege and Capture of Tournay 13
1709 Battle of Malplaquet --
---- Siege and Surrender of Mons 14
---- Marched into winter quarters at Ghent --
1710 Engaged in forcing the French Lines at Pont-à-Vendin --
---- Siege and Surrender of Douay --
---- ---------------------- Bethune --
---- ---------------------- Aire and St. Venant --
---- Returned to Ghent --
1711 Engaged in forcing the French Lines at Arleux --
---- Siege of Bouchain --
1712 Joined the Army at Tournay 15
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