Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Inniskilling Dragoons, 6th
Thus ended a battle, the greatest of past or present times,
the character and importance of which may be estimated by the
splendid results, and by the continued peace which has followed.
The brigade, of which the INNISKILLING dragoons formed part, was
commended by the Duke of Wellington in his public despatch.
The regiment had Lieutenant and Adjutant Clusky, two
troop-serjeant-majors, three serjeants, four corporals, one
trumpeter, seventy-five privates, and one hundred and sixty-four
horses killed; Colonel Muter, Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, Captains
W. F. Browne, and the Honourable S. Douglas, Lieutenant Hassard,
and Cornet Ruffo, three serjeant-majors, six serjeants, five
corporals, two trumpeters, eighty-five men, and twenty-seven horses
wounded.
Colonel Muter and Lieutenant-Colonel Miller had the honour of
receiving the riband and badge of companion of the order of the
Bath. Colonel Muter was further rewarded with the decoration of the
fourth class of St. Wladimir of Russia, Captain Madox was promoted
to the rank of major in the army.
Serjeant-Majors William Seney, John Laws, and Matthew Marshall,
Serjeants Hugh M'Mahon, and Johnston Marlow, with Privates William
Penfold and Robert Potters, particularly distinguished themselves.
Every officer and soldier present at this engagement received a silver
medal; and the subaltern officers, with the non-commissioned officers
and privates, were allowed to reckon two years' service for that
battle[16].
The royal authority was also given for the regiment to bear the
word "WATERLOO" on its guidons and appointments.
The regiment advanced in pursuit of the wreck of the French
army on the following day; on the 22nd of June it bivouacked at
Malplaquet, a village which is celebrated in history as the scene
of a desperate engagement, on the 11th of September, 1709, when the
army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough gained a victory over the
French under Marshals Villars and Boufflers.
Continuing the pursuit of the French army, the INNISKILLING
dragoons arrived, in the beginning of July, at the vicinity of
Paris, and after the surrender of the capital, they went into
quarters at the village of Nanterre, where they remained three
weeks, and subsequently marched to Rouen. They took part in
several reviews of the army commanded by the Duke of Wellington, at
which the sovereigns of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and France, were
present.
[Sidenote: 1816]
The war having terminated with the restoration of the Bourbon
dynasty to the throne of France, and the conclusion of a treaty of
peace, the regiment marched to Calais. It embarked for England on
the 1st of January, 1816, and after landing at Dover, proceeded to
Salisbury, and subsequently to Exeter. At the same time its numbers
were reduced to a peace establishment.
[Sidenote: 1817]
[Sidenote: 1818]
[Sidenote: 1819]
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