Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot
Towards the end of August, the TENTH were detached from the main
army, and having joined a number of troops which had arrived
from England under Lieut.-General the Duke of Leinster, they
were employed in seizing and fortifying the towns of Furnes and
Dixmude. On the 22nd of September, as working parties of the
seventh and TENTH foot were enlarging the ditch of a bastion, they
found a quantity of hidden treasure, consisting of old French
coins, amounting to nearly five hundred pounds sterling, supposed
(according to D'Auvergne's history of the campaign of 1692) to have
been concealed there during the civil war in Flanders towards the
close of the preceding century.
In the middle of October, the regiment marched to Damme, a little
strong town, situated between Bruges and Sluys, where it passed the
winter.
[Sidenote: 1693]
The TENTH regiment of foot appears in the list of troops under
King William III., at Parck camp near Louvain, in June, 1693, and
they were ordered to pitch their tents in the fields adjoining
the defiles of Berbeck, to guard that avenue to the camp. While
the army was at this place, several skirmishes occurred; but the
only loss sustained by the TENTH was on the 25th of June, when
an outpost of a serjeant's party, covering a number of horses at
grass, was attacked, and three men were severely wounded.
On the 1st of July, the regiment was detached from the main army,
with other forces under the Duke of Wirtemberg, to attack the
enemy's fortified lines between the rivers Scheldt and Lys. After
a march of eight days, the troops arrived in front of the lines
near _D'Otignies_, and on the following day the works were attacked
at three points. The grenadiers formed the van of each attack;
the right column was composed of Danes; the Argyle highlanders
headed the centre column, and the TENTH foot took the lead of the
column on the left. When the signal for the assault was given, the
TENTH raised a loud shout and ran forward. The pikemen arrived at
the little river Espiers, which ran in front of the lines, and
cast a number of fascines into the water, but the stream carried
them away. The grenadiers of the TENTH and other regiments, being
anxious to signalize themselves, dashed into the current, at the
same time the musketeers advanced to the bank and fired upon
their opponents on the works. The river was so deep that many of
the soldiers were up to the chin in water; but they gained the
shore without serious loss,--sprang forward with astonishing
rapidity,--forded the ditch,--pulled down the palisadoes,--and
ascended the lines, sword in hand; the officers and grenadiers
of the TENTH being the first that entered the works. As the
soldiers climbed the entrenchments, shouting and flourishing their
swords, the French fled, and the lines were carried with little
loss. D'Auvergne states that the grenadiers of the EARL OF BATH'S
regiment (TENTH) found a cask of brandy in one of the abandoned
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