Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Light Dragoons, 3rd
1789 Reviewed by King George III. at Reading --
1791 Marches to Scotland 48
1793 Augmentation of establishment --
---- Four troops detached to Scotland --
1797 Reduction of establishment 49
1798 Alteration in the Arms and Clothing --
1800 Augmentation of establishment 50
---- Proceeds to Scotland --
1802 Reduction of establishment --
---- Embarks for Ireland --
1805 ---- for England 51
1806 Augmentation of establishment --
1807 Reviewed at Brighton by the Duke of York --
1809 Embarks for Holland 52
1810 Reviewed at Guildford by the Duke of Cambridge 53
1811 ---- on Wimbledon Common by the Prince
Regent --
---- Embarks for the Peninsula 54
1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 55
---- ---- Badajoz --
---- Affair near La Granja 56
1812 Action at Llerena 57
---- Attack on the bridge of boats at Almaraz 58
---- Skirmish near Salamanca --
---- ---- on the heights of St. Christoval --
---- ---- near Castrillos 60
---- Battle of Salamanca 61
---- Siege of Burgos 65
---- Covers the mining party at Palencia 66
1813 Affair on the heights of Estepar 68
---- Battle of Vittoria 69
1814 Advance on Bayonne 71
---- Affair of La Mosquiere --
---- Battle of Toulouse 72
---- Furnishes horses to mount the royal guard of
France 73
---- Returns to England 74
---- Reviewed on Hounslow Heath by the Duke of
York, Commander-in-Chief --
---- Reduction of establishment 75
---- Authorised to bear the word "SALAMANCA" --
1815 Embarks for Ostend 76
---- Reinforces the Army in France --
---- Reviewed by the Emperor of Russia, King of
Prussia, and the Duke of Wellington --
1816 Forms part of the Army of Occupation --
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