[Sidenote: 1694] On the 19th of January, 1694, Brigadier-General Leveson was removed to the third horse, now second dragoon guards; and the colonelcy of the QUEEN'S dragoons was conferred upon THOMAS, LORD FAIRFAX, from lieut.-colonel of the second troop (now second regiment) of life guards. At this period King William was engaged in a war with France, and the third horse and QUEEN'S dragoons having been reviewed by His Majesty in Hyde Park, on the 26th of March embarked for foreign service. The QUEEN'S dragoons landed at Williamstadt, in North Brabant, on the 16th of April 1694, joined the army encamped at Tirlemont on the 21st of June, and was again reviewed by His Majesty on the following day. Its excellent conduct in Ireland appears to have raised the regiment high in the King's estimation, and it was ordered to encamp beyond the defiles of the village of Roosebeck, to cover His Majesty's quarters[13]. The regiment served the campaign of this year in brigade with the royals and royal Scots dragoons, and was employed in manœuvring and skirmishing in the valleys of Brabant and in the verdant plains of Flanders. No general engagement occurred, and in October it went into quarters at Ghent. [Sidenote: 1695] In February, 1695, Lord Fairfax having retired, King William conferred the colonelcy on Colonel _William Lloyd_: at the same time the establishment was augmented to eight troops of thirty-eight officers, seventy-two non-commissioned officers, and four hundred and eighty privates, the annual expense being increased to 20,652_l._ 18_s._ 4_d._ Having passed the winter in barracks at Ghent and received a remount from England, the QUEEN'S dragoons marched, in April 1695, to Dixmude in West Flanders, and encamped on the plains of the Yperlee. A small detached corps was assembled at this place under Major-General Ellemberg, and in June an attack was made on the forts at Kenoque, to draw the French troops that way, and to facilitate the siege of Namur, which was undertaken immediately afterwards. The QUEEN'S dragoons, with eight battalions of infantry, returned to Dixmude, and the remainder of the division marched to the main army before Namur.