Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Somerset Light Infantry
---- Earl of Huntingdon, and other officers appointed
to Commissions 2
---- Encamped on Hounslow Heath -
1686 Establishment of the Regiment -
---- Uniform of the Regiment -
---- Marched into Yorkshire and Cumberland -
---- Removed to Chester -
1687 List of Officers 3
1688 Declaration of the Regiment in favour of the
Protestant Interest 4
---- Colonel F. Hastings appointed in the place of
the Earl of Huntingdon -
1689 Proceeded to Edinburgh 5
---- Engaged at Killicrankie 6
---- Embarked for Ireland 8
1690 Engaged at the Battle of the Boyne 9
---- Embarked for England -
---- Re-embarked for Ireland -
---- Engaged at Cork and Kinsale 10
1691 Engaged at Drumaugh and Ballycleugh 11
---- Took possession of Drummaneer --
1691 Engaged at Lismore 11
---- Termination of hostilities in Ireland --
---- Embarked for England --
1692 Selected to form part of an Expedition against
the French Coast 12
---- Proceeded to Ostend --
---- Returned to England --
1693 Detachment sent to Flanders to replace the
casualties of the Army after the Battle of
Landen --
1695 Colonel F. Hastings cashiered, and Colonel Sir
John Jacob appointed to succeed him 13
1697 Termination of the War in Flanders and the
Establishment reduced --
1699 Proceeded to Ireland --
1700 Hostile measures of King Louis XIV. of France --
1701 Embarked from Cork for Flanders 14
---- Landed at Helvoetsluys --
---- Reviewed at Breda by King William III. --
1702 Encamped at Rosendael --
---- Colonel the Earl of Barrymore appointed by
purchase to succeed Sir John Jacob --
1702 Engaged in the siege of Kayserswerth --
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