Year Page 1715 Formation of the Regiment 9 ---- Names of the Officers 10 ---- Rebellion of the Earl of Mar.--Action at Preston -- 1718 The Regiment proceeds to Ireland 12 1742 Returns to England 13 1745 Rebellion in Scotland 14 ---- Battle of Preston-Pans 15 1746 --------- Falkirk 18 1749 Embarks for Ireland 20 1751 Description of the Clothing and Guidons -- 1783 Constituted _Light Dragoons_ 25 1784 Clothing changed from Scarlet to _Blue_ -- 1795 Two Troops embark for Jamaica 28 1796 The Regiment proceeds to Barbadoes -- ---- Services in the Island of St. Domingo 29 ---- ------------------------- Jamaica -- 1798 Returns to England 30 1803 In readiness to repel the projected French Invasion 31 1807 Reviewed by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York 32 1809 Ditto, ditto, and other Members of the Royal Family 33 1810 Embarks for Portugal 34 ---- Joins the Army in the Alemtejo -- 1810 Capture of a party of French Dragoons at Ladoera 35 ---- Battle of Busaco 39 ---- Lines of Torres Vedras 40 1811 Action at Campo Mayor 41 ---- Party Surprised near Olivenza 46 ---- Covering the Siege of Olivenza 47 ---- Action near Los Santos -- ---- Covering of the Siege of Badajoz 48 ---- Battle of Albuhera -- ---- Action at Usagre -- ---- --------- Arroyo de Molinos 50 ---- Skirmish between La Nava and Merida 51 1812 Covering the Siege of Badajoz 52 ---- Attack on the French post at Almaraz 53 ---- Action at Usagre 54 1813 The French driven from Salamanca 56 ---- Battle of Vittoria -- ---- --------- the Pyrenees 58 ---- ------------- Nive 59