1707 Attack upon _Toulon_ -- ---- The siege of _Toulon_ raised 10 1708 Capture of _Sardinia_ -- ---- ---- ---- _Minorca_ 11 1709 Capture of _Port Royal_, in Nova Scotia -- ---- The Fortress named _Anna-polis_ Royal, in honor of Queen Anne 12 ---- _Alicant_ recovered by the enemy 13 1710 The _Isle of Cette_ taken by the British, and afterwards recaptured by the French -- 1711 Retirement of Colonel Churchill 14 ---- Lieut.-Colonel Sir Harry Goring, Bart., promoted Colonel of the Regiment -- ---- Charles III., the claimant to the Spanish throne, elected Emperor of Germany, and its effect upon the war -- 1712 Negociations for Peace -- 1713 Treaty of Utrecht -- ---- Reductions in the Army and Navy 15 1714 Decease of Queen Anne -- ---- Accession of King George I. -- ---- Augmentation of the Army, to counteract the designs of the Pretender -- ---- The _Thirtieth_, THIRTY-FIRST, and _Thirty-second_ Regiments, which had been ordered to be disbanded, retained on the establishment, and incorporated with the regiments of the line -- ---- Authorized to take rank in the Army from the date of original formation in 1702 -- 1715 Disaffection of the Earl of Mar 16 ---- Rebellion in Scotland in favor of the Pretender -- ---- BATTLE OF SHERIFFMUIR -- ---- Surrender of the Rebels at Preston -- ---- Arrival in Scotland of the Pretender 17 1716 His flight to France -- ---- Suppression of the Rebellion 18 ---- The THIRTY-FIRST embarked for Ireland -- ---- Retirement of Colonel Sir Harry Goring -- ---- Lord John Kerr appointed Colonel of the Regiment -- 1727 Decease of King George I. -- ---- Accession of King George II. -- 1728 Decease of Major-General Lord John Kerr -- ---- Colonel the Honorable Charles Cathcart appointed Colonel of the Regiment --