[11] From the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht, in April, 1718, until 1739, the only events that appeared at times to threaten the _general_ tranquillity of Europe which prevailed during the above period, arose from the Rebellion in Scotland, in favour of the Pretender, in 1715, which was suppressed by the Battle of _Sheriffmuir_, on the 13th of November of that year. Charles XII., of Sweden, also espoused the cause of the Pretender in 1717, but the death of King Charles, in the following year, put an end to the projected expedition to Great Britain. In 1719 Spain supported the Pretender with troops, which were, however, defeated at _Glenshiel_, on the 10th of June, 1719. This was followed by the British expedition against Spain, but in January, 1720, the Spanish Monarch accepted the conditions of Peace. In 1726 Spain made an unsuccessful attempt to recover _Gibraltar_, and in 1729 a treaty of Peace was concluded at Seville, which remained unbroken for the ten following years. [12] The “_Pragmatic Sanction_” was published by the Emperor Charles VI. on the 17th of April, 1713, whereby, in case of his having no male issue, his daughters were to succeed to his hereditary dominions, in preference to the sons of his late brother, Joseph I. [13] See list of British regiments which served in Flanders and Germany between 1742 and 1748, during the “_War of the Austrian Succession_.”--Appendix, page 224. [14] The following tradition has been preserved in the regiment:--The facings and breeches of the THIRTY-FIRST being of the same colour as those worn by the _Third “Buffs,”_ King George II. mistook it for the latter regiment, and called out “_Bravo, Buffs_,” with a view of animating the men to further gallantry; and when reminded that it was the THIRTY-FIRST, and not the “Old Buffs,” His Majesty then rejoined, “_Bravo, Young Buffs_;” and this name, valuable for the time and manner of its being conferred, has been since retained by the Regiment.