1702 Placed under the control of the Lord High Admiral, the Prince George of Denmark 4 ---- Appointment of Brigadier-General W. Seymour, of the Fourth Foot, to superintend the details of the Marine Regiments 5 ---- Uniform prescribed for the Marine forces -- ---- Independent Companies of Marines formed for the fleet in the West Indies -- ---- Services of the Marines on board the fleet in the Mediterranean -- 1704 Proceeded in the fleet to Lisbon, to aid the cause of the Archduke Charles of Austria -- ---- Proceeded against Barcelona, but afterwards withdrew, and re-embarked 6 ---- Attack and Capture of Gibraltar -- ---- Engagement of the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean 7 ---- Siege of Gibraltar by the Spaniards and French 8 1705 The attempt to retake the fortress abandoned after a siege of seven months 9 ---- The Marine Corps distributed in the several ships of war on the coast of Spain 10 ---- Proceeded against Barcelona with the troops under the Earl of Peterborough -- ---- Capture of Fort Montjuich by storm 11 ---- Surrender of the garrison of Barcelona 12 1706 Siege of Barcelona by the French 13 ---- The French raised the siege and retreated -- ---- Capture of Carthagena -- ---- Capture of Alicant 14 ---- Surrender of Iviça -- ---- Surrender of Majorca -- 1707 Attack and siege of Toulon 15 ---- The siege of Toulon raised -- 1708 Surrender of Sardinia -- 1708 Capture of the Island of Minorca 16 ---- Decease of H. R. H. the Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne, and Lord High Admiral of England -- 1709 Capture of _Anna-polis Royal_, in Nova Scotia 17 ---- Surrender of Alicant to the forces of Spain and France -- 1710 Capture of the Isle of Cette 18 ---- The Isle of Cette recaptured -- 1711 Proceeded on an Expedition against Quebec, in Canada --