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Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852 — John Shaqi

Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852

Name: Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Herefordshire Light Infantry -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 36th -- History

APPENDIX.

                                                                Page.

  Copy of the General Orders issued by the Commander-in-chief
  of Madras, upon the regiment being ordered to return to
  Great Britain                                                  121

  Copy of an Order issued by the Governor in Council upon the
  regiment quitting Madras                                      _ib._

  Copy of a Letter from Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir Arthur
  Wellesley, K.B., to Viscount Castlereagh, Secretary of State,
  respecting the exemplary conduct of the regiment at the
  battle of Vimiera                                              122

  General orders of the 18th of January and 1st of February
  1809, relating to the battle of _Corunna_ and the death of
  Lieut.-General Sir John Moore                                  124

  List of regiments which composed the army under
  Lieut.-General Sir John Moore                                  128

  Documents relating to the word “FIRM” borne by the regiment    129

  Memoir of Lieut.-General Robert Burne, formerly
  Lieut.-Colonel of the regiment                                 133

PLATES.

                                                                Page.

  Colours of the regiment                               _to face_  1

  Battle of Vimiera                                               71

  Costume of the regiment                                        106

[Illustration: THIRTY SIXTH REGIMENT

QUEEN’S COLOUR.

REGIMENTAL COLOUR.

For Cannon’s Military Records

_Madeley Lith., 3 Wellington S^t., Strand_]

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

THE THIRTY-SIXTH,

OR THE

HEREFORDSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.

[Sidenote: 1700.]

Charles II., King of Spain, being affected with a dangerous
indisposition, the European powers, in order to prevent the
contention which was expected to arise on the decease of that
monarch, determined to divide the Spanish territories among the
several competitors. The first “_Partition Treaty_” was concluded
between France, England, and Holland, on the 29th of August 1698;
but a second Treaty was rendered necessary, in consequence of the
death of the Electoral Prince of Bavaria, who had been declared
heir to the Spanish Crown; accordingly, on the 15th of March 1700,
a second Treaty was entered into between the same contracting
powers, by which it was arranged that Charles Archduke of Austria,
the second son of Leopold Emperor of Germany, should succeed to
the throne of Spain, a certain portion of the territories of that
Kingdom being, as before, allotted to the Dauphin of France; and
the Duke of Lorrain was to receive Milan in exchange for his own
country, which was to be given to the French nation.

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