Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the East Suffolk, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1847Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the East Suffolk, Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1847
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Suffolk Regiment
1703 Embarked for the West Indies 18
1704 Proceeded to Jamaica --
1705 Returned to England --
1708 Embarked as Marines 19
---- Landed at Ostend --
---- Employed to escort ammunition, &c. to the army
besieging Lisle 20
---- Surrender of Lisle 21
1709 Returned to England --
1710 Reviewed at Portsmouth --
1712 Embarked for Spain --
1713 Peace of Utrecht --
---- Proceeded to Minorca 22
1719 Returned to England from Minorca --
1722 Reviewed by King George I. --
1739 Remained in England twenty years --
1740 Embarked as Marines --
1742 -------- for Flanders 23
1743 Marched to Germany --
---- Engaged at the battle of Dettingen --
1743 Returned to Flanders 24
1744 Engaged in operations on the Scheldt --
1745 Advanced to the relief of Tournay --
---- Engaged at the battle of Fontenoy 25
---- Casualties at the battle of Fontenoy 26
---- Returned to England 27
---- Engaged in suppressing the Rebellion --
1746 Proceeded to Scotland --
1747 Returned to England 28
1748 Embarked for Holland --
---- Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle --
---- Returned to England --
1749 Embarked for Minorca --
1751 Royal Warrant issued for regulating Clothing,
Colours, &c. --
1752 Returned to England 29
1755 Commencement of the Seven years' War with France --
1757 Second Battalion added to establishment --
1758 Second Battalion constituted the 65th Regiment --
---- Embarked for Germany 30
---- Marched into quarters at Munster --
1759 Battle of Minden 31
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