1843 Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B. 60 APPENDIX. YEAR PAGE List of Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, during the reign of King William III. 61 List of Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands and Germany, during the Campaigns under the Duke of Marlborough, from 1702 to 1711 62 List of Battles, Sieges, &c., which occurred in Germany and in the Netherlands, from 1743 to 1748, during the "War of the Austrian Succession" 63 List of the British Regiments which served in Flanders and Germany between 1742 and 1748, during the "War of the Austrian Succession" 64 PLATES. Colours of the Regiment _to face Page_ 1 Costume of the Regiment in 1742 " 24 Costume of the Regiment in 1849 " 50 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. [Illustration: TWENTY FIRST REGIMENT. _Madeley lith 3 Wellington Street Strand_ THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. 1742 _For Cannon's Military Records_] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. [Sidenote: 1678] THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS derives its origin from the commotions in Scotland, during the reign of King Charles II., who attempted to establish Episcopacy in that country; but was opposed by the Presbyterians, who wished to adhere to their religious institutions, and prosecutions being used in Scotland by the Government, to enforce obedience, collisions occurred between the inhabitants and the military, which were sometimes attended with loss of life. Several Highland clans were called out, in 1678, and quartered upon the Presbyterians, and in the autumn of the same year a regiment of foot was added to the military establishment of Scotland, of which Charles, Earl of Mar, was appointed Colonel, by commission dated the 23rd of September, 1678: this corps, having been retained in the service, now bears the title of the TWENTY-FIRST Regiment of Foot, or the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. Regiments of infantry, at this period, were generally armed with pikes and muskets; but the practice was introduced of arming every man, of a few select corps, with a fusil, or a light musket, and these regiments were called FUSILIERS. The EARL OF MAR'S regiment was one of the first corps which obtained this distinction. [Sidenote: 1679] [Sidenote: 1680]