Historical Record of the Twenty-first Regiment, or the Royal North British Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1849Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Twenty-first Regiment, or the Royal North British Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Scots Fusiliers
_Battles, Sieges, &c., which occurred in Germany and in the
Netherlands from 1743 to 1748, during the "War of the Austrian
Succession."_
Battle of Dettingen (Germany) 27 June, 1743
Menin invested by the French 18 May, and captured 5 June, 1744
Ypres ditto 7 June, and captured 14 June, ----
Fort Knocque surrendered to the French June, ----
Furnes, ditto 5 July, ----
Friburg (Germany) invested by the French 21 Sept. ----
Citadel of Friburg captured by ditto 28 Nov. ----
Tournay invested by ditto 23 April, 1745
Battle of Fontenoy 11 May, ----
Citadel of Tournay surrendered to the French 21 June, ----
Skirmish near Ghent 9 July, ----
Ghent captured by the French 30 June, ----
Bruges, ditto July, ----
Oudenarde, ditto 21 July, ----
Dendermond, ditto Aug. ----
Ostend invested by the French on 14 July, and captured 23 Aug. ----
Nieuport captured by the French 26 Aug. ----
Aeth, ditto 28 Sept. ----
Brussels invested by the French 24 Jan., and captured 20 Feb. 1746
Mechlin captured by ditto May, ----
Antwerp, ditto 20 May, ----
Citadel of Antwerp, ditto 31 May, ----
Mons invested by the French on 7 June, and captured 11 July, ----
Fort St. Ghislain captured by the French 21 July, ----
Charleroi invested by the French on 25 July, and
captured 2 Aug. ----
Huy captured by ditto Aug. ----
Namur invested by ditto 26 August, and citadel
captured 19 Sept. ----
Battle of Roucoux, near Liege 11 Oct. ----
Sluys surrendered to the French 11 April, 1747
Fort Sandberg in Hulst and Axel, surrendered to the
French 28 April, ----
Sandvliet captured by the French June, ----
Battle of Val, or Laffeld, near Maestricht 2 July, ----
Bergen-op-Zoom invested by the French 13 July, and
captured 16 Sept. ----
Forts Lillo, Frederick Henry, and Croix 2 Oct. ----
Limburg captured by the French March, 1748
Maestricht invested by the French 3 April, ----
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