History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1775 Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Chambly, and St. John. (The whole
Company, with the exception of 9 men, was taken prisoner
at this time, and remained so until April, 1777.)
1779 Capture of Stoney Point, on the Hudson.
1779 Raid in Virginia under General Matthews.
1780 Battle of Camden.
1780 Operations under Lord Cornwallis.
1781 Battle of Cowpens.
1781 Battle of Guildford Court-house.
1781 Surrender of Yorktown.
1798 Expedition to Minorca.
1808 Operations in Portugal and Battle of Vimiera.
1809 Battle of Corunna.
1813 Battle of Vittoria.
1813 Battle of Pyrenees.
1813 Siege and capture of St. Sebastian.[25]
1814 Battle of Toulouse.
1815 Occupation of Paris.
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List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far
back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in
1859.
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1783 Captain R. Lawson.
1793 Captain J. Wilson.
1794 Captain J. Bradbridge.
1797 Captain H. Framingham.
1804 Captain George Skyring.
1811 Captain W. Morrison.
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1826 Captain P. Faddy.
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1839 Captain R. Kendall.
1845 Captain George Markland.
1852 Captain H. P. Goodenough.
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No. 7 COMPANY, 4th BATTALION,
Now "6" BATTERY, 10th BRIGADE.
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Battles, Sieges, and other Military operations in which this Company
has been engaged.
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1778 Capture of Sunbury in Georgia.
1778 Affair of Brier Creek.
1779 Repulse of Americans at Stono Ferry.
1781 Defence of Pensacola.
1812 Canada during second American War.
1855 Siege of Sebastopol. (The captain of the Company, Captain
Fitzroy, was killed in the trenches.)
_N.B._—A detachment of this Company accompanied their Captain, F. R.
Chesney, in his scientific researches along the Euphrates and Persian
Gulf.
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