IV. —LANDMARKS 60 V. —MARLBOROUGH'S TRAINS 63 VI. —ANNAPOLIS 71 VII. —THE BIRTH OF THE REGIMENT 79 VIII. —ALBERT BORGARD 83 IX. —TWENTY YEARS 101 X. —FOUNDATION OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY 108 XI. —A STERNER SCHOOL 122 XII. —WOOLWICH IN THE OLDEN TIME 140 XIII. —TO 1755 154 XIV. —THE ROYAL IRISH ARTILLERY 160 XV. —THE FIRST BATTALION.—HISTORY OF THE COMPANIES, THEIR 169 SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS, AND PRESENT DESIGNATION XVI. —THE SECOND BATTALION.—HISTORY OF THE COMPANIES, THEIR 178 SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS, AND PRESENT DESIGNATION XVII. —DURING THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 184 XVIII. —THE SIEGE OF LOUISBOURG 194 XIX. —MINDEN,—AND AFTER MINDEN 206 XX. —THE THIRD BATTALION.—HISTORY OF THE COMPANIES, THEIR 218 SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS, AND PRESENT DESIGNATION XXI. —THE SIEGE OF BELLEISLE 227 XXII. —PEACE 241 XXIII. —THE FOURTH BATTALION—HISTORY OF THE COMPANIES, THEIR 251 SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS, AND PRESENT DESIGNATION XXIV. —THE JOURNAL OF A FEW YEARS 264 XXV. —THE GREAT SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR 271 XXVI. —PORT MAHON 291 XXVII. —THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 297 XXVIII. —THE GUNNER WHO GOVERNED NEW YORK 325 XXIX. —CONCLUSION OF THE WAR 348 XXX. —HISTORY, SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS, AND PRESENT DESIGNATION OF THE TROOPS AND COMPANIES BELONGING TO THE— ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, FIFTH BATTALION, SIXTH BATTALION, SEVENTH BATTALION 393 APPENDICES 426 HISTORY Of THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.