The title Dragoon--the beginning of the Royal Scots Greys (royal warrants of 1672 and 1678)--the state of Scotland in 1678--warrants appointing officers, 1678--order relating to three Independent Troops of Dragoons--appointment of the Duke of Monmouth, 1679--appointment of Thomas Dalzell, 1679--memoirs and experiences of Captain John Crichton--murder of the Archbishop of St. Andrews--battle of Bothwell Bridge--desperate fight in Airs Moss--warrant of Charles II. regimenting six troops and establishing Royal Scots Greys, 1681--warrant of establishment, 1681--commission of Lord Charles Murray, and of Thomas Dalzell as colonel, 1681--Creighton's account of the coming of William III.--Creighton's imprisonment in the Tolbooth--establishment of the regiment at accession of James II. and William III.--the Greys proceed to Flanders, 1694--take part in the campaigns of Marlborough, siege of Venloo, Stevenswaert, Ruremond, Liege--brilliant rescue of treasure from French troops by the Greys--their gallant capture of the enemy's post at Schellenberg--the Greys take part in the battle of Blenheim, a cavalry victory--contemporary account from Hare's journal. CHAPTER II The siege of Landau, 1704--British camp visited by the King of the Romans--battle of the river Geet--Sir Walter Scott's praise of the regiment--victory of Ramillies--the Greys defeat the Regiment du Roi at Autreglize--strange history of "Mother Ross," a famous Amazon, wounded as a trooper of the Greys at Ramillies--desperate battle of Malplaquet, signal bravery of the Greys--battle of Oudenarde--exploit of the Greys at Pont-à-Nache--sieges of Aire and Saint-Venant--end of the campaign--fresh campaign in French Flanders--siege of Bouchain--French sue for peace, 1712--Treaty of Utrecht, 1713--question of precedence, 1694--Greys rank as Second Dragoons, 1713--Greys take part in putting down the Rebellion of the Old Pretender--and defeat Jacobites at Strachell--Greys reviewed at Hounslow by George II.--suppression of Kentish smugglers, 1737--Greys encamped in Windsor Forest--reviewed by George II. on Kew Green--arrive at Dover--_British Military Journal_, 1799--heroism of the Greys at Dettingen--and Fontenoy--Greys capture the White Standard--campaign in Flanders. CHAPTER III