The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95thCope, William Henry
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The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th
Cope, William Henry
Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
On June 19, 1815, the Regiment began its march to Paris. On the 24th
the 1st Battalion moved from Bavay to Engle-fontaine, and encamped
or was cantoned in that neighbourhood, and on the 25th at Maretz. On
the 26th the 2nd Battalion moved from Nauroy and Magny, and encamped
near Beauvoir and Lanchy; and the 1st Battalion halted at Nauroy,
Magny, and Bellenglise. On the next day the 2nd Battalion crossed
the Somme at Villecourt and moved by Nesle to Roye, and the 1st
Battalion advanced, and encamped between Douilly and Villers. On the
28th the 2nd Battalion marched by Montdidier to Petit Crèvecœur: on
the next day from that place to Clermont; and the 1st Battalion from
Roye, where it had halted on the 28th, to Gournay on the road to
Pont St. Maxence. On the 30th this Battalion crossed the Oise at Pont
St. Maxence, and was pushed on as far as Fleurines on the road to
Senlis; while the 2nd Battalion and companies of the 3rd moved from
Petit Crèvecœur to Chantilly. On July 1 this Battalion relieved the
Prussians near Aubervilliers; and the 1st Battalion moved by Senlis
and Louvres, and encamped between Louvres and Vauderlan. On the
6th both Battalions were encamped near Neuilly. On July 7 the army
marched into Paris, and the 2nd Battalion had the honour of being
the first corps which entered; Lieutenant and Adjutant Thomas Smith,
riding in front of the Battalion, being the first British officer who
entered Paris on that famous day.
The 1st Battalion was encamped at the village of Clichy until October
30, when it was cantoned in and near the village of Vaux. On December
19 it was moved into the city of Paris, and occupied barracks in the
Rue de Clichy. On the entry into Paris the 2nd Battalion was encamped
in the Champs Elysées, where it remained till October 29, when it
went into quarters at Versailles; and on December 8 marched to St.
Leu Tavernay and St. Prix and Moullinor.
On July 10 the Head-quarters of the 3rd Battalion (five companies,
300 men) embarked at Dover, and landing on the 13th at Ostend,
moved through Bruges, Ghent, Oudenarde, Mons, Bavay, Le Catelet
and Peronne; and thence by the route before traversed by the other
Battalions through Roye, Pont St. Maxence and Louvres to Paris. On
arrival they were placed, with the 2nd Battalion, in Sir Frederick
Adam’s brigade, to which their two detached companies were already
attached, and were encamped with them in the Champs Elysées. It was
subsequently removed to another brigade and cantoned at Montmartre.
The three Battalions being thus re-united in the neighbourhood of
Paris, the officers observed the anniversary of the formation of the
Regiment by a ‘Regimental Dinner’ at St. Germain-en-Laye, on August
25. This seems to have been the second ‘Regimental Dinner.’
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