Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60290-h.htm or 60290-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60290/60290-h/60290-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60290/60290-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/nineteenththeirt00bidduoft Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). A caret character is used to denote superscription. The superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackers following the caret character (example: XIX^{TH}). Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. Footnote [64] has two anchors on page 204. Basic fractions are displayed as ½ ⅓ ¼ etc. In the table on page 7, 1/2 means one shilling and two pence. There is no Appendix J; Appendix K follows Appendix I. Some other minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE NINETEENTH AND THEIR TIMES I ordained that the rights of the Warrior should not be infringed; that the soldier who had grown old in the service should not be deprived of his place or his pay; and that the deeds of the soldier should not be concealed. For men who exchange their comfort for perishable glory deserve to be compensated, and are worthy of reward and encouragement. --_Institutes of Timour._ [Illustration: Alexandra 1899. (signature of the Princess of Wales) _Copyright by permission of Miss Alice Hughes._ Walker & Boutall ph. sc.] THE NINETEENTH AND THEIR TIMES Being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army That Have Borne the Number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in Which They Served by COLONEL JOHN BIDDULPH [Illustration: FROM AN OLD SEAL] London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1899 DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES PREFACE Four cavalry regiments in the British Army have borne the number Nineteen. The first was raised in Ireland, in 1759, during the Seven Years’ War, and was known as Drogheda’s Horse. In 1763, its number was changed to Eighteen, which number it bore till it was disbanded in 1821. The history of its achievements has been written by Captain H. Malet. The second regiment that bore the number was raised at a critical period in our history, in 1779. It had but a brief and uneventful existence, and was disbanded in 1783.