War Medals and Their HistorySteward, William Augustus
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War Medals and Their History
Steward, William Augustus
Great Britain. Army -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
15 March 1793. 1 only issued. 17 March 1794. 30 issued. 29 May 1797. 3
issued. 9 June 1799. 4 issued. 20 Dec. 1799. 3 issued. 29 July 1800. 4
issued. 29 Aug. 1800. 26 issued. 27 Oct. 1800. 5 issued. 21 July 1801.
9 issued. 27 June 1803. 5 issued. 4 Nov. 1803. 1 issued. 4 Feb. 1804.
10 issued. 4 June 1805. 10 issued. 16 July 1806. 51 issued. 2 Jan.
1807. 2 issued. 21 Jan. 1807. 9 issued. 19 April 1807. 1 issued. 13
Feb. 1808. 3 issued. 10 July 1808. 8 issued. 11 Aug. 1808. 12 issued.
28 Nov. 1808. 2 issued. 7 July 1809. 33 issued. 14 July 1809. 8 issued.
25 July 1809. 35 issued. 27 July 1809. 10 issued. 29 July 1809. 11
issued. 28 Aug. 1809. 14 issued. 1 Nov. 1809. 117 issued. 13 Dec. 1809.
10 issued. 13 Feb. 1810. 17 issued. 1 May 1810. 18 issued. 28 June
1810. 24 issued. 27 Sept. 1810. 34 issued. 4 Nov. 1810. 2 issued. 23
Nov. 1810. 66 issued. 24 Dec. 1810. 6 issued. 4 May 1811. 10 issued. 30
July 1811. 4 issued. 2 Aug. 1811. 10 issued. 20 Sept. 1811. 8 issued.
4 Dec. 1811. 18 issued. 4 April 1812. 4 issued. 1 Sept. 1812, 18 Sept.
1812. 24 issued for these 2 clasps. 17 Sept. 1812. 11 issued. 29 Sept.
1812. 26 issued. 6 Jan. 1813. 21 issued. 21 March 1813. 6 issued. 28
April 1813. 2 issued. April and May 1813. 54 issued. 2 May 1813. 49
issued. 8 April 1814. 23 issued. 24 May 1814. 11 issued. 3 and 6 Sept.
1814. 1 only issued. 14 Dec. 1814. 117 issued.
The last two bars are for actions in the war with America.
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=Algiers.=--For this battle, fought on August 27th, 1816, 1,362 medals
with a single bar, or combined with others, were issued. The action
was brought about by the piratical depredations of the Algerines, and
the enslavement of Christians by them. Lord Exmouth sailed for the
port with 5 ships of the line and 8 smaller vessels, being joined at
Gibraltar by 6 Dutch frigates under Admiral Van de Capellen. They
appeared before Algiers on August 26th, and proposed certain terms to
the Dey, which were not accepted, so next day they commenced to bombard
the city. The Algerine fleet was destroyed, and the Dey accepted the
terms he had refused. Over 1,200 Christian slaves were freed, and a
promise given that piracy and slavery should cease. For a time the
promise was kept, but in 1830 the French had to take strong steps to
deal with the Algerines, and in the end Algeria became a French colony.
=Exmouth Gold Medal.=--As a reward for his services, Admiral Lord
Exmouth was created a Viscount, and received from the Prince Regent a
large gold medal, bearing on the obverse the bust of the Prince Regent
encircled by TO TAME THE PROUD, THE FETTER'D SLAVE TO FREE. THESE
ARE IMPERIAL ARTS, AND WORTHY THEE, and in the exergue PRINCE GEORGE
REGENT. On the reverse is a representation of the bombardment, and in
the exergue ALGIERS BOMBARDED ITS FLEET DESTROYED AND CHRISTIAN SLAVERY
EXTINGUISHED, AUGUST 27TH, 1816. Only 4 medals of this kind were struck.
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