The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Containing the Services and Progress of Promotion of the Generals, Lieutenant-generals, Major-generals, Colonels, Lieutenant-colonels, and Majors of the Army, According to Seniority: with Details of the Principal Military Events of the Last Century, Volume 4John Philippart A.J. Valpy, sold by T. Egerton, 1820 |
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Page 138
... Capt . in the 3rd foot guards the 3rd of May , 1786 ; and Capt . and Lieut . - Col . in the latter regiment the 15th of Jan. , 1794. He served the campaign of 1793 on the Con- tinent ; and was present in the action of Famars , at the ...
... Capt . in the 3rd foot guards the 3rd of May , 1786 ; and Capt . and Lieut . - Col . in the latter regiment the 15th of Jan. , 1794. He served the campaign of 1793 on the Con- tinent ; and was present in the action of Famars , at the ...
Page 139
... Capt . - Lieut . in the 18th regiment . He was at the battle of Monmouth , in the Jerseys , under Sir Henry Clinton ; at the taking of St. Lucie , in the West Indies , under Gen. Grant ; St. Eustatia , under Gen. Vaughan ; and at many ...
... Capt . - Lieut . in the 18th regiment . He was at the battle of Monmouth , in the Jerseys , under Sir Henry Clinton ; at the taking of St. Lucie , in the West Indies , under Gen. Grant ; St. Eustatia , under Gen. Vaughan ; and at many ...
Page 140
... Capt . - Lieut . and Capt . in the same corps the 2nd of June , 1793 ; Lieut . - Col . in the army the 6th of March , 1795 ; Lieut . - Col . in the 3rd foot , the 1st of Sept. , 1795 ; and Col. in the army the 29th of April , 1802 ; his ...
... Capt . - Lieut . and Capt . in the same corps the 2nd of June , 1793 ; Lieut . - Col . in the army the 6th of March , 1795 ; Lieut . - Col . in the 3rd foot , the 1st of Sept. , 1795 ; and Col. in the army the 29th of April , 1802 ; his ...
Page 143
... Capt.- Lieut . and Capt . in the same corps the 28th of Jan. , 1782 ; Capt . of an Independent Company the 9th of Oct. , 1793 ; Major in the army the 1st of March , 1794 ; Major in Unattached Officers receiving full - pay the 4th of ...
... Capt.- Lieut . and Capt . in the same corps the 28th of Jan. , 1782 ; Capt . of an Independent Company the 9th of Oct. , 1793 ; Major in the army the 1st of March , 1794 ; Major in Unattached Officers receiving full - pay the 4th of ...
Page 144
... Capt . Robert Pigot's Independent Company of foot ; Lieut . in Capt . Dickenson's Independent Company ; and on the 14th of Feb. , 1794 , a Capt . in the 97th , or Inver- nessshire Regiment of Infantry , raised and commanded by Colonel ...
... Capt . Robert Pigot's Independent Company of foot ; Lieut . in Capt . Dickenson's Independent Company ; and on the 14th of Feb. , 1794 , a Capt . in the 97th , or Inver- nessshire Regiment of Infantry , raised and commanded by Colonel ...
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12th Aug 1st Jan 25th July 2d batt 48th foot 4th June 4th of June 60th foot action Aid-de-Camp APPOINTED Lieut appointed Lieut.-Col April attack Bath battalion battle of Corunna battle of Salamanca battle of Talavera battle of Vittoria battle of Waterloo brevet Brigadier-General Madden British C.B. APPOINTED campaign Capt Capt.-Lieut capture cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo clasp COLONEL Companion corps Duke of Wellington embarked enemy enemy's Ensign expedition foot guards French Gibraltar honor of wearing India Ireland Island joined Lieut.-Gen Lieutenancy LIEUTENANT-COLONEL light dragoons Lord Maj.-Gen Major Major-General mand March Nive Nivelle officer served officer was appointed Order placed on half-pay Portugal present promoted rank is stationary received a medal received the brevet regiment regt returned to England Royal Artillery Second Lieut Sept served in Spain Spain Spain and Portugal Spanish Staff troops wearing a cross wearing a medal West Indies
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Page 120 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice...
Page 121 - He thanked the Surgeons for their trouble. Captains Percy and Stanhope, two of his Aides-de-camp, then came into the room. He spoke kindly to both, and asked Percy, if all his Aides-de-camp were well? "After some interval he said, 'Stanhope - remember me to your sister.
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Page 128 - J ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character; to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your majesty's person, crown, and dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory, or dominions, but for existence.
Page 235 - I ever heard ; — it was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both of them two deep, passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground and tumbling me about cruelly : the clatter of their approach, and the apprehensions it excited, may be...
Page 127 - Majesty and the country, 1 seized the earliest opportunity to express my desire of undertaking the responsibility of a military command. I neither did, nor do, presume on supposed talents as entitling me to such an appointment : I am aware I do not possess the...
Page 121 - Remember me to him : it's General Paget I mean ; he is a fine fellow. I feel myself so strong I fear I shall be long dying — It is great uneasiness — it is great pain.
Page 425 - O'Clock in the forenoon of the 26th his Cavalry and Light Troops were discovered advancing on both banks of the Chateauguay, by a Detachment covering a Working Party of Habitant employed in felling Timber for the purpose of constructing abbatis : — Lieuten'.
Page 253 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 270 - ... the forward movement, in consequence of a charge from their Cavalry on the right lest they should wheel about and fall upon their rear, but they were received in so gallant a manner by the Companies of the 89th under Captn. Barnes and the well directed fire of the Artillery that they quickly retreated and by an immediate charge from those Companies one Gun was gain[e]d...