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 150
... regt . the 1st of May , 1778 , and obtained an Ensigncy in North America in the Queen's Rangers in 1779. He was first engaged with them in the New Jerseys under the command of Lieut . - Col . Simcoe ; in 1780 he was at the siege of ...
... regt . the 1st of May , 1778 , and obtained an Ensigncy in North America in the Queen's Rangers in 1779. He was first engaged with them in the New Jerseys under the command of Lieut . - Col . Simcoe ; in 1780 he was at the siege of ...
Page 151
... regt . , and was quartered with it in different parts of England and Holland . In 1789 he was appointed Adj . to the regt .: he purchased a com- pany in the 63rd regt . the 1st of March , 1794 , and joined the army under the Duke of ...
... regt . , and was quartered with it in different parts of England and Holland . In 1789 he was appointed Adj . to the regt .: he purchased a com- pany in the 63rd regt . the 1st of March , 1794 , and joined the army under the Duke of ...
Page 152
... regt . 687. COLONEL JAMES WATSON , C.B. APPOINTED Lieut . in the 14th foot the 18th of April , 1792 ; Capt . the 11th of March , 1795 ; Major the 3rd of Dec. , 1802 ; and Lieut . - Col . in the same corps the 15th of May , 1806 ; Col ...
... regt . 687. COLONEL JAMES WATSON , C.B. APPOINTED Lieut . in the 14th foot the 18th of April , 1792 ; Capt . the 11th of March , 1795 ; Major the 3rd of Dec. , 1802 ; and Lieut . - Col . in the same corps the 15th of May , 1806 ; Col ...
Page 165
... Regt . " To Capt . Henry Coane , 73d Regt . " 708. COLONEL SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS , BART . : THIS officer was appointed Second Lieut . in the Royal Artillery in in 1793 , and First Lieut . 30th May , 1794 . He served seven months in ...
... Regt . " To Capt . Henry Coane , 73d Regt . " 708. COLONEL SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS , BART . : THIS officer was appointed Second Lieut . in the Royal Artillery in in 1793 , and First Lieut . 30th May , 1794 . He served seven months in ...
Page 173
... regt . , in which he purchased an Ensigncy , in June , 1787 ; purchased a Lieute- nancy in America , in Feb. , 1791 ; and succeeded to a company , by seniority , in St. Domingo , in Oct. , 1794. He purchased a Majority , when Senior ...
... regt . , in which he purchased an Ensigncy , in June , 1787 ; purchased a Lieute- nancy in America , in Feb. , 1791 ; and succeeded to a company , by seniority , in St. Domingo , in Oct. , 1794. He purchased a Majority , when Senior ...
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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 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...
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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...