 Complete the following phrase:  Howard was gazetted to an ensigncy in the Coldstream Guards, 21 April 1786, and served with his regiment in Flanders from February 1793 to May 1795, being wounded at St. Amand 8 May 1793. He was promoted lieutet and captain 25 April 1793 acting as adjutant of his regiment from December 1793 to December 1797, captain-lieutet and lieutet-colonel 30 December 1797, and brigade-major to the foot-guards 17 April 1798, in which capacity he served throughout the Irish rebellion of that year and the Duke of Yorks 