 For the next few years, the regiment defended Tangier, which had been acquired by the English Crown through the marriage of King Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in April 1662, from Moorish cavalry.The regiment consisted of four troops, three of which were originally troops in the "English Regiment of Light Horse in France" attached to the French army of Louis XIV and under the command of Sir Henry Jones.They were constituted in 1672 and, after Jones was killed during the siege of Maastricht in 1673 while serving with the Duke of Monmouth, command passed to the Duke.