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[Illustration:

  BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IV^{TH}.
  _and under the Patronage of_
  Her Majesty the Queen.

  HISTORICAL RECORDS,
  _OF THE_
  British Army

  _Comprising the_
  _History of every Regiment_
  _IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE_.

  _By Richard Cannon Esq^{re}._

  _Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards._

  London.

  _Printed by Authority._]




  HISTORICAL RECORD

  OF

  THE FIFTEENTH,

  OR,

  THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,
  REGIMENT OF FOOT,

  CONTAINING

  AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
  IN 1685,

  AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
  TO 1848.


  COMPILED BY

  RICHARD CANNON, ESQ.

  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.


  ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.


  LONDON:
  PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,
  30 CHARING CROSS.

  M DCCC XLVIII.




  LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.
  FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.




  THE FIFTEENTH,

  OR,

  THE YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING,

  REGIMENT OF FOOT,

  BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORDS

  "MARTINIQUE,"

  AND

  "GUADALOUPE,"

  IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GALLANTRY
  DISPLAYED IN THE CAPTURE OF
  THOSE ISLANDS IN THE YEARS 1809 AND 1810.




FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.


CONTENTS.

  Year                                                          Page

  1685  Formation of the Regiment at Nottingham                    1

  1686  Establishment                                              2

  1687  Encamped on Hounslow Heath                                 4

  1688  Revolution in Great Britain                                5

  ----  Marched to Scotland                                        -

  1689  Battle of Killicrankie                                     6

  1690  ------ at Cromdale                                         -

  ----  Marched to Inverlochy                                      8

  1691  Submission of the Highlanders to King William
         