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  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
          and Queen Mary                                           9

  1694  Embarked for Flanders                                      -

  ----  Engaged in the capture of Huy                             10

  1695  ------- at Fort Kenoque                                   --

  ----  ------- at the surrender of Dixmude to the French         11

  ----  Colonel Sir James Lesley cashiered, and succeeded
          by Colonel Emanuel Howe                                 12

  ----  Garrison of Namur surrendered                             --

  ----  Released from prisoners of war                            --

  1696  Marched to Bruges                                         --

  1697  Proceeded to Brussels                                     13

  ----  Treaty of Peace at Ryswick                                --

  ----  Embarked for England                                      14

  ----  Proceeded to Ireland                                      --

  1701  Preparations for War with France                          --

  ----  Re-embarked for Holland                                   --

  ----  Reviewed at Breda by King William III.                    --

  1702  Proceeded to Rosendael                                    15

  ----  Siege of Kayserswerth                                     --

  ----  Engaged at Nimeguen                                       --

  ----  War declared against France and Spain                     --

  ----  The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command
          of the army in Flanders                                 --

  ----  Engaged at the siege of Venloo                            16

  ----  ----------------------- Ruremonde                         --

  ----  ----------------------- Liege                             --

  1703  Surrender of Bonn                                         --

  ----  Proceeded to Maestricht                                   17

  ----  Engaged at the capture of Huy                             --

  ----  ------------------------- Limburg                         --

  1704  Proceeded from Holland to the Danube                      --

  ----  Joined the Imperial Army                                  18

  ----  Battle of Schellenberg                                    --

  ----  --------- Blenheim                                        19

  ----  Marshal Tallard taken prisoner, and the French
          Army defeated                                           20

  ----  Siege of Landau                                           21

  1705  Re-capture of Huy                                         22

  ----  Forced the French lines at Neer-Hespen and Helixem        --

  1706  Battle of Ramilies                                        --

  ----  Many prisoners, with cannon, colours, &c. taken           23

  ----  Surrender of Brussels, Ghent, &c.                         --

  ----  --------- of Ostend                                       --

  ----  --------- of Menin                                        --

  ----  --------- of Dendermond and Aeth                          --

  1708  Re-embarked for England to repel the invasion
          of the Pretender                                        --

  ----  Returned to Flanders                                      24

  1708  Battle of Oudenarde                                       --

  ----  Engaged in the Siege of Lisle                             --

  ----  Re-capture of Ghent and Bruges                            25

  1709  Siege and Capture of Tournay                              --

  ----  Battle of Malplaquet                                      26

  ----  Siege and Capture of Mons                                 --

  ----  Marched into winter quarters at Ghent                     --

  1710  Forced the French lines at Pont-à-Vendin                  27

  ----  Siege and Capture of Douay                                --

  ----  Encamped at Villars-Brulin                                --

  ----  Surrender of Bethune                                      --

  ----  --------- of Aix and St. Venant                           --

  ----  Marched into quarters at Courtray                         --

  1711  Encamped at Warde and reviewed by the Duke
          of Marlborough                                          --

  ----  Forced the French lines at Arleux                         --

  ----  Siege and surrender of Bouchain                           --

  1712  Negociations for peace commenced                          28

  ----  Duke of Ormond assumed the command of the Army            --

  ----  Returned to Ghent                                         --

  1713  Removed to Dunkirk                                        --

  ----  ------- to Nieuport                                       --

  1714  Returned to England                                       --

  ----  Decease of Queen Anne, and accession of King George I.    --

  1715  Employed against the rebels in Great Britain              --

  1719  Employed in Scotland                                      29

  ----  Invasion of a Spanish force at Kintail                    --

  ----  Defeat and surrender of the invaders at Glensheil         --

  1728  Reviewed at Blackheath by King George II.                 --

  1740  Encamped in the Isle of Wight                             30

  ----  Embarked for the West Indies                              --

  1741  Arrived at Jamaica                                        --

  ----  Sailed for Carthagena                                     --

  1741  Attack and capture of Bocca-chica                         31

  ----  Siege of the Castle of St. Lazar                          --

  ----  Forts of Carthagena destroyed                             32

  ----  Returned to Jamaica                                       33

  1742  Re-embarked for England                                   --

  1745  Embarked for Ostend                                       --

  ----  Ostend captured by the French                             --

  ----  Recalled to England in consequence of the
          French invasion                                         34

  1746  Battle of Culloden                                        --

  ----  Embarked for the coast of France, and proceeded
          against Port L'Orient and Quiberon                      --

  ----  Returned to England                                       35

  1748  Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle                        --

  1749  Proceeded to Ireland                                      --

  1751  Royal Warrant issued for regulating the clothing,
          colours, &c.                                            --

  1755  War re-commenced with France                              36

  ----  Returned to England                                       --

  1756  Encamped at Blandford                                     --

  1757  Encamped at Barham-downs                                  --

  ----  Embarked on an expedition against the coast of France     --

  ----  Capture of the Isle of Aix                                37

  ----  Returned to England                                       --

  1758  Embarked for North America                                --

  ----  Formed part of an expedition against Louisbourg, and in
          the taking of the Island of Cape Breton, under
          Brigadier-General James Wolfe                           38

  ----  The captured colours, &c. presented to the King, and
          publickly conveyed from Kensington Palace to St.
          Paul's Cathedral                                        39

  ----  Rewarded by the approbation of the Sovereign, and by
          the thanks of Parliament                                --

  1759  Embarked in an expedition against Quebec, under
          Major-General James Wolfe                               --

  ----  Death of Major-General Wolfe                              41

  ----  Surrender of Quebec                                       42

  ----  Approbation of the King of the conduct of the troops,
          thanks of Parliament, and public thanksgiving of
          the Nation                                              --

  1760  Defence of Quebec against an attempt of the French to
          retake it                                               43

  ----  Joined in an attack on Montreal                           44

  ----  Conquest of Canada                                        --

  1761  Encamped at Staten Island                                 44

  ----  Embarked for Barbadoes                                    --

  1762  Engaged on an expedition in the capture of Martinique     --

  ----  Embarked on an expedition to the Havannah                 45

  ----  Capture of Moro Fort, nine ships of war, &c.              --

  1763  Peace with Spain concluded                                --

  ----  The Havannah restored to Spain                            --

  ----  Embarked for New York, and proceeded to Canada            46

  1768  Embarked for England                                      --

  1770  Reviewed at Chatham by King George III.                   --

  1772  Marched to Scotland                                       --

  1774  Embarked for Ireland                                      --

  1776  War with North America                                    --

  ----  Embarked for America                                      47

  ----  Proceeded on an expedition against Charleston             --

  ----  Re-embarked and proceeded to Staten Island                --

  ----  Effected a landing at Long Island                         --

  ----  Proceeded against New York                                48

  ----  ----------------- White Plains                            --

  ----  ----------------- Fort Washington                         --

  1777  ----------------- Peek's-Hill                             --

  ----  ----------------- Danbury                                 --

  1777  Arrived at Ridgefield                                     49

  ----  Engaged at the Hill of Compo                              --

  ----  Embarked at New York                                      --

  ----  Proceeded on an expedition against Philadelphia           50

  ----  Engaged at Brandywine                                     --

  ----  Engaged at Germantown                                     51

  ----  ------- at Whitemarsh                                     --

  1778  Marched from Philadelphia to New York                     52

  ----  Embarked for the West Indies                              --

  ----  Proceeded on an expedition against St. Lucia              53

  1779  Embarked from St. Lucia and landed at St. Christopher's   54

  1781  War declared against Holland                              --

  ----  Capture of the Island of St. Eustatius                    --

  ----  Recaptured by the French, and the 13th and 15th
          Regiments taken prisoners                               --

  1782  Island of St. Christopher's taken by the French           55

  ----  Regiment returned to England                              56

  ----  Received the County title of "York East Riding"           --

  1784  Embarked for Ireland                                      --

  1790  -------- for Barbadoes                                    --

  1793  Removed to Dominica                                       --

  1794  Embarked on an expedition against Martinique
          and Guadaloupe                                          57

  1795  Stationed at Martinique                                   58

  1796  Re-embarked for England                                   --

  1797  Proceeded to Scotland                                     --

  1799  Returned to England                                       --

  ----  Received volunteers from the Militia and augmented
          to two battalions                                       --

  1800  Embarked for Ireland                                      --

  1802  Peace concluded with France                               --

  ----  Establishment reduced, and the second battalion
          disbanded                                               --

  1803  War recommenced against France                            --

  1804  Establishment again augmented, and second
          battalion added and formed in Yorkshire                 59

  1805  First battalion embarked for the West Indies              --

  ----  Embarked as Marines on board the Fleet under Admiral
          Lord Nelson                                             --

  ----  Relanded at Barbadoes                                     --

  1807  Again embarked on board the fleet                         --

  ----  Returned to Barbadoes, and embarked for Grenada           --

  ----  Engaged in an expedition against the islands of
          St. Thomas and St. Croix                                60

  1809  ------------------------ against the island of
          Martinique                                              --

  ----  Capture of Martinique                                     --

  ----  Engaged in the reduction of the islands in the
          vicinity of Guadaloupe                                  61

  ----  Returned to Grenada                                       --

  1810  Embarked in an expedition against Guadaloupe              --

  ----  Capture of Guadaloupe                                     62

  1812  Removed to St. Christopher's                              63

  1814  General peace proclaimed                                  --

  1815  War recommenced by the violation of the treaty
          of peace by Napoleon Buonaparte                         64

  ----  The islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe again taken
          possession of                                           --

  ----  Re-embarked for Barbadoes                                 --

  1816  Peace being restored, the second battalion disbanded      65

  ----  Removed to Martinique                                     --

  ----  Proceeded to Grenada                                      --

  1817  Embarked for Nova Scotia                                  --

  1819  -------- for Bermuda                                      --

  1821  -------- for England                                      --

  1822  -------- for Ireland                                      --

  1827  Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies          66

  1827  Embarked for Canada                                       --

  1832  Employed in aid of the civil power at Montreal
          in suppressing a serious riot                           67

  ----  Expressions of approbation of the conduct of the
          regiment                                                68

  ----  Suffered severely from the effects of Asiatic cholera     73

  1838  Engaged on active duties in consequence of rebellion
          among a portion of the inhabitants of the Canadas       75

  1840  Returned to England                                       79

  ----  Disembarked at Portsmouth, and joined by the
          Depôt Companies                                         --

  1841  Proceeded to Winchester, and thence to Woolwich           --

  1842  Marched to Windsor                                        --

  ----  Reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria, and the
          Prince Albert                                           --

  ----  Proceeded to Chester                                      80

  ----  --------- to Manchester                                   --

  1843  Embarked for Ireland                                      --

  1845  Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies          --

  ----  Service Companies embarked for Ceylon                     --

  1846  ----------------- arrived at Ceylon                       81

  1847  Depôt Companies embarked from Ireland to England          --

  1848  The Conclusion                                            --


SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

  Year                                                          Page

  1685  Sir William Clifton, Bart                                 83

  1686  Arthur Herbert, afterwards Earl of Torrington             --

  1687  Sackville Tufton                                          84

  1688  Sir James Lesley                                          85

  1695  Emanuel Howe                                              --

  1709  Algernon Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of Somerset    86

  1715  Harry Harrison                                            --

  1749  John Jordan                                               87

  1756  Jeffery Amherst, afterwards Lord Amherst                  --

  1768  Charles Hotham, afterwards Thompson                       88

  1775  Richard Earl of Cavan                                     89

  1778  Sir William Fawcett, K.B.                                 --

  1792  James Hamilton                                            92

  1794  Henry Watson Powell                                       --

  1814  Sir Moore Disney, K.C.B.                                  --

  1846  Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H.                                 93


APPENDIX.

  Battles, Sieges, &c., from 1689 to 1697                         95

  --------------------- from 1702 to 1713                         96


PLATES.

  Colours of the Regiment                               _to face_  1

  Costume of the Regiment                                   "     82




THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.




GENERAL ORDERS.


  _HORSE-GUARDS_,
  _1st January, 1836_.

His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of
doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals
who have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with
the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the
British Army shall be published under the superintendence and
direction of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall
contain the following particulars, viz.:--

  ---- The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of
  the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time
  employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations
  in which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any
  Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies,
  &c., it may have captured from the Enemy.

  ---- The Names