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A DE SCRIP TIVE ACCOUN T O F THE R RE IMENTS N ' F R E FR M VA IOUS G OW COMPRIS ING THE QUEEN S O C S , O THEIR FIRS T ESTABLIS HMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME WALTER RIC HA RDS IN F 0 UR DI VISION S DIV IV . LONDON V . S . IRT E J U . C O , LIMITED 2 C ITY R AD AND 2 6 V 94 , O , I Y LANE IM TERRITORIAL REG EN TS . 1 7 7 and ff in n n and brigade su ered severely, hav g five officers killed, seve wou ded, their n n - n n The f n n in n Lieute a t Colo el take prison er . ollowi g year they were e gaged coveri g of Ha an d n ffi n n n the siege y, the o ly British o cer killed duri g this campaig was Captai S of 1 4 . In 1 695 n acheverell the th they were employed at various sieges, otably at ’ “ N Tidcomb e s F n an d that of amur, where , as oot, they crow ed themselves with glory ; throughout the later battles of that year they followed the dashin g lead of the gallant L . For f n t wo n in I n n ord Cutts the ollowi g or three years they were statio ed rela d, whe ce, n n n inS n . however, they se t detachme ts at various times to joi the British army pai When Prince Charles Edward made his attempt in 1 7 1 5 the 1 4th were summon ed to ’ S n an d n F D n n and f cotla d, fought as Jaspar Clayto s oot at u bla e, our years later at G n n n e i hin n a d H ton . In 1 2 n le shiel , where Captai s Moore g were wou ded 7 7 they we t n n L n n - n and to Gibraltar, of which their Colo el , Jaspar Clayto , was ieute a t Gover or, s s in u f n n S n n n f or a isted its successf l de e ce agai st the pa iards, remai i g there several The 1 4 n ot D n n n years . th were at etti ge , but amo gst those who fell there was their ’ n n on ff . T F in 1 46 galla t Colo el , who was the sta hey fought at alkirk 7 as Price s F an d in n in n of n n . oot, were the first li e the divisio Ge eral Cholmo deley Complete ’ f n 1 4 though the de eat of Ki g George s army was, the th have little to reproach them ’ and n Ow n n n and selves with , they the Ki g s made a determi ed sta d withstood the in H n n n mn n n fury of the charg g ighla d host with asto ishi g fir ess, evi ci g most heroic ” i an f At n valour un der c rcumstances of peculiar danger d di ficulty . Cullode they were A n in r n and f n not n le ss . T n agai the fi st li e, ortu ately did i cur much hey we t to merica in 1 06 and n n n n A in 1 7 7 3 . T 7 St . five years later to Vi ce t, retur i g to merica hough ’ n not n n H in t wo the regime t was as a whole e gaged at Bu ker s ill , they lost that battle of f ff A f e w n the 1 4 n their o ficers who were employed on the sta . mo ths later th disti uis hed an of not g themselves at action known as that Great Bridge, but do seem to have e of In n n an d be n very actively en gaged during the remainder of the War depe de ce, n En n in 1 A n in in 1 7 82 retur ed to gla d 77 7 . fter a short sojour Jamaica , they took part in n in H n n n one n . the campaig olla d eleve years later, bei g of the first regime ts to arrive T F i the f n 1 93 . n n hey fought at amars May, 7 O this occasio it is related that Bed ord R n n in 1 82 n n of n men shire egime t, as they had bee styled 7 , bei g mai ly composed you g n n in n f n n the n who had ever bee actio be ore, though evi ci g most dari g courage, got o f n D n n somewhat out order . Colo el oyle, seei g this, galloped to the fro t, called a nf n an d n n n F n R n halt, rei orced the ra ks, the , biddi g the ba d strike up the re ch epublica ‘ g a zm h h n w n in on t e . T e air, , led them to charge loss of the regime t, o i g great measure voL. II. A A ‘ ” H ER Ill A/ES TI S ARMY. f n an d n in n to this action o their Colo el, was slight, they were specially tha ked Ge eral At Valen cienn cs n d n f 1 4 n Orders . a hu red volu teers were required rom the th to joi the n D men and n n d n of forlorn h epe . Colo el oyle assembled his , poi ti g out the a ger the “ ” n n it e terprise, requested that those who were prepared to u dertake should recover “ ” In n n one man and n arms . sta tly the whole regime t recovered as , their Colo el, with n an n n an n n genui e pride d emotio , directed that i stead of y volu teeri g, which all were n men of n l In n the te n . ready to do, first each compa y shou d be chose the operatio s — about Dunkirk to quote an instan ce w hich is typical of the en thusiastic devotion w hich — ‘ has ever characterised the 1 4th when the deep ditch threatened to prove a formidable L n n m in and his - obstacle, ieute a t Clapham ju ped stood with the water up to arm pits, that the gren adiers might use his shoulders as steppin g-stones to the other side I They u L n e an d T n n fo ght at a dr cies Cateau ; at our ay they particularly disti guished themselves, n n n T n f he gai i g the first ame on their colours . hey were for a lo g time isolated rom t “ rest of the army and hemmed in on all sides by the whole weight and power of the ’ ” n m n n . n e emy s overwhel i g umbers Retreat became i evitable, though to retreat “ nn n n n on seemed almost to court a ihilatio . Yet, surrou ded by the e emy , fired by ” and nf n an d n n 1 4 artillery i a try, me aced by cavalry, the galla t th moved as though at a w . T n o m n in in and n revie here was hurry or excite e t ; defeat as victory they were, k ew one n n n in that they were, of the fi est regime ts of the fi est army the world ; their retreat n fi he d n . On t was dig i ed, deliberate, efia t road by which they must pass was erected a n n n had in At stro g barricade behi d which the e emy gathered force . this last disaster ” n n n . No eve the brave Ge eral expressed his fear that they must surre der , sir, replied ” n “ An 4 di 1 4 a r . d 1 d Captai Clapham , the th c n cut th ough them the th cut through and n a them, received from friends and foes alike the meed of praise due to as galla t n n an n Guildermalsen n actio as y troops ever performed. Agai at they evi ced the same and n in 1 7 9 5 n n n n n n . heroic courage, retur ed home , havi g gai ed a reputatio seco d to o e In 1 7 96 f St A . L an d St n n n n they ought at ucia . Vi ce t, receivi g the tha ks of bercrombie, w ho n , whe it was decided that the 1 4th were not to accompany him on his further n “ expeditio s, expressed his regret with the very distin gu ished compliment that he did ' ” n ot in an o on th k y service could g well without them . A n n n nn n d n seco d battalio which had bee formed fought at Coru a, where, u er Colo el Nicholls n of the regime t, they greatly distin guished themselves in drivin g the French out ' n n .

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