ISBN: 1235616754

[EAN: 9781235616754], Neubuch, [PU: General Books LLC], GREAT BRITAIN OFFICE,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 20 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.0in.This histor… More...

[EAN: 9781235616754], Neubuch, [PU: General Books LLC], GREAT BRITAIN OFFICE,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 20 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.0in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: . . . 1751 of arms, the Thistle and Crown to be painted, as on the colours, with the rank of the regiment underneath. During the period the regiment was stationed in England, where it remained until 1751, it received the commendations of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, on account of its good conduct in quarters, and of its former gallantry in the field. The Twenty-First regiment embarked for Gibraltar towards the end of the year 1751, in order to relieve the Eighth, or Kings Regiment. 1752 Lieut. -General Campbell was removed to the Scots Greys, and King George II. nominated Colonel the Earl of Panmure, from the Twenty-fifth regiment, to the colonelcy of the Royal North British Fusiliers, by commission dated the 29th of April, 1752. 1760 The regiment remained at Gibraltar until 1760, when it was relieved from duty at that fortress, and returned to England. 1761 In the meantime another war had commenced between Great Britain and France, and in 1761 the Royal North British Fusiliers, mustering eight hundred men, under the command of Lieut. -Colonel Edward Maxwell, sailed with the expedition under Major-General Hodgson, for the attack of the French island in the Bay of Biscay, called Belle-Isle. The fleet appeared before the island on the 7th of April; but the coast was found like a vast fortress, --the little which nature had left undone by rocks and crags, having been supplied by art. A landing was, however, effected on the following day; the Twenty-first was one of the regiments which leaped on shore, and stormed the works of Port Andro, under a heavy fire of cannon and musketry; the works were found too steep to be ascended, and although the officers and soldiers made a gallant effort, one attempting to lift another up, it was found impossible to. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781235616754

Great Britain Office, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Historical-Records-of-the-British-Army-Infantry~~Great-Britain-Adjutant-Generals-Office, 99999… More...

Great Britain Office, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Historical-Records-of-the-British-Army-Infantry~~Great-Britain-Adjutant-Generals-Office, 999999999, Historical Records of the British Army [Infantry] (Volume 21); Regt. North Devon, Great Britain Office, 1235616754, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

2012, ISBN: 9781235616754

General Books, Taschenbuch, Publiziert: 2012-02-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Kategorien, Bücher, General Books, 2012