1770, lieutenant in 1773, and captain in the thirty-eighth foot in
1774. He was serving with his regiment at Boston, when the American
war commenced, and throughout the campaigns which followed, he
was actively employed. The thirty-eighth shared in the actions at
Concord and Bunker's Hill in 1775; the capture of Long Island; the
action at White Plains in 1776; and the expedition to Philadelphia
in 1777. On the 12th of July, 1777, he was appointed major in the
forty-ninth foot, which corps was also serving in America, from
whence it was removed to the West Indies. About the period of its
embarkation, he received his appointment to the lieut.-colonelcy of
the thirty-eighth foot, then occupying the lines in front of New
York. At the termination of the war he was appointed aide-de-camp
to the King with the rank of colonel. In 1793 he received the
rank of major-general, and the colonelcy of the 131st regiment,
then newly raised, and two years afterwards his services were
rewarded with the colonelcy of the TENTH regiment of foot; in 1799,
he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. During the war
which followed the French Revolution, when the British had taken
possession of several places in the Mediterranean, the services of
lieut.-general the Honourable Henry Edward Fox were transferred
to the Mediterranean, where he held the local rank of general,
excepting at Gibraltar, in 1801, and at Gibraltar, also, in 1804.
In 1808, he was promoted to the rank of general, and his services
were also rewarded with the government of Portsmouth. He died in
1811.
THE HONOURABLE THOMAS MAITLAND.
_Appointed 19th July, 1811._
THE HONOURABLE THOMAS MAITLAND, third son of James, seventh Earl of
Lauderdale, was appointed ensign in the twenty-fifth foot in July
1777, and in the following year he was promoted to captain in the
seventy-eighth regiment. In 1794 he obtained the lieut.-colonelcy
of the sixty-second foot. He served in the West Indies during the
early part of the war of the French Revolution; took an active
part in the attempt to deliver, from the power of the republicans,
the island of St. Domingo, where he obtained the local rank of
brigadier-general in 1797; when St. Domingo was evacuated, his
services were extended to the other islands, and in September,
1798, he was appointed colonel of the tenth West India regiment.
On the 14th of September, 1799, he was promoted to the local
rank of major-general on a particular service on the coast of
France. In January, 1805, he received the rank of major-general,
and in February of the same year he was appointed colonel of
the third garrison battalion. He was appointed to the staff of
the island of Ceylon, with the local rank of lieut.-general, on
the 31st of July 1806, and in 1807, he obtained the colonelcy
of the fourth West India regiment. In 1811, he was promoted to
the rank of lieut.-general, and removed to the TENTH regiment of
foot. On the 15th of July, 1813, he was appointed governor and
commander-in-chief of the island of Malta and its dependencies; and
he was subsequently nominated privy councillor of Malta, commander
of the forces in the Mediterranean, and Lord High Commissioner
of the Ionian Islands. He performed the important duties which
devolved upon him in consequence of these appointments, to the
satisfaction of the Crown, and to the advantage of the inhabitants
of the islands committed to his charge, who highly prized the
order, equitable rule, and personal safety they enjoyed under the
protection of Great Britain. He was honoured with the dignity of
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Knight Grand Cross
of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. He was greatly beloved and
esteemed among the natives of the Ionian Islands, and a monument,
erected by the inhabitants of Corfu, bears an inscription, in
Greek, expressive of their estimation of his character and virtues.
He died at Malta, on the 17th January, 1824, and was buried in the
bastion which contains the remains of the celebrated Sir Ralph
Abercromby.
SIR JOHN LAMBERT, G.C.B.
_Appointed 18th January, 1824._
GENERAL SIR JOHN LAMBERT, G.C.B. entered the army as an Ensign in
the First Foot Guards in January, 1791; he was promoted to the
rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel on the 9th October 1793;
he served in the campaign of 1793 in Flanders, was present at the
siege of Valenciennes, the action of Lincelles, and the siege of
Dunkirk. He served also with the Foot Guards in Ireland during
the rebellion in 1798. In 1799 he embarked with the expedition
to Holland, and was present in the actions of the 27th August,
10th and 19th September, and 2nd and 6th October of that year. He
embarked for the Peninsula and served with Lieut.-General Sir John
Moore in 1808 and 1809, and was present with him at the battle of
Corunna. In 1809 he commanded the Light Companies of the First and
Third Brigades of Foot Guards in the expedition to the Scheldt, and
attained the rank of Colonel on 25th July, 1810. In May 1811 he
embarked in command of the Third Battalion of the Grenadier Guards
for Cadiz, from whence he proceeded in January 1812 with a Brigade
to Carthagena. He returned to Cadiz on the 15th April, and assumed
the command of the Reserve in the Isla de Leon, and in October of
that year he joined the main army at Salamanca. He was promoted to
the rank of Major-General on the 4th June, 1813, and was appointed
to the Staff of the Army under Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington
in the Peninsula; he commanded a Brigade in the Sixth Division at
the Battles of Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he
received the distinction of a Cross. He was subsequently appointed
to the Staff of the Division of the Army sent to America in 1814,
and took part in the attack on New Orleans in January 1815, and
at the siege of Fort Bowyer; he succeeded to the command of that
division of the Army on the deaths of Major-Generals Pakenham and
Gibbs. He returned from America in the spring of 1815, and arrived
in sufficient time to take the command of a Brigade in the campaign
of 1815, and to participate in the victory obtained at Waterloo.
He was appointed to the colonelcy of the 10th Regiment of Foot on
the 18th January 1824; he attained the rank of Lieutenant-General
on 27th May 1825, and that of General on 23rd November 1841. In
addition to the order of G.C.B., he was a Knight of the Third
Class of Wladimir of Russia, and Commander of the Bavarian order
of Maximilian Joseph. His decease took place on the 14th September
1847.
SIR THOMAS M'MAHON, BART. and K.C.B.
_Appointed from 94th Regiment, 28th September, 1847._
APPENDIX.
_Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of
King_ WILLIAM III., _from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697._
Battle of Walcourt 25 August 1689
--------- Fleurus 4 July 1690
Mons surrendered to the French 10 April 1691
Namur ditto ditto 20 June 1692
Battle of Steenkirk 3 August ----
Furnes and Dixmude captured -- Sept. ----
The French lines at D'Otignies forced 10 July 1693
Battle of Landen 29 July ----
Surrender of Huy 17 Sept. 1694
Attack on Fort Kenoque 9 June 1695
Dixmude surrendered to the French 16 July ----
Namur retaken by King William III. 25 July ----
Citadel of Namur surrendered 5 Sept. ----
Treaty of Ryswick signed 11 Sept. 1697
_List of Sieges, Battles, &c. in the Netherlands and Germany,
during the Campaigns under the_ DUKE _of_ MARLBOROUGH _from 1702 to
1711._
Invested. Surrendered.
Siege of Kayserswerth 16 April 17 June 1702
Skirmish near Nimeguen .. 11 June ----
Siege of Venloo 29 August 25 Sept. ----
Capture of Fort St. Michael .. 18 Sept. ----
Siege of Stevenswaert .. 3 Oct. ----
-------- Ruremonde .. 6 Oct. ----
Capture of Liege Citadel .. 23 Oct. ----
Siege of Bonn 24 April 15 May 1703
-------- Huy 16 August 25 Aug. ----
-------- Limburg 10 Sept. 28 Sept. ----
Battle of Schellenberg .. 2 July 1704
-------- Blenheim .. 13 Aug. ----
Siege of Landau 12 Sept. 24 Nov. ----
Huy captured by the French .. -- May 1705
Re-capture of Huy .. 11 July ----
Forcing the French lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July ----
Skirmish near the Dyle .. 21 July ----
Siege of Sandvliet 26 October 29 Oct. ----
Battle of Ramilies .. 23 May 1706
Siege of Ostend 28 June 8 July ----
-------- Menin 25 July 25 August ----
-------- Dendermond 29 August 5 Sept. ----
-------- Aeth 16 Sept. 3 Oct. ----
Battle of Oudenarde .. 11 July 1708
Siege of Lisle 13 August 23 Oct. ----
Capture of the Citadel .. 9 Dec. ----
Battle of Wynendale .. 28 Sept. ----
Passage of the Scheldt .. 27 Nov. ----
Siege of Ghent 18 Dec. 30 Dec. ----
-------- Tournay 27 June 29 July 1709
Capture of the Citadel .. 3 Sept. ----
Battle of Malplaquet .. 11 Sept. ----
Siege of Mons 21 Sept. 20 Oct. ----
Passage of the French lines at Pont à Vendin 21 April 1710
Siege of Douay 25 April 27 June ----
-------- Bethune 15 July 29 August ----
-------- Aire 6 Sept. 9 Nov. ----
-------- St. Venant 6 Sept. 30 Sept. ----
Passage of the French lines at Arleux .. 5 August 1711
Siege of Bouchain 10 Aug. 13 Sept. ----
Treaty of Utrecht signed .. 30 March 1713
LONDON: Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, For Her
Majesty's Stationery Office.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
foot-guards, foot guards; out-post, outpost; intrusted; lodgment;
dgerm.
Pg xxxi, two missing items added to the list of 'PLATES', namely
'At the Battle of Steenkirk' and 'Costume of the Regiment
1848'.
Pg 8, 'the Fench fell' replaced by 'the French fell'.
Pg 19, 'non-commissoned officers' replaced by 'non-commissioned
officers'.
Pg 36, the Plate caption 'TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. [_To face page_ 1.'
replaced by 'COLOURS OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.'
Pg 76, 'October, 173.4' replaced by 'October, 1734.'.