History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1 / Compiled from the Original Records

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PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

CHAPTER I. The Masters-General of the Ordnance and their Honourable Board.

CHAPTER II. The Infancy of Artillery in England.

CHAPTER III. The Restoration, and Revolution of 1688.

CHAPTER IV. Landmarks.

CHAPTER V. Marlborough's Trains.

CHAPTER VI. Annapolis.

CHAPTER VII. The Birth of the Regiment.

CHAPTER VIII. Albert Borgard.

CHAPTER IX. Twenty Years. 1722-1741.

CHAPTER X. Foundation of the Royal Military Academy.

CHAPTER XI. A Sterner School.

CHAPTER XII. Woolwich in the Olden Time.

CHAPTER XIII. To 1755.

CHAPTER XIV. The Royal Irish Artillery.

CHAPTER XV. First Battalion. The History and Present Designation of the Companies.

CHAPTER XVI. The Second Battalion. The History and Present Designation of the Companies.

CHAPTER XVII. During the Seven Years' War.

CHAPTER XVIII. The Siege of Louisbourg.

CHAPTER XIX. Minden, and after Minden.

CHAPTER XX. The Third Battalion. The History and Present Designation of the Companies.

CHAPTER XXI. The Siege of Belleisle.

CHAPTER XXII. Peace.

CHAPTER XXIII. The Fourth Battalion. The History and Present Designation of the Companies.

CHAPTER XXIV. The Journal of a Few Years.

CHAPTER XXV. The Great Siege of Gibraltar.

CHAPTER XXVI. PORT MAHON.

CHAPTER XXVII. The American War of Independence.

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Gunner who Governed New York.

CHAPTER XXIX. Conclusion of the War.

CHAPTER XXX. History, Succession of Captains, and Present

APPENDICES.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

HISTORY
OF THE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS.

By CAPTAIN FRANCIS DUNCAN, M.A., D.C.L.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL RECORDS;
FELLOW OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
AND THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
VOL. I.—TO THE PEACE OF 1783.
WITH A PORTRAIT.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1872.
The right of Translation is reserved.

Albert Borgard.

First Colonel of the Royal Artillery

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
FIELD-MARSHAL THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE,
K.G., G.C.B., K.P., G.C.M.G.,
COLONEL OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY,
THIS
HISTORY OF ITS SERVICES
IS RESPECTFULLY, AND BY PERMISSION,
DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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