671:. An Anglo-Russian force took part in the campaign there, which had the intentions of restoring the exiled Dutch King, with the hope that the population of Batavia would be keen on such a move after suffering bad times economically due to France forbidding any trade with Great Britain. Shortly after the landing took place a large number of warships of the Batavian Fleet surrendered peacefully to the British. In October, the Foot Guards, along with many other regiments, were involved in the engagements of
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upon storming the village, being engaged in some bitter fighting with the French, causing heavy French casualties in the process and clearing the village of the French, with the Guards capturing the village. The regiment won its third battle honour for their part in the battle. The regiment took part in further engagements in 1793, including at
375:. The British and their Allies, despite performing valiantly, lost the battle to the French with both sides losing many men. The battle was quite fierce, and the 3rd Foot Guards suffered quite badly, losing over 100 officers and men during the engagement. The regiment subsequently had a brief period back in Great Britain during the
175:. It would turn into a victory for Cromwell's Army, and resulted in over 3,000 men of Leslie's Army being killed and many thousands more captured. The following year the regiment took part in the invasion of England which was led by the newly crowned King Charles II of Scotland. The regiment took part in the
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on 21 March, with the
British force numbering about 14,000 and the French around 20,000. At the latter engagement, the British forces displayed much heroism and valour, with the Guards Brigade, in the center, acting in a highly professional manner against the French forces, which ended in victory for
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from the French, over 5,000 in strength, who had re-taken it from Dutch troops. The Foot Guards advanced valiantly and professionally on the freshly captured village, coming under horrendous artillery and small-arms fire, suffering heavy casualties. The Foot Guards performed ferociously with bayonet
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was besieged by the
Americans. The British defended their positions with great courage into October, but the British commander, General Cornwallis, on 19 October, marched out, along with his army, of Yorktown to surrender to the Americans. The Foot Guards would not depart America until 1782, finally
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due to bad weather, thus forcing the
British troops to march there so that they could re-embark. On 12 September, the British rearguard, consisting of over 1000 Guards as well as the Grenadier companies of the infantry battalions, were attacked by numerically superior French troops. The rearguard
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into the intermingling masses of the
British and American troops. While the British troops took heavy casualties from the grapeshot, the Americans were forced to withdraw. The Foot Guards suffered quite heavily, losing many men killed and wounded, their commanding officer, Brigadier
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stoutly defended their position but they were only delaying the inevitable and eventually they fell back, rushing to embark about the ships. The
British lost several hundred men killed, wounded and captured during the engagement, including the commander of the rearguard.
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American opponents numbered 4,400. The Foot Guards were in the thick of it for much of the battle with exceptional professionalism. During the course of the battle, the Foot Guards were involved in a very bitter struggle with American
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In 1756, war flared up once more between Great
Britain and France, though this time the war would reach many parts of the world, in effect creating the first ever 'world war'. In June 1758, the 1st Battalion took part in an expedition against France, landing at
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British. The British suffered just under 1,500 killed, wounded and missing, including their commander, General Abercromby, who was mortally wounded during the battle, while the French suffered just over 4,000 casualties.
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The composite Foot Guards, due to the casualties that the Guards had suffered, was reduced to a single composite battalion. Later in 1781, the composite Foot Guards took part in its last engagement, at the
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in which a heavily outnumbered Allied force defeated the French after some bitter fighting, of which the Guards battalions saw much of it. Later that year, the battalion took part in the
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after being the subject of an attack by the
Dragoons from the rear. The Americans also launched a counter-attack and chaos ensued. General Cornwallis made the difficult decision to fire
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202:. That same year, Archibald, 1st Marquis of Argyll who had been ordered to raise the regiment by Charles I, was executed for high treason. The regiment was used against the
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which ended in a defeat for
Britain and her Allies who had been outnumbered by the French. The long War of the Austrian Succession would finally end the following year.
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in Brittany for an assault on that port. However, the assault was deemed to be impracticable and the fleet that had landed them was forced to sail from its position to
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from 1642 to 1804. The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army. The Scots Guards trace their origins back to 1642 when, by order of
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in Scotland who had begun an uprising in 1666 in response to many oppressive measures taken towards them by Charles II. That same year, the regiment took part in the
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returning home to Great Britain in 1783. The composite Foot Guards were disbanded that same year and the men were returned to their previous regiments.
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who claimed the throne of Great Britain, aided by France. The regiment was soon back in the Low Countries though, and in 1747 took part in the
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coast. However, this first expedition was abortive and was cancelled, with the troops and ships eventually returning to Britain.
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to flee England after the English Army changed sides and joined with William. The following year, William, along with his wife
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succeeded him but proved to be unsuccessful and abdicated in 1659. The following year, Charles II returned to England upon the
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soon afterwards, with the whole of Egypt being recaptured by late 1801. The regiment gained its fourth battle honour with the
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In 1686, the regiment was placed on the establishment of the English Army and the word battalion was first used. In 1688,
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which ended in a victory for Great Britain against Franco-Spanish forces. That same year, the regiment took part in the
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company, complete with the many traditional accoutrements of a Highlander. In 1707, England and Scotland, with the
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was launched in August, and British forces, including the 1st Battalion, 3rd Foot Guards, landed near the port of
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began, which pitted Great Britain and her Allies once more against France. In 1743, the regiment took part in the
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between a British and Allies force and the French. The British and Allied force were under the command of the
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who was fighting on the side of Charles I. In 1646, Montrose left Scotland upon the defeat of the King in
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intent on conquering the country, a move that would have posed danger to Great Britain's position in the
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