Chapter II

The siege of Landau, 1704--British camp visited by the King of the Romans--battle of the river Geet--Sir Walter Scott's praise of the regiment--victory of Ramillies--the Greys defeat the Regiment du Roi at Autreglize--strange history of "Mother Ross," a famous Amazon, wounded as a trooper of the Greys at Ramillies--desperate battle of Malplaquet, signal bravery of the Greys--battle of Oudenarde--exploit of the Greys at Pont-à-Nache--sieges of Aire and Saint-Venant--end of the campaign--fresh campaign in French Flanders--siege of Bouchain--French sue for peace, 1712--Treaty of Utrecht, 1713--question of precedence, 1694--Greys rank as Second Dragoons, 1713--Greys take part in putting down the Rebellion of the Old Pretender--and defeat Jacobites at Strachell--Greys reviewed at Hounslow by George II.--suppression of Kentish smugglers, 1737--Greys encamped in Windsor Forest--reviewed by George II. on Kew Green--arrive at Dover--_British Military Journal_, 1799--heroism of the Greys at Dettingen--and Fontenoy--Greys capture the White Standard--campaign in Flanders.

CHAPTER III

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748--short-sighted reduction of the Greys' numbers--the brigade fire the shipping at St. Malo--Greys take part in the capture of Cherbourg--notes from a Regimental Order Book, 1759--defeat of the French under Marshal Broglio at Zierenberg--account of the battle in the _London Gazette_, 1760--surprise and complete success of the night attack--signing of peace, 1763--Greys return to England, and are reduced as usual!--Greys reviewed by George III.--Greys during the French Revolution, 1793--war declared against England by the Convention, 1793--siege of Valenciennes, Dunkirk--magnificent charge of Greys at the battle of Tournay--return to England--the folly of reduction again!--war with France, 1803--Greys take part in the procession at Nelson's funeral--return of the Greys to Scotland, 1807--the Greys reviewed by the Prince Regent, King of Prussia, and Czar of Russia, in Hyde Park, 1814--Napoleon returns to France, 1815.

CHAPTER IV

Records relating to Colonel Hamilton (originally James Anderson)--account of Colonel Hamilton's heroism when wounded at Waterloo--story of Colonel Hamilton (James Anderson) from _Good Words_, 1866--letters by Cornet Kinchant before Waterloo, also letters describing his death by treachery in the battle, and the vengeance taken by Sergeant Ewart of his troop--great gallantry and success of Sergeant Ewart--his capture of a French Eagle--extracts from a Waterloo Journal, by Lieutenant A. J. Hamilton--copy of a letter from Lieutenant A. J. Hamilton, written from the camp, near Mons--letter from Cornet Clape, of the Greys, a week after the battle--letter from Lieutenant Macmillan, Adjutant of the Scots Greys, at the battle of Waterloo, giving an account of the part played at Waterloo by the Scots Greys.

CHAPTER V

Greys return to England, 1816--and are reduced in numbers, 1816 and 1821--Greys attend on George IV. in Scotland--Greys inspected by Queen Adelaide, 1830--the Crimean campaign, account from the Historic Register of the Second Dragoons, describing the Greys' action at Balaclava--account given by Kinglake--account from the _Illustrated London News_ of 1854--charges of the Light and the Heavy Brigade.

CHAPTER VI

Crimean campaign, _continued_--account written by a Crimean officer of the Greys--decision to invade the Crimea--Greys embark for Constantinople--French and British fleets in the harbour of Sebastopol--victory of the Alma--Greys as the advanced guard of the allied forces--Burgoyne's suggested plan of attack--the flank march--Sir Edward Hamley's account, 1855--circumstances of the battle of Balaclava sifted--the battle not merely 'a dash and a ride'--Sir E. Hamley and the Heavy Brigade--subsequent home movements of the regiment, 1857-1906.