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ARTICLES RELATED TO Scots Guards - The Early Years | | | |  Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - The Early YearsThe regiment traces its origins back to 1642 when, by order of King Charles I, the regiment was raised by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll for service in Ireland, and was known as the Marquis of Argyll's Royal Regiment. It spent a number of years there where they performed a variety of duties, but in the mid-1640s, during the English Civil War, the regiment took part in the fight against James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose who was fighting on the side of Charles I. In 1646, Montrose left ...
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| | | | Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - The French Revolutionary Wars In 1789, the French Revolution began. In 1793, the First Coalition, which included Great Britain and continental European powers, was created to combat Revolutionary France. The 1st Battalion took part in the Battle of Famars on the 23rd May and the Siege of Valenciennes which began that same month, with the town eventually falling to the Allies in July that year. The battalion also took part in the Battle of Caesar's Camp ...
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| | | | Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - Seeing the New World In 1776, the American colonists, in Philadelphia, declared their independence from Great Britain during the American War of Independence. In response, fifteen men from each company of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards and the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, formed a composite battalion of Foot Guards to be sent to North America. The composite battalion was subsequently split into two battalions, with both battalions seeing action at the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of White Plains that same year. Th ...
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| | | | Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - Wars of Succession In 1704, a further company was created for the regiment, a Highlander company, complete with the many traditional accoutrements of a Highlander. In 1707, England and Scotland, with the Act of Union, joined to become the Kingdom of Great Britain, with Queen Anne becoming the nation's first Monarch.
In 1709, a number of years after the War of the Spanish Succession had began, the regiment deployed to Spain and in 1710 took part in the Battle of Saragossa which ended in a victory for Great Britain against Franco-Spanish forces. That same ...
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| | | | Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - A Grand Alliance In 1686, the regiment was placed on the establishment of the English Army and the word battalion was first used. In 1688, William of Orange landed in England, forcing King James II to flee England after the English Army changed sides and joined with William. The following year, William, along with his wife Mary, became joint-rulers of England and Scotland.
In 1688, England, along with many Allies, was involved once more in a war on the continent, the War of the Grand Alliance, its adversary being its old enemy, France. The war also re ...
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| | | | Scots Guards - The Early Years: Encyclopedia II - Scots Guards - Seven Years War 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 Cancalle Bay on the Brittany coast. However, this first expedition was abortive and was cancelled, with the troops and ships eventually returning to Britain. A second expedition was launched in August, and British forces, including the 1st Battalion, 3rd Foot Guards, landed nea ...
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