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demonstrated that trained American troops could hold their own against British regulars. The battlefield is preserved as a National Historic Site of Canada

destroying the town and killing twenty British villagers and wounding British regulars. The town was protected by a blockhouse on Blockhouse Hill (close to

March 1814, a mounted American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept

approximately 1,400 engaged at Johnstown, New York on October 25, 1781. British regulars and militia, commanded by Major John Ross of the King's Royal Regiment

April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the

captured in December 1778. Brigadier General Augustine Prevost sent 200 British regulars to seize Port Royal Island at the mouth of the Broad River in South

barracks and a magazine and was garrisoned by an independent company of British regulars until their transfer to Georgia in 1736. The preserve is located adjacent

On July 5, 1813, 34 Canadian militia and 7 British regulars from the 49th Regiment of Foot crossed the Niagara River and raided Fort Schlosser. They took

complete surprise and with heavy casualties. He retreated before the British regulars arrived. The latter, as was customary, burned down Captain Walkup's

Screven chased Thomas Brown's Loyalist company into a large position of British regulars established by British Major Mark Prevost and were turned back. The

fought against Loyalists and allied Iroquois and Mississaugas. No British regulars were involved; however, a detachment of Hessians was present. The Patriot

militia under Colonel Samuel Griffin and a force of 2,000 Hessians and British regulars under Carl von Donop. While the American force of 600 was eventually

preparedness. His company was selected to lead the advance on the British Regulars during the Battle of Concord because his men were entirely outfitted

back over the Niagara to Canada. The British casualty return gave 25 British regulars, 3 militiamen and 3 Native Americans killed; 63 regulars, 6 militiamen

The British Auxiliary Legion, also called the British Legion (La Legión Británica) or Westminster Legion, existed from 1835 to 1837. It was a British military

resign or to seek refuge in Boston. Gage commanded four regiments of British regulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside

Appalachian Mountains. It was constructed by troops of Virginia militia and British regulars commanded by General Edward Braddock of the Coldstream Guards, part

York militiamen, led by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer, and British regulars, York and Lincoln militiamen, and Mohawk warriors, led by Major General

concerted action to organize themselves militarily against actions of the British regulars, although statements were made about supporting Boston (whose port

first instance in which American forces advanced in formation on the British regulars, inflicted casualties, and routed their opponents. It was a pivotal

April 1781, late in the American War of Independence. Roughly 2,300 British regulars under the command of Brigadier General William Phillips defeated about

command of Colonel Peter Gansevoort. The besieging force was composed of British regulars, Loyalist soldiers, Hessians, and indigenous warriors, under the command

(460 m) and then east again, as per the direction of travel during the British regulars' retreat from nearby Concord to Boston. The route deemed to be the

Henry Procter arrived with a superior force that included at least 500 British regulars, 800 American Indians under Major Robert Dickson, and at least 2,000

Harbor, and reported that Kingston now had a garrison of 6,000 or more British regulars. Even though Prévost soon returned to Lower Canada, and deserters and

companies supported by Indians, British Indian agents, and occasionally British regulars. The notable exception to significant Continental Army participation

Johnson (brother of Col. Johnson) to make a frontal attack on the British regulars with his mounted riflemen. Despite the Indians' flanking fire, Johnson's

who along with Paul Revere, rode to alarm the colonists that the British regulars were coming on the night before the Revolutionary War began. The house

it narrowly missed being a major turning point. Approximately 3000 British regulars left Amboy for the Punk Hill area, ostensibly on a foraging expedition

Tavern to around 350 feet (110 m) southeast of the Bloody Angle, where British regulars were ambushed by the local militia on their retreat from Concord to

removing livestock and hay on those islands from the reach of the British regulars. The British armed schooner Diana was also destroyed and its weaponry

the only Australian officer during that war to command a force of British regulars. He remained in the Australian military after the war, serving in Queensland

two British regulars, two men from the Glengarry Light Infantry, one man from the Dundas County Militia and one other militiaman killed; 12 British regulars

him to Montreal in 1813, where he was quickly deployed to reinforce British regulars in their conduct of the war with the United States. He was also effectively

men with orders to shoot any British soldiers passing the line. The British regulars, artillery and Canadian militia attacked at daybreak of February 25

set an achievable goal for shaky and poorly trained militia facing British regulars, as well as allowing the militia units to remain intact for later parts

Royalists, a regiment of loyalist soldiers trained and equipped as British Regulars New Jersey Volunteers DeLancey's Brigade, 1st Battalion Fanning's South

Rangers, the first British militias established in the colony (the British regulars of the 40th Regiment of Foot was raised in the colony 1720). The Mi'kmaq

served with British forces before the Revolutionary War. He served with British regulars commanded by Major General Edward Braddock in his 1755 expedition to

Province of Canada, was garrisoned by a poorly supported force of British regulars and provincial militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Monro. After

than five hundred regulars under his command, including three hundred British regulars. And Tarleton had never yet been defeated. Sumter and his colonels

War. It was on Battle Road that thousands of colonial militia and British regulars fought during the redcoats' retreat from Concord to Boston on the morning

routing of Continental Army troops from the province. In addition to British regulars, the troops in Quebec included several regiments from the German principalities

the head of the American column which advanced on and defeated the British Regulars at the Old North Bridge that day. Robinson would later fight at the

urged Hull to attack Amherstburg. The fort there was defended by 300 British regulars, mainly from the 41st Regiment of Foot, 400 Indians, and some, principally

frightened British soldiers. Many of the Americans, lacking the training of British regulars to stand their ground, fled and sheltered behind trees, where they

Canada at the end of June, 1777, with a force of nearly eight thousand British regulars, German mercenaries, Loyalists, Indians and French Canadians. (There

as NNC soldiers were generally in better physical condition than British regulars (some of whom were hampered by heatstroke and illness resulting from

ambushing a French company and released. He returned with the 2,100 British regulars and American colonials under British General Edward Braddock, which

capture ammunition stores. By the time the militia was ready, the British regulars had already captured the arms at Cambridge and Charlestown and had

April 1866, he left Halifax with Royal Navy warships carrying over 700 British regulars and proceeded to Passamaquoddy Bay, where the Fenian force was concentrated

warriors close enough to ambush the enemy force which consisted of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks. Peter B. Porter accompanied Red Jacket’s

to lure these militia units into traps involving larger numbers of British regulars. But even this was not entirely successful, as wily militia and Continental

auxiliary troops from the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), supported by British regulars, while a mixed unit of mounted infantry moved onto the high ground

In 1837, a revolutionary insurrection was crushed on Yonge Street, just north of Eglinton Avenue, by British regulars and the Canadian militia.

of green troops; these panicked and fled or surrendered. Only the British regulars in the column fought stubbornly in the combat which lasted from dawn

down the east side of the Yadkin River with the goal of joining with British regulars on the Pee Dee River. Rutherford gave chase, but his attempts to cut

the Parliament Buildings in Montreal on April 25, 1849. In her book British Regulars in Montreal, Elinor Senior describes the cortege as follows: "All shops

Smith British/Loyalists: 360 men commanded by Major William Brereton British Regulars, Grenadiers & Light Infantry led by Major William Brereton NY Volunteers

instead. Burgoyne set out on June 14, 1777, with a mixed force of British regulars, professional German soldiers and Canadian militia, and captured Fort

On March 17, Mawhood led a mixed force of 1,200 men, consisting of British regulars and Loyalist companies of New Jersey Volunteers and John Graves Simcoe's

interned. Meanwhile, sufficient numbers of militia and a small party of British regulars had arrived in Prescott to allow an assault on Windmill Point, and

before sunrise. The Minute Men begin on the Battle Green, while the British regulars march in. When he sees them, the captain of the Minute Men gives the

died. Washington took his place as colonel. A few days later, 100 British regulars under the command of James Mackay arrived, but, instead of making camp

Battle of Point Pelee Part of Pontiac's War Belligerents British Regulars Wyandot Warriors Commanders and leaders Lieutenant Abraham Cuyler Unknown Strength

exactly what was happening. Conflicting stories arrived and as the British regulars had spent much of the winter engaged in harmless route marches through

effective blockade on U.S. maritime trade, while between 1812 and 1814 British regulars and colonial militia defeated a series of American invasions on Upper

infantry brigades were commanded by Canadians trained during the war, British regulars were the staff officers of the divisions and British officers held

The British engaged in the fighting numbered 17,072 comprising 1,859 British regulars, 5,297 Indian sepoys and 9,189 Indian cavalry. The alliance army's

Canada and America. Much of the smuggled goods were used to supply British regulars. Earlier in the war volunteers from Philipsburg burnt an Americans

artillerymen. The next day, the Battle of York was fought. The outnumbered British regulars and militia were forced to fall back. The Lieutenant Governor of Upper

main camp behind the fortifications. His forces included about 100 British regulars of the 14th Foot, the Queen's Own Loyal Virginians, and the Ethiopian

fire diminished. Durnford's withdrawal exposed the right flank of the British regulars, which, with the general threat of the Zulu encirclement, caused Pulleine

near present-day Cincinnati and engaged in numerous skirmishes with British regulars that had occupied French forts after the French and Indian War, and

French and Indian War between 1754 and 1763 when they fought alongside British regulars. Under the laws of each New England colony, all towns were obligated

the length and breadth of Menotomy. At the Foot of the Rocks, the British 'regulars' encountered their worst nightmare: a nascent Continental Army." –

John Blake of nearby Brewer attempted to hold off a superior force of British regulars at Hampden. The American line, however, collapsed before a charge and

Antoine Dequindre) found their path barred by Adam Muir, with 205 British regulars, Canadian militia and Native American. As the Americans advanced into

regulars" were Americans who enlisted in British army units, as opposed to British regulars and Tory militia. Edgar, 153. Buchanan and Edgar give the losses as

1769 to oppose the Townshend Acts and the occupation of Boston by British Regulars. Williams was disappointed when merchants began disregarding the non-importation

for all of France's North American territory began when a force of British regulars and New England militia attacked Fort Beauséjour from Fort Lawrence

Park. The home of Colonel James Barrett, it was the destination of British regulars who crossed North Bridge intent on searching the farm for artillery

would outrank the militia officers involved. He moved a mixed force of British regulars, Hessians, Indians, Canadiens, and Loyalists up the Saint Lawrence

successfully warned others of future actions before Gage could mobilise his British regulars to execute them. A Committee of Safety was also tasked with sounding

leaders Gordon Drummond, John Murray Nathaniel Leonard Strength 500 British regulars 50 Canadian militia 12 First Nations militia 324 regulars unknown number

against the French in America, Braddock landed with two regiments of British regulars on 20 February 1755 in Hampton, in the colony of Virginia. He met with

allies were quite effective in employing guerrilla tactics against the British regulars. To counter the French tactics, Robert Rogers raised companies of New

Colonel Charles Boerstler and his American troops were defeated by the British regulars and Caughnawaga Mohawks. The city includes the neighbourhoods of Allanburg

28 October, the Boers succeeding in entrapping White and some 8,000 British regulars in Ladysmith. The remaining British forces withdrew south of the Tugela

across frozen rivers. Rogers' Rangers were never fully respected by the British regulars, yet they were one of the few non-Indian forces able to operate in

wrote that "matching More's terrific starring performance are such British 'regulars' as Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Cecil Parker, Norman Rossington

1777, a combined force of roughly 2,100 Loyalists, Hessians, and British regulars led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton attacked forts Montgomery

for a retaliatory attack against British forces. When the expected British regulars never arrived, the attack was called off. A large (1,000+ man) French

the Neck was the site of a small engagement between a handful of British regulars and two hundred Colonial volunteers. The Colonials approached to within

because the assembly had passed an Act to provide for the quartering of British regulars, but it expired on January 2, 1764, The result was the Quartering Act

briefly held St. John's in Québec, but retreated on word of arriving British regulars. In Summer 1775, the Green Mountain Boys became the basis for the Green

the Neck was the site of a small engagement between a handful of British regulars and two hundred Colonial volunteers. The Colonials approached to within

militia of Loyalists as well as Hessian mercenaries and an army of British Regulars. Jefferson fled the capital city and called out militia under Colonel

Tabuzoglu Pasha Hassan Pasha Ali Bey Al-Slanki Strength 6,000–8,000 British regulars under Mackenzie-Fraser, +1500 British reinforcements under John Coape

response, Oglethorpe began a punitive campaign with a mixed force of British regulars (the 42nd Regiment of Foot), colonial militia from the Province of

and transports, under the command of Captain Henry Collins, with 300 British regulars and 100 New Jersey Loyalists, under Captain Patrick Ferguson, sailed

Tecumseh's warriors, as shock troops, assisted a small force of 700 British regulars and Canadian militia to force the surrender of 2,500 American soldiers

of Britain and France. Colonel John Stanwix marched upstream with British regulars and provincials against the backdrop of the international Seven Years'

the agreement. The French then formally took control of Roseau. The British regulars were made prisoners of war, and the militia were released to return

Revolutionary War. On the 31st of that month, a party of about 150 British regulars of the 22nd Regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell

Middle Towns while burning fields of crops along the way. The army of British Regulars, Provincial Soldiers, and allied Catawba, Chickasaw, Mohawk, and Stockbridge

by 500 soldiers of the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot British Regulars.The entire force marched along the road towards Holbrook's Corners

Crysler Strength 250 Hunter invaders British: 1,133 Canadian militia 500 British regulars Royal Navy American: U.S. Army U.S. Navy Casualties and losses 53 dead

 † Henry Grace  (POW) Strength 300 Mi'kmaq and Acadian militia 700 British regulars and New England Rangers Casualties and losses 7-8 Mi'kmaq 20 killed;

from a musket ball and since they were about to be overwhelmed by British regulars, ordered the Flotilla to retreat. The Flotilla, along with the United

skirmish, but these cost the regiment 5 killed and 19 wounded. While the British regulars had doubts about Cox's competence in 1899, by the end of the war in

limited to rifles and two machine guns allotted to each battalion. The British regulars were excellent marksmen but even their combined accuracy was no match

John Hill John Money Pierse Long Henry K. Van Rensselaer Strength 200 British regulars about 1,000 soldiers and militia Casualties and losses 13 killed 22

1812, the Hamilton area again became a strategic area. In 1813, the British regulars and Canadian militia defeated invading American troops at the Battle

American Revolution on September 1, 1774 when a force of roughly 260 British regulars rowed from Boston up the river to a landing point near Winter Hill

force grew by 200 men from Virginia and an independent company of 100 British regulars that had marched up from South Carolina, while he continued to build

British regulars and Canadian militia engage the Continental Army in the streets of the city. The Americans' failure to take Quebec in 1775 led to the

Zachary Taylor Captain Nelson Rector Strength 800-1,200 Natives 30 British regulars and volunteers 1 Grasshopper cannon 2 Swivel guns 334 regulars Casualties

force marching in column was ambushed on August 6 by a mixed force of British regulars, Tory militia, and Mohawk in the Battle of Oriskany. Herkimer's horse

Butler's Rangers 300-350 Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk, and Munsee Delaware 14 British regulars (8th Regiment of Foot) Casualties and losses 8 killed 31 wounded 12

Wolseley was able to maintain strict military discipline among the British regulars under his command, the militiamen wanted to avenge the execution of

attacked four days later by Col. Henry Proctor leading a larger force of British regulars and Canadian militia, allied with Wyandot led by Roundhead who were

veld until the cessation of hostilities, despite tens of thousands of British regulars combing the countryside in pursuit of them); and their institution

June 1775, inspired to act after hearing the news of Minutemen and British regulars battling on the fields of Lexington and Concord, citizens of the seaside

warriors close enough to ambush the enemy force which consisted of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks. Peter B. Porter accompanied Red Jacket's

April 19, 1775, it was the site of the first offensive between the British regulars, who were retreating from Concord to Boston, and the colonial militia

prepared trap. Lieutenant Colonel Massey of the 46th Foot commanded 464 British regulars to defend the trail running north from Niagara Falls to Fort Niagara

against British targets there. He had learned that although the bulk of British regulars were near the northern end of the island, about 700 New Jersey Loyalist

War of 1812 – Battle of Longwoods: American raiding party defeats British regulars and militia and Indian fighters. March 7 – War of the Sixth Coalition

William Gibbs' South Carolina Provincial Militia accompanied by 80 British regulars and was continued by Captain Postell's Company of construction into

dominion. The military force that he led in Maine was composed of British regulars and militia from Massachusetts and Maine. The militia companies were

Infantry, who had just arrived on the field with another detachment of British regulars (mainly from the 104th Regiment) from Twelve Mile Creek. The U.S. force

Matthews, meanwhile, had returned to the area and landed a contingent of British regulars, marines, and artillery specialists to bolster the Sardinian defence

especially after six years of false alarms. At sunrise, a force of 1,700 British regulars landed on both sides of the mouth of the Thames River. The fleet had

Robert Clive Murari Rao Chanda Sahib Raza Sahib Strength 1,100 200 British regulars 300 Sepoys 600 Marathas 4,800 300 French 2,500 Arcot Infantry, 2,000

Ladysmith, some 20 km (12 mi) north of the river and entrapping some 8,000 British regulars. On 15 November a raiding party ambushed an armoured train at Frere

Handfield John Hamilton (POW) Strength 300 Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and Acadians unknown British regulars Casualties and losses unknown 25 prisoners; 2 killed

colonies. The strategy relied on the Loyalists joining forces with British regulars to roll northward through North Carolina and Virginia, besieging the

Canada became largely responsible for its own defence and garrisons of British regulars were withdrawn. As an artillery officer, in 1871 Strange was offered

Captain John Parker led the Lexington militia in engaging the retreating British regulars. The house in the second half of the 20th century Jacob Whittemore

Frederick Campbell's British Guards - 2,045 men, Alan Cameron of Erracht's British regulars - 1,364, Ernst Langwerth's King's German Legion (KGL) - 1,388, and

by, in addition to several hundred thousand Spanish, Portuguese and British regulars, an enormous and sustained guerrilla insurgency—ultimately French deaths

baggage train. Stewart had between 1,800 and 2,000 troops on hand. His British regulars were the 3rd Foot, 63rd Foot, 64th Foot, and John Marjoribanks' 300-man

military and naval forces. Initially these were militias in support of British regulars, but British military support for the colonies ended in 1870, and the

denial of their rights as Englishmen. Armed conflict began between British regulars and colonial militiamen at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in

Ladysmith, some 40 km north of the river and entrapping some 8,000 British regulars. Estcourt effectively became the front and this is where General Sir

62nd, based on the buff colour of the flag and of the facings of the British regulars shown, in action, most likely on the second day. The figures in the

the fort. Brock similarly dressed members of the Canadian militia as British regulars, and instructed soldiers to light individual fires instead of one fire

hold off the British amphibious force in the Battle of Hampden. The British regulars routed the Americans, however, and Morris and his crew had to burn

frontal warfare but repeatedly bewildered larger bodies of Loyalists or British regulars with quick surprise attacks and equally sudden withdrawal from the

militia in the Battle of Queenston Heights. In several battles in 1813, British regulars were forced to retreat and leave the local militia either to disband

kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Omdurman. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian troops. He arrayed

St John's Wood" occurs when 400 Māori clash with an equal force of British Regulars. 1848 The Crown purchases Wanganui, 80,000 acres (320 km2), 8,000 acres

one of the last groups of armed Patriotes, at Saint-Eustache. The British regulars overcame the Patriotes, at considerable loss of life by the Patriotes

of mostly Indigenous men drives off several hundred rebel invaders British regulars and Indigenous men ambush part of force under Schuyler near St.-Jean

with 2 artillery pieces Casualties and losses 1 wounded 62 to 102 British regulars killed or wounded, militia casualties apparently unknown. Great Bridge

HMS Sylph (18), a large tender, and ten transports carrying some 3,000 British regulars (elements of the 29th, 60th, 62nd, and 98th regiments and a company

Riley, and the riflemen landed at the beach. The Americans engaged the British regulars, Indians, and Canadians who were trying to set up a defense. Forsyth

Canada. The inaugural uprising in Lower Canada began in November 1837. British regulars and Canadian militia fought Patriote rebels in a series of skirmishes

That was the case at the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814) in which the British regulars, well trained and with good morale, charged less well-trained American

attracted a share of new residents. Following the Patriot War, in which British regulars and Michigan militia nearly came to armed conflict on the ice-covered

confrontation locally referred to as "Leslie's Retreat." A detachment of British regulars under British Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Leslie was dispatched from

on the British side, 14 were Canadian locals and the remainder were British regulars. Although Vincent accompanied the column, he placed Harvey in command

forces. The Americans lost the battle but had again stood against the British regulars with some success, as they successfully repelled two assaults on Breed's

1755, carrying nearly 2,000 New England provincial troops and 270 British regulars, and dropped anchor near the mouth of the Missaguash River on 2 June

Butterfield (POW) Henry Sherburne (POW) Benedict Arnold Strength 40 British regulars 11 Canadian militia 204 Iroquois Cedars: 400 regulars and militia Quinze-Chênes:

Georgia faced the threat of invasion by a force of Loyalist militia and British regulars based in Florida. The Georgians' first military campaign ended in disaster

returned to New Jersey on January 3, 1777, launching an attack on British regulars at Princeton, with 40 Americans killed or wounded and 273 British killed

regulars" were Americans who enlisted in British army units, as opposed to British regulars and Tory militia. Edgar, 153. Buchanan and Edgar give the losses as

beginning the Upper Canada Rebellion. The attacks were ineffectual, as British regulars and the Canadian militia in Toronto went out to the camp at Montgomery's

he was one of the Lexington Minute Men awaiting the arrival of the British Regulars at the Buckman Tavern. In the battle which followed, Prince Estabrook

Wissahickon to the far left. A brigade of Hessians, and two brigades of British regulars camped along Market Square. East of the Square, two British brigades

and were routed and driven away in the battle of Ebenezer Georgia by British regulars. In 1782 they resettled in the Mississippi territory now known as Alabama

the Richelieu River, General Guy Carleton had concentrated the few British regulars at his disposal following the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May. Before

British regulars and Canadian militia engage the Continental Army in the streets of the city. The Americans' failure to take Quebec in 1775 led to the

fought in hand-to-hand combat with cutlasses and pikes against the British regulars before being overwhelmed. Benjamin King (1764-1840), a navy yard civilian

the chest on the morning of October 13, 1812, leading a charge of British regulars and Canadian militia up the Heights to regain the Redan Battery, earlier

(30 m) in front of the fence and ordered that no one fire until the British regulars passed it. Further reinforcements arrived just before the battle, including

back to Major Buttrick as the Concord Minutemen prepared to face the British regulars. As the British marched out of Concord, it was Reuben Brown's house

1830. According to one account, at the time of the fight a company of British regulars were quartered at Fort Pleasant under the command of Capt. Waggener

of Cherokee Chief Attakullakulla. The main body, consisting of 80 British regulars commanded by Captain Raymond Demeré and two provincial companies of

outfitting of six new regiments in 1775, in the wake of the clashes between British regulars and Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord. There were some

sparked disbelief and uproar in Britain. Aside from the losses of British regulars, and the supporting native levies, the Zulu impi killed more British

they lost in what was now the United States. During the War of 1812, British regulars and local militia defeated invading American troops at the Battle of

Virginia, by contrast, had a large frontier with several companies of British regulars.[citation needed] When hostilities began, the British colonial governments

needed to lead the advance on the bridge which was defended by the British regulars, Captain Davis was heard to reply, "I haven't a man who is afraid to

Nova Scotia. During 1748, Gorham's Rangers continued to be with the British regulars at Annapolis Royal. In the autumn of 1748, Gorham destroyed the Acadian

spies and 2 artillery pieces. Miller encounters an enemy force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and pro-British Native Americans under the leadership

there were proposals for military colleges in Canada. Staffed by British Regulars, adult male students underwent three-month-long military courses from

poorly prepared militia troops could not compete with the well-trained British regulars, and the Patriots' effort to relieve Savannah were defeated. In 1780

made repeated incursions into Upper Canada through to 1814 and the British regulars, warriors of the Six Nations and Seven Nations, and free-African- and

Battle of Spanktown (February 23) Battle of Bound Brook (April 13) British regulars, under Major General William Tryon, burn and loot Danbury, Connecticut

Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum Transforming New Englanders into British Regulars: History of the 40th Regiment of Foot, 1717-1764 40th Regiment – Re-enactors

Upper Canada. However, Dearborn and Chauncey exaggerated the number of British regulars they believed to be stationed at Kingston, and instead proceeded to

way through the strongly Patriot Hudson Valley to rendezvous with British regulars in New York City, however, and was captured in the vicinity of Schunemunk

inexperienced 103rd regiment engaged other British troops. Many of the other British regulars had been serving for over two years in Upper Canada, had suffered heavy

Rebellion led by Louis Riel, Colonel Garnet Wolseley led a force of British regulars and Canadian Militia across Northern Ontario to quell the uprising

of the Boston Massacre. He was excited by the musical sounds of the British regulars which had occupied Boston and later learned to play several tunes on

meetings and an emblem of the American cause. In June, two regiments of British regulars arrived in New York and were quartered in the upper barracks. These

18th-century wars between American colonists and Native American tribes. British regulars were unaccustomed to frontier warfare and so Ranger companies were

ditch was a row of abatis. Defending the fortified mansion were 184 British regulars, Hessians, and Provincials under the command of Capt. Lt. Donald McPherson

also received a report that a force of 400 Native Americans and 140 British regulars under Tecumseh were marching towards Fort Wayne. Harrison raced to

regiment of Norwalkers was assembled to report as an attachment to British regulars. The group was commanded by Col. Thomas Fitch of Norwalk (son of Connecticut

River. Meanwhile, Brown's Indians and rangers had been reinforced by British regulars under the command of Major Mark Prevost, bringing their total force

"campmaster general". When General Edward Braddock arrived with a force of British regulars in 1755, Innes was named Governor of Fort Cumberland. Braddock tasked

Colonel William Moultrie's troops, outnumbered two to one, faced 2,400 British regulars under General Augustine Prévost, who had crossed the Savannah River

from the thirteen American colonies, working under the command of British regulars, to invade New France. In order to tie the French army down he subsidized

consisted of Madras, Bengal, and Bombay. He commanded an army of 15,000 British regulars, a Bengal army of 27 regiments of native infantry, and eight regiments

answer. During that day, Lieutenant Colonel John Maitland brought 800 British regulars in from Beaufort, South Carolina, to bolster the British defenses.

there were proposals for military colleges in Canada. Staffed by British Regulars, students underwent a military course in 1865 at the School of Military

This militia system evolved into the organization that confronted the British Regulars on April 18, 1775. The minutemen and militia of Littleton marched and

1717; later the home of Samuel Whitney, a Minuteman who fought the British regulars at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775; home of Louisa May Alcott and

still remains about what exactly happened at Lexington Green when the British regulars and militiamen drew up opposite each other with a number of different

her father's forces in Putnam County, New York, of the approach of British regulars, helping them muster in defense; these accounts, originating from the

There were 300 Mi’kmaq fighters in the region compared to many more British regulars and rangers. After the defeat of the French, the Mi'kmaq no longer

forces which could be trained and supervised, as well as the use of British regulars and Tecumseh's warriors. Since his death, several legends and myths

Boston, on June 19, 1775, after he drew attention to himself from British Regulars by watching the Battle of Bunker Hill with what his diary described

England. Just after dawn on September 1, 1774, a force of roughly 260 British regulars from the 4th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George

Washington's Continental Army with militia forces) and the Napoleonic Wars (British regulars co-operated with Spanish guerrillas). One can find examples of hybrid

bearing, including uniforms. On July 5, 1779, 2,600 loyalists and British regulars under General William Tryon, governor of New York, landed in New Haven

Leger's army. While passing through a ravine, they were ambushed by British regulars, Tories, and Indians under the command of Joseph Brant and John Butler

in reality carried out by Native American warriors. In the scene, British regulars and Hessian auxiliaries attack Cherry Valley, New York, and are shown

Major-General James Abercrombie was much larger than expected, with 6,000 British regulars and 9,000 provincial militiamen. On July 5, the British began to set

slaves, and 3,000 armed Miskito and zambos living nearby, along with 30 British regulars. A report prepared by Hodgson in 1757 numbered the white British population

incurred 250 casualties, notably General Zebulon Pike, when retreating British regulars detonated Fort York's Grand Magazine. While garrisoning Fort George

because the Bute ministry decided in early 1763 to keep ten thousand British regulars in the American colonies, which would cost about £225,000 per year

Canadian militia stood fast during the war without the backing of British regulars. Kentucky Rifleman William Atherton's memoirs testify to the skill

Maxwell to Gov Jefferson described how a plundering party of about 300 British regulars under Col. Dundas were chased from Yorktown to Newport News by Maj

England. Just after dawn on September 1, 1774, a force of roughly 260 British regulars from the 4th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George

battle was "the first real success attained by American troops against British regulars." Later in July 1814, a scouting expedition led by Scott was ambushed

territories would later employ to attain independence). This gave the British regulars a difficult fight, but their weight of numbers, superior equipment

Irishmen 4,100 French regulars 10 French Navy ships 40,000 militia 30,000 British regulars ~25,000 yeomanry ~1,000 Hessians Casualties and losses 10,000–50,000

and smaller businessmen were opposed. The colony fought alongside British regulars in a series of French and Indian Wars characterized by brutal border

The Canadians were forewarned, and over 20,000 Canadian militia and British regulars turned out. A few men on each side were killed and the Fenians soon

successfully repelled three charges by the Hessians. Repeated attacks from British regulars and Hessian forces failed to break the line of the Patriot forces and

"could have been told by any one of those humble, patient, iron-hard British regulars who more than made up in discipline, training and bravery for their

Part of the Lower Canada Rebellion Les Fils de la Liberté hurl back British regulars at the Battle of Saint-Denis. Contemporary watercolour. Belligerents

mainland colonies furnished a regiment to participate in the assault as British Regulars under British command. The expedition ended in disaster, resulting

In 1710, late in the War of Spanish Succession, a mixed force of British regulars and American colonists captured the French fort at Port Royal on the

Russell House, who was killed in his kitchen in Menotomy by enraged British regulars on their return to Boston following their engagement at Concord. Shortly

was unable to prevent the British advance. On 25 April 1815, 2,000 British regulars under Col. Nicholls and a force of irregular troops under Col. Gardiner

operated the school at Saint John, Canadian militia staff replaced the British regulars who were recalled from overseas station in 1870–1. A disastrous fire

there were proposals for military colleges in Canada. Staffed by British Regulars, adult male students underwent a 3-month-long military course in Montreal

62nd evident by the buff colour of the flag and of the facings of the British regulars shown. The figures in the foreground are likely members of the regiment's

ineffective in the face of troops, and the landing was plundered by the British regulars and Hessian mercenaries. Rachel Bourdette returned to their home after

Chauncey and Dearborn persuaded themselves that it was defended by 5,000 British regulars (there were in fact only 600). They instead attacked York, the provincial

Williams, and Oliver Wolcott. In 1775, in the wake of the clashes between British regulars and Massachusetts militia at Lexington and Concord, Connecticut's legislature

major expedition was planned against the French in America. A force of British regulars would be sent to seize Ohio, while another of New England provincials

Halifax and Saint John. In 1870–71, Canadian militia staff replaced the British regulars who were recalled from overseas station. From December to May, six

and a magazine and was garrisoned by an independent Company of Foot British Regulars until their transfer to Georgia in 1736. Fort Frederick was named for

to Sandwich, fearing another attack there. At 1:30 pm, a company of British regulars from the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot with a six-pound cannon

captain's commission on January 10, 1741, as he fought alongside the British regulars across the West Indies until the war ended in 1748. On May 28, 1761

Jeffrey Amherst, who sent Archibald Montgomery with an army of 1,200 British regulars and Scots Highlanders. Montgomery's army burned a few of the Cherokees'

Zealand colonial forces Māori King Movement of Waikato Strength 1420 British regulars 3 cannons 2 gunboats 500 warriors Casualties and losses 49 killed,

expedition involved eight war-ships and ten transports (carrying 3,500 British regulars) that were under the overall command of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke,

of 1740, Oglethorpe commanded several thousand colonial militia and British regulars, along with Alachua band warriors, and invaded Spanish Florida. He

The Taranaki Volunteers lost 2 men killed and 4 wounded, while the British regulars took a further 15 casualties. Approximately two-thirds of the 150-strong

1781, Benedict Arnold led an armada of British ships and, with 1,600 British regulars, conducted raids along the James River. Later Arnold would join Lord

rulers. However, the American invasions were defeated primarily by British regulars with support from Native Americans and Upper Canada militia. Aided

River. Meanwhile, Brown's Indians and rangers had been reinforced by British regulars under the command of Major Mark Prevost, bringing their total force

armies suffered repeated defeats in pitched battles at the hands of British regulars and their allied auxiliaries from German principalities. Initially

the Massachusetts Militia at Cambridge against General Gage and the British regulars. This series was the first of many commemoratives celebrating the 150th

May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irvine, Dallas (1945). "The First British Regulars in North America". Military Affairs. 9 (4): 337–354. doi:10.2307/1983046

City in June 1776 upon the arrival of a flotilla of warships carrying British regulars and Hessian soldiers. Despite Washington's best efforts, between late

contingent of 160 Canadian voyageurs and First Nations, along with 30 British regulars and two field pieces led by British Captain Charles Roberts moved from

Henry Procter arrived with a superior force that included at least 500 British regulars, 800 American Indians under Major Robert Dickson, and at least 2,000

Riley, and the riflemen landed at the beach. The Americans engaged the British regulars, Indians, and Canadians who were trying to set up a defense. Forsyth

but amazingly they waged a successful guerrilla war, which gave the British regulars a difficult fight. The Boers were landlocked and did not have access

Burmese commander at Ramu, Myawaddy, however, witnessed the firepower of British regulars and would at that point attempt to avoid engaging them in open combat

Belle Poule and the transport ship Imogen landed a sizeable force of British regulars and Greek levies on the island of Santa Maura. In a brief but successful

A painting of British regulars and Canadian militia repulsing the American revolutionary militia in the invasion of Canada

made it as far as Cambridge and back, and reported seeing no sign of British Regulars. There had been false alarms before, and Parker also knew that the

over Elm Brook, a tributary of Mill Brook, at Meriam's Corner that British regulars were fired upon for the first time by colonial militia during their

infantry and artillery. In 1870–71, Canadian militia staff replaced the British regulars who were recalled from overseas station. The first school for the deaf

part of the ten-division Army of India, a mixture of local forces and British regulars; planning had begun in August 1913 to arrange how the Indian forces

business. King George II sent Edward Braddock with two regiments of British regulars (2500 troops) to America to fight in the French and Indian War that

seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. With the arrival of large numbers of British regulars after 1755, the nature of warfare in North America shifted from irregular

affected a more casual dress style than the more strictly disciplined British regulars. The Volunteers were created by the Militia Act of 1858, and continued

military and naval forces. Initially these were militias in support of British regulars, but when military support for the colonies ended in 1870, the colonies

will ready the force for an offensive role overseas. Working with British regulars and militia, Canadian troops learn to use new weapons, such as the

expedition involved 8 war-ships and 10 transports (carrying 3,500 British regulars) that were under the overall command of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke,

to be careful as the Priest’s Bush south of St. Andrews was full of British Regulars and Glengarry militia and far the worst of all the St. Regis Indians

American force making its way toward Montreal. In 1814, larger numbers of British regulars became available after the abdication of Napoleon. However, long and

Riley, and the riflemen landed at the beach. The Americans engaged the British regulars, Indians, and Canadians who were trying to set up a defense. Forsyth

of the battalion shook, with repeated charges, a whole brigade of British regulars. At White Plains, they held the advancing columns at bay. At Harlem

advances, along with four 75mm Krupp guns. The artillery fire killed 5 British regulars and two horses, in response the British fired their 12-inch naval guns

on March 10, 1782. On January 8, 1782, the Company joined about 300 British regulars in attacking Patriot whaleboats at New Brunswick, New Jersey. Black

warships of the era. French regular soldiers stationed in New France and British regulars stationed in British North America after 1763 were equipped with a

in Prescott and took refuge in the windmill there, and a force of British Regulars along with the Grenville Militia, Glengarry Highlanders, Incorporated

needed to lead the advance on the bridge which was defended by the British regulars, Captain Davis was heard to reply, "I haven't a man who is afraid to

meeting the enemy at sea". Opposed to copying the system of training British regulars, he argued that Australian fighting conditions would be different.

The Canadians were forewarned, and over 20,000 Canadian militia and British regulars turned out. A few men on each side were killed and the Fenians soon

sparked disbelief and uproar in Britain. Aside from the losses of British regulars, and the supporting native levies, the Zulu impi killed more British

In this encounter a force of approximately seven hundred Iroquois, British Regulars and Tory Rangers from Fort Niagara attacked and defeated a smaller

Division, which was just over 9,000 men strong. The force comprised 6,508 British regulars and colonial irregular troops, supplemented by 2,707 Africans that

events such as the 1765 Stamp Act crisis, however, the involvement of British regulars have led some historical writers to argue that the rebellion was a

also served in the militia in the French and Indian War, alongside British regulars whose cruelty he found appalling. A record survives indicating that

John were manned by a mix of Royal Regiment of (Garrison) Artillery British regulars, Island volunteers and the colonial militia until 1871. In 1871, as

supporters of the concept proposed military colleges in Canada. Staffed by British Regulars, adult male students underwent a three-month-long military course at