Chapter II
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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.