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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814.. 



reputation of the regiment ; such 

 conduct on the part of the said 

 Colonel Quentin tending to lessen 

 the confidence of the soldiers in 

 the skill and courage of their officers, 

 being unbecoming his character as 

 an officer, prejudicial to good order 

 and military discipline, and con- 

 trary to the Articles of War. 



3rd Charge.— That on the 10th 

 day of April, 1814, during the 

 battle of Toulouse, in France, the 

 said Colonel Quentin, having the 

 command of the regiment, and 

 the regiment being on that day in 

 the presence of, and attacked by, 

 the enemy, he, the said Colonel 

 Quentin, did not during such 

 attack make such effectual attempts 

 as he ought to have done by his 

 presence and his own personal 

 exertions, to co-operate with, or 

 support the advanced divisions of 

 the regiment under his command, 

 but neglected and abandoned his 

 duty as Commanding Officer, leav- 

 ing some of the divisions, when 

 under fire from the enemy, with- 

 out orders, and thereby unneces- 

 sarily hazarding the safety and re- 

 putation of those divisions ; such 

 conduct on the part of the said 

 Colonel Quentin tending to lessen 

 the confidence of the soldiers of 

 the regiment in the skill and cou- 

 rage of their officers, being unbe- 

 coming and disgraceful to his cha- 

 racter as an officer, prejudicial to 

 good order and military discipline, 

 and contrary to the Articles of 

 War. 



4th Charge. — For general neg- 

 lect of duty, by allowing a relaxed 

 discipline to exist in the regiment 

 under his command when on fo- 

 reign service, by which the repu- 

 tation of the regiment suffered id 

 the opiniou of the Commander of 



the Forces, and of the Lieutenant- 

 General commanding the cavalry, 

 their displeasure having been ex- 

 pressed, or implied, in a letter 

 from the Adjutant-General of the 

 forces on the Continent, addressed 

 to Major General Lord Edward 

 Somerset, commanding the hussar 

 brigade, dated on or about the 

 29th of March, 1814; and in the 

 orders of the Lieutenant-General 

 commanding the cavalry, dated 

 the 26th of February, 1814; such 

 conduct on the part of the said 

 Colonel Quentin being unbecom- 

 ing his character as an officer, 

 prejudicial to his Majesty's ser- 

 vice, and subversive of all order 

 and military regulation and dis- 

 cipline, and contrary to the Arti- 

 cles of War. 



Upon which charges the Court 

 came to the following decision :— 

 The Court having maturely 

 weighed and considered the evi- 

 dence on the part of the prose- 

 cution, as well as what has been 

 offered in defence, are of opinion, 

 that Colonel Quentin is guilty of 

 so much of the 1st charge as im- 

 putes to him having neglected his 

 duty as Commanding Officer, on 

 the 10th of Jaiviavy, by leaving 

 some of the (iivisions without 

 orders when attacked by the enemy, 

 but acquit him of the remainder 

 of the charge. 



With respect to the second 

 charge, the Court are of opinion 

 that Colonel Quentin is not guilty. 

 With respect to the third charge, 

 the Court are of opinion that Co- 

 lonel Quentin is not guilty. 



With respect to the fourth 

 charge, the Court are of opinion 

 that a relaxed discipline, as set 

 forth in that charge, did exist in 

 the regiment under Colonel Quen- 



