124 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



royal brothers, their aides-de-camp, 

 &c. and passed down the whole, the 

 duke of York on foot at his right 

 hand, and again resumed his station. 

 The usual ceremony of the parade 

 commenced, the bands belonging'to 

 the second and third regiments pro- 

 ceedingto troop the colours.This be- 

 ing gone through, the sub-divisions 

 of grenadiers stationed on the left of 

 the line were ordered to wheel on the 

 right, and, preceded by the band of 

 the Istregiment, marched round the 

 square, and halted facing the Tilt- 

 yard. At this instant the bands 

 of the horse and foot regiments 

 began playing, and the eagles, 

 five in number, were brought out 

 and given to the Serjeants, who 

 marched in the rear of the first sub- 

 division. Three standards, and 

 one regimental colour, were next 

 brought, and given to the remain- 

 ing Serjeants, who marched in the 

 rear of the second sub-division. 

 The band of the first regiment be- 

 gan the " Grenadier's March, " and 

 they proceeded round the square. 

 On reaching the station of the 

 Prince Regent and the royal fa- 

 mily, the eagles and colours were 

 lowered amid the acclamations of 

 thousands of spectators. The three 

 sub-divisions then halted, and ad- 

 vanced their arms, and in ordi- 

 nary time paraded round. On 

 reaching the colours of the first 

 regiment, the whole of the trophies 

 were lowered to the ground. They 

 again passed the royal family, the 

 eagles and colours being dropped, 

 and marched through the Horse- 

 guards to Whitehall Chapel. 

 The remainder of the infantry 

 were ordered to wheel on their left 

 backwards, and, in open order, 

 passed the Prince Regent to the 

 chapel, with the exception of the 



guard for the day. The life-guards 

 followed in the same manner, and 

 occupied their original ground. 

 The Prince Regent, dukes of 

 York and Kent, <S:c. proceeded 

 to Whitehall to hear divine ser- 

 vice. 



The concourse of people assem- 

 bled on the occasion was immense, 

 and the spectacle altogether was of 

 the most gratifying description. Jt 

 was impossible to view, without 

 feelings of exultation, those tro- 

 phies which bore witness to the 

 prowess of British soldiers, and 

 which were won from no despica- 

 ble enemy, but from troops whose 

 mih'tary reputation stands so high 

 in Europe. The eagles were five 

 in number ; two of them, taken at 

 the battle of Salamanca, were very 

 much mutilated ; two others, ta- 

 ken at Madrid, were in a more 

 perfect state ; and the fifth, we 

 understand, was found in the 

 channel of a stream near Ciudad 

 Rodrigo, into which it was thrown 

 when the rear of Massena's army 

 was closely pressed by the British 

 cavalry, on its retreat from Portu- 

 gal. Four of the eagles are number- 

 ed 13, 22, 39, 51. 



There were also four standards ; 

 but they were in such a tattered 

 state, that there was not a device 

 or letter legible. The garrison flag 

 of Badajoz was like a sieve, and 

 great part of it quite red with hu- 

 man blood. 



At half-past eleven the proces- 

 sion moved to the chapel, amid 

 the acclamations of many thousand 

 spectators ; the Prince Regent con- 

 tinued in front near half an hour, 

 and the troops passed in review 

 order. The life-guards gave some 

 fine specimens of the rapidity of 

 their evolutions. 



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