356 KANE’S LIST AND MACDONALD’S HISTORY OF DRESS. 
throughout and it is interesting to note that Lord Heathfield, the general 
commanding had commenced his service in the Royal Artillery as 
George Augustus Elliot (No. 39) having been enrolled as a cadet gun¬ 
ner on 1st October, 1739, first commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, 1st 
April, 1740 and transferred in that rank to the Engineers, 1st July, 1741 ; 
the Royal Artillery Institution possesses a good engraving by Barto- 
lomi of his portrait by Paggi. 
Through the long siege, the command of the Royal Artillery was 
held by at least three officers, viz. Abraham Tovey (No. 92) who died 
there 7th March, 1781, Griffiith Williams (No. 131) and George Lewis 
(No. 176). Among those who distinguished themselves at the siege 
probably the youngest officer was George F. Koehler (No. 605) who 
invented a depression gun carriage; the Royal Artillery Institution 
possesses a volume of coloured plates of Gibraltar including one of this 
carriage, reproduced from pictures by Koehler. Other officers present 
were Philip Martin (No. 231), Vaughan Lloyd (No. 241), Thomas Sew¬ 
ard (No. 463) and James Bogg No.512). P. Martin (No. 231) must not 
be confounded with William Martin (No. 109) the man who by his 
agitation and petition obtained for the Field Officers of the Royal Ar¬ 
tillery equal rights of rank with the rest of the army. 
The portions of the Wars of the French Revolution that come under 
consideration with Plate VIII. are those in Flanders and the north of 
France ; the former has been mentioned in connection with Royal Horse 
Artillery. There was a large force of Artillery engaged in Flanders 
in 1793-94 ; here it was that Henry Shrapnel (No. 588) saw service and 
was wounded near Dunkirk in 1793 ; it was however by the invention 
of the projectile bearing his name that “ Shrapnel ” has become more 
widely known throughout the world than the name of any artilleryman. 
The Royal Artillery Institution purchased a few years ago an excellent 
half-length portrait in oils of Shrapnel painted by Arrowsmith, R.A. 
(Sir) Wiltshire Wilson (No. 596) distinguished himself greatly in 
Flanders in 1793-94 and of him the Royal Artillery Institution possesses 
a small crayon whole figure portrait presented by Colonel C. E. S. Scott 
(No. 2432). In Flanders (Sir) William Robe (No. 654) first saw active 
service. Before leaving 1794 I would call attention to Nelson’s famous 
brigade in Corsica where two Royal Artillerymen who had the honour 
or serving under him at the capture of Bastia and Calvi were Charles 
Newhouse (No. 707) and Alexander Duncan (No. 740). 
As has been said in the Introduction to the “ History of the Dress of 
the Royal Artillery ” the question of uniform did not excite much at¬ 
tention in the British army previous to 1815 and as in the years 1797- 
1815 the wars, so far as the Royal Artillery was concerned, were either 
those due to the French Revolution or the American War which was 
largely fostered by the French, I find it best to treat together the period 
covered by Plates IX, X, XI, XII, XIII; 1797-1815. 
Many and famous as were the services of Royal Artillerymen in this 
period, it is safe to say that works describing the military events and 
heroes of this period are at least ten times as numerous as those treating 
of any previous period ; therefore I should only be going over old ground 
