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MAJOR-GENERAL SCHLUND. 
1671. —Joined the Brandenburg Artillery as a gunner. 
1672. —Promoted Corporal. 
1679.—Fireworker (Sergeant). 
1685.—Transferred as Lieutenant to the 12th Infantry Regiment, 
“Markgraf Philipp Wilhelm.” 
1685.—First Lieutenant. 
1689.—Staff Captain. 
1689.—Transferred to the British Service—to the Artillery. 
For the next twelve months we have no record of Schlund’s services 
in Ireland but there is every reason to believe he served at the Boyne, 
and at the siege of Limerick, where the Prince of Brandenburg’s 
Regiment of foot did good service. In the winter of 1690-1 it be¬ 
came necessary to re-organise the Artillery Train in Ireland, and 
from the list of the re-formed Train, “ approved by General Ginkell,” 
we find Schlund appointed Chief Firemaster with pay at sixteen 
shillings per diem. Before passing on to Schlund’s subsequent 
services with the British Artillery let us take a parting glance at three 
of the officers in the Irish Train. The Commanding officer was a 
veteran Dutch Artillerist, John Wynant Goor, who had learnt the art 
of war on several hard fought battle-fields. He attained the rank of 
Lieutenant-General in the Dutch army and gloriously fell at Schellen- 
berg, in 1704, leading his division on to victory. Next in rank to 
Goor was Jacob Richards, Artillerist and Engineer, who subsequently 
was appointed General of Artillery to the Venetian Republic, but 
retained his post of Third Engineer in England until his death in 
1701. Another conspicuous officer in this Train was Holcroft Blood, 
Artillerist and Engineer, who commanded the British Artillery at 
Blenheim and died in harness, at Brussels, in 1707, as a Brigadier- 
General and Colonel of a British Infantry Corps (17th Foot). 
The following summary of Schlund’s services with the British Artill¬ 
ery is taken from “ English Army Lists and Commission Registers, 
1661-1714 (Vols. III. and IV. passim ) ” 
1691. —At the second siege of Limerick. 
1692. —Appointed Major of the Flanders Train in May. 
and served at Steinkirk. 
1693. —Served at Landen. 
1694. —Served at the siege of Huy. 
1695. —Served at the siege of Namur. 
1696. —On service in Flanders. 
The following extract from General Borgard’s own diary shows how 
much Schlund’s and Borgard’s services were appreciated by the 
military authorities when the Peace of Ryswick necessitated the 
reduction of the British Artillery :— 
“ 1697. In the month of September, the Army marched into 
quarters, where the greatest part of the Artillery people 
