THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 269 
1761 In October, two companies were raised and added to the regiment. 
1762 January 20 th. The King sign'd a warrant establishing a fund 
for paying pensions to the widows of officers in the Boyal Regiment 
of Artillery; to a colonel's £50, a lieut.-colonel's £40, a major's £30, to 
captain's £25, and to subalterns and staff £20. 
In May, two companies of the regiment embark'd for Portugal to serve 
with six battalions and a regiment of light dragoons order'd to embark 
under the command of Lieut.-General Lord Tyrauley for the defence of that 
country. 
The artillery destined for this service consisted of the following 
pieces, viz. 
Two heavy. 
Six medium ... 
Six medium ... 
Twelve light .., 
Two 8-in. 
Four royal...... 
j 12-prs. 
| 6-prs. 
> Howitzers. 
Total 32. 
This last campaign of this war, the British artillery in Germany consisted 
of the following pieces, viz.:—• 
Eight heavy .1 
Six medium. > 12-prs. 
Four light.J 
FoS j Howitzers. 
Total 88. 
N.B. During the campaigns in Flanders in the war of 1741, the great kettle 
drums mounted on a triumphal car finely ornamented and drawn by six horses, 
marched at the head of the train of artillery (excepting the campaign of 1746 when 
there were only fourteen light pieces for battalions in the field). In these campaigns 
the artillery of all the nations forming the army marched in one continued column, 
but whenever the heavy baggage was ordered away from the army, the kettle drums 
was consider’d as part of it. 
The kettle drums were not in the field in Germany during the war 
which ended in 1762. The artillery did not march then in long columns, 
but were reduced into various brigades, which were distributed so as to be 
ready to act on all situations in every part of the army. 
1763 On the conclusion of the war at the latter end of last year by the 
peace of Paris; the three battalions, consisting of thirty companies 
and a company of cadets with their respective field and staff officers were 
kept up; but the establishment of the companies as detail'd in anno 1743, 
which had been invariably the same from that period, was now altered, and 
each company reduced to two lieut.-fireworkers, two serjeants, two corporals, 
four bombardiers, eight gunners, thirty-two mattrosses, one fifer and two 
drummers; and the sixty junior lieut.-fireworkers were reduced on half-pay, 
the last of whom came into the regiment on full pay at the latter end 
of 1767. 
