See also:

• SIR

SIR HEW DALRYMPLE See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• SIR HEW DALRYMPLE ROSS (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

ROSS (1779-1868)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, entered the Royal Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, in 1793, and passed out into the Royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery two years later . With the Royal See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse Artillery he saw active service during the Irish See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1798, and after eleven years' service was promoted See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and appointed to command " A " See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop R.H.A . (afterwards famous as the " See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

Chestnut Troop ") . In 1809 the troop landed at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon and at once set out to join See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, reaching the front two days after Talavera . See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross's guns were attached to the See also:

• LIGHT

Light See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division, and, with See also:

• CRAUFURD, QUINTIN (1743-1819)
• CRAUFURD, ROBERT (1764-1812)

Craufurd, took See also:

• PART

part in the actions on the Coa and the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Busaco . When See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena began his famous See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from the lines of Torres Vedras, Ross's troop was amongst the foremost in the pursuit; at Redinha and See also:

• POMBAL, SEBASTIAO JOSE DE CARVALHO E MELLO, MARQUESS OF (1699-1782)

Pombal, at Sabugal and Fuentes d'Onor, the " Chestnuts " earned See also:

• GREAT

great distinction, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1811 their See also:

• COMMANDER

commander received a See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority for his services . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• CIUDAD

Ciudad Rodrigo and See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz, at the See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca forts and the battle of Salamanca, still attached to the Light Division . In the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• VITTORIA

Vittoria, Ross's guns were continually with the most advanced troops, and after Vittoria they captured the only piece of artillery that remained to the defeated See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . A further brevet-promotion and a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service See also:

• REWARD

reward came to Ross for his part in the campaign . At See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera in the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees Ross's troop was one of the three which played a decisive part in the See also:

• ACTION

action, and Vera remains a classical example of the action of horse artillery . " A " troop was engaged at St See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre and See also:

• ORTHEZ

Orthez, and at the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . It was engaged at See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo, and though See also:

• HALF

half its guns were disabled the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder took part in the pursuit of the French .

Ross received, besides the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular and Waterloo medals, the K.C.B., the Portuguese See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower and See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

Sword and the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian St See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . He had commanded the troop for nineteen years when he at last received a regimental See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-colonelcy . As officer commanding Royal Artillery in the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• DISTRICT

District, with delegated command over all the forces of the four northern counties, See also:

• SIR

Sir Hew Ross had for nearly sixteen years to See also:

• DEAL

deal with continually threatened See also:

• CIVIL

civil disorder, and See also:

• BORE

bore himself as well as on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of battle . From 1840 to 1858, when he retired, he practically directed, in one See also:

• POST

post or another, all the artillery services of the British army, and when in 1854 the test of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war came, the artillery took the field in a far better See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition than the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest offt,ord See also:

• RAGLAN, FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON (1788-1855)

Raglan's army . Much of the present efficiency of the " Royal See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

Regiment " is directly traceable to the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Sir Hew Ross, to whom it owes the institution of the School of Gunnery at See also:

• SHOEBURYNESS

Shoeburyness and the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Royal Artillery Institution at Woolwich . See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in 1841 and lieut.-general in 1851, he became general in 1854, and died, a field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal and G.C.B., in 1868 . See Memoir of the R.A . Institution, 1871; and See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery .