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Masonic Obituary.
While major-general , he was appointed ( 1799 ) to the command of a brigade comprising two battalions of the 5 th and two of the S 5 th , forming part of the Duke of York ' s army . On the 19 th this brigade was attached to the column commanded by Lieutenant-general Dundas . In the course of the morning the whole of it was , by degrees , detached , excepting the 1 st bat . 35 th , ivith which , only 600 strong , his Royal
Highness was called on to support the Russians . Finding that Lieut .-general Geripsdorf was killed , and that the command had devolved upon himself , the duke determined to attack the vdlage of Schorel , from which he found Major-general Manners ' s brigade was retreating , closely pursued by die enemy in great force . Prince William , covering the major-general's retreat , ordered him to form in his rear , and ivith this
reinforcement Ms Royal Hig hness advanced to the attack , carried the village and the wood skirting it , and , pursuing the enemy up the sandhills , drove him back upon Bergen . His Royal Highness , on the 4 th October , made a rapid advance to Schermerhorn , Daendals having retired to Viemerut , with the main Dutch army , 8000 strong ,
abandoning three guns , which were consequently taken by his Royal Highness ' s brigade . On the 6 th October the duke received orders to retreat , and falling back , took up his former position , in which he was attacked by General Daendals ivith a force of 6000 men . General Dumenceau supporting General Bonhome , was repulsed by six companies of the 35 th , under Colonel Massey , directed by his Royal Highness . At this
moment , Daendals with 5000 men advanced upon the left towards a small work which bad been cut across to the depth of nine feet ; his Royal Highness had scarcely 600 men to oppose to this corps , and being ordered to retire , effected his retreat without the loss of a single man , carrying off his guns , baggage , & c . November 13 , 1799 , his Royal Highness received the rank of
lieutenant-general ; April 25 , 1808 , that of general ; May 26 , 1809 , appointed to the colonelcy of the 3 rd Guards , now the Scots Fusileers ; in 1816 his late Majesty , by special warrant , conferred on the duke the title of Prince of the Blood Royal , on the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness with his cousin , the Princess Mary . The late duke was also Governor of Portsmouth .
THE FUNERAL . —11 th Dec— Soon after seven o clock , the people m the neighbourhood of Bagshot began to assemble , and in a short time afterwards there was a large muster of the carriages of the neighbouring nobility and gentry , amounting to forty-five . The children of a charityschool , of which his Royal Hig hness was a patron , also attended . At a quarter to nine , the hearse with the usual number of mourning
coaches proceeded towards Windsor . At the entrance of the great gate of Windsor-park the private carriages dropped off . At a little before nine o ' clock a detachment of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Obituary.
While major-general , he was appointed ( 1799 ) to the command of a brigade comprising two battalions of the 5 th and two of the S 5 th , forming part of the Duke of York ' s army . On the 19 th this brigade was attached to the column commanded by Lieutenant-general Dundas . In the course of the morning the whole of it was , by degrees , detached , excepting the 1 st bat . 35 th , ivith which , only 600 strong , his Royal
Highness was called on to support the Russians . Finding that Lieut .-general Geripsdorf was killed , and that the command had devolved upon himself , the duke determined to attack the vdlage of Schorel , from which he found Major-general Manners ' s brigade was retreating , closely pursued by die enemy in great force . Prince William , covering the major-general's retreat , ordered him to form in his rear , and ivith this
reinforcement Ms Royal Hig hness advanced to the attack , carried the village and the wood skirting it , and , pursuing the enemy up the sandhills , drove him back upon Bergen . His Royal Highness , on the 4 th October , made a rapid advance to Schermerhorn , Daendals having retired to Viemerut , with the main Dutch army , 8000 strong ,
abandoning three guns , which were consequently taken by his Royal Highness ' s brigade . On the 6 th October the duke received orders to retreat , and falling back , took up his former position , in which he was attacked by General Daendals ivith a force of 6000 men . General Dumenceau supporting General Bonhome , was repulsed by six companies of the 35 th , under Colonel Massey , directed by his Royal Highness . At this
moment , Daendals with 5000 men advanced upon the left towards a small work which bad been cut across to the depth of nine feet ; his Royal Highness had scarcely 600 men to oppose to this corps , and being ordered to retire , effected his retreat without the loss of a single man , carrying off his guns , baggage , & c . November 13 , 1799 , his Royal Highness received the rank of
lieutenant-general ; April 25 , 1808 , that of general ; May 26 , 1809 , appointed to the colonelcy of the 3 rd Guards , now the Scots Fusileers ; in 1816 his late Majesty , by special warrant , conferred on the duke the title of Prince of the Blood Royal , on the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness with his cousin , the Princess Mary . The late duke was also Governor of Portsmouth .
THE FUNERAL . —11 th Dec— Soon after seven o clock , the people m the neighbourhood of Bagshot began to assemble , and in a short time afterwards there was a large muster of the carriages of the neighbouring nobility and gentry , amounting to forty-five . The children of a charityschool , of which his Royal Hig hness was a patron , also attended . At a quarter to nine , the hearse with the usual number of mourning
coaches proceeded towards Windsor . At the entrance of the great gate of Windsor-park the private carriages dropped off . At a little before nine o ' clock a detachment of the