This Company became No. 6 Company on March 1st, 1819; was called No. 8 Battery, 14th Brigade, on July 1st, 1859; its designation was again altered on January 1st, 1860, to No. 8 Battery, 13th Brigade; and on the 1st October, 1862, it became, what it now is, and This Company became No 7 Company on 1st March, 1819; Battery, 10th Brigade, on the 1st July, 1859. It was reduced February, 1871. No. 10 COMPANY, 9th BATTALION. This Company became No. 8 Company, 9th Battalion, on 1st March, 1819; and on the introduction of the Brigade system, in 1859, it became No. 5 Battery, 9th Brigade, or, as now called, CHAPTER X. THE SIEGE OF COPENHAGEN. THE decree of the French Emperor, dated 20th Nove 1806, forbidding all commerce and correspond between the countries under his influence and ( Britain, received an alarming force from his subseq rapid successes, culminating in the Treaty of Tilsit. After that date it was evident that, in addition to inju the commercial marine of England, Napoleon was res to make a great effort to overthrow her yet unquestion naval supremacy. This he hoped to effect by a union o own fleet with those of his allies and subjects; and or the most powerful which he hoped to secure for his pu was the Danish fleet. The English Government resolved on a bold ste order to defeat Napoleon's aim. They decided to red the Danish Government to hand over their fleet to Eng for safe keeping, and they supported their petition by presence of a large naval and military force. This dete nation was arrived at on the 19th July, 1807; and b the 29th the whole force was ready to sail. The consisted of 17 ships of the line, between 30 and 40 frig and other smaller ships of war, counting 90 penda together with 300 transports, having on board 20 troops, a number subsequently increased to 27,000. Official MS. Artillery force was as follows: Royal Artillery, 989; F R. A. Re- Artillery drivers, 525; German Legion Artillery-h cord Office. 182, and foot, 512. Cust. Returns, The command of this large Artillery force was give Major-General Thomas Blomefield on the 28th July, 1 in the following terms: “SIR, "Woolwich, 28 July, 1807. "The Master-General has directed me to notify officially an order for your embarking upon the present "expedition with the command of the Artillery, and that you place yourself under the orders of Lieutenant-General Burrard, or the General commanding the troops. 66 "I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your most obedient humble Servant, "D.-A.-General." "P.S.-MY DEAR GENERAL, 66 Having performed the ex officio part, let me wish you every success and every happiness, and a safe return "to Shooter's Hill, where we shall talk over all your performances. The ordnance is all embarked, but not a ship arrived as yet for the officers and men. General Thomas Blomefield, who joined the Regiment on 1st January, 1759, had seen active service at the Havannah, in the West Indies, and during the American War. He had been severely wounded during the last-mentioned campaign. In 1780 he was made Inspector of Ordnance at Woolwich; and for many years held this appointment in a manner most advantageous to the country. He was a good mathematician, an excellent chemist, and most laborious in experiments in gunnery. His private character is thus described by one who knew him intimately:-" There was no display Family "of his merits shown in his manner; all his duties and improvements were silently and unassumingly carried on, "with a natural reserve and undeviating correctness, so "that it was only the close observer who could duly "appreciate his value. His being generally and greatly "esteemed arose as much from his being the perfect 66 MSS. |