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Regimental Histories - Year 1960-1985 - Brockbank - Page 0016

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“he should be deprived of the assistance of these brave
troops".
The 12th took part in the operations which resulted in the
great victory at Vittoria in 1813, and the subsequent operations
up to the end of the campaign in the South of France in 1814.
In the spring of 1815 Napoleon returned to France from
Elba, and war was declared. The 12th were sent to the Nether-
lands to form part of the Allied Army commanded by the Duke
of Wellington.
At Waterloo the 12th executed a brilliant charge in support
of the Union Brigade, but sufl'ered very severely in the with-
drawal, losing one third of their strength in ten minutes
Both Regiments were awarded the honour “Peninsula”. The
12th also received the honours “Salamanca” and “Waterloo".
The Lancer regiments of Napoleon’s Army had shown how
effective Cavalry regiments armed with the lance could be. In
1816 an order was published directing that the 9th and the 12th
Light Dragoons should be armed with the lance In 1817 the
12th became a Royal Regiment, being styled “The 12th or
Prince of Wales‘s Royal Regiment of Lancers”. In 1830 the
9th provided the escorts for King William IV on his accession.
On the 22nd July the Regiment was reviewed by the King and
the next day he directed that they should assume the title of
the “9th Queen’s Royal Lancers". The monogram ofhis Royal
Consort, Queen Adelaide, still forms part of the 9th/12th
Lancers insignia.
In 1842 the 9th were sent to India and in 1843 they took part
in the campaign against the Mahratta State of Gwalior. They
were awarded the honour “Punniar” and the men present at
the battle received bronze stars made from the metal of the
captured Mahratta guns.
In 1845 the 9th were again on active service. They took part
in the final action of the first Punjab War against the Sikhs,
receiving the honour “Sabraon”. In 1848 war again broke out
against the Sikhs At the Battle ofGooierat on the 2 1 st February
1849, the 9th executed a very successful charge against a large
body of the Sikh cavalry capturing two standards.
For their services in the second Punjab War the 9th received
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