11th. Regiment of foot. The Devonshire,
In the War of Austrian Succession, it took
part in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy and Rocoux.
In the Seven Years War, it fought at the battles of Warburg, Kloster Kampen, Villinghausen and Wilhelmstähl and took part in the inconclusive Iberian Campaign. After the war, it garrisoned the
island of Minorca.
The 11th Regiment spent the early years
of the French Revolutionary Wars serving as
detachments in the Mediterranean with the Royal Navy.
It acted as marines in the naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797 and was
part of the force that besieged Malta in 1798 and captured the island in
1800. It also took part in an abortive raid on the port of Ostend in 1798. From 1800 to 1806, it was
stationed in the West Indies, returning to Europe to fight in the Peninsula War
and earning its nickname, The Bloody Eleventh, at the Battle of Salamanca. A 2nd Battalion was formed in 1809 and
took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign before being disbanded in 1816.
John
Spread Fenton, wearing the uniform of the 11th (the North Devonshire) Regiment
of Foot, scarlet coatee with green collar, gold epaulette, white cross-belt,
the belt plate bearing number 11, frilled white cravat and black stock
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