CONTENTS.


Year   Page
1755 Formation of the Regiment 9
1756 Uniform—Names of Officers 10
1757 Marches to Scotland 11
1760 Returns to England
1762 Embarks for the West Indies
—— Siege of the Moro Fort, and capture of the Havannah 12
1763 Proceeds to Ireland 14
1770 Embarks for Gibraltar
—— A light company added to the establishment 15
1779}
1780} Engaged in the successful defence of the important { 15
1781} fortress of Gibraltar {  to
1782} { 21
—— Styled the West Essex Regiment
1783 Embarks for England
1784 Proceeds to Scotland 22
1788 Embarks for Ireland
1793 Riot at Wexford—Major Valloton killed
—— Embarks for the West Indies 23
1794 Capture of Martinico
—— —— —— St. Lucia
—— —— —— Guadeloupe 24
1795 Returns to England—Proceeds to Ireland
1796 Embarks for the West Indies 25
1796 Detached for St. Domingo 25
—— Capture of Bombarde
1797 Attack on Port Jack Thomas
—— Defence of Irois
—— Attack on St. Mary’s
—— Proceeds to Jamaica
1798 Embarks for England
1799 Expedition to Holland
—— Battles of Bergen and Egmont-op-Zee 26
—— Returns to England 27
1800 Embarks for Ireland
1801 Recruited with men raised for European service only, who volunteer to extend their services to any part of the world 28
1804 A Second Battalion added to the establishment 29
1805 First Battalion proceeds to the East Indies
1807 Second Battalion proceeds to the East Indies 30
1809 Detachment to Bourbon and the Mauritius
—— Capture of Mallia 31
—— Capture of St. Paul’s on the Island of Bourbon 33
—— Detachments serve as Marines 34
—— Services in consequence of disaffection in Native Corps 35
1810 Capture of the Island of Bourbon 36
—— —— —— Mauritius 37
1811 New Colours presented by the East India Company 38
1813 Services with the Guicwar’s subsidiary Force 39
—— A Third Battalion added to the establishment 40
—— Capture of Canool and Raree
1814 Third Battalion serves in Holland 41
—— —— —— Action at Merxem, &c.
—— —— —— returns to England 43
—— —— —— disbanded at Sheerness
1815 First Battalion proceeds to the Mauritius 44
1816 Second Battalion serves with the Poonah Subsidiary Force 45
1817 Second Battalion returns to England and is disbanded 46
1826 The Regiment returns to England 48
1827 Embarks for Ireland
1829 Court of Enquiry to investigate Regimental Books and Registries 49
1831 Embarks for Jamaica 50
1840 —— —— North America 51
—— Detachments employed in the Disputed Territory during the unsettled state of the Boundary Question
1842 Embarks for Ireland 52
1844 The Conclusion 53