CONTENTS
OF
THE HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SECOND BATTALION

OF

THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.


  Year Page
1804 Projected French invasion of England 187
1805 Formation of the Second Battalion of the Thirty-first Regiment at Chester
—— Marched from Chester to Winchester
1806 Proceeded to Gosport 188
1807 Embarked for Guernsey
—— Proceeded to Ireland
1808 Joined the force assembled at Falmouth under the command of Lieut.-General Sir David Baird
—— Sailed for Portugal 189
—— Marched to reinforce the army in Spain under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore
1809 The intended advance countermanded
—— Battle of Corunna 190
—— Arrival of Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley at Lisbon, and his appointment to the command of the army in the Peninsula
—— The second battalion of the Thirty-first marched towards Oporto 191
—— Passage of the Douro
1809 Arrived at Oropesa 191
—— Battle of Talavera 192
—— Authorized to bear the word “Talavera” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 193
—— Stationed at Abrantes 194
1810 Marched to Portalegre
—— Encamped between the Estrella and the Tagus 195
—— Battle of Busaco
—— Marched on Thomar
—— Skirmishes near Alhandra 196
1811 Pursuit of Marshal Massena
—— Siege of Olivenza and Badajoz
—— Battle of Albuhera 197
—— Authorized to bear the word “Albuhera” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 199
—— Second siege of Badajoz
—— Affair at Arroyo dos Molinos 200
—— Stationed at Merida
1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
—— Third siege of Badajoz
—— Capture of Badajoz 201
—— Attack on the French works at Almaraz
—— Operations against General Drouet 202
—— Siege of the Castle of Burgos 203
—— Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill’s division, of which the second battalion of the Thirty-first formed part, cantoned at Coria and Placentia 204
1813 Advance upon Burgos and Vittoria
—— Battle of Vittoria
—— Authorized to bear the word “Vittoria” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 205
—— Siege of Pampeluna 206
—— The French dislodged from the valley of Bastan
—— Action in the Pass of Roncesvalles
1813 Engaged on the heights at Pampeluna 206
—— Authorized to bear the word “Pyrenees” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 207
—— Capture of a French convoy at Elizondo
—— Capture of St. Sebastian and Pampeluna
—— March of the Allied Army to the French side of the Pyrenees —-
—— Engaged in the Pass of Maya
—— Passage of the Nivelle
—— Authorized to bear the word “Nivelle” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 208
—— Passage of the Nive
—— Action at St. Pierre, near Bayonne 209
—— Authorized to bear the word “Nive” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 210
1814 Action on the heights of Garris
—— Battle of Orthes 211
—— Authorized to bear the word “Orthes” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments
—— Action at Aire
—— Battle of Toulouse
—— Sortie from Bayonne 212
—— Termination of the Peninsular War
—— The second battalion of the Thirty-first Regiment marched to Bourdeaux
—— Embarked for Ireland
—— Authorized to bear the word “Peninsula” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments
—— Proceeded to Portsmouth 213
—— Disbanded