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 The regiment returned to Gravesend in March, 1746, and
embarked for Scotland, with the twelfth, sixteenth, and twenty-
fourth foot. These corps arrived at Leith on the 19th of April, as the
guns of Edinburgh castle were firing for the victory gained over the
rebels at Culloden, and this terminated the rebellion.
The regiment waited at Leith until the return of an express from
the army, when it received orders to sail northward; it landed at
Nairn on the 1st of May, was cantoned in the neighbourhood of that
place three weeks, and afterwards joined the army at Inverness, at
which place the regiment was encamped until the autumn, when it
marched into quarters at Nairn, Elgin, &c.

1747

In the summer of 1747, the regiment marched to Fort Augustus,

and encamped among the mountains near that place, under the
orders of Major-General Blakeney, until October, when it marched to
Edinburgh castle, and Stirling.
Major-General Sir John Mordaunt was removed to the twelfth
dragoons in December of this year, and was succeeded in the
colonelcy by Colonel John Folliott, from the sixty-first foot, a newly-
raised corps, afterwards disbanded.

1748
1749
1750

Returning to England in the spring of 1748, the regiment was

stationed at Berwick, Newcastle, and Carlisle, where it remained
until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, when it marched to Glasgow, and
embarked for Ireland on the 18th of February, 1749. It was
stationed at Enniskillen and Ballyshannon twelve months, and was
removed in 1750 to Kinsale, and in 1751 to Cork.

1751
 In the Royal warrant of the 1st of July, 1751, the uniform of the
regiment is directed to be scarlet, faced with blue. The First, or
King's colour, to be the great union; the Second, or regimental
colour, to be of blue silk with the union in the upper canton; in the
centre of the colour, the Harp in a blue field and the Crown over it;
and in the three corners of the colour, the Lion of Nassau, the arms of
King William III. On the grenadier caps, the Harp and Crown, as on
the colours. The Harp and Crown to be painted in the same manner
on the drums and bells of arms, with the rank of the regiment
underneath.[30]
1752
1753
1754

From Cork the regiment marched, in 1752, to Waterford; in 1753

it proceeded to Dublin, and in 1754 to Londonderry and
Ballyshannon.

1755

Disputes having arisen between Great Britain and France,

respecting the extent of the British territories in North America,
hostilities commenced, and the regiment was suddenly ordered to
England in the spring of 1755. It landed at Liverpool on Easter
Sunday, the 3rd of April, and marched to Berwick, where the
establishment was augmented to seventy-eight men per company,
and two companies were afterwards added: in October the regiment
marched to Edinburgh, where it was stationed during the winter.

1756

In February, 1756, the two additional companies were

incorporated in the fifty-sixth regiment, then newly raised; and in
May the EIGHTEENTH were reviewed by Lieut.-General Bland,
commanding the forces in North Britain, and afterwards marched to
Fort William, with numerous detachments at various posts in the
Highlands.
 1757

Orders were received in February, 1757, for the regiment to

proceed to Ireland, and it was stationed in that part of the United
Kingdom during the remainder of the seven years' war.

1762

Lieut.-General Folliott died in January, 1762, and in April King

George III. conferred the colonelcy of the EIGHTEENTH regiment on
Major-General Sir John Sebright, Bart., from the eighty-third foot,
which corps was disbanded in 1763.

1767
1775

In 1767 the ROYAL IRISH regiment proceeded from Ireland to North

America, where it was stationed when the unfortunate
misunderstanding occurred between Great Britain and her North
American colonies on the subject of taxation. The Americans
manifested a disposition to violence, and three companies of the
EIGHTEENTH were stationed at Boston, the capital of the state of
Massachusetts, under the Governor of the province, General Gage.
General Gage, having ascertained that the Americans had
collected a quantity of military stores at Concord, detached the
grenadiers and light infantry, including the companies of the
EIGHTEENTH, to effect the destruction of these stores. These
companies embarked in boats, under Colonel Smith, of the tenth, on
the evening of the 18th of April, 1775, and sailed up Charles river to
the marshes of Cambridge, where they landed and marched towards
Concord. At the village of Lexington they were opposed by a party of
American militia; some firing occurred, and several men were killed
and wounded: thus the first blood was spilt, and open resistance
followed. The King's troops continued their march to Concord, and
effected the destruction of the stores. In the meantime the country
had been alarmed for many miles, and, when the soldiers
commenced their journey back to Boston, they were fired upon from
behind the walls, trees, fences, barns, &c., on both sides of the road,
and skirmish succeeded skirmish until they arrived at Lexington,
where they were met by Earl Percy's brigade, with two field-pieces.
The fire of the artillery checked the Americans, and the troops
continued their march to Boston. The flank companies of the ROYAL
IRISH regiment had two men killed and four wounded on this
occasion.
This open resistance to legal authority was followed by the
appearance of multitudes of armed Americans in the neighbourhood
of Boston, and on the night of the 16th of June they commenced
throwing up entrenchments on the peninsula of Charleston, on a
height called Bunker's Hill; and on the following day General Gage
detached a body of troops, of which the flank companies of the ROYAL
IRISH regiment formed part, to drive the Americans from the hill. The
attack was made about three o'clock in the afternoon, and British
valour was conspicuously displayed; but the Americans had a great
superiority of numbers and a strong post. The King's troops were
twice arrested in their progress, but by a determined effort they
carried the height at the point of the bayonet, and triumphed over
thrice their own numbers. The loss of the EIGHTEENTH was limited to
three rank and file killed, Lieutenant William Richardson and seven
rank and file wounded.

1776

Although the valour and discipline of the British corps in North

America were so conspicuous as to excite the admiration of their
country, yet the few corps at Boston were beset by such multitudes
of opponents, that it became impossible for these excellent qualities
to be exercised with any prospect of ultimate success; and in the
middle of March, 1776, the town was abandoned, the British troops
embarking for Nova Scotia.

1777
 Soon afterwards the regiment received orders to transfer its men
fit for service to other corps, and return to Europe: it arrived in
England in July, 1776, and was stationed at Dover Castle, where it
remained during the year 1777.

1778

From Dover, the regiment proceeded to Coxheath, where an

encampment was formed of the Royal Dragoons, five regiments of
infantry, and fifteen battalions of militia.

1779

In the summer of 1779, the regiment was encamped at Warley, in

the Essex district, with three other corps of regular infantry and ten
battalions of militia, under Lieut.-General Parker.

1780
1782

The regiment was encamped at Finchley in 1780, and afterwards

in Hyde Park; and in 1782 it proceeded to the island of Jersey, where
its numbers were reduced to the peace establishment in
consequence of the termination of the American war.
Leaving Jersey in February, 1782, the thanks of the Commander of
the forces at that station were conveyed to the officers and soldiers
of the EIGHTEENTH, for their conduct while under his command. The
regiment was afterwards stationed at Guernsey, where an alarming
mutiny occurred among the soldiers of the 104th regiment, who
fired upon their officers, and took possession of the fort. They were
invested by the ROYAL IRISH regiment, commanded by Major Mawby,
and a battalion of militia, and were forced to submit. The lieut.-
governor thanked the ROYAL IRISH regiment, in orders, for its loyal and
spirited conduct on this occasion, in the strongest terms, and
promised to take the earliest opportunity of bringing its meritorious
conduct before the King. The States of the island also conveyed the
expression of their thanks and approbation of the excellent
behaviour of the EIGHTEENTH regiment, accompanied by a vote of 100
guineas, to be divided among the non-commissioned officers and
soldiers.

1783

In July, 1783, the regiment proceeded to Portsmouth, and in

October it embarked for the fortress of Gibraltar.

1793

While the ROYAL IRISH regiment was employed in protecting the

important fortress of Gibraltar, a revolution occurred in France; Louis
XVI. was beheaded by his subjects in 1793; and while anarchy and
bloodshed prevailed in France, the republicans of that country
sought to involve other nations in the same calamities. War was the
result. A powerful party favourable to monarchy still existed in
France, many patriots stood forward in the cause of royalty, and the
inhabitants of Toulon joined with Admiral Turgot in delivering up that
port to the British, who took possession of the place in the name of
Louis XVII. A numerous republican army advanced against Toulon,
and the allies made exertions to procure troops for the defence of
the town and harbour. Some corps of French loyalists were
embodied; detachments of Spaniards, Neapolitans, and Sardinians
were procured, and the ROYAL IRISH regiment was withdrawn from
Gibraltar to aid in the protection of this important place.
The regiment arrived at Toulon in November, and was actively
employed in the defence of the place upwards of a month, during
which period it was frequently engaged with the republican troops of
France.
A battery having been erected by the enemy on the heights of
Arenes, which much annoyed one of the principal outposts, a party
of the EIGHTEENTH joined the troops under Major-General David
Dundas, which issued from Toulon on the morning of the 30th of
November, crossed the river, traversed olive-grounds, intersected
with stone walls, ascended a height cut into vine-terraces, and,
surprising the French on their post, drove them from the battery
with signal gallantry. The object in view was thus accomplished, but
the impetuosity of the soldiers could not be restrained; they pursued
the enemy too far, and, encountering fresh adversaries, were forced
to retire with loss. The ROYAL IRISH regiment had seven men killed on
this occasion, twenty-four wounded, four serjeants, one drummer,
and twenty-nine rank and file missing.
Much difficulty was experienced in defending Toulon with twelve
thousand men, of five different nations, against thirty to forty
thousand French troops; a circumference of fifteen miles having to
be occupied by a number of posts which required nine thousand
men for their protection, so that three-fourths of the men were
constantly on duty. On the 17th of December, the French attacked
the British quarter under Captain William Conolly of the EIGHTEENTH,
who defended his post with great gallantry until the enemy had
forced the Spanish side, when he fell back fighting to another
position. The regiment lost Ensign George Minchin and two rank and
file on this occasion. The enemy afterwards attacked the posts on
the mountain of Pharou, where another party of the EIGHTEENTH was
engaged, and lost one serjeant and five rank and file.
The line of posts being forced, it was found impossible to preserve
the town and harbour, and the French shipping, arsenal, and
magazines were set on fire, and the troops of the several nations
embarked on board of the fleet on the 19th of December.

1794

After the evacuation of Toulon, the fleet proceeded to the bay of

Hières, and arrangements were made for attacking the island of
Corsica: the fleet weighed anchor on the 24th of January, 1794; but
was dispersed by a gale of wind. Early in February a landing was
effected in the gulf of Fiorenzo in the island of Corsica, and a series
of operations were commenced by which the greater part of the
island was speedily reduced, and an assembly of Deputies
afterwards agreed to unite Corsica to the British dominions.
 The fortified town of Calvi, situate on a tongue of land which
forms a beautiful harbour thirty-three miles from Bastia, the capital
of Corsica, still held out in the French interest, and the EIGHTEENTH
regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel David Douglas Wemyss, was
selected to join the troops, under Lieut.-General C. Stuart, appointed
for the reduction of this fortress. The regiment accordingly sailed
from Bastia, and, having landed near Calvi on the 19th of June, took
post on a ridge of mountains three miles from the town. Owing to
the numerous rocky heights and steep acclivities before the town,
the soldiers and seamen had to make roads along difficult precipices,
to drag guns up the mountains, and to carry up materials for
erecting the batteries, which they performed with cheerfulness. A
practical breach having been made in the west side of the Mozello,
on the 18th of July the light infantry (including the light company of
the EIGHTEENTH) and the second battalion of the Royals, commanded
by Lieut.-Colonel Moore, "proceeded with a cool steady confidence,
and unloaded arms, towards the enemy, forced their way through a
smart fire of musketry, and, regardless of live shells flung into the
breach, or the additional defence of pikes, stormed the Mozello;
while Lieut.-Colonel Wemyss, with the ROYAL IRISH regiment, and two
pieces of cannon under the direction of Lieutenant Lemoine of the
royal artillery, equally regardless of opposition, carried the enemy's
battery on the left, and forced the trenches without firing a shot."
[31]

After the capture of these important posts, the siege of Calvi was
prosecuted with vigour, and on the 10th of August the garrison
surrendered.
The loss of the ROYAL IRISH regiment was limited to six rank and file
killed; Lieutenant William Johnston, one serjeant, and ten rank and
file wounded.
In the early part of this year, General Sir John Sebright, Bart.,
died; and the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on Major-
General Sir James Murray, Bart., who afterwards took the surname
of Pulteney.
 1795
1796

The ROYAL IRISH regiment was stationed in the island of Corsica

during the year 1795, and nine months of 1796. In the mean time
the success of the French arms, particularly the brilliant career of
General Bonaparte in Italy, had produced a change of sentiment
among the inhabitants of Corsica. Bonaparte was a native of the
island; the Corsicans gloried in him as a man who reflected honour
on their country, and they regretted that the island had become
annexed to Great Britain, as this event placed them in hostility to
their victorious countryman, and they began to plot measures to
effect its separation. It appearing evident that the expense of the
defence would exceed the advantage derived from the possession of
the island, the British troops were withdrawn in October, and the
EIGHTEENTH proceeded to the island of Elba.

1797
1798
1799

Soon afterwards the regiment was detached, with a small force

under Colonel Wemyss, to the coast of Italy; the troops landed on
the 7th of November, and, having driven the French from the
principality of Piombino, occupied the towns of Campiglia,
Castiglione, and Piombino, with some advanced posts in the Tuscan
states. The ROYAL IRISH were commanded by Lieut.-Colonel H. T.
Montresor, and distinguished themselves on several occasions. They
waded through an inundation of near three miles, to attack the town
of Campiglia, and made the French garrison prisoners. The enemy
receiving considerable reinforcements, and advancing in force
against those towns, the British troops were withdrawn from Italy,
and returned to Elba. During the winter, the EIGHTEENTH regiment
sailed for Gibraltar, where it arrived in the beginning of 1797, and
was stationed at that fortress during the two following years.

1800
 In the spring of 1800, the regiment was withdrawn from Gibraltar,
to join the armament preparing for active service in the
Mediterranean: it proceeded to Minorca, where the land-forces were
assembled, and in the summer sailed under the orders of Lieut.-
General Sir Ralph Abercromby for Genoa, to co-operate with the
Austrians; but the victories gained by the French in Italy occasioned
this enterprise to be abandoned, and the EIGHTEENTH returned to
Minorca.
The regiment afterwards sailed with the expedition against Cadiz,
and it had entered the boats of the fleet for the purpose of effecting
a landing and attacking Cadiz, when orders were received to return
on board the shipping; the attack of this place having been
relinquished in consequence of an infectious disease of a fatal
character ravaging the city; and the armament sailed to Gibraltar.
After some delay, the EIGHTEENTH regiment again proceeded to
Minorca.
In the meantime a powerful French army had taken possession of
Egypt, with the view of colonizing that country, and making it the
base of future conquests in the east, and the ROYAL IRISH regiment
was called from Minorca to take part in the expulsion of the boasted
invincible legions of France from Egypt. The regiment accordingly
quitted Minorca without landing, and sailed to Malta, where it joined
the armament under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, and was
formed in brigade with the thirtieth, forty-fourth, and eighty-ninth,
under the orders of Brigadier-General Doyle. The troops were soon
restored and reanimated, after having been so long at sea, by the
abundance of fresh provisions which the island of Malta afforded,
and the comforts of the beautiful city of Valetta, and on the 20th of
December the fleet sailed for the bay of Marmorice, in Asiatic Turkey,
where it arrived in nine days.

1801

In this bay, environed by mountains covered with the foliage of

trees, the troops remained several weeks, while preparations were
being completed, and a plan of co-operation was arranged with the
Turks, whose tardy proceedings detained the expedition some time.
On the 23rd of February, 1801, the fleet again put to sea, presenting
a splendid sight; the magnitude of the armament, and the gaiety of
the brave men on board, being calculated to excite emotions of an
interesting character. On the 1st of March, the armament arrived off
the celebrated city of Alexandria, and anchored in the bay of
Aboukir.
Early on the morning of the 8th of March, five thousand British
troops entered the boats to effect a landing in the face of an adverse
army, and the ROYAL IRISH regiment, having joined the second brigade
under Major-General Cradock, entered some small Greek ships to be
in readiness to support the gallant men who should first land on the
shores of Egypt. A rocket gave the expected signal, and the clear
silence of the morning was instantly broken by the deep murmur of
a thousand oars urging forward the flower of a brave army, whose
polished arms gleamed in the rays of the morning sun. Suddenly the
thunder of artillery shook the ground, and a tempest of balls cut the
surface of the water; but the British soldiers speedily gained the
shore in the face of this tempest of war, and, rushing forward to
close upon their enemies with the bayonet, soon decided the contest
and forced the French to retreat with loss. The EIGHTEENTH regiment,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Montresor, was one of the first corps
which landed to support the leading division, and to participate in
this splendid triumph of British valour.
Advancing towards Alexandria, the British troops encamped near
Mandora Tower, and on the 13th of March they proceeded through a
wood of date-trees to attack the French forces posted on a ridge of
heights in front. The ROYAL IRISH deployed under a heavy fire, with
the other corps of their brigade, and executed the manœuvre with
admirable order and precision; and, advancing upon their
adversaries, compelled the French to retire from their position. A
strong body of French cavalry charged the leading corps of the
British right column, but was repulsed. Under the cover of some
sand-hills, a body of French dragoons rode towards the British
second brigade, and attempted to penetrate the interval between
the EIGHTEENTH and the regiment on their left: the French troopers
were checked by a prompt and well-directed fire from the light
company of the EIGHTEENTH, which was followed by a rapid platoon
fire from the regiment, and the French horsemen made a precipitate
retreat. They belonged to the eighteenth French dragoons, and had
been mistaken, by one British battalion, for a foreign corps in the
English service.
The French, having been driven from their post, fell back to an
entrenched position before Alexandria; and the British, after
reconnoitring the ground, encamped in front of the enemy's lines.
Speaking of the conduct of the army, on this occasion, in general
orders, Sir Ralph Abercromby stated that he felt it "incumbent on
him particularly to express his most perfect satisfaction with the
steady and gallant conduct of Major-General Cradock's brigade." The
conduct of the brigade was also commended in the General's public
despatch.
The loss of the ROYAL IRISH regiment was Captain George Jones,
killed; three officers, one serjeant, and forty-five rank and file
wounded.
On the morning of the 21st of March, the French issued from their
position, and attacked the British line; but they encountered an
opposition which they were unable to overcome, and the English
army was once more triumphant over the numerous veteran troops
of France. This action afforded the ROYAL IRISH regiment another
opportunity of gaining honour on the distant shores of Egypt; and its
gallant bearing throughout the day was conspicuous. This victory
was however clouded with the fall of the brave Sir Ralph Abercromby,
who died of wounds received in action. He was succeeded in the
command of the army by Major-General (afterwards Lord)
Hutchinson.
Soon afterwards a body of British troops traversed the country to
Rosetta, where a small force of British, Turks, and Greeks was
assembled, and took post at Hamed. The EIGHTEENTH regiment, and
two other corps, followed on the 13th of April, and, after the
surrender of Fort St. Julian, a strong division of the army advanced
up the banks of the Nile, to attack the French troops in Upper Egypt.
The ROYAL IRISH regiment took part in the operations by which the
French were driven from El Aft, and from the fortified post of
Rahmanie, and forced to retire upon Cairo.
Following the retreating enemy up the country, the EIGHTEENTH
arrived, with the army, at the vicinity of the celebrated pyramids of
Egypt, in the early part of June; and after a halt of several days they
advanced upon the city of Cairo, which was besieged by the united
British and Turkish forces, and in a few days the garrison
surrendered, on condition of being sent back to France.
The capture of the capital of Egypt added fresh laurels to the
British arms; and the troops which had acquired these honours
retired down the Nile to the vicinity of Alexandria, and, having driven
in the French outposts, commenced the siege of that place with
vigour. In the beginning of September, the garrison surrendered, on
condition of being sent back to France.
Thus was Egypt delivered from the power of France; and the
British troops, which overcame the boasted invincible legions of
Bonaparte, and forced the Army of the East to surrender its
conquests, were rewarded with the thanks of Parliament, the
approbation of their Sovereign, and the royal authority to bear on
their colours the "Sphinx," with the word "Egypt;" and the officers
were permitted to receive gold medals from the Grand Seignior.
Immediately after the conquest of Egypt, the British generals and
admirals endeavoured to promote still further the interests of their
country by preparing to make additional acquisitions, and the ROYAL
IRISH regiment was one of the corps selected to proceed on another
expedition. Several corps sailed on the 12th of September; but were
met at sea by a ship of war bringing information that the
preliminaries of a treaty of peace were signed; the troops proceeded
to Malta, where the ROYAL IRISH regiment arrived in October.
 After performing garrison duty at Valetta for six weeks, the
regiment proceeded to the island of Elba, and occupied the fortress
of Porto Ferrajo, the French being in possession of other parts of the
island.

1802

The treaty of Amiens being concluded, the regiment sailed for

Ireland in the summer of 1802, and after landing at Cork proceeded
to Armagh.

1803

War was resumed in 1803, and in the summer of that year the
regiment marched to Newry, where it was augmented to two
battalions, from the army of reserve. Both battalions were completed
to 1100 men each in less than two months, and in October the first
battalion embarked from Ireland for Scotland; it landed at Greenock,
and proceeded from thence to Edinburgh. It was followed to
Scotland by the second battalion, which was stationed a short time
at Stirling castle; but on the removal of the first battalion from
Edinburgh to Haddington, the second battalion proceeded to Dunbar.

1804

The threat of invading England made by Napoleon Bonaparte, with

the progress of the naval preparations on the coast of France, and
the presence of a numerous French army at Boulogne, occasioned
the regiment to be withdrawn from Scotland in the summer of 1804,
and to proceed to the south of England, to be in readiness to repel
the invaders, should they venture to land. On quitting Haddington,
Lieut.-Colonel Montresor received a highly gratifying letter from the
magistrates and clergy of that place, expressing their admiration of
the peaceable and regular behaviour of the non-commissioned
officers and soldiers of the first battalion during their stay at
Haddington, and a tribute of public respect to the officers for their
gentlemanly deportment towards the respectable inhabitants in the
neighbourhood.
Both battalions landed at Ramsgate, and joined the troops
encamped on Barham Downs. On the breaking up of the camp, the
second battalion embarked for the island of Jersey.

1805

Towards the end of January, the first battalion embarked for the
island of Jamaica, where it arrived in May.

1807

In 1807 the second battalion proceeded to the West Indies, and

was stationed at the island of Curaçao.

1808
1809

The ROYAL IRISH regiment being employed in guarding the colonial

possessions of Great Britain, its services were valuable to the Crown
and to the kingdom, and the exemplary conduct of both battalions
was commended by the general officers under whom the regiment
served; but the performance of this duty precluded the EIGHTEENTH
sharing in the brilliant campaigns of the British army in the
Peninsula, where several corps acquired numerous honorary
inscriptions for their regimental colours.
The first battalion sailed from Jamaica on the 7th of June, 1809,
with the troops under Major-General Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael, to aid
the Spaniards in their attempt to reduce the city of St. Domingo. The
British troops landed about thirty miles from the place, and,
advancing to the besieged fortress, found the Spanish army greatly
reduced by sickness. Prompt measures were adopted for an attack
on the place by storm by the British troops, and the EIGHTEENTH were
under arms to take part in this service, when hostilities were
suddenly terminated by the surrender of the French garrison.
 After the deliverance of the city of St. Domingo from the power of
France, the ROYAL IRISH returned to Jamaica.

1810

Very severe losses having been sustained by the second battalion

from the climate of the West Indies, it was directed to transfer its
men fit for service to the first battalion, and embark for England to
recruit. It arrived at Ottery barracks, in Devonshire, in October 1810,
and was joined by the regimental depôt, amounting to upwards of
five hundred men.

1811

In the spring of 1811 the second battalion proceeded to the island

of Jersey.
On the decease of General Sir James Pulteney, Bart., His Royal
Highness the Prince Regent conferred the colonelcy of the ROYAL IRISH
regiment on Lieut.-General John Lord Hutchinson, K.B., afterwards
Earl of Donoughmore, from the fifty-seventh regiment, by
commission dated the 27th of April, 1811.

1814

The second battalion was employed on garrison duty in the island

of Jersey until the power of Napoleon Bonaparte was overthrown by
the armies of the allies, and the Bourbon family was restored to the
throne of France, which was accompanied by the restoration of
peace to Europe. A reduction was, in consequence, made in the
strength of the British army, and the second battalion of the ROYAL
IRISH regiment was disbanded at Jersey on the 24th of October 1814,
transferring its non-commissioned officers and private soldiers fit for
duty to the first battalion.

1817

After twelve years' service in Jamaica, during which time it had

suffered severely from the effects of climate, and had lost upwards
of fifty officers and nearly three thousand non-commissioned officers
and soldiers, the ROYAL IRISH regiment received orders to return to
England. It landed at Portsmouth in March, 1817, in so complete a
state of discipline and efficiency, that it was ordered to proceed to
Brighton, where it had the honour of furnishing the usual guard for
the Prince Regent during His Royal Highness' stay at the Pavilion.
The regiment was afterwards removed to Chatham and Sheerness,
and in August it proceeded to Hilsea barracks.

1818

Early in 1818 the ROYAL IRISH regiment marched to Haslar barracks

and Gosport; in December it embarked for Ireland, and, after
landing at Cork, proceeded to Fermoy.

1819

From Fermoy the regiment marched, in January, 1819, to

Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Duncannon-fort, and Kilkenny; and the
excellent conduct of the men, during their stay in these quarters,
elicited the admiration and gratitude of the public authorities of the
several places, which was communicated to the corps in the
strongest terms.
1820

In July, 1820, the regiment marched to Cork.

1821

Orders having been received for the regiment to transfer its

services to Malta, it embarked from Cork in February, 1821, and
after its arrival on that island the head-quarters were established in
the Cottonera district, with one company detached to the small
island of Gozo.

1822

In November, 1822, the regiment was removed to St. Elmo

barracks and Valetta, where the detached company joined from the
island of Gozo.

1823

After remaining twelve months at St. Elmo barracks, the regiment

was removed to Floriana barracks in November, 1823, detaching two
companies to Fort Manuel and Tignie.

1824

On the 8th of May, 1824, the first division of the regiment

embarked from Malta for the Ionian Islands, and was followed by
the head-quarters in June, on which occasion the following general
order, dated Malta, 18th of June, 1824, was issued:—
"The Marquis of Hastings, having been long acquainted with the
high character of the ROYAL IRISH regiment of infantry, cannot suffer
that distinguished corps to quit this island without expressing his
regret at losing its services. The report made to him, by Major-
General Sir Manley Power, of the uniformly excellent conduct
maintained by the officers and men of the regiment, during their
residence here, authorizes the Marquis of Hastings to request that
they will accept his applause, and his sincere wishes for their future
welfare.
"By command of His Excellency,
"C. Bayley, A.M.S."
The last division of the regiment arrived at Corfu on the 24th of
June, and occupied quarters in the citadel.

1825

In July, 1825, four companies and the head-quarters proceeded to

Fort Neuf, leaving the remaining companies in the citadel. In August
the regiment was formed into six service and four depôt companies.
The head-quarters and flank companies returned to the citadel on
the 14th of November, and on the same day four battalion
companies embarked for Santa Maura, furnishing detachments at
Calamas, Magnassia, Fort Alexandria, San Nicolo, Fort Constantine,
Scorpio, San Nichola, and Vassaliki.

1832

The regiment remained at the Ionian Islands until February, 1832,

when it embarked from Corfu for England, and landed at Portsmouth
on the 7th of March.
The decease of General the Earl of Donoughmore occurred in the
summer of 1832, when King William IV. appointed Lieut.-General
Matthew Lord Aylmer, K.C.B., from the fifty-sixth foot, to the
colonelcy of the ROYAL IRISH regiment, by commission dated 23rd of
July, 1832.
1834
1835
1836

The regiment remained in England until May, 1834, when it

embarked from Liverpool, and, landing at Dublin, was stationed in
Ireland nearly three years, during which period it preserved its high
character.

1837

Having received orders to transfer its services to the British

possessions in Asia, the ROYAL IRISH regiment was divided into six
service and four depôt companies, and on the 10th of January, 1837,
the service companies embarked for Ceylon, under the orders of
Colonel George Burrell: they landed at Colombo on the 1st of June,
and were stationed at that place and at Galle.

1838

In the autumn of 1838 the depôt companies embarked from

Dublin, and, landing at Portsmouth, were stationed in South Britain.

1839
 The service companies remained at Colombo and Galle until
February, 1839, when a change of quarters took place, and they
were stationed at Trincomalee and Galle, where they continued until
March of the following year.

1840

In the mean time a course of violence and spoliation had been

commenced by the Chinese government against the persons and
property of the British merchants trading with that empire, in
consequence of the introduction of opium into China, which was
prohibited by the Chinese laws, but was tacitly admitted by the local
authorities, who did not enforce the law. At length, however, the
Chinese authorities commenced summary measures without
sufficient previous notice, and the British superintendents of trade
found it necessary to apply to the Governor-General of India for a
number of ships of war and armed vessels for the protection of life
and property. The violence of the Chinese, however, could not be
restrained by reason or menace, but the thunder of British artillery
was necessary to enforce forbearance.
The British government found it necessary to send an expedition
to the Chinese seas, to compel the government of the "Celestial
empire" to acknowledge the principles of international law, as
adopted by civilized nations, and the ROYAL IRISH regiment was one of
the corps selected for this service. Three companies from the depôt
embarked from Portsmouth in October, 1839, and arrived at Bombay
in March, 1840, and they afterwards sailed for China: three
companies embarked from Trincomalee in May, and three from Galle
in June, and sailed for the Chinese seas.
Hostilities having been found unavoidable, it became important to
gain possession of a portion of the Chinese territory, and the
governor of Chusan, an island lying off the coast, and comprising in
its jurisdiction a small group of islands, was summoned to surrender
in the beginning of July. He, however, made dispositions to defend
the place, and on the morning of the 5th of July the shore was
crowded with Chinese troops, and the landing place, wharf, and
adjoining hill displayed an array of military power. The British
shipping silenced the enemy's war-junks and batteries; and the right
wing of the ROYAL IRISH regiment, commanded by Major Henry William
Adams, with the Royal Marines of the fleet, forming the advance,
landed. They were followed by other corps, and the British troops,
commanded by Brigadier-General George Burrell, Lieut.-Colonel of
the EIGHTEENTH, took up a position in front of the fortified city of Ting-
hae-hien, from whence a sharp fire was kept up for some time; but
before the following day the Chinese soldiers fled in a panic. The city
was taken possession of, and this success gave presage of future
conquests; but the climate proved injurious to the health of the
troops, and many soldiers died.
This display of British prowess was followed by negotiations; and
in August the other three companies of the regiment landed on the
island of Chusan, a detachment taking post at Tsin-Kong.

1841

The tardy councils of the Chinese were expedited by the activity of

the British naval force, and in the early part of 1841 they agreed to
give up the island of Hong-Kong, pay an indemnity of six million
dollars, and open a direct intercourse for trading upon an equal
footing. The detachment of the ROYAL IRISH stationed at Tsin-Kong
joined the head-quarters, and on the 17th of February the regiment
embarked for Hong-Kong, where it arrived in seven days, and the
island was taken possession of; but the Chinese authorities appeared
by their conduct to have no intention of fulfilling the other
stipulations of the treaty. Hostilities were in consequence resumed,
and the ROYAL IRISH regiment sailed with the expedition up the Canton
river. The fleet silenced the batteries of Wantong, and a body of
troops landing, the island was captured without the loss of a man,
thirteen hundred Chinese soldiers surrendering prisoners of war.
Continuing the voyage up the river, the fleet arrived at the bar,
destroyed the enemy's war-junks, and the works were stormed and
captured by the Marines, &c. As the expedition pursued its voyage
up the river, the Chinese abandoned several batteries and armed
rafts, and solicited terms of peace; but procrastination appeared to
be their only object, and the British fleet advanced. The forts in front
of Canton soon fell under the fire of British artillery, the Chinese
flotilla was destroyed, and terms of peace were again solicited by
the authorities of the "Celestial empire." While negotiations were
pending, bodies of Tartar troops were arriving at Canton, which
exposed the object of the enemy; and on the 24th of May the ROYAL
IRISH regiment and other British troops landed. On the following day
they advanced against the fortified heights on the north of the city,
and dispositions were made for the attack, when the EIGHTEENTH,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Adams, supported by the Royal
Marines, the whole under Major-General Burrell, were directed to
carry a hill in their front.
Major-General Sir Hugh Gough stated in his public despatch,
—"About half past nine o'clock the advance was sounded, and it has
seldom fallen to my lot to witness a more soldierlike and steady
advance, or a more animated attack. Every individual, native as well
as European, steadily and gallantly did his duty. The EIGHTEENTH and
forty-ninth were emulous which should first reach their appointed
goals; but under this impulse, they did not lose sight of that
discipline which could alone ensure success."
The heights were carried by a spirited effort, the British colours
waved triumphantly on the captured forts, and the soldiers looked
down on Canton within a hundred paces of its walls.
A fortified Chinese camp had been established on the high ground
on the north-east of the city, and from this camp bodies of the
enemy advanced against the British troops. The EIGHTEENTH, forty-
ninth, and a company of Marines, met and repulsed the principal
attack, and, following the fugitives along a causeway, stormed and
captured the entrenched camp in gallant style. Major-General Sir
Hugh Gough stated in his despatch,—"I have to record my approval
of the spirited conduct of Captain John Grattan, who commanded the
two leading companies of the EIGHTEENTH across the causeway." The
camp was burnt, and the magazines were destroyed.
On the following morning a flag of truce was seen on the walls,
and hostilities were suspended; but procrastination still appearing to
be the object of the Chinese, preparations were made to attack the
city by storm, and the ROYAL IRISH were under arms waiting for the
signal to rush forward and achieve the conquest of the celebrated
city of Canton, when an agreement to terms suddenly prevented
further hostilities, the Chinese paying six millions of dollars for the
redemption of Canton, and opening the port for trade.
The ROYAL IRISH regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Henry
William Adams, had two men killed; Captain John James Sargent,
Lieutenants George Hilliard and David Edwards, and sixteen men
wounded.
On the 2nd of June, the regiment embarked for the ceded island
of Hong-Kong, where it arrived in a few days; and this station proving
healthy and convenient, works were constructed for its protection.
The Emperor of China disregarded the stipulations of treaties, and
issued a mandate for the extermination of the English who dared
thus to insult his coasts and capture his towns, offering, at the same
time, immense rewards for the heads of the British commanders,
and even a large sum for the head of a private soldier. His decrees
were responded to by depriving him of a greater extent of territory;
and on the 22nd of August the ROYAL IRISH sailed on an expedition
against the island and city of Amoy, situate in a fine gulf in the
province of Fokien, the great tea district of China. On the 25th of
August the fleet arrived before Amoy, which was defended by five
hundred pieces of cannon and a numerous force; but nothing could
withstand the combined efforts of the British naval and land force.
On the following day the works were bombarded two hours. The
ROYAL IRISH landed about three o'clock, with little opposition, and
escaladed a castellated wall with great gallantry. They were speedily
within the works, and afterwards charged up a precipitous gorge in
the face of two posts of defence, and rushing forward with great
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