Guadeloupe, 1759; Martinique, 1762; Havannah; North America, 1763-1764; Mysore, Mangalore, Seringapatam, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes de Oñoro, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthez, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo; South Africa, 1846-1847, 1851-1853; Alma, Sevastopol, Lucknow, Ashanti; Egypt, 1882-1884; Tel-el-Kebir; Nile, 1884-1885; Kirbekan; South Africa, 1899-1902; Paardeberg.
CHAPTER II
FLANDERS AND FONTENOY
(1745)
Hail, gallant regiment! Freiceadan Dubh,
Whenever Albion needs thine aid
‘Aye ready!’ for whatever foe
Shall dare to meet the black brigade!
Witness disastrous Fontenoy;
When all seemed lost, who brought us through?
Who saved defeat? secured retreat?