HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SECOND BATTALION
OF
THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.
| Year. | Page | |
| Introduction | [41] | |
| 1804. | Formation of the second battalion | ib. |
| 1805. | Embarked for Ireland | [42] |
| 1806. | Returned to England | ib. |
| 1807. | Proceeded to Guernsey | ib. |
| 1808. | Embarked for Portugal | [44] |
| 1809. | Battle of Talavera | [45] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Talavera” on the regimental colour and appointments | [47] |
| 1810. | Embarked for Cadiz | ib. |
| 1811. | Battle of Barrosa | [48] |
| ” | Capture of a French Eagle by the battalion | ib. |
| ” | Styled “The Eighty-seventh, or Prince of Wales’s Own Irish Regiment,” and authorised to bear on the regimental colour and appointments the word “Barrosa,” and an Eagle with a Wreath of Laurel, above the Harp | [53] |
| ” | The second battalion embarked for Tarifa | [54] |
| ” | Siege of Tarifa by the French | [55] |
| 1812. | Gallant defence of the place | [58] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Tarifa” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. |
| ” | The battalion returned to Cadiz | ib. |
| ” | Action at the bridge and fort of Puerto Largo | [59] |
| 1813. | Battle of Vittoria | [60] |
| ” | Bâton of Marshal Jourdan taken by the battalion | [62] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Vittoria” on the regimental colour and appointments | [63] |
| 1813. | Actions in the Pyrenees | [63] |
| ” | Battle of the Nivelle | [64] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Nivelle” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. |
| 1814. | Action near Salvatira | [65] |
| ” | Battle of Orthes | ib. |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Orthes” on the regimental colour and appointments | ib. |
| ” | Affair at Vic Bigorre | [65] |
| ” | Battle of Toulouse | [66] |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Toulouse” on the regimental colour and appointments | [67] |
| ” | Termination of the Peninsular War | ib. |
| ” | Authorised to bear the word “Peninsula” on the regimental colour and appointments | [68] |
| ” | Embarkation of the battalion for Cork | ib. |
| ” | Removed to Portsmouth | [69] |
| ” | Proceeded to Guernsey | ib. |
| 1815. | Stationed in that island | ib. |
| 1816. | Removed to Portsmouth, and subsequently to Colchester | ib. |
| 1817. | The second battalion disbanded | [74] |