Historical record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot / Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1842.

by Richard Cannon

Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

[Pg 16]: ‘a langour pervaded’ replaced by ‘a languor pervaded’.
[Pg 22]: ‘Rao Holkur, one’ replaced by ‘Rao Holkar, one’.
[Pg 24]: ‘above Bareach’ replaced by ‘above Baroach’.
[Pg 38]: ‘The moonson having set’ replaced by ‘The monsoon having set’.
[Pg 46]: Sidenote: ‘1814’ replaced by Sidenote: ‘1813’.
[Pg 60]: ‘SEPARABIT?” the harp’ replaced by ‘SEPARABIT?”. The harp’.
[Pg 60]: ‘removed to Demarara’ replaced by ‘removed to Demerara’.
[Pg 61]: ‘Frederic Cavendish’ replaced by ‘Frederick Cavendish’.
[Pg 61]: ‘his acknowlgements’ replaced by ‘his acknowledgements’.
[Pg 64]: ‘fort of Ticonderago’ replaced by ‘fort of Ticonderoga’.