IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY
AT THE BATTLE OF MAIDA ON
THE 4TH OF JULY,
1806.

CONTENTS.


Year Page
1758Formation of the Regiment[10]
——Names of Officers
——Embarks for the West Indies[11]
1759Capture of Guadeloupe
1760Returns to England[12]
1763Proceeds to Ireland
1771Stationed at Minorca
1782Returns to England[15]
——Styled the South Gloucestershire Regiment
1783Proceeds to Ireland
1792Embarks for Gibraltar
1794Proceeds to the West Indies
1795Attack on St. Lucia
1796Returns to England[16]
1797Proceeds to Guernsey
1798Embarks for the Cape of Good Hope
1801Expedition to Egypt[17]
1803Embarks for Malta[18]
——A Second Battalion added to the establishment
1804Second Battalion proceeds to Guernsey[19]
1805First Battalion proceeds to Italy
1806Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland[20]
——Battle of Maida[21]
1807Second Battalion returns to England[22]
——First Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar[23]
1809—— —— —— —— Portugal
——Battle of Talavera
1810Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland[25]
——Battle of Busaco
1811Blockade of the Fortress of Almeida[27]
1812Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo[28]
———— —— the Forts of San Vincente, St. Cajetano, and La Merced
——Battle of Salamanca[29]
——Siege of Burgos Castle[33]
1813Battle of the Pyrenees[35]
——Passage of the Nivelle[37]
———— —— —— Nive[39]
1814Blockade of Bayonne[40]
——Battle of Orthes
———— —— Toulouse[41]
——Embarks for Ireland[45]
——Second Battalion disbanded[46]
1816Proceeds to England
——Embarks for Jamaica
1822Returns to England
1824Proceeds to Ireland
1828Embarks for Ceylon[47]
1840Returns to England[49]
1843Proceeds to Ireland[52]
——Conclusion[ 53]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

1758Granville Elliott[55]
1759George Gray
1768John Gore[56]
1773John Barlow
1778Staates Long Morriss[57]
1800Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.B.
1840Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.[58]
1844Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.B.