YearPage
1803Formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve Act[27]
1804Augmented by men raised under the Additional Force Act[28]
——Embarked for Scotland
1807Embarked for Guernsey and Alderney
1810Six companies embarked for Gibraltar, and proceeded from thence to Cadiz
——Four companies embarked from Guernsey for England
1811The six companies formed part of the army employed on an expedition under the command of Lieut.-General Thomas Graham
——Engaged in the Battle of Barrosa[29]
——Medals conferred on the general officers, and the commanding officers of corps and detachments, and on the chiefs of military departments, who were present at the Victory of Barrosa[35]
1811 Received the Royal Authority to bear the word Barrosa on the colours and appointments[36]
——Returned to Cadiz[37]
——Two companies embarked from Portsmouth, and joined the six companies at Cadiz
1812Embarked for Carthagena, and proceeded to Alicant
1813Proceeded with the army under Lieut.-General Sir John Murray against Tarragona[37]
——Capture of Fort San Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer[38]
——Siege of Tarragona raised[39]
——Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck assumed the command of the army in the East of Spain, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Murray
——Re-embarked for Alicant
——Investment and capture of Tarragona
——Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck's services required in Sicily; and Lieut.-General Wm. Clinton succeeded to the command of the army[40]
——Marched into quarters at Valls, and thence to Vendrills
1814The French troops under Marshal Suchet withdrew from Catalonia
——The battalion marched to Barcelona, and formed part of the force for the investment of that place
——Hostilities ceased
——Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne of France
——Louis XVIII. entered Paris, and ascended the throne[41]
——Order expressing the approbation of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Wellington, of the conduct of the division of the army employed in the East of Spain
1814 The battalion proceeded from Barcelona to Tarragona, and embarked for Gibraltar[41]
1815Return of Napoleon Bonaparte from the Island of Elba to France
——War recommenced
——Victory at Waterloo
——Surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his conveyance to St. Helena
——The regiment received the Royal Authority to bear the word Peninsula on the colours and appointments[42]
1817The battalion embarked from Gibraltar for England
——Arrived at Chatham, and marched to Canterbury, where it was disbanded on the 25th of May, 1817
Conclusion[43]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS

OF

THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,

OR

THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.