Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

by Richard Cannon

1775
1776

When the American war commenced, in 1775, the regiment was performing garrison duty at Port Mahon; it was relieved, soon afterwards by a battalion of Hanoverians, which had been taken into British pay, and returned to England, where it arrived in February, 1776.

1778

In the summer of 1778, the regiment was encamped near Plymouth, with four battalions of militia, under Lieut.-General Parker.

1779
1780

The regiment was encamped, in 1779, at Rye; and, in 1780, pitched its tents at Dorking.

1781

Meanwhile the American war had been continued; France and Spain had taken part in the contest, in favour of the colonists; and an English armament had captured several French islands in the West Indies. The enemy sent a powerful force to recapture the lost possessions; and, in 1781, the Thirteenth received orders to proceed to the Leeward Islands, to augment the British force in that part of His Majesty’s dominions.

1782