After passing the night on the field of battle, the regiment advanced in pursuit of the French army on their retreat to Paris, which city surrendered to the British and Prussian armies. This event terminated the campaign, Louis the XVIIIth was restored, and the British troops received the thanks of both houses of Parliament for their distinguished conduct during this short and most important struggle. The Thirteenth Light Dragoons were stationed in the vicinity of Paris, and took part in several grand reviews at which the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the Kings of France and Prussia, were present. On the formation of the army of occupation in France, the Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Light Dragoons constituted the third brigade of cavalry under Major-General Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B.
1816
In the spring of 1816, the regiment having received orders to return to England, it embarked at Calais, and landed at Dover on the 13th of May, after an absence of one year and a few days, during which period its casualties amounted to three officers, sixty-five men, and one hundred and four horses.
The regiment marched to Romford, where it was reviewed by His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. In June it was distributed in quarters at Newmarket, Bury St. Edmonds, Ely, Peterborough, and Cambridge; and in July it marched to York, sending, at different periods during the latter part of this and in the beginning of the following year, detachments to Carlisle, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tadcaster, Stockton-on-Tees, Hull, Pontefract, Leeds, Halifax, and Wakefield, where they were occasionally employed in quelling riots. The establishment had been reduced in October, 1816.
1817
The quarters were changed in July, 1817, to Brighton, with detachments at Chichester, Arundel, Hastings, and Eastbourne.
1818
In the summer and autumn of 1818, the regiment was stationed at Manchester, Stockport, Blackburn, Bolton, and Preston, and was engaged in quelling riots.
1819
Having received orders to prepare for embarkation for India, the regiment marched to Romford, where it was quartered a short time, and in February, 1819, eight troops, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Boyse, sailed from Gravesend; they were four months on the voyage, and landed at Madras on the 13th of June following. After a short halt, the regiment marched seventy-three miles up the country to Arcot, the capital of the Carnatic, where it was stationed during the remainder of the year.