Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: _From a photograph by W. & D. Downey, London._] A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. “_Celer et Audax._” “Louisberg,” “Quebec, 1759,” “Martinique, 1762, 1809,” “Havannah,” “Roleia,” “Vimiera,” “Talavera,” “Busaco,” “Fuentes D’Onor,” “Albuhera,” “Ciudad Rodrigo,” “Badajoz,” “Salamanca,” “Vittoria,” “Pyrenees,” “Nivelle,” “Nive,” “Orthes,” “Toulouse,” “Peninsula,” “Punjaub,” “Mooltan,” “Goojerat,” “Delhi,” “Taku Forts,” “Pekin,” “South Africa, 1851–2–3, 1879,” “Ahmad Khel,” “Kandahar, 1880,” “Afghanistan, 1878–80,” “Egypt, 1882, 1884,” “Tel-el-Kebir,” “Chitral,” “South Africa, 1899–1902,” “Defence of Ladysmith,” “Relief of Ladysmith.” Colonel-in-Chief: HIS MAJESTY THE KING. Colonels Commandant: 1st Battalion - Field Marshal Rt. Hon. F. W. Lord Grenfell, P.C, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. 2nd Battalion - Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward T. H. Hutton, K.C.M.G., C.B. 3rd Battalion - Major-Gen. Sir Cromer Ashburnham, K.C.B. 4th Battalion - Major-Gen. Sir Wykeham Leigh-Pemberton, K.C.B. Reprinted by permission from “THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS CHRONICLE” OF 1911, AND PUBLISHED 1912. WINCHESTER: PRINTED BY WARREN AND SON, LTD., 85, HIGH STREET. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. PREFACE. PART I.—1755–1824. Sections 1.—1755–1763.— Origin of the Regiment and its Services in North America _page_ 2–8 2.—1764–1807.— West Indies and the American War _page_ 8–11 3.—1808–1824.— Peninsular War—60th The Royal American Regiment become 60th The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps _page_ 11–15 PART II.—1825–1870. 4.—1825–1856.— Sikh War—South Africa _page_ 16–18 5.—1857–1860.— Delhi—Rohilkund—Pekin _page_ 18–23 6.—1861–1870.— North America—Red River _page_ 23–25 PART III.—1871–1902. 7.—1871–1881.— India—Afghan War—South Africa—Zulu War—First Boer War _page_ 26–34 8.—1882–1885.— Egypt, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir—Egypt, 1884, El Teb, and Tamai—and 1884–85, Nile Expedition—Mounted Infantry _page_ 34–38