As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR, _CONNAUGHT RANGERS_; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1793, AND OF SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1837. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, 14, CHARING CROSS. 1838. THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR CONNAUGHT RANGERS, BEARS ON ITS COLOURS THE HARP AND CROWN, WITH THE MOTTO “_QUIS SEPARABIT?_” AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:— “Egypt”——“Talavera”——“Busaco”——“Fuentes d’Onor”—— “Ciudad Rodrigo”——“Badajoz”——“Salamanca”—— “Vittoria”——“Nivelle”——“Orthes”—— “Toulouse”——and——“Peninsula.” CONTENTS. Anno Page 1793 The Regiment raised in Ireland and designated “THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS” 1 1794 Embarks for Flanders — ———— Skirmish at Alost 2 ———— Retreat through Holland — 1795 Embarks for England 3 ———— Expedition to the West Indies — 1796 Returns to England 4 1799 Proceeds to the East Indies — 1800 Expedition to Egypt — 1801 Traverses the Desert 5 1803 Returns to England — 1804 A Second Battalion formed 6 1806 Proceeds to the Cape of Good Hope 7 1807 Embarks for South America 8 ———— Attack on Buenos Ayres — ———— Returns to England 15 1808 Embarks for Cadiz 17 1809 Proceeds to Portugal —— ———— Operations in the Tras os Montes ——