Succession of Field Officers 94 Return of Officers Killed and Wounded 96 ———— ———— ———— Died of Wounds, Fatigues, &c. 97 ———— ———— ———— distinguished with Titles, Medals, &c. 98 Return of Non-Commissioned Officers, Drummers, and Privates, who have received Medals 100 [Illustration: EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT (CONNAUGHT RANGERS.)] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR CONNAUGHT RANGERS. [Sidenote: 1793] When the breaking out of the war with France in 1793 occasioned considerable additions to be made to the British army, this regiment was raised in Ireland, under commission bearing date 25th September, 1793, by Colonel the Honourable Thomas de Burgh (afterwards Earl of Clanricarde). Being recruited chiefly from the province of Connaught, it assumed, as its distinctive appellation, the name of “CONNAUGHT RANGERS;” and when the new-levied regiments were numbered from Seventy-Eight upwards, received for its number EIGHTY-EIGHT. Its facings were yellow, and it bore on its colours and appointments a harp and crown, with the motto “Quis separabit?” [Sidenote: 1794] It was not long before the active services of the new regiment were called for in the field: in the summer of 1794 a reinforcement of seven thousand men, under the command of Major-General the Earl of Moira, was sent to join the army of the Duke of York in Flanders; and of this force the EIGHTY-EIGHTH Regiment, one thousand strong, and commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, formed part. The expedition landed at Ostend on the 26th of June, at which time the Duke of York, pressed by superior numbers, was retiring upon Antwerp; and the Earl of Moira resolved not to attempt the defence of Ostend, but to endeavour to join his Royal Highness. After a tedious and difficult march, in the face of a superior and victorious enemy, whose troops were already overrunning the country in all directions, his Lordship arrived at ALOST, where he was attacked by the French, on the 6th of July, with great fury; the enemy was, however, repulsed; the steadiness and valour of the troops, with the skill of their leader, overcame all difficulties, and the junction between Lord Moira’s corps and the army under his Royal Highness the Duke of York was accomplished at Malines, on the 9th of July, when the EIGHTY-EIGHTH was formed in brigade with the Fifteenth, Fifty-third, and Fifty-Fourth Regiments.