Historical record of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : $b Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers : $b Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1793, and of its subsequent services to 1853
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers
1847. Removed to Weedon _ib._
1848. Augmented to the India establishment _ib._
1849. Embarked for Calcutta _ib._
1853. CONCLUSION _ib._
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SECOND BATTALION
OF
THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT,
OR
THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS.
Year. Page
INTRODUCTION 41
1804. Formation of the second battalion _ib._
1805. Embarked for Ireland 42
1806. Returned to England _ib._
1807. Proceeded to Guernsey _ib._
1808. Embarked for Portugal 44
1809. Battle of _Talavera_ 45
” Authorised to bear the word “_Talavera_” on the
regimental colour and appointments 47
1810. Embarked for Cadiz _ib._
1811. Battle of _Barrosa_ 48
” Capture of a French _Eagle_ by the battalion _ib._
” Styled “THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH, _or Prince of Wales’s
Own Irish Regiment_,” and authorised to bear on
the regimental colour and appointments the word
“_Barrosa_,” and an _Eagle_ with a _Wreath of
Laurel_, above the _Harp_ 53
” The second battalion embarked for _Tarifa_ 54
” Siege of _Tarifa_ by the French 55
1812. Gallant defence of the place 58
” Authorised to bear the word “_Tarifa_” on the
regimental colour and appointments _ib._
” The battalion returned to Cadiz _ib._
” Action at the bridge and fort of _Puerto Largo_ 59
1813. Battle of _Vittoria_ 60
” Bâton of Marshal Jourdan taken by the battalion 62
” Authorised to bear the word “_Vittoria_” on the
regimental colour and appointments 63
1813. Actions in the _Pyrenees_ 63
” Battle of the _Nivelle_ 64
” Authorised to bear the word “_Nivelle_” on the
regimental colour and appointments _ib._
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