In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, ample justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but the details of their services, and of acts of individual bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the various Regiments. These Records are now preparing for publication, under His Majesty’s special authority, by Mr. RICHARD CANNON, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant-General’s Office; and while the perusal of them cannot fail to be useful and interesting to military men of every rank, it is considered that they will also afford entertainment and information to the general reader, particularly to those who may have served in the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, or are serving, in the Army, an _Esprit de Corps_--an attachment to every thing belonging to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great,--the valiant,--the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood, “firm as the rocks of their native shore;” and when half the World has been arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained by our countrymen,--our brothers,--our fellow-citizens in arms,--a record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to the public. Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other distinguished Officers, will be introduced in the Records of their respective Regiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying the value and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth. 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. [Illustration: EIGHTY-SIXTH (THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN) REGIMENT OF FOOT.] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH, OR THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN REGIMENT OF FOOT: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1793, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1842. LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. M.DCCC.XLII. LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE. [Illustration: (Harp and Crown. QUIS SEPARABIT?)] THE EIGHTY-SIXTH, OR THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN REGIMENT OF FOOT, BEARS ON ITS COLOURS AND APPOINTMENTS THE “HARP AND CROWN” WITH THE MOTTO “QUIS SEPARABIT?” ALSO THE “SPHINX,” WITH THE WORDS “EGYPT,” “INDIA,” “BOURBON;” AND ON THE BUTTONS THE