[Sidenote: 1793] From Gibraltar the regiment embarked, in May, 1791, for Canada,--the right wing under PRINCE EDWARD on board His Majesty's ship "Ulysses," and the left wing under Captain Shuttleworth in the "Resistance;" both wings landed in August at Quebec, where the regiment was stationed, under PRINCE EDWARD'S command, nearly three years: His Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, and acquired a reputation for valour and intrepidity at the capture of Martinique, St. Lucie, and Guadaloupe. [Sidenote: 1794] Two companies of the regiment were detached in June, 1794, from Quebec to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and in October of the same year the regiment proceeded to that station. [Sidenote: 1795] [Sidenote: 1796] A strong draft of recruits arrived from England in September, 1795, and the regiment was formed into _two battalions_. Both battalions were, however, incorporated, in April, 1796, into _one_,--consisting of fifty-four serjeants, twenty-two drummers, and a thousand rank and file; and the supernumerary men were transferred to the fourth, or the King's own regiment. [Sidenote: 1797] [Sidenote: 1798] [Sidenote: 1799] PRINCE EDWARD, having returned from the West Indies, was appointed Commander of the Forces in Nova Scotia and its dependencies, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General. The ROYAL FUSILIERS experienced the advantage of His Royal Highness's assiduous attention to their interests; his military virtues,--his liberality,--his care to bring merit into notice, and to procure suitable rewards for the well-conducted,[15] with his constant attention to everything calculated to promote the welfare of the regiment, endeared his name in the grateful remembrance of the officers and soldiers; at the same time, the facility with which he procured a constant supply of fine recruits for his corps, with his indefatigable efforts to inculcate the true principles of subordination in the regiment, and to bring it into a state of perfection in discipline, occasioned the ROYAL FUSILIERS to become one of the most efficient corps in the service,--distinguished alike for its uniform and warlike appearance,--excellent conduct in quarters,--and the superior style in which it performed its exercises and field movements. His Royal Highness having returned to England on account of ill health, was created, on the 23rd of April, 1799, EARL of DUBLIN in Ireland, and DUKE of KENT and STRATHEARN in Great Britain. [Sidenote: 1801] In August, 1801, the DUKE of KENT was removed to the first or the royal regiment; and was succeeded in the colonelcy by Lieut.-General Sir Alured Clarke from the fifth foot, who had commanded the ROYAL FUSILIERS during a great part of the American war. [Sidenote: 1802]