From Scotland the regiment was removed to South Britain, in 1759, and remained there during the seven years’ war. Colonel Parslow was removed to the fifty-fourth regiment, in September, 1760, and the colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH was conferred on Lieut.-Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, of the Third or Buffs. [Sidenote: 1763] Peace having been concluded, the establishment of the regiment was reduced in 1763; at the same time it was removed to Ireland. [Sidenote: 1764] In 1764 the regiment embarked from Ireland for the West Indies, where it was stationed ten years. [Sidenote: 1768] By the Royal Warrant of the 19th December, 1768, the facings were directed to be _black_. [Sidenote: 1774] The regiment sustained severe loss from the climate of the West India Islands during the period it was employed there; and in 1774 it returned to England much reduced in numbers. [Sidenote: 1775] [Sidenote: 1776] During the year 1775 the regiment was employed recruiting its numbers in England, and in 1776 it marched to Scotland. [Sidenote: 1778] The regiment was stationed in Scotland until the early part of the year 1778, when it embarked for North America, and was employed in that part of the British dominions during the remainder of the American war, which commenced in 1775, and ended in 1782. Lieut.-General Trapaud was removed in 1778 to the fifty-second regiment, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH by Major-General William Tryon, from major in the first foot guards. [Sidenote: 1779] [Sidenote: 1780] The battalion companies of the regiment were stationed in the northern provinces of America; but the flank companies were detached southward. [Sidenote: 1781] In 1781 the regiment was stationed in Nova Scotia, and it remained in that country during the two following years. [Sidenote: 1782] In 1782, the SEVENTIETH was designated the SURREY regiment, county titles being adopted at this period in the army, pursuant to His Majesty’s command, with a view of promoting the recruiting service by cultivating a connexion with distinct parts of the kingdom. [Sidenote: 1783] Lieut.-General Tryon was removed, in 1783, to the twenty-ninth regiment, and King George III. appointed Colonel the Earl of Suffolk, from the ninety-seventh (afterwards disbanded) to the colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH regiment. [Sidenote: 1784] Having been relieved from duty in North America, the regiment returned to England in 1784. [Sidenote: 1785] [Sidenote: 1786] [Sidenote: 1787] The regiment occupied various quarters in England during the years 1785 and 1786, and in 1787 it proceeded to Ireland. [Sidenote: 1793] While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, the French Revolution involved Great Britain in war with France; and in 1793, the SEVENTIETH regiment embarked from Ireland, under the command of Colonel Eyre Coote, for the West Indies, to take part in an attack on the French West India Islands. [Sidenote: 1794]