Year Page INTRODUCTION 43 1808 Formation of the Second Battalion 44 1809 Received volunteers from the Militia -- 1810 Removed from Ashborne to Derby, and subsequently to Ashford -- 1811 Augmentation of establishment -- 1812 Removed to Deal, and afterwards to the Tower -- 1813 Augmentation of establishment -- ---- Embarked for Swedish Pomerania 45 ---- Joined the allied forces under Lieut.-General Count Wallmoden -- ---- Action at _Gorde_ -- ---- The second battalion proceeded to the north of Germany -- ---- Proceeded to England, but embarked, without landing, for Holland 46 1814 Bombardment of Antwerp -- ---- Action at _Merxem_ -- ---- March of the British troops to Breda 47 1814 Bombardment of a detachment of the battalion in Fort Frederick by a French gun-ship 47 ---- Conclusion of peace -- 1815 Return of Napoleon from Elba to Paris 48 ---- Renewal of hostilities -- ---- Rapid advance of Napoleon -- ---- The British proceeded to Charleroi 49 ---- Action at _Quatre Bras_ 50 ---- Casualties of the battalion -- ---- Battle of WATERLOO 51 ---- Casualties of the battalion 52 ---- Honors conferred for the victory 53 ---- Authorised to bear the word “WATERLOO” on the colour and appointments -- ---- Return of Louis XVIII. to Paris -- ---- Surrender of Napoleon, and his conveyance to St. Helena -- ---- Embarkation of the battalion for England 54 1816 Stationed at Nottingham -- 1817 The second battalion disbanded -- 1851 CONCLUSION 55 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. Year Page 1786 Sir George Osborn, Bart. 57