LONDON: PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, _MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL_. M.DCCC.XLIV. LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE. THE SIXTY-FIRST, OR, THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORD “EGYPT,” WITH THE SPHINX: ALSO THE WORDS “TALAVERA,” “SALAMANCA,” “PYRENEES,” “NIVELLE,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,” “TOULOUSE,” “PENINSULA,” TO COMMEMORATE ITS HEROIC CONDUCT IN THESE ACTIONS. THE FLANK COMPANIES ALSO BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS THE WORD “MAIDA,” IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF MAIDA ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1806. CONTENTS. Year Page 1758 Formation of the Regiment 10 ---- Names of Officers -- ---- Embarks for the West Indies 11 1759 Capture of Guadeloupe -- 1760 Returns to England 12 1763 Proceeds to Ireland -- 1771 Stationed at Minorca -- 1782 Returns to England 15 ---- Styled the South Gloucestershire Regiment -- 1783 Proceeds to Ireland -- 1792 Embarks for Gibraltar -- 1794 Proceeds to the West Indies -- 1795 Attack on St. Lucia -- 1796 Returns to England 16 1797 Proceeds to Guernsey -- 1798 Embarks for the Cape of Good Hope -- 1801 Expedition to Egypt 17 1803 Embarks for Malta 18 ---- A Second Battalion added to the establishment -- 1804 Second Battalion proceeds to Guernsey 19 1805 First Battalion proceeds to Italy -- 1806 Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland 20 ---- Battle of Maida 21 1807 Second Battalion returns to England 22 ---- First Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar 23 1809 ---- ---- ---- ---- Portugal -- ---- Battle of Talavera -- 1810 Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland 25 ---- Battle of Busaco -- 1811 Blockade of the Fortress of Almeida 27 1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 28