A part of the regiment, under the command of the Honorable Colonel Walpole of the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons, who was promoted to the local rank of major-general, shared in the dangers and fatigues of the harassing warfare against the Maroons in Jamaica, until its successful termination, which, with the consequent safety of the island, was attributed to the talent, energy, and courage displayed by the major-general; and a sword of the value of five hundred guineas was voted to him by the house of assembly. [Sidenote: 1798] The regiment remained at Jamaica until July, 1798, when it transferred a few of the surviving men to the Twentieth Light Dragoons, and the remainder, amounting only to fifty-two individuals, embarked for England, where they arrived in October, and landed at Gravesend. [Sidenote: 1799] The THIRTEENTH were stationed at Trowbridge, and subsequently at York. Every exertion was made under the active superintendence of Lieut.-Colonel Bolton, to complete the establishment, which was soon effected; and in August, 1799, the regiment marched to Birmingham. It was shortly afterwards stationed at Coventry, Warwick, and Stratford-on-Avon. About this period the strength of the regiment was increased to nine troops, amounting to eight hundred and two men, and the same number of horses. [Sidenote: 1800] In 1800 part of the regiment occupied Leicester and Nuneaton, and the establishment was increased to ten troops. In the autumn of this year, the THIRTEENTH were quartered at Norwich, Aylsham, Walsham, Beccles, Bungay, and Wymondham. [Sidenote: 1801] [Sidenote: 1802] In the beginning of 1801 the establishment was increased to nine hundred and two men and the same number of horses; the regiment was distributed, at different periods during this and the following year, in quarters at Atleborough, Dedham, Maningtree, Norwich, Colchester, Ipswich, Sudbury, Stowmarket, Needhammarket, Hadleigh, Woodbridge, and Boston. Hostilities with France having been terminated by the treaty of Amiens, in the summer of 1802 the establishment was reduced to eight troops, amounting to five hundred and sixteen men, and four hundred and thirty-six horses. The quarters were changed to Romford and Hornchurch. [Sidenote: 1803] The conduct of General Bonaparte, then first consul of France, soon produced another war, which commenced in 1803, when the regiment was augmented to six hundred and four men and the same number of horses; it was quartered at Hounslow, Windsor, and Hampton Court, and held in readiness to assist in repelling the threatened French invasion by an army assembled at Boulogne. [Sidenote: 1804]