1731 Colonel the Honorable Charles Cathcart removed to the Eighth Dragoons 18 ---- Colonel William Hargrave appointed Colonel of the THIRTY-FIRST Regiment -- 1737 Colonel Hargrave removed to the Ninth Regiment -- ---- Colonel William Handasyd appointed Colonel of the THIRTY-FIRST Regiment -- 1739 Removal of the Regiment from Ireland to Great Britain 19 ---- Spanish depredations in America -- ---- War declared against Spain -- 1740 _War of the Austrian Succession_ -- 1741 The Regiment encamped at Windsor and on Lexden Heath 21 1742 Embarked for Flanders as _Auxiliaries_ -- 1743 Marched towards the Rhine 22 ---- BATTLE OF DETTINGEN 23 ---- The Battle compared with other victories 24 1744 Declaration of War against France 25 1745 Decease of Colonel Handasyd -- ---- Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk appointed Colonel of the Regiment -- ---- Investment of Tournay by Marshal Saxe -- ---- BATTLE OF FONTENOY 26 ---- Surrender of Tournay to the French 27 ---- Skirmish at _La Mésle_, near Ghent 28 ---- Rebellion in Scotland, headed by Prince Charles Edward -- ---- Return of the THIRTY-FIRST and other Regiments to England -- ---- The Regiment stationed in the vicinity of London 29 1746 BATTLE OF CULLODEN -- ---- Escape of Prince Charles Edward to France -- 1747 BATTLE OF LAFFELD, OR VAL 29 1748 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle -- 1749 Retirement of Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk 30 ---- Colonel Henry Holmes appointed Colonel of the Regiment -- ---- The Regiment embarked for Minorca 30 1751 Regulations prescribed by Royal Warrant for establishing uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of regiments, &c. -- 1752 The Regiment returned from Minorca to England -- 1755 Proceeded to Scotland -- 1756 _The Seven Years’ War_ --