---- Engaged in the capture of that Island 52 ---- Employed against the Caribs in St. Lucia 53 1797 Returned to England 54 1799 Augmented by volunteers from the Militia 55 ---- Embarked for Holland, as part of the Army under the Duke of York 56 ---- Engaged in the Action at _Alkmaar_ -- ---- Attack on the French position between _Bergen_ and _Egmont-op-Zee_ 58 ---- Occupation of _Alkmaar_ by the British Troops 59 ---- Action near _Alkmaar_ -- ---- Withdrawal of the British Troops from Holland 60 ---- Regiment arrived in England -- 1800 Embarked for Ireland -- ---- Expedition to the coast of France under Brigadier the Honorable Sir Thomas Maitland -- ---- Joined the expedition under Lieut.-General Sir James Pulteney destined for the coast of Spain -- ---- Landed at _Ferrol_ -- ---- Sailed to _Vigo_ 61 ---- Proceeded to _Cadiz_ -- ---- Embarked for Gibraltar -- ---- Expedition to _Egypt_ -- 1801 The THIRTY-FIRST proceeded to Lisbon, and subsequently to Minorca -- 1802 Deliverance of Egypt from the French Troops 62 ---- Peace of Amiens -- ---- The Regiment embarked at Minorca for England -- 1803 Removed to Jersey -- ---- Gallant conduct of a Private Soldier of the THIRTY-FIRST Regiment -- 1803 Renewal of the War with France 63 ---- Preparations for the defence of England from the menace of French Invasion -- 1804 A _second battalion_ added to the Regiment 64 ---- The Regiment embarked for England -- ---- War declared by Spain against Great Britain -- 1805 The _second_ battalion proceeded from Chester, and joined the first battalion at Winchester -- 1806 Employed on the occasion of the Funeral of Admiral Viscount Nelson 65 ---- The _first battalion_ embarked for Sicily -- 1807 Proceeded on the Expedition to Egypt under Major-General Fraser 66