Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st
---- Attacked by the Turks at Rosetta 67
---- Egypt evacuated by the British 68
---- Return of the troops to Sicily --
1808 The _first battalion_ embarked for Malta --
1810 Returned to Sicily --
1811 Proceeded to Malta 69
---- Returned to Sicily --
1812 The _grenadier_ company embarked for the east
coast of Spain --
1813 Returned to Sicily --
1814 The _first battalion_ proceeded on an expedition
to Italy 70
---- Disembarked at Leghorn --
---- Actions at _Sestri_ and _Recco_ --
---- Action at _La Sturla_, on the heights of _Albaro_ 71
---- Gallantry of the _first battalion_ 72
---- Occupation of _Genoa_ 73
---- The first battalion embarked for _Corsica_ --
---- Returned to Sicily 74
---- Treaty of Peace with France --
---- The _second battalion_ disbanded --
---- Honorary Distinctions acquired by the Regiment --
1815 Return of Napoleon Bonaparte to France, and Renewal
of the War 75
---- The Regiment embarked for Naples --
---- BATTLE OF WATERLOO 76
---- Termination of the War --
---- The Regiment embarked for Genoa --
1816 Embarked for Malta --
1818 Returned to England --
1819 Disturbed state of the Manufacturing Districts --
---- The Thanks of the Sovereign and of the Magistrates
conveyed to the THIRTY-FIRST and other Corps
employed at Manchester 77
1821 The Regiment embarked for Ireland 78
1824 Returned to England 79
1825 Embarked for Calcutta --
---- Destruction of the “_Kent_” East Indiaman by fire
in the Bay of Biscay 80
---- Gallant conduct of the _right wing_, embarked in
the “_Kent_” during the conflagration 81
---- Names of the Officers, and the number of the men,
women, and children, saved by the ships “_Cambria_”
and “_Caroline_” 82
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