Soon afterwards the standard of the Pretender was raised in Scotland, by the Earl of Mar; but the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment was retained in England; and the rebellion was suppressed in the early part of 1716, by the troops under the Duke of Argyle. [Sidenote: 1717] In 1717, the regiment received orders to proceed to Ireland, to relieve one of the corps ordered to be disbanded in that country. [Sidenote: 1718] [Sidenote: 1719] The regiment remained in Ireland until the early part of 1719, when the preparations made by the King of Spain to forward the interests of the Pretender, occasioned it to be withdrawn from that country; and it was subsequently encamped in the Isle of Wight, and held in readiness for active service. The British Government projected the capture of Corunna, in Biscay, and of Peru, in South America; and the THIRTY-FOURTH sailed in the early part of September with the expedition, under General Viscount Cobham, for the attack of the former place; but on arriving off the coast of Gallicia, circumstances occurred which occasioned an attack on _Vigo_ to be resolved upon. The fleet entered the harbour of Vigo on the 29th of September, seized on seven Spanish ships, and on the following day the troops landed under the fire of musketry from the mountains. Advancing towards the town, the British forced the Spaniards to abandon Vigo and Fort St. Sebastian, which were taken possession of by eight hundred men, under Brigadier-General Honeywood. A battery being opened against the citadel, the garrison was soon induced to surrender, giving up two thousand barrels of powder, eight thousand muskets, and fifteen pieces of brass artillery, which had been prepared for the invasion of Britain in favour of the Pretender. While the siege of the castle of Vigo was in progress, _Rondondella_ was captured by a detachment from the army; and on the 12th of October a thousand men proceeded, under Major-General Wade, against _Pont-a-Vedra_, from whence thirteen companies of Spaniards fled in a panic; the town, arsenal, barracks for two thousand men, thirteen pieces of brass and eighty-six of iron ordnance, five thousand small arms, three hundred barrels of powder, and a great quantity of other stores, were captured. The arsenal, barracks, and Fort Marine, were destroyed; the iron ordnance and the more valuable stores were removed on board the fleet. Finding himself oppressed on every side, and his resources exhausted, the King of Spain made pacific overtures; and a treaty of peace was concluded before the expedition to Peru was undertaken. The armament returned to England, and the THIRTY-FOURTH were again stationed in Ireland. [Sidenote: 1723] On the 18th of February, 1723, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hayes, from the command of a company in the First Foot Guards, was appointed colonel of the regiment, by purchase, in succession to Colonel Chudleigh, who retired. [Sidenote: 1726]