On the 25th of May, 1820, the head-quarters and battalion companies of the regiment marched from Bangalore, on route for Madras, where they arrived on the 2nd of July, and were joined by the flank companies from Belgaum on the 29th of December. These companies had been absent three years and eight months, and had lost one subaltern and eighty-one rank and file. On the breaking up of the flank battalion, it was stated in orders,-- “From the period of the battalion joining the force to the present Colonel Pritzler has, in no instance, had the slightest cause of complaint, and has never had occasion to bring a non-commissioned officer or private to a court-martial; but he has had frequent opportunities of bearing testimony of the excellent conduct of this corps, which has been equally conspicuous for its gallantry in the field, as for its order and regularity in camp, and which he attributes to the unwearied attention of Major Giles, and the officers under his command, and to the excellent disposition and discipline of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers. Colonel Pritzler cannot therefore, but regret the departure of the corps from under his command. “It has frequently fallen to Captain TEW to command the battalion, in the absence of Major Giles on other duties, which gave him an opportunity of showing that he was, in every way, competent to fill the situation, with great credit to himself and advantage to His Majesty’s service.” The conduct of the battalion was also commended in general orders, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., G.C.B. [Sidenote: 1821] On the departure of the regiment from Madras, for Wallajabad, in 1821, when arrangements were in progress for its return to England, it was stated in general orders,-- “The Honorable the Governor cannot permit His Majesty’s THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment to quit the garrison without expressing his entire approbation of the discipline and exemplary conduct manifested, on all occasions, by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of that corps, ever since its arrival at Fort St. George, now a period of nearly two years, and his Excellency requests Lieutenant-Colonel Dickens, and the officers under his command, to accept his best thanks for the very satisfactory manner in which they have performed their respective duties.” [Sidenote: 1822] [Sidenote: 1823] During the year 1822 the regiment was stationed at Wallajabad; and in January, 1823, it returned to Madras, preparatory to its embarkation for England. The prompt and active exertions of the corps on the breaking out of a fire in the Company’s stores, on the 7th of January, preserved property to a considerable amount.