---- Appointment of Major-General William Crosbie, from the Eighty-Ninth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Dundas, removed to the Seventh Light Dragoons -- 1798 Proceeded to Guernsey -- 1798 Appointment of Major-General John G. Simcoe, from the Eighty-First Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Crosbie, deceased 18 1799 Removed to Portsmouth 19 ---- Authorized to enlist boys or lads with a view to being sent to the Cape of Good Hope, preparatory to being embarked for service in the East Indies -- 1800 Embarked for the Cape of Good Hope -- 1802 Proceeded to India 20 1803 Arrival at Calcutta -- ---- The flank companies embarked, and joined the field force assembled for the attack of the province of Cuttack -- ---- Flank Companies engaged at the Capture of the fort of Barrabatta by storm -- 1804 Joined the army under Lord Lake and engaged in the siege of Bhurtpore 21 1805 Marched from _Fort William_ and encamped at _Benares_, thence proceeded to _Cawnpore_ -- ---- Siege of Bhurtpore continued, and the Flank Companies distinguished themselves in three unsuccessful attacks -- ---- _Rajah Sing_ submitted and concluded a treaty of peace 22 ---- British army withdrew from Bhurtpore -- ---- The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at Cawnpore -- ---- _Holkar_ and _Scindia_ concluded Treaties of Peace -- 1806 Marched from the banks of the Sutlej to _Delhi_ -- ---- Removed to Muttra, and received the thanks of the Governor-General in Council and of General Lord Lake, Commander-in-Chief, for its conduct during the war -- 1806 Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig, K. B., in succession to General Simcoe, deceased 22 1807 Proceeded to Berhampore -- 1809 Appointment of Major-General the Honorable Edward Finch to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir James Henry Craig, removed to the Seventy-eighth Highlanders -- 1810 Embarked at Fort William, and formed part of the expedition against the Mauritius -- ---- Engaged in the capture of the Mauritius 23 1811 Detachment employed at Tamatave in the Island of Madagascar --