1803 6th Dec., R. Pym. |Formed 1803, 6th Dec., Woolwich. 1804 1st Dec., P. Drummond. | ---- 1806 1st Jan., W. Millar. |1806 Feb., Sevenoaks. 1806 27th March, P. Meadows. |1806 Nov., Woolwich. 1811 5th Sept., J. P. Eligé. |1807 July, Copenhagen. 1812 20th Jan., T. A. Brandreth. |1807 Nov., Chatham. |1807 Nov., Woolwich. |1807 Dec., Exeter. |1809 March, Plymouth. |1810 Oct., Portugal and Spain. |1814 Aug., Shorncliffe. |1816 July, Portsmouth. |1816 Dec., Ireland. |1819 Feb., Woolwich. [Sidenote: Vol. ii. chap. 2.] Between the formation of the 8th and 9th Battalions, an augmentation of five troops of Horse Artillery took place, as has been mentioned elsewhere. Very little interest attaches to this period, except that in 1806 the commencement of a garrison of Royal Artillery in Italy and Sicily took place, which remained in these countries for some years. In 1806, six companies of the Royal Artillery were stationed there; in 1807 there were five; in 1808, four; in 1809, five; in 1810, five; and in 1814, the last year of the occupation, there were four. The war in Italy, which was distinguished in 1806 by the English victory of Maida, is thus described by the officer who commanded the Royal Artillery on the [Sidenote: Major Lemoine, R.A., to Brig.-Gen^l. Macleod.] expedition. “On the 28th June (1806) I received orders from the Commander-in-Chief to have in readiness for a particular service a detachment of Artillery with some light guns. In consequence I made a collection, and on the 30th embarked with the greater part of the army, the Commander-in-Chief (Sir John Stuart) taking the field. On the 2nd July we anchored on the coast of Calabria, near St. Eufemia, and landed immediately. After taking a position, and reconnoitring the country, we moved forward at daylight on the 4th to the Plains of Maida, near where the enemy, under the command of General Regnier, had assembled. On our approach, he descended to the plains, and having formed his line, which we had already done, the two armies met near the centre of the plain, and came to immediate action, which lasted nearly an hour and a quarter, when the French were charged by our Light Infantry, and their left completely turned; the right also gave way shortly after. We pursued them the whole extent of the plain, nearly six miles, and gained a complete victory. The prisoners acknowledge to have had in action 8000 men: the British army had 4600. Our loss very trifling--only one officer killed, 41 men, and 253 wounded. The loss of the enemy cannot be correctly ascertained, though we have taken and killed upwards of 2000.