MEMOIRS AND SERVICES OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT MEMOIRS AND SERVICES OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT COUNTY OF DUBLIN FROM 1793 TO 1907 INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE REGIMENT IN THE WEST INDIES, AFRICA, THE PENINSULA, CEYLON, CANADA, AND INDIA LONDON HUGH REES, LTD. 119, PALL MALL, S.W. 1908 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT “CAPE OF GOOD HOPE” “TALAVERA.” “BUSACO.” “FUENTES D’ONOR” “CIUDAD RODRIGO” “BADAJOS.” “SALAMANCA.” “VITTORIA” “NIVELLE” “ORTHES.” “TOULOUSE.” “PENINSULA” “CENTRAL INDIA” PREFACE This Memoir of the Services of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment, now 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was originally arranged and prepared for publication, from September, 1793, “in which year the Regiment was raised,” to September, 1863, by Brevet Major Edward William Bray, who was then serving with the Regiment. The later history, from 1864 up to present time, has been collected from the Authentic Records preserved in the Regimental Orderly Room. MEERUT, _December, 1907_. CONTENTS PART I contains the Services of 1st Battalion, from 1793, the date of its being raised, to 1817, when the 1st and 2nd Battalions were amalgamated at the Cape of Good Hope. PART II contains the History of the 2nd Battalion from 1804 to 1814, and the Services of the Regiment during the Peninsular War. PART III contains the Services of the Regiment in Ceylon from 1814 to 1829. PART IV contains the Services of the Regiment from 1829 to 1848, including its Services in Canada. PART V contains the Services of the Regiment in India, including the Indian Mutiny, from 1849 to 1857. PART VI contains the Services of the Regiment from 1858 to 1863, including the campaign of 1858 in Central India. PART VII contains the Services of the Regiment from 1864 to 1907, including the campaign of 1881 in South Africa. MEMOIRS OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT PART I SERVICES OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 1793–1817 [Sidenote: 1793.]