MARLBOROUGH’S CAMPAIGNS IN THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION 25 CHAPTER III. 1718-1793. THE SECOND SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR--THE SIEGE OF OSTEND--LEXINGTON-- BUNKER’S HILL 65 CHAPTER IV. 1793-1817. THE WAR WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: TOULON--CORSICA--EGYPT. THE NAPOLEONIC WAR: THE WEST INDIES 89 CHAPTER V. 1817-1848. THE FIRST WAR WITH CHINA 120 CHAPTER VI. 1848-1854. THE SECOND WAR WITH BURMA 145 CHAPTER VII. 1854-1856. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA 162 CHAPTER VIII. 1856-1859. OPERATIONS DURING THE MUTINY IN INDIA 189 CHAPTER IX. 1858-1882. RAISING OF THE SECOND BATTALION: THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND 193 CHAPTER X. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1865-1884. CHANGE IN ARMY ORGANISATION: THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR 225 CHAPTER XI. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1882-1883. THE WAR IN EGYPT 232 CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1884-1885. THE NILE EXPEDITION 253 CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1883-1902. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION: THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN 288 CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1885-1900. MOUNTED INFANTRY IN MASHONALAND: THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA: COLESBERG AND BETHLEHEM 305 CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1900-1902. SOUTH AFRICA (CONTINUED): SLABBERT’S NEK: THE BRANDWATER BASIN: BERGENDAL: MONUMENT HILL: LYDENBURG: THE MOUNTED INFANTRY OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT 332 APPENDICES. 1. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE XVIIIth ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT FROM THE TIME OF ITS FORMATION IN 1684 TO THE END OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1902, AND THE PLACES WHERE IT HAS BEEN QUARTERED IN TIME OF PEACE 375 2. CASUALTY ROLL 385 3. OFFICERS OF THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTALIONS WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES BETWEEN 1805 AND 1816 403 4. ROLL OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT TO WHOM HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, MEDALS FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, AND FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT 404 5. THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN: COLONEL LAWRENCE’S ORDER OF JUNE 8, 1898 414 6. THE SOLDIER’S KIT IN SOUTH AFRICA 416 7. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DEFENCE OF TRAINS 417 8. DIARY SHOWING MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST BATTALION IN THE NORTH OF THE TRANSVAAL BETWEEN APRIL 12, 1901, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1901 418