active continental operations, or in maintaining colonial territories in distant and unfavourable climes. The superiority of the British infantry has been pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries, and admitted by the greatest commanders which Europe has produced. The formations and movements of this arme, as at present practised, while they are adapted to every species of warfare, and to all probable situations and circumstances of service, are calculated to show forth the brilliancy of military tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific principles. Although the movements and evolutions have been copied from the continental armies, yet various improvements have from time to time been introduced, to insure that simplicity and celerity by which the superiority of the national military character is maintained. The rank and influence which Great Britain has attained among the nations of the world, have in a great measure been purchased by the valour of the Army, and to persons who have the welfare of their country at heart, the records of the several regiments cannot fail to prove interesting. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH, YEAR INTRODUCTION. Uniform and Facing of the Regiment Officers appointed Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Lord Frederick Cavendish to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Wolfe, killed at the Battle of 1760 Decease of King George II., and Accession of Appointment of Major-General Sir Henry Ers- kine, Bart., to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lord Frederick Cavendish, removed to the 1761 Embarked with the expedition under the com- PAGE 1761 Congratulatory address to King George III. Appointment of Lieut-Colonel Hamilton Lam- bert to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major- General Sir Henry Erskine, removed to the 1763 Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau Embarked to take possession of Minorca, on its being restored to Great Britain 1768 Regulations, prescribed by Royal Warrant, 1774 Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Max- well Brown to the Colonelcy, in succession to 1782 Directed to assume the county title of South Hampshire Regiment, in addition to its 1796 Embarked for St. Domingo to aid the planters 1803 Appointment of Lieut.-General Francis D'Oyly to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Edward Maxwell Brown, deceased Appointment of General Peter Craig to the A second battalion added to the regiment, and formed from men raised in Ireland under the Army of Reserve and Additional Force Acts Arrived at Bengal, and proceeded to Dinapore; thence to Benares, and to Ghazeepore 1811 Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., to the Colonelcy, in succes- sion to General Peter Craig, deceased Engaged in the siege and capture of Ryghur Four companies embarked for Surat. Capture of Nunderbar, and other towns and |