THE
THIRTY-FIRST,
OR,
THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD.
| Year | Page | |
| 1701 | Introduction | 1 |
| 1702 | Decease of King William III., and accession of Her Majesty Queen Anne | 2 |
| —— | Certain Regiments of Marines raised | — |
| —— | Formation of the Thirty-first as a Regiment of Marines | — |
| —— | Colonel George Villiers appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Names of the Officers | 3 |
| —— | War of the Spanish Succession | — |
| —— | The Earl of Marlborough appointed to the command of the troops in Flanders | — |
| —— | Expedition to the coast of Spain under the Duke of Ormond | 4 |
| —— | The Thirty-first and other regiments embarked for Cadiz | — |
| —— | Capture of the combined French and Spanish fleets at Vigo | 5 |
| —— | The troops under the Duke of Ormond returned to England | 6 |
| 1703 | The Thirty-first Regiment stationed at Plymouth | 7 |
| —— | Decease of Colonel Villiers | — |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Lutterell appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1704 | Services of the Thirty-first Regiment on board the fleet under Admiral Sir George Rooke | — |
| —— | Unsuccessful attempt on Barcelona | — |
| —— | Capture of Gibraltar | — |
| —— | The Spanish and French armaments defeated in their attempts to retake Gibraltar | 8 |
| 1705 | Operations against Barcelona | — |
| —— | Capture of Fort Montjuich | — |
| —— | The Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt killed | — |
| —— | Surrender of the Garrison of Barcelona | — |
| 1706 | Decease of Colonel Lutterell | — |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Josiah Churchill appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Barcelona besieged by the French | 9 |
| —— | Barcelona relieved by the English and Dutch fleet | — |
| —— | The allied fleet proceeded to the coast of Valencia | — |
| —— | Capture of Carthagena and Alicant | — |
| —— | Surrender of Iviça and Majorca | — |
| 1707 | Attack upon Toulon | — |
| —— | The siege of Toulon raised | 10 |
| 1708 | Capture of Sardinia | — |
| —— | —— —— Minorca | 11 |
| 1709 | Capture of Port Royal, in Nova Scotia | — |
| —— | The Fortress named Anna-polis Royal, in honor of Queen Anne | 12 |
| —— | Alicant recovered by the enemy | 13 |
| 1710 | The Isle of Cette taken by the British, and afterwards recaptured by the French | — |
| 1711 | Retirement of Colonel Churchill | 14 |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel Sir Harry Goring, Bart., promoted Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Charles III., the claimant to the Spanish throne, elected Emperor of Germany, and its effect upon the war | — |
| 1712 | Negociations for Peace | — |
| 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht | — |
| —— | Reductions in the Army and Navy | 15 |
| 1714 | Decease of Queen Anne | — |
| —— | Accession of King George I. | — |
| —— | Augmentation of the Army, to counteract the designs of the Pretender | — |
| —— | The Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Regiments, which had been ordered to be disbanded, retained on the establishment, and incorporated with the regiments of the line | — |
| —— | Authorized to take rank in the Army from the date of original formation in 1702 | — |
| 1715 | Disaffection of the Earl of Mar | 16 |
| —— | Rebellion in Scotland in favor of the Pretender | — |
| —— | Battle of Sheriffmuir | — |
| —— | Surrender of the Rebels at Preston | — |
| —— | Arrival in Scotland of the Pretender | 17 |
| 1716 | His flight to France | — |
| —— | Suppression of the Rebellion | 18 |
| —— | The Thirty-first embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Retirement of Colonel Sir Harry Goring | — |
| —— | Lord John Kerr appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1727 | Decease of King George I. | — |
| —— | Accession of King George II. | — |
| 1728 | Decease of Major-General Lord John Kerr | — |
| —— | Colonel the Honorable Charles Cathcart appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1731 | Colonel the Honorable Charles Cathcart removed to the Eighth Dragoons | 18 |
| —— | Colonel William Hargrave appointed Colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment | — |
| 1737 | Colonel Hargrave removed to the Ninth Regiment | — |
| —— | Colonel William Handasyd appointed Colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment | — |
| 1739 | Removal of the Regiment from Ireland to Great Britain | 19 |
| —— | Spanish depredations in America | — |
| —— | War declared against Spain | — |
| 1740 | War of the Austrian Succession | — |
| 1741 | The Regiment encamped at Windsor and on Lexden Heath | 21 |
| 1742 | Embarked for Flanders as Auxiliaries | — |
| 1743 | Marched towards the Rhine | 22 |
| —— | Battle of Dettingen | 23 |
| —— | The Battle compared with other victories | 24 |
| 1744 | Declaration of War against France | 25 |
| 1745 | Decease of Colonel Handasyd | — |
| —— | Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Investment of Tournay by Marshal Saxe | — |
| —— | Battle of Fontenoy | 26 |
| —— | Surrender of Tournay to the French | 27 |
| —— | Skirmish at La Mésle, near Ghent | 28 |
| —— | Rebellion in Scotland, headed by Prince Charles Edward | — |
| —— | Return of the Thirty-first and other Regiments to England | — |
| —— | The Regiment stationed in the vicinity of London | 29 |
| 1746 | Battle of Culloden | — |
| —— | Escape of Prince Charles Edward to France | — |
| 1747 | Battle of Laffeld, or Val | 29 |
| 1748 | Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle | — |
| 1749 | Retirement of Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk | 30 |
| —— | Colonel Henry Holmes appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | The Regiment embarked for Minorca | 30 |
| 1751 | Regulations prescribed by Royal Warrant for establishing uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of regiments, &c. | — |
| 1752 | The Regiment returned from Minorca to England | — |
| 1755 | Proceeded to Scotland | — |
| 1756 | The Seven Years’ War | — |
| —— | War declared against France | 30 |
| —— | Capture of Minorca by the French | 31 |
| —— | Augmentations in the Army and Navy | — |
| —— | The Second Battalion of the Thirty-first constituted the Seventieth Regiment | — |
| 1759 | Summary of the occurrences of the War | — |
| 1762 | War declared against Spain | 32 |
| —— | Capture of Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent, and other West India Islands, by the British | — |
| —— | Peace of Fontainebleau | — |
| —— | The Regiment removed from Scotland to England | — |
| —— | Decease of Lieut.-General Holmes | — |
| —— | Colonel James Adolphus Oughton appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1765 | The Regiment embarked for Florida | 33 |
| —— | Suffered severely from yellow fever | — |
| 1772 | Embarked for St. Vincent | 34 |
| —— | Engaged in reducing the Caribs | — |
| 1774 | Termination of the Carib War | 35 |
| —— | The Regiment returned to England | — |
| 1775 | Stationed in North Britain | — |
| 1775 | War of American Independence | 35 |
| 1776 | The Regiment embarked for Canada with the | |
| —— | Troops under Major-General Burgoyne | — |
| —— | Defence of Quebec against the American Army | — |
| —— | Defence of the British Post at Trois Rivières | — |
| —— | Declaration of Independence by the American Congress | 36 |
| —— | Operations on Lake Champlain | — |
| 1777 | The flank companies of the Thirty-first and other regiments proceed on an expedition under Major-General Burgoyne | 37 |
| —— | Capture of Ticonderago | — |
| —— | Action at Skenesborough | — |
| —— | Action near Castleton | — |
| —— | Pursuit of the Americans to Fort Anne and Fort Edward | 38 |
| —— | Action at Stillwater | 39 |
| —— | Lieut.-General Burgoyne is compelled to capitulate to General Gates | 40 |
| —— | Convention of Saratoga | — |
| 1778 | Aid rendered by France to the Americans | 41 |
| 1780 | Decease of Lieut.-General Sir James Oughton | — |
| —— | Major-General Thomas Clarke appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1781 | The battalion companies, which remained in Canada, joined by the flank companies | — |
| —— | The light company engaged in effecting the destruction of military stores at Ticonderago | — |
| 1782 | The Independence of the United States acknowledged by King George III. | 42 |
| —— | The Thirty-first styled the Huntingdonshire Regiment | — |
| 1783 | Treaty of Peace between England, France, and Spain | 43 |
| —— | Peace concluded with Holland | — |
| 1787 | The Regiment embarked at Quebec for England | 43 |
| —— | Stationed in Great Britain | — |
| 1789 | Commencement of the French Revolution | — |
| —— | Preparations for War with Spain | 44 |
| 1790 | The Thirty-first embarked on board the fleet to perform its original service of Marines | — |
| —— | Convention with Spain | — |
| 1791 | Disturbances in the Manufacturing Districts | 45 |
| 1792 | Lieut.-General Thomas Clarke removed to the Thirtieth Regiment | — |
| —— | Major-General James Stuart appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | The Regiment embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1793 | Decease of Major-General Stuart | — |
| —— | Colonel Lord Mulgrave appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Progress of events in France | — |
| —— | War with France | — |
| —— | The flank companies embarked for Barbadoes | — |
| 1794 | Capture of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guadaloupe | 46 |
| —— | A French Armament sent to retake Guadaloupe | 47 |
| —— | Gallant defence of Guadaloupe by the British | — |
| —— | The Garrison of Berville Camp surrendered to the French | — |
| —— | Return of the Troops at Guadaloupe | 48 |
| —— | Evacuation of Fort Matilda by the British | 49 |
| —— | The Regiment proceeded from Ireland to England | — |
| —— | Embarked for Holland | — |
| 1795 | Returned to England | — |
| —— | Joined the Camp formed at Nursling, near Southampton | — |
| —— | Embarked for the West Indies | — |
| —— | Delayed by storms and contrary winds | 50 |
| 1796 | Disembarked at Gosport | 51 |
| —— | Embarked for St. Lucia | — |
| —— | Engaged in the capture of that Island | 52 |
| —— | Employed against the Caribs in St. Lucia | 53 |
| 1797 | Returned to England | 54 |
| 1799 | Augmented by volunteers from the Militia | 55 |
| —— | Embarked for Holland, as part of the Army under the Duke of York | 56 |
| —— | Engaged in the Action at Alkmaar | — |
| —— | Attack on the French position between Bergen and Egmont-op-Zee | 58 |
| —— | Occupation of Alkmaar by the British Troops | 59 |
| —— | Action near Alkmaar | — |
| —— | Withdrawal of the British Troops from Holland | 60 |
| —— | Regiment arrived in England | — |
| 1800 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Expedition to the coast of France under Brigadier the Honorable Sir Thomas Maitland | — |
| —— | Joined the expedition under Lieut.-General Sir James Pulteney destined for the coast of Spain | — |
| —— | Landed at Ferrol | — |
| —— | Sailed to Vigo | 61 |
| —— | Proceeded to Cadiz | — |
| —— | Embarked for Gibraltar | — |
| —— | Expedition to Egypt | — |
| 1801 | The Thirty-first proceeded to Lisbon, and subsequently to Minorca | — |
| 1802 | Deliverance of Egypt from the French Troops | 62 |
| —— | Peace of Amiens | — |
| —— | The Regiment embarked at Minorca for England | — |
| 1803 | Removed to Jersey | — |
| —— | Gallant conduct of a Private Soldier of the Thirty-first Regiment | — |
| 1803 | Renewal of the War with France | 63 |
| —— | Preparations for the defence of England from the menace of French Invasion | — |
| 1804 | A second battalion added to the Regiment | 64 |
| —— | The Regiment embarked for England | — |
| —— | War declared by Spain against Great Britain | — |
| 1805 | The second battalion proceeded from Chester, and joined the first battalion at Winchester | — |
| 1806 | Employed on the occasion of the Funeral of Admiral Viscount Nelson | 65 |
| —— | The first battalion embarked for Sicily | — |
| 1807 | Proceeded on the Expedition to Egypt under Major-General Fraser | 66 |
| —— | Attacked by the Turks at Rosetta | 67 |
| —— | Egypt evacuated by the British | 68 |
| —— | Return of the troops to Sicily | — |
| 1808 | The first battalion embarked for Malta | — |
| 1810 | Returned to Sicily | — |
| 1811 | Proceeded to Malta | 69 |
| —— | Returned to Sicily | — |
| 1812 | The grenadier company embarked for the east coast of Spain | — |
| 1813 | Returned to Sicily | — |
| 1814 | The first battalion proceeded on an expedition to Italy | 70 |
| —— | Disembarked at Leghorn | — |
| —— | Actions at Sestri and Recco | — |
| —— | Action at La Sturla, on the heights of Albaro | 71 |
| —— | Gallantry of the first battalion | 72 |
| —— | Occupation of Genoa | 73 |
| —— | The first battalion embarked for Corsica | — |
| —— | Returned to Sicily | 74 |
| —— | Treaty of Peace with France | — |
| —— | The second battalion disbanded | — |
| —— | Honorary Distinctions acquired by the Regiment | — |
| 1815 | Return of Napoleon Bonaparte to France, and Renewal of the War | 75 |
| —— | The Regiment embarked for Naples | — |
| —— | Battle of Waterloo | 76 |
| —— | Termination of the War | — |
| —— | The Regiment embarked for Genoa | — |
| 1816 | Embarked for Malta | — |
| 1818 | Returned to England | — |
| 1819 | Disturbed state of the Manufacturing Districts | — |
| —— | The Thanks of the Sovereign and of the Magistrates conveyed to the Thirty-first and other Corps employed at Manchester | 77 |
| 1821 | The Regiment embarked for Ireland | 78 |
| 1824 | Returned to England | 79 |
| 1825 | Embarked for Calcutta | — |
| —— | Destruction of the “Kent” East Indiaman by fire in the Bay of Biscay | 80 |
| —— | Gallant conduct of the right wing, embarked in the “Kent” during the conflagration | 81 |
| —— | Names of the Officers, and the number of the men, women, and children, saved by the ships “Cambria” and “Caroline” | 82 |
| —— | Letter from the Adjutant-General to Lieut.-Colonel Fearon, commanding the Thirty-first, expressive of the Commander-in-Chief’s approbation of the courage and discipline displayed by the right wing of the regiment during the burning of the “Kent” | 88 |
| —— | Further particulars relating to this calamity | 89 |
| —— | Part of the right wing re-embarked for India | 92 |
| —— | Joined the left wing at Berhampore | — |
| 1826 | Another detachment embarked for India | 93 |
| —— | The Regiment marched to Meerut | 94 |
| —— | Presentation of New Colours to the Regiment by Lady Amherst | 95 |
| 1831 | Marched to Kurna | 96 |
| —— | Decease of General the Earl of Mulgrave | 97 |
| —— | General Sir Henry Warde, G.C.B., appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | Interview between the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, and Runjeet Singh, the Sovereign of the Punjaub | 98 |
| —— | The Regiment formed part of the Governor-General’s Escort | — |
| —— | Detail of the Proceedings on the Sutlej | 99 |
| —— | The Regiment returned to Kurnaul | |
| 1834 | Decease of General Sir Henry Warde | 100 |
| —— | Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B., appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| 1836 | The Regiment marched to Dinapore | — |
| 1838 | Decease of General Sir Edward Barnes | 101 |
| —— | Lieut.-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., appointed Colonel of the Regiment | — |
| —— | The Regiment marched to Ghazeepore | — |
| 1840 | Marched to Agra | 102 |
| 1841 | Insurrection at Cabool | 103 |
| 1842 | The Regiment marched to Peshawur to join the army under Major-General Pollock, destined to proceed to Cabool | — |
| —— | Arrival of the army at Jellalabad | 104 |
| —— | The Regiment marched to Peshbolak to attack the Shinwarees | 105 |
| —— | Action at Mazeena | 107 |
| —— | Passage of the Jugdulluck Pass | 109 |
| —— | Action at Tezeen | 110 |
| —— | Advance on Cabool | 112 |
| —— | Occupation of the Bala Hissar | 113 |
| —— | Release of the Officers, Ladies, and Soldiers, taken prisoners by the Affghans, at the commencement of the insurrection | — |
| 1842 | Return of the Army to India | 113 |
| —— | Action at the Jugdulluck Pass | 114 |
| —— | Skirmishes in the Passes between Tezeen and Gundamuck | — |
| —— | Arrival of the troops at Jellalabad | 115 |
| —— | Marched to Peshawur | — |
| —— | Honors rendered to the troops on arrival at Ferozepore | — |
| —— | Authorized to bear the word “Cabool, 1842,” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments | — |
| —— | The Regiment marched to Umballa | — |
| —— | Expedition to Khytul | 116 |
| —— | Outbreak at Lahore | — |
| 1843 | The Regiment marched to Ferozepore | — |
| 1844 | Returned to Umballa | 117 |
| 1845 | Disturbed state of the Punjaub | — |
| —— | Sikh invasion of the British Territories in India | 118 |
| —— | The Regiment marched from Umballa to join the Ferozepore Field force | 119 |
| —— | Battle of Moodkee | 120 |
| —— | —— —— Ferozeshah | 126 |
| 1846 | The Regiment marched towards Loodiana with the troops under Major-General Sir Henry Smith | 136 |
| —— | The Fort of Dhurrumkote captured from the Sikhs | 137 |
| —— | Action at Buddiwal | — |
| —— | Battle of Aliwal | 138 |
| —— | Return of the troops under Major-General Sir Henry Smith to the head-quarters of the Army | 145 |
| —— | Battle of Sobraon | — |
| —— | Advance of the Army on Lahore | 156 |
| —— | Occupation of the City | 158 |
| 1846 | Orders received for the Regiment to return to Europe | 159 |
| —— | Embarked for Calcutta | 163 |
| —— | Review of the Punjaub Campaign | 165 |
| —— | Honors conferred on the “Army of the Sutlej” | 167 |
| —— | General Lord Gough’s farewell order to the Regiment | 172 |
| —— | Embarked for England | 174 |
| —— | Reception on arrival | 175 |
| —— | Letter to Lieut.-Colonel Spence, from General Sir Colin Halkett, reviewing the services of the Regiment | 177 |
| —— | Stationed at Walmer | 182 |
| 1847 | Authorized to bear on the Regimental Colour and Appointments the words “Moodkee,” “Ferozeshah,” “Aliwal,” and “Sobraon” | 183 |
| —— | General Sir Colin Halkett G.C.B., removed to the forty-fifth Regiment | — |
| —— | Lieut.-General the Honorable Henry Otway Trevor appointed Colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment | — |
| —— | The Regiment removed to Manchester | — |
| 1848 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Presentation of New Colours by Major-General His Royal Highness the Prince George of Cambridge | 184 |
| 1849 | Stationed at Athlone | 186 |
| 1850 | Removed to Dublin | — |
| —— | Presentation of a Testimonial to Lieut.-Colonel Spence on his retirement | — |
| —— | Conclusion | — |