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Historical Record of the Thirty-First Regiment

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The Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot

The Thirty-First Regiment

YearPage
1804Projected French invasion of England 187
1805Formation of the Second Battalion of the Thirty-first Regiment at Chester—
——Marched from Chester to Winchester—
1806Proceeded to Gosport 188
1807Embarked for Guernsey—
——Proceeded to Ireland—
1808Joined the force assembled at Falmouth under the command of Lieut.-General Sir David Baird—
——Sailed for Portugal 189
——Marched to reinforce the army in Spain under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore—
1809The intended advance countermanded—
——Battle of Corunna 190
——Arrival of Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley at Lisbon, and his appointment to the command of the army in the Peninsula—
——The second battalion of the Thirty-first marched towards Oporto 191
——Passage of the Douro—
1809Arrived at Oropesa 191
——Battle of Talavera 192
——Authorized to bear the word “Talavera” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 193
——Stationed at Abrantes 194
1810Marched to Portalegre—
——Encamped between the Estrella and the Tagus 195
——Battle of Busaco—
——Marched on Thomar—
——Skirmishes near Alhandra 196
1811Pursuit of Marshal Massena—
——Siege of Olivenza and Badajoz—
——Battle of Albuhera 197
——Authorized to bear the word “Albuhera” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 199
——Second siege of Badajoz—
——Affair at Arroyo dos Molinos 200
——Stationed at Merida—
1812Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo—
——Third siege of Badajoz—
——Capture of Badajoz 201
——Attack on the French works at Almaraz—
——Operations against General Drouet 202
——Siege of the Castle of Burgos 203
——Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill’s division, of which the second battalion of the Thirty-first formed part, cantoned at Coria and Placentia 204
1813Advance upon Burgos and Vittoria—
——Battle of Vittoria—
——Authorized to bear the word “Vittoria” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 205
——Siege of Pampeluna 206
——The French dislodged from the valley of Bastan—
——Action in the Pass of Roncesvalles—
1813Engaged on the heights at Pampeluna 206
——Authorized to bear the word “Pyrenees” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 207
——Capture of a French convoy at Elizondo—
——Capture of St. Sebastian and Pampeluna—
——March of the Allied Army to the French side of the Pyrenees—-
——Engaged in the Pass of Maya—
——Passage of the Nivelle—
——Authorized to bear the word “Nivelle” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 208
——Passage of the Nive—
——Action at St. Pierre, near Bayonne 209
——Authorized to bear the word “Nive” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments 210
1814Action on the heights of Garris—
——Battle of Orthes 211
——Authorized to bear the word “Orthes” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments—
——Action at Aire—
——Battle of Toulouse—
——Sortie from Bayonne 212
——Termination of the Peninsular War—
——The second battalion of the Thirty-first Regiment marched to Bourdeaux—
——Embarked for Ireland—
——Authorized to bear the word “Peninsula” on the Regimental Colour and Appointments—
——Proceeded to Portsmouth 213
——Disbanded—

Succession of Colonels

OF

THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.


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1702George Villiers 215
1703Alexander Lutterell—
1706Josiah Churchill—
1711Sir Harry Goring, Bart.216
1716Lord John Kerr—
1728The Honorable Charles Cathcart—
1731William Hargrave 217
1737William Handasyd—
1745Lord Henry Beauclerk 218
1749Henry Holmes—
1762Sir James Adolphus Oughton—
1780Thomas Clarke—
1792James Stuart 219
1793Henry, Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.B.—
1831Sir Henry Warde, G.C.B.220
1834Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B.221
1838Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.B.222
1847Honorable Henry Otway Trevor, C.B.—

Appendix

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List of Battles, Sieges, &c., in Germany and the Netherlands, from 1743 to 1748, during the “War of the Austrian Succession”223
List of British Regiments which served in Flanders and Germany, between the years 1742 and 1748, during the “War of the Austrian Succession”224
Memoir of the services of Colonel Bolton, C.B.225
Memoir of the services of Lieut.-Colonel Skinner, C.B.226
Memoir of the services of Major Baldwin 230

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