The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902

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Author

Gretton, G. le M. (George Le Mesurier), -1934

Title

The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902

Credits

E-text prepared by Brian Coe, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

UA: Military science: Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation

Subject

Great Britain. Army. Royal Irish Regiment

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59779

Release Date

June 19, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Brian Coe, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CORRIGENDA.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. 1684-1697. THE RAISING OF THE REGIMENT: AND THE WARS OF WILLIAM III.
5. 5.CHAPTER II 1701-1717. MARLBOROUGH’S CAMPAIGNS IN THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. 1718-1793. THE SECOND SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR—THE SIEGE OF OSTEND—LEXINGTON—BUNKER’S HILL.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. 1793-1817. THE WAR WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: TOULON—CORSICA—EGYPT. THE NAPOLEONIC WAR: THE WEST INDIES.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. 1817-1848. THE FIRST WAR WITH CHINA.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. 1848-1854. THE SECOND WAR WITH BURMA.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. 1854-1856. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. 1856-1859. OPERATIONS DURING THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. 1858-1882. RAISING OF THE SECOND BATTALION: THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1865-1884. CHANGES IN ARMY ORGANISATION: THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1882-1883. THE WAR IN EGYPT.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1884-1885. THE NILE EXPEDITION.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1883-1902. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION: THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. 1885-1900. THE FIRST BATTALION. MOUNTED INFANTRY IN MASHONALAND: THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA: COLESBERG AND BETHLEHEM.
18. 18.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.
19. 19.APPENDIX 1.
20. 20.APPENDIX 2.
21. 21.APPENDIX 3.
22. 22.APPENDIX 4.
23. 23.APPENDIX 5.
24. 24.APPENDIX 6.
25. 25.APPENDIX 7.
26. 26.APPENDIX 8.
27. 27.APPENDIX 9.
28. 28.APPENDIX 10.
29. 29.APPENDIX 11.
30. 30.INDEX.
31. 31.FOOTNOTES:

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