  CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE v CHAPTER I. 1684-1697. THE RAISING OF LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE THE NORTH TRANSEPT OF ST PATRICK'S CHAPTER I. 1684-1697. THE RAISING OF THE REGIMENT: AND THE WARS OF WILLIAM III. CHAPTER II 1701-1717. MARLBOROUGH'S CAMPAIGNS IN THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION. CHAPTER III. 1718-1793. THE SECOND SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR THE SIEGE OF OSTEND LEXINGTON BUNKER'S HILL. CHAPTER IV. 1793-1817. THE WAR WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: CHAPTER V. 1817-1848. THE FIRST WAR WITH CHINA. CHAPTER VI. 1848-1854. THE SECOND WAR WITH BURMA. CHAPTER VII. 1854-1856. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. CHAPTER VIII. 1856-1859. OPERATIONS DURING THE MUTINY IN INDIA. CHAPTER IX. 1858-1882. RAISING OF THE SECOND BATTALION: THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. CHAPTER X. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1865-1884. CHANGES IN ARMY ORGANISATION: THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR. CHAPTER XI. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1882-1883. THE WAR IN EGYPT. CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1884-1885. THE NILE EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND BATTALION. 1883-1902. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION: THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XIV. 1885-1900. THE FIRST BATTALION. MOUNTED INFANTRY CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST BATTALION. 1900-1902. SOUTH AFRICA ( Title: The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902 Author: G. le M. (George Le Mesurier) Gretton Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Brian Coe, John Campbell, |
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Containing the Colours and Memorials of the Royal Irish Regiment.
The Campaigns and History
of the
Royal Irish Regiment
The Campaigns and History
of the
Royal Irish Regiment
From 1684 to 1902
BY
Lieutenant-Colonel G. le M. GRETTON
LATE 3RD BATTALION, LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
| NAMUR, 1695 | BLENHEIM | RAMILLIES |
| OUDENARDE | MALPLAQUET | EGYPT |
| CHINA | PEGU | SEVASTOPOL |
| NEW ZEALAND | AFGHANISTAN, 1879-80 | EGYPT, 1882 |
| TEL-EL-KEBIR | NILE, 1884-5 | SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-02 |
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED