HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT,

OR,

CONNAUGHT RANGERS;

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1793,

AND OF

SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1837.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,

14, CHARING CROSS.

1838.

THE

EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT

OF FOOT,

OR

CONNAUGHT RANGERS,

BEARS ON ITS COLOURS

THE HARP AND CROWN,

WITH THE MOTTO

“QUIS SEPARABIT?”

AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:—

“Egypt”——“Talavera”——“Busaco”——“Fuentes d’Onor”—— “Ciudad Rodrigo”——“Badajoz”——“Salamanca”—— “Vittoria”——“Nivelle”——“Orthes”—— “Toulouse”——and——“Peninsula.”