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The Story of the British Army

APPENDIX I THE PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES IN WHICH THE BRITISH ARMY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED SINCE 1658.

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Aboukir 8th March 1801

Abu Klea, Sudan 17th January 1885

Abu Kru, Sudan 19th January 1885

Abyssinia 1867–68

Aden 19th January 1839

Afghanistan 1841–42

Afghanistan 1878–80

Agra 17th October 1803

Ahmedabad 12th August 1780

Ahmednuggur 12th August 1803

Ahmed Kehl 19th April 1880

Albuhera 16th May 1811

Alexandria 21st March 1801

Ali Musjid 21st Nov. 1878

Aliwal 28th January 1846

Alkmaar 6th October 1799

Allyghur 4th Sept. 1803

Alma 20th Sept. 1854

Almanara 28th July 1710

Almanza 14th April 1707

Almaraz 19th May 1812

Almeida 26th August 1810

Amboyna 17th Feb. 1810

America 1775–81

Amoaful 31st January 1874

Antwerp 5th May 1814

Arcot 31st August 1751

Arcot 31st October 1780

Argaum 29th Nov. 1803

Arnee 2nd June 1782

Arroyo des Molinos 28th October 1811

Ashanti 1874

Assaye 23rd Sept. 1803

Asseerghur 8th April 1819

Aughrim 12th July 1691

Ava 24th Feb. 1826

Badajos 6th April 1812

Balaklava 25th October 1854

Baltimore 11th Sept. 1814

Banda 8th March 1810

Bangalore 21st March 1791

Barcelona 1705 to 8th May 1706

Barrosa 5th March 1811

Bayonne 22nd Feb. to 14th April 1814

Belleisle 7th June 1761

Benevente January 1809

Beni-Boo-Ally 2nd March 1821

Bergen 19th Sept. 1799

Bergen-op-Zoom 8th March 1814

Bhurtpore 2nd April 1805

Bhurtpore 18th January 1826

Bidassoa 7th October 1813

Bladensburg 24th August 1814

Blenheim 13th August 1704

Bothwell Brig 22nd June 1679

Bouchain 13th Sept. 1711

Bourbon 21st Sept. 1809

Boyne 1st July 1690

Brandywine 11th Sept. 1777

Brooklyn 27th August 1776

Brunx 28th October 1776

Buenos Ayres 28th June 1806

Buenos Ayres 5th July 1807

Bunker’s Hill 17th June 1775

Burmah 1824–26

Burmah 1852–53

Burmah 27th Sept. 1810

Bushire 10th Dec. 1856

Buxar 23rd October 1764

Cabool 12th October 1842

Camden 16th August 1780

Campen 15th October 1760

Campo-Mayor 25th March 1811

Candahar 10th March 1842

Candahar 1st Sept. 1880

Canton 5th Jan. 1858

Cape of Good Hope September 1795

Cape of Good Hope 9th January 1806

Cape of Good Hope 1846–47; 1850–53; and 1877–79

Carthagena April 1741

Cateau 26th April 1794

Cawnpore 17th July 1857

Caya 7th May 1709

Central India 1857–58

Charasiah 5th October 1879

Chateaughay 26th October 1813

Cherbourg 5th August 1758

Chillianwallah 13th January 1849

China 1840–43

China 1856–60

Chrystler’s Farm 11th Nov. 1813

Ciudad Rodrigo 19th January 1812

Condore 8th December 1758

Coomassie 4th Feb. 1874

Copenhagen 2nd April 1801

Copenhagen 8th Sept. 1807

Corbach 10th July 1760

Corsica 17th June 1794

Corunna 16th January 1890

Crimea 1854–55

Crabbendam 10th Sept. 1799

Cuddalore 13th July 1783

Culloden 16th April 1746

Deig 13th October 1804

Delhi 11th Sept. 1803

Delhi 20th Sept. 1857

Denkern 15th July 1761

Detroit 16th August 1812

Dettingen 16th June 1743

Dominica 22nd Feb. 1805

Douay 25th June 1710

Douro 12th May 1809

Dunkirk 17th Sept. 1793

Egmont-op-Zee 2nd October 1799

Egypt 1801

Egypt 1882

El Bodon 25th Sept. 1811

El Teb 29th Feb. 1884

Emsdorf 16th July 1760

Famars 23rd May 1793

Ferozeshah 22nd Dec. 1845

Flushing 15th August 1809

Fontenoy 30th April 1745

Freehold 28th June 1778

Fuentes d’Onoro 5th May 1811

Germantown 3rd October 1777

Ghent 30th Sept. 1708

Ghuznee 23rd July 1839

Ghuznee 6th Sept. 1842

Gibraltar 10th March 1705

Gibraltar 22nd Feb. 1727

Gibraltar 5th February 1783

Ginghilovo 2nd April 1879

Goojerat 21st February 1849

Grenada 24th March 1796

Guadaloupe February 1810

Gueldermalsen 8th January 1795

Guildford 15th March 1781

Hashin 25th March 1885

Havannah 14th August 1762

Helder 27th August 1799

Hulst 5th May 1747

Hyderabad 24th March 1843

Ingogo 8th Feb. 1881

Indian Mutiny 1857–59

Inkerman 5th November 1854

Ionian Islands 12th October 1809

Isandula 22nd Jan. 1879

Java 18th Sept. 1811

Jellalabad 7th April 1842

Kambula 29th March 1879

Kassassin 28th Aug. 1882

Khelat 13th Nov. 1839

Kirbekan 10th Feb. 1885

Kirkee 5th Nov. 1817

Kooshab 8th February 1857

Laing’s Nek 28th Jan. 1881

Leswaree 1st Nov. 1803

Lexington 19th April 1775

Liège 23rd October 1702

Lincelles 18th August 1793

Lisle 23rd October 1708

Llerena 11th April 1812

Louisburg 26th July 1758

Lucknow July to Nov. 1857

Lucknow 21st March 1858

Maestricht 2nd July 1673

Magdala 13th April 1868

Maharajpore 29th Dec. 1843

Maheidpore 21st Dec. 1817

Maida 4th July 1806

Maiwand 17th July 1880

Majuba Hill 27th Feb. 1881

Malavelly 27th March 1799

Malplaquet 11th Sept. 1709

Malta 5th Sept. 1800

Mandora 13th March 1801

Mangalore September 1783

Manilla 5th October 1762

Marabout 21st August 1801

Martinique 5th February 1762

Martinique 16th March 1794

Martinique 7th March 1809

Masulipatam 1769

Matagorda 22nd April 1810

Mauritius 2nd Dec. 1810

Meeanee 17th Feb. 1843

Miami 5th May 1813

Minden 1st August 1759

Minorca 1708

Minorca 29th June 1756

Minorca 5th February 1782

Minorca 15th Nov. 1798

Monte Video 3rd February 1807

Moodkee 18th Dec. 1845

Mooltan 2nd January 1849

Morales 2nd June 1813

Moro (Havannah) 14th August 1762

Nagpore 24th Dec. 1817

Namur 20th August 1695

Neer-Hespen 18th July 1705

Neer-Landen 19th July 1693

New Orleans 13th January 1815

New Zealand 1861–63

Niagara 1814

Nieuport 24th October 1793

Nile 1884–85

Nimeguen 8th Nov. 1794

Nive 9th to 13th December 1813

Nivelle 10th Nov. 1813

Nundydroog 18th October 1791

Orthes 27th February 1814

Oudenarde 11th July 1708

Pegu 21st Nov. 1852

Pekin 12th October 1860

Peninsula 1808–14

Persia 1856–57

Perak 1875

Pewar Kotal 2nd Dec. 1878

Plassy 23rd June 1757

Plattsburg 11th Sept. 1814

Pondicherry 23rd August 1793

Porto Novo 1st July 1781

Prestonpans 21st Sept. 1745

Punniar 29th Dec. 1843

Pyrenees 2nd August 1813

Quatre Bras 16th June 1815

Quebec 13th Sept. 1759

Queenstown 13th October 1812

Ramillies 23rd May 1706

Rangoon 5th May 1824

Rangoon 14th April 1852

Rediuha 11th March 1811

Reshire 9th December 1856

Roliça 17th August 1808

Rolicund

Rorke’s Drift 22nd Jan. 1879

Rosetta 21st April 1807

Roucoux 1st October 1746

Sabugal 3rd April 1811

Sahagun 21st Dec. 1808

Salamanca 22nd July 1812

San Sebastian 31st Aug. 1813

Saragossa 20th August 1710

Savendroog 21st Dec. 1791

Schellenburg 2nd July 1704

Scylla 17th January 1809

Sedgmoor 6th July 1685

Seringapatam 15th May 1791

Seringapatam 6th February 1792

Seringapatam 4th May 1799

Sevastopol 8th Sept. 1855

Sholingur 27th Sept. 1781

Sillery 28th April 1760

Sobraon 10th Feb. 1846

Steenkirk 24th July 1692

Stillwater 19th Sept. 1777

St. John’s 13th Nov. 1775

St. Lucia 28th Dec. 1778

St. Lucia 4th April 1794

St. Lucia May 1796

St. Lucia 22nd June 1803

St. Sebastian 31st August 1813

St. Vincent 14th February 1797

Suakin 1885

Surinam 30th April 1804

Taku Forts 21st August 1860

Talavera 27th and 28th July 1809

Tamai 13th March 1884

Tangier 1680 to 1683

Tarbes 20th March 1814

Tarifa 31st Dec. 1811

Tel el Kebir 13th Sept. 1882

Ternate August 1810

Ticonderoga 8th July 1758

Tofrik April 1885

Tongres 10th May 1703

Toulon 19th Dec. 1793

Toulouse 10th April 1814

Tournay 10th Sept. 1709

Tournay 18th May 1794

Transvaal 1881

Ulundi 4th July 1879

Umbeylah or Ambela 1865

Val 20th June 1747

Valenciennes 28th July 1793

Venloo 23rd Sept. 1702

Villers en Couche 24th April 1794

Vimiera 21st August 1808

Vittoria 21st June 1813

Walcourt 25th August 1689

Wandewash 22nd January 1760

Warbourg 31st July 1760

Waterloo 18th June 1815

Wilhelmstahl 14th June 1762

Wynendale 28th Sept. 1708

York Town 19th October 1781

Zululand 1879

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