and another attempt to effect a landing was resolved upon. Brigadier-General Hamilton Lambert, on the 22nd of April, 1761, effected a landing on the rocks near Point Lomaria, where the difficulty of ascending the precipice had made the enemy least attentive to that part. Beauclerk's grenadiers (Nineteenth foot), with Captain Patterson of that regiment, gained the summit before the enemy saw what was intended, who immediately marched a body of three hundred men to attack them; the grenadiers, however, maintained their ground till the remainder of Brigadier Lambert's troops arrived. The success, thus gained, was promptly followed up; the French were eventually repulsed, and three brass fieldpieces, with a few prisoners, were captured. The cannon was afterwards landed from the ships and dragged up the rocks; the lines which covered the town of Palais were carried by assault, and the siege of the citadel was prosecuted with vigour. The garrison under their Governor, the Chevalier de St. Croix, made a gallant defence, but on the 7th of June were forced to surrender, and were permitted to march through the breach with the honours of war in consideration of their bravery. The capture of the island was thus achieved, with the loss of about eighteen hundred men killed and wounded.† *Disbanded in 1763. † On the 17th June, 1761, the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, waited on His Majesty, and the Recorder, Sir William On the 29th of May, 1761, Major-General Sir Henry 1761 Erskine was removed to the Twenty-fifth regiment, and King George III. was pleased to promote Lieut.-Colonel Moreton, spoke the following address, referring to the capture of To the King's most excellent Majesty. The humble Address of the Most Gracious Sovereign, With reverential awe and gratitude to the Supreme Giver of all victory, we, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of your City of London, in Common Council assembled, humbly approach your Royal Presence, to express our joy and exultation on the entire reduction of the important island of Belle-Isle, by the conduct, intrepidity, and perseverance of your Majesty's land and naval forces:-a conquest which, after more than one fruitless attempt in former times, seems to have been reserved by Divine Providence to grace the auspicious beginning of your Majesty's reign, and confirms our hopes of a long continuance of wise, steady, and successful measures. A blow so humiliating to the pride and power of France, cannot but impress that haughty nation with a due sense of the superiority of a Patriot King ruling over a free, brave, and united people, and will, we trust, convince them of the danger of delaying to accept such terms of peace as Your Majesty's equity, wisdom, and moderation shall think fit to prescribe. What therefore have we more to wish, but that Your Majesty may long, very long, continue the guardian and protector of the religious, civil, and commercial rights of Great Britain and her Colonies; and that Your Majesty's wisdom may ever be seconded by equally faithful and spirited councils; and your commands executed with no less ardour, emulation, and success. On our part, permit us humbly to assure Your Majesty, that your faithful citizens of London will, with unwearied zeal and cheerfulness, contribute to support a vigorous prosecution of this just and necessary war; until Your Majesty, having sufficiently vindicated the honor of your Crown, and secured the trade, navigation, and possessions of your subjects, shall enjoy the blessing and the glory of giving repose to Europe, of wholly attending to and promoting the virtue and happiness of your people, and of cultivating all the softer arts of peace. Signed by Order of the Court, JAMES HODges. 1761 Hamilton Lambert, from the Thirty-first regiment, to the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, as a reward for his gallantry at the capture of Belle-Isle. 1762 1763 While success attended the arms of Great Britain, in various parts of the world, the Sovereigns of France and Spain were negotiating a compact, which gave a new turn to the nature of the war; and the two crowns attempted to coerce Portugal to unite in their designs against Great Britain. Portugal at this period was particularly weak; the capital, Lisbon, had been destroyed by an earthquake five years previously, when nearly thirty thousand inhabitants had been buried in its ruins. This disaster had been followed by a conspiracy against the life of the King, while the country was shaken by internal commotions; at the same time the military force of the kingdom was weak in numbers, scantily furnished with arms, and without experienced officers. Notwithstanding these adverse circumstances, the King of Portugal resolved to adhere to his ancient alliance with Great Britain; and in consequence of this decision, France and Spain declared war against him. A powerful Spanish army assembled on the frontiers, and threatened to crush the Portuguese, when a military force, with artillery, arms, stores, provisions, and money, furnished by Great Britain to assist its faithful ally; and the SIXTY-SEVENTH, which had returned with the expedition from the coast of France, was one of the regiments selected for service in Portugal. was The regiment proceeded to Portugal, and continued in that country until the termination of hostilities by the treaty of Fontainebleau, the preliminary articles of which were signed by the Duke of Bedford at Fontainebleau, on the 3rd of November, 1762. Peace was proclaimed in London on the 22nd of March, 1763, and by its provisions it was settled that the Island 1763 of Minorca, which had been captured by the French in April, 1756, should be restored to Great Britain. The SIXTY-SEVENTH and the Third foot from Portugal, the Eleventh, Thirty-third, and Thirty-seventh regiments from Germany, and the Fifty-seventh from Gibraltar, were embarked in order to form the garrison of Minorca.* In the Royal Warrant of King George III. dated 19th of 1768 December, 1768, containing regulations for the colours, clothing, &c. of the regiments of foot, it was directed that the regimental colour of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment should be pale yellow, being similar to the colours of the Twentieth regiment, from which it was formed. The SIXTY-SEVENTH remained on duty at Minorca until July, 1771, when the Third, Eleventh, and SIXTY-SEVENTH regiments embarked * Minorca, an island in the Mediterranean, on the eastern coast of Spain, is about thirty miles in length and twelve in breadth, and is chiefly valuable for the excellent harbour of Port Mahon. In September, 1708, Minorca was taken by Admiral Leake and a land force under Lieut.-General Stanhope, after a siege of about three weeks. The island was ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of Utrecht, and remained in its possession until 1756, when, in April of that year, it was besieged by the French, under Marshal the Duke de Richelieu. After a brave defence by the Governor, General Blakeney, the garrison surrendered, and in consideration of their gallantry were permitted to march out with all the honours of war. At the peace of Fontainebleau, in 1763, Minorca was restored to the English in exchange for Belle-Isle. In February, 1782, the garrison, under the Governor, Lieut.-General the Honorable James Murray, after suffering severely from sickness, surrendered to the Duke de Crillon, the Commander-in-Chief of the combined French and Spanish forces, and Minorca was retained by Spain by the treaty of peace of 1783. Minorca again surrendered to a British force under General the Honorable Charles Stuart, on the 15th of November, 1798; and at the peace of Amiens, in 1802, Minorca was restored to the Spaniards, under whose sway it remains at the present period. 1771 for England, on being relieved by the Royals (second battalion), the Fifty-first and Sixty-first regiments. 1773 In the year 1773 the regiment proceeded to Scotland, where it remained until the year 1775. 1774 1775 1782 1785 On the decease of Lieut.-General Hamilton Lambert in 1774, His Majesty was pleased to promote Lieut.Colonel Edward Maxwell Brown, from the Twenty-first, Royal North British Fusiliers, to the colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, on the 11th of March, 1774. The regiment embarked for Ireland in 1775, to replace the Forty-second, Royal Highland regiment, and continued on duty in that country until the year 1785. On the 31st of August, 1782, His Majesty directed that the regiment should be designated the SIXTY-SEVENTH, or the SOUTH HAMPSHIRE regiment, with a view that a connexion might be cultivated between the corps and that county, in order to promote the success of the recruiting service. Early in the year 1785 the regiment embarked from Ireland for the West Indies, to relieve the Fifty-fifth regiment. The regiment proceeded from Barbadoes to Antigua in the autumn of 1785. 1788 During the years 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, and 1792, the regiment was stationed at Grenada. 1793 In the year 1793 the regiment was stationed at Barbadoes, and in July, 1794, returned to Great Britain : the regiment subsequently proceeded to Ireland. 1796 On the 25th of February, 1796, the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment embarked from Ireland for the island of St. Domingo. An expedition had proceeded to St. Domingo in 1794, in order to aid the planters against the persecution of the negro inhabitants, who had imbibed the doctrines of liberty and equality, propagated at that period. The |