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The Regiment which became the 1st and 2nd Battalions East Surreys
began life in 1702 during the expansion of the British Army to
fight Louis XIV's expansionist France in the reigns of King William
III and Queen Anne. Originally the 31st Foot (Huntingdonshire
Regiment) and the 70th Foot (Surrey Regiment), the units took part
in the 1704-5 siege of Gibraltar in the Seven Years War; the battle
of Dettingen - the last action in which a reigning English monarch
(George II) fought; and the attack on the French Caribbean island
of Martinique during the French Revolutionary wars. The regiment
played a prominent part in the Peninsular War, fighting in the
battles of Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, the Pyrenees and Nivelle.
It fought in the siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War, the Maori
wars in New Zealand, and the Afghan War of 1879-9. It was deployed
in South Africa in the Boer War, being involved in the relief of
Ladysmith. This is a complete illustrated history of the regiment's
role in all these conflicts, that was first published in 1914 on
the eve of the Great War.
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