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British troops return from service in Florida...
British troops return from service in Florida...
Item # 693206
June 16, 1772
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, June 16, 1772 Page 6 has a report headed: "America" with a Charleston dateline which reports on a ship: "...had on board three companies of the Royal Irish Regiment of foot in the Spanish service...was one of several transports ordered to carry back the troops sent to Spanish America on the apprehension of a rupture between Great Britain and Spain..." plus two other items.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, very nice condition.
AI notes: In 1772, Florida was a British colony acquired from Spain following the Treaty of Paris in 1763, and it was divided into East and West Florida, with the capital of East Florida located at St. Augustine. During this period, the British garrisoned several regular army regiments in the region to maintain order and assert imperial control, particularly in the face of growing tensions in the American colonies to the north. Among the regiments active in North America during the early 1770s was the 18th Regiment of Foot, also known as the Royal Irish Regiment. While definitive muster rolls from 1772 specifically placing the Royal Irish Regiment in Florida are limited without detailed archival research, there is evidence that the 18th Foot was stationed in the American colonies and the West Indies throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, with detachments known to have served in Florida—especially in St. Augustine—as part of the British Army’s colonial rotation.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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