[6] At Cape St Vincent, Matthew Stevens, a soldier from the regiment, was the first to board the Spanish ship San Nicolas.[2] The 1st battalion embarked for India in 1805 and helped to suppress the Vellore mutiny in July 1806[10] and the Travancore Rebellion in spring 1809.[13] At Quatre Bras the King's Colour was captured by the enemy[14] and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Morice, commanding officer of the battalion, was killed in a French cavalry charge.[2] The regiment embarked for the West Indies in November 1831 and was stationed in Saint Vincent before moving to Demerara in 1835.[19] It embarked for Canada in August 1867 and while, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Bagot, helped to defeat a Fenian Raid at the Battle of Trout River in May 1870.