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SOUTH AMERICA - CONNAUGHT RANGERS Journal kept by Lieutenant Henry McDermot of the 88th Foot, the 'Connaught Rangers', being a detailed daily record of his voyage to South America with the regiment aboard the transport ship Nereia from Portsmouth to Montevideo, 13 September 1806 to 4 June 1807
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SOUTH AMERICA - CONNAUGHT RANGERS
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'THE DEVIL'S OWN' REGIMENT EMBARKS ON THE ILL-FATED INVASION OF THE RIVER PLATE. Henry McDermot, scion of an ancient Irish Catholic family from Co. Sligo, was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 88th Foot, having previously seen service in Jamaica and Haiti with Pitt's 'Irish Brigade'. The 88th Foot, raised in 1793 by the Earl of Clanricarde, became known as 'The Devil's Own' on account of their reputation for indiscipline and fearsome fighting and, in 1807 joined with several other battalions including the 95th Rifle Regiment on the expedition intended to conquer Chile from the French. It was a military disaster, with the Rangers suffering heavy losses. The assault on Buenos Aires ended with Colonel Craufurd's surrender after General Whitelocke forced a retreat from the city. Later that year the regiment embarked for the Peninsular and, after recovering from serious injuries at Bussaco in 1810, McDermot was killed at the Battle of Orthez on 27 February 1814.

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