| 1813 | May | 95th provide the advance guard for Wellington's advance into Northern Spain |
| 21 Jun | 95th reach the banks of the Zadorra at Vittoria. [Wellington uses the 95th's position as an observation post. Voltigeurs rushed across a bridge, seized a wooded height and began firing on Wellington. 3/95 & 2 Cos 1/95 drive them back over the river.] Later in the battle, as the French retreat, the Light Brigade advances either side of Vittoria town. | |
| 22 Jun | Pursuit starts | |
| 24 Jun | Wellington's despatch mentions Alten's brigade, 1/95, 3/95 & Ross's troop taking the last French gun. | |
| 25 Jun | Light Brigade closes on Pamplona | |
| 15 Jul | Rifleman first see the road into France | |
| ?29 Jul | 95th force the French to abandon their wounded and baggage at Jansi, 95th take the mountain of Echalar, rename it Barnard's Hill. | |
| 25 Aug | 95th's first regimental dinner held on heights of Anata Barbara, nr Vera. The French stay up all night, fearing an attack. | |
| 31 Aug | 1 subaltern & 50 men from each battalion volunteer for the storming of San Sebastien. | |
| 1 Sep | Captain Daniel Cadoux, 2 subalterns & 50 men prevent a French Division (under Gen Vandermaessen) from crossing the bridge at Vera. The French are held with terrible loss (without Cadoux losing a man) until Skerrett orders Cadoux to retire without cover and they are all wiped out. (Memorial erected in 1921) | |
| Pamplona surrenders | ||
| 10 Nov | All 95th involved in forcing of La Petite Arrhune (Battle of Nivelle). French defend well, Col Barnard (1/95) wounded, 97 officers & men casualties. | |
| Dec | Battle of Nive, French again fight well | |
| Winter | Graham (Lord Lynedoch) leads an expedition to Bergen op Zoom and Antwerp. Force included 1Co 1/95, 1Co 2/95 & 2Cos 3/95. | |
| 1814 | Jan-Feb | Marching, skirmishing & outpost duties |
| Feb | All 3 Battalions at Orthes | |
| Feb | Battle of Merxem (Graham's expedition) Riflemen distinguish themselves. | |
| 20 Mar | Battle of Tarbes 95th clear Gen Harispe's Division from a series of hills, interspersed with hedges and ditches in an hour. 3/95 on right,2/95 in centre, 1/95 on left. | |
| 10 Apr | Battle of Toulouse Light Division spend most of the battle extricating the over enthusiastic Spanish troops from the hole they'd got into. | |
| 11 Apr | Despatch with news of Napoleon's abdication arrives. Soult refuses to accept the news and retires north. | |
| 16 Apr | 95th advance after French | |
| 17 Apr | Soult agrees to an armistice, Rifles return to Toulouse & remain there till the end of May | |
| 15 Jun | 95th enter Bordeaux | |
| mid Jul | 95th back in England |
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