The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-06 00:00:00

Infantry Reliefs in 1865.

The period has now arrived when the movements
of regiments during the year 1865 may be antici-
pated with something approaching to accuracy.
With respect to the foreign reliefs we indicated a
plan last August by which the seven infantry regi-
ments standing first for foreign service might be
sent out strictly in their turn, without obliging
those that last returned from India to proceed again
to the same station. This plan will be found to be
substantially followed by the authorities in the
ir
ar-
rangements for the year, The 32d, 84th, 87th, and
29th, which head the .roster, will proceed to the
2
Mediterranean, the
84thand 78th in all likelihood
to Gibraltar, and the
The four regiments that they 29th to Malta.
anwciill replace at these
stations will be sent—two tow Canada,h to relieve the
Ist battalion 17th and 63d,
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replace a corps to be sent to Ind
Mauritius to replace a battalion also
It is likely that the 4th battalion of going
Bri-
gade will go from Gibraltar to the Cape, takine..
place of the 96th ; the 2d battalion 7th Fusiliersbfrtohe
Malta to Canada, relieving Ist battalion 17th ; then
2d battalion 15th from Gibraltar to Canada, reliev-
ing the 63d ; and the 2d battalion Bth from Malta to
the Mauritius, replacing the 2d battalion 24th, going
to India. The foreign moves may be thus summed
up :-32d, Ireland, to Gibraltar, vice 4th battalion
Rifle Brigade, to the Cape, vice 96th to India, vice
44th home ; 84th, Ireland, to Malta, vice 2d batta-
lion 7th Fusiliers to Canada, vice Ist battalion 17th
to England; 78th Highlanders, Ireland, to Gibraltar,
vice 2d battalion 15th to Canada, vice 63d to Eng-
land ; 29th, Ireland, to Malta, vice 2d battalion Bth
to the Mauritius, vice 2d battalion 24th to India,
vice 72d Highlanders home; 26th to India, vice 54th
home; 41st to India, vice 56th home; 49th to India,
viceb 2d battalion 18th Royal Irish home. The em-
barkations for the Mediterranean' will commence
about June, the two arrivali from Canada may be
expected in July or August, and those from India
in the spring of 1866. Before
alions will return from
ese last, seven bat-
now on their
lamalndia, of which five are
and two more, the ,!7 and their reliefs sent out ;
lieved, in consequence 89th
the diminution of the Euro-
peanforces in Bengal
by two battalions. The regi-

ments now on passage from India will be quartered
as follows on their arrival, whichlwill probably be in
the following order :—The 28th at Devonport, the
52d at Dover, the 48th at Shorncliff, the 71st at
Edinburgh, and the 81st at Portsmouth. Of the
seven battalions next to embark for foreign ser-
vice, six , are withdrawn from Ireland, and the
following are likely to be sent to supply their
place :—The Ist battalion, 2d Queen's, from Devon-
port ; the Ist battalion, 3d Buffs, from Sheffield ;
the Ist battalion, Bth, from Manchester ; the 2nd
battalion, Ist Royals, from the Channel Islands; the
37th from Dover; and the Ist battalion, 24th. The
73d will probably go to the Channel Islands in place
of the Ist Royals. The following battalions are
likely to be moved up to Aldershott in the course of
the spring and early summer :—The 92d from Glas-
gow ; Ist battalion, 13th, from Dover ; 69th from
Portsmouth ; and the Ist battalion, 21st, from
Portsmouth. The early departures from the camp
will include the 2d battalion, 60th Rifles, 59th, and
73d ; and later in the season, the Ist battalion, 14th,
62d, and 39th, which were sent up to the camp im-
mediately upon their arrival from abroad, may also
expect a turn of service in a garrison town.—Arniy
and Navy Gazette.