[10] The regiment embarked for Menorca in June 1800[11] and then sailed on to Abu Qir in Egypt in March 1801 to take part in the Egyptian Campaign.
However, on hearing the sound of firing, the regiment saw the commander-in-chief, Sir Ralph Abercromby, passing on his horse and called out to be allowed to return to the line of battle, to which he gave his assent.
[21] The regiment returned to Portugal in September 1810 to resume its service under General Viscount Wellesley in the Peninsular War.
At an early stage, Napoleon's troops attacked the left of the Allied line, and the regiment was ordered to charge the leading French column.
The horses of the Scots Greys passed through the regiment to get to the scattering French troops and press the advantage.
[42] It was deployed to the Ionian Islands in 1851[43] and to Gibraltar in 1853 from where it was dispatched to take part in the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War but saw no serious action.
[44] The regiment embarked for India in January 1858 to help suppress the Indian Rebellion and were engaged in several skirmishes with remaining rebel forces.
[45] In December 1878, the regiment was ordered to Afghanistan where it was engaged in various security operations following the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
[47] At the end of August 1880, the regiment formed part of the force which marched under General Frederick Roberts from Kabul to Kandahar, and at the Battle of Kandahar on 1 September 1880, formed part of the 1st Brigade, which led the advance in sweeping the enemy out of the closely wooded enclosures along the western slopes of the hill on which the village of Gundi Mullah Sahibdad stood.
After capturing the hilltop in order to dominate the Boer line, the force of 350 British soldiers of the 58th and 92nd Regiments including a number of Royal Navy gunners, found themselves exposed to heavy and accurate fire early on the following day.
[2] The Regimental Colours of the 92nd were laid-up in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, some two years later by the Duke of Cambridge, where they remain to the present day.