87th and 89th Regiment land at Ostend.

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Thu, 06/26/1794

Lieutenant General the Earl of Moira

Lieutenant General the Earl of Moira commanded a corps of some 5,000 infantry that sailed to reinforce the Duke of York's Army in Holland. Both the 87th and 89th Regiment of Foot were in the force that landed at Ostend on 26 June 1794. Following a rapid march, Moira's force reached Ghent between 28 - 30 June 1794.

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'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. His name was Duff. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered.
(Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44)

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