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 THE NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS. Ill As the strength of the battalion brought out by Macquarie 1^)7-33 was ^' about seven hundred,'' it follows that upwards of five hundred men were added after its arrival, which is as nearly as possible the number left behind from the New South Wales Corps. The New South Wales Corps was thus split in two. One part returned to England as the 102nd Eegiment; the other remained in New South Wales, and became part and parcel of the 73rd Begiment. From 1807 to 1811 the 102nd Eegiment appears on the MoTementa pay-lists as a regiment of ten companies; in 1812 and 1813 i807-i8i8^ it numbered eleven companies, but was afterwards reduced to ten. From 1812 to 1817 the regiment was engaged partly on foreign service and partly on service in Ireland. A portion of the regiment was despatched to the Bermudas in July, 1812, and in June, 1814, took part in an expedition against Moose Island, in America, which capitulated on the 11th July. In February, 1816, the 102nd, by direction of the Prince Begent, became the 100th Begiment. Towards the close of 1817 the companies which had been doing duty abroad returned to England ; those which were on icond service in Ireland were recalled, arriving early in March, SaSndcd. 1818, at Chatham, where, on the 24th March, 1818, the regiment was disbanded. The Veteran Company enjoyed a life of twenty-one years. The veteran It was formed on the 10th March, 1810, and as long as the TOmpany. 73rd Begiment remained in the colony was linked with that regiment as an invalid company. In the lists for March, 1814, it is described as the "New South Wales Veteran Company,^' and from that date to September, 1823, it was linked with the 46th Foot and 48th Foot, the regiments which followed the 73rd in the performance of garrison duty in New South Wales.