The regiment was redesignated as the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) in 1786[2] and saw action at the siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.[14]
A second battalion was again raised in October 1804 but remained in Scotland throughout the War.[2] The 1st battalion embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in August 1805 and took part in the Battle of Blaauwberg in January 1806.[17] The battalion then sailed for South America and took part in the disastrous expedition against Buenos Aires under Sir Home Popham. The battalion was taken prisoner and the Regimental Colours were captured.[18] New colours were presented to the regiment by Lieutenant-General Sir John Floyd in April 1808.[19]
The 1st battalion was reformed and embarked for Portugal in June 1808 for service in the Peninsular War.[20] Renamed the 71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot later that month,[2] it saw action at the Battle of Roliça in August 1808,[21] the Battle of Vimeiro later that month[22] and Battle of Corunna in January 1809[23] before being evacuated from the Peninsula.[24] In March 1809 it became a light infantry regiment,[25] and the regiment next took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809[26] before returning home and being renamed the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in spring 1810.[2]
The regiment embarked for Canada in May 1824[36] and then moved on to Bermuda in October 1831[37] before returning to England in September 1834.[38] It returned to Canada in April 1838[38] and then moved to Antigua in December 1844[39] before returning home in January 1847.[39] The regiment embarked for Corfu in 1853 and then landed in the Crimea for service in the Crimean War: it saw action at the siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854.[40] The regiment went on to India to help suppress the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and remained there for the Ambela Campaign in 1863.[40] The regiment returned home in 1865 and then embarked for Gibraltar in 1868 before returning home again in 1880.[40]