Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahoutia te 1st battalion ka eke ki Portugal i te Pipiri 1808 mo te mahi i te Pakanga Peninsular. I whakaingoatia te 71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot i muri mai i taua marama, i kite ia i te mahi i te
Te Pakanga o Roliça i Akuhata 1808, te Pakanga o Vimeiro i muri mai i taua marama me te Pakanga o Corunna i te Hanuere 1809 i mua i te wehenga atu i te Peninsula. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1809 ka noho ko ia he puhi hiko marama, ana ka whai waahi te puhi i te pakanga kino o Walcheren i te ngahuru o te tau 1809 i mua i tana hokinga ki te kaainga ka whakaingoatia ko te 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) i te puna o te tau 1810.