Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tura rundunar zuwa Cape Colony a lokacin Yakin Xhosa na Takwas
a shekara ta 1851. A ranar 25 ga Fabrairun 1852 wani rukuni na maza 51 a karkashin jagorancin Ensign Boyland suna cikin jirgin HMS "Birkenhead" suna tafiya daga Simon's Town zuwa Port Elizabeth lokacin da jirgin ya buga duwatsu. Sojojin sun taru a kan bene kuma sun kasance a hankali don ba da damar mata da yara su shiga jirgi don su zauna a cikin kwale-kwale. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan jirgin ya rabu kuma yawancin sojojin da ke cikin jirgin sun nutsar ko kuma sun zama wadanda sharks suka kashe. Jaruntakar sojojin, wadanda suka hada da ma'aikata daga runduna goma daban-daban, sun jagoranci sunan Birkenhead Drill. Ya sake zama Bataliya ta 1 lokacin da aka sake tsara Bataliya ta 2 a 1857, kuma ya tafi China a 1860 a lokacin Yaƙin Opium na Biyu, yana yaƙi a Yaƙin na Uku na Taku Forts da kuma kama Beijing.