<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - I-regiment yathunyelwa eKapa Colony ngesikhathi seMpi YesiXhosa Yesishiyagalombili  <response>: ngo-1851. Ngomhlaka 25 Febhuwari 1852 iqembu lamadoda angu-51 ngaphansi komyalo ka-Ensign Boyland lalisemkhunjini i-HMS Birkenhead lisuka eSimons Town liya ePort Elizabeth ngesikhathi umkhumbi ushayisa amatshe. Amabutho ayeqoqene emphemeni futhi ahlala eqaphile ukuze abesifazane nezingane ababesemkhunjini babe nesikhathi sokungena ezikebheni zokutakula. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokhu umkhumbi waphuka futhi iningi lamasosha ayesemkhunjini labulawa ukucwila noma labulawa oshaka. Isibindi samabutho, esakhiwa ama-cadre avela emibuthweni eyishumi ehlukene, saholela ekuqanjweni kwe-Birkenhead Drill. Kwaphinde kwaba yi- 1st Battalion lapho i- 2nd Battalion iguqulwa ngo-1857, futhi yaya eChina ngo-1860 ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili Ye-Opium, yalwa eMpini Yesithathu yaseTaku Forts kanye nokuthunjwa kweBeijing. 