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GENERAL ORDERS.

HORSE GUARDS,

\st January ^ 1836.

His Majesty has been pleased to command that,
with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regi-
ments, as well as to Individuals who have dis-
tinguished themselves by their bravery in Action
with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of
every Regiment in the British Army shall be pub-
lished under the superintendence and direction of
the Adjutant-General ; and that this Account shall
contain the following particulars, viz. : —

The Period and Circumstances of the Original

Formation of the Regiment ; The Stations at which
it has been from time to time employed; The Bat-
tles, Sieges, and other Military Operations in which
it has been engaged, particularly specifying any
Achievement it may have performed, and the
Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have captured from
the Enemy.

The Names of the Officers, and the number

of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed
or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the Place
and Date of the Action.

GENERAL ORDERS.

The Names of those Officers who, m con-
sideration of their Gallant Services and Meritorious
Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have
been distinguishei with Titles, Medals, or other
Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.

The Names of all such Officers, Non-Com-

missioned Officers, and Privates, as may have
specially signalized themselves in Action.

And,

The Badges and Devices which the Regi-
ment may have been perraittedl to bear, and the
Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices,
or any other Marks of Distinction, have been
granted.

By Command of the Right Honorable

GENERAL LORD HILL,

;. Commanding'in-Chief,

John Macdonald,

Adjutant- General.

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PREFACE.

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The character and credit of the British Army must
chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which
all who enter into its service are animated, and
consequently it is of the highest importance that any
measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation,
by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved,
should be adopted.

Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplish-
ment of this desirable object than a full display of the
noble deeds with which the Military History of our
country abounds. To hold forth these bright ex-
amples to the imitation of the youthful soldier, and
thus to incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct
of those who have preceded him in their honorable
career, are among the motives that have given rise
to the present publication.

The operations of the British Troops are, indeed,
announced in the " London Gazette," from whence
they are transferred into the public prints: the
achievements of our armies are thus made known at
the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute

PREFACE.

of praise and admiration to which they are entitled.
On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parlia-
ment have been in the habit of conferring on the
Conmaanders, and the OflScers and Troops acting
under their orders, expressions of approbation and
of thanks for their skill and bravery ; and these
testimonials, confirmed by the high honour of their
Sovereign's approbation, constitute the reward
which the soldier most highly prizes.

It has not, however, until late years, been the prac-
tice (which appears to have long prevailed in some of
the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep
regular records of their services and achievements.
Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtain-
ing, particularly from the old Regiments, an authen-
tic account of their origin and subsequent services.

This defect will now be remedied, in consequence
of His Majesty having been pleased to command
that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and
ample record of its services at home and abroad.

From the materials thus collected, the country
will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties
and privations which chequer the career of those who
embrace the military profession. In Great Britain,
where so large a number of persons are devoted to
the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so

PREFACE. V

long a period, been undisturbed by the presence of
warf which few other countries have escaped, com-
paratively little is known of the vicissitudes of active
service and of the casualties of climate, to which,
even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in
every part of the globe, with little or no interval of
repose.

In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which
the country derives from the industry and the enter-
prise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy
inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on
the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor, — on
their sufferings, — and on the sacrifice of valuable life,
by which so many national benefits are obtained and
preserved.

The conduct of the British Troops, their valour,
andendurance, have shoneconspicuously under great
and trying difficulties; and their character has been
established in Continental warfare by the irresistible
spirit with which they have effected debarkations in
spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the
gallantry and steadiness with which they have main-
tained their advantages against superior numbers.

In the Official Reports made by the respective
Commanders, ample justice has generally been done
to the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but
the details of their services and of acts of individual

PREFACE.

bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the
various Regiments.

• These Records are now preparing for publication,
under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr.
Richard Cannon, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant
General's Office ; and while the perusal of them can-
not fail to be useful and interesting to military men
of every rank, it is considered that they will also
afford entertainment and information to the general
reader, particularly to those who may have served in
the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.

There exists in the breasts of most of those who
have served, or are serving, in the Army, an Esprit
de Corps —an attachment to everything belonging
to their Regiment ; to such persons a narrative of
the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove
interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of
the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been
of paramount interest with a brave and civilized
people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes
who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood
** firm as the rocks of their native shore :" and when
half the world has been arrayed against them, they
have fought the battles of their Country with un-
shaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of
achievements in war, — victories so complete and
surprising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers,

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our fellow-citizens in arms, — a record which revives
the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant
deeds before us, — ^will certainly prove acceptable to
the public.

Biographical Memoirs of the Colonels and other
distinguished Officers will be introduced in the
Records of their respective Regiments, and the
Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to
time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testify-
ing the value and importance of its services, will be
faithfully set forth.

As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record
of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct num-
ber, so that when the whole shall be completed the
Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.

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The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been
celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness,
and the national superiority c^ the British troops
over those of other countries has been evinced in
the midst of the most imminent perils. History con-
tains so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery,
that no doubts can be raised upon the facts which
are recorded. It must therefore be admitted, that
the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is
Intrepidity. This quality was evinced by the
inhabitants of England when their country was
invaded by Julius Caesar with a Roman army, on
which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into
the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they de-
scended from their ships ; and, although their dis-
cipline and arms were inferior to those of their
adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing
intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, in-
cluding Caesar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms
consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons
of rude construction. They had chariots, to the

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axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron
resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long
chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and
fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit
or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off
with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were,
however, unavailing against Caesar s legions : in
the course of time a military system, with dis-
cipline and subordination, was introduced, and
British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted
to the greatest advantage ; a full development of
the national character followed, and it shone forth
in all its native brilliancy.

The military force of the Anglo-Saxons consisted
principally of infantry : Thanes, and other men of
property, however, fought on horseback The
infantry were of two classes, heavy and light.
The former carried large shields armed with spikes,
long broad swords and spears ; and the latter were
armed with swords or spears only. They had also
men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and
javelins.

The feudal troops established by William the
Conqueror consisted ( as already stated in the Intro-
duction to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse :
but when the warlike barons and knights, with their
trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a pro-
portion of men appeared on foot, and, although
these were of inferior degree, they proved stout-
heartea Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipen-
diary troops were employed, infantry always con-
stituted a considerable portion of the military force ;

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and this arme ha? .-' e acquired, in every quarter
of the globe, a ce brity never exceeded by the
armies of any nation at any period.

The weapons carried by the infantry, during the
several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows
and arrows, half-pikes, lances, halberds, various
kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour
was worn on the head and body, and in course of
time the practice became general for military men
to be so completely cased in steel, that it was
almost impossible to slay them.

The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the
destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the
fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms
and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and
arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but
British archers continued formidable adversaries ;
and, owing to the inconvenient construction and im-
perfect bore of the fire-arms when first introduced,
a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow
from their youth, was considered a valuable acqui-
sition to every army, even as late as the sixteenth
century.

During a great part of the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth each company of infantry usually consisted of
men armed five different ways ; in every hundred
men forty were " men-at-arms" and sixty ^^shot ;**
the " men-at-arms " were ten halberdiers, or battle-
axe men, and thirty pikcmen ; and the " shot " were
twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty
harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his
principal weapon, a sword and dagger.

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Companies of infantry varied at this period in
numbers from 150 to 300 men ; each company had
a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation re-
commended by an English military writer ( Sir John
Smithe) in 1690 was ; the colour in the centre of
the company guarded by the halberdiers ; the pike-
men in equal proportions, on each flank of the
halberdiers ; half the musketeers on each flank of
the pikes ; half the archers on each flank of the mus-
keteers, and the harquebusiers (whose arms were
much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal
proportions on each flank of the company for skir-
mishing.* It was customary to unite a number of
companies into one body, called a Regiment, which
frequently amounted to three thousand men ; but
each company continued to carry a colour. Nume-
rous improvements were eventually introduced in the
construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found
impossible to make armour proof against the muskets
then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without
its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was
gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seven-
teenth century : bows and arrows also fell into dis-
use, and the infantry were reduced to two classes,
viz. : musketeers^ armed with matchlock muskets,

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The musket carried a ball which wci^^hed -,i^th of a pound ; and the
harquebus a ball which weighed ^I'jth of a pound.

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period in
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swords, and daggers ; SLndpikemen^ armed with pikes
from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and rwords.

In the early part of the seventeenth century
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the
strength of regiments to 1000 men. He caused the
gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in
flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each contain-
ing a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and
carried in pouches ; and he formed each regiment
into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division
of Pikemen. He also adopted the practice of form-
ing four regiments into a brigade ; and the number
of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each
regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that
his infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated
Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers ; and his
armies became the admiration of other nations. His
mode of formation was copied by the English,
French, and other European states ; but so great
was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that
all his improvements were not adopted until near a
century afterwards.

In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-
service, styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678
each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30
pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with
light firelocks. In this year the King added a com-
pany of men armed with hand grenades to each of
the old British regiments, which was designated the
" grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived
as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets,

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similar to those at present in use, were adopted
about twenty years afterwards.

An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by
order of King James II., to guard the artillery, and
was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot).
This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did
not carry pikes.

King William III. incorporated the Admiral's
regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised
two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the
war in this reign, each company of infantry (ex-
cepting the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14
pikemcn and 46 musketeers ; the captains carried
pikes ; lieutenants, partisans ; ensigns, half-pikes ;
and Serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the
Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again
formed on the breaking out of the war in 1 702.*

During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were
laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed
with a musket, bayonet, and sword ; the grenadiers
ceased, about the same period, to carry hand gre-
nades ; and the regiments were directed to lay aside
their third colour: the corps of Royal Artillery
was first added to the Army in this reign.

About the year 1745, the men of the battalion
companies of infantry ceased to carry swords ; during

*** 'Vhe 3(Hh, Slst, and 32nd Regiments were funned as Marine corps
in 17^)2, bnd were employed as such during the wars in the reign of
Queen Anne, 'llie Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under
Adiniml Bir ( icorge Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and
in itt lubiteiiiient defence in 1704 ; they were after^vards employed at
the liege of lioroelona in 1706.

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the reign of George II. light companies were added
to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of
General Officers recommended that the grenadiers
should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had
never been used during the Seven Years' War.
Since that period the arms of the infantry soldier
have been limited to the musket and bayonet.

The arms and equipment of the British Troops
have seldom differed materially, since the Conquest,
from those of other European states ; and in some
respects the arming has, at certain periods, been
allowed to be inferior to that of the nations with
whom they have had to contend ; yet, under this
disadvantage, the bravery and superiority of the
British infantry have been evinced on very many
and most trying occasions, and splendid victories
have been gained over very superior numbers.

Great Britain has produced a rate of lion-hke
champions who have dared to confront a host of
foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any
arms. At Crecy^ King Edward III., at the head of
about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August,
1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to
have amounted to 100,000 men ; here British valour
encountered veterans of renown : — the King of Bo-
hemia, the King of Majorca, and many princes and
nobles were slain, and the French army was routed
and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward
Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black
Prince, defeated at Poictiers^ with 14,000 men,
a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry,
and took John I., King of France, and his son,

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Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415,
King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000
men, although greatly exhausted by marches, pri-
vations, and sickness, defeated, at Agincourt, the
Constable of France, at the head of the flower of
the French nobihty and an army said to amount to
'60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.

During the seventy years' war between the United
Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish mo-
narchy, which commenced in 1578 and terminated
in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the
States-General were celebrated for their uncon-
querable spirit and firmness;* and in the thirty
years' war between the Protestant Princes and the
Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the ser-
vice of Sweden and other states were celebrated for
deeds of heroism.f In the wars of Queen Anne,
the fame of the British army under the great
Marlborough was spread throughout the world '
and if we glance at the achievements performed
within the memory of persons now living, there is
abundant proof that the Britons of the present age
are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities

* The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed
in 1690, obser^'es : — " I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation
would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field,
let them Ije chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish
infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For
instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the
seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or
Buffs.

t Vide the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of
Foot.

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which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds
of the brave men, of whom there are many now
surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the
brave Abercromby , and compelled the French army,
which had been vainly styled Invincible^ to eva-
cuate that country ; also the services of the gallant
Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Pen-
insula, under the immortal Wellington ; and the
determined stand made by the British Army at
Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had
long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain,
and had sought and planned her destruction by
every means he could devise, was compelled to
leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to
place himself at the disposal of the British Govern-
ment. These achievements, with others of recent
dates, in the distant climes of India, prove that the
same valour and constancy which glowed in the
breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt,
Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the
Britons of the nineteenth century.

The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust
and muscular frame, — intrepidity which no danger
can appal, — unconquerable spirit and resolution, —
patience in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obe-
dience to his superiors. These qualities, united with
an excellent system of order and discipline to regu-
late and give a skilful direction to the energies and
adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection
of officers of superior talent to command, whose
presence inspires confidence, — have been the leading
causes of the splendid victories gained by the British

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arms.* The fame of the deeds of the past and
present generations in the various battle-fields where
the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered,
surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory ;
these achievements will live in the page of history to
the end of time.

The records of the several regiments will be found
to contain a detail of facts of an interestingcharacter,
connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant
exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the
world where the calls of their Country and the com-
mands of their Sovereign have required them to
proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in

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Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Miyesty ascribes
the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to
that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Migesty
desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the conside-
ration of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of
order, discipline, and military system, which has fpyea the full energy
to the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to
assert the superiority of the national military character, in situations
uncommonly arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty."
— Gmeral Orders in 1801.

In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope
(afterwards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the sue-
cessful result of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January 1809,
it is stated : — " On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British
troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a severe and
harassing march, rendered'necessary by the superiority which the enemy
had acquired, and which had materially impaired the efficiency of the
troops, many disadvantages were to be encountered. These have all
been surmounted by the conduct of the troops themselves : and the
enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages of position or of
numbers he may possess, there is inherent in the British officers and
soldiers a bravery that knows not how to yield, — that no circumstances
can appal,— and that will ensure victory, when it is to be obtained by
the exertion of any human means." - •

TO THE INFANTRY.

XIX

active continental operations, or in maintaining colo-
nial territories in distant and unfavourable climes.

The superiority of the British infantry has been
pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries,
and admitted by the greatest commanders which
Europe has produced. The formations and move-
ments of this armef as at present practised, while
they are adapted to every speeies of warfare, and to
all probable situations and circumstances of service,
are calculated to show forth the brilliancy of military
tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific
principles. Although the movements and evolutions
have been copied from the continental armies, yet
various improvements have from time to time been
introduced, to ensure that simplicity and celerity by
which the superiority of the national mihtary cha-
racter is maintained. The rank and influence which
Great Britain has attained among the nations of the
world, have in a great measure been purchased by
the valour of the Army, and to persons who have
the welfare of their country at heart, the records
of the several regiments cannot fail to prove inte-
resting.

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THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT,
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY:

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AN AC0OIJ]NT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT

In 1777,

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THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT

BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND

APPOINTMENTS

THE WORD " IlINDOOSTAN,"

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES

WHILE EMPLOYED IN INDIA FROM

1780 TO 1797;

THE WORDS "CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,"
FOR THE CAPTURE OF THAT COLONY IN JANUARY

1806;

THE WORDS " ROLEIA," " VIMIERA,"

" CORUNNA," " FUENTES d'oNOR," *' ALMARAZ,"

*' VITTORIA," " PYRENEES," " NIVE,"

" 0RT1IE8," AND " PENINSULA,"

IN TESTIMONY OF ITS GALLANTRY IN THE SEVERAL

ACTIONS FOUGHT DURING THE WAR IN PORTUGAL,

SPAIN, AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM

1808 TO 1814' ;

AND

THE WORD "WATERLOO,"

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SKRVICES

AT THAT BATTLE ON THE 18TH OF JUNK

1815.

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Formation of the Sbvbntt-thibd regiment, afterwards

numbered the Seventy-first Regiment - -2

John Lord Macleod appointed colonel of the regiment • ib.

War with France - - - - 3
Removal of the regiment fh>m North Britain to Qoemaey

and Jersey - - - - • ib.

Proceeded to Portsmouth - ... ib,

A second battalion added to the regiment ... ib.

Names of officers - > - • - 4

The first battalion embarked for India ... • 5

The second battalion removed from Scotland to Plymouth ib:
Siege of Gibraltar by the Spaniards ... ib.

The second battalion embarked for Gibraltar • - 6

The first battalion arrived at Madras - • 7

War with Hyder Ali - - • - ib.

The first battalion formed part of Mi^o' *0®>>c>^ ^'i^ Hector

Munro's army - • • - - 7

Siege of Arcot - • - -8

Action at Ferambaukum - - - • 9

The survivors of the British troops engaged in this unequal

contest conveyed to Hydsr All - - - 1 1

Attempts of the Spaniards against Gibraltar • -12

Progress of the War with Hyder AH - - IS

Battle of Porto Abtro - - - - U

Presentation of silver pipes to the first battalion by Lieut-

General Sir Eyre Coote for its gallantry on that occasion ib.
TrijHtssdor retaken by the British - - - IS

Second action at Perambaukuni, and defeat of the enemy - 16
Relief of Fe//or« - • - - -17

Battle of Sholingur • • • • • ib.

Gallant defence of Gibraltar • • • -IS

Sortie of the garrison • • • 20

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VeUore blockaded by Hyder Ali - - - 22
Advance of the British through the Sholingur Pass, and

relief of Vellore ... - fft.

Battle of .4rnce - - - - - 24

Decease of Hyder Ali - - - - 25

And succession of his son Tippoo Saib . . - ib.
The combined attempts of France and Spain against

Gibraltar ..... " ?6

Employment of red-hot shot by the garrison - - «i.

The expedient successful - - - - 28

The garrison honored by His Majesty's approbation - 29

Termination of the siege of Gibraltar - - - 30

Peace concluded between Great Britain, France, and Spain ib.

The second battalion sailed from Gibraltar for England - 31

Progress of the war with Tippoo Saib ... ib.

Siege of Cuddalore - - - - - ib.

Unsuccessful sortie by the enemy - - - 33

Intelligence of the general peace received in India - ib.

The second battalion disbanded - - - ib.

Peace concluded with Tippoo Saib - - - 34
Restoration of the officers and men who had been made

prisoners at the action of Ferambaukum - - ib.

The regiment stationed at Madras - - - ib.

The numerical title changed from Seventy-third to Seventy-

FiKST Regiment - - . - . i6.

Stationed at Wallajohabad anrl Ghingleput - - - 35

Embarked for Bombay .... ib.

Returned to Madras - - - - • ib,

Mnjor-General the Honorable William Gordon pppointed

colonel of the regiment ... . ib.

Hostilities commenced by Tippoo Saib - - - 36

The regiment inarched towards Trichinopoly - - ib.

Siege of Palghautcherrt/ ... - 37
Darraporam captured by the enemy - - -38

Reviewed by General the Earl Comwallis - • ^9

Action near Bangalore - • • - 40

Capture of J5«nj;rt/(»e by the British - - - 41
Advance towards SerinjiasatMm • - -42

Action with Tippoo's troops .... ib.

Return of the army to Bangalore - - » 43

Capture of Niindydrmtg by the British - - . 45

of Savendrnog - - - - - 46

of OutrednxHj, Ram Gurry, and Sheria Ourry - 47

Second advance of the British towards Seringapatam - ib.
Successful attack ui)on the enemy - - -48

Siege of Serhigapatam - - - - 49
Peace concludetl with Tippo Saib, and his two sons deli-
vered u» liuttttgcs - - - • -50
Return of the regiment to Madras • • •SI

The French revolution, and declaration of war by the

National Convention against Great Britain and Holland ib.

The flank companies engaged in the siege and capture of

Pondkhtrry ...... 5S

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1808.

Contemplated expedition against the Mauritius
The design relinquished, and march of the regiment to
Tai^ore - - . . .

Holland united to France, and styled the Batavian Bepublic

The flank companies embarked for Ceylon

Capture of the Island - . - . .

The regiment marched to Walltgohahad

The regiment inspected by Migor-General Clarke, and

complimentary order on the occasion
Embarked for England ....

Disembarked at Woolwich . . -

Proceeded to Scotland ...

Authorized to bear the word " Hindoostan " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments . . .

Marched from Stirling, and embarked for Ireland -

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Major-General Sir John Francis Cradock, ICB., appointed

colonel of the regiment .... ib^

A second battalion added to the regiment . - • ib.

The first battalion embarked on a secret expedition under

Major-General Sir David Baird - - - 57

Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope - - - ib.

Action at Bleuberg - - - - - 58

Surrender of the colony to the British - - 59
Authorized to bear the words " Cape op Good Hope " on

the regimental colour and appointments - - ib.

Expedition to the liio de la Plata - - - 60

Surrender of Bucnoa ^yre» - - - - 61

The city retaken by the enemy - - - 62
The first battalion taken prisoners and removed into the

interior of the country - - - - 68
Escape of Brigadier-General Beresford and Lieut.-Colonel

Pack ... . . • ib.

The second battalion removed ti-om Ireland to Scotland - ib.
Convention entered into by Lieut.-General Whitelocke, and

release of the first battalion - - - "64

The first battalion arrived at Cork - - • ib.

The second battalion embarked for Scotland > ■ ib.
Presentation of new colours - - - - 65
Address of Lieut-General John Floyd on that occasion • ib.
The first battalion embarked for the Peninsula - - 67
Authorized to bear the title of Glasgow Regiment, in addi-
tion to the appellation of Highland Regiment - • ib.
Battle of Ihleia .... .68
Authorized to bear the word " RotBiA " on the regimental

colour and appointments .... ib.
Battle of Vimiera - ... -69
Authorized to bear the word " ViMiEnA " on the regimental

colour and appointments • • . • •70

Convention of Cmtra .... tb,
March of the troops into Spain • • • •71

Joined the army under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore • 72

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I^i-Oeneral Fnncis Dondas appointed colonel of the
Nfl^tnent ..»-.»

Battle of Corunna ....

Authorised to bear the word "Cobunna" on the regi-
mental colour and appointments - • -74

The thanks of Parliament conferred on the troops • ib.

The firit twttalion arrived in England . • - 75

Formed Into a Light Infantry Begiment - . - 76

Expedition to the Scheldt ... . ib.

The flnit battalion embarked at Portsmouth • - ib.

Aetbn on landing . - • - 77

Attack and capture of Ter Veer . - - 78

Siege and capitulation of Flushing - - • ib.

Occupation of Ter Veer by the first battalion - - 79

Itetum of the battalion to England - - - ib.

TiOM of the battalion on this expedition • . • ib.

Permitted to retain such parts of the national dress as were

not incnniistent with light infantry duties > - ib.

The flfHt battalion again ordered for foreign service - 80

Embarked for Portugal - - - - 81

Joined the army under Lieut-General Viscoimt Wellington ib.

Action! at Sobral - - - - - 82

Occupied a position In the lines of Torres Yedras • - ib.
Mamnal Mossena retired to Santarem • - -83

Advance of the first battalion - • • ib.

Pursuit of Marshal Massena - - - 84

Dattle of Fufffitefd' Onor . ... ib.
Authorised to bear the words " Fuentes d'Omor " on the

regimental colour and appointments - - - 85

The second battalion removed fVom Leith to South Britain 86
The flrit battalion formed part of the army under Lieut.-

Oeneral Rowland Hill ... . ib.
Affair of Arroyo'del'Mdinos - - - - 87
The nnral approbation conferred on the troops engaged • 88
0|)eratrons consequent on the preparations made by Vis-
count Wellington for the recapture of Ciudad Rodrigo - 89

Third siege of Jiadajoz - ... ib.
('apture of Uadajox .... ib.
Destruction of the enemy's bridge of boats at Almaraz - 90
AuthorUcd to b< • the word " Almakaz " on the regi-
mental colour I ,id appointments - - - 91
KulHtettuent operations - . . - 92
Rattle of Saliimuiica - • • • . 93
lU'treat fVom Durgos .... ib.

Atti'inplcd surprise of Bejar by the French - - 94

March of th(< first battalion to Bejar - - - ib.
Tint second battalion returned to North Britain - .94

Rattlt' of Viftiifla - - - - - ib.
DeiHli of ('olonel the Honorable Henry Cadogan, Lieut.-

(!(»loncl of the HKVKKTr-riitsT Regiment - -95
Aiithorixcd Jo Iwar the word " VixToniA " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments - - - 96
Advanov on I'nnipelunu - - • - 97
Hkiruiish at Elitnndo - • . . • ib.

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Occupied positions in the Pyrenees > • • 97

Action at Maya » . - - ' ib.

near Eguaros - - - - iJ.

at the Pass of Dona Maria • - - 99

Authorized to bear the word " Ftrenees " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments • • - 100
Encamped on the heights of Boncesvalles ... loi
Gallant repulse of tiie French by a small party of the

Seventt-fimbt on the heights of Altobispo - - ib.

Advance to the French territory - - • ib.

Battle of the iVirefle - - - - - 102

Passage of the Nive .... | j.
Authorized to bear the word " Nive " on the regimental

colour and appointments .... 103

Skirmishes at St Hellette, heights of Garris, and St

Palais .... . - 104

Action at Sauveterre - - - - - i6.

Battle of OrfAes - - - - • ib.

Authorized to bear the word " Obthes " on the regimental

colour and appointments - . . H,

Affairs at Aire and Tarbes - - - - ib.

Battle of rTMfojMe ... . ,-fi.

Termination of the Peninsular War, and general order by

the Duke of Wellington - - - - 105

The lirst battalion embarked for England • - ib.

Authorized to bear the word " Peninsula " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments ... io6

The first battalion arrived at Cork - - - ib.

The second battalion remained in North Britain - • ib.

Return of Napoleon to Paris, and renewal of the war - 107

The first battalion embarked for Ostend - - • ib.

Battle of Waterioo - - - - - 108

Honors conferred on the army for the victory - - 110
Authorized to bear the word " Waterloo " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments - - - t6
The first battalion marched to Paris .... jft.
The second battalion disbanded - - - 1 1 1

Presentation of the Waterloo medals to the regiment • ib.

Address of Colonel Reynell on that occasion - - ib.

Presentation of new colours by Major-General Sir Denis

Pack, K.C.B., and his address to the regiment - - 113

The regiment returned to England • • -114

Inspected at Weedon by M^jor-General Sir John Byng - 115

Inspected by the Adjutant-General - - - ib.

Embarked for Ireland ... . fj.

Lieut.-General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B., appointed

colonel of the regiment - . • - 116

The regiment embarked for Canada - - - ib.

Formed into six service and four ilepdt companies - > ib.

The depot companies proceeded to Berwick-on-Tweed - 118

Mtijor-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., appointed colonel

of the regiment .... - ib.

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The Benriee companies proceed from Quebec to Bermuda

The Tartan Plaid Scarf restored to the Sbtemtt-vibst
Regiment .....

The service companies arrived at Leith ...
The regiment stationed at Edinburgh ...

Embarked for Ireland ....

Major-General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, KC.B.,
appointed colonel of the regiment . . .

The service companies embarked for Canada

The depot companies removed from Ireland to North
Britain .....

Lieut-Qeneral Sir Thomas Beynell, Bart., K.C.B., ap-
pointed colonel of the regiment - - -

The re^ment formed into two battalions
The Reserve battalion embarked for Canada

The first battalion removed from Canada to the West
Indies . - . . -

The first battalion embarked at Barbadoes for England -

Arrived at Portsmouth, and proceeded to Glasgow

Lieut General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B., appointed
colonel of the regiment ....

The first battalion proceeded to Ireland

Lieut-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B., appointed
colonel of the regiment - - - -

The reserve battalion employed at Montreal in aid of the
civil power ...

Conclusion ... ...

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Year. -- - '- --^ ' '

1777. John Lord Macleod

1789. The Honorable William Gordon

1803. Sir John Francis Cradock, G.C.B.

1809. Francis Dundas ...

1824. Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B.

1829. Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B.

1838. Sir Samuel Ford Whittmgham

1841. Sir Thomas Beynell, Bart, K.C.B.

1848. Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B.

1849. Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B. and E.C.H.

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APPENDIX.

Memoir of Captam Philip Melvill . . . .

Memoir of General the Bight Honorable Sir David Basrd, Bart,

G.C.B. -

Memoir of M^)or*General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B.

General orders of the 18th of January and Ist of February 1809,

relating to the battle of Corunna and the death of Lieut.-

General Sir John Moore ....

List of regiments which composed the army under Lieut-General

Sir John Moore -..--.
British and Hanoverian army at Waterloo on the 18th of June

1815 - - . . . . .

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INTRODUCTION

TO THK

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF THE

SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT,

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.

During the last century several corps, at successive
periods, have been borne on the establishment of the
army, and numbered the seventy-first ; the following
details are therefore prefixed to the historical record
of the services of the regiment which now bears that
number, in order to prevent its being connected with
those corps which have been designated by the same
numercial title, but whose services have been totally
distinct.

1. In the spring of 1758 the second battalions of
fifteen regiments of infantry, from the 3d to the 37th,
were directed to be formed into distinct regiments,

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formed, were disbanded in 1763, after the peace of
Fontainebleau.

2. Several other corps were likewise disbanded in
1763, which occasioned a change in the numerical
titles of the following regiments of Invalids, viz. : —
The 8l8t reg* (Invalids) was numbered the 71st.
82d „ „ „ 72d.

116th „ ., „ 73d.

117th „ „ „ 74th.

118th „ „ „ 75th.

The 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, and 75th regiments, thus
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namely, four companies at Guernsey, four at Jersey,
three at Hull, two at Chester, two at Tilbury Fort,
two at Sheerness, one at Landguard Fort, one at
Pendennis, and one in the Scilly Islands.

3. These numerical titles became thus extinct until
October 1775, when another seventy-first regiment
was raised for service in America by Major-General
the Honorable Simon Fraser, which consisted of two
battalions, and which performed eminent service
during the war with the colonists. In December
1777j further augmentations were made to the army,
and the regiments, which were directed to be raised,
were numbered from the seventy-second to the eighty-
third regiment.

The army was subsequently increased to one hun-
dred and five regular regiments of infantry, exclusive
of eleven unnumbered regiments, and thirty-six inde-
pendent companies of Invalids.

The conclusion of the general peace in 1783
occasioned the disbandment of several regiments,
commencing with the seventy-first regiment ; the
second battalion of which was disbanded on the 5th
April 1783, and the first battalion on the 4th June
1784.

4. In 1786 the numerical titles of certain regiments,
retained on the reduced establishment of the army,
were changed, viz. : —

The seventy-thirdt which had been authoiised to be

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raised by John Lord Macleod in 1777, was directed
to be numbered the seventy-first regiment.

The seventy-eighth^ which had been authorised
to be raised by the Earl of Seaforth in 1777, was
directed to be numbered the seventy-second re-
giment.

The second battalion of \he forty-second, which had
been authorised to be raised in 1779, was directed to
be constituted the seventy-third regiment.

These corps were denominated Highland regi-
ments, and have since continued to form part of the
regular army.

The details of the services of the present seventy-
first regiment are contained in the following pages ;
the histories of the seventy-second and seventy-third
regiments are given in distinct numbers.

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SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT,

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY;

ORIGINALLY NCMBEREn

THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.

The war between Great Britain and her American 1777.
Colonies had, towards the end of the year 1777, assumed
an aspect which was beheld with great interest by the
European powers. France, although abstaining at this
period from entering into the contest, privately encou-
raged the colonists, and several French officers proceeded
to join the American standard. The influence of the
British ministry then became em})loyed in encouraging
voluntary efforts for the raising of troops. Liverpool,
Manchester, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, at their own
expense, each raised a regiment of a thousand men,
and several independent companies were levied in
Wales. The livery of London and corporation of
Bristol did not follow tliis example, but the monicd
interest in the metropolis showed its attachment to the
administration by opening a subscription for procuring
soldiers

Fii't«'on thousand men were by those patriotic eflforts
raised and presented to the htnto ; of this number up*
wards of tuo thirds were obtained from Scutlandj and

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1777. principally from the Highland clans.* The hardy
mountaineers of North Britain had been long cele-
brated for their military prowess, and the annals of
warfare of subsequent years have added to their former
renown, by affording them opportunities for sustaining
their character for intrepidity and valour.

The present Seventy- first, Highland Light
Infantry, was one of the regiments which owes its
origin to the foregoing circumstances, and was raised
under the following royal warrant, dated 19th Decem-
ber 1777, addressed to John Mackenzie, Esquire, com-
monly called John Lord Macleod, who was appointed
its colonel.
" George R.

** Whereas we have thought fit to order a High-
" land regiment of foot to be forthwith raised under
" your command, to consist of ten companies, of five
" Serjeants, five corporals, two drummers, and one hun-
** dred private men in each, with two pipers to the
" grenadier company, besides commissioned oflScers,
" these are to authorise you, by beat of drum or other-
" wise, to raise so many men in any county or part of

our kingdom of Great Britain as shall be wanting to

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• Regiments raised in the sprint; of 1778 : —
72d regiment, or Royal Mancheiter Volunteers • disbanded in 1783.
73d Highland regiment - - numberedthe 7l8t regiment in 1786.

74th ^i^/i/and regiment - - • disbanded in 1784.

7.5th Prince of Wales's regiment - • disbanded in 1783.

7 Gth tfi^A/ant/ regiment ... - disbanded in 1784.
mh ngiment, or AthM Highlander a- • - disbanded in 1783.
78th Hi(/A/(inr/ regiment - numbered the 7 2d regiment in 1786.

79th regiment, or Royal Liverpool volunteers - disbanded in 1784.
80th regiment, or Itoyal Edinburgh volunteers
81st //i,9A/(in(/ regiment - ...
82d regiment - - - -

83d regiment, or Royal Glwigow volunteers

Two of thest- twelve regiments have been retained on the establish-
ment of the Army, namely, the seventy- third and seventy-eighth, which
are the present >bvkmtt-pirit and skvbkty-second regimenta.

disbanded in 1784.

disbanded in 1783.

disbanded in 1784.

disbanded in 1783.

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" complete the said regiment to the above-mentioned 1 77 7.
" numbers ; and all magistrates, justices of the peace,
" constables, .nd other our civil officers, whom it may
" concern, are hereby required to be assisting unto
" you, in providing quarters, impressing carriages, and
" otherwise, aa there shall be occasion.

" Given at our Court at St. James's, this 19th of
December 1777, in the eighteenth year of our reign.
" By His Majesties command,

" Barrington."
To our trusty and well-beloved John Mackenzie,
" Esq., {commonly called John Lord Macleod),
" Colonel of a Highland Regiment of Foot to be
" forthwith raised, or to the Officer appointed by
" him to raise Men for our said Regiment"

In February 1778 the Court of France concluded 1778.
a treaty of defensive alliance with the American colo-
nies, and Great Britain became involved in a war with
France.

Lord Macleod's efforts in raising the regiment were so
successful that in April 1778 it was embodied at Elgin,
under the denomination of " Macleod's Highlanders,"
and was numbered the " Seventy-third Regiment."

In May the regiment, eleven hundred strong, em-
barked at Fort George, under the command of Colonel
Lord Macleod, and proceeded to Guernsey and Jersey,
in which islands it was stationed for six months. The
regiment was subsequently removed to Portsmouth,
and was cantoned during the remainder of the year in
the neighbouring villages.

On the 24th of September, 1778, Colonel Lord
Macleod received orders to raise a second battalion to
the regiment. Each battalion was to consist of fifty
Serjeants, fifty coqiorals, twenty drummers and fifcra,
two pi[>ers, and a tliousand privates.

At this period the following officers had been ap-
pointed to the Seventy-third Highland Regiment.

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1778, First Battalion.

Colonel, John Lord Macleod.
Lieut.- Colonel, Duncan MTherson.
Majors.

I James Mackenzie.

Captains.

Hugh Lamont.
Hon. James Lindsay.
David Baird.

John Elphinston.

George Mackenzie.
Alexander Gilchrist.
John Shnw.
Cliarle* Dalrymple.

Captain Lieutenant and Captain, David CampbelL

Lieutenants.

Simon Mackenzie.
Philip Melvill.
John Mackenzie.
John Borthwick.
William Gunn.
William Charles Gorrie.
Hugh Sibbald.
David Rninnie.
Charles Munro.

George Sutherland.
James Thrail.
Hugh Dalrymple.

A. Oeddcn Mackenzie.
Hon. Joiin Lindsay.
Abraham Mackenzie, 4djt
Aloxand' .' Mackenzie.
James Kobcrtson.
John Hamilton.
John Hamilton.
Lewii Urqtihnrt. '

George Ogilvio.
Innei Muiiro. •

Ensigns.
Jamoi Duncan
8!mon Mackenzie.
Alexander Mackenzie.
John Sinclair.

Chaplain, Colin Mackenzie.
At^utant, Abraham Mackenzie.
Quartermaster, John Lytrott. (

Surgeon, Alexander MacDougall.

Second Battalion.
Colonel, John Lord Macleod.
Lieut,' Colonel, The Hon. George Mackenzie.

Majors.

Hamilton Maxwell | Norman Macleod.

Captains.

Hon. Colin Lindsay.
John MaelntOHh.
Jamoi Fimlin.
Bobtrt Sinclair.

Mackny Hugh Baillie.
Stair Park Dalrymple.
David Ross.
Adam Colt*

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT.

Lieutenantf.

1778.

Norman Maclean.
John Irving.
Bod. Mackenzie senior.
Charles Douglas.
Angus Macintosh.
John Fraser.
Robert Arbuthnot.
David MacCullock. ^
Rod. Mackenzie 7«nior.
Phineas Macintosh.
John Mackenzie senior.

Alexander Mackenzie.
Fhipps Wharton.
Laugh^an MacLaughlan.
Kenneth Mackenzie.
Murdoch Mackenzie.
George Fraser.
John Mackenzie junior,
Martin Eccles Lindsay.
John Dallas. , , , .
David Rosa. I't

William Erskine. .

Ensigns.

John Fraser.
John MacDougal.
Hugh Gray.
John Mackenzie.

John Forbes. ■,, .^
^neas Fraser.
William Rose.
Simon Fraser, AdjK

Chaplain, ^neas Macleod.
Adjutant, Simon Fraser.
Quartermaster, Charles Clark.
Surgeon, Andrew Cairncross.

In January 1779 the first battalion of the regiment, 1779.
commanded by Colonel Lord John Macleod, embarked ist bat.
for the East Indies.

The second battalion, one thousand strong, embarked 2d bat.
at Fort George in Scotland, in March 1779, under the
command of Jjieut.-Colonel the Hon. George Mackenzie
(brother of Lord Macleod), and proceeded to Ports-
mouth, from thence it went on in transports to Ply-
mouth, where the battalion landed, and was encamped
upon Maker Heights until the 27th of November
following.

The Court of Versailles had now engaged that of
Madrid to trke a part in the contest, and on the 16th
of June 1779 the Spanii^h ambu^isador liad presented a
manifesto at St. James'siJ, equivalent to a declaration of
war, and immediately departed from Loudon. During
the summer the siege of Gibraltar was coumienced by
tho Spaniards, the reduction of that important fortress

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1779. being one of the principal objects of Spain in becoming
a party to the war. i?„, ,v-; ^ ^ ^'V .

istbat. The vessels conveying the first battalion formed part
of a fleet escorted by Rear- Admiral Sir Edward
Hughes, which on the passage touched at Goree, upon
the coast of Africa. Goree being evacuated by the
French for the purpose of fortifying Senegal, which
had been captured by them early in the year, was
occupied by a British force, left for that purpose by
Sir Edward Hughes.

After quitting Goree, the fleet proceeeed to the
Cape of Good Hope, at that time in possession of the
Dutch, and there landed the sick. The fleet was
detained for three months in Table Bay, for the pur-
pose of refreshment and recovery of the sick, after
which it sailed for India.

1780. After the breaking up of the camp on Maker

2d bat. Heights, the second battalion embarked for Gibraltar
in transports, under convoy of Admiral Sir George
- Rodney. When in the Bay of Biscay, the British
encountered, on the 8th of January 1780, a valuable
Spanish convoy belonging to the Caracca company,
• consisting of fifteen merchantmen, with a ship of sixty-
four guns, and two fi-igates, the whole of which \yere
captured. Sir George Rodney being compelled to em-
ploy many of the crews of the ships of war in manning
the prizes, called upon Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. George
Mackenzie for the services of the second battalion
of the regiment as Marines. In a few days after the
men were distributed for this purpose, the fleet de-
feated, on the 16th of January, off Cape St. Vincent, a
squadron of eleven sail of the line, commanded by
Admiral Don Juan de Langara. One Spanish ship
of seventy guns blew up in the beginning of the
action. The Spanish admiral's ship of eighty guns,
and three of seventy, were taken ; one of seventy guns
ran on shore, and another was lost on the breakers.

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Nothing further transpired during the remainder of J 780.
the voyage, and on the 18th of January 1780 the *''*'''5i'
second battalion disembarked at Gibraltar, then closely
blockaded by the Spaniards, who b'.d despatched Don
Juan de Langara to intercept the British admiral.

The first battalion had, in the meantime, continued on istbat.
its voyage to India, and on the 20th of January 1780
anchored in Madras Koads, being twelve montlis from
the time of leaving England. The battalion landed
immediately at Fort St. George, and after remaining
there about a month was removed to Poonamallee.

The intricate politics of India gave rise to a war in
that country. Hyder Ali, the son of a petty chief in
the Mysore, had risen to the chief command of
the army of that state, and when the rajah died,
leaving his eldest son a minor, Hyder assumed the
guardianship of the youthful prince, whom he placed
under restraint, and seized on the reins of govern-
ment. Having a considerable territory under his
control, he maintained a formidable military establish-
ment, which he endeavoured to bring into a high state
of discipline and efficiency. Hyder, now Sultan of
Mysore, formed a league with the French, and entered
into a confederacy with the Nizam of the Decoan, the
Mahrattas, and other of the native powers, for the
purpose of expelling the British from India.

In July 1780, Hyder Ali, having passed the Ghauts
(as the passes in the mountains on both sides of the
Indian peninsula are termed), burst like a torrent into
the Carnatic, while his son, Tippoo Saib, advanced
with a large body of cavalry against the northern
Circars, and the villages in the vicinity of Madraii were
attacked by parties of the enemy's horse.

These events occasioned the first battalion of the
regiment to be ordered to proceed to join the army
which was being assembled at St. Thomas's Mount,
under the command of Major-Genoral Sir Hector

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1780. Munro, K.B., consisting entirely of the troops of the
i«t bat. Honorable East India Company, with the exception
of the Sevenly-third, then about 800 strong.

Sir Hector Monro's anny amounted to upwards of
4,000 men, and was thus composed :—

- 1,000

C Infantry

Europeans Artillery

t Dragoons

r Infantry
1 Dragoons

Native

300
30

3,250
30

Total - 4,610

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With the army were also thuty field-pieces and
howitzers, together with four battering twenty-four
pounders.

The Anglo-Indian army marched to Conjeveram,
sixty miles westward of Madras, where it was to be
joined by a detachment from the northward, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Baillie.

At this period the Sultan of Mysore was engaged
in besieging Arcot, the capital of the Carnatic, wliich
was invested by the enemy on the 2l8t of August.
The movement of Sir Hector Munro's force caused
Hyder Ali to raise the siege ; he then detached his son,
Tippoo Saib, with a large body of horse and foot,
amounting to 24,000 men and twelve guns, to inter-
cept Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, whose junction with the
main army had been ordered.

In this manoeuvre Tippoo Saib succeeded, and Major-
General Sir Hector Munro was compelled to detach
Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher with a thousand men to rein-
force Lieut.-Colonel Baillie. The flank companies of
the first battalion of the Seventy-third formed part of this
detachment ; the grenadier company was commanded by
Lieutenant the Honorable John Lindsay, and the light

BEOIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT IKFANTRT.

company by Captain, afterwards General the Right 1780/
Hon. Sir David Baird, Bart, and G.C.B.* istbat.

On the 6th of September, Lieut-Colonel Baillie was
attacked at Perambaukum by the division under Tippoo
Saib, and on the 9th of that month was joined by the
detachment under Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher. On the
following day they were attacked by Hyder's whole
army, and the officers and men of this ill-fated de-
tachment were either killed, taken, or dispersed.

The following graphic description of this unequal
contest with Hyder's whole army, the division under
Tippoo Saib acting in concert, is given by Captain
Innes Munro, of the Seventy-third , who published a
" Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coro-
mandel Coast from 1780 to 1784 :"—

** Lieut-Colonel BaiUie could but make a feeble
** resistance against so superior a force ; but his little
** band yet gallantly supported a very unequal fire, until
" their whc^e ammunition had either been blown up
" or expended, which of course silenced the British
" artillery. Hyder's guns upon this drew nearer and
" nearer at every discharge, while each shot was at-
" tended with certain and deadly eifect Lieut-
" Colonel Baillie's detachment, seeing their artillery
" silenced and remaining inactive Avhile exposed to
" certain destruction, very naturally became dismayed ;
" which the enemy no sooner perceived than they
" made a movement for a general charge and advanced
" on all quarters to a close attack. At this dangerous
" and trying juncture, sufficient to damp the spirits of
" the most intrepid, all the camp-followers rushed in
" confusion through the ranks of every battalion, and
" in an instant threw the whole into disorder. The
" black troops, finding themselves in this calamitous

* A memoir of General the Ilight Honorable Sir David Baird,
Bart., G.C.B., is inserted in the Appendix, page 144.

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1780." rituationi relinquished every hope of success; and,
tit tat." notwithstanding the extraordinary exertions of their
** European officers, were no more to be rallied. But
" 0uch of the Europeans as had fallen into disorder by
** this irregularity, quickly united again in compact
** ordori headed by their gallant commander, who was
" at this time much wounded ; and, being joined by all
*' t)he Sepoy officers, planted themselves upon a rising
" bank of sand in then* vicinity, where they valiantly
*' resolved to defend themselves to the last extremity.

" History cannot produce an instance, for fortitude,
** cool intrepidity, and desperate resolution, to equal
♦* the exploits of this heroic band. In niunbers, now
** reduced to five hundred, they were opposed by no
** less than one hundred thousand enragerl barbarians,
** who seldom grant quarter. The mind, in the con-
** templation of such a scene, and such a situation as
*' theirs was, is filled at once with admiration, with
** astonishment, with horror, and with awe. To behold
** fonmdable and impenetrable bodies of horse, of in-
" fantry, and of artillery, advancing from all quarters,
" flashing savage fury, levelling the numberless instru-
" ments of slaughter, and darting destruction around,
** was a scene to appal even something more than the
" strongest human resolution ; but it was beheld by
" this little band with the most undaunted and im-
*' movable firmness. Distinct bodies of horse came on
** successively to the charge, with strung parties of
" infantry placed in the intervals, whose fire was dis-
" diargcd in showers ; but the deliberate and well-
" levelled platoons of the British musketry had such a
" powerful effect as to repulse several diffei'ent attacks.
** Like the swelling waves of the ocean, however, when
" agitated by a storm, fresh columns incessantly poured
** in upon them with redoubled fury, which at length
" brought so many to the ground, and weakened their
*' fire so considerably, that they were unable longer to

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withstand the dreadM and tremendoua shock; and 1780.
the field soon presented a picture of the most inhuman 1st bat
cruelties and unexampled carnage. v./ y^, »« - . yn>.
" The last and awful struggle was marked by the
clashing of arms and shields, the snorting and kicking
of horses, the snapping of spears, the glistening of
bloody swords, oaths and imprecations ; concluding
with the groans and cries of bruised and mutilated
men, wounded horses tumbling to the ground upon
expiring soldiers, and the hideous roaring of ele-
phants, stalking to and fro, and wielding their
dreadful chains alike amongst friends and foes, ^r . ;>.t. >

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" Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher and twenty-nine European
" officers, with one hundred and fifty-five European
*• rank and file, were killed ; Lieut.-Colonel Baillie,
" with thirty-four officers, and almost all the European
" privates, were miserably wounded ; sixteen officers
*' and privates, from a Divine protection, and the ge-
" nerous clemency of the French hussars, remained
" unhurt, who, with the rest, were all made prisoners.

The whole of the sepoys were either killed, taken,

or dispersed."

The flank companies wo aliuo^t annihilated. Captain
Baird received seven wounds, and Lieutenant the Hon.
John Lindsay nine ; both were made prisoners.

Lieutenant Phili|) Melvill * was totally disabled by
his wounds, and was conveyed to Hyder's camp, where
many other wounded prisoners were crowded together
in one tent, so as to prevent a moment's ease or rest.
They were afterwards confined at Bangalore, where
they endured the greatest suffering for three year.^ and
a half, when, peace being concluded, the captives were
released.

Lieutenent William Gunn, of the grenadiers, and

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12 HISTORICAL BECORD OP THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1780. Lieutenant Geddes Mackenzie, of the light company,
istbat. were killed.

These were the whole of the officers serving with the
two companies. Of the non-commissioned officers and
privates only two men joined the battalion, and those
were found in the jungle desperately wounded.

The melancholy fate of these companies rendered it
necessary for Colonel Lord Macleod to form two new
flank companies from the battalion.

After the defeat of Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, Major
General Sir Hector Munro retired with the army to
Chingleput, much pressed on the march by the enemy.
The wounded and sick being left at Chingleput, the
army went into cantonments on Choultry Plain for the
rainy season, which had set in. The troops in the
retreat had suffijred severely from fatigue and want of
provisions.

Captain Alexander Gilchrist, of the grenadiers,
whose ill-health prevented him from being with his
company when Lieut.-Colonel Baillie was attacked,
died at this period*, and Lieutenant Alexander
Mackenzie was wounded, together with several soldiers,
in skirmishes with the enemy.
2d bat. After the British fleet had departed from Gibraltar
the Spaniards renewed the blockade by sea, and

* The following allusion to Captain Gilchrist is made by Captain
Munro, in his Narrative : —

" Here ouk regiment had the misfortune of burying Captain Gil-
" Christ, a brave and experienced officer, whose loss the sevknty-tiiihd
" had much cause to lament, he having always acted as a mentor to the
" young and inexperienced gentlemen of his corps. This veteran hod
'* the honor, when a subaltern, of witnessing the exploits of General
" Wolfe upon the plains of Quebec, and was now at the head of our
'• grenadier company ; but, having exerted himself too much upon the
" march to Conj-vran, he was seized at that place with o fever, which
" disabling liim frvim conducting the grenadiers upon the detachment
" under Lieut-Colonel Fletcliur, affected his mind so deeply, particularly
" when he heard of their dismal fute, that a delirium came on during
" this march, of which he died, regretted and justly lamented by all."

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT.

attempted to destroy the vessels in the harbour by 1780.
fire-ships, but failed. Towards the close of the year 2d bat
provisions again became short. A Ihnited supply was
occasionally obtained from the Moors. The effects of
the scurvy were mitigated by cultivating vegetables on
the rock; and the brave defenders of the fortress main-
tained their attitude of defiance to the power of Spain.

Mr. Laurens, late President of the American Con-
gross, hxving been captured in his passage to Holland
by the British, papers were found on him showing that
a treaty of alliance was on the point of conclusion be-
tween the Americans and the States General. Great
Britain in consequence declared war against Holland on
the 20th of December, and thus became engaged with a
fourth enemy, exclusive of the hostile powers in India.

Upon the 17th of January 1781, the army being re- 1781.
assembled, took the field under the command of Lieut.- ist bat.
General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B., Commander-in-Chief in
India. At this period the strength of the first battalion
did not exceed five hundred men. Hyder Ali was then
in the Tanjore country, committing every species of
outrage and devastation.

On the 1st of June, 1781, Colonel Lord Maclcod
received the local rank of Major-General in the East
Indies. In June Sir Eyre Coote moved the army olong
the coast southerly, towards Cuddalore, where his out-
posts were attacked by Tippoo Saib, who was repulsed.
The British connnander afterwards marched his whole
force to Chillumborcm, upon the Coleroon, where the
enemy liad a large magazine of grain.

The pagoda was attacked by the ])iquets under the
command of Captain John Shaw, of the first battalion,
but the detachment was repulsed, and that officer
wounded.

Hyder \H, being apprehensive for the safety of
Chillumborem, moved his army in the direction of thot
place from Tanjoro and Trichinopoly, while Lieut-

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1781. General Sir Eyre Coote, with the view of obtaining

IM bat supplies from the shipping, proceeded towards Cudda-

lore. Hyder, by forced marches and raanceuvres, had

nearly surrounded the British on the plains of Porto

' Novo, about two days' march to the southward of

Cuddaiore.

At four o'clock in the morning of the Ist of July,
Sir Eyre Coote put his army of about 8,000 men in
movement, while that of the enemy, computed at
100,000, was observed to range itself in order of battle.

The army of Lieut;-General Sir Eyre Coote formed
on the plain in two lines ; the first battalion was com-
manded by Colonel James Craufurd* (Lord Macleod
having returned to England), and had its station in the
first line under the orders of Major General Sir Hector
Munro. Major General James Stuart commanded the
second line. The action commenced by an advanced
movement of the English troops, and the contest was
sustained with great spirit by both parties until night,
when the firing ceased, and the British remained masters
of the field.

The veteran chief. Sir Eyre Coote, was so well
pleased with the conduct of the battalion upon this
occasion that he was heard to exclaim, addressing him-
self in the heat of the battle to one of the pipers,
" Well done, my brave fellow, you shall have silver pipes
when the battle is overl" The general did not forget
hirt promise, and in addition to a general order expressive
t)f his sense of the gallantry and steadiness of the bat-
talion in the battle of Porto Novo^ he presented a
handsome pair of silver pipes (value one hundred pngo-
diir't) to the corps, upon which was engraved a suitable
inscription ; this he desired might be preserved us a

* Jvlfut.-(Joloni'I James Crauftird, of the «kventt-thiri> regiment,

was protnoti'd to the local rank of Colonel in the KuMt Indies on th«

sad March 1780.

t The value of a pagoda is seven Bbillings and sixpence.

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 15

lasting monument of his approbation of its conduct in 1781.
that battle, the result of which enabled Sir Eyre Coote ittlwt.
to reach Cuddalore, the point of destination, on the
4th of July.

S'aortly afterwards the army was moved to St.
Thomas's Mount.

On the 3d of August the force from Bengal, under
the orders of Colonel Pearse, arrived and formed a
junction with Sir Eyre Coote's army at Pulicat, to
which place the army had moved in order to facilitate
that important object. The British force now amounted
to twelve thousand men.

The first brigade, composed entirely of Europeans,
was commanded by Colonel Craufurd, of the present
Seventy-first regiment, and had its station generally
in the centre of the line. Major General Sir Hector
Munro commanded the right >ving, and Colonel Pearse
the left

In / - 1, Major James Mackenzie of the battalion
died, i.u.vorsally regretted. His exertions in the early
part of the campaign had brought on illness, which ter-
minated his career.

On the ] 6th of August the preparations that had
been carried on for the siege of Arcot, which had been
taken by Hyder Ali in the previous year, and for the
relief of Vellore being completed, the Anglo-Indian
army waa put in movement. On the 20th of August
Tripnssoor was retaken, by which capture a very largo
supply of grain fell into the hands of the British. The
camp of Ryder's main army was at Conjeveram, and
every exertion was made by his detachments to inter-
rupt the progress of the British troops.

The British, on the 27th of August, came in sight of
the enemy, drawn up in order of battle upon the very
ground whore Lieut.-Coloncl Baillic had met his defeat,
a position which the religious notions of llyder Ali
induced him to consider fortunate. Thus encouraged or

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1781. inspired, he seemed determined to hazard a second
1 St bat general action, and accordingly commenced the attack
by a smart cannonade, when f>n obstinate contest ensued,
which lasted the whole day, and which terminated in
his defeat, and his being forced to retire from all liis
positions.

There wa? u circumstance peculiar to this field of
battle which -tamped it with aggravated horrors. It is
ably and feelingly described by Captain Munro in hia
Narrative, from which the following is extracted."*

" Perhaps there come not within the wide range of
" human imagination scenes more affecting, or circum-
" stances more touching, than many of our army had
" that day to witness and to be..'*. On the very s}X)t
" where they stood lay strewed amongst their feet the
" relics of their dearest fellow eoldiers and friends, who
" near twelve months before had been slain by the
hands of those very inhuman monsters that now ap-
peared a second time eager to complete the work of
blood. One poor soldier, with the tear of affection
glistening in his eye, picked up the decaying spatter-
diish of his valued brother, with the name yet entire
upon it, which the tinge of blood and effects of werther
had kindly spared. Another discovered the club or
plaited hair of his bosom friend, which he himself had
helped to form, and knew by the tie and still remain-
ing colour. A third mournfully recognised tlie feather
which had decorated the cap of his inseparable com-
panion. The scattered clothes and wings of the flank
companies of the Se*'cntj/-third were everywhere
perceptible, as also their helmets and skulls, both of
" which bore the marks of many furrowed cut^. These
" horrid spectacles, too melancholy to dwell up i, while

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* A Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast,
against the combined forces of the French, Dutch, and Hydcr Ali, from
1780 to 1784, hy Captain Innes Munro, of the Sevenljf'tkird or Lord
Macleod's Uegiuent of IligUandern.

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•' they melted the hardest hearts, inflamed our soldiers 1781.
** with an enthusiasm and thirst of revenge such as istbat.
" render men invincible ; but their ardour was neces-
" sarily checked by the involved situation of the army."

Uliou this horrid spot the army halted two days, and
it then retired to Tripassoor, to secure provisions. At
this period the health of Major- General Sir Hector
Munro compelled him to leave the army.

On the 19th of September, Lieut.-General Sir Eyre
Coote made a movement towards Vellore, the relief of
which place Hyder Ali appeared determined to oppose,
by occupying in order of battle the Pass of Sholinffur,
at the same time making very spirited attacks against
the fortress of Vellore.

Upon the 27th of September, Colonel Craufurd, now
second in command, received the orders of the Com-
mander-in-Chief to move the B itish army to the
front.* Hyder, confident of success, made a forward
movement to meet his opponents, when a general
action commenced. A detachment, commanded by
Colonel Edmonstonc, (of which the flank companies of
the first battalion formed part,) succeeded in turning
the left flank of the enemy, and fell upon his camp and
rear. The day closed by the total defeat of Hyder's
troops, who were pursued by the cavalry until sunset.

Under circumstances the most distressing and im-

* The following is extracted ft'oni a letter, dated 28ih January 1782,
firom Iiieut.-Qenerul Sir Eyre Cooto, K.B., then at Fort George,
IVfadros, addressed to the Earl of Shelburne, one of His Miyesty's
Principal Secretaries of State : —

" Colonel Craufurd, of His Majesty's* SEVENTi-Tiiinn regiment,
" having liad my leave to return to Europe, will have the honor of
" delivering your lordship this letter.

" I should do injustice to the high sense I entertain of Colonel
" Crauftird's merit as an officer, did I omit on tliis occasion mentioning
•' how much he has acquitted himself to my satisfaction, and with honor
" and credit to himself, in the whole course of a most trying campaign.
" lie was next in command to me at the battle of Sholingur, on which
•• occasion his conduct was deserving of the highest applause."

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1781.promii8ing, but with the hope of obtaining the supplies
lrtbftt.of provisions of which the army was quite destitute,
and for which no previous arrangement had been made
by tho Government, Lieut. General Sir Eyre Coote,
on tho l»t of October, boldly pushed through the
Sholingur Paas, and after a march of two days en-
camped at Altamancherry, in the Polygar country.
Hero, by the friendly aid and kindness of Bum-Kaze,
one of the Polygar princes, the troops were well sup-
plied with every requisite.

The British camp was moved on the 26th of October
to Pollipet, and the sick and wounded were sent to
Tripoisoor. Vcllore was also relieved. This desirable
object being effected, and the army reinforced by
Colonel Laing with a hundred Europeans from Vel-
lore, it proceeded to the attack of Chittoor, which, after
a gallant resistance, capitulated.

With a view to get the British from a country
10 very inaccessible, Hyder Ali proceeded to the
attack of Tripassoor, and on the 20th of November
Sir Eyre Coote retired out of the Pollams, through the
Nttggary Pass, which obliged the enemy to raise the
siege of Tripassoor, and to retire to Arcot. The
campaign closed by the recapture of Chittoor by the
enemy.

On the 2d of December, the monsoon having set in,
the army broke up its camp on the Koilatoor Plain,
an«l the different corps marched into cantonments in
tlie neighbourhood of Madras.

During the campaign of 1781, the battalion was
conmianded by Captain John Shaw.
2*1 but. While the first battalion had been thus actively em-
ployed in India, tlie second battalion was enfjaged in
the galhint defence of Gibraltar, the garrison of which
wan ligaiu relieved, in April 1781, by the arrival of a
niiiiM'rouH fleet luider Vicc-Admiral Darby.

The Spaniards, relinquishing all hope of reducing

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the fortress by blockade, resolved to try the power 1781.
of theu: numerous artillery. Scarcely had the fleet 2d bat
cast anchor, when the enemy's batteries opened,
and the fire of upwards of one hundred guns and
mortars enveloped the fortress in a storm of war; a
number of gun-boats augmented the iron tempest
which beat against the rock, and the houses of the
inhabitants were soon in ruins. On the 8th of May,
Captain James Foulis, of the second battalion of the
regiment, was wounded in the lines.

On the night of the 17th of September the following
incident relating to the battalion occurred in an attack
of the enemy, the account of which is extracted from
the " History of the Siege of Gibraltar," by Colonel
John Drinkwater, of the late Seventy-second Regi-
ment, or Royal Manchester Volunteers: —

" A shell during the above attack fell in an embra-
** sure opposite the King's lines bomb-proof, killed one
" of the Seventy-third, and wounded another of the
" same corps. The case of the latter was singular, and '
" will serve to enforce the maxim, that, even in the
" most dangerous ca&es, we should never despair of a

recovery whilst life remains. This unfortunate man

was knocked down by the wind of the shell, which,
" instantly bursting, killed his companion, and mangled
" him in a most dreadful manner. His head was
" terribly fractured, his left arm broken in two places,
" one of his legs shattered, the skin and muscles
" torn off part of his right hand, the middle finger
" broken to pieces, and his whole body most severely
" bruised, and marked with gunpowder. He presented
" so horrid an object to the surgeons, that they had not
" the smallest hopes of saving his life, and were at a
" loss what part to attend to first. He was that
" evening trepanned, a few days afterwards his leg
" was amputated, and other wounds and fractures
" dre8sed« Being possessed of a most excellent coneti-

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1781.** tution, nature performed wonders in his favour, and
2d bat ** in eleven weeks the cure was completely effected.
His name is Donald Ross, and he long continued to
enjoy his sovereign's bounty in a pension of nine-
** pence a day for life."

On the 4 th of November, Lieutenant John Fraser,
of the second battalion, had his leg shot off on Mon-
tague's Bastion, and two of the soldiers of the battalion
were likewise wounded by the enemy's fire.

General Eliott, afterwards Lord Heathfield, which
title was conferred for the services performed by him
when Governor of Gibraltar, in order to free himself
from the contiguity of the besiegers, resolved to make
a sortie. The favourable opportunity presented itself;
and, on the evening of the 26th of November, the
following garrison order was issued : —

** Countersign, Steady. — All the grenadiers and
** light infantry in the garrison, and all the men of the
** Twelfth and Hardenberg's regiments, with the officers
** and non-commissioned officers on duty, to be imme-
" diately relieved and join their regiments ; to form a
** detachment, consisting of the Twelfth and Harden-
*' berg's regiments complete ; the grenadiers and light
'* infantry of all the other regiments ; one captain, three
** lieutenants, ten non-commissioned officers, and a hun-
** dred artillery ; three engineers, seven officers, ten
** non-commissioned officers, overseers, with a hundred
** and sixty workmen from the line, and forty workmen
** from the artificer corps ; each man to have thirty-six
** rounds of ammunition, with a good flint in his piece,
** and another in hia pocket ; the whole to be commanded
** by Brigadier-General Ross, and to assemble on the
** red sandu, at twelve o'clock this night, to make a
** sortie upon the enemy's batteries. The thirty-ninth
** and fifty-eighth regiments to parade at the same
" hour, on the grand parade, under the command of

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" Brigadier-General Picton, to sustain the sortie, ifl781.
" necessary." 2d bat

The flank companies of the second battalion, consist-
ing of eight officers, ten Serjeants, and 202 rank and
file, formed part of the centre column. The moon shone
brightly as the soldiers assembled on the sands at mid-
night. Between two and three o'clock darkness over-
spread the coxmtry, and the troops issued silently from
the fortress. They were challenged and fired upon by
the enemy's scurries, but the British soldiers rushed
forward with the'r native ardour, overpowered the
Spanish guards, and captured the batteries in gallant
style. The enemy's soldiers, instead of defending the
works, fled in dismay, and communicated the panic to
the troops in their rear. The wooden batteries were
soon prepared for fire ; the flames spread with astonish-
ing ra}>idity, and a column of fire and smoke arose from
the works, illuminating the surrounding objects, and
shedding a fiery lustre upon this unparalleled scene.

In an hour the object of the sortie was effected; trains
were laid to the enemy's magazines, and the soldiers
withdrew. As they entered the fortress, tremendous
explosions shook the ground, and rising columns of
smoke, flame, and burning timber proclaimed the de-
struction of the enemy's immense stores of gunpowder
to be completed. General Eliott declared in orders,
" The bearing and conduct of the whole detachment,
" officers, seamen, and soldiers, on this glorious occa-
" sion, surpass my utmost acknowledgments."

For several days the Spaniards appeared confounded
at their disgrace. The smoke of the burning batteries
continued to rise, and no attempt was made to extin-
guish the flames ; but several executions took place in
their camj), probably of persons who fled so precipitately
from the batteries. In the beginning of December they
began to arouse themselves, and a thousand workmen

22 HISTORICAL REOORD OP THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1781. commenced labouring to restore the batteries, in which
Sd bat. they were retarded by the fire of the garrison.

While the besiegers were thus employed, the gallant
defenders of the fortress were equally indefatigable;
every serjeant, drummer, musician, officer's servant,
and private soldier, used the musket, shovel, and pick-
axe, as his services were necessary,

1782. At the opening of the campaign in India, in the
1 St bat. beginning of 1782, the army did not muster a larger

force than at the commencement of the former year.
The first and most important object in view was the
relief of Vellore, kept in strict blockade by the enemy.
The safety of this fortress was of paramount conse-
quence, being the only key the British possessed to the
Passes of the Ghauts, through which an invasion of the
enemy's country could be accomplished ; and the army
being put in movement, pushed through the Sholingur
Pass, and by the 11th of January the relief of VeUore,
with a supply of rice for six months, Avas fully effected.
After the accomplishment of this object the army
retired, and on the 20th of January arrived at Poona-
mallee, having lost upon this expedition six officers
and about thirty Europeans, with one hundred sepoys,
killed and wounded.

The following anecdote is extracted from the narra-
tive of Captain Munro, relating to the fall of John
Mackay, a corporal of the battalion, in one of the
skinnishes Avith the enemy, when the army was on the
march to Vellore : — " For the satisfaction of my High-
** land friends, I take this opportunity of commemo-
rating the fall of John Mackay, alias Donn, a corporal
in the Seventy-third (now Seventy-first) regi-
" ment, son of Robert Donn, the famous Highland
bard, whose singular talent for the beautiful and
extemporaneous composition of Gaelic poetry was
" held in such esteem by the Highland Society. This

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BE6IMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.

" son of the bard has frequently revived the drooping 1782.
" spirits of his countrymen upon the march, by singing istbat.
" in a pleasant manner the humorous and lively pro-
" ductions of his father. He was killed by a cannon
** ball on the 13th of Januaiy, and on the same even-
*• ing was interred by his disconsolate comrades with
" all the honors of war."

For the first three months of the year 1782, the
army of Lieut.-General Sir Eyre Coote was kept in a
state of inactivity at St. Thomas's Mount, where it would
appear the Government of the presidency, apprehensive
for its own safety, had detained this force, while a
judicious movement to Porto Novo might have pre-
vented the junction of the forces under Tippoo Saib
with the strong reinforcement of French troops that
had arrived from Europe on board the fleet of Admiral
Suffrein, or at all events have prevented the loss of
Permacoil and Cuddalore.

At length Sir Eyre Coote, having been reinforced by
the Seventy-eighth, afterwards the Seventy-second
regiment, recently arrived from England, was permitted
to put the army in movement. In the beginning of
April he marched in a southerly direction by Carangooly
and Wandewash towards the enemy, encamped upon
the Red Hills of Pondicherry. The object, which the
Commander-in-chief appeared to have in view, was to
separate the French and Mysorean troops, and he
manoeuvred accordingly between Chitaput and Amee,
until Hyder Ali, apprehensive for the safety of the
latter place, where he had established magazines, made
a rapid movement on the 2d of June, so as to overtake
and attack the rear-guard of the Britisii, commanded by
Lieut. Colonel John Elphinston*,of the Seventy-third ,
who maintained his ground with great spirit and intre-

* Major John Elphinston, of the Seventt-tihkd regiment, was pro-
moted to the local rank of lieutenant-colonel in the East Indies on the
23d of May 1781.

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178'i.j)idity until the line had completed its formation. The
litbAt, troops were ordered to advance immediately upon the
enemy's gnne, the action became very warm, and the foe
was Boon forced across the river ofArnee, and in the pur-
suit several tumbrils were taken by the Honorable Cap-
tain James Lindsay, of the battalion. This gallant and
intelligent officer, perceiving an enemy's battalion en-
deavouring to extricate the tumbrils in the bed of the
river, liwhed forward at the head of his grenadier com-
pany, supported by the remainder of the corps under
Major George Mackenzie's command, and, quickly dis-
persing all opposed to his progress, took possession
of his prize. This movement of the Seventy-third was
supported on the left by a battalion of Bengal Sepoys,
who had captured one of the enemy's guns, and both
corps, equally animated by success, pushed on, driving
the enemy before them as long as pursuit was prudent.

The conduct of Captain the Honorable James Lind-
say, although he had acted without orders, received all
the praise it merited from the commander-in-chief,
Lieut.-Gcncral Sir Eyre Coote. At the battle o^Arnee
the staff of the regimental colour was shattered by a
cannon ball, ond the ensign severely wounded.

The nrniy encamped for the night on the field of
battle, and on the following morning took up a position
before Amee ; but a scarcity of grain compelled the
general to retrace his steps towards Madras, and on
the 2()th of June he arrived at St. Thomas's Mount.

In the months of July and August the army made
two expeditions, one to Wandewash, in which it was
foiled by the active and politic Hyder, the other for
the relief of Velhre, in which it was more fortunate,
having succeeded in throwing a large quantity of grain
, into that fortress.

The siege of Cuddalore having been determined on,
the army moved on the 26th of August in a southerly
direction, and on the 4th of September halted on the

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 25

Red Hills of Pondicherry. Deserters reported th : 782.
garrison of Cuddalore to consist of 800 Europeans, SOO^stbat
Africans, and 600 Sepoys, who, having expelled the
inhabitants, and covered the walls with cannon, were
resolved to defend the place to the last extremity. The
failure of the supplies, which Sir Eyre Coote had been
led to expect from Madras by the fleet, excited so much
anxiety and disappointment in the veteran's mind, that
a severe illness ensued, which obliged him to quit the
amiy, and ultimately to proceed to Bengal for the
benefit of his health. The command then devolved
upon Major-General James Stuart, who commenced
his retreat in the evening of the 10th of October.

On the 15 th of October, the monsoon set in i/ith
unusual severity, and the army went into canton-
ments in the vicinity of Madras. Hyder Ali, at the
same time, took up his old position near Arcot. Shortly
after. Rear Admiral Sir Richard Bickertoii; with a
large fleet from England, came to anchor in INIadras
roads, having on board considerable reinforcements for
the army, which was joined in the cantonments by the
Twenty third Light Drr.goons, the 101st and 102d
British regiments, and the Fifteenth regiment of Hano-
verian Infantry.

In the month of December occurred the decease of
that extraordinary man, Hyder Ali, who was suc-
ceeded, without any of the coimnotions usual in the
East on such occasions, by his son, Tippoo Saib,
to whom he left a kingdom of liis own acquisition,
which made him one of the most powerful f 'i; -^es in
India.

All ordinary means of attack appearing to be una- 2d bat.
vailing against the resolute garrison of Gibraltar (of
wliich the second battalion of the regiment formed part),
stupendous preparations Avcre made on a new principle,
and floating batteries were constructed with great art
and labour. These were accounted the most perfect

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26 HISTOBICAL RECORD OF THE SEYENTT-riRST

1782. contrivance of the kind ever seen. The combined
2d bat. power of France and Spain was directed against the
fortress. The Duke of Crillon assumed the command of
the besieging army, and was assisted by a celebrated
French engineer. Monsieur d'Arcon, and by Admiral
Moreno, and a French army arrived to take part in the
siege.

A crisis was evidently approaching, and in the spring
and summer of 1782 the garrison of Gibraltar made
preparations with cool determination for the hour of
trial. The officers and soldiers appeared to be im-
pressed with their peculiar situation ; an important
fortress was confided to their protection ; they had
defended it against the efforts of the Spanish army and
navy upwards of two years ; and the eyes of all Europe
were directed towards them. The damaged works
were carefully repaired, new ones were constructed,
extensive subterraneous works were prepared, and
forges for heating red-hot shot were got ready. Every
Serjeant, drummer, musician, and officer's servant, as
well as the corporals and private soldiers, used a shovel,
pickaxe, or musket, according as their services were
required. The effect of the red-hot shot was proved
on some of the enemy's Avooden batteries on the sands,
which were speedily destroyed.

The Duke of Crillon anticipated the most signal
success from the extensive preparations he was making.
His camp was visited by princes of the royal blood of
France, by Spanish nobility, and other dignified cha-
racters of Europe, who came to be spectators of the
fall of the fortress, under the heavy fire of artillery
which was about to be opened upon it. The new bat-
teries on shore were unmasked, and fired a volley of
sixty f^holls, which was followed by the thunder of one
hundred and seventy guns of large calibre. Thus was
Gibraltar assiiilcd by a stonn of iron, which threatened
to reduce the fortress to a heap of ruins, and this was

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only a prelude to the tremendous fire which was after^l782.
wards opened upon the garrison. Lieutenant Phipps 2d. bat
Wharton, of the second battalion, was dangerously
wounded by the enemy's fire.

On the 13th of September, the ten battering ships
took their station before the fortress, in the presence of
the combined fleets of France and Spain. The enemy's
camp and neighbouring hills were crowded with spec-
tators from various parts of Europe, to Avitness the effect
of these stupendous vessels, and such a storm of war
was opened upon the garrison as was probably never
heard before since the invention of cannon. The bat-
teries of the fortress answered this tremendous iire with
vigour, and the deafening thunder of four hundred
pieces of heavy artillery was heard for many miles.
For some hours the attack and defence were so equally
well supported as scarcely to admit any appearance
of superiority in the cannonade on either side. The
wonderful construction of the battering ships seemed
to bid defiance to the heaviest ordnance ; shells re-
bounded from their tops, and a thirty-two pound shot
scarcely seemed to make any impression on them. The
effect of the red-hot shot was doubted ; sometimes
smoke came from the sliips, but the fire-engines within
soon occasioned it to cease, and the result was uncer-
tain. The fire was, however, persevered in, and incessant
showers of red-hot bullets, shells, and carcases flew
through the air. In the afternoon the effects of tho
red-hot shot became apparent, and volumes of smoke
issued from the flag-ship; tho Admiral's second ship
was perceived to be in the same condition, and confu-
sion prevailed. The Spaniards expected that the
firing of red-hot bullets could not be persevered in
beyond a few rounds ; but the fire was continued with
the same precision and vivacity as cold shot. Tho
ef 8 of the hot balls occasioned tho enemy's can-
noc ^do to abate, and about eight o'clock it almost totally

28 HISTORICAL BECOBD OP THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1782. ceased. The battering ships made signals to inform the
2d bat. combined fleets of their extreme danger and distress,
and several boats were sent to their aid. At this
period the fire of the garrison produced great carnage,
and the most pitiable cries and groans were heard, as
the incessant showers of shot and shells were poured
into the floating batteries. Soon after midnight one
ship was in flames, and by two o'clock she appeared one
sheet of fire from head to stem ; a second was soon in
the same state ; the flames enabled the British artillery
to point their guns with precision, and soon after three
o'clock six more ships exhibited the effects of the red-
hot shot. The burning ships exhibited one of the
grandest sjicctacles of destruction ever beheld; and
amidst this dreadful scene of conflagration, the British
seamen in boats were seen endeavouring to rescue the
Spaniards from the blazing ships. They preserved
between three and four hundred ; and while they were
thus engaged, one of the ships blew up with a dreadful
explosion ; four others met the same fate before seven
o'clock, and another shortly afterwards, and the re-
mainder burnt to tlu; water's edge, their magazines
having been inundated ; not one could be preserved ns
a trophy.

Thus did the mighty cff'orts of Franco and Spain end
in defeat and destruction, and tlie gallant efforts of the
brave soldiers who defended Gibraltar elicited the ad-
miration of the nations in Europe. In England the
most enthusiastic applause was universal ; illuminations
and other modes of testifying the joy of the people
followed tlie receipt of the news of the destruction of
the boasted inviucibh luittcring ships, and every fiunily
wiiich could claim a defender of Gibraltar l)c'h)nging to
it was proud of the honor. The loss of the garrison,
on the 13th and 14th of September, was limited to one
officer, two Serjeants, and thirteen rank and file killed ;
five officers and sixty-three rank and file wounded;

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that of the enemy exceeded two thousand officers and 1782.
soldiers. Captain Alexander Mackenzie, of the second 2d bat
battalion, was one of the officers wounded.

Although the enemy gave up all hopes of reducing
Gibraltar by force of arms, yet some expectation was
entertained, that, if the blockade was continued, the
garrison might be forced to surrender from the want of
provisions ; the combined fleet therefore remained in
the bay, the besieging army continued in the lines, and
about a thousand shots were fired every day from the
Spanish batteries. The garrison was encoumged to
continue resolute in the defence of the fortress by
assurances of their Sovereign's favour and high appro-
bation. The principal Secretary of State, writing
to General Eliott, stated, — "I am honored with His
" Majesty's commands to assure you, in the strongest
" terms, that no encouragement shall be wanting to the
" brave officers and soldiers under your command. His
" royal approbation of the past will no doubt be a
" powerful incentive to future exertions, and I have the
" King's authority to assure you, that every distinguished
" act of emulation and gallantry, which shall be per-
" formed in the course of the siege by any, even of the
" lowest rank, will meet with ample reward from liia
" gracious protection and favour."

On the 4th of October Lieutenant Kenneth
Mackenzie, of the second battalion, was wounded
in the communication from the King's to the Queen's
lines.

In October the combined fleet was much damaged
by a storm, and soon afterwards a British naval force
arrived, and the garrison was again relieved, when two
regiments, the Twenty-fifth and Fifty-ninth, landed to
take part in the defence of the fortress.

On the 2.'id of November Lieutenant John Mac-
kenzie, of the second battalion, was dangerously
wounded by tho cromy's cannonade.

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1783. At the opening of the campaign of 1783, Tippoo Saib

istbat encamped his army upon the plains of Amee, where he
was joined by a strong detachment of French auxiliaries
from Cuddalore.

Major-General Stuart put the British army in move-
ment, haying first in view the demolition of the useless
fortresses of Wandewash a: • Carangooly. He arrived
at the latter place on the 6^h i>f February, and, leaving
there all heavy baggage and oncumbrances, proceeded
lightly equipped towards Wandewash, the workt of
which were accordingly destroyed. The army then
returned to Carangooly, which experienced the same
fate as Wandewash, and on the 23d of February arrived
at Poonamallee.

2d bat Meanwhile, the siege of Gibraltar had terminated,
nostilities having ceased in February 1783, in conse-
quence of the preliminaries of the treaties between
Great Britain, France, and Spain having been signed
at Versaillco on the 20th of the preceding month. The
second battalion during the siege was commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable George Mackenzie.

Istbat Notwithstanding private information having been
received from respectable sources, overland, of a peace
havin:^ been concluded between Great Britain and the
other belligerent powers in Europe, still the Madras
Government was determined to persevere in its original
planH for the attack of Cuddalore. With this view,
Major-General Stuart put the army in movement on
the 2l8t of April, marching by bngados in a southerly
direction. Major-General Stuart's army consisted of
the present Seventy-first and Seventy-second regi-
ments, the lOlst regiment, a considerable body of
native troops, and a dctachniuct of Hanoverians under
Colonel Wangcnheim. Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Elphin-
ston, of the first battalion of the regiment, took the
lead, with the fifth brigade, to the command of
which ho had been appointed, in consideration of hii

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distinguiehed conduct and important services in the 1783.
field istbAt.

I ieut.-Colonel James Stuart, of the Seventy-eighth
Highlanders (the present Seventy-second regiment),
commanded the first or European brigade, of which the
first battalion of the Seventy-third (now the Seventy-
first) re^ment formed part, and which amounted to
sixteen hundred men.

Brevet Lieut-Colonel Elphinston, in his advance,
possessed himself of Fermacoil ruins, from whence
could be plainly distinguished the enemy's advanced
parties upon the Red Hills of Pondicherry. The re-
mainder of the army joined at Permacoil on the 2d of
May.

About this period accounts were received of the
decease of Lieut.-General Sir Eyre Coote, which in-
telligence threw a peculiar gloom over those officers and
men who had had the honor to serve under his com-
mand in India. Major-General Stuart succeeded to
the command of the forces in India for the time
being.

After leaving Fermacoil, the army advanced to Killi-
noor, and from thence directed its course towards the
Red Hills of Pondicherry.

In May 1783, the second battalion embarked in 3d bat
transports, and sailed from Gibralta** for Portsmouth,
where it lauded in July following.

On t) . 4th of June, Major-General Stuart placed the istbat,
British camp close to the Pannar River, about five
miles west of Cuddalore. behind which the French
army was dcsc ied in on oi ^renchcd camp.

The British crossed the Pannar River on the Gtli of
June, without being molested, passed the BandipoUa.a
Hills, and took up a strong posit'': u not more than two
miles from the south face of the fortress of Cm' hdorct
haviog their right ilank covered by the sea, and the left
by the BandipoUam Hills. The cnemyi commanded by

32 HISTORtCAL BECORD OP THE SEVENTY-FIRST

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iSit

1783. General de Bueay, had in Dw meantime been occupied
lit bat. in throwing up works along his front. '^

On the 12th of June, Major-General Stuart had de-
termined upon attacking Monsieur de Bussy in his pre-
sent position, and issued preparatoiy orders accordingly.
At four o'clock in the moraiuf^ of the 13th of June, tho
action commenced by a move wient from the British left
upon the right flank of the enemy. A very ob tinate
and sanguinary contest ensued, and continued wHhcut
intermission until the evening, when botl» annies re-
maijued tipon the field of battle, and conse.j^uently each
claimed the victory.

Tn this action the first battah't a of the regiment
hijthly distingutf«hed itpfilf, having wrested fro^ii lie
on«my, in tl »; course of the conflict, seven diffi^rcnt
redoubts, Th.; lm» • ', faincd hy the battalion was very
sevePfi. amountii!; i'^ k!llc<1 and wounded to 13 oflScers
and 272 men, b( ing mo half o^ the gross number in tUe
ii *ld. TIjc }»aH!ilit»n in this action was commanded by
Captain Hugh Lnmont. The battalion had to regret
the loBH of Captains the Honorable James Lindsay and
Alexander Mackenzie, who were killed. The former
officer comiimnded the Grenadier company.

The following flattering compliment formed part of
tho general orders issued by the Commander-in-Chief
a; the conclusion of the battle: — "I am also grateful
to Captain Lamont and the oflicers under his com-
mnn<l who gallantly led the precious remains of the
ftBVKNTY-TlllRD Regiment through the most perilous
.(Mul to glory, until exactly one half of the officers
" and men of the battalion were either killed or
" wounded."

On the 17tli of June the English and French fleets
?')ught their la*«t battle during this war. The former
cummnndtid by Rear-Adm'ral Sir Edward Hughes, and
the latter by Monsieur Sutfrein. The contest was per
fcctly in view of both eimiea. Tho result oblige(? the

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British admiral to proceed to Madras, while, to the 1783.
great embarrassment of the army under Major-General istbat
Stuart, the French fleet was enabled to anchor in Cud-
dalore Koads, and to afford supplies and reinforcements
to their troops.

The British prosecuted the siege of Cuddalore with
vigour, and on the 25th of June the first parallel was
completed. On that day the enemy made a sortie
but was repulsed, after a severe contest, with consider-
able loss. The commander of the party. Colonel the
Chevalier de Damas, was among the prisoners taken on
tliis occasion.

On the 1st of July a frigave arrived in Cuddalore
Boads, confirming the former ir .elligence, and bringing
the official accounts from England of a general peace
having been concluded. Hostilities in consequence
ceased. The English and French interchanged visits,
congratulations, and compliments, and became appa-
rently as cordial friends as they had before been deter-
mined enemies.

By the 2d of August the British anny had received
the supplies of which it stood greatly in want, and the
camp was immediately broken up, the troops proceeding
towards Madras, where they arrived on the 16th of
that month, at St. Thomas's Mount.

The army shortly afterwards went into winter
quarters, the Seventy-third occupying the fort and
cantonment of Arcot.

Tn August Ihe second battalion marched from Hilsea 2d bat.
barracks to Stirling, where it was disbanded on the 3d
of October ; and the officers belonging to the second
battalion, who were reglmentally senior to those
serving with the first, hiid the option afforded them of
joinln:^ that battalion in the East Indies, at their own
expense, of whicli >H>mc availed themselves.

On i,be 11th of Mareii 1784, a general peace was ra- 1784.
tificd between the Honorable East India Comimny and

34 HISTORICAL BECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1784.Tippoo Saib, and, shortly afterwards, the officers and
• ' ■ *'' men, who had been made prisoners in the action fought
by Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, on the 10th of September
1780, were restored to their friends, after having en-
dured captivity in irons in an ungenial climate, and
most of them suffering from 8e\ere wounds.

The regiment had the gratification to receive Captains
David Baird and the Honorable John Lindsay. The
commission of the latter, as capta\n, had been antedated
to the 12th of September 1780. Both of these officers
had recovered from their wound i. ' '^ ■

During the remainder of the )'ear the regiment con-
tinued at Arcot, and was only employed, beyond the
usual routine of duty in quarters, for a short time in
quelling a mutiny which hroka out in the native
cavalry at Arnee. The regiment at this period was
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel V iC'-'ra Dalrymple.

1785. In the course of the monlh a'' Js-nc the regiment
was removed from Arcot to i'\>rt 8.'. Georse at
Madras, where it was joined by certain officers of the
late second battalion. Lieut.-Colonel Dalrymple having
returned to Great Biitain, the regiment was commanded
by Brevet Colonel the Honorable George Mackenzie.

Tlie regiment continued in quarters during the re-
mainder of the year at Fort St. George, and in the
town ni Madras.

1786. In the year 1786 the numerical title of the regiment
was changed from Seventy-third to SEYENTy-FiRsr ;
and new colours were received from England, bearing
the number Seventy-firrt, which designation it has
ftince retained.

The regiment changed its quartert", in March, to
Walhyohttbfid and Chingleput, having nine contpamea
cantoned at the Former station, and one at the latter
under Brevet Ivieut.-ColoneJ Hamilton Maxwell.

1787. On the 4th of June 1787, the commanding officer,
Colonel the Honorable George Mackenzie, died, after a

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short illness. His body was sent to Madras, and there 1787.
interred with the military honors due to his rank.
The senior major, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Elphinston, succeeded to the lieutenant^colonelcy and
to the command of the regiment. Captain David
Baird was at the same time promoted to the rank of
major. The commissions of these officers were dated
5th of June 1787.

During the year 1787 no change of quarters took
place, and the regiment remained in cantonments at
Wallajohabad and Chingleput. '

In February 1788, in consequence of some dis-1788.
turbance or alarm at the Bombay Presidency, the
Seventy-first marched to Madras, and immediately
embarked on board the Company's ships for Bombay.
The regiment was commanded by Lieut-Colonel
Elphinston, and was about eight hundred strong.

After a favorable passage, the ships arrived at
Bombay in April, when the regiment immediately dis-
embarked and went into barracks, where it remained for
six iT'.onths. The Seventy-fifth and Seventy-seventh
regiments having, in this interval, arrived at Bombay
from England, the services of the Si/* enty-first
became no longer necessary at that Presidency, and
the regiment proceeded in October to J^Iadras, where
it arrived in December.

Five companies, under Lieut.-Coloael ElpaiuL'ton,
occupied the barracks in Fort St. George, and tl o other
five companies proceeded to Poonamallee.

Major-General the Honorable William Cordon was 1789.
appointed colonel of the Skventy-first regiment on
the 9th of April 1789, in succespion to Major-General
John Lord Macleod, deceased.

In the course of the ye^" 1789, the five companies at
Poonnma'^ee were removed to Tripassoor.

On the 16th of March 1790, the companies at Madi-a8l790.
and Tripae y i^r received ordr *^^o join a force which

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1790. was assembling at Wallajohabad, under the orders of
Colonel Thomas Musgrave, of the Seventy-sixth, in
consequence of the hostilities which Tippoo Saib had
commenced against the Rajah of Travancore, a faithful
British ally. The SEVENTy-riRST arrived at Walla-
johabad on the 18th of iH 'cl and joined the other
troops, consisting of the niii. eenth light dragoons,
fifty-second, and Seventy-first regiments, the
third and fourth native cavalry, the first battalion
of coast artilltry, and the second, fourth, ninth, four-
teenth, and tventy-fifth coast sepoys.

This foruo was put in movement on the 29tir4 of
March, and proceeded towards Trichinopoly, which
it did no+ reach until the 29th of April, and found
there ilic following corps, under the command of
Colonel Ptrydges t — two King's regiments, the thirty-
sixth and seventy-second ; the second and fifth native
cavalry i the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, sixteenth,
twciicieth, and tweiaty-third coast sepoys. At the same
time Colonel Peare, with three companies of Bengal
artillery, joined, the whole being under the orders of
Major-Genovnl Musgrave, to which rank he had been
promo*^d < 28th of April 1 790.

The av.iiy was immediately divided into brigades
and wingrt; Lieut.-Colonel Jamea Stuart, of the Seventy-
second Hitjhlanders, was appointed to command the left
wing, and Colonel Brydges, oi the East Indi i Com-
pany's service, the right; the Seventy-first and
seventy-second regiments, and first '^ast India Com-
pany's European battalion, formed the second European
brigade. Under Lieut.-Colonel Clarke, of the Company's
service.

The whole of the cavalry and the advance were com-
manded by Lieut.-Colonel, aftcrwar Is General Sir John
Floyd, of the nineteenth light dra<;>;( is, si nee disbanded.

On the 94th of May, Major- lonei il (afterwards
Sir William) Medows asaumed tho command, and re-

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viewed the army, which on the 2' *^h of that month 1790.
was put in movement towards the C nubatore country.

The army reached Caroor, a fortified place, on the
15th of June, which the enemy abandoned on the
approach of the British, who remained in this position,
strengthening Caroor, and collecting grain, until the
2d of July, when they moved for Arrivacourchy,
arriving there on the 5th, and continuing their route
by Tooramboddy, arrived on the 10th of July at Dara-
poram. At this latter place Avas found a large supply
of grain and other necessaries, wliich had been left by
the enemy.

During the march to Coimbatore, where the British
arrived on the 22d of July, Tippoo's irregular horse
were very active in hovering around, for the purpose of
picking up stragglers and baggage.

The army halted at Coimbatore, and detachments
were sent off to reduce Dindigul, Errode, and Pal-
ghautcherry. The flank companies of the S event Y-
PIRST regiment, commanded by Captains Fhineas
M*=Intosh and James Robertson, were employed upon
the latter service. In August the whole of the cavalry
* nd the advance had been pushed lurward to the
Iscovany, near to the Gudzellietty Pass. Tippoo Saib,
profiting by the divided state of the British force,
descended with liis whole army, and after a very severe
conflict obliged Lieut.-Colonel Floyd to fall back. The
troops from Coimbatore had marched to his support,
and on the junction being effected, Tippoo retired. The
British relumed to Coimbatore on the 23d of Sep-
tember.

Upon the march of the main body, the flank com-
panies of the Seventy-first and Seventy-second were
withdrawn from the siege oi Palghautchcrry, and ordered
to take post in the fort of Coimbatore; and on the
return of the army they rejoined th'i regiment.

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38 BI8TORI0AL BECOBI> OF THE 8EYENTT-FIBST

1790. The army was again put in motion on the 29th of
September, proceeding towards the Boovany by Shawoor
and Coopachitty-pollum, where the troops arrived a few
hours after Tippoo had left it. Some elephants, bullocks,
and camels loaded with rockets, fell into the hands of
the Dritlsh.

On the 4th of October the army arrived at Errode,
' the enemy kee2)ing a respectful distance during the
march ; and on the 6th of that month it was ascertained
that he had arrived with his whole force at Darraporanti
against which he opened his batteries on the 8th. The
fort hod no cannon mounted, and the garrison, consisting
of a hundred Europeans and two hundred sepoys, capi-
tulated on honorable terms, to which the enemy strictly
adhered.

The British army moved on the 5th of October, and
on the 15th encamped in the neighbourhood of Coim-
batorc, where Lieut-Colonel Stuart joined from Pal-
ghautcherryt after having taken the place, and left it in
a tolerable state of defence. On the 20th of October,
all the heavy baggage having been deposited in the
fort of Coimbatore, the army recommenced moving,
directing its march towards Errode, by Avinochy and
Perentore, where it arrived on the 2d of November.
On the 8th the army proceeded in the direction of
Bovaneore, and thence to a ford about three miles
below Errode, the whole crossing the Cavery on the 9th
and 10th, while Tippoo marched with his entire force
to attack a divisionr under the orders of Lieut.-Colonel
Hamilton Maxwell, of the Seventy-fourth Regiment,
then in the Bharamahl country. On the 11th of
November the army moved by Sankerrydroog for the
Tappoor Pass, and ascended on the 14th, encamping at
Adamancottah, in the Bharamahl country ; marched
again on the 15th, and on the 17th effected a junction
with Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell at Darrampoury. This

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT. 39 '-

officer had under his orders the Seventy-fourth and 17 90.
Seventy-sixth King's regiments, the fourth battalion of
Madras Europeans, the third, seventh, thirteenth, four-
teenth, twenty-first, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh
Bengal sepoys. '^^^ '^'^ n i ; - *

The Seventy-fourth joined the Seventy-first and
Seventy-second Kegiments in the second brigade ; and
Lieut. -Colonel Maxwell assumed the command of the
left wing in the place of Colonel Brydges, who was
appointed to command at Trichinopoly.

On the 18th of November the army moved by Coveri-
porum to the Tappoor Pass, when the advance fell in
with the rear of Tippoo's force, but could make no
impression. . , . -

It was now ascertained that the enemy, whose move-
ments were always sudden, varied, and perplexing, was
directing his course to the Camatic by Namacul and
Trichinopoly. The British in consequence pursued
by Malusundrum, arriving on the 23d at Vavoor ; the
27tli at Jaloor; on the 6th of December at Munsa-
rapett; and at Terany on the Slst of December. '* ''--^

On the Ist of January 1791 the army arrived at 1791.
Terrimungulum, and on the 12th at Amee.

Diu^ng this long and fatiguing march, the Anglo-
Indian troops frequently encamped upon the ground
from which the enemy had removed in the morning,
but the efforts made to overtake hun were not suc-
cessful. The sick and heavy guns having been placed
in the fort of Amee, on the 14th of January the advance
and right wing marched for Velhout, where they arrived
on the 27th, followed by the left wing.

On the 29th of January the army was reviewed by
General Charles the Earl Cornwallis, K.G., who had
arrived from Bengal to assume the command, and who
expressed great satisfaction at the appearance of the
troops. His lordship was at this period Governor-
General and Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies,

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40 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1791. and had quitted Bengal on the 6th of December of the
previous year, and landed at Fort St. George, Madras,
on the 30th of the same month.

In the course of the foregoing campaign the Seventy-
first Regiment lost few men in action, but many fell
victims to climate and fatigue.

The anny, being refreshed and equipped, commenced
moving in a westei'ly direction on the 5th of February,
by Perambaukum and Sholingur, arriving on the 1 1th in
the vicinity of Vellore. The troops were ordered into
the fort, and on the 14th they marched to Chittipst,
turning suddenly to the right by Chittoor towards the
Muglee Pass, where they arrived on the 17 th of Fe-
bruary. On the 18th the advance, followed by the park
and stores, ascended the ghauts, the whole army en-
camping on the day following at Palamnaire, in the
Mysore country, without having seen anything of the
enemy.

During the time the British army remained at
Velhout,Tippoo pushed to the southward, and summoned
Cuddalore, but upon learning in what direction Earl
Cornwallls had moved, tlie Sultan hastened to the
Shangana Pass, wlverc he arrived too late to oppose
the troops at the Mugice Pass. On the 24th, the
British marched for Colar, which was abandoned on
their approach ; from thence the army moved to
Oui?cottii, whicii uhicc was immediately carried by a
battalion of sepoys.

The enemy displayed a part of his force on the 4th
of March, and on tlifc following day oi)cned a cannonade
upon the troops moving towards Bangalore, whilst his
horse attempted to attack the stores and baggage, but
without success. About sunset on the 5th of March,
the army encamped witiiin shot of tlie fort of Banga-
lore, and shifted its groimd on the day following. The
pettah (tlic suburbs of the town) was then attacked by
the thirty-sixth and seventy-sixth rcgiuicnts, with some

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battalions of sepoys, and carried, after a very resolute 1791.
resistance on the part of the defenders.

From this period to the 14th of March, nothing mate-
rial occurred, but every preparation for the approaching
siege was carried on with diligence and activity. On
the 15th, the batteries being copipleted, opened a fire
upon Bangalore ; and on the 17th the lines were can-
nonaded by the enemy, while at night the camp was
much disturbed by his rockets.

Forage became very scarce, and none could be pro-
cured beyond the advanced piquets. The siege, how-
ever, proceeded, and the enemy continued to harass the
British until the 2l8t March, when the breach being
considered practicable, an attack was ordered.

The storming party consisted of the grenadiers of the
thirty-sixth, fifty-second, Seventy-first, seventy-
second, seventy-fourth, and seventy-sixth regiments,
followed by their respective light companies, and led by
Lieutenant James Duncan of tlie Seventy-first, and
Lieutenant John Evans of the fifty-second, with a
forlorn hope of thirty chosen men ; the whole sup-
ported by the battalion companies of the thirty-sixth,
seventy -second, and seventy-sixth, with some battalions
of Bengal sepoys. The coi-ps of attack were com-
manded by Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell of chc seventy-
fourth ; the flankers immediately by Major Skelly ;
Major-General Medows was present on the occasion.

The grenadier company of the Seventy-first was
commanded by Captain the Honorable John Lindsay,
who, upon entering the breach, directed his men to
throw away their priming, and trust entirely to their
bayonets. The light company was commanded by Cap-
tain James Robertson, son of the celebrated hit»torian.

Witii the aid of scaling ladders, and after encoun-
tering very fonnidable obstacles, IJangalore was carried.
From the 6th of March to the conquest of Bangalore,

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42 HISTOBICAL BECOBD OP THE SEVENTY-FIRST

17&l.the Seyenty-fibst had six privates killed, and fourteen
wounded.

On the 28th of March, a strong garrison being left
in Bangalore, the army moved to DeonhuUy, the birth-
place of Hyder Ali, where it arrived on the 30th, and
on the Ist of April at Chinnaballaporam, both of which
places were abandoned by the enemy. The army reached
Connapelly on the 12th of April, and on the following
day effected a junction with the Nizam's force, which
had been sent to co-operate with the British, and which
amounted to about fifteen thousand cavalry.

The army arrived at Venkatagherry, on the 18th of
April, where a largo detachment of EuropeanSj^ under
Colonel Oldham, joined from the Camatic, and on the
22d of April again encamped near Bangalore. During
this march, the object of which was chiefly to procure
eupj)lies, the enemy's irregular horse were now and then
seen in small detached bodies.

The British commenced their march on the 4th of
May towards Seringapatam, the capital of Tippoo Saib's
territorv, and on the 13th of that month arrived at
Arakerry, on the Cavery, about eight miles below
Seringapatam, which derived its name from the god
Sernng, to whom one of the pagodas was dedicated.
The enemy was discernible in front, with his right
resting on the river, and his left on a high hill named
the Carighaut.

During the night of the 14th of May the troops
marched with a view to niurprise the enemy, but owing
to the badness of the weather and roads, together
Avith the jadod state of the gun-bullocks, little or
no progress was made during the night ; but on the
following day, after having undergone great fatigue,
they wore brought into action, when the enemy was
driven from his strong position, and fonsed across the
river into the island upon which the capital, Scring-

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apatam, is situated, where he was protected by his 1791.
batteries. ■'■ ■ ' ■ "••■ • ''•^'■'-' i"^" ' "■•• ■ ■■'•"••'

In this affair four guns and several standards were
taken. The Seventy-first had Lieutenant and
Adjutant Roderick Mackenzie and seven rank and
file killed ; Ensign John Stuart and seventy-four rank
and file were wounded.

The army rested upon the field of battle, and was
again in movement on the 18th of May, and arrived
on the 20th at Canambaddy, situated on the Cavery,
some miles above Seringapatam. It was now ascer-
tained that the season was too far advanced for under-
taking immediately the siege of Tippoo's capital, and it
was determined accordingly to withdraw. The batter-
ing train was deftroyed ; all the ammunition and stores
were buried, which could not be removed, and on the
26th of May the army marched in the direction of
Bangalore.

Before commencing their retreat, the soldiers were
thanked in orders for their conduct throughout these
services ; and it was added : — " So long as there were
" any hopes of reducing Seringapatam before the com-
" mencement of the heavy rains, the Commander- in-
" chief thought himself happy in availing himself of
" their willing services ; l>ut the unexpected bad
" weather, for some time experienced, lia ving n . JereVl
" the attack '»f the enemy's capital impructicrvbh , until
" the conclusion of the ensuing monpoon.-'. Lord Corn-
" wallirt thought he should make an ill return for the

zeal and alacrity exhibited by the soldiers, if he
" desired thcn> <^o draw the guns and stores back to a
" magazine, whcro there remains an ample suj)ply of
" both, which w-s captured by their valour ; he did not,
'* therefore, li^.-*iuite to order the guns and stores which
" were not waui^d for field service +0 be destroyed."

In the course of this retreat the British were joined
by the Mahrattn army, under Hurry Punt and Purscraai

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1791.Bhow, cotip.isting of about thirty-two thousand men,
chiefly cavaary, and thirty pieces of cannon. Of the
approach of this large force, the British had been Icept
in total ignorance, by the active manner in which the
commuiiications were interrupted by Tippoo's irregular
troops. Captain Little, having under his orders two
battalions of Bombay sepoys, joined with the Mahratta
army, and the supplies were now abundant.

On the 11th of July, after marching by Alcotta,
Goodyanelly, Outredroog, and Sankerry-droog, the
army arrived at Br" • ' ^re.

The enem} .:Cv. uo ^itempt whatever to interrupt
the march. By this time the Nizam's cavalry had
b»icome unfit to keep the field, and were allowed to
return to their own country. Purseram Bhow also,
with a large detachment of the Malu-attas-^ proceeded
into the Sera country; but Hurry Punt, with the
remainder, continued attached to the British army.
On the 15th of July the whole of the sick, and one half
of the tumbrils belonging to the field-pieces, were sent
into the fort of Bangalore, and the army moved towards
Oussoor, where it arrived on the llth of the following
month.

The fort of Oussoor was abandoned by the enemy,
after lie had olown up the angles. In this place
were found the bodies of three Europeans who had
been i)ut to death by Tippoo's orders. One of these
unfortunate persons, named Hamilton, had been an
officer in the British navy.

On the 12th of August the army moved from
Oussoor, and on the 23d arrived at Bayeur. About
this period Major (iowdie, of the Honorable E«at India
Comi)any's Service, was detached with some troops
for the reduction of the strong hill fort of Nundf/-
drooff, which it was foiuid required regular npproachea.

The flank companies of the thirty-sixth and Si>
V£N1Y-FIU9T reghuents, under thij command of Cuptaiu

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 45

Robertson, of the latter corpa, marched on the 17th of 1791.
October to join the detachment under Major Gowdie,
and, upon their arrival, were immediately placed in the
last parallel.

On the 18 th of October, General the Earl Cornwallis,
with the whole army, made a movement towards Nundy-
droog, and in the evening of that day the troops were
told off for an assault ujion the two breaches, \*hich
had been pronounced practicable. The attacks com-
menced at eleven o'clock at night, the grenadiers
assaulting the right breach, and the light rompanies
the left. The forlorn hope of the right attack con-
sisted of twenty grenadiers, volunteers from the thirty-
sixth and Seventy-first, led by Lieutenant Hugh
Mackenzie of the Seventy-first, formerly paymafeter
of the regiment. The same number of light infantry,
headed by Lieutenant Lewis Moore, of the Seventy-
first, formed the left attack. The grenadier com-
pany of the regiment, in support, was commanded by
Lieutenant James Duncan ; the light company, by
Lieutenant Kenneth Mackenzie ; the whole under
Captain Robertson's orders, as before stated.

Captain Robert Burne supporter, with the thirty-
sixth grenadiers, the right attack, and Captiin William
Hartley, with the light company of that regiment, the
left attack ; Major-General Medinvs, as usual, anhnat-
ing the whole with his presence.

Both breaches were carried without much resistance
fro)n the enemy, and the gateway of the in'ior wall
being «oon secured the fort fell into the possession of
the British. Many of the enemy were killiMl, and
several, in attempting to escape, were dashed to pieces
ovei he precipices. It was an additional source of
gratification, that this important service hud been
achieved without the loss t)f a Britisli soldier.

In a few days subsequently to the fall of Nundy-
droog, the army retraced it.^ route to Bangalore.

46 HISTORICAL BECOBD OP THE SEVENTY-PIEST

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1791. On the 4th of December the troops were again put
in movement, directing their march towards Saven-
droog, a fortress situated on the side of a mountain,
environed by almost inaccessible rocks. The fort being
reconnoitred, a detachment under Lieut.-Colonel Jamas
Stuart, of the Seventy-second regiment, was selected,
and ordered to reduce the place. On the 17th the
British were enabled to open upon the fort a battery
of «ix eighteen-pounders and three twelve-pounders,
with considerable effect.

The (lank companies of the Seventy-first and
K<vv<;iity-8ixth regiments joined the detachment under
Lieut.-Colonel Stuart on the 20th of December, and on
♦he following day the flank companies of the fifty-
sftcond, Seventy-fibst, seventy-second, and seventy-
^ixth, were selected for the attack upon Savendroog (in
'' ' "ch a practicable breach had been effected), and
ibnncd under Lieut.-Colonel Colebrook Nesbitt, o:' the
fifty'flocond regiment.

The storming party, conunanded by Lieut.-Colonel
NcRbitt, was directed to four different attacks. Captain
Jttuitirt (iagc, with the grenadiers of the fifty-second
and flank companies of the seventy-sixth regiment, to
gain the eastern hill to the left ; Captain the Honorable
William Monson, with the light company of the fifty-
Hccond, to scour the works towards the western hill on
tlic right ; Captain the Honorable John Lindsay and
Captain James Robertson, with the flank companies
of the Seventy-first, to separate, and attack the
works or parties they might discover in the cliasm or
hollow b(!twecn the hills ; the fifty-second and seventy-
second regiments were to follow the flar k companies ;
parties were detached under Lieut.-Colonel Baii-d and
Major l*(!trie round the mountain, to draw the attention
of till! enemy from the main object, and to endeavour
to prevent his cscnpc.

At eleven o'clock in the morning of the 2 let of

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRT. 47

Decea\ber, on a signal of two guns being fired from the 1791.
batteries, the flank companies, in the order described,
followed by tiiv«- fifty-second and seventy-second regi-
ments, advanced to the assault; the band of the
fifty-second playing " Britons, strike home /" while the
grenadiers and light infantry mounted the breach.

Immediate success followed the attempt, the fort
being carried without the loss of a man. The troops
were thanked in general orders for their gallant con-
duct, in which it was stated, —

" Lord Comwallis thinks himself fortunate, almost
" beyond example, in having acquired by assault a
** fortress of so much strength and reputation, and of
" such inestimable value to the public interest, as
" Savendroog,"* without having to regret the loss of a
** single soldier."

In the course of a short time afterwards, the follow-
ing places surrendered, with trifling loss, to detachments
of the British army ; namely, Outredroog, Ram Gurry,
and Sheria Gurry.

The army subsequently moved towards Outredroog,
a hill fort about thirty miles west of Bangalore, where
a general hospital was established.

On the 31 St of January 1792 the ai-my under 17 92.
General the Earl Cornwallis was reviewed by the
Poonah and Hyderabad chiefs, and on the following
day commenced its march towards Seringapatam, passing
by Hooleadroog, Tajilly, and Carrycode. The troops
came in sight of Tippoo's capital on the 5th of February,
and encamped at the French Kocks. The enemy's
horse showed itself on the 4th and 5th, but attempted
nothing hostile.

The entrenched camp of Tippoo waa reconnoitred ou
the 6th of February, and at dark the army was formed
in three columns of attack. The right, under Major
General Mcdows, consisting of the thirty-sixth and

* Droog signifies a fortified hill or rock.

48 HISTOBICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

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1792. seventy-sixth King's regiments. The centre, under
the Commander-in-chief, General the Earl Comwallis,
consisting of the fifty-second, Seventy-first, and
seventy-fourth King's regiments. The left, under
Lieut. -Colonel Maxwell of the seventy-fourth, was
composed of the seventy-second regiment. The native
troops were divided among the three columns.

By eight o'clock in the evening of the 6th of Februarj'-
the three columns were in motion The head of the
centre column, led by the flank companies of the respec-
tive corps, after twice crossing the Lokany river, which
covered the enemy's right wing and front, came in con-
tact with his first line, and immediately forced through
it. The British flankers, mixing with the fugitives,
crossed the north branch of the Cavery, at the foot
of the (fhicis of the fort of Serinf/apatam. Captain the
Honorable John Lindsay collected the grenadiers of the
Seventy-first upon the ^fom, and attempted to push
into the body of the place, but was prevented by the
bridge being raised a few moments before he reached
it. He was soon after joined by some of the light
company of the fifty-second and grenadiers of the
seventy-sixth, with whom he forced his way down to
the famous Llnl Baugli, or " Garden of Pearls,^^ where
he was attacked most furiously, but the enemy was
repelled in a very spirited style with the bayonet.

Captain Lindsay was afterwards joined by the
seventy-fourth grenadiers, and attempted to drive the
enemy from the Pcttah, but could not succeed, from
the numbers which poured on him from all sides. This
gallant officer thpn took post in a redoubt, where he
maintained himself imtil niorning, and then moved to
the north bank of the river, where the firing appeared
very heavy. He was there met by Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel the Honorable John Knox, of the thirty-sixth
regiment, and by Lieut.-Colonel Baird, with the
grenadiers of the fifty-second, and tlie light company

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 49

of the Seventy-first, together witH hoipe of the 1792.
troops that composed the left attack.

During these occurrences the battalion companies of
the fifty-second, Sevevty-first, and seventy-second
regiments forced their way across the ri', er to the
island, overpowering ah hat opposed them, when
Captain Archdeaf'on, commaiAaIng a battalion of Bengal
Sepoys, being killed, that battalion was thrown into
confusion, falUng back upon the Seventy-first.
Major Stair Park Dalrymple, wishing to prevent the
Sepoys intermingling with his men, vordercl. the regi-
ment to oblique to the left, an operation that by chance
brought him in contact with the Sultan's redoubt,
which was instnntly attacked and carrl d. The charge
of the reili ubt was given to Captain Hugh Sibbald,
of the Se\ r.NTY-FiRST, with his company, who on the
following morning Avas killed, nobly defending it against
repeated aud desperate attacks from the enemy. The
commander-in-chief. General the Earl Cornwallis, in
compliment to the memory of this officer, had the name
of the redoubt changed to " Sibbald."

In the evening of the 7 th of February tlir<^e thousand
of the enemy's horse attacked the British troops on the
island, but were repulsed by the Seventy-first
regiment and the first Coast Sepoys. T^. the course
of these operations the regiment had CjV">;ain Sibbald
and Lieutenant Daniel Bayne killed ; Ensign Duncan
Mackenzie was wounded ; about one hundred rank and
file were killed and wounded.

The enemy's loss was very severe, being estimated
at 20,000 Iiors-de-comhat, Eighty pieces 4 <jannori were
taken by the British.

On the 9th of February the army "took up its final
position for the siege of Senn<jnpatain, and on the
15th Major-General Robert Abercromby ioinod with
the Bombay force, consisting of the seven iy-third.

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1792. seventy-fifth, and seventy-seventh regiments, besides
native troops, making a total of about 6,000 men.

The Seventy-fiest i egiment, commanded by Major
Dalrymple, crossed the south branch of the Cavery at
nine o'clock at night on the 18 th of February, and in
two hours after attacked by surprise a camp of the
enemy's cavalry, of whom great part were slain, and
the remainder dispersed in all directions. This move-
ment was designed to cover the operation of opening
the trenches, which took place at the same time, within
eight hundred yards of the fort.

Until the 24th of February the approaches were
carried on with the greatest activity, when the general
orders announced that the preliminary articles of peace
had been signed, and in consequence all hostile measures
immediately ceased.

On the 26 th of February the two sons of Tippoo
Saib, Abdel Kalek and Mooza-ud-Deen, the former ten
years of age, and the latter eight, were brought to the
British camp, as hostages for the due performance of the
preliminary artick ?,*

In consequence^ of some obstacles which had been
opposed by Tsj^ikx t<i the arrangement of the definitive
treaty, working paiues were ordered, and the guns re-
placed in the batteries on the 10th March. This state
of suspicion and preparation lasted until the 15th of
March, when it was discontinued, and on the 18th of
that month, the definitive treaty being duly executed,

"* In 1 794 Tippoo received back his sons, and immediately commenced
secret negotiations with the French, who were then at war with Great
Britain, in order to renew measures for " utterly destroying the English
in India." This animosity ended only with the death of the Sultan, which
took place on the 4th of May 1799, while defending Seringapatam against
his former opponents. His body was found amidst heaps of slain, and
wns interred in the mausolcun which he hou erected over the tomb of
his father, Hyder Ali, a portion of the victorious troops attending the
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«nd signed, was deliyered by the young Abdel Kalekl792.

< to each of the confederates. On the 20th the counter-

* part was Bent off to Tippoo Saib.

^ Thus tenninated a war in which the confedei'ates
wrested from the enemy seventy fortresses, eight

'' hundred pieces of cannon, and destroyed or dispersed at

••least fiflty thousand men. By the articles of the treaty,
Tippoo was bound to pay a large sum of money, and to
-cede one half of his dominions.

The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in

^ India granted from this money a sum equal to six
months' batta for all ranks, add the Court of Directors
afterwards made a similar grant. . i»v ^

^^- On the 26th of March, the exchange of the defiiiitive ^^^

' treaty being completed, the British commenced moving
■towards Bangalore, fVom whence they proceeded to the

' Pednaigdurgum Pass, whore the Bengal troops were
ordered to their own presidency.

Early in May the army descended the Ghauts,
arriving soon after at Vellore, where the Commander-in-
Chief arranged the cantonments of the troops, and
proceeded to Madras. The Seventt-Hrbt received
orders to march to the southward, and in the month of
June arrived at Warriore, near Trichinopoly, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Baird, who during the
campaign had been absent from the rerlirent in com-
mand of a brigade. Eight companies were stationed
at Warriore, and two were detached with Major
Dalrymple to Dindigul. In this situation the regiment
continued for the remainder of the year. •»> «»Ht

- In March 1703, the eight companies under the com-1793.
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Baird proceeded from Warriore
to Secundermally, in the neighbourhood of Madura.
Meanwhile the events of the French revolution had
involved England in another contest, the National Con-
vention of France having declared war against Great
Britain and Holland, iu February 1793. The news of

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17 93. this event arrived in India in May following, when the
siege of the French settlement of Pondicherry, on the
Coromandel coast, was determined upon. Lieut.-
Colonel Baird, of the Seventy-first, was appointed
to command a brigade on this service. <

In July the flank companies of the regiment were
ordered to join the force about to besiege Pondicherryf
and marched for that purpose, being followed soon
afterwards by the battalion companies. The place sur-
rendered on the 2 2d of August, and the Seventy-
first returned to Secundermally and Dindigul, where
the regiment continued during the remainder of the
year.

1794. An attack upon the Mauritius was in contemplation
at the commencement of the year 1794, and troops for
that service were assembled at Wallajohabad. The
Seventy-first, having received orders to join this
force, marched to Wallajohabad, where the regiment
remained only a short time, having been ordered to
return to the southward, in consequence of the pro-
jected expedition being relinquished.

The regiment marched accordingly, and arrived at
Tanjore in June, where it was stai i for the re-
mainder of the year, having two coiu^,..nies detached,
under Major Dalrymple, at Vellum.

1795. Holland became united to France in the early part of
1795, and was styled the Latavian republic. Upon the
arrival of this information in India, an expedition was
fitted out against the island of Ceylon, where the Dutch
had several settlements. Major Dalrymple, with the flank
companies, marched to the coast, and embarked at
Ncgapatam, for the purpose of co-operating with the
troops destined for Ceylon, under the command of
Colonel James Stuart, of the seventy-second, who was
promoted to the rank of Major-General at this period.
The fleet arrived on the coast of Ceylon on the 1st of
August, and two days afterwards the troops landed four

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 53

miles north of the fort of Trincomalee . The siege of 1795.
the fort was commenced as soon as the artillery and
stores could be landed, and removed sufficiently near to
the place. On the 26th of August a practicable breach
was effected, and the garrison surrendered. The fort of
Batticahe surrendered on the 18 th of September, and
the fort and island of Manaar capitulated on the 5th of
October. After these services were performed, the flank
companies returned to Tanjore in the month of Octo-
ber, having lost eleven men in killed and wounded.
Captain William Charles Gorrie, of the grenadier com-
pany, was desperately wounded in this expedition.

In May 1796, the regiment marched to Wallajo-1796.
habad, where it was stationed during the remainder of
the year.

On the 2d of January 1797, the regiment was in- 17 97.
spected by Major-General Clarke, who issued the
following general order: —

" Major-General Clarke has experienced infinite sa-
** tisfaction, this morning, at the review of His Majesty's
" SEVENTY-riRST regiment.

" He cannot say that on any occasion of field
" exercise he ever was present at a more perfect
" performance.

" When a corps is so striking in appearance, and so
" complete in every branch of its discipline, little can
" occur to the Commander-in-chief to particularize.
" He cannot but notice, however, that the Seventy-
" first regiment has excited his admiration for its
" expertne»s in those parts of its exercise which aro
" most essential, and most difficult to execute. He
" alludes to its order and regularity when moving in
" line ; its extreme accuracy in preserving distances,
" and the neatness and promptitude that are so evident
" in all its formations. So much perfection in a corps,
" whose services in India will long be held in rcmem-

54 i* HISTOBIOAL BECOBD OF THE SEVENTT-FIEST

1797."brance does the greatest honor to Lieut-Colonel
'^ Baird and all his officers, to whom, and the corps at
**'large,the Commander-in-chief desires to offer his best
"thanks." wy^mn ' ^y^---'-ir "m. ifh5^ .v*?i y»' ? • m

The raiment remained in the cantonment of Walla-
johabad until the month of October, when orders were
issued for its return to Europe, It was accordingly
drafted, giving five hundred men to the seventy-third
and seventy-fourth regiments, and then marched from
Wallajohabad, under the command of Colonel Baird,
with the non-commissioned officers, drummers, and
invalids, to Madras, and immediately embarked on
board of Indiamen for Great Britain. The fleet sailed
from Madras Roads on the 17th of October, and was
at sea during the remainder of the year.*

1798. Early in January 1798, the fleet arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope, where the commanding officer of the
regiment. Colonel Baird, was detained upon the staff,
having been appointed brigadier-general. After re-
maining a few days in Table Bay, the fleet sailed, and
reached St. Helena in February, where it was detained
three months waiting for a convoy. *

The fleet sailed on the 1st of May from St. Helena,
without a convoy, and in July, in consequence of
contrary winds, was compelled to put into Cork Har-
bour. It sailed from thence for the Thames, and on
the I2th of August the regiment disembarked at Wool-
wich, where it remained for a few days, and then re-
embarked in smacks for Leith. After landing, the
regiment proceeded to Stirling. As a mark of indul-
gence, a general leave for two months was granted to

• On the S3d of May 1831, His Majesty King George the Fourth wu
graciously pleased to authorise the Skvekty-first to bear on the regi-
mental colour and appointments the word " Hindoostax," in commemo-
ration of its distinguished services in the several actions in which it had
been engaged, while in India, between the years 1780 and 1797.

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the officers and men of the Seventt-fibst, to enable 1798;^
them to visit their friends and famiUes, after a long
absence from their native country. At the expiration of
this period, the whole assembled at Stirling, with the
addition of several recruits. Immediately afterwards,
the whole of the officers and non-commissioned officers,
with the exception of the staif, and a few at head- •'*'4
quarters, were sent out to recruit the regiment. ^

During the year 1799, the head-quarters remained 1799.
at Stirling, and the recruiting went on but slowly. *'i
- In May 1800, the strength of the regiment amountedlSOO.
to about two hundred rank and file, when a route
arrived changing the quarters to Paisley, but soon
after the march an order arrived for its proceeding to
Ireland. In June the regiment reached Portpatrick,
and crossed immediately to Donaghadee, from whence it
marched, under the command of Colonel Dalrymple, to
Newry, and in a few days afterwards was removed -^
to Dundalk. ■:•'' i'^..';.--iA&i,U'J .rl'.^vi,.^ .... i- vi.r-v....o -.li-

In July the regiment received six hundred volim-
teers from the Scotch Fencible corps serving in
Ireland, and remained at Dundalk until the close of
the year, when a route for Dublin was received.
At this period, Colonel Dalrymple was appointed
brigadier-general, and the command of the regiment
devolved on Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John French.

On the 6th of December Major Denis Pack was pro-
moted from the fourth Boyal Irish dragoon guards to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Seventy-first regiment,
in succession to Lieut.-Coloncl the Honorable John
Lindsay, who retired from the service.

The regiment, early in the year 1801, marched from 1801.
Dundalk to Dublin, and occupied the barracks in the
Palatine Square. On the 24th of April, Lieut.-
Colonel Pack joined, and assumed the command of the
regiment. •

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1802. In March 1802, in which month the Peace of
Amiens was concluded, the regiment proceeded from
Dublin, and was cantoned in the county of Wicklow.
The corps was so divided, that at Arklow, the head*
quarters, there were only two companies. In this
situation it continued for the remainder of the year.

1803. The regiment proceeded, in March 1803, in three
divisions, to Ballinasloe, where it remained for a few »
days, and afterwards marched to Loughrea. <"

Major-General Sir John Francis Cradock, K.B., was
appointed colonel of the Seventy-firbt regiment on
the 6th of August 1803, in succession to General the
Honorable William Gordon, who was removed to the
twenty-first Royal North British Fusiliers.

The regiment continued at Loughrea, but the light
company was detached to Limerick, to join a light
battalion which was being formed at that place.

1804. In May the regiment proceeded from Loughrea to
the county of Limerick, the head-quarters being sta-
tioned at Bathkeale; one detachment at Newcastle,
another at Tarbert, and a third at Askeaton.

While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, war
had recommenced with France, and Bonaparte having
made preparations for invading Great Britain, additional
measures of defence to those of the former year were
adopted by the Government;* and under the "Additional
Force Act,** passed on the 10th of July 1804, a second
battalion was added to the Seventy-first regiment,
which was to consist of men to be raised for limited

* In consequence of the renewal of the -war with France, in May
1803, the British Government introduced the "Army of Reserve Act,"
which was passed in July following, for raising men for home service by
ballot, and thus caused certain regiments to be augmented to two
battalions. Volunteer and yeomanry corps were also formed in every
part of the kingdom, in order to preserve Great Britain from the
threatened invasion.

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service in certain counties of North Britfun. The 1804
second battalion was formed at Dumbarton in October, ^^^t.
to the command of which Lieut.-Colonel Lord George
Beresford was appointed. Its establishment was fix6d
at 23 seijeants, 22 drummers, 20 corporals, and 380
privates. ' ' - '

In March 1805 the first battalion, under the com- 1805.
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Pack, proceeded to Bandon inistbat.
the county of Cork, and was stationed at that place
until July, when it marched to Cork, and immediately
afterwards to Monkstown, where it embarked in trans-
ports, having been selected to form part of a secret
expedition under its former commander, Major-General
Sir David Baird.

In the beginning of August the embarkation was
completed, and on the 5th of that month the fleet
sailed, convoyed by three 64-gun ships, two frigat'3s and
gun-brigs, under the orders of Commodore Sir Home
Popham ; and on the 28th of September the fleet, after
a very boisterous passage, arrived at Madeira.

On the 3d of October the fleet left Madeira, and on
the 12th of November arrived at St. Salvador, in the
Brazils, where an opportunity was afforded of refreshing
the men, landing the sick, and procuring some horses
for the cavaliy.

The fleet again put to sea on the 28th oi November,
and directed its course towards the Dutch colony of the
Cape of Good Hope, then in possession of the Batavian
Government, which was united with France in hostility
to Great Britain.

The fleet arrived at the high table-land of the Cape 1806.
of Good Hope on the 4th of January 1806, and shortly
afterwards came to anchor. The whole of the following
day the surf upon the shore of the bay was too violent to
admit of any attempt to land. Brigadier-General William
Carr, afterwards General Viscount, Beresford, was de-

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58 HISTOBICAI, BEOOBD OF THE SBTBNTT-FIBST

1^06.taohed, with such of the cavaby aa had hones, and the
i«tbat.thu*ty-eighth regiment, to Saldanha Bay»*

In the morning of the 6th of January a landing was
effected by the Highland brigade, under the command
of Brigadier-General Honald Craufurd Ferguson, in
the performance of which service Lieut. -Colonel Pack,
,v the commanding officer of the Seventy-first re^ment,
was wounded. The following day was devoted to land-
ing the supplies and the remainder of the army. •> .iii
Early in the morning of the 8th of January Major-
General Sir David Baird formed his troops in two
columns, and moved up to the heights of Bleuherg
(Blue Mountain), from whence the enemy was seen,
drawn up in order of battle, in two lines, with twenty-
three pieces of cannon, his numbers being calculated at
5,000, of which a large proportion was cavalry.

The British lines were formed with promptitude and
correctness, and the enemy was attacked with the
utmost spirit. He maintained his ground with some
firmness, until a charge of the Highland brigade disr
lodged and completely routed him, with the loss of
three guns and 700 men.

* Number of men which arriyed at the Cape of Good Hope in January

1806, under Major General Sir David Baird.

Number landed,

BaiQADXt.

Beoimknts.

including

Recruits for

India, attached.

1st. Commanded by [

Twenty-fourth

600

Brigadier-General •

Thirty-eighth

900

Beresford.

Eighty-third

800

2d. Under Briga- "

S^iVENTT FIRST, Ist battalion

800

dier General Fer--

Serenty-second

600

guson.

Ninety-third ...

800

Fifty-ninth

900

Company's recruits

200

'.;...*■•,!

Seamen and marines

1,100 •

' 1 ' . . ■

Artillery - - -

200

- '

Twentieth light dragoons -
Total •

300

7,200

BBOIMEHT, HIOHIiAKD LIOHX< INFAITTBT. 50*

In tliig afi&ir the Setentt-fibst had Brevet Lieut.- 1806
Colonel Bobert Campbell wounded. Five men were 1st tet
killed, and two seijeants and sixty-four rank and file
were wounded. .i«f,;iteiii atava

The troops halted for the night at the Reit Valley,
and on the 9th of January the army moved towards the
Salt River, where it was intended to take up a position
previously to the attack of Cape Town, when a flag of
truce appeared from the town, which produced some
negotiations, that terminated in its surrender to His
Majesty's arms. Lieut.-General Janssens, the Governor
of the colony, after his defeat at Bleuberg on the 8th,
had retired towards the interior of the country by the
Hottentot Holland Kloof, or Pass, from whence, on
the 19th of January, he signed and ratified the treaty
that placed the whole of the Cape of Good Hope and
its dependencies in the possession of Great Britain,
under whose sway it has since continued.

The Royal authority was subsequently granted for the
Seventy-fikst to bear the words " Cape op Good
Hope " on the regimental colour and appointments, to
commemorate its distinguished gallantry at the capture
of that important colony.* *. -

* The lofty promontory of Southern Africa received the name of
" Cabo de bonne Esperanza" (Cape of Good Hope), from King John II.
of Portugal, upon its discovery, in 1487, by Bartholomew Diaz, in
consequence of a f>oinl hope being entertained of discovering the long-
wished for passage to India, which ten years afterwards was realised by
Yasco de Gama, who doubled the Cape, and continued the voyage to the
Malabar coast For more than a century the Cape continued as a tem-
porary rendezvous for European mariners. In July 1620, Humphrey
Fitaherbert and Andrew Shillinge, two of the East India Company's
commanders, took formal possession of the place, in the name of King
James L, but no settlement was formed. In 1650 the government of
the Netherlands resolved to colonlie tUe Cape, which remained in pos-
session of the Dutch until July 1795, when it was taken by the British
for the Prince of Orange, but was restored to its former possessors by
the Peace of Amiens, concluded in 1802. It was agam captured by
the British in 1806, in whose possession it has since remained.

60 HISTOBICAL BECOBD OF THE SEYENTY-FIBST

1806. As the following letter from Brigadier General
ist tot. Ferguson to Major-General Sir David Baird is very

creditable to the regiment and to its commander, it is

here inserted.

Sib,

'* Cape Towrit 19tk January 1806.

" As in the affair of Bleuberg, on the 8th instant,
" chance placed two of the enemy's guns in possession of
" the Highland brigade, I hope you will be pleased to
" order the allowance usually granted on such occasions
" to be issued, and shared amongst the 71st, 72d, and
" 93d regiments.

" Although the guns fell into our hands in front of
" the 7 1st regiment, Lieut.-Colonel Pack (desirous that
" the three regiments should be considered as one
" family) has most handsomely withdrawn the prior
" claim His Majesty's 71st regiment might have made,
" and to which the situation of the guns, when taken,
*' would have entitled that most excellent corps.

" I have, &c.
" (Signed) E. C. Ferguson,

" Brigadier General.
" Major-General Sir David Baird."

The Seventy-pibst went into quarters at the can-
tonment of Wynberg, about seven miles from Cape Town,
on the road to Simon's Bay, where the battalion re-
mained until the 1 2th of April, when, most unexpectedly,
an order arrived for its immediate embarkation on
an expedition to the Bio de la Plata in South America,
which had been planned by the British commanders,
naval and military, at the Cape. The Seventy-fiest
was the only corps of the Cape garrison destined for
this service, with the addition of a few dragoons and
some artillery. At this period the strength of the bat-
talion amounted to eight hundred rank and file, having
received some recruits from foreign corps at the Cape.
The troops were to be commanded by Brigadier-General

BEOIMENT^ HIGHLAND LIGHT lyPAKTRT. 61 <

William Carr Beresford, afterwards General Viscount 1806.
Beresford. r . "i r. > i; .x-\l,. -u]' istbat.

The battalion was embarked in line-of-battle ships
and in transports, and on the 14th of April the fleet
sailed from Table Bay, directing its course to the west-
ward until the 20th, when, inconsequence of unfavour-
able weather, and having parted company with one of
the transports, in which were three companies of the
Seventy-first, the signal was made to rendezvous at
St. Helena, at which island the fleet arrived on the 30th
of April, with the exception of the missing transport.
Here the force under Brigadier-General Beresford re-
ceived an augmentation of two hundred men from the
St. Helena regiment, making a total of a thousand and
eighty-seven rank and file.

On the 2d of May the fleet sailed from St. Helena,
and after a tedious voyage arrived at Cape St. Mary's,
at the entrance of the Rio de la Plata, on the 8th of
June, where it met with the missing transport.

The troops that had sailed in the line-of-battle ships
were transferred on the 16th of June to the transports,
which proceeded up the river, and on the 24th of that
month came to anchor opposite the city of Buenos
Ayres. On the 25th, at night, the Seventy-first,
with the other troops, effected a landing without any
opposition. The following morning they pushed forward,
and met the enemy at the village of Reduction, who
made a trifling stand, and then retired towards the city.
On this occasion Captain Henry Le Blanc of the
Seventy-first lost his leg, and a serjeant and five
rank and file were wounded.

The British troops continued to advance in pursuit
of the enemy, and on the morning of the 27th of June
forced their passage across the Chualo. Some skirmish-
ing followed this movement, but the city of Buenos
Ayres almost immediately surrendered. In the evening
the town and fort were taken possession of by the first

62 HISTORICAL BEGORD Or THB S£V£NTT*FIRST

1806.battalion of the Sbtbntt-first and detachments of
icttet. Marines and St. Helena Regiment. h^.-^ix-x't^.j

tt> The Setentt-virst occupied barracks in Buenos
Ayres, and remained undisturbed until the beginning of
August, by which time the enemy had collected a force
of about 1,500 men, under a leader named Pueridon, at
five leagues from the city. Brigadier-General Beresford,
in consequence, moved out with three hundred of the
Seventy-first, fifty from the St Helena Regiment,
and six field pieces ; attacked and dispersed the enemy,
taking all his artillery, namely, ten pieces of \'arious
calibre. The battalion had only five men woimded in
this operation. iKfci. i 0',\ i' 0s>i •■ a*.:{>;i • .. ..^ iv,vt«,?')
About this period, a body of the enemy, headed by
Colonel Liniers, a French officer in the service of Sptun,
crossed from Colonna to Concher, evidently with hostile
intentions. Forming a junction with the force under
Pueridon, the whole marched upon Buenos Ayres.

On the 10th of August the enemy commenced opera-
tions, by the massacre of a Serjeant and his guard of
the Seventy-first Regiment, who were posted at a
place in the suburbs where the bull-fights were usually
exhibited. On the following day much skirmishing
ensued in the outskirts of the city, the enemy taking
possession of the tops of houses, from which he kept up
a galling and destructive fire.

During this time the miun body of the British force
took up a position in the Grand Square, but afterwards
retired into the fort of Buenos Ayres. Being now
bereft of all resources, and without hopes of reinforce-
ment, there appeared no alternative but to capitulate,
and about one o'clock on the 12th of August hostilities
ccaHcd, and the fort was surrendered. The troops
marched out with the honors of war, and laid down
their arms in the Square.

The Seventy-first were now prisoners ; the offi-
cers were allowed their parole, and quartered upon the

'^BEOIMENT, HIGHLAND LIQHT IMFAMTKT.

force
kards

troops
down

inhabitants ; the men were confined in the prisons of the 1806.
city. ittlMt

In these melancholy proceedings fell Lieutenant
William Mitchell and Ensign Thomas Lucas. Both had
much distinguished themselves. The battalion lost in
• killed and wounded ninety-one men. mi 'Jc ra^^'sm*
b.'"..In August 1806 the second battalion embarked atzdUt.
Glasgow for Ireland, and arrived at Belfast on the let
of September.

About the middle of September, the Seventt-fibst istbat
were removed from Buenos Ayres into the interior. Bri-
gadier-General Beresford, with his staff, and Lieut.-
Colonel Pack, were placed at Luxon, from whence they
subsequently effected their escape, upon learning that
the removal of tk^ prisoners still further up the country
had been ordered. v i i'*! qi . : ic

Lieut.-Colonel Pack was thus enabled to join the 1807.
troops which had landed near Monte Video in January
1807, under the command of Brigadier-General Sir
Samuel Auchmuty, and to afford assistlmce in the im-
portant operations then being carried on. Sir Samuel
Auchmuty, at Lieut.-Colonel Pack's request, directed
a board of naval and military officers to inquire into the
particulars of his escape, by whom it was unanimously
approved, and he was declared free to serve.*

The second battalion was removed from Ireland to 2d bat.
Scotland in January 1807, but returned to Ireland in
June following.

In May 1807, a further removal to the interior of the utbat
prisoners took place. The officers were collected at a
college belonging to the Jesuits, about forty leagues to
the northward of Cordova, and entirely separated from
their men. In this situation they remained until August
following, when, just as they were ordered to prepare
for a transfer to a station still more remote, the accounts

* Lieut-Colonel Pack's narrative of hia escape is inserted in the
Appandiz, page 158. . ^ » . .i.

l:,l

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64 HISTORICAL BECOBD Or THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1807. of the convention entered into by Lieut. -General John
istbaf^Yhitelocke were received, by which it was stipulated

that the prisoners should be restored to liberty, on
condition that all the British forces should be with-
drawn. It is scarcely necessary to remark, that the
prospect of being restored to liberty and friends was
greatly damped by the military events which produced
it, and which completely extinguished the ardent hopes
of success that had been entertained from the arrival of
the last British force in South America, ''-'-' ' -" A

In September the whole of the officers and men were
re-conducted to Buenos Ayres, from whence they were
conveyed in boats to Monte Video, and there embarked
in transports, with a view of returning to Europe.

It is a circumstance highly creditable to the charac-
ter of the soldiers of the Seventy-first, that although
so many and powerful allurements were held out to
induce them to remain in South America, still not
more than thirty-six individuals were found to swerve
from their duty and allegiance to their king and
country.

The fleet sailed immediately, and after a tedious and
rough voyage of three months the transports having
the Seventy-first on board put into Cork Harbour
in December, and on the 27th of that month the whole
were landed, without uniform, clothing, arms, or accou-
trements, and marched to Middleton, under the com-
mand of Major Henry ToUey, Lieut.-Colonel Pack
having previously returned to England from South
America,

1808. In March 1808, the regiment proceeded from Mid-
dleton to Cork, where its equipment in every respect
was completed.

ad bat. The second battalion embarked at Londonderry for
Scotland on the 9th of April 1808, after transferring
200 men to the first battalion, which raised the strength
of the latter to nearly 900 rank and file.

TlEaiMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBY. 65

i the 26th of April, whilst in garrison at Cork, 1808.
ne,v colours, to replace those left in South America, i"t bat.
were presented to the Seventy-first by Lieut.-
Gencral John Floyd, who had commanded the cavalry
and advance in the campaign of 1790 in the East
Indies.

The following animating and soldierlike address was
made by the gallant general on the occasion :

" Seventy-first ! 1

" I am directed' to perform the honorable duty of
presenting your colours.

" Brave Skventy-fir8T, the world is well acquainted
with your gallant conduct at the capture of Buenos
Ayres, in South America, under one of His Majesty's
" bravest generals.
" It is well known that you defended your conquest
with the utmost courage, good conduct, and discipline
to the lust extremity. "When diminished to a handful,
hopeless of succour, and destitutip of provisions, you
were overwhelmed by multitudes, and reduced by the
*' fortune of war to lose your liberty, and your well-
" defended colours, but not your honor. Your honor,
" Seventy-fiust regiment, remains unsullied. Your
" last act in the field covered you with glory. Your
" generous despair, calling upon your general to suffer
" you to die with arms in your hands, proceeded from
" the genuine spirit of British soldiers. Your beha-
" viour in prosperity,— your sufferings in captivity, —
" and your faithful discharge of your duty to your
" King and country, are appreciated by all.

" You who now stand on this pnrnde, in defiance of
" tho alhu'cnionts held out to base desertion, are cn-
•* dcared to tho army and to tho country, and your
" conduci, will ensure you tho esteem of all true soldiers,
" —of all worthy men,— and fill every one of you with
" honest martial pride.

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66 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

J V' '

I \

1808. " It has been my good fortune to have witnessed, in
ist bat." a remote part of the world, the early glories and
" gallant conduct of the Seventy-first regiment in
" the field ; and it is with great satisfaction I meet you
" again, with replenished ranks, with good arms in your
" hands, and with stout hearts in your bosoms.

" Look forward, officers and soldiers, to the achieve-
" ment of new honors and the acquirement of fresh
"fame!!

" Officers 1 be the friends and guardians of these
" brave fellows committed to your charge ! !

" Soldiers! give your confidence to your officers.
" They have shared with you the chances of war ; they
" have bravely bled along with you ; — they will always
" do honor to themselves and you. Preserve your
" regiment's reputation for valour in the field and re-
" gularity in quarters.

" I have now the honor to present the
" Royal colour.
« This is the King's colour ! !

" I have now the honor to present your Regi-

" MENTAL colour.

" This is the colour of the Seventy-first regiment.
" May victory for ever crown these colours ! ! 1"
The Peninsula was at this period the centre of poli-
tical interest. Portugal, deserted by her government,
and Spain betrayed, the people of each rose in arms to
recover the national independence. Dissensions had
arisen in the royal family of Spain, occasioned by the
Bway of Emanuel Godoy, who bore the title of Prince
of Peace. This minister was dismissed, but the court
was unable to restore tranquillity. In this emergency,
the French emperor was solicited to be umpire, and
Napoleon ultimately placed the crown of Spain on his
brother Joseph, who was transferred from the throne
of Naples. The Spaniards flew to arms in conse-
quence. The British government resolved to aid the

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 67

Spanish and Fortugueee patriots, and a British army 1808.
was ordered to proceed to the Peninsula, under the com- i«tbat.
mand of Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley. The
first battalion of the Seventy-first regiment formed
part of the force selected on this occasion.

The first battalion of the Seventy-first regiment
embarked at the Cove of Cork on the 17 th of June
1808. Its strength consisted of fifty- two seijeants,
twenty-two drummers, and eight hundred ancl seventy-
four rank and file. "• -> S' -• —

In June 1808 His Majesty King George III. was
pleased to approve of the Seventy-first bearing the *
title of Glasgow regiment, in addition to the appellation
of Highland regiment.

In the first instance, the Seventy-first were
brigaded with the fifth, thirty-eighth, and fifth battalion
of the sixtieth regiment, under Brigadier-General
Henry Fane, and sailed for Portugal, in conjunction
with the forces destined to aid the Spaniards and
Portuguese, on the 12th of July. After a favourable
passage, the troops anchored in Mondego Bay in the
beginning of August, and a landing was effected in the
vicinity of the village of Frejus.

Early in the morning of the 4th of August a small
piquet of the enemy stationed in the neighbourhood
fell back, and the operation of disembarking the troops
was carried into effect without opposition. The army
then moved on to a position across a deep sandy
country, where it halted, and encamped for the night.

At this period a change took place in the arrange-
ment of the brigades, and the first battalion of the
Seventy-first was placed, with the thirty-sixth and
fortieth regiments, in that commanded by Major-
Gcncral Ronald Craufurd Fergusou.

The division under Major-General Sir Brent Spencer,
K.B., from Cadiz, consisting of about four thousand
men, joined on the 8th of August ; and, after a short

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68 HISTOBICAL BECOBD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1808. halt, the army was again put in motion to occupy a
ist bat more fonvard position, where it remained for some
days. On the 17th of August the enemy, com-
manded by General Laborde, was encountered near
Roleia. The position was attacked, and carried with
great loss to the French, who retreated on Torres
Vedras.

The light company of the Seventy-first was the
only part of the regiment engaged, the remainder being
employed in manoeuvring on the right flank of the
French. The light company suffered a trifling loss,
having but one man killed and a few wounded.

The Seventy-first subsequently received the royal
authority to bear the word " Roleia " on the regi-
mental colour and appointments, in commemoration of
this victory.

Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, after the battle
of Roleia, did not pursue the enemy by the high roads,
but keeping to the right near the sea, marched to
Vimiera, to cover the landing of a brigade commanded
by Major-General Anatruther, which was effected on
the 20th of August.

The morning of the 21st of August was given up to
the troops, in order to prepare and repose themselves.
The men were engaged in washing and cleaning their
equipments, when the approach of the enemy, moving
to the left, was discovered at eight o'clock in the
morning, and the brigades commanded by Major-
General Ferguson, Brigadier-Generals Nightingall,
Acland, and Bowes, were consequently moved across
a valley from the heights on the west to those on the
east of Vimiera.

Marshal Jiuiot, Duke of Abrnntes, moved on his
army to the attack of the position, and commenced it
on the British centre, where the fiftieth regiment was
posted, moving along the front gradually to the left,
until the whole lino became engaged.

the

left,

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT. 69

A short time previously to this, the soldiers of the 1808,
brigade were ordered to sit down, with their arms iniatbot
their hands, keeping their formation. The enemy in
the meantime cannonaded the whole line, and pushed
on his sharpshooters and infantry. To oppose the
former, Major-General Ferguson ordered the left sec-
tions of companies to move forward and skirmish.
Upon the retreat of the enemy's sharpshooters, the
action became general along the front of this brigade, and
the whole moved forward to the attack. Nothing could
surpass the steadiness of the troops on this occasion,
and the general and commanding officer set a noble
example, which was followed by all.

The grenadier company of the Seventy-first
greatly distinguished itself, in conjunction with a sub-
division of the light company of the tliirty-sixth regi-
ment. Captain Alexander Forbes, who commanded
the grenadier company, was ordered to the support
of some British artillery, and, seizing a favorable
opportunity, made a dash at a battery of the enemy's
artillery immediately in his front. He succeeded in
capturing five guns and a howitzer, with horses,
caissons, and equipment complete. In this affair alone
the grenadier company had Lieutenants John Pratt
and Ralph Dudgeon and thirteen rank and file wounded,
together with two men killed.*

-, The French made a daring effort to retake their
artillery, both with cavalry and infantry; but the
gallant conduct of the grenadier company, and the ad-
vance of Major-General Ferguson's brigade, finally left
the gtms in the possession of those who had so gallantly
captured them.

♦ Lieut. -General Sir Harry Burrard landed during the action, but did
not assume the comntand. Lieut-General Sir Hew Dalrymple landed on
the following day, and took command of the army. The force under
Lieut.-General Sir John Moore was also disembarked during the nego*
tiution, which subsequently took place, making the British army to amount
to thirty-two thousand men.

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70 HISTOKICAL BECORD OP THE SEVENTT-riRST

1808. George Clark, one of the pipers of the re^ment,
ut bat and afterwards piper to the Highland Society of
London, was wounded in this action, and being unable
to accompany his corps in the advance against the
enemy, put his pipes in order, and struck up a favourite
regimental air, to the great delight of his comrades.
This is the second instance in which the pipers of the
Seventy-first have behaved with particular gallantry,
and evinced high feeling for the credit and honor of
the corps.*

During the advance of the battalion, several prisoners
were taken, among whom was the French general,
Brennier. Corporal John M'^Kay, of the Seventy-
first, who took him, was afterwards promoted to an
ensigncy in the Fourth West India Regiment. '

The result of this battle was the total defeat of the
enemy, who subsequently retreated on Lisbon, with
the loss of twenty-one pieces of cannon, twenty-three
ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of all
descriptions, and 20,000 rounds of musket ammunition,
together with a great many officers and soldiers killed,
wounded, and taken prisoners.

The conduct of the battalion, and of its commanding
officer, Lieut.-Colonel Pack, was noticed in the public
despatches, and the thanks of both Houses of Parlia-
ment were conferred on the troops.
. The following officers of the Seventy-piIIst were
wounded in the battle of Vimiera: Captains Arthur
Jones and Maxwell Mackenzie; Lieutenants John
Pratt, William Hartley, Augustus M^Intyre, and Ralph
Dudgeon ; Ensign James Campbell, and Acting Adju-
tant R. M'^Alpin.

The Seventy-first subsequently received the royal
authority to bear the word " Vimiera " on the regimental
colour and appointments, in commemoration of this battle.

The " Convention of Cintra" was the result of this
* Vide page 14.

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBY. 71

victory, and it was signed on the 30th of August. By 1808.
its provisions the French army evacuated Portugal, lit bat
which country became freed from its oppressors.

The British army was ordered to move forward to
Lisbon, some of the reinforcements for it having pre-
ceded it by water, and occupied the forts at the mouth
of the Tagus. The French army having by this con-
vention fallen back on Lisbon, the British proceeded to
the vicinity of Fort St. Julien, and encamped.

All the objects of the expedition being carried into
effect, and the French troops embarked for France, the
British army remained for some time at Lisbon and ita >
vicinity. At this period (September) Lieut.-General
Sir John Moore, having assumed the command, made
dispositions for entering Spain, iwjini-j./ ; : ai ot/r^.yi

The first battalion of the Seventy-first was now
brigaded with the thirty-sixth and ninety-second regi-
ments under Brigadier-General Catlin Craufurd, and
placed in the division under the command of Lieut-
General the Honorable John Hope, afterwards the Earl
of Hopetoun. On the 27th of October the division was
put in motion, and after a short stay at Badajoz resumed
the march, proceeding by Merida, Truxillo, Jaraicejo,
Puerto-dc-Merivette, and crossing the Tagus at the
bridge of Almaraz, directed its route upon Talavera-
de-la-Keyna. From this town the column proceeded
to the Escurial, seven leagues to the north-west of
Madrid.

Intelligence was here received of the enemy's ap-
proach towards Madrid, and two companies of the
Seventy-first, under Major Archibald Campbell,
were pushed forward to occupy the important pass in the
Guadarnma Mountains, which separate Old from New
Castile. After a halt of a few days, the division was put
in motion over the Guadarama Pass to Villa Castin,
at which place Lieut.-General the Honorable John
Hope, in consequence of the intelligence which he re-

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72 HISTOBICAL BECOBD OF THE SEVENTT-FIRBT

1808.ceived of the enemy's movements, made a night march to
i8t bat the left, by Avila and Peneranda, and finally proceeded
to Alba-do-Tormes. At the latter place a junction was
formed with a detachment from the army under Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore, then at Salamanca. The
army under Sir John Moore was shortly afterwards put
in motion towards Valladolid, and subsequently to the
left, to form a junction with Lieut.-General Sir David
Baird's division, which had landed at Corunna. ' • -^ ">
^ Previously to this period, the Spanish armies under
General Blake, near Bilboa on the left. General
Castanos in the centre, and General Palafox lower
down the Ebro on the right, had been completely de-
feated; and Lieut.-General Sir John Moore conse-
quently made arrangements for a retreat on Portugal
by Ciudad Rodrigo ; but it having been represented to
him that Madrid held out against the French, he was
induced to effect a junction with Lieut.-General Sir
David Baird, in order to make a diversion in favour of
Madrid, by attacking Marshal Soult on the river
Carion. r; . ; i:

The British force, twenty-nine thousand strong, joined
at Toro on the 21st of December, and on the 23d of
that month Sir John Moore advanced with the whole
army. The cavalry had already met with that of the
enemy, and the infantry were within two hours' march
of him, when an intercepted letter informed the British
commander that Napoleon, who had entered Madrid on
the 4th of December, was then in full march for Sala-
manca and Benevente. A retreat on Corunna, through
Gallicia, was immediately decided on, that through
Portugal being then impracticable.

Accordingly the several divisions marched towards
the Esla, the greater part crossing by the bridge of
Benevente on the 26th of December, when, after a
day's halt, the cavalry under Lieut.-General Lord Paget
and Brigadier-General the Honorable Charles Stewart

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT. 73

had an engagement with some of the Imperial Guards 1808.
that had forded the river Esla under General Le Fevre, i»tl>at
who was made prisoner, with several of his men.

At this period the situation of the British army was
dispiriting in the extreme. In the midst of winter, in
a dreary and desolate country, the soldiers, chilled and
drenched with the heavy rains, and wearied by long
and rapid marches, were almost destitute of fuel to cook
their victuals, and it was with extreme diiBiculty that
they could procure shelter. Provisions were scarce,
irregularly issued, and difficult of attainment. The
waggons, in which were their magazines, baggage, and
stores, were often deserted in the night by the Spanish
drivers, who were terrified by the approach of the
French. Thus baggage, ammunition, stores, and even
money were destroyed to prevent them falling into the
hands of the enemy ; and the weak, the sick, and the
wounded were necessarily left behind. The Seventy-
first suffered in proportion with the rest, and by
weakness, sickness, and fatigue lost about ninety-three
men. ' " ■' ':":;' ''' '■ ^- ■'■ ■" ^ ■

On the 5th of January 1809, a position was taken up 1809.
at Lugo, where some skirmishing occurred, in which
three companies of the Seventy-first were engaged,
and repulsed the enemy.

Lieut.-General Francis Dundas was appointed from
the ninety-fourth regiment to be Colonel of the
Seventy-first on the 7th of January 1809, in suc-
cession to Lieut.-General Sir John Francis Cradock,
K.6., removed to the forty-third regiment.

The retreat was again commenced on the 9th of
January; and on the 11th the army, still nearly
fifteen thousand strong, reached Corunna. The British
army, having accomplished one of the most celebrated
retreats recorded in modern history, repulsing the pur-
suing enemy in all his attacks, and having traversed two
himdred and fifty miles of mountainous country under

74 HISTOBICAL RECOBD OF THE SEYENTT-FIBST

1809. very disheartening circumstances^ accompanied by se-
istbatvere privation, was not destined to embark for England
without a battle. « v*^ s i;^ vi^i»' ^ ^»i ^i(^;w ^» * ii*j«

The transports not haying arrived, a position was oc-
cupied in advance of Corunnoy and some sharp skirmish-
ing ensued, in which four companies of the Seventy-
FIBST were warmly engaged, and lost several men in
killed and wounded. Lieutenant William Lockwood
was severely wounded. On this ground the battle of
Corunna was fought, on the 16th of January ; but the
Seventy-fibst, being placed on the extreme left of
the British line, had little to do therein. The result of
the action was glorious to the British army, but was
darkened by the .loss of Lieut.-General Sir John
Moore, who received a severe wound during the battle,
and died at ten o'clock on the same night. His remains
were wrapped in a military cloak, and interred in the
Citadel of Corunna, over which Marshal Soult, with
the true feeling of a soldier, erected a monument, i? -
Lieut.-General Sir David Baird, who succeeded to
the command upon Sir John Moore being wounded,
was also wounded, ind the command devolved upon
Lieut.-General the Honorable John Hope.

At eight o'clock on the night of the 16th of January
the troops quitted their position, leaving the piquets
posted, and a few men to keep up the fires, and then
marched into Corunna, where they embarked for Eng-
land on the following day. , c< ,. ' . *^^ ./'J-);. ..,, >

In commemoration of this battle, and of the conduct
of the battalion during the expedition, the Seventy-
first, in common with the army eiu^k^e'? under
Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, rer i o-^i '.i , royal
authority to bear the word " Corunna ' on the regi-
mental colour and appointments.*

* Vide general orders of the 18th of January and Ist of February
J 909 ; also a list of regiments employed under Lieut-General Sir John
tiv^re r> Corunna, Inserted in pages 161, &c. of the Appendix.

f BEOIMEXT, HIGHLAND LIOHT IPANNTBY. 75

The thanks of both Houses of Parliament were con- 1809.
ferred on the troops, and were communicated to Lieut.- istbat.
Colonel Pack by Lieut. -General Sir David Baird in
the following letter : — * ' "-

„ o._ ■ ' ' "Portsmouth, 30/A January 1809.

" I liave great pleasure in transmitting to you
" copies of letters from the Lord Chancellor and the
** Speaker of the House of Commons, enclosing the
" Resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, dated
" 25th of January 1809, which contain the thanks of
" those Houses to the army lately engaged before
" Corunna. . . . , ,,,; ,, , ,, ,, ,,^{

" In communicating to you. Sir, this most signal
" mark of the approbation of the Parliament of the
" United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, allow
** me to add my warmest congratulation? upon a dis-
tinction which you, and the corps under your com-
mand on that day, had a share in obtaining for His

Majesty's service. ^^ ,.

" I have, &c.
, "(Signed) David Baird,

. " Lieut- General.

Officer commanding First Battalion
" Seventy-fibst regmient."

After the battalion had landed at Bamsgate, it was
inarched to Ashford in Kent, where it continued for
some time, collecting the men, who from contrary winds
were driven into different ports.

While at Ashford the battalion was brigaded with
the Warwick militia and the ninety-first regii lent,
under Brigadier-General the Baron de Rottenburg
Great sickness prevailed at this station, and Surgeon
James Evans and several of the soldiers died of typhus
fever.

On the 20th of March 1809 the Royal authority was
granted for the Seventy-first to be formed into a

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76 HISTORICAL REGOBD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1809.%/*^ infantry regiment, when it was directed that the
i8t bat. clothing, arming, and discipline should be the same in
all respects as the forty-third, fifty-second, sixty-eighth,
and eighty-fifth regiments.

The first battalion marched, on the 27th of April
1809, for Brabom-ne-Lecs barracks, and was brigaded
with the sixty-eighth and eighty-fifth light infimtry
regiments. Every exertion was here made to increase
the strength and improve the discipline of the corps.
In June the first battalion was increased by a large
reinforcement, consisting of several officers and 311
non-commissioned officers and privates from the second
battalion, wliich continued to be stationed in North
Britain. Several volunteers from the militia were also
received at this period.

Immense preparations had been made by the British
Government to fit out the most formidable armament
that had for a long time proceeded from England.
The troops amounted to 40,000 men, commanded
by Lieut.-General the Earl of Chatham ; the naval
portion consisted of thirty-nine ships of the line,
thirty-six frigates, and numerous gun-boats and bomb-
vessels, and other small craft, under Admiral Sir
Richard Strachan. The object of the expedition was
to obtain pofscssion of the islands at the mouth of the
Scheldt, and to destroy the French sliips in that river,
with the docks and arsenals at Antwerp. The first
battalion of the Skventy-fiust, towards the end of
June, received orders to prepare for the above Borvicc,
and marched, on the 28th and 29th of that month, in
two divisions, encamping near Gosport.

On the IGthof July the battalion, consisting of three
field officers, six captains, twenty-seven subalterns, five
staff, forty-eight scrjcauts, and 974 dnnnmers and
rank and file, embarked at Portsmoiilh on board His
Majesty's sln])s Udlcisic and LnpMeuse, and towards
the end of the month sailed for the Downs.

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The battalion was brigaded, under Brigadier-General 1809.
the Baron de Kottenburg, with the sixty-eighth and ist bat.
eighty-fifth light infantry, in the di^ ision commanded
by Lieut.-General Alexander Mackenzie Eraser, and
in the corps of Lieut.-General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B.

The expedition sailed from the Downs on tlie 28th
of July, and having arrived oft* the Roompct Channel,
preparations were made for landing ; small craft to cover
the landin<x were also sent in shore, and the lio-ht bri-
gade, composed of the sixty-eighth, SEVENTY-FiRST,and
eighty-fifth light infantry, were landed under their fire.
In an instant they were in contact with the enemy's
sharpshooters, who fell back, skirmishing. Beiiig pushed
hard, four guns, with their equipment, and several
prisoners were taken by two companies of the Skventy-
FiRST, under Captains George Sutherland and Henry
Hall, and one company of the eighty-fifth regiment.

A battery and flagstaff* on the coast were taken pos-
session of by the tenth company of the Seventi'-first,
and in lieu of a flag a soldier's red jacket was hoisted
on it.

This advance having succeeded at all points, rtnd the
enemy having fallen back on Flusldng and Middhhnrg,
the army was disembarked. The advance then dividing,
proceeded by diff'crent routes. The Seventy-fiust
moved by the sea dyke on a fort called !ZV/' Veer, the
situation and strength of whicli was not sufficiently
known, an enemy's deserter having given but imperfect
intelligence respecting it.

After nightfall the co'iumn continued to advance in
perfect silence, with orders to attack the post with the
bayonet, when, on a sudden, the advance-gunvd fell in
with an enemy's pnrty, who cauio out for the purpose
of firing some houses which overlooked the works.
The column following the advance-guard had entered
an avenue or road leading to the fort, when the advance
couimcnced the action with the enemy, who, retiring

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1809.Avithin the place, opened a tremendous fire from his
1st bat. works with artillery and musketry. Some guns pointing
down the road by which the battalion advanced did
great execution, and the Seventy-first had Surgeon
Charles Henry Quin killed, and about eighteen men
killed and wounded. The column, after some firing,
retired, and the place was the next day regularly in-
vested by sea and land. It took three days to reduce
it, when it capitulated, with its stores, and a garrison
of 800 men.

Flushing having been invested on the Ist of August,
the Seventy-first, after the surrender of Ter Veer,
were ordered into the line of circumvallation, and placed
on the extreme left, resting on the Scheldt. The pre-
parations for the attack on the town having been com-
pleted, on the 13th a dreadful fire was opened from the
batteries and bomb-vessels, and congreve rockets having
been tlurown into the town, it was on fire in many
l)laces. The ships having joined in the attack, the
enemy's fire gradually slackened, and at length ceased.
A summons being sent in, a delay was demanded, but
being rejected, the firing recommenced.

On the 14th of August one of the outworks was
carried at the point of the bayonet by a party of detach-
ments and two companies of the Seventy-first under
Lieut.-Colonel Pack.

In this aflfiiir, Ensign Donald Sinclair, of the Seventy-
first, was killed; Captain George Spottiswoode and
a few men were wounded.

Flushing, with its garrison of 6,000 men, ca[)itulated
on tlic 15tli of August, and the right gate was occupied
by a detachment of 300 men of the first or Royal
Scotr^, and the left gate by a detachment of similar
strength of the Seventy-first under Mnjor Arthur
iFonos. The naval arsenal, and some vessels of war
which wore on the stocks, foil into the hands of the
British.

BEOIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 79

The Sj3VENTY-rni8T shortly after proceeded to Mid- 1809.
dleburg, where the battalion remained for a few days, 1st bat.
Avhen it was ordered to occupy Ter Veer, of which place
Lieut.-Colonel Puck wna appointed commandant, and
Lieutenant Henry Clements, of the Seventy-first,
town major. The battalion remained doing duty in the
garrison until thin island, after destroying the works,
&c., was finally evacuated on the 22d of December.

On the 23d of December the battalion embarked in
transports, and sailed for England, after a service of five
months in a very unhealthy climate, which cost the
battalion the loss of the following officers and men.

Officers.

Died on service - 1 57

Killed - - - 2 19

Died after return homo 2 9

Serjeants, Drummers,
and Rank and File.

Total - - 5 85

In passing Cadsand, that fort opened a fire on the
transports, one of which, having part of the Seventy-
first on board, was struck by a round shot, which
carried off Serjeant Steel's legs above the knees.

On the 25th of December the first battalion of the
Seventy-firht disembarked at Deal, and marched to
Brabourne-Lecs l)arrackrt, in Kent, where it was again
brigaded with the sixty-eighth and eighty-fifth light
infantry, and was o('cn[ticd in putting itself in an
efficient state for active service.

Upon the Seventy-i-'IUHT being made light infantry, 1810.
they were permitted to retain such parts of the national
dress as might not be inconsistent with their duties as
a light corps. A correspondence on the subject took
place between Lieut.-Colonel Pack and the Adjutant-
General in April 1810, and the following reply was
received from hood-quartors.

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" Horse Guards, I2th April 1810.

1810.

1st bat." Sir,

" Having submitted to the Commander-in-Chief your
" letter of the 4th instant, I am directed to state, that
there is no objection to the Seventy-first being
denominated Highland Light Infantry Regiment, or
" to their retaining their pipes, and the Highland garb
" for the pipers ; and that they will, of course, be per-
" mitted to wear caps according to the pattern which
** was lately approved and sealed by authority.*

" I have, &c.
" (Signed) William Wyntard,

" Deputy Adjutant-General.
" Lieut-Colonel Pack,
"71st Regiment:'

On the 8 th of May 1810 the first battalion marched
to Deal barracks, where every exertion was continued
to render it fit for active service. Here the battalion
was deprived of the services of Lieut.-Colonel Pack,
who was appointed a brigadier in the Portuguese army
under Marshal "William Carr Beresford, afterwards
General the Viscount Beresford.

Nothing of moment occurred until the early part of
September, when the battalion received orders to hold
six companies in readiness for foreign service. They
were prepared accordingly by drafting into them, from
the companies which were to remain at home, the most

• The bonnt't cocked is the pattern cap to which aUiision is made in
the above letter. This was in accordance with Lieut. Colonel I'uck's
application ; and with respect to retaining the pipes, and dressing the
pipers in the Highland ^rarl), he added, "It cannot be forgotten how these
" pipes were obtained, and how constantly the regiment has upheld its
" title to till in. These are the honorable characteristics which must
" preserve to future times the precious remains of the old corps, aud of
" which I foi'I confident His Miyesfy will never have reason to deprive
** the Sevenxv-first regimeut,"

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 81

effective oflScers and men, several not having recovered 1810.
from the Walcheren fever. istbat.

The following were the companies selected and com-
pleted for foreign service, namely : —

1st, orCapt.M'^Intyre's,
2d, or „ Hall's,
3d, or „ Adamson's,

4th, or Capt. Walker's,
6th, or „ Spottiswoode's,
10th, or „ Lewis Grant's.
They consisted of two field officers, six captains, fifteen
lieutenants, seven ensigns, four staff, thirty-eight Ser-
jeants, twelve drummers, and six hundred and three
rank and file.

On the 14th of September the above compa: les
embarked in the Downs on board the Melpomene and
St. Fiorenzo frigates ; three companies, with the staff,
and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Xathaniel Levett Peacocke,
on board the former ; the remaining three companies,
under Brevet Lieut.-Coloncl Thomas Reynell, after-
wards colonel of the regiment, on board the latter.
They sailed on the following day for Lisbon, and
entered the Tagus on the 25th of September, after a
short and pleasant passage. The companies were dis-
embarked on the following day, and quartered in the
San Benito and Espirito Santo convents.

The greatest exertions were made to complete the
companies in field equipment, bat-mules, &c., which
being effected, the detachment marched from Lisbon
on the 2d of October to Mafra, where it was shortly after-
wards joined by Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Henry
Cadogan, who assumed the command, and Lieut.-
Colonel Peacocke returned to the second battalion in
North Britain.

TIic detachment being ordered to join the army
under Lieut.-Generai Vif*count AVcUington, then re-
treating before INIarfhal IVIassenu, Prince of Esf^ling,
marched from IVlafni on the 8th of October, and on the
lOtii of that month effected the junction at Sobral,
where it was brigaded with the firtieth and ninety-

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18 10. second regiments under Major-General Sir William
istbatErskine, in the first division imder Lieut.-General Sir
Brent Spencer, K.B.

The army having retired into a position in the rear of
Sobral, that place was occupied by the Seventy-first,
having for its support the fiftieth and ninety-second
regiments and Major-General Alan Cameron's brigade.
On the 12 th of October the piquets were violently
attacked by the enemy's advance, and retired skirmish-
ing. In the meantime the place was ordered to be
evacuated, and the piquets having joined, the Seventy-
first took up a position on the outside, within musket-
shot of the town. In this affair the detachment had
eight men killed, and thirty-four wounded.

In this position the Seventy-first continued, when
on the 14th of October they were again attacked
with the greatest impetuosity, and charged with the
bayonet. The enemy was completely repulsed, with
very considerable loss in killed and wounded, being
chased to the spot from which he made the attack.
Both parties resumed their original position.

In Viscount "Wellington's despatch reporting this
affair, the names of Lieut. -Colonel the Honorable
Henry Cadogan, commanding the Seventy-first,
and that of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Reynell,
were particularly mentioned.

A soldier of the sixth company, named John Rca,
behaved on this occasion in the most gallant manner,
and particularly distinguished himself, for which he
received a silver medal, with the following inscription :
" To John Rca, for liis exemplary courage and good
" conduct as a soldier at Sobral, 14th October 1810."

On the 15th of October the Seventy-first were
ordered to withdraw into the position at Zibriera,
which was a continuation of the lines of Torres Vedras.
In this celebrated position, which bid defiance to the
French army, the troops were constantly on the alert,

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 83

and occupied in rendering it as strong as circumstances 1810.
would admit, and in observing the motions of theistbat.
enemy.

Marshal Massena did not tliink proper to attack the
British army in this stronghold, and occupied his time
in reconnoissances and demonstrations, imtil compelled,
through want of provisions, and consequent sickness of
his troops, to abandon his designs, and retire to a
position in his rear. This object he finally eftected in
a masterly manner in the night between the 14th and
15th of November, followed by the allied forces. Both
armies thus evacuated positions on wliich the attention
of Europe had been fixed, and which they had occupied
for a month in the presence of each other.

The division in which the six companies of the
Seventy-first were placed advanced by the route of
Alemquer, Cartaxo, Atelaya, and Ahnoster, and halted
in and about the latter place from the 20th to the 26th
of November inclusive. The enemy in the meantime
retired to an extremely strong position at and in the
vicinity of Santarem, where Marshal Massena halted,
although threatened by Viscount Wellington, who,
after some manoeuvring, took up a position immediately
in the enemy's front, having his head-quarters at Car-
taxo, and the different corps of the army cantoned in
the villages. The brigade to which the Seventy-
first belonged occupied Alquintrinha.

At this place the Seventy-first remained iuquar-1811.
tcrs until March 1811, at wliich period the army, having
been reinforced*, was about to resume the offensive,
Avhcn the enemy retired during the night of the 5th of
March, taking the same road, through Estremadura, by
which he entered Portugal.

* The remaining four companies of the first battalion of the Si;ventv-
riRST regiment arrived in the Peninsula in the course of the year 1811,
namely, two companies in March, and two in July 1811.

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1811. The British army accordingly advanced in pursuit of
1st bat. Marshal Massena, and the brigade in wliich was the
Seventy-first accompanied it, moving by Redinha,
Miranda de Corvo, .and Saryedes, passing the Coa, a
little above Sabugal, upon the 5th of April, and on the
9th arrived at Albergaria, a small town on the frontiers
of Spain. The Seventy-first remained in Alber-
garia until the 2d of May, when the enemy, having been
strongly reinforced, moved from Salamanca, and on
that day crossed the frontier with a large convoy of
provisions for Almeida, then closely invested by the
Portuguese forces under Brigadier-General Pack.

In consequence of this movement, the allied army
broke up its cantonments on the Azava, and fomied in
order of battle upon the high ground behind the Duaa
Casas, the left extending to the high road to Almeida
which crossed the river by a ford near Fort Conception,
and the right keeping up a communication with the
bridge at Sabugal ; opposite the centre, the village
of Fuentes cfOnor was strongly occupied by light
infantry.

Upon the 3d of May the French took post on the
opposite side of the valley of the Duas Casas, their
left fronting Fuentes d'Onor, and their right extending
about two miles and a half to Alameda. In the after-
noon of the 3d of May they attacked Fuentes d'Onor
with much vigour. That post was defended with the
greatest bravery until the light companies, being worn
out and harassed by repeated attacks, were obliged to
retire, and the enemy possessed himself of the lower
part of the village.

The Sevexty-fiust were now ordered up to sup-
port, and, conmianded by Lieut.-Colonel the Honor-
able Ilcnry Cadogan, charged the enemy through the
village and across the Duas Casas, taking ten officers
and al)out a hundred men prisoners. The corps retained
its conquest that night and the whole of the next day,

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 86

but upon Sunday the 5th of May, the Frenrl^ having 1812.
succeeded in turning some troops to the i^ lediate istbat.
right, were obliged to give way ; having been imme-
diately supported by the seventy-fourth and eighty-
eighth regiments, they again advanced, took possession
of and retained the village until the conclusion of the
action,

A struggle of such duration could not be carried on
without great loss, and the Seventy-first suffered
severely. They went into action about 320 strong,
and lost nearly one half of their number in killed and
wounded.

The Seventy-first had Lieutenants John Consell,
William Houston, and John Graham, and Ensign
Donald John Kearns, together with four Serjeants and
twentv-two rank and file, killed.

Captains Peter Adamson and James M'^Intyre,
Lieutenants William M*^Craw, Humphrey Fox, and
Robert Law (Adjutant), Ensigns Charles Cox, Jolm
Vandeleur, and Carique Lewin, six Serjeants, three
buglers, and one hundred rank and file, were wounded.
Two officers, with several men, were taken prisoners.

In commemoration of the gallantry displayed in this
prolonged action, the Seventy-first subsequently
received the Royal authority to bear the words
" Fuentes d'Onor " on the regimental colour and
appointments.

Viscount Wellington particularly mentioned the name
of Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Henry Cadogan in
his despatch, and being highly gratified with the con-
duct of the Seventy-first on this occasion, directed
that a non-commissioned officer should be selected for a
commission. According to his Lordship's recommenda
tion, Quartermaster-Serjeant William Gavin was shortly
afterwards promoted to an cnsigncy in the regiment.

The Seventy-first, upon the 14th, returned to
their old quarters at Albcrgaria, and remained there

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18 11. until the 26th of May, when the brigade was ordered

1st bat to the Alemtejo frontier, as a reinforcement to Marshal
Sir William Beresford's* army, at this time besieging
Badajoz, and threatened by the advance of Marshal
Soult from the south of Spain.

2d bat. On the 15th of May 1811, the second battalion
embarked at Leith for South Britain, arrived at Rams-
gate on the 23d of that month, and remained stationed
in England for nearly two years.

istbat. The first battalion, upon its route southward, crossed
the Tagus on the 31st of May, and arrived near
Albuhera on the 14th of June, having passed through
Portalegre, Aronches, Campo Mayor, and Talavera
Real.

The sanguinary battle of Albuhera, fought en the
16th of May, had obliged Marshal Soult to retire pre-
viously to the arrival of the reinforcement, which
being considered no longer necessary, the battalion
retired to Elvas, where it remained two days ; the bat-
talion again moved to Toro de Moro on the 19th of
June, where it remained for a mortb, At this encamp-
ment a detachment of 350 men, with a proportion of
officers, joined from the second battalion then stationed
at Deal.

About this period the first battalion became a part of
the army under Lieut.-General Rowland (afterwards
Viscount) Hill. The junction of the armies of Marshals
Marmont and Soult having obliged Viscount Wellington
to raise the siege of Badajoz, which had been resumed
after the battle of Albuhera, the battalion, in co-operation
with his Lordship's retrograde movement, retired to
Borba on the 20th of July. Here it remained until the
1st of September, when it moved to Portalegre, and
thence marched to Castello de Vido on the 4th of
October.

* Major General William Carr Beresford, marshal in the Portuguese
service, was appointed a Knight of the Bath on the 16th of October 1810.

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INF N'TRT. ?

A detachment from Marshal Soult's army under 1811.
General Girard having been collecting contributions 1st hat,
in Spanish Estremadura, Lieut.-General Rowland Hill,
with a view of putting a stop to his movements, broke
up his cantonments at Portalegre upon the 22d of
October, proceeding by Albuquerque and Malpartida.
On the 27th, when within a moderate march of the
enemy at Arroyo-del- Molinos, Lieut.-General Hill
halted his troops, and, at night, breaking up his bivouac,
made a flank movement close to the road by which the
French intended to march on the following morning.
In that position he awaited the approach of day, when,
on the 28th of October, the British marched directly
on the rear of the town with such celerity that the
cavalry piquets were rushed upon before they had time
to mount. The French main body, though in the act of
filing out, had so little intimation of danger that the
officers and men were surrounded before their formation
was effected, and to seek safety they individually dis-
persed. Many of them were killed, and about 1,400
were taken prisoners. All the enemy's artillery and
baggage were captured. General Brun and Colonel
the Prince of Aremberg, together with several other
officers, were among the prisoners.

In this brilliant affair the Seventy-first was one
of the three corps that advanced through the centre of
the town, and were, therefore, principally engaged ; but
the enemy, from his complete surprise, being unable to
make a combined resistance, the British sustained but
trifling loss.

The battalion subsequently returned to Portalegre,
where it arrived early in November.

Lieut-General Hill, on the 7th of November, issued
the following General Order: —

" Portalegre, 1th Nooember 1811.
" Lieut.-General Hill has great satisftiction in con-
gratulating the troops on the success which has

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1811." attended their recent operations in Estremadura, and
1st bat" in so doing he cannot but endeavour to do justice to
" the merits of those through whose exertions it has
" been obtained. A patient willing endurance of forced
" and night marches, during the worst of weather and
" over bad roads, of bivouacs in wet weather, often-
" times without cover and without fire, and a strict
" observance of discipline, are qualities, however com-
" mon in British soldiers, which the Lieut.-General
" cannot pass unnoticed. Having on this occasion
" witnessed the exertion of them in no ordinary degree,
" he feels that nothing but the most zealous attention
" of commanding officers, the goodwill and zealous
" spirit of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers,
" could produce such an effect, and he requests they
** will, generally and individually, accept his warmest
" thanks, particularly those corps which were engaged
" in the action of Arroyo-del-Molinos, whose silent
" attention to orders, when preparing to attack, and
" when manoeuvring before the enemy, could not but
" excite his notice, and give them an additional claim
« on him."

Letters from the Secretary of State, dated the 2d,
and from His Royal Highness the Duke of York,
Commander-in-Chief, dated the 6th December, were
promulgated, expressive of His Royal Highness the
Prince Regent's approbation and thanks to Lieut.-
General Hill, and the troops under his command, for
their brilliant operations on the recent expedition in
Spanish Estremadura, in having totally surprised and
defeated the enemy under General Girard.

Viscount Wellington having made preparations for
the recapture of Ciudad Rodrigo, concentrated the main
body of the army in that neighbourhood, and the troops
under Lieut.-General Hill were therefore ordered to
divert the enemy's attention in the south.

The first battalion of the Seventt-first remained

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 89

at Portalegre until the 25th of December, when the 1811.
brigade moved into Estremadura for the purpose of^stbat
expelling the French, who were ravaging the country.
After the performance of this duty, the battalion
returned to its former quarters at Portalegre in
February 1812.

Upon the 19th of March 1812, the battalion moved 1812.
northward to Castello Branco, where it remained for
about a week, and afterwards returned for the last time
to Portalegre.

The Earl of Wellington having made arrangements
for the third siege of Badajoz, Lieutenant-General Sir
Howland Hill's* corps was destined to cover liis move-
ments, and with that view proceeded on the 21st of
March towards Merida, and afterwards to Don Benito,
where the troops remained for a few days ; but upon
the approach of Marshal Soult with a large army, with
the intention of raising the siege, Lieut.-General Hill
retired upon Albuhera, through Arroyo de San Servan
and Talavera Keal.

Badajoz having been assaulted and carried by the
troops under the Earl of Wellington on the Ight of
the 6th of April, after a sanguinary conflict, the move-
ment of Marshal Soult was rendered nugatory, and the
troops under his orders retired into Andalusia.

Marshal Marmont having, during the progress of
the siege, penetrated into the province of Beira, and
threatened Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida, the Earl of
Wellington, after the fall of Badajoz, crossed the Tagus,
leaving: Sir Rowland Hill's force to watch Marshal
Soult, wliich took post at Almendralejos for that pur-
pose.

The battalion was stationed at this town from the
13th of April until the 11th of May. It having then

* Lieut-General Rowland Hill was appointed a Knight of the Order
of the Bath on the 22d of February lb 12.

90 HISTORICAL BECORD OF THE SEVENTT-FIRST

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1812. become expedient to render the communications between
1st bat. the French armies on the north and south of the Tagus
as precarious as possible, by the destruction of the
bridge of boats at Almaraz, the corps under Lieut.-
General Sir Eowland Hill, being the most disposable
and convenient force, was accordingly ordered on this
.J . f- important service.

The French, feeling the importance of this bridge to
their mutual strength and security, liad surrounded
it on both sides of the river with formidable enclosed
works, having in the interior of them casemated and
loop-holed towers. The troops appointed for these
strong works, consequently, anticipated an arduous
struggle.

Upon the 12th of May the corps broke up from
Almendralejos, and marching by Truxillo and Jaraicejo,
reached on the 18 th of that month the sierra, five miles
from Almaraz, on which stands the Cnatle of Mirabete.
This post was so strongly fortified that it blocked up
the only road to Almaraz for the passage of artillery,
which was considered by the enemy absolutely necessary
for the destruction of the works. Sir Rowland Hill
thought otherwise ; and ascertaining that infantry could
cross the sierra by a track through Roman Gordo, he
left his artillery, and descended at night with a column
of 2,000 men. The lending company arrived at dawn
of day close to the principal fort, built on a height a
few hundred yards in front of the tSte-de-pont ; but such
were the difficulties of the road that a considerable time
elapsed before the rear closed, during which the troops
were fortunately sheltered by a ravine, unseen by the
enemy.

On the 19th of May the fiftieth regiment and the left
wing of the Seventy-first, having been provided
with ladders, were appointed to escalade the works of
Fort Napoleon, supported by the right wing of the
Sevunty-firsTi and the ninety-second regiment.

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 91

From a feint made upon Mirabete, the French were 1812.
aware that an enemy was in the neighbourhood. The 1st bat
garrison was on the alert ; immediately opened a heavy
fire, and vigorously resisted the eiForts made to push
up the scarp ; but the moment the first men gained a
footing on the parapet the enemy took to flight. The
whole of this brilliant affair was completed in the short
space of fifteen minutes, and with little loss.

The Seventy-first had Captain Lewis Grant, with
one Serjeant and seven rank and file, killed ; Lieutenants
William Lockwood and Donald lloss, three Serjeants,
and twenty-nine rank and file were wounded.

The names of thirty-six non-commissioned officers
and soldiers of the Seventy-first were inserted in
regimental orders for conspicuous bravery upon this
occasion, and the Royal authority was subsequently
granted for the word " Almaraz " to be borne on the
regimental colour and appointments.*

The following orders were issued upon this occasion : —

" Bivouac^ near Fort Napoleon^
" Brigade Oeder. " 19th May 1812. '

*' Major-General Howard cannot delay expressing his
warmest acknowledgments to Lieut.-Colonel Stewart
and Major Harrison, of the fiftieth regiment, and
Major Cother of the Seventy-first regiment, who
commanded the three columns of attack this morning
on Fort Napoleon and the works on the Tagus, for
the gallant and distinguished manner in which they
led the columns intrusted to them, as well as to all
the other officers, non-commisfioncd officers and pri-
vates, for their bravery and good conduct, which pro-

* When Liuut.-Oencral Sir Rowland Hill wan created a Pet-r in May
1814, bis title was connecli'd with the gallant aflFair above recorded, as he
was styled Haron Hill of Alniaraas, and of Hawkstone, in the county of
Salop,

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92 HISTORICAL SECOSD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1812." duced the brilliant result of the capture of the works
Istbat. " in question."

*' Truxillo, May 22nd, 1812.
" General Order.

" Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill congratulates
" the troops on the success which has attended their
" exertions in the present expedition. Every object
** for which it was undertaken has been attained, and in
" the manner most desirable and effectual. It is highly
" gratifying to the Lieut.-General to report on this
" occasion his admiration of the discipline and the valour

of the troops under his command. The chance of war

gave to the fiftieth and Seventy-first regiments the
** most conspicuous share in these events, who nobly
" profited by the opportunity ; but the Lieut.-General
" is satisfied that the same zeal and the same spirit
" would have been found in every corps if there had
" been occasion for bringing them into play.

" The Lieut.-General has not failed to report to his
" Excellency the Commander of the Forces the parti-
" culars of this brilliant service, and the good conduct
*• of all those concerned in it. He will therefore not
" say more at present than to express his warmest
" thanks for the assistance which he has received from
" all ranks ; and he is confident, when it shall again be
" his good fortune to lead them against the enemy, he
" shall have to report conduct equally honorable to
" them, and equally advantageous to their country."

The bridge and works in the neighbourhood of
Almaraz having been completely destroyed, the
Seventy-first returned to Truxillo, where they
remained a few days, then moved to Mcrida, and after-
wards to Ahiicndralejos. Lieut.-General Sir llowland
Hill's force having received orders to make a diversion
in the south, while the main army was moving north-
ward on Salamancot the battalion again moved from

BEOIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 93

Alraendralejos to the borders of Andalusia, through 1812.
Llerena. On this march tho advanced parties of 1st bat.
cavalry were constantly skirmishing with the enemy,
but the SuvENTY-FiRST were not engaged.

From Llercim the battalion returned to Zafra, where,
after a whort halt, it proceeded to Villa Franca, and
finally to Don Benito. In these marches through
Estrcniadiu'ii tho weather was oppressively hot, and,
joined to tho clouds of dust raised by the troops, was
so fatiguing that it was considered expedient at one
time to move by night, and thus these inconveniences
were alleviated.

While the force under Lieut. -General Sir Rowland
Hill had ))een thus employed, the allied army under the
Earl of Wellington had gained a victory on the 22d of
July over tho French at Salamanca, for which he was
advanced to the dignity of marquis.

From Don Benito tho battalion moved upon the
13th of September, and passing through Truxillo,
Talavcrn, and Toledo, arrived at Aranjuez upon the 1st
of October, from which place, after a halt of three
weeks, it moved to Ponte Duenna, further up the
Tagus.

The sudden approach of the united armies of Marshals
Soult and Suohot rendered a speedy retreat necessary,
and the division accordingly retired from Ponte Duenna
in the night of tho 28th of October, moving to form a
junction with the army of the Marquis of Wellington,
who had now relinquinhed tlic siege of Burgos. Near
Madrid t!io division halted for a short period, when,
being joined by tho garrison of that city, the troops
retired leiHurely by the Guadarama Pass on Alba do
Tormes. This town tho Seventy-fiust occupied
from the 7tli to tlic 1.3th of November, and durinar
that period sustained a loss in action with the enemy
of one Serjeant and nix rank and file killed; one bugler
and five rank aud file wounded.

94 HISTORICAL BECOBD OF THE SEVENTY-PIKST

1812. The army having received orders to retire on For-
est bat tugul, the battalion abandoned this post, arriving at

Coria upon the 1st of December, where the retreat
terminated. In this quarter the Seventy-first con-
tinued until the 13th of December, at which time they
were pushed forward to Puerto de Bannos, where they
were joined by a draft of 150 men from the second
battalion.

1813, While stationed at this post, an attempt was made, in
February 1813, by the French, to surprise Bejar, then
occupied by the fiftieth regiment. The Seventy-
first were ordered forward to support, but previously
to their arrival that brave regiment had driven back the
enemy, and completely foiled his efforts.

2d bat. On the 18th of March 1813, the second battalion of
the Seventy-first embarked at Gravesend for North
Britain, and arrived at Leith on the 23d of that month.

1st bat. Upon the 5th of April the Seventy-first changed
quarters with the fiftieth regiment, and continued to
occupy Bejar until the 2l8t of May, at which period
the army broke up from its winter cantonments for
active operations. The battalion on its advance moved
by Salamanca and Toro, and encamped at La Puebla
on the 20th of June, the evening before the memorable
battle of Vittoria,

Upon the morning of the 2l8t of June, the two
armies being in position, the Seventy-first were
ordered to ascend the heights of La Puebla, to support
the Spanish forces under General Morillo. They ac-
cordingly advanced in open column, and liaving formed
line, v/erc immediately hotly engaged with the enemy,
and upon this occasion suffered an irreparable loss in the
fall of their Conmianding Officer the Honorable Colonel
Henry Cadogan, who fell mortally wounded while
leading his men to the charge, and being unable to
accompany the battalion, requested to be carried to a
neighbouring eminence, from which he might take a

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last farewell of them and the field. In his dying 18 13.
moments he earnestly inquired if the French were ist bat.
beaten ; and on being told by an oflficer of the regiment,
who stood by supporting him, that they had given way
at all points, he ejaculated, " God bless my brave
countrymen " and immediately expired.*

While recording the deep sense of sorrow wliich the
SEVENTr-FiRST experienced in the demise of a com-
manding officer who had so often fought at then* head,
and whose devoted gallantry had so frequently called
forth their admiration, it is but a meet tribute to the
memory of that brave spirit to extract from the des-
patch of the Marquis of Wellington the following
expressions of his lordship's regret at liis loss :

" And I am concerned to report that the Honorable
" Lieut.-Colonel Cadogan has died of a wound which
" he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer
" of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already
" acquired the respect and regard of the whole profes-
" sion, and of whom it might be expected, that if he
" hud lived he would have rendered the most important
" services to his country."

After the fall of the Lieut.-Colonel, the Sj:venty-
FIR8T continued advancing, and driving the enemy
from the heights, until the force which was opposed to
them became so unequal, and the loss of the battalion
80 severe, that it was obliged to retire upon the
remainder of the brigade. In the performance of this
arduous duty the battalion suffered very severely,
having had one field officer, one captain, two lieu-
tenants, six Serjeants, one bugler, and seventy-eight rank
and file killed ; one field officer, three captains, seven
lieutenants, thirteen Serjeants, two buglers, and two
hundred and fifty-five rank and file were wounded.

♦ The officers of the Sevknty-fiust regiment, to mark their admira-
tion and esteem for this distinguished officer, had a monument erected tn
his memory.

96 HISTORICAL BECOBD OP THE SEVENTY-FIK8T

1813. The officers killed were Colonel the Honorable Henry
i8t bat Cadogan, Captain Henry Hall, Lieutenants Humphrey
Fox and Colin Mackenzie. Those wounded were Brevet
Lieut.-Colonel Charles Cother, Captains Samuel Reed,
Joseph Thomas Pidgeon, William Alexander Grant,
Lieutenants Alexander Duff, Loftus Richards, John
M*'Intyre, Charles Cox, William Torriano, Noiman
Campbell, and Thomas Commeline.

On this occasion the French suffered a great loss of
men, together with all their artillery, baggage, and
stores. King Joseph, whose carriage and court equi-
page was seized, had barely time to escape on horse-
back. The defeat was the most complete that the
French had sustained in the Peninsula. It was tliis
victory which gained a b^ton for the Marquis of
Wellington, who was appointed a Field Marshal. In
a most flattering letter, the Prince Regent, in the name
and behalf of His Majesty, thus conferred the honor :
" You have sent me among the trophies of your un-
" rivalled fame the staff of a French Marshal, and I
" send you in return that of England." This was in
allusion to the baton of Marshal Jourdan, which was
taken by the eighty-seventh regiment at Vittoria.

The Seventy-first subsequently received the
Royal authority to bear the word " Vittoria " on the
regimental colour and appointments, in commemoration
of this signal victory.

When the Seventy-first paraded on the morning
of the 22d of June, the dreadful havoc made by the
tiction of the preceding day became painfully manifest,
and an universal gloom was thrown over all, at missing
from their ranks nearly four hundred brave comrades
who had been either killed or wounded on the heights
of La Puebla.

The enemy, having been completely beaten at all
points, was forced to retreat in confusion on Pampeluna,
and the British army immediately followed in pursuit.

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 97

The battalion in thia advance arrived at Pampeluna on 1813.
the 29th of June, and shortly afterwards followed, asistbat.
part of Sir Rowland Hill's army, a large force of the
enemy, who were retreating into France by the valley
of Bastan. During this forward movement the
Seventy-first had some skirmishing in the valley
of Eh'zondo, but without loss. Upon the 8th of July
the Seventy-first arrived at the heights of Maya,
from whence, for the first time, they had the cheering
prospect of beholding the empire of France extended
before them in all its fertile beauty. Joy was diffused
through every heart ; every trial and danger were for-
gotten while viewing this splendid and gratifying sight.
Upon these heights the battalion was encamped until
the 25th of July.

Marshal Soult having been selected by Napoleon
for the command of the French army in Spain, with
the rank of " Lieutenant of the Emperor," that officer
used the most active exertions for its re-organization,
and made immediate arrangements for forcing the
British position in the Pyrenees. With this view he
advanced in person with a large force against the right,
stationed at Roncesvalles, and detached Count D'Erlon
with about thirteen thousand men to attack the position
of Maya.

The Count D'Erlon, upon the 25th of July, advanced
against the right of the Maya heights, where the
ridges of the mountains branched off towards his camp.
Tac force at this point was not sufficient to resist such
formidable numbers, and the reserve being posted at
some distance to watch passes of importance, which
could not bo left wholly unguarded, was brought up
by battalions as the pressure increased.

The intrepidity with which these attacks were met,
and the obstinate bravery with which every inch of
ground was disputed, were obliged at last to yield to
overwhelming numbers ; but although the troops were

98 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

1813.forced to retrograde, yet in their retreat they took
• l8t bat advantage of every rising ground, and disputed it with
the utmost tenacity. At the commencement of this
attack a part of the first battalion of the Seventy-
first regiment was detached to a neighbouring high
peak, under the command of Major William Fitzgerald
of the eighty-second regiment, and was strengthened
by a company of that gallant corps. Lieut. -General the
Honorable Sir William Stewart, in his report to Lieut.-
General Sir Rowland Hill, thus expressed himself
respecting these men : — " I cannot too warmly praise
" the conduct of that field officer (Major Fitzgerald)
" and that of his brave detachment. They maintained
" the position to the last ; and were compelled, from
" the want of ammunition, to impede the enemy's
" occupation of the rock by hurling stones at them."

In another part of this communication, the Lieut.-
General thus alluded to the eighty-second regiment
and to the first brigade, which was composed of the
fiftieth, Seventy-first, and ninety-second regiments :

** I feel it my duty to recommend to your attention,
" and favourable report to the Commander of the
" Forces, the conduct and spirit of Colonel Grant,
" and of his brave corps, the eighty-second regiment ;
" also the whole of the first brigade, than which His
" Majesty's army possesses not men of more proved
" discipline and courage. The wounds of him, and
" every commanding officer in that brigade, were at-
" tended with circumstances of peculiar honor to each
" of them, and to those under their orders."

The following is a list of the killed and wounded in
the action of the 25th of July, as nearly as could be
ascertained : — Three Serjeants and fifty-four rank and
file killed ; six Serjeants, one bugler, and seventy -six
rank and file wounded.

The Seventy-first continued retiring until the
30th, when Lieut.-Genera) Sir Rowland Hill took up

^ BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 99

a strong position beyond Lizasso. In this post they 1813.
were attacked with much spirit by the enemy, who, at 1st bat.
the same time, by manoeuvring on the left flank, ren-
dered neces ..-/ a change of position to a range of
heights near Eguaros, which all the efforts of the
French failed to carry. Upon this occasion the
Seventy-first were seriously engaged, and had one
Serjeant and twenty-three rank and file killed; two
Serjeants, one bugler, and thirty-three rank and file
were wounded.

• The enemy having been foiled in all the objects of
his attacks, found it necessary, in his turn, to retreat,
moving on the 3 1st of July by the pass of Dona Marian
where he left a strong corps in an excellent position.
This force was immediately attacked by the columns
of Lieut.-Generals Sir Rowland Hill and the Earl of
Dalhousie, and dislodged, after a gaHant resistance.
In the action of this day the first brigade, consisting
of the fiftieth. Seventy-first, and ninety-second
regiments, had the honor of bearing its share, and of
distinguishing itself. The Seventy-first had one
Serjeant and twenty-nine rank and file killed; two
Serjeants and forty-five rank and file were wounded, i

The battalion now returned to the heights of Maya,
from whence, after a halt of a few days, it moved to
Roncesvalles.

Previously to this change of quarters, an order was
issued by Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, relative to

• the conduct of the troops in the actions of the Pyrenees,
of which the following is a copy : — - ^ ,'i>j

" Arrizi, August '6rd, 1813.
" General Order.

" Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill requests that the
" officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the
" corps of the army under liis command will accept

liis best thanks for the gallant conduct they have

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1813." displayed during the late active and interesting
Istbat.** operations.

*' The chance of service has placed the troops under
" his command in situations where they were exposed
" to an immense superiority of forces, a circumstance
" unavoidahle in operations so extensive as those in
" which this army has been engaged ; and it has at all
" times been necessary to cede ground to the enemy.
" The Lieut.-General, however, has the satisfaction of
" knowing that the troops have on every occasion
*' maintained their high character ; that they have
** only withdrawn from their positions by superior
" orders, and then it has been invariably attended with
" circumstances highly creditable to them. The Lieut.-
" General has not failed to report to the Commander
" of the Forces the details of the several affairs in
*' which the corps have been engaged, and he knows
" that their services are duly appreciated by his
" Excellency."

The royal authority was subsequently granted to
the Seventy-first to bear the word " Pyrenees "
on the regimental colour and appointments, in com-
memoration of the services of the first battalion in the
actions of the 25ta, 30th, and 3l8t of July, which have
been designated the " Battles of the Pyrenees^

In these actions the Seventy-first had Lieutenant
Alexander Duff killed; Major Maxwell Mackenzie,
Captains Leslie Walker and Alexander Grant, Lieu-
tenants Thomas Park, John Roberts, William Wool-
combe, William Peacocke, and Anthony Pack wounded.

The following " Morning Reports " of the 14th of
June and 7 th of August, the former being prior to the
battle of Vittoria, and the latter a few days subsequent
to the actions in the Pyrenees, will show how the ranks
of the Seventy-first were thinned within a period
of less than two months.

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 101

Sergts. Buglers. ^"^a,1813.
14th June 1813, present and ^ -. „. o^g ^'*^*-

fit for duty - - - J
7th August 1813 Ditto 21 15 356

Decrease

553

For nearly three months the battalion was encamped
on the heights of Roncesvalles, during which period
St. Sebastian and Pampeluna were captured. The
men were principally employed during this interval in
the construction of block-houses and batteries, and the
formation of roads for the artillery.

In the early part of the season the neighbouring
heights of Altobispo were occupied weekly by the bri-
gades of the division ; but as the cold increased with
the high Avinds, the piquets alone were appointed for
this duty. Such was the inclemency of the weather,
and natural advantages of this position, that it was
scarcely thought that the enemy would attempt an
attack. This opinion, however, was ill founded, as
upon the night of the 11th of October an attempt was
made by a strong party upon the advance, composed of
fifteen men of the Seventy-first, under Serjeant
James Ross. Instead of flinching from an unequal
contest, this small band, relying upon the strength of
the position, and being, moreover, favored by the
darkness, which concealed its strength, maintained its
ground, and forced the enemy to retire. The bravery
of this party called forth high encomiums from Lieut.-
General the Honorable Sir William Stewart, com-
manding the division, and at his request the soldiers
composing it were all presented with medals.

On the 8th of November the division was again in
motion, for the purpose of entering the French terri-
tory; and on the 9th of that month it bivouacked near
the heights of Maya, where orders were received to

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18 13. march as light as possible. The heights were passed
l«t bat. that night by moonlight, for the purpose of joining the
grand army ; but the march over bad roads was so
fatiguing that when the brigade arrived in position on
the Nivelle it was not called upon to take an active
part in the gloi'ious proceedings of the rest of the army
on the 10th of November, in forcing the French from
their fortified position on that river.

After the battle of the Nivelle, the battalion marched
in the direction of Cambo, on the Nive, where some
smart skirmishing occurred, in which two men were
killed, and four Serjeants, one bugler, and forty-one
rank and file wounded. When the French crossed to
the right bank, the Seventy-first occupied part of
the town of Cambo. . ^ i

The battalion remained in Cambo for nearly a month,
and was here joined by a detachment of four Serjeants
and eighty-two rank and file, under the command of
Lieutenant Charles Henderson, from the second bat-
talion, at this period stationed at Glasgow. ^ ••

On the 9th of December the first battalion was en-
gaged in the passage of the Nive. The left wing of the
Seventy-first entered the river, supported by the
fire of the right, and reached the opposite bank without
experiencing any loss.

The enemy noAv retired within Bayonne, and ^e
corps of Lieut.-General Sir RoAvland Hill was esta-
blished with its right on the Adour, the left above the
Nive, and the centre at St. Ptfrre, across the high road
to St. Jean Pied-de-Port. '^ ''-'•* - ' '•

In this disposition the second division, of which the
Seventy-first formed part, was placed at St, Pierre.
Marshal Soult having completely failed in an attempt
which he made against the left of tl army, moved
with his whole force against Sir RowL i Hill's corps,
with the expectation of overwhelming him before he
could be supported.

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 103

• The enemy came on with great boldness upon the 1813.
13th of December, and made vigorous efforts against ist bat.
the centre, which he repeatedly attacked ; but at last,
finding his most earnest endeavours fruitless, he drew
off. In the action of this day the loss of the first bat-
talion of the Seventy-first regiment was veiy severe,
having been placed close to the main road, against which
the French made such formidable and repeated attacks.

■ Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell Mackenzie, and
Lieutenants William Campbell and Charles Henderson,
together with two Serjeants, one bugler, and twenty-
three rank and file were killed. Captains Robert
Barclay and William Alexander Grant, and Lieu-
tenants John M'^Intyre and William Torriano, with
thirty-seven rank and file, were wounded.

The following short but highly expressive Division
Order was issued by Lieutenant General the Honor-
able Sh- William Stewart, KB. :

■,-.j ''..,. I \ , ,;■ v.iJ
; . . " Head- Quarters, near Petite Mogtierre,

« Decemhfr l^th, 1813.
" The second division has greatly distinguished itself,
" and its gallantry in yesterday's action is avowed
"by * ^ Commander of the Forces and the allied

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In commemoration of these services, the Seventy-
first subsequently received the Royal authority to
bear the word " Nive " on the regimental colour and
appointments. ,<;

The battalion marched on the 19tli of December to
Urcuit, and to Urt upon the 28th of that month. A
small piquet of the Seventy first, under the com-
mand of Corporal Dogherty, here distinguished itself,
by beating off an enemy's party of nearly treble its
strength.

While stationed in this quarter, the companies were 1814.
frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy,

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104 HISTOBICAL BECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIBST

18 14. particularly at St. Hellette, lieights of Garris, and
iBtbat St. Palais, in the month of January 1814.

In the beginning of February the battalion marched
from Urt, and during its advance had frequent skir-
mishes with the enemy's rear-guard.

On the 26th of February the battalion was in action
at Sauveterre, and upon the 27th had the honor of par-
ticipating in the battle of Ortlies.

In commemoration of this victory the Seventy-
first afterwards received the Royal authority to
bear the word " Orthes " on the regimental colour
and appointments.

Two divisions of the French army having retired to
Aire, after the action of the 27th of February, Lieut.-
General Sir Rowland Hill moved upon that town to
dislodge them. Upon the 2d of March the French
were found strongly posted upon a ridge of hills, ex-
tending across the great road in front of the town,
having their right on the Adour. The second division
attacked them along the road, seconded by a Portuguese
br'gade, and drove them from their position, in gallant
style. Lieutenant James Anderson and seventeen
rank and file were killed ; Lieutenant Henry Frede-
rick Lockyer, one serjeant, and nineteen rank and file,
were wounded.

A detachment from the second battalion, consisting of
one captain, four subalterns, and a hundred and thirty-
four rank and file, under the conuuand of Major Arthur
Jones, joined at Aire.

On the 25th of March part of the battalion was
engnged in an affair at Tarhes, in which Lieutenant
Robert Law was wounded, and upon the 10th of April
was in position at Toulouse, where some of the companies
were employed skirmishing, and sustained a loss of one
Serjeant and throe rank and file killed ; six rank and
file were wounded.

During the night of the Uth of April the French

RCQIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRT. 105

troops evacuated Toulouse, and a white flag was hoisted. 1814.
On the following day the Marquis of Wellington entered istbat.
the city, amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants.
In the course of the afternoon of the 12th of April
intelligence was received of the abdication of Napoleon,
and had not the express been delayed on the journey
by the French police the sacrifice of many valuable
lives would have been prevented.

A disbelief in the truth of this intelligence occa-
sioned much unnecessary bloodshed at Bayonne, the
garrison of which made a desperate sortie on the 14th
of April, and Lieutenant Sir John Hope (afterwards
Earl of Hopetoun) was taken prisoner. Major-General
Andrew Hay was killed, and Major-Gcneral Stopford
was wounded.

A treaty of peace was established between Great
Britain and France ; Louis XVIII. was restored to the
throne of France ; and Napoleon Bonupartc was per-
mitted to reside at Elba, the ^sovereignty of that island
having been conceded to him by the allied powers.

Tlic war being ended, the first battalion of the
Seventy-first regiment marched from Toulouse to
Blanchfort, where it was encomped for sixteen days,
and afterwards proceeded to Pouillac, where it em-
barked on the 15th of July for England, on board of His
Majesty's ship " Sultan," ot seventy-four guns.

Prior to the breaking up of the Peninsular army,
the Duke of Vrellington issued the following General
Order : —

€t n....^^., r\^^^^ " Dordeauxy \Atk June 1814.
" General Order. '

" The Commander of the Forces, being upon the
" point of returning to England, again takes this oppor-
" tunity of congratulating the army upon the recent
" events which Imve restored peace to their country
" and to the world.

" The share which the British ormy have had in
" producing those events, and the high character with

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1814." which the army will quit this countiy, must be

i^tbat" equally satisfactory to every individual belonging

" to it, as they are to the Commander of the Forces, and

" he trusts that the troops will continue the same good

** conduct to the last. * • .• 5 ?

" The Commander of the Forces once more requests

" the army to accept his thanks. ? i

" Although circumstances may alter the relations

*' in which he has stood towards them for some years

" so much to his satisfaction, he assures them he will

" never cease to feel the Avaimest interest in their

" welfare and honor, and that he will be at all times

" happy to be of any service to *^ose to whose

" conduct, discipline, and gallantry their country is so

" much indebted."

In addition to the other distinctions acquired during
the war in Spain, Portugal, and the south of France,
the Seventy-fiust subsequently received the Royal
authority to bear the word " Peninsula " on the
regimental colour and appointments.

The first battalion arrived at Cork on the 28th of
July, and marched to Mallow, where it remained for
a few days. On the 4th of August the battalion
marched to Limerick, where Colonel Rcynell assumed
the command of it in December, and in which city it
continued to be quartered during the remainder of the
year,
id bat. The second battalion remained stationed in North

Britain.
1815. In January 1815, the first battalion of the Seventy-
iBtbnt. FIU8T regiment marched from Limerick to Cork, and
embarked as part of rn expedition under orders for North
America. Peace having been concluded with the United
States, and contrary winds having prevented the sailing
of the vessels, the destination of the battalion Wtt8
changed, and subsequent events occasioned its being em-
ployed against its former opponents. The tranquillity
which Europe appeared to have gained by the Bplen-

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 107

did successes over the French in the Peninsula was 1815.
again to be disturbed. Napoleon, who had been ac- tbat.
customed to imperial sway, was naturally discontented
with his small sovereignty of Elba. Besides, the cor-
respondence kej)t up by him with his adherents in
France gave him hopes of regaining his former power,
which were, for a short time, fully realized. Napoleon
Bonaparte lauded at C'annes, in Provence, on the 1st
of March 1815, with a small body of men, and on the
20th of that month entered Paris at the head of an
army which hud joined him on the road. This could not
be matter of wonder, for the officers and soldiers had
won their fame under his command^ and gladly wel-
comed their fonner loader, under Avhom they probably
expected t.> acquire fresh honors, Avhich might cancel
the memory of the defeats sustained in the Peninsula.

Louis XVIII., unable to stem the torrent, withdrew
from Piu'is to Ghent, and Napoleon resumed his former
dignity of EmiJcror of the French. This assumption
the allied powers determined not to acknowledge, and
resolved to deprive him of his sovereignty, smd again
restore the ancient dynasty.

The first battalion of the Seventy-fiust, in con-
sequence of these occurrences, proceeded to the Downs,
and was there trnnshipped into small craft, which con-
veyed it to Ostcnd, where it disembarked on the 22d
of April.

The battalion next proceeded to Ghent, and, after
remaining there a week, marched to Leuze, between
Ath and Tom*nay, and was subsequently placed in the
light ))rigade with the first battalion of the fifty-second,
six companies of the second and two companies of the
third battalion of the ninety-fifth regiment (Rifics), un-
der the conunimd of Mnjor-Generid Frederick Adimi,
in the division of Liout.-Gonorid Sir ITonry Clinton.*

♦ A lilt of till' llrlti»th nnd Ilnnovorian omiy nt Waterloo, us formed
In diviiioni and brigftdci, U Inncrti-d in the Appendix, puge 16C.

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108 HISTORICAL BECOBD OF THE SEVENTT-FIBST

1815. The strength of the origade was as follows :—

istbat

it:

11 t ^

iiti

Rank and File.

52d regt.

1st bat.

- 99:

71st d'..

do.

- 788

95th do.

2d bat. Kiflcs -

- 571

95th do.

3d do. do. -
Total

- 185

2,541

Brevet Colonel Ileynell,afterward3 Lieut.-General Sir
Thomas Heynell, commanded the battalion at this period.

Napoleon resolved on attacking the Allies before
their forces ha^i been fully collected, and by well-
masked and admirably combined movements, a portion
of his army was concentrated on the 14th of June
between the Samtre and the Meuse.

On the morning of the 16th of June, as the battalion
was proceeding to the usual exercising ground of the
brigade at Leuze, it received orders for an immediate
advance upon Nivelleis, where it arrived late that night.
On the same day Prince Blucber had been attacked at
Ligny, and was forced to retreat vO Wavre. The Duke
of Wellington and a portion of his army had been
also attacked at Quatre Bras by Marshal Ney, who,
however, made no impression upon the British position.

In the course of the morning of the 17th of June,
the Duke of Wellington made a retrogrode movement
upon Waterloo, in order to keep up his communication
with the Prussians. At day-break on the same morn-
ing, the first battalion of the Seventy-firft retired,
and broko up its position, "th the rest of the allied
army, on the plains in the neighbourhood of Waterloo,
being situated to the left and rear of Hougomont.

The Seveny-fiust, with the rest of the army, bi-
vouacked in position during the night of the 17th of
June, drenched by tlie rain, which fell heavily. Upon
the morning of the memorable 18th of June, the bat-
talion stood in open colimm, and in this situation was

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BEOIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTBT. 109

exposed for some time to a heavy fire of artillery, but 1815.
a judicious movement to a short distance alleviated in a ist bat
great measure this annoyance. Line was next formed,
and about two o'clock the battalion, with the rest of the
brigade, advanced, met their opponents in position,
charged, and instantly overthrew them.

A heavy fire now commenced upon the retreating
enemy, but the alignement having been completely de-
ranged by the impetuosity of the advance. Colonel
Reynell, with his usual coolness, proceeded to restore
order, and had just completed the dressing of the
line when the French cavalry were seen advancing.
Square was instantly formed, and the Seventy-
first, with the rest of the brigade, sustained a charge
from three regiments of French cavalry, namely, one
of cuirassiersj one of (/rrnadiers-a~cheval, and one of
lancers.

The charge was made with the most obstinate
bravery, but nothing could overcome the steadiness
of the British infantry, and after a destructive loss, the
French were forced to retire.

Previously to this advance, the square of the
Seventy-first was struck by a round-shot, which
killed or wounded an officer and eighteen men of the
eighth company.

About seven o'clock in the evening the left wing
of the bpitalion was formed in rear of the right, and,
while thus placed, was, with the rest of the division,
attacked by a column of the Imperial Guard. These
troops were fresh, having been kept in reserve during
the day. They were allowed to approach close without
molestation, and the regiments tiirovving in a close and
well-directed fire, they could not deploy, but broke,
and retired in confusion.

The enemy having now exhausted all his cff()rt8, the
British, in their turn, advanced. The Seventy-first,
in the first instance, suffered much from the fire of

110 HISTORICAL BEGOBD OF THE SEYENTY-FIBST

1815. some guns that raked their front; these were soon
l8t bat. silenced, and the battalion was afterwards left unmo-
lested. In this advance the light brigade captured
several guns. Night closed in fast, and the corps rested
after this lengthened and sanguinary encounter, the
pursuit of the discomfited enemy being committed to
the Prussians, under Marshal Bb.sher, who had arrived
on the field of battle.

The Seventy-first had Brevet Major Edmund
L'Estrange ( Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Denis
Pack, K.C.B.), and Ensign John Todd, killed. The fol-
lowing officers were wounded: the Lieut.-Colonel
commanding the battalion, Colonel Thomas Reynell;
Brevet Lieut. -Colonel Arthur Jones ; Captains Samuel
Reed, Donald Campbell, William Alexander Grant,
James Henderson, and Brevet-Major Charles John-
stone; Lieutenants Joseph Barrallier, Robert Lind, John
Roberts, James Coates, Robert Law, Carique Lewin,
and Lieutenant and Adjutant William Anderson.

Tlie number of Serjeants, buglers, and rank and file
killed amounted to twenty-nine ; one hundred and sixty-
six were wounded, and thirty-six died of their wounds.

Both Houses of Parliament, with the greatest enthu-
siasm, voted their thanks to the army " for its distin-
guished valour at Waterloo." -

For the share which the battalion had in this glorious
victory, the Seventy-first were permitted to bear,
in common with the rest of the army engaged upon the
18th of June, the word " Waterloo" on the regi-
mental colour and appointments.

The officers and men engaged were presented with
silver medals by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
and were allowed to reckon two years additional service.

The battalion, with the rest of the anny, afterwards
marched towards Paris, and entered that city on the
7th of July. The brigade encamped that day in the
Champa £li/a6es, near the Place Louis Quinzo, being

BE&lMENTj HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. Ill

the only British troops quartered within the barriers, 1815.
and continued there until the beginning of November, istbat.
when it proceeded to Versailles, and to Viarmes in
December.

Meanwhile Louis XVIII. had entered Paris, and
was again reinstated on the throne of his ancestors.
Napoleon Bonaparte had surrendered to Captain Mait-
land, commanding the "Bellerophon" British ship of
war, and the island of St. Helena having been fixed for
his residence, he was conveyed thither with a few of his
devoted followers.

On the 24th of December 1815, the second battalion 2d bat
of the Seventy-first was disbanded at Glasgow, the
effective officers and men being transferred to the first
battalion. j • « </ '

In January 1816, the Seventy-first marched to 1816
the Pas-de-Calais, in which part of France the regiment
was cantoned in several villages, having its head-quar-
ters at Norrciit Fonte, a village on the high road from
Calais to Douay.

On the 21st of June 1816, the regiment assembled
upon the hruyere of Rombly, between the villages of
Lingham and Rombly on the one side, and Viterness
and Leitre on the other, for the purpose of receiving
the medals which had been granted by His Royal
Highness the Prince Regent to the officers, nor commis-
sioned officers, buglers, and privates, for their services
at the battle of Waterloo.

A hollow square upon the centre was formed on this
occasion ; the ranks were opened, and the boxes con-
taining the medals were placed within the square.
Colonel Reyneli then addressed the regiment in the
following minner :

" Seventy-first 1 !

" The deep interest, which you will all give me
" credit for feeling, in everything that affects the coqis
*' cannot fail to be awakened upon an occasion such as

112 HISTOBICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST

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1816." the present, when holding in my hands, to transfer to
istbat." yours, these honorable rewards bestowed by your
" Sovereign for your share in the great and glorious
" exertions of the army of His Grace the Duke of
" Wellington upon the field of Waterloo, when the
*' utmost efforts of the army of France, directed by
" Napoleon, reputed to be the first captain of the age,
" were not only paralyzed at the moment, but blasted
" beyond the power of even a second struggle.

" To have participated in a contest crowned with
" victory so decisive, and productive of consequences
" that have diffused peace, security, and happiness
" throughout Europe, may be to each of you a source
" of honorable pride, as well as of gratitude to the

Omnipotent Arbiter of all human contests, who

preserved you in such peril, and without whose pro-
" tecting hand the battle belongs not to the strong, nor
" the race to the swift.

" I acknowledge to feel an honest, and, I trust, an
" excusable, exultation, in having had the honor to
" command you on that day ; and in dispensing these
" medals, destined to record in your families the share
" you had in the ever memorable battle of Waterloo,
" it is a peculiar satisfaction to me that I can present
" them to those by whom they have been fairly and
" honorably earned, and that I can here solemnly
" declare, that in the course of that eventful day I did
" not observe a soldier of this good regiment whose
" conduct was not only creditable to the English
" nation, but such as his dearest friends could desire.

" Under such agreeable reflections, I request you
" to accept these medals, and to wear them with
" becoming pride, as they are incontestable proofs of a
*' faithful discharge of your duty to your King and
" your Country. I trust that they will act as powerful
" talismans, to keep you, in your future lives, in the

paths of honor, sobriety, and virtue."

BEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 113

At the conclusion of the above address the arms 1816.
were presented, " God save the King " was played, and
the battalion, by signal, gave three cheers. Colonel
Reynell then, from the lists of companies in succession,
called over the names of those entitled to receive a
medal, and with his own hand placed it in that of the
soldier.

New coloiu*s were presented to the regiment on the 1817.
.^3th of January 1817, by Major-General Sir Denia
Fack, K.C.B., who made the following address on the .
occasion: —

" Seventy-first Regiment I

** Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, it
** affi^rds me the greatest satisfaction, at the request of
** your commanding officer. Colonel Reynell, to have
** the honor of presenting these colours to you.

** There are many who could perform the office with
** a better grace, but there is no one, beUeve me, who is
** more sensible of the merit of the corps, or who is
*' more anxious for its honor and welfare.

" I might justly pay to the valour and good conduct
** of those present the complhnents usual on such occa-
•* sions, but I had rather offer the expression of my
** regard and admiration of that excellent esprit-de-

corps and real worth which a ten years' intimate

knowledge of the regiment has taught me so highly
** to appreciate. 1 shall always look back with pleasure

to that long period in which I had the good fortune

to be your commanding officer, and during which

** time I received from the officers the most cordial and

** zealous assistance in support of discipline ; from the

** non-commissioned officers proofs of the most dis-

** interested regard for His Majesty's service and the

" welfare of their regiment, and I witnessed on the

** part of the privates and the corps at large a fidelity

*' to their colours in South America, as remarkable

" under such trying circumstances as their valour haa

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1817.'^ at all times been conspicuous in the field. I am
" most happy to think that there is no drawback to the
" pleasure all should feel on this occasion. Your
" former colours were mislaid after a fete given in
" London, to celebrate the Duke of Wellington's
" return after his glorious termination of the penin-
" sular war, and your colonel. General Francis Dundas,
has sent you three very handsome ones to replace
them.

" On them are emblazoned some of His Grace's vic-

" tories, in which the Seventy-first bore a most

" distinguished part, and more might be enumerated

" which the corps may well be proud of. There are

" still in your ranks valuable oflScers who have wit-

" nessed the early glories of the regiment in the East,

and its splendid career since is fresh in the memory

of all. Never, indeed, did the character of the corps

" stand higher ; never was the fame of the British

" arms or the glory of the British empire more pre-

** eminent than at this moment, an enthusiastic recol-

** lection of which the sight of these colours must

always inspire.

*' While you have your present commanding officer
to lead you, it is unnecessary for me to add any-
thing to excite such a spirit ; but was I called upon
to do so, I should have only to hold up the example
of those who have fallen in your ranks, and, above all,
" point to the memory of that hero who so gloriously
« fell at your head."*
1818. The regiment formed part of the " Army of Occupa-
tion" in France until towards the end of October 1818,
when it embarked at Calais for England, and arrived
Dover on the 29th of that month.

After landing, the regiment proceeded immediately
to Chelmsford, where it remained for a short time,

* Colonel the Honorable Henry Cadogan, who was mortally
wounded at Vittoria on the 2l8t of June IS13.— Vide page 94.

EEGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 115

During its stay at this place the establishment was 1818.
reduced from 810 to 650 rank and file.

On the 25th of November the regiment marched to
Weedon, Derby, and Nottingham, having its head-
quarters at the former place. IC •' ; i , ' Vr V: fj ";

The regiment was inspected at Weedon on the l8tl819.
of May 1819, by Major-General Sir John Byng, who
reported most favourably to His Royal Highness the
Commander-in-Chief upon its appearance and discipline.
In consequence of this report His Royal Highness was
pleased to dispense with any further inspection of the
regiment during the year.

On the 2l8t of June 1819 the regunent marched
to Chester, having detachments at Livei'pool and the
Isle of Man.

In June 1820, the regiment marched to Rochdale, 1820.
Blackburn, and Burnley. In July following it pro-
ceeded to Hertford, Ware, Hoddesdon, and Hatfield;
and on the 20th of November it was removed to
Canterbury.

Previously to the departure of the regiment from
Hertford, it was inspected by the Adjutant-General to
the Forces, Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, E.C.B.,
who communicated to Colonel Sir Thomas Arbuth-
uot, K.C.B., commanding the Seventy-first, the
expression of the satisfaction experienced by His Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief in perusing the
report made on that occasion.

In June 1821, the regiment marched to Chatham,1821.
havmg detachments at Sheemess, Tilbury Fort, and
Harwich. Here a further reduction took place of two
companies, making the establishment to consist of 576
rank and file.

From Chatham the regiment marched to London, 1822,
and proceeded by the canal to Liverpool, there to
embark for Dublin, where it arrived on the 3d of May
1822; the regiment remained in that city until the

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1822. beginning of October, when it marched to the south of
Ireland. The head-quarters were stationed at Fermoy,
and detachments proceeded to the villages of Ballahooly,
Castletown Koche, Kilworth, Kildorrory, Wattstown,
Glanworth, and Mitchelstown. A subaltern's party
was also encamped at Glennasheen in the county of
Limerick, the disturbed state of that part of Ireland
requiring detachments in the above posts, and the
utmost exertions of every individual for their pro-
tection.

1824. Lieut.-General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B., was
removed from the colonelcy of the eighty-eighth to
that of the Seventy-first regiment on the 16th of
January 1824, in succession to General Francis Dundas,
deceased.

The regiment remained here for two winters, and in
the beginning of May 1824 orders were received to
march to the Cove of Cork, to embark for foreign
service.

Before the Seventy-first marched to the coast
for embarkation, very gratifying addresses were pre-
sented to Colonel Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, commanding
the regiment, from the magistrates and inhabitants of
the district round Fermoy, conveying their approbation
of the conduct of the corps, which had won the esteem
of all classes.

A very gratifying order was also issued by Major-
General Sir John Lambert, K.C.B., commanding the
south-western district of Ireland, relative to the conduct
of the regiment.

The regiment embarked for North America on the
14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th of May 1824, on board the
Indian trader Prince of Orange, Csito and Fanny
transports, and anchored at Quebec on the 23d, 24th,
and 25th of June.

1825. In the year 1825, the establisliment of the regiment
was augmented from eight to ten companies, and formed

REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. 117

into six service and four depdt companies, consisting of 1825.
forty-two sergeants, fourteen buglers, and 740 rank
and file.

In consequence of this arrangement, the officers and
non-commissioned officers of two companies were
sent to England to join the depot companies at
Chichester.

The detachments stationed during the summer months 1826.
at the posts of Sorel and Three Rivers rejoined the
head-quarters of the regiment at Quebec on the 15th
of October.

On the 25th of October and he 4th of November,
the service companies were inspected by Lieut.-General
the Earl of Dalhousie, the Commander of the Forces in
British North America, who expressed hisiuUest a} u^'o-
bation of their discipline and interior economy, «is \ ell
as of their conduct and appearance.

The head-quarter division of the St^^ 'iTY-FiRSTlt^;7.
embarked at Quebec for Montreal on thj IVth of May
1827, after having been stationed in that garrison nearly
three years. Preparatory to this change of quarters,
the service companies were again inspected by Lieut.-
General the Earl of Dalhousie, who, in orders, assured
Lieut.-Colonel Jones that he had never seen any regi-
ment in more perfect order.

The service companies arrived at Montreal on the
19th of May, and detachments from tliem were sta-
tioned at Isle-aux-Noix, Su Jrhn's, William Henry,
La Chine, Coteau-du-Lac, aiat liideau.

On the 8th of May 1828, the Seventy-first 1828.
embarked for Kingston in batteaux, and arrived there
on the 16th of that mouth.

The Seventy-first remained stationed here for

twelve months. During the summer and part of the

autumn they suffered much from fever and ague,

having had at one period nearly a tliird of the men in

hospital.

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118 HISTORICAL RECORD OP THE SEVENTY-riRST

1829. Upon the Istof June 1829, the head-quarters em-
barked in a steam-boat for York, now called Toronto,
the capital of the Upper Province, and arrived there on
the following morning.*

One company was detached to Niagara, another to
Amherstburg, and a third to Penetanguishene on Lake
Huron. A small number of men occupied the naval
post at Grand River on Lake Erie. The Seventy-
first occupied these posts for a period of two years.

On the 10th of August 1829, the depot companies
embarked at Gravesend for Berwick-on-Tweed.

Major-Genernl Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., was
removed from the colonelcy of the ninety-fifth to that of
the Seventy-first regiment, on the 21st of Sep-
tember 1829, in succession to General Sir Gordon
Drummond, G.C.B., who was appointed to the forty-
ninth regiment.

1830. In June, 1830, the depot companies were removed
from Berwick-on-Tweed to Edinburgh Castle.

1831. In May 1831, the service companies moved down to
Quebec, where the whole were assembled on the 16th
of June. After a stay of nearly five months in that city,
orders arrived for the Seventy-first to proceed to
Bermuda. The service companies embarked on the 20th
of October 1831 in the transports Lay ton and Manlius,
and arrived off St. George's, Bermuda, upon the 11th
of November, when they immediately disembarked,
sending a detachment of one captain, two subalterns,
and a hundred and twenty men to Ireland Island.

* During the period the Sevemty-firbt were stationed at York, they
had the satisfaction of removing to consecrated ground the mortal remains
of the brave grenadiers of the eighth regiment, who fell upon the 27th of
April, 1813, in action with the Americans. Thest* gallant soldiers had
ffillen, and were buried at a consideruble distance from the shores of Lake
Ontario; but oh its waters had since encroached upon the land in this
direction, they at length succeeded in breaking open their honorable
grave, and the beach became strewed with their remains. This coming
to the knowledge of the SRVENTr.FiRiT, they had them removed to the
military burying ground in the vicinity of the garrison.

BBGIMENTj HIGHLAND LIGHT INF^iNTRY. 119

TUe head-quarters were subsequently moved to 1831.
Hamilton, and small parties were detached to the
signal posts at Gibbs Hill and Mount Langton.

During the years 1832 and 1833, the service com- 1833.
panics continued at Bermuda, and the depot remained
in North Britain. ^

On the 30th of August 1833, Lieut.-ColoT7ol the
Honorable Charles Grey exchanged from the lialf-fiay
to the Seventy-first Regiment with Lieut.-Colonel
Joseph Thomas Pidgeon.

The tartan plaid scarf was restored to the Seventy- 1834.
FIRST regiment by an authority (under the King's Sign
Manual) dated 17th of February 1834.

On the 11th of September 1834, the service com-
panies embarked at Bermuda for Great Britain, and
arrived at Leith on the 19th of October following. The
regiment was afterwards stationed at Edinburgh, where
it remained during the year 1835. "

The regiment embarked at Glasgow on the lltb of 1836.
May 1836 for Ireland, and was stationed at Dublin
during the remainder of the year.

In June 1837, the regiment proceeded from Dublin 1837.
to Kilkenny.

Major-General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham,1838.
K.C.B., was appointed Colonel of the Seventy-first
regiment on the 28th of March 1838, in succession to
Lieut.-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., appointed to
the thirty-first regiment.

Meanwhile orders had been received for the regi-
ment to proceed on foreign service, and on the 20th of
April 1838 the six service companies embarked at Cork
for Canada. The four depot companies remained in
Ireland.

On the 2d of Juno 1839 the depot companies 1839.
embarked at Cork for North Britain, and were after-
wards stationed at Stirling.

The establishment of the regiment «. ^<t augmented

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forty to eight hundred rank and file.

1840. During the year 1840 the service companies were
stationed at St. John's, Lower Canada. The depot
companies proceeded from Stirling to Dundee in April.

1841. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., K.C.B.,
was removed from the colonelcy of the eighty-seventh
Royal Irish fusiliers to that of the Seventy-first or
Highland regiment on the 15th of March 1841, in
succession to Lieut.-General Sir Samuel Ford Whit-
tingham, K.C.B. and K.C.H., deceased.

In May 1841 the depot companies proceeded from
Dundee to Aberdeen.

Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Charles Grey ex-
changed to half-pay with Lieut.-Colonel James England
on the 8th of April 1842.

1842. The service companies proceeded from St. John's to
Montreal, in two divisions, on the 27th and 28th
of April 1842.

In consequence of the augmentation which took
place in the army at this period, the Seventy-first
regiment was ordered to be divi«'v<* into two battalions,
the six service companies being teamed the firj?t bat-
talion, and the depot, augmented by two new com-
panies, being styled the reserve battalion. The depflt
was accordingly moved from Stirling to Chichester in
1842, and after receiving one hundred and eighty
volunteers from other corps, was there organised into
a battalion for foreign service.

The reserve battalion of the Skventy-first, under
the command of Liout.-Colonol James England, em-
barked at Portsmouth in llor INInjcsty's troop-ship
" llt'xiKtuncc," which sailed lor Canada on the 13th of
August 1842, luul the battalion lauilcd at Montreal on
the !i3d of S('])teinb(M*, wIktc th«? first battalion was
likewise stationed, undt-r the ronnnand of Miyor
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Colonel England, took charge of the reserve bat- 1842.
talion.

The reserve battalion marched from Montreal to 1843.
Chambly on the 6th of May 1843, and arrived there on
the same day.

The first battalion, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel I'wHgland, embarked at Quebec for the West
Indies in the " Java " transport, on the 20th of
October 1843. The head-quarters disembarked at
Grenada on the 15th of December following.

The head-quarters of the first battalion embarked on 1844.
the 25th of December 1844, at Grenada, for Antigua.

During the year 1845 the head-quarters of the first 1845.
battalion continued at Antigua.

The head-quarters and three companies of the re-
serve battalion marched from Chambly on the 11th of
Hay 1845, and arrived at Kingston, iu Canada, on the
14th of that month.

On the 18th of April 1846, the head -quarters and 184G.
four oom[)anieM of the first battalior embarked at
Antigua on board the transport " Princess Royal," and
landed at Darbadocs on the 24th of the same month.

The firrtt battalion, under the command of Captain
Nathaniel MaJ'soy Stack, embarked for England at
Barbadoert on the 29th and 30th of December, on
board of I Tor MajcHty's ship " Belleislo.

On the Oth of October 1846, the reserve battalion
left Kingston, in Canada Went, and the head-quarters
arrived at La Prairie on the 8th of that month.

The nhip " IJelleiHle," having the first battalicm on 1847.
board, naili'd for Portsmouth on the Ist of .lanuary
1847, and arrived at Spithead on the 2.'Jth of that
month. After disfmi)arking at Portsmouth, tho hat-
talion pniciit'dcd to VVinchcHtcr, where it was stationed
until the lf)th of July, when it was conveyed in tiu-eo
divisiouK by railway to Glangow, and (m the 2 Ist of
December it was removed to Edinburgh.

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1847. In September 1847, the head-quarters of the reserve
battalion ^vere removed from La Prairie to Chambly,

V ^ and in October proceeded to St. John's, in <^anada East.

1848. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B.,
was removed from the colonelcy of the ninth foot to
that of the Seventy-first regiment on the 18th of
Februar,' 1>'.48, in succession to Lieut.-Gers 3ral Sir
Thomas Eeynell, Bart, and K.C.B., deceased.

Three companies of the first battalion proceeded
from Edinburgh to Dublin on the 27th of April 1848;
and the head-quarters, with the three remaining com-
panies, were removed to Dublin on the 1st of May.
In June, the head-quarters were removed to Naas.

During the year 1848, the head-quarters of the re-
serve battalion remained at St. John's, in Canada East.

1849. Lieut.-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.B. and
K.C.H., was appointed from the seventy-ninth to be
colonel of the Seventy-first or Highland regiment,
on the 8th of February 1849, upon the decease of
Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B.

In compliance with instructions received upon the
occasion of Her Majesty's visit to Dublin, the head-
quarters of the first battalion, with the effectives of
three companies, proceeded from Naas to that garrison
on the 28th of July, and were encamped in the
Phoenix Park. The three detached companies also
joined at the encampment on the same day. On the
13th of August the head-quarters and three companies
returned to Naaa.

The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve
battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir
Hew Dairy tnple, Bart., proceeded from St. John's to
Montreal, in aid of the civil power, on the 28th of April
1849. The hoad-ciuarters and three companies quitted
Montreal and encamped on the Island of St. Helen's
on the 3()th of June, but returned to St. John's on the
IGth of July. On the 17th of August 1849, the head-

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quarters and two companies proceeded from St. John's 1849.
to Montreal, in aid of the civil power, and returned to
St John's on the 6th of September.

In April 1850, the first battalion proceeded from 1850.
Naas to Dublin.

The head-quarters and two companies of the reserve
battalion quitted St. John's and Chambly on the 21st
of May 1850, and arrived at Toronto on the 23d of that
month, where the battalion was joined by the other
companies, and it continued there during the remainder
of the year.

In April 1851, the first battalion proceeded from 1851.
Dublin to Mullingar, and in July following was removed
to Newry.

During the year 1851 the reserve battalion continued
to be stationed at Toronto.

In May 1852, the reserve battalion proceeded from 1852.
Toronto to Kingston. On the 8th of June following.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., retired from
the service by the sale of his commission, and was suc-
ceeded by Lieut.-Coionel Nathaniel Massey Stack.

On the Ist of July 1852, the date to which this
Becord has been brought, the first battalion of the
Sevfnty-fikst regiment was stationed at Newry,
^nder the command of Lieut.-Colonel William Denny :
the reserve battalion continued at Kingston, in Canada.

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John Lord Macleod,
Appointed ]9th December 1777.

Lord John Macleod was the eldest son of the Earl of
Cromartie, and, with his father, was engaged in the attempt
made in 1745 by Prince Charles Edward, the young pre-
tender, to recover the throne of his ancestors. After the
battle of CuUoden, in '716, the Earl of Croniirtie was
brought to trial, and plea led guilty ; but his life was . i' rci
on consideration of the v-^morse expressed by him for I 'viiig
been seduced in an unguarded moment from that loyalty
which he had always, ^^r^jviously to the breaking out of the
rebellion, evinced to the exisl'ng establishment, both in
Church and State. Lord Made od also received the royal
mercy on account of his youth, and his regard for his parent,
which had been the cause ^,? his being concerned in the
rebellion. The young loiJ also promised, that, should the
royal clemency be extended to him, that his futv^re life and
fortune should bv. entirely devoted to His Maj<:3'^_,'. service,
wliich promise was amply fulfilled in after years. Lord
Macleod o-bsequently entered into the Swedish army, where
he served for several yeurs with great reputation, and was
made a Commandant of the Order of the Sword in the king-
dom of Swet* Wlile the American war of independence
was being canlefl on, his Lordship returned to Great Britain,
and inLeceiab(.v 1777 received authority to raise a regi-

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ment of Highlanders, which was, on its formation, numbered
the seventy-third, and subsequently the SEVENXY-Fresx
regiment, under the circumstances detailed in the Historical
Record. His Lordship was appointed colonel of the newly
raise i rt^iii. 'li, to which a second battalion was added in
Sep/ ember l7vS, and embarked with the first battalion for
India in January 1779, arriving at Madras in January
1780. The war with Hyder Ali, the powerful Sultan of
the Mysore territory, commenced in that year, and his Lord-
ship served under Major-^ai''*^'?ral Sir Hector Munro in the
first instance, and afterwards under Lieut. General Sir Eyre
Coote. On the 1st of June 1781, Colonel Lord Macleod
was promoted to the local rank of major-general in the East
Indies, in which year he returned to England, some mis-
understanding having arisen between his Lordship and
Major-General Stuart concerning priority of rank. His
Lordship was promoted to the rank of major-general on the
20th of November 1782. On the forfeited estates being
restored, in 1784, Major-General Lord Macleod obtained the
family estate of Cromartie. His decease occurred on the 2d
of April 1789, at Edinburgh.

The Honorable William Gordon,

Appointed 9th April 1789.

The Honorable William Gordon was appointed cap-
tain in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, when that corps was
raised in the year 1759. In October 1762, he was appointed
Lieut.-Colonel of the 105th regiment, and in 1777, he was
promoted to the colonelcy of the eighty-first regiment, which
was afterwards disbaiided. In 1781 he was promoted to
the rank of major-general, and in April 1789 was nomi-
nated colonel of he Seventy-first Highlanders. He was
advanced to the anl- of lieut. -general in 1793, to that of
general in 179? and was removed to the Twenty-first
Royal North British Fusiliers in 1803. He died in 1816.

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Sir John Fuancis Cradock, G.C.B. and K.C.,
afterwards
Lord HowDEN, ., l

Appointed Gth August 1803.

This officer entered the army on the 15th of December
1777, as a cornet in the fourth regiment of horse, now the
seventh dragoon guards ; and on the 9th of July 1779, he
exchanged to an cnsigncy in the Coldstream guards, in
which he was promoted to a lieutenancy, with the rank of
captain, on the 12th of December 1781. On the 25th of
June 1785, he was advanced to the rank of major of the
twelfth dragoons, and on the 16th of September 1786, ex-
changed into the thirteenth foot, of which regiment he was
appointed licut.-colonel on the 16th of June 1789. Lieut.-
Colonel Cradock commanded the thirteenth regiment in the
"West Indies, and on his return, in 1792, was appointed
quartermaster-general in Ireland, where he was specially
employed by Government in many of the disturbed counties.
He went a second time to the West Indies, in the command
of the second battalion of grenadiers, under the orders of
General Sir Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, and was pre-
sent at the reduction of Martinique (where he was wounded),
St. Lucia, Guadalonpc, and at the siege of Fort Bourbon.
Before the reduction of the second battalion of grenadiers in
the West Indies he was appointed by Sir Charles Grey to
be his aide de-camp, and on his return to England ho
received the thanks of Parliament for his services.

On the 26th of February 1795, Lieut. -Colonel Cradock
received the brevet rank of colonel, and on the 16th of
April following was appointed colonel of the one hundred
and twenty-seventh regiment, which was disbanded in 1798,
when he was placed on half pay.

On the 1st of January 1798, Colone) Cradock was
advanced to the rank of major-grneral, and served as
quartermaster-general in Ireland during the rebellion of
that year ; was under the command of Lieut. -General Gerard
(afterwards Viscount) Lake at the affair with the rebels at
Vinegar Hill, and in the subsequent movements in the
county of Wexford. Major-General Cradock accompanied
Earl Cornwall is as quartermaster-general in his lordship's
march against the French forces that landed in Killala

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under General Humbert, and was severely wounded in the
action at Balljnahinch, when the French and rebel force
were defeated, and laid down their arms.

Major-General Cradock was afterwards appointed to the
staff of the Mediterranean, under General Sir Balph Aber-
cromby, and proceeded on the expedition to Egypt, and was
in the actions of the 8th, }3th, and 21st of March 1801.
In that of the 13th, near Alexandria, he commanded the
brigades which formed the advance against the enemy, and
received the thanks of Sir Ralph Abercromby. He was
second in command of the division of the army that pro-
ceeded to Cairo under the command of Lieut.-General
Hutchinson (afterwards the Earl of Donoughmoro), and
was at the action of Rhamanie on the 9th of May 1801, and
at the surrender of Cairo and Alexandria. Tlic surrender of
the latter place on the 2d of September following, ter-
minated the campaign, after which he was appointed to the
command of a force of 4,000 men, to proceed to Corfu ; but
the preliminaries of peace being signed on the 1st of October
between Great Britain and France, put an end to the expe-
dition, and he returned to England, when he was again
honored with the thanks of Parliament. The Grand
Seignior had also established the order of knighthood of the
Crescent, of which the general officers who served in Egypt
were made members.

On the 8th of May 1801, Major-General Cradock had
been appointed colonel commandant of the fifty-fourth regi-
ment, and upon the reduction of the army, in 1802, he was
placed on half-pay. On the 6th of August 1803, he was
appointed colonel of the Seventy-first regiment.

On the 1st of January 1805, Major-General Sir John
Cradock, KB., was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general,
and appointed to the con^mand of the forces at Madras.
Upon the departure from India of General Lord Lake, in
1806, Lieut.-General Sir John Cradock remained for nearly
a year in the command of the forces in that country. In
1808 he was appointed to command the forces in Portugal,
during the critical period preceding the arrival of Lieut.-
General Sir Arthur Wellealey, and was afterwards appointed
Governor of Gibraltar, which in a short time he resigned.
On the 6th of January 1809, he was removed from the

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Seventy-first to the colonelcy of the forty-third regiment.
In 1811 he was appointed governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, and commander of the forcoa on that station, which
he held until 1814, on the 4th of June of which year ho was
promoted to the rank of general.

General Sir John Cradock was nominated a Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath on the 2d of January 1815,
and in 1819 was created a p'ser of Ireland, by the title of
Baron Howden. At the coronation of His Majesty King
William IV. he was advjvnced to the dignity of a Peer of the
United Kingdom. By royal licence he afterwards altered
his name to Caradoc, deeming that to be the ancient and
veritable orthography. The decease of General the Right
Honorable John Francis Caradoc, Baron Howden of Howden
and Grimstone in the county of York, and of Cradocks-
town, county of Kildarc, occurred on the 26th of July 1839,
at the advanced age of eighty years.

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Francis Dundas.

Appointed 7th January 1809.

The first commission of this officer was an ensigncy in the
first foot guards, dated 4th of April 1775, and in May 1777
he joined the army in North Americn, was present at the
battle of Brandy wine on the 11th of September of that
year, and in that of Germantown on the 4th of October
following, also at the siege of ten forts on the river Dela«
ware, and after their reduction in December the detach-
ment of guards employed on that service rejoined the army,
and went into winter quarters at Philadelphia. On the
23d of January 1778 he received a lieutenancy, with the
rank of captain, in the first foot guards. Captain Dundas
served the campaign of that year, and was present in the
action of Monmouth Court-House on the 28th of June 1778,
fought during the march of the British army from Phila-
delphia to New York, in which the second battalion of the
first foot guards was principally engaged. Having soon
after been appointed to the light company of that corps,
he was employed on various detached services in 1778 and
1779, in the course of which the company to which ho
belonged sustained considerable losses.

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The corps of guards being detached into South Carolina,
joined the army under Lieut.-General the Earl Comwallia,
in 1780, and the light company forming his lordship's
advanced guard, it was almost every day engaged. Captain
Dundas commanded it at the battle of Guildford and at
York Town.

.i Captain Dundas was promoted to a company in the
first foot guards, with tlie rank of lieutenaut-colonol, on the
11th of April 1783, and on the 6th of June following
exchanged into the forty-fifth regiment, from which he was
transferred to the first foot on the Slst of March 1787.
With the first battalion of the latter regiment Lient.-Colonel
Dundas embarked for Jamaica in January 1790, and re-
turned to England in July 1791. In October 1793 he was
appointed aide-de-camp to King George III., and received
the brevet rank of colonel.

Colonel Dundas was employed in that rank in the West
Indies as adjutant-general to the army under General Sir
Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, and was present at the
siogc of Martinique and the other adjacent islands in 1794.
Upon his return to England, being appointed on the 9th of
October 1794, colonel of the Scots brigade, afterwards num-
bered the ninety-fourth regiment, he joined it in Scotland,
aiv! raised a new battalion.

MajorGeneral Dundas, to wliich rank he was advanced
on the 26th of February 1795, was employed on the staff in
North Britain until ordered to join the array preparing
for foreign service under Lieut-General Sir Ralph Abcr-
cromby, at Southampton. Having returned to Portsmouth
Avith the expedition, he was soon afterwards appointed to
thf command at the Capo of Good Hope, and in August
1796 he embarked for that colony. Being appointed lieut.-
govcrnor, with the command of the troops under the
governor, he continued to hold that appointment until
Lord Macartney returned to England in November 1798,
leaving him to act as civil governor. Upon the arrival of
Lord Macartney's successor, in December 1799, Miyor-
Gencral Dundax resumed his former situation ; but that
officer being recalled in '801, the civil with the military
authority again devolved on Miyor-General Dundas, and he
held both until the Cape was restored to the Dutch by tho

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treaty of peace conclu'led in 1803. Upon his return to
England in June 1803, Lieut.-General Dundas, to which
rank he had been promoted on the 29th of April of the pre-
vious year, was placed on the staff in the southern district
of Great Britain, under General Sir David Dundas, K.B.
Towards the end of 1805 Lieut.-General Dundas Avas
appointed to the command of a division ordered to join the
army assembling in Hanover under Licut.-Gencral Lord
Cathcart, and on his return, in 1806, he was again appointed
to the staff in the southern district. On the 7th of January
1809, Lieut.-General Dundas was appointed by His M^esty
to be colonel of the Seventy-first regiment, and on the
1st of January 1812 was advanced to the rank of general.
He had been appointed governor of Carrickfergus in
Lreland in 1787, and was transferred in January 1817 to
the governorship of Dumbarton Castle in Scotland.

The decease of General Dundas occurred at Edinburgh
on the 16th of January 1824.

Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B.

Appoint€(H6tii January 1824.

Removed to the forty-ninth regiment on the 2l8t of Sep-
tember 1829, and to the eighth foot on the 24th of April 1846.

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Sin Colin Halkett, K.C.B.

Appointed 2\ St September 1829.

Removed to the thirty-first ronjimcnt on the 28th of

March 1838, and to the forty-fifth regiment on the 12tl» of

July 1847.

Sir Samuel Ford Wiiittingiiam.
Appointed 2Sth March 1838.
This officer was a, (pointed ensign in the sixty-sixth regiment
on the 20tli of January 1803, licutenr.nt in the ninth foot
on the 25th of February, and was removed to the lirHt life
guards on the 10th of March of the same year. Oi^ tlic 14th
of February 1805 he was promoted to the rank of captain in
the twenty-eighth regiment, and wos removed to ti o thir-
teenth light dragoons on the 13tli of June followinjr, and

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in 1809 was appointed deputy assistant quartermaster-
general in the army in the Peninsula under Lieut.-General
Sir Arthur Wellesley. In March 1810, Captain Whittingham
was promoted to the rank of major, serving with the Por-
tuguesc^army. He Avas subsequently employed in America i
but the chief scene of his services was with the army in
Spain, for which he was peculiarly qualified by his perfect
knowledge of the Spanish language. He was first pernutted
to join that service as aide-de-camp to General Castanos, and
in that capacity shared in the battle and victory of Baylen.
Major Whittingham afterwards served under the Duke of
Albuquerque, and was severely wounded at Talavera. Soon
afterwards he obtained the command of the Spanish cavalry,
and was present at the battle of Barrosa, fought on tlie 5th
of March 181 1. On the 30th of May following he was pro-
moted lieut.-colonel in the Portuguese army. He was next
intrusted to raise and command a large corps of Spanish
troops clothed and paid by the British Government. In
1812, as major-general in command of this well-disciplined
corps, he was, in junction with the British army at Alicant,
successfully opi.oscd to Marshal^ Suchet, and was again
wounded at the battle of Castalla ; after winch he served
with distinction in command of a division of infantry under
Lieut.-General Sir John Murray, and subseciuently under
Lieut.-Goneral Lord William Bentinck on the eastern coasi
of Spain,

At the restoration of peace in 1814, Lieut.-Colonel Whit-
tingham returnf d to England, his conduct in Spain being
reported in very flattering terms by the Brilisii ambassador
in Spain and by the Duke of Wellington. On the 4th of
June 1814, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Ills IJoyal
Highness the Prince Regent, with the rank of colonel in the
army ; and was appointed a Compiinion of the l)rdor of tlio
Bath, with the honor of knighthood, on the 4th of June 1815.

Upon the return of Napoleon from Klba in March 1815,
Colonel Sir Samuel Ford Wliittingham ret\irned to the
Peninsula, at the particular reipicBt of the King of Spain,
and on his arrival at Madrid, lie was invested with the
Grand Cross of the[|Order of San Fernando. In the year
1819 he was appointed governor of Dominica, and in 1822
kia services were 'ransforrod to India as qiiartermastcr-

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133

general of the king's troops ; he subsequently held the com-
mand AH major-genernl, to which rank he was promoted on
tlie 27tli of May 1825, successively in the Cawnpoor and
Mcorut divisions.

Major-Gencral Sir Samuel Ford Whittingha^n Iferved at
tlie siege of Hhurtpore, which was captured in January 1826;
and received the thanks of Parliament for his conduct on
tliat occasion. He was also nominated a Knight Commander
of tlio Order of tlio Bath on the 26th of December following.

Having returned from India in 1835, Major-General Sir
Samuel Ford Wliiitingliara was appointed to the command
of tlio forces in the Windward and Leeward Islands in 1836.
On the 28lli of March 1838, he was appointed colonel of the
SKViCNTV-riUHT Regiment, and on the 28th of June following
WHH advanced to tiie rank of lieut.-general. IIo was per-
mitted to roHign tlie Windward and Leeward command in
1839, in order to undcr'akctlie oommand-in-ehief at Madras,
receiving at the name time from General Lord Hill, then
cominanding-in-cliief, a flattering testimonial of Ids services
while in the West Indies.

Lieut.-General Sir Snmuel Ford Whittingham arrived at
Madras on the 1st of August 1840, where lie continued until
the lyth of January 1841, the date of his decease.

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Appointed \ 'i March 1841.

Tins distinguished olfieor commenced his military career as
un ensign in thclhiriy-eighth regnnent, his commission being
(late(l the 3()th of Scpteni'ter 1793. He joined the regiment
in •January 1794 at IKilast, and in A])ril proceeded with it
to Flandtu's, where it formed piirt of the arniy conunandcd
by His lloyal Higiincss the Duke of Vork. On arrwal at
the seat of wa/, the Ihirty-eighth regiment was orden'd to
join the corps under the Austrian (Uneral Count Clerfait,
who e.'tninianded liie troops in West Klan<lers, and it was
attached to the divi^^ion umhT Miyor-Cieneral IIiimuMTstein,
togetiii'r with the eighth li;rht d'agoons and twelfth foot.
Knsign Ueynell was present in the action on *he heights of
Lincelles on the iHth of May, and at the battle of Iloglado
on tiiC 13th of June 1794. He afterwards served with the

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army under the Duke of York, and was in Nimeguen when
that town was besieged. On the 3d of December following,
when cantoned between the rivers Rhine and the Waal, he
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the thirty-eighth
regiment. Lieutenant Reynell served during the winter
campaign of 1795, and retreat through Westphalia to the
Weser, and tliere embarked for England. He accompanied
the thirty-eighth regiment to the West Indies in May 1736,
and was present at the capture of the island of Trinidad in
thee, • "rt of 1797. On the 22d of July 1797 he was
r .i..^ii.a I. a company in the second West India regiment,
and joined tlrt corps at Grenada.

Captain Reynell quitted Grenada early in 1798, in conse-
quence of being appointed assistant a(\jutant-general at
St. Domingo, wliere he rema" ed until that island was
evacuated by the British in September, when he returned to
England. In the beginning of 1 799 he revisited St. Domingo,
as one of the suite of Brigadier-General the Honorable
Thomas Maitland, then employed in framing a commercial
treaty with the negro diief Toussaiut L'Ouverture, who had
risen to tli.^ supreme authority at St.Doraingo. When it wa^.
concluded, Captain Reynell returned to England in July of
the same year.

On the 8th of August 1799 Captain Reynell was trans-
f'^rred to a company in the fortietli regiment, with the first
battalion of whicli he embarked for the Helder in that
month, and joined the army, which was at first commanded
by Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, and afterwards
by the Dtikc of York. Captain Reynell was present in the
action of the lOtli of September ; also in the battle of the
19th of September, when lie was the only captain of the
first battalion of the fortieth regiment tiiut was not killed or
wounded ; he was also present in the subseciueut battles of
the 2d and Gth of October. Ca^<tain Reynell, upon the
Britisli army being withdrawn from Holland, re-erabarl>ed
with the first battalion of the fortietli regiment, au'J arrived
in England in November 1799.

In April IhiK) Captain Reynell embarked with his regi-
nu)nt for the Mediterrunean, and went in the first instance
to Minorot, afterwards lo Legliorn; returned to Minorca,
and proceed'd with a large force under Licut.'Genernl Sir

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Ralph Abercrombj for the attack of Cadiz. Signals for
disembarking wore made; but although the boats had actuallj-
put off from the ships, a recall was ordered, in cunseciuence.
of the plague raging at Cadiz. After this ho proceeded up.
the Mediterranean again, and in November landed aUMalta. .

The flank companies of the fortieth regiment having been
allowed to volunteer their services in the expedition to
Egypt, Captain Reynell proceeded thither in command of
the light company (one v^f the four flank companies de-
tached under Colonel Breit Spe;icer), and was present in
the action at the landing on the 8th of March 1801. On
this occasion the flank companies of the fortieth were on
the right of the line, and were particularly noticed for the
gallant style in which they mounted the 8and-hills imme-
diately where tbey landed. Captain Reynell was present in
the battle of the 13th of March, and commanded the right
out-piquet of the army, in the morning of the 21st of that
month, when the French attacked the British near Alcx-
anuria, on which occasion (ieneral Sir Ralph Abercromby
was jiiOrtally wounded. Soon after Captain Reynell pro*
ceeded with a small British corps and some Turkish batta-
lions to Rosetta, of which easy pos.sessioa was taken. He
was present in \ii ac'ion at Rhamanic, and followed the
French to Grand Cairo, where that part of their army
capitulated; ovid returned as escort in charge of the French
troops to Rosetta ; and after they had embarked he joined
the forc" under Mujor-General Sir Eyre Coote bofore
Alexandria, The surrender ol' Alexandria, on the 2d of
Sept* mber 1801, terminated the campaign, for his services
in whicli lie received the guM medal coulerrcd by the Grand
Seignior on the several ollico's employed.

Captain Reyncil wa8 afterwards >ppointcd aide-decvmp
to Major-General Ciadock, who was ordered to proceed from
Egypt with a Ibrco of four thousand m.'u to Corfu ; but
while at sf«a counter-orders were received, and lie proceeded
to Malta, and subsequently to England. In July 1HU4 he
embarked aa aidc-dc-eamp to Lieut.«General Sir Joon
Cradook, K.B,, who had been appointed to the eonmiand of
the tro«>[)s at Madras, and wliilc on the passage, namely, the
3d of August 1804, ho wa.s pronjoti'd to tiie rank of uuynr in
the fortieth regiment.

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On the 10th of March 1805 Major Reynell received the
brevet rank of lieut. -colonel, upon being appointed deputy
quarter master-general to the King's troops in the East Indies.
In July following he was appointed aide-de-camp to the
Marqui» Cornwallis, governor-general of India, and accom-
panied his lordship from Madras to Bengal, Avith whop ' ■•
remained until his lordship's decease, at Ghazcpore, in ■ t -
ber 1805, Licut.-Colonel Reynell returned to Madi ,'
mediately afterwards, and was ippointed military secrt.ary
to the Lieut. -General Sir John Cradock, the commander-in-
chief at that presidency. lie officiated during several
months of the year 1806 as deputy adjutant -general in
India, in which country he remained until October 1807,
when lie returned with Lieut.-Gemral Sir John Cradock
to Europe, and arrived in England in April ISO**.

Lieut.-Colonel Keynell resigned tlie appointmcii* uf deputy
quartermaster-general in India, and was bri^ught on full
pay as mnjor of the ninety-sixth regincnt on the oth May
1808, and on the 22d of September ibliowing was appointed
major in the Skventy-fiust regiment.

In October 1808, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Reynell embarked
as military secretary to Lieut.-Cieneral Sir John Cradock,
who had been appointed to command the forces in Portugal,
and landed in November at Lisbon, lie remained in Purtugal
until April 1809, when Sir Jolni Cradock was superceded in
the command of the forces in Portugal by Lieut. -General Sir
Arthur Wellesley. Lieut.-Colonel Reynell afterwards accom-
panied Lieut.-General Sir John Cradock to Cadiz, Seville,
and Gibraltar, of which latter place Sir John Cradock was
appointed governor, and Lieut.-Colonel Reynell remained
there as military secretary until September, when ho I'c-
turned to England.

Lieut. -Coh)nel Heynell joined tlie Skventv-first regi-
ment at Brabourne-Lces Bari.teks in December 180<), im-
mediately after its return from Waleheren. In September
1810 he embarked at Deal with six eonipaniea of the
Skvknty-fihst regiment for Portugal, landed at Lisbon
towards the end of that month, marched soon after to Mafra,
and thence to Sobra', where the si.x eomj)auies joined the
army under Lieut. -CJcnenil Viscount Wollingtou. in Octo-
ber Lieut.-Colonel Reynell had the iionor ol' being parti*

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culaily mentioned by Viscount Wellington in his despatch,
containing an account of the repulse of the attack of tho
Fi-cnch at Sobral on the 14th of that month. The British army
shortly afterwards retired to the lines of Torres Vcdras, and
Brevet Lieut. -Colonel Reynell was appointed assistant
adjutant-general to the fourth division under MtAJor-General
the Honorable George Lowry Cole.

Early in March 1811, the army of Marshal Masscna
broke up from its entrenched position at Santarem, and
retreated to the northward. Brevet Lieut.-Coloncl Reynell
entered Santarem with the fourth division the day after
jMarshal Masscna had left it, and continued in the pursuit of
the French am y to the Mondego. In the affair of Redinha
h(! had a horse killed under him. From Esiiinhal the fourth
division was ordei'ed to retrograde, and reeross the Tagus,
for the purpose of reinforcing Marshal Sir William Carr
Beresford. In 1811 he joined the Marshal at Portalegre,
and being the senior British assistant adjutant-general, was
directed to join Marshal Beresford's head quarters, and pro-
ceeded with him to Campo Mayor, from which the enemy
retired; was also present at the capture of 01iven(;a, and
Hubseciuently accompanied the marshal to Zafra, between
which place and Llerena a smart skirmish occurred with the
enemy's hussars. In May 1811, Lieut.-Colonel Reynell
returned to England from Lisbon with despatches from
Viscount Wellington.

In July 1811, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Reynell embarked as
military secretary to Lieut.-General Sir Jolin Cradock,
K.B., who had been appointed governor and commander of
the forces at the Cape of Good Hope, where he arrived by
the end o\' September. On the 4th of June IHI'J, he re-
ceived the brevet rank of colonel; and on the 5th of August
1813, he was promoted lieut. -colonel of the Skvkntv-first
regiment, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel tlie HonorabK?
Henry Cadogan, who was mortally wounded in the battUj
of Vittoria ; in February following, being d(>siri)us of join-
ing the corps. Colonel Reynell resigned his staff situation at
the Cape, and proceeded to England, where hi- arrived in
May 1814. In July of that year lie was appolnli-d adjutant-
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under Lieut^-General Lord Hill ; but, other operations being
then in view, that appointment was cancelled.

Colonel Rejnell took the command of the first battalion
of the Seventy-first regiment at Limerick in December
1814, and embarked with it from Cork in January of the
following year, as part of an expedition for North America ;
but peace having been concluded with the United States,
and contrary winds having prevented the sailing of the
vessels, the destinutit.n of the battalion was changed. In
March Colonel Reynell received orders to proceed with his
battalion to the Downs, where, in the middle of April, it
was transhipped into small vessels, and sere immediately to
Ostend, to join the army forming in Flanders, in consequence
of Napoleon Bonaparte having returned from Elba to
France.

In the memorable battle of Waterloo, fought on the 18tli
of June 1815, Colonel Reynell commanded the first bat-
talion of the Seventy-first regiment, and was wounded in
the foot on that occasion. He afterwards succeeded to the
command of Major-Greneral Adam's brigade, consisting of
the first battalions of the fifty-second and Seventy-first,
with six companies of the second, and two companies of the
third battalion of the ninety-fifth regiment, in consequence
of that officer being wounded. Colonel Reynell commanded
the light brigade in the several operations that took place
on the route to Paris, and entered that capital at the head
of the brigade on the 7th of July 1815 and encamped with
it in the Champs Elysees, being the only British troops
quai'tered within the barriers. In this year he was appointed
a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and received the
Cross of a Knight of the Austrian Military Order of Maria
Theresa, also a Cross of the fourth class of the Russian
Military Order of St. George.

Colonel Reynell remained with tlio ^'^ Army of Occupa-
tion^ in France until October 1818, when, after a grand
review oi" the united British, Danish, and Russian contingents
at Valenciennes, the Seventy-first marched to Calais, and
(mibarked for England. Colonel Reynell continued in com-
mand of the regiment until the 12th of August 1819, the
date of lii.x promotion to the rank of msjor-general.

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]ji April 1820 Majos^General Reynell was suddenly
ordered to proceed to Glasgow, having been appointed to
the r -jff of North Brit? in as a major-general, in which
cour-^r he remained uutil March 1821, when, in conse-
quencf* f the tranquillity of Scotland, the extra general
officer was discontinued. Immediately afterwards he was
appointed to the staff of the East Indies, and directed to
proceed to Bombay, for which presidency he embarked in
September following, and where he arrived in March 1822.
After remaining there a ivonth, Major-General Reynell was
removed to the staff of the Bengal Presidency, by order
of the Marquis of Hastings. In August Major-General
Reynell procef^ded "p the Ganges, and took the command of
the Meerut division on the 3d of December 1 822.

Tlienext operation cf importance in which Major-General
Reynell was engaged was the siege of Bhurtpore. Early in
December 1825 a large force had been assembled for this pur-
pose, to the command of which he had been appointed, when,
just as the troops were about to move into the Bhurtpore
states, General Lord Combermere, the new commander-in-
chief in India, arrived from England, and Major-General
Reynell was then appointed to command the first division of'
infantry. He commanded that division during the siege,
and directed the movements of the column of assault at the
north-east angle on the 18th of January 1826, when the
place was carried, an( ilu^ citadel surrendered a few hours
after. For this servi ' he was appointed a Knight Com-
mander of the Bath, i, well as honored with the thanks of
both Houses of Parliament.

M^or-General Sir Thomas Reynell succeeded to the baro-
netcy upon the decease of liis brother Sir Richard Littleton
Reynell in September 1829 ; and on the 30th of January 1832
was appointed by His Miycsty King William IV. to be colonel
of the ninety-ninth rej,! aent, from which he was removed to
the eighty-seventh Royal Irish fusiliers on the 15th of
August 1834. On the 10th of January 1837, he was pro-
moted to the rank of Meut. -general, and on the 14th of
June 1839 was appointed a member of tlie consolidated board
of general officers for the i ispection and regulation of the
clothing of the army. On the 15th of March 1841, he was

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appoint^ 1 by Her Majesty to the colonelcy of the Seventy-
first regiment. The decease of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas
Reynell, Bart., K.C.B., occurred at Avisfoi i, "oar Arundel,
on the 10th of Februai-y 1848.

Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B.

Appointed lSt?i February 1848.

This officer entered the army as ensign in the twenty-nintli
regiment on the 23d of November 1794, and was promoted
lieutenant in the fortieth regiment on the 1st of May 1796.
He was advanced to the rank of captain in the eighth West
India regiment on the 25th of June 1 798, and on the 26th of
May 1803 was appointed captain in the royal staff corps, and
on the 7th of April 1808 was promoted major in the fifth
"West India regiment, in which year he joined the staff of the
army in the Peninsula, first as assistant adjutant-general,
and afterwards as assistant quartermaster-general. Major
Arbuthnot was present at the battles of Roleia, Vimiera, and
Corunna.

On the 24th of May, 1810 he received the rank of
lieuit-rtant-colonel in the army, and was appointed deputy
nu U'l'fmastcr-general at the Cape of Good Hope, where he
iiriiv; d on the 25th March 1811. Lieut. -Colonel Arbuthnot
Wiis appointed aide-de-camp to His Royal Highness the
Piince Regent on the 7th of February 1812, and in May
1813 proceeded from the Cape to the Peninsula, and was
present at the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Orthes.
For these services in the Peninsula and south of Franco
he was decorated Avith a cross and one clasp. On the 24th
of March 1814, Brevet Lieut. -Colonel Arbuthnot was ap-
pointed lieutenant-eolonel of the fifty-seventh regiment, and
on the4lhof June following received the brevet rank of colonel
in the army. In January 1815 he Avas nominated a Knight
Commander of the Bath, and on the 12th of August 1819
was appointed lieutoaant.- colonel of the Skventv-fikst
regiment. On the f:!7th of May 1825 he attained the rank
of major-general, and on the 15th of August 1836 was
appointed colonel of the ninety-ninth regiment. Sir Thomas
Arbuthnot was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general

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on the 28th of June 1838, and was removed to the fifty-
second regiment on the 23d of December 1839. In August
1842 he was appointed to the command of the northern and
midland districts of Great Britain, which he retained until
liis decease. On the 7th of December 1844 Lieut.-General
Sir Thomas Arbuthnot was removed from the fifty second
to the ninth foot, and on the 18th of February 1848 was
appointed colonel of the Skventy-first regiment. Lieut.-
General Sir Thomas Ari Jthnot, K.C.B., died at Salford,
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Memoir of Captain Fhilu> Melvill of the SeyemtT'FIBST

Regiment.

I*- Captain Philip Melvill was the fourth and youngest son
of John Melvill, Esq., of Dunbar, and was bom on the 7th of
April 1 762. At the age of sixteen he obtained a commisiiion,
on the 31 St December 1777, as a lieutenant in the seventy-
third now the Seventy-first regiment, commanded by
Colonel John Lord Macleod, on condition of raising a,
certain number of men, which, by the influence of his
relatives in the north of Scotland, he effected. Lieutenant
Melvill joined the regiment at Elgin, and was appointed
to the light company. In 1779 he embarked for India
with his regiment, and arrived at Madras in January 1780.
His services now became identical with those of Captain
Baird, under whose command lie proceeded as part of a
reinforcement to Liout.-Colonel Baillie, as detailed in the
foregoing pages. In the action on the 10th of September
1780, at Perambaukum, Lieutenant Melvill was severely
wounded in both arms; his left being broken, and, after
surrendering, the muscles of his right arm wore cut in two
by a sabre. He was dashed unmercifully to the ground, and
as he lay exhausted, a horseman wounded him in the back
witH his spear. In this miserable situation he continued
for two days and two nights, exposed to the intense heat of
a burning sun, and to the danger of being vom to pieces by
beasts of prey. He was afterwards conveyed to Hyder's
camp, and was confined at Bangalore with the other pri-
soners. After three years and a half of confinement, they
obtained their release in March 1784.

Lieutenant Melvill had been advanced to the rank of
captain on the 22d of June 1783 ; and being disabled from
military duty by the condition of his wounds, was, on being
released from captivity, enabled to visit his brother at
Bcngpl, where he remained until the beginning of the year

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1786. Captain Mclvill then returned to England, when
he was appointed, on the 8d of Jonuary 1787, to the
command of an invalid company fttationcd in Guernsey,
where he remained for flvo year». He subsequently ex-
changed into a company at Portsmouth, and was afterwards
placed on the retired li»t, in consequence of ill-health.
After remaining a year in retirement at Topsham, in
Devonshire, Captain Molvill, on the 29th of September
1796, exchanged his full pay as a retired captain for the
command of an invalid company stationed at Pendennis
Castle in Cornwall.

In the year 1797, when preparations were made by
France for invading Great Britain, Captain Melvill, who
had been appointed lieut.-govcrnor of Pendennis Castle,
was mainly instrumental in forming a corps of volunteers,
which was subsequently retained, first as the Pendennis
Volunteer Artillery, and afterwards as fli body of local
militin.

Lieut.-Governor Molvill died on the 27th October 1811,
aged forty-nine, and was interred in Falmouth Churoli.

Memoir of the aervicea of Omeral the Bight Honorable
Sir David Baird, Bart., G.C.B. Sf K.C.y formerly
Lieut.'Calonel of the Seventy •first Begiment.

Tins celebrated commander commenced his mili: areer
as an ensign in the second foot, Itis commission being dated
the 14th of December 1772. He joined the regiment at
Gibraltar in April 1773, and in 1773 returned with it to
England. In February 1778 ho wan promoted lieutenant
in tlie second foot, and on the 16th of December 1777 was
promoted to a company in the Heventy third regiment, then
being raised by Colonel Lord Mac'leod, which was afterwards
numbered the SKVKNTV.nniiT regiment. This corps Captain
Baird joined at Elgin, from wlience he marched to Fort
George, and embarked for Guernsey. In January 1779 ho
embarked with his regiment for India, and arrived at Madras
in January 1780. Tlie regiment, shortly after its arrival
in India, was called upon to take part in the war against

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Hyder Ali, the powerful sovereign of the Mysore, whose
army exceeded eighty thousand, besides a strong body under
a general of the name of Meer Saib, who had entered the
Company's territories on the north. This force was ren-
dered still more formidable and effective by the aid of
Monsieur Lally's troops, and a great number of French offi-
cers who served his artillery, and even directed all his
marches and operations. The British army ready to oppose
this invasion did not consist of five thousand men. These
were commanded by Major-Gencral Sir Hector Munro, K.B.,
and were stationed at St. Thomas's Mount, in the immediate
neighbourhood of Madras, in order to cover that city. Here
they were joined by Colonel Lord Macleod and the seventy-
third regiment.

Hyder Ali, after a march across the country, which he
marked by fire and sword, suddenly turned upon Arcot, and
on the 21st of August 1780 sat down before that city, as the
first operation of the war. Arcot was the capital town of
the territory of the nabob of that name, the only prince in
India who was friendly and in alliance with the Company.
It contained immense stores of provisions, and, what was
equally wanted, a vast treasure of money. There was another
important reason, which required on the part of the British
an immediate attention to this movement. Lieut.-Colonel
Baillie, wit' a body of troops, was in the Northern Circars ;
and Hyder Ali, by besieging Arcot, had interposed himself
between this detachment and the main army under Major-
General Sir Hector Munro. Orders were immediately sent
to Lieut. Colonel Baillie to hasten to the Mount, to join the
main army ; and Sir Hector Munro, at once to meet Lieut.-
Colonel Baillie and to raise the siege of Arcot, marched on
the 25th of August with his army for Conjevcram, a place
forty miles distant from Madras, in the Arcot road.

The British troops were foUoAvod during the whole way
by the enemy's liorse. They wore four days on their march
to Conjevcram, and when they arrived, they found the whole
country under water, and no provisions of any kind to bo
procured. So relax were the commissaries appointed by
the Madras government, that the army had but four days'
provisions ; in the midst of the most fertile region of India,
and in the very onset and commencement of a war, the

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troops were in danger of being famished. The army had no
other resource than to spread itself individually over the fields,
and, at the risk of being destroyed in detail by the enemy's
horse, collect the growing rice, up to thieir knees in water.

Hyder Ali, as the British general foresaw, raised the
siege of Arcot upon this movement towards Conjeveram ;
but) what he had not foreseen, his politic enemy threw his
army in such a manner across the only possible road of
Lieut. -Colonel Baillie's detachment, as to prevent the desired
junction, which had been expected to have taken place on tho
30th of August, the day after the arrival of the army at Con-
jeveram. Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, before this last movement
of the enemy to cut him off, had been stopped for some days,
at no great distance, by the sudden rising of a small river.
Hyder made use of this time to throw his army between
them. On tho 5th of September Lieut.-Colonel Baillie
effected his passage over the river, but Hyder, being informed
of it, made a second movement, Avhich completely intercepted
him. In order in some degree, however, to defeat this
movement, but with slight hopes of success, Sir Hector
Munro changed his position likewise, and advanced about
two miles, to a high ground on the Tripassoor road, which
was tho way that the expected detachment was to come.
By these movements the hostile camps were brought within
two miles of each other, the enemy lying about that dis-
tance to the left of the British.

Lieut. -Colonel Baillie had passed the river in his way on
the afternoon of the 5th of September, and encamped for
the night. Hyder, on receiving this information, made the
movement before related, and other arrangements on the
following morning, tho 6th of September, and Sir Hector
Munro changed his own position at tho same time. This
change was scarcely effected when tho evident bustle in the
enemy's army explained its purpose. Jn fact the purport
of Hyder's movement was to cover and support a great
attack at that moment making on Lieut.-Coloncl Baillie's
detachment. He had already pent his brother-in-law, IMcer
Saib, with eight thousand horse upon that service, and
immediately afterwards detached his son, Tippoo Saib, with
six thousand infantry, eighteen thousand cavalry, and twelve
pieces oi cannon, to join in a united and decisive attack.

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They encountered Lieut.-Colonel Baillie at a place called
Perambaukum, where he made the most masterly dispositions
to withstand this vast superiority of force. After an ex-
ceedingly severe and well-fought action, of several hours'
continuance, the enemy was routed, and Lieut.-Colonol
Baillie gained as complete a victory as a total want of
cavalry and the smallness of his numbers could possibly
admit. Through these circumstances he lost his baggage.
His whole force did not exceed two thousand sepoys, and
from one to two companies of European artillery.

This success, however, by diminishing Lieut. -Colonel
Baillie's force, only added to his distress. The British camp
was within a few miles, but Hyder's army lay full in his
way, and he was, moreover, in the greatest want of provi-
sions. Under these circumstances, Lieut.-Colonel Baillie
despatched a messenger toMajor-General Sir Hector Munro,
with an account of his situation, stating that he had sus-
tained a loss which rendered him incapable of advancing,
while his total want of provisions rendered it equally im-
possible for him to remain in his present position. A
council of war being held, at which Colonel Lord Macleod
assisted, it was resolved to send a reinforcement to Lieut.-
Colonel Baillie, to enable him to p ish forward in despite of
the enemy. Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher, Captain Baird, and
other officers were sent off with a strong detachment to the
relief of Liout.-Colonel Baillie. The main force of this
detachment consisted of the flank companies of the first
battalion of the Seventy-third, afterwards numbered the
Seventy-first regiment, the light company being com-
manded by Captain Baird. There were two other companies
of European grenadiers, one company of sepoy marksmen,
and ten companies of sepoy grenadiers. In all about a thou-
sand men. The junction was effected with some difficulty
on the 9th of September, and the following day was appointed
for the march of the united detachment. Accordingly, day-
light had scarcely broken when it commenced its march.
By seven o'clock in the morning of liho 10th of September
the enemy poured down upon them in. thousands. The
British fought with the greatest heroism, and at one time
victory seemed to be in their favour. But the tumbrils
containing the ammunition accidentally blew up with two

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dreadful explosions in the centre of their lines. The
destruction of men was great, but the total loss of their
ammunition was still more fatal to the survivors. This
turned the fortune of the day, and after successive prodigies
of valour the brave sf'poys were almost to a man cut to
pieces.

Lieut.-Colonels Baillie and Fletcher, assisted by Captain
Baird, made one more deoperate effort. They rallied the
Europeans, and, under the fire of the whole of the immense
artillery of the enemy, gained a little eminence, and formed
themselves into a fresh square. Tn this form did this invin-
cible band, though totally without ammunition, the officers
fighting with their swords and the soldiers with their
bayonets, resist and repulse the myriads of the enemy in
thirteen difierent attacks, until at length, incapable of with-
standing the successive torrents of fresh troops which were
continually pouring upon them, they were fairly borne down
and trampled on, many of them still continuing to fight
under the legs of the horses and elephants.

The loss of the British in the action at Ferambaukum was
of course great ; and it is a reasonable subject of surprise
that any escaped. Lieut.-Coloncl Fletcher was amongst
the slain. Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, Captain Baird, after being
severely wounded in four places, together with Captain the
Honorable John Lindsay, Lieutenant Philip Melvill, and
other officers, with two hundred Europeans, were made
prisoners. They were carried into the presence of Hyder,
who, with a true Asiatic barbarism, received them with the
most insolent triumph and ferocious pride. The British
officers, with a spirit worthy of their country, retorted his
pride by an indignant coolness and contempt. " Your son
will inform you," said Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, appealing to
Tippoo, who was present, " that you owe the victory to our
disaster rather than to our defeat." Hyder angrily ordered
them from his presence, and commanded them instantly to
prison, whera they remained for three years and a half,
enduring great hardships. Captain Baird being chained by
the leg to another prisoner.

In March 1784 Captain Baird was released, and in July
joined his regiment at Arcot. In 1786 the Seventy-third
was directed to be numbered the SBVENTY-FmsT regiment.

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Captain Baird was promoted to the rank of major in the
Seventy-first regiment on the 5th of June 1787, and in
October obtained leave of absence, when he returned to
Great Britain. He was advanced to the lieut.-colonelcy
of the regiment on the 8th of December 1790, and in 1791
proceeded to India, and joined the army under General the
Earl Cornwallis. Lieut. -Colonel Baird commanded a bri-
gade of sepoys, and was present at the attack of a number
of droogs or hill forts ; also at the siege of Seringapatam in
1791 and 1792 ; likewise at the storming of Tippoo's lines
and camps on the island of Seringapatam. In 1793 the
Lieut. -Colonel commanded a brigade of Europeans, and was
present at the siege of Pondicherry. On the 21st of August
1795, he was promoted to the brevet rank of colonel, and in
October 1797 embarked at Madras with the Seventy-first
for Europe, but on arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, in
January following, he was appointed brigadier-general, and
placed on that staff in command of a brigade. He was pro-
moted to the rank of major-general on the 18th of June
1798, and was removed to the staff in India. Major-General
Baird sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Madras in
command of two regiments of infantry and the drafts of
the twenty-eighth dragoons, and arrived at his destination
in January 1799. On the 1st of February he joined the
army forming at VcUore for the attack of Seringapatam,
and commanded a brigade of Europeans. On the 4th of
May Major-General Baird commanded the storming party
Avith success, and, in consequence, was presented by the
army, through Lieut. -General, afterwards Lord Harris,
Commander-in-Chief, with Tippoo Sultan's sta. \ ;.word, and
a dress sword from the field officers serving undei his imme-
diate command. In 1800 he was removed to the Bengal
staff, and on the 9th of May of that year was appointed
colonel-commandant of the fifty-fourth, and colonel of that
regiment on the 8th of May 180], in which year he waa
appointed to command the forces which were sent from
India to Egypt, and arrived at Cosseir in June, afterwards
crossed the desert, and embarked on the Nile, arriving in
the following month at Grand Cairo. He joined the army
under Lieut.-General Sir John Hutchinson, afterwards the
Earl of Donoughmore, a few days before the surrender of

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Alexandria, which capitulated on the 2d of September, and
terminated the campaign in Egypt. ■ • ...... " . ^

In 1802 Major-General Baird returned across the desert
to India, and was removed to the Madras staff in 1803, and
commanded a large division of the army forming against
the Mahrattas. He marched into the Mysore country,
where the Commander-in-Chief, Lieut.-General James
Stuart, joined him, and afterwards arrived on the banks of
the river Jambudra, in command of the line. Major-General
Wellesley, the present Duke of Wellington, being appointed
to the command of the greater part of the army, Major-
General Baird proceeded into the Mahratta country, and
subsequently obtained permission to return to Great Britain.
Ho sailed in March with his staff from Madras, and wa»
taken prisoner by a French privateer. In October he was
re-taken as the ship was entering Corunna. He arrived in
England on the 3d of November, having given his parole
that he should consider himself as a prisoner of war ; but
shortly after Major-General Baird and staff were exchanged
for the French General Morgan and his staff.

Major-General Sir David Baird, who had received the
honour of knighthood, was promoted to the rank of lieut.-
general on the 30th of October 1805, and commanded an
expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, where he arrived
on the Sth of January 1806, and effected a landing on the
following day. On the 8th, the Dutch army was defeated ;
on the 10th, the castle and town of Cape Town surrendered ;
and on the 18th, General Janssens surrendered the colony.
In 1807 Lieut.-General Sir David Baird returned to England,
and on the 19th of July of that year was removed from the
colonelcy of the fifty-fourth to that of the twenty-fourth
regiment. His next service was in the expedition to Copen-
hagen under Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart, at the siege of
which he commanded a division, and was twice slightly
wounded. In 1808 Lieut.-GU neral Sir David Baird was
placed on the staff in Ireland, and commanded the camp on
the Curragh of Kildarc. In September of that year he
embarked at the Cove of Cork, in the command of a division,
consisting of about five thousand infantry, for Falmouth,
where he received reinforcements, and sailed in command of
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beginning of November, and formed a junction with the
army under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore. Lieut.-Greneral
Sir David Baird commanded the first division of that army,
and in the battle of Gorunna, on the 16th of January 1809,
he lost his left arm. Sir David Baird received the thanks
of both Houses of Parliament for his services at Corunna ;
" an honor of which," he remarked in his reply to the
House of Peers, " no one can be more fully sensible than
" myself, having had the good fortune to be deemed worthy
" of this eminent distinction on four several occasions ;"
alluding to his name having been included in the votes of
thanks for the operations of the army in India in 1799, for
those of Egypt in 1801, and in the Danish expedition in
1807.

In testimony of the Royal approbation, Lieut.-General
Sir David Baird was created a baronet, by patent dated
13th April 1809, and was promoted to the rank of general
on the 4th of June 1814 ; on the 2d of January 1815 he
was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the
Batb, and was appointed governor of Kinsale on the 1 1th
of March 1819, and of Fort George, North Britain, on the
4th of December 1827. He was also a privy councillor for
Ireland. His decease occurred at his seat, Femtower, in
Perthshire, on the 18th of August 1829.

Memoir of the services of Major- General Sir Denis Packf
K-C.B. and C.T.S.^ formerly Lieut.- Colonel of the
Seventy-first regiment.

This distinguished officer entered the army as a cornet in
the fourteenth li^ht dragoons, his commission being dated
30th November 1791, and joined that regiment in Dublin in
January 1792. He served in Ireland, and was engaged in
quelling some disturbances, between that period and 1794,
when he embarked at Cork for the Continent, and landed
with the forces under Lieut.-Gencral the Earl of Moira at
Ostcnd. After his lordship's march from thence to form a
junction with the army under His Royal Highness the Duke
of York, Cornet Pack oflFered his services and was em-
ployed to carry an important despatch to Nieuport, in which

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attempt he fortunately succeeded, and was thanked for it
by M%jor-General Richard Yyse. His commanding officer's
squadron of the fourteenth light dragoons was destined^
after the embarkation at Ostcnd, to retreat to Nieuporti
which it effected by the advance of a corps from that place
to its suppoii;. Nieuport being almost immediately invcstedf
farther retreat from thence became extremely hazardous and
difficult. Cornet Pack was in a boat with about two
hundred emigrants, and did not gain the sea without a sharp
action and a severe loss. It conveyed the last of those who
escaped the horrors which befel that ill-fated garrison. He
joined the Duke of York's army near Antwerp, and was in
the action at Boxtel, and some partial affairs. Ho served
that severe winter campaign, and in 1795 returned to
England, and was promoted to a lieutenancy in the fourteenth
light dragoons on the 12th of March of that year.

Lieutenant Pack subsequently embarked at (Southampton
in command of a detachment of eighty dragoons destined
for Quiberon Bay. After the failure of the emigrants there,
he proceeded under the orders of Major-General Welbore
Ellis Doyle to the Isle de Dieu, where he landed, and
did duty for some months as field officer. In 1796, Lieu-
tenant Pack returned to England, and on the 27th February
of that year was promoted to the rank of captain in the
fifth dragoon guards, which regiment he accompanied to
Ireland, and was frequently engaged during the rebellion
in that country, and Avas noticed in a despatch dated 21 st of
June 1798, from General the Marquis Cornwallis, K.G., on
the occasion of Captain Pack's detachment defeating a party
of rebels, on the 19th of that month, between Bathangan
and Prosperous.

When the French landed a force in that country, Captain
Pack was specially employed by General the Marquis Corn-
wallis, with a detached squadron, and after the surrender of
General Humbert he 'vj.s appointed to command the escort
which was despatched In charge of him and the other
French generals to Dublin.

On the 25th of August 1798 Captain Pack was advanced
to the rank of major in the fourth royal Irish dragoon
guards, and embarked Avith his regiment in the expedition
to Holland, but was countermanded, and stationed in

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England and Scotland until 1800, Avhen he was promoted,
on the 6th of December of that year, to the rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel in the Seventy-first regiment, and on the
24th of April 1801 joined that corps in Ireland, in which
country he served until August 1805, when he embarked at
Cork with the first battalion of the Seventy-first regiment
in the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope under Major-
General Sir David Baird, and was engaged and severely
wounded in effecting the landing at the Cape en the 6th of
January 1806, but continued in the field, and was, on the
8th of January, in the action at Bleubcrg. These operations
led to a treaty, which was signed on the 19th of the same
month, by which the Cape of Good Hope was surrendered
to Great Britain.

In April 1806 Lieut.-Colonel Pack proceeded, with the first
battalion of the Seventy-first, in the expedition to South
America under the command of Brigadier-General William
Carr Beresford, afterwards General Viscount Beresford, and
was present in six actions with the enemy in that country,
and was wounded, and detained a prisoner, contrary to
the capitulation which restored the town of Buenos Ayres
to the Spaniards. Lieut.-Colonel Pack subsequently effected
his escape with Brigadier-General Beresford, and joined
the army at Monte Video, under Brigadier- General Sir
Samuel Auchmuty, who, at the request of Lieut.-Colonel
Pack, directed a board of naval and military officers to inquire
into the particulars of his escape, by whom it was unani-
mously approved, and he was declared free to serve.*
Lieut.-Colonel Pack was then detached with a small force
to Colonia, where he commanded successfully in two
actions ; namely, in an attack on the enemy on his post,
and in one made on his, at St. Pedro, when, after a forced
night march, the troops under his orders, amounting to
1,013 rank and file, routed the enemy, on the 7th of June
1807, and captured a standard, together with 105 prisoners,
including one lieut.-colonel and five other officers ; all his
artillery, baggage, &c. were likewise taken.

Lieut.-Colonel Pack was shortly afterwards appointed by

* Lieut-Colonel Pack's narrative of his escape is highly interesting,
and is inserted at page 158.

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Lieut.-General John Wliitelocko to the command of all the
light companies in his army, and joined the force then in
the River PHte destined to act against Buenos Ayres. He
was engaged in two successful actions with the enemy prior
to the unfoi tunate attack on the town, in which he was
three times wounded. Towards the end of 1807 he
returned to Europe, and early in 1808 had the Seventt-
riRST completely re-equipped; and, proceeding with the
first battalion of the regiment from Cork to Portugal,
on the 17th of June following, in the expedition under
Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, was present in the
battles of Roleia and Vimiera, on the 17th and 2l8t of
August 1808, which rescued Portugal from the French.
The conduct of the battalion and of Lieut.-Colonel Pack
was noticed in the public despatches, and the troops re-
ceived the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.

Lieut.-Colonel Pack afterwards marched into Spain, under
Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, and was at the affair of
Lugo on the 6th of January 1809, and at the battle of
Corunna on the 16th of that month, after which he returned
to England, and embarked in July folloAving for Holland,
under Lieut.-General the Earl of Chatham. On landing at
Walcheren, Lieut.-Colonel Pack was appointed to command
a small corps of cavalry and light infantry ; was employed
in the siege of Flushing, and particularly named by Lieut.-
General Sir Eyre Coote for the command of a detachment
to storm an advanced work on the right of the enemy's line.
These orders were successfully executed, the detachment
taking forty-nine prisoners, and spiking the guns, though
defended by five times the number of men under Lieut.-
Colonel Pack. After the surrender of Flushing he was
appointed commandant of Ter Veer, where he was danger-
ously ill for a short period, but remained until the island
was evacuated, on which occasion, in conjunction with
Commodore Owen, he commanded the rear-guard of the
army.

Soon after tlic return of the Sbvkntv-first to England,
in December 1809, the battalion was prepared again for
active j^ervico ; but the government did not consider the
men had sufflcicntly recovered the effects of the Walcheren
fever.

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Lieut.-Colonel Pack, being extremely anxious to bear
a part in the momentous campaign about to commence in
the Peninsula, obtained His Majesty's permission to proceed
to Portugal, and offer his services to Viscount Wellington
and Marshal Bercsford. Both generals having decided that
he could not be more usefully employed than with the
Portuguese troops, ho accepted an infantry brigade in that
service, and took the command of it just before the siege of
Ciudad Bodrigo by Marshal Massena, previously to his
invasion of Portugal.

On the 25th of July 1810 Lieut.-Colonel Pack was
appointed aide-de-camp to the king, with the rank of
colonel in the army. After the surrender of Ciudad Rod-
rigo, of Almeida, and Marshal Massena's passage of the
Coa, Colonel Pack's brigade (an independent one) was
directed to take a separate route with a regiment of cavalry
attached to it, and remained in presence of the enemy's
army at St. CombaUi!', retiring slowly before it, on his
advance to the position at Busaco. The conduct of the
brigade was noticed in that battle, which was fought
on the 27th of September 1810. In the admirable retreat
afterwards to the lines of Lisbon, it formed, with the light
division and cavalry, the rear-guard of the allied army.
The first battalion of the Seventy-first having at that
period joined Viscount Wellington, Colonel Pack's wish
was to have returned to the battalion, but by the desire of
both commanders-in-chief, lie continued to serve in the
Portuguese army.

In 1811 the brigade was in the advance guard in follow-
ing the enemy up to his position at Santareni ; was at the
out-posts there, and again in the advance on the further
retreat of the French from Portugal. It was employed in
the investment of Almeida, and in the operations against
Marshal Marmont, on his advance to the relief of Ciudad
Rodrigo in January 1812. At the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
it bore a distinguished part. It marched to the siege of
Badajos, and was in active operations against the enemy on
his advance to the Tagus, and subsequent retreat from
Portugal. It moved in the advanced guard on the march
of the allies to Salamanca and the Douru. It suffered
severely in tho battle of Salamanca on the 22d of July 1812.

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The brigade was in the march to and capture of Madrid ;
in the march to Burgos, and subsequent siege of that place.
Previously to the siege of Burgos, detachments under
Colonel Pack's command carried by assault the horn-work
of that castle, after a desperate and gallant action, for Avhich
the special thanks of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
and the Commander-in-Chief, were given to the troops,
through the Marquis of Wellington. In the retreat from
Burgos, which commenced in October 1812, the brigade under
Colonel Pack formed the rear-guard, and from thence to the
frontier of Portugal was very frequently in presence of tho
enemy.

In the memorable advance of the Marquis of Wellington
into Spain, in May 1813, and the passage of the Ebro, the
brigade was in the advanced guard of the left column of
the army under Lieut-General Sir Thomas Graham, after-
wards Lord Lynedoch. It was in tiie battle of Vittoria,
fought on the 21st of June 1813, and again in the advance
of Lieut.-Gcncral Sir Thomas Graham's coi-ps, in tho
pursuit of the French to the Bidassoa. Shortly afterwards,
Major-Gcneral Pack, to which rank ho was advanced on
the 4th of June 1813, was appointed to tho Highland
brigade in tho sixth division; tho division at this timo
for a short period was also under his command, and after a
forced march ho arrived in time to share in the victory
gained by tlio Marquis of Wellington over the French
under Marshal Soult near Pampeluna, on the 30th of July
1813, in which action Major-General Pack was severely
wounded in the head. He commanded the Highland
brigade in the passage of the Bidassoa, and advance of tho
British into France ; in the overthrow of the enemy in his
fortified lines before Bayonne ; the advance to and passage
of tho Nive ; tho repulse of the enemy's attf'k on tho
British position before St. Jean de Luz; and, though not
actually engaged, he was present at the signal defeat of tho
enemy's desperate attack on Lieut. -General Sir Rowland
Hill's corps on the 13th of December 1813. Major-General
Pack was also in tho passage of the Bidassoa, the Gavo
D'Oleron, and the Pan; at tlu! battle of Orthes on the 27th
of February 1814 ; in the passnge of the j> dour at St. Seur,
and at thu battle of Toulouse on the lOth of April following,

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in which his brigade had nearly t-vvo-thirds of the officers
and I ; ds of half the privates killed and wounded.
Louis Is . ill. was shortly afterwards restored to the throne
of France, Napoleon retired to the island of Elba, and the
Peninsular war terminated.

In 1813 Major-General Pack had been appointed a
Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of tlic Tower
and Sword, and on the 2d of January 1815 was nominated a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He received
a cross and seven clasps for the following actions, at all of
which he commanded troops, and was personally engaged :
Boleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, siege of CiudadRodrigo,
Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyi'ences, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and
Toulouse. Sir Denis Pack had received eight wounds, six
of them rather severe ones; had been frequently struck by
shot, and had several horses killed and wounded under him.

In March 1815 Europe was astounded by the return of
Napoleon to Paris. The allied powers, however, refused to
recognize his sovereignty, and determined on his dethrone-
ment. A large army proceeded to Flanders under Field
Marshal the Duke of Wellington, and Major-General Sir
Denis Pack was placed in command of a brigade. The
campaign Avas as brief as it was glorious. On the 16th of
June, Napoleon, after having made one of his rapid move-
ments, attacked the Anglo-Belgian troops at Quatre Bras, in
which the fifth division under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas
Picton, of which Major-General Sir Denis Pack's brigade
formed part, was engaged. Then followed the movement
on the 17th to Waterloo, where, on the 18th of June, was
fought that memorable battle in which the sun of Napoleon
set for ever, and the result of which gave to Europe a
lengthened period of tranquillity. These arduous conflicts
aflForded Major-General Sir Denis Pack several opportunities
for distinguishing himself, and adding to his former honors.

Sir Denis Pack had the honor to receive the thanks of
both Houses of Parliament on six different occasions ;
namely, for his conduct in the battles of Roleia and Viniicra ;
for the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ; and for the battles of
Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, and Waterloo.

On the 8th of January 1816 Major-General Sir Denis
Pack was appointed colonel of the York chasseurs, which

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corps was Bubeequontly disbanded. On the 12th of August
1819 he was appointed lieut.-govc-rnor of Plymouth, and to
the command of the troops in the western district, and on the
9th of September 1822 lio was appointed colonel of the eighty-
fourth regiment. Tlio drceaso of Mtyor-General Sir Denis
Pack occurred on tlio 24th of July 1823, at which period
he held the command of tho troops in the western district
of Great Britain, and tho liout.-govomorship of Plymouth.

The following letter to Brigadier-General Sir Samuel
Auchmuty contains a full and natisfactory explanation of the
motives by which Licut.-Coloncl Pack was actuated in
effecting his escape, as olhidod to in tho foregoing memoir.

<< j^,j^ " Monto Video, 27th February 1807.

'^ Anxious to be immediately employed in the service of
" my country, I take tho liberty of stating the circumstances
" which led mo to make my oioapo from the enemy, trusting
*' my conduct on tlio occaMion will meet with your sanction,
" and that you will be pUmiicd to take my wishes into con-
" sideration.

" Tho following, I beliovo, will bo found a correct state-
" ment of the transaction.

" Immediotcly after tho surrender of the fort of Buenos
" Ayres, on tlio 12th of August last, I understood from
" Brigadier-General Boresford that tho conditions verbally
" agreed to between hlni and Colonel Liniers were, that the
" British troops were to be considered as prisoners of war,
" but to be immediately embarked for England or tho Capo
" and to bo exchanged for those Spanish prisoners made on
" the British possessing themselves of Buenos Ayres. On
" tho 13th, in tlio morning, Colonel Liniers despatched a
" Spanish oiBcor to Sir Homo Popham, with a letter from
" General Beresford, to send tho British transports back for
" the purpose of immodiatidy carrying tho treaty into oxecu-
" tion, and a few days aft(Twards I was present when
" Colonel Liniers imequlvocally afHxod his namo to the
" oapitulntiun containing thu above condition.

" After tho return of tho transports, various delays took
" place ; and, I Iwlievc, it was on tho 26th that Colonel
*' Liniers informed Genorftl Berosford, in presence of Major

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Tolly of the Seventy-first regiment and Captain Ar-
buthnot, the general's aide-de-camp, (from all of whom I
learned it,) that he regretted to inform him of its having
been resolved, in spite of his efforts, not to embark the
British troops, and at the same time, declaring his ( Colonel
Linier's) abhorrence of such a breach of faith, and offering
to second General Beresford's remonstrance on the occa-
sion. On the 27th, in the evening, I heard that Colonel
Linier's aide-de-camp had waited on General Beresford,
stating it to be the colonel's intention to carry the treaty
into execution by privately embarking the men, and re-
questing the general would, for that purpose, order the
British transports to a particular place.
" However, on the 31st of August or the Istof September,
it was finally announced to General Beresford, in a letter
printed and made public, that our surrender was at dis-
cretion, and that it was the determination of the then
government of Buenos Ayres that the British troops
should be sent to the interior, and the officers, on their
parole, to Europe.

" General Beresford, for obvious reasons, at first declined
our passing a parole ; but being given to understand that
without it our persons were insecure, and it being deter-
mined to separate the officers from the men, he (with the
concurrence of the majority of the seniors) finally acceded
to it.

*' Notwithstanding this, on the appearance of a British
force in the river, they were suddenly compelled to march,
under an armed escort, several miles into the interior, and
about two months afterwards orders were given to separate
and remove them still farther, and which, (notwithstanding
the remonstrances of the brigadier-general) were carried
into effect. In his communication at that time with
Colonel Liniers, ho fully explained that wo did not con-
sider ourselves on parole, nor did we think it binding, after
our removal in the first instance, and their refusing to
fulfil the conditions under which wo had been prevailed
upon to give it.

" About this time the unfortunate murder of Captain
Ogilvie of the Royal Artillery and a private soldier of the
Sbvbntt-first regiment took place, when guards were

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placed at some of the quarters of the officers, professedly for
the pui-pose of protection, but positively with strict injunc-
tions most narrowly to watch us, and to take care (as the
government said in their instructions to the alcalde on
the same siibject) that we did not desert. I mention this
circumstance to prove there could be no misunderstanding
on the subject ; for though such language must be considered
unhandsome and illiberal under any circumstances, it surely
never could have been held to officers on their parole. On
the arrival of the news of the capture of Monte Video by
our forces, the chief magistrate of Buenos Ayres repaired to
General Beresford's quarters, accompanied by Lieut.-Col.
Garcias, acquainting him Avith the necessity there was of
possessing himself with the papers of the several British
officers, prisoners, which he proceeded to do, placing sentry
over them individually until he effected his purpose ; and
in a conversation which General Beresford had with
Lieut.-Colonel Garcias, he expressly told him that we
were not on our parole, recapitulating the explanation
made to Colonel Liniers upon the subject.
" Shortly after this the necessity of moving nine hundred
miles farther into the interior was communicated to us,
and we were on our journey with an armed escort, when
an opportunity offered, of which I most gladly availed
myself, to make my escape. I will not further trespass
on your time by commenting on the many circumstances
I conceive so evidently conclusive, but submit the bare
facts to your better judgment. However, I cannot debar
myself the satisfaction of acknoAvledging here the obliga-
tion I am under to many individuals, and the kind and
generous treatment which I myself, as well as the British
officers in general, received from the inhabitants of the
town and country of Buenos Ayres.

•' I have the honor to be,
" Sir,
" &c. &c. &c.
« (Signed) D. Pack,

" Lt.-Col. 7lst Regiment.
To Brigadier- General Sir Samuel Attchnmty,
Commanding His Britannic Majesty's Forces,
« Monte Video."

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" General Orders.

His Majestj/s Ship, " Audacious,^
18th January 1809.

" The irreparable loss that has been sustained by the fall
" of the Commander of the Forces (Lieut.-General Sir
" John Moore), and the severe wound which has removed
" Lieut -General Sir David Baird from his station, render
" it the duty of Lieut.-General Hope to congratulate the
" army upon the successful result of the action of the 16th
** instant.

" On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British
" troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a
" severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the
" superiority which the enemy had acquired, and which had
" materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many
" disadvantages wore to be encountered.

" These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the
" troops themselves ; and the enemy has been taught, that
" whatever advantages of position or of numbers ho may
" employ, there is inherent in the British officers and
" soldiers a bravery that knows not how to yield, that no
" circumstances can appal, and that will ensure victory
" when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human
" means.

" The Lieut.-General has the greatest satisfaction in dia-
" tinguishing such^ meritorious services as came within his
" observation, or have been brought to his knowledge.

" His acknowledgments arc, in a peculiar manner, duo to
" Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck, and the brigade
" under his command, consisting of the fourth, forty-second,
" and fiftieth regiments, nnd which sustained the weight of
*• the attack.

" Mnjor-Gencral Manningham, with his brigade, consist-
" ing of the Royals, the twenty-sixth and eighty-first regi*
" ments, and Major-Gencral Warde, with the brigade of
" Guards, will also be pleased to accept his best thanks for
" their steady and gallant conduct during the action.

" To Major-General Paget, who, by a judicious movement
" of the reserve, effijctually contributed to check the progress
" of the enemy on the right ; and to the first battalion of

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APPENDIX.

" the fifty-second and ninety>fifth regiments, which were
" thereby engaged, the greatest praise is justly due.

" That part of Major- General Leith's brigade which was
" engaged, consisting of the fifty-ninth regiment, under the
" conduct of the Major-General, also claims marked appro-
" bation.

" The enemy not having rendered the attack on the left
** a serious one, did not afford to the troops stationed in that
" quarter an opportunity of displaying that gallantry which
" must have made him repent the attempt.

** The piquets and advanced posts, however, of the bri-
" gades under the command of Major-Generals Hill and
" Leith, and Colonel Catlin Craufurd, conducted themselves
*' with determined resolution, and were ably supported by
" the ofiicers commanding these brigades, and by the troops
*• of which they were composed.

** It is peculiarly incumbent upon the Lieut.-Gcneral
" to notice the vigorous attack made by the second battalion
** of the fourteenth regiment under Lieut. -Colonel NicoUs,
** which drove the enemy out of the village, of the left of
** which he had possessed himself.

" The exertions of Lieut.-Colonel Murray, Quartermaster-
*' General, and of the other ofiicers of the General Stafi*,
" during the action, were unremitted, and deserve every
" degree of approbation.

" The illness of Brigadier-General Clinton, Adjutant-
** General, unfortunately deprived the army of the benefit
" of his services.

" The Lieut. -General hopes the loss in point of num-
" bers is not so considerable as might have been expected ;
" he laments, however, the fall of the gallant soldiers and
" valuable ofiicers who have suffered.

" The Lieut.-General knows that it is impossible, in any
« language he can use, to enhance the esteem, or diminish
" the regret, that the army feels with him for its late Com-
'* mander. His career lias been unfortunately too limited
" for his country, but has been sufiScicnt for his own fame.
" Beloved by the army, honored by his Sovereign, and
'* respected by his country, he has terminated a life devoted
" to her service by a glorious death,— 'leaving his name as a
" memorial, an example, and an incitement to those who

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163

" shall follow him in the path of honor, and it is from his
" country alone that his memory can receive the tribute
" which is its due.

(Signed) " John Hope, Lieut.-General."

" General Okders.

" Horse Guards, 1st February 1809.
*' The benefits derived to an army from the example of a
distinguished Commander do not terminate at his death ;
his virtues live in the recollection of his associates, and
his fame remains the strongest incentive to great and
glorious actions.

" In this view the Commander-in-Chief, amidst the deep
and universal regret which the death of Lieut. -General
Sir John Moore has occasioned, recals to the troops the
military career of that illustrious officer for their instruc-
tion and imitation.

" Sir John Moore from his youth embraced the profes-
sion with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier ; he
felt that a perfect knowledge and an exact performance
of the humble but important duties of a subaltern officer
are the best foundations for subsequent military fame,
and his ardent mind, while it looked forward to those
brilliant achievements for which it was formed, applied
itself with energy and exemplary assiduity to the duties
of that station.

" In the school of regimental duty he obtained that
correct knowledge of his profession so essential to the
proper direction of the gallant spirit of the soldier, and
he was enabled to establish a characteristic order and
regularity of conduct, because the troops found in their
leader a striking example of the discipline which he en-
forced on others.

" Having risen to command, he signalised his name in
the West Indies, in Holland, and in Egypt. The unre-
mitting attention with which he devoted himself to he
duties of every branch of his px'ofession obtained liim
the confidence of Sir Ralph Abercromby, and he became
the companion in arms of that illustrious officer, who
fell at the head of his victorious troops in an action

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164

APPENDIX.

which maintained our national superiority over the arms
of France.

" Thus Sir John Moore at an early period obtained,
with {)fencral approbation, that conspicuous station in
which he gloriously terminated liis useful and honorable
life.

*' In a military character obtained amidst the dangers of
climate, the privations incident to service, and the suffer-
ings of repeated wounds, it is difficult to select any one
point as a preferable subject for praise; it exhibits, how-
ever, one feature so particularly characteristic of the man,
and so important to the best interests of the service, that
the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to mark it with his
peculiar approbation—
" The life of SIR JOHN MOORE was spent among

THE TROOPS.

" During the season of repose his time was devoted to
the care and instruction of the officer and soldier ; in war
he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regard-
less of personal consideration, he esteemed that to which
his country called him the post of honor, and by his
undaunted spirit and unconquerable perseverance he
pointed the way to victory.

" His country, the object of his latest solicitude, will
rear a monument to his lamented memory, and the Com-
mander-in-Chief feels he is paying the best tribute to
his fame by thus holding him forth as an example to the

ARMY.

" By order of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-
Chief,

" Habry Calvert, Adjutant- GeneraV^

APPENDIX.

165

The following regiments composed the army under I^ieut.-
General Sir John Moore at Corunna on the 16th of January
1809: —

Corps. Commanding Officers.

Lieut.-Colonel Vivian.

„ Leigh.

„ Grant.

„ Jones.

Mf^or Burgwesel.
Colonel Harding.
Major Fletcher. *

Lieut.-Colonel Langley.

„ Cocks.

„ Wheatley.

Migor MuUer.
Lieut.-Colonel Iremonger.

„ Wynch.

„ Mackenzie.

Mfgor Gordon.
Lieut.-Colonel Cameron.

„ Nicolls.

„ Ross.

„ Wyatt.

„ Maxwell.

„ Belson

„ Hinde.

„ Bum.

„ Hon. Charles

Greville.

„ Stirling.

„ GifFord.

Hull.
Mfyor Charles Napier.
Lieut.-Colonel Darling.

„ Barcli^.

„ John Ross.

„ Fane.

Codd.
Major Davy.
Lieut.-Colonel Pack.

„ Symes.

„ Cameron.

Migor Williams.
„ McDonald.
„ Douglas.
Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Napier.

„ Beckwith.

Wade.

„ Nicolay.

„ Leonhart.

,, Halkett.

7th Light Dragoons •

10th „

16th

18th

3d „ (King's Germ. Leg.)

Ai-tillery -

Engineers

Waggon Train Detachment
1st Foot Guards, Ist Battfdion -

1st Foot - 3d

** *

2d „ - 1st

>»

4th „ - 1st

»»

5th „ - Ist

» *

6th „ . 1st

M ■

£Hh „ - 1st

>» "

14th „ . 2d

l> "

20th „

23d „ - 2d

M "

26th „ - 1st

»» *

28th „ - 1st

t> ■

32d „ - Ist

l» *

36th „ - 1st

>» *

38th „ - 1st

»» "

42d „ - 1st

>» *

43d „ - 1st

» "

43d „ - 2d

»» *

50th „ - Ist

»» "

6l8t „ -

m m

62d „ - 1st

»> "

52d „ - 2d

»»

59th „ - 2d

»» *

60th „ - 2d

ft "

60th „ - 5th

» *

71st „ - 1st

»l *

76th „ - Ist

>» "

79th „ - 1st

II *

81st „ - 2d

II "

82d „ .

9l8t „ . 1st

II *

92d „ - 1st

II "

95th (Rifle Reg.) 1st

II "

f* ■

Staff Corps Detachment

1st Light Batt. King's

German

Legion.

2d „ „ -

166

APPENDIX.

BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN ARMY AT WATERLOO

asfomudin Divisioiu and Brigades on the \8th of JwM 1815.

CAVALRY.

Commanded by Lieut.-General the Earl of Uxbridob, O.C.B.

If^ £rt$'(ufe.--Commanded by Miyor-General Lord Edward

1st life Guards

2d» „

Royal Horse Guards, Blue.

Ist Dragoon Guards.

Somerset, K.C.B.

Lieut.-Colonel Ferrior.

„ the Hon.E.P.Lygon.

Sir Robert Hill.
Fuller (Colonel).

2(2 firt$ra(2e.— Miyor-General Sir William Ponronby, K.C.D.

Ist or Royal Dragoons.
2d or Royal North British Dra-
goons.
6tn or Inniskilling Dragoons.

Lieut.-Colonel A. B. Clifton.
„ J. J. Hamilton.

„ J. Muter (Colonel).
M J3r^(u2e.— Migor-General W. B. Domdrbo.

Lt.-Colonel the Earl of Portar-
lington (Colonel).
„ J. Bulow.

23d Light Dragoons.
1st „

King's Ger-
manLegion.

C. de Jonquiera.

A(k Brt^atfe.— Migor-General Sir John O. Vandblbvr, K.C.B.

Lieut.-Colonel J.W. Sleigh.

„ the Hon. F. C. Pon-
sonby (Colonel).

nth Light Dragoons.
12th

16th

J. Hay.

hih Bn^tufe.— Migor-General Sir CoLauHOUN Grant, K.C.B.

Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison.
Lieut.-Colonel L. C. Dalrymple.
„ Linsingen.

7th Hussars.
16th „

2d „ King's German Le
gion.

6/A Bn^acie.— M^or-General Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.B.

^Oth Royal Hussars.
y 8th Hussars.

Ist „ King's German Le
gion.

Lt.-Colonel Quentin (Colonel).
Hon. H. Murray.
A. Wiisell.

1th Brif/atfe.— Colonel Sir Fredebtok Abenbchildt, k.C.n.

13th Light Dragoons.
3d Hussars, King's German
Legion.

Colonel Estorff

Lieut.-Colonel Dohcrty
„ Meyer,

Piiiicc Regent's Hussars.
BrexDv'u and Verden Hussars.

Lieut.-Colonel KielmanMgge.
Colonel Buscbe.

APPENDIX.

INFANTRY.

First Division. — Mtgor-GenenJ G. Cooke.

!»/ Brigade. -Major-Gcneral P. Maitland.

167

Ist Foot Guards, 2d Battalion.
t> 3d ,,

Mi^or H. Askew (Colonel).
„ theHon.W.Stewart(Col.)

2d Brigade. — Major-General J. Pyng.

Coldstream Guard, 2d Battalion.
3d Foot Guards.

M^or A. G. Woodford (Colonel).
„ F. Hepburn (Colonel).

Second Division. — Lieut.-General Sir H. Clinton, G.C.B.
3d Brigade. — Major-General Frederick Adam.
52d Foot, 1st Battalion.

71st
96th

„ 2d „
six companies.
95th „ 3d „
two companies.

Rifles.

Lieut.-Colonel Sir Jno. Colbome,
K.C.B. (Colonel).

T. Reynell (Col.)
Major J. Ross (Lieut.-Colonel).

MjyorA.G.Norcott (lieut.-Col.)

1st Brigade. — King's German LeyioB.— Colonel Du P^at.

1st Line Battalion, King's Ger-
man Legion.
2d
3d
4th

*«

Mjyor W. Robertson.

„ G. Muller.
Lieut.-Colonel F. de Wissell.
M^jor F. Reh.

3d Hanoverian Brigade. — Colonel Hugh Halkett.

MiUtia Battalion, Bremervorde.
Duke of York's 2d BattaUon.

» 3d „

Militia Battalion, Salzgitter.

Lieut.-Colonel Schulenberg.
Migor Count Munster.

Baron Hunefeld.

Hammerstein.

Third Division. — Lieut.-General Baron Alten.

Bth Brigade. — Major-General Sur Colin Halkett, K.C.B.

30th Foot, 2d Battalion.
33d „

69th „ 2d Battalion.
73d „ 2d Battalion.

Major W. Bailey (Lieut.-Col.)
Lieut.-Col. W. K. Elphinstone

»
»

C. Morice (Col.)
W. G. Harris (Col.)

2d Brigade. — King's German Legion. — Colonel Baron Ompteda.

Ist Light BattaUon, K.G.L.

5th Line „

8th „ „

Lieut.-Colonel L. Bussche.
Mtgor G. Baring.
Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Linsengen.
Mi^or Schroeder (Lieut.-Col.)

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APPENDIX.

\st Hanoverian Brigade. — Major-General Count Kielmanseoob.

Major Bulow.
Lieut.-Colonel Wurmb.

„ Langrehr.

„ Kleucke.

Mi^or De Senkopp.

Duke of York's 1st Battalion.
Field Battalion, Grubenhagen.

Bremen.

Lunebivg.

Verden.

»
»
»

Fourth Division.

-Ldeut.-General Sir Charles Colville,
K.C.B.

4th firt^aeJe.— Colonel Mitchell.

14th Foot, 3d Battalion.
23d „ 1st .,

5l8t

Miyor F. S. Tidy (Lieut.-Col.)
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry W.
EUis, K.C.B.
„ H.Mitchell (Colonel).

&th Brtjratfc.— Mtgor-General Johnstone.

d5th Foot, 2d Battalion.
54th „

69th „ 2d Battalion.
9l8t „ 1st „

Major C. M'Alister.

Lt.-Col. J. Earl of Waldegrave.

H. Austin.

SirW. Douglas, K.C.B.
(Colonel).

6M Hanoverian finyac^e.— Mi^or-General Lyon.

Field Battalion, Calenberg.
„ Lanenberg.

Militia Battalion, Hoya.

Nieubcrg.

Benthcim.

Lieut.-Col. Benort.
„ Grote.

Major Croupp.

Fifth Division. — Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Picton, K.C.B.
5th Brigade, — Mtyor-General Sir James Kempt, K.C.B.

Mfyor R. Nixon (Lieut.-Col.).
„ J. Hicks (Lieut.-Col.).
Lieut.-Col. Neil Douglas.
„ Sir A. F. Barnard,

K.C.B. (Colonel).

28th Foot, 1st Battalion.
32d „

79th „ „

95th Rifles

dth Br/i/arfe.— Mtyor-Genetal Sib Denis Pack, K.C.B.

1st Foot, 3d Battalion.
42d „ Ist „

44th
92d

»i

2d
Ist

II
II

Magor C. Campbell.
Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Maoara,
K.C. B.
„ J. M. Hamerton.
Major Donald M° Donald.

bth Hanoverian Brigade.— Colonel Vincke.

Militia Battalion,

M
M

Ilamcln.
Hildcshcim.
Pcina.
Giifhorn.

Lieut.-Colonel Kleucke.
Mt^or Rheden.
M(\tor Wcutphalen.
Mi^or Hammcrstein.

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196

Sixth Division.— 10/A Brigade.— Maior-GtnetaH J. Lambert.

Laeut.-Colonel F. Brooke.

4th Foot, 1st Battalion
27th „ ^„

40th „ „

81st „ 2d ..

Captain Sir J. Reade (Mig'or).
Mfyor F. Browne.
„ P. Waterhouse.

4th Hanoverian Brigade.— Colonel Best.

Militia Battalion,

Luneburg.
Verden.
Osterode.
Minden.

Lieut.-Colonel De Ramdohr.
Mtyor Decken.

„ Baron Reden.

„ De Schmidt.

7th Btigade.—MhioT-Genenl M'Kenzie.

2Sth Foot, 2d BattaUon.
37th „
78th „

Lieut.-Colonel A. W. Light.
S.Hart.
M. Lindsay.

M
M

Cavalry

Infantry

Artillery

Total

8,883

29,622

5,434

4.3,939

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