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HISTORICAL RECORD
AND
REGIMENTAL MEMOIR
OF
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE
2lst IRopal IHortb Britisb fusiliers.
Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678
and its subsequent Services until June
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS AUTHENTIC SOURCES
BY
JAMES jCLARK,
LATE SERGEANT ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX COLOURED PLATES.
EDINBURGH: BANKS & CO., 12 GEORGE STREET,
AND GRANGE PRINTING WORKS.
1885.
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GIFT OF
PROFESSOR C.A. XOFOID
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
BEARS ON
ZTbe IReotmental Colour
THE THISTLE
Within the circle, and Motto of Saint Andrew,
" Nemo me impune lacessit"
Surmounted by the Imperial Crown with the Royal Cipher, and a Crown
in each of its three corners.
ZTbe tRegimental Colour
ALSO BEARS THE FOLLOWING HONOURS,
' ' Blenheim:' ' ' Ramillies" ' ' Oudenarde. "
' ' Malplaquet. " ' ' Deddingen. " c Bladensbttrg. "
"Alma." " Inkerman" "Sevastopol."
"South Africa,
A BURSTING GRENADE, WITH ROYAL ARMS ON THE BALL.
That on the Collar bears a Thistle.
Uniform,
SCARLET HIGHLAND DOUBLET, FACINGS BLUE, TARTAN TREWS,
AND SEALSKIN BUSBY.
By Royal Warrant of 1st July 1751, the Thistle as on the Colours, the
White Horse and motto over it, "Nee aspera terrent," were authorised to be
worn on the grenadier caps ; the device of Thistle and Crown to be painted
on bells of arms and drums.
M216821
TO
THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND SOLDIERS
OF
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE,
THE FOLLOWING RECORD OF THE SERVICES OF THEIR
DISTINGUISHED OLD CORPS
is
1Respectfull >ebicatefc
BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE COMPILER.
preface.
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, 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 civilised 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 unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a
record of achievements in war, victories so complete and
surprising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers, 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.
From the materials thus collected in the following pages
readers will be able to realise the difficulties and privations
which chequer the career of those who embrace the military
profession. In Great Britain comparatively little is known
of the vicissitudes of active service, and of the casualties of
viii Preface.
climate, to which, even in peace, the British troops are
exposed in every part of the globe, with little or no interval
of repose.*
Although a long time has elapsed since my connection
with the Royal Scots Fusiliers ceased, my recollections of
the regiment are fresh and pleasant, and my affection for it
remains undiminished. Nor am I singular in my love for
the " old corps ; " all who have had the good fortune to
belong to it, I believe, are animated with the same feeling.
The cause of this, doubtless, is to be found in the admir-
able system which prevailed in the regiment, a system
necessarily strict, but equitable, and always kindly adminis-
tered.
Every man felt that he belonged to a large family ', in
which the personal rights and interest of each member were
respected and held sacred.
The successive commanding-officers, especially those
whose military services were confined entirely to the regi-
ment, took a personal concern in everything connected with
the well-being of all under their command. It cannot
therefore be wondered at, that those who have served in
such a regiment should continue to entertain for it feelings
of deep affection.
The greater portion of the following pages have, thanks
to the kindness of the publishers and editor, already
appeared in the columns of the Ayrshire Post, to which
has now been added a short but comprehensive sketch of
the services of the second battalion of the Fusiliers, with
* From Cannon's Military Records.
Preface. ix
other additional interesting particulars embodied in "Appen-
dices."
I am under much obligation to A. Ross, Esq., S.S.C.,
Edinburgh, who has kindly permitted me to make use of
any item referring to the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the pages
of his handsome addition to our military literature, The
Old Scottish Regimental Colours;* Cannon's Historical
Record up to 1849, and Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea^
have been also quoted ; also details from subsequent
official sources, newspaper cuttings, and letters, personal
reminiscences, verbal and written contributions from " Old
Eusiliers," all have been incorporated to form, I trust, a
symmetrical whole.
I am also under the deepest obligation to an old Fusilier,
Colour-Sergeant W. Heaney, of the first battalion, whose
literary acquirements, long connection with and intimate
knowledge of the regiment, eminently fitted him for the
task he has so generously fulfilled in editing this volume.
Without his valuable and most friendly aid, I should not
have been able to present this book to the public in so
complete a form.
I beg to assure those who have kindly furnished matter
for insertion in these records, and who on reading the book
* The Royal Scots Fusiliers are referred to in the following pages of The
Old Scottish Regimental Colours: 5 note, 10, II, 13, 16-20, 21 note, 22, 24
note, 28 note, 32 note, 34 note, 39, 41 note, 60-63, 69, 71, 72, 78 note, 83,
134, 135-
t Kinglake, in his Invasion of the Crimea, refers particularly to the Royal
Scots Fusiliers in the following pages of his exhaustive and authoritative work :
Vol. iii., p. 95 ; vol. v., chap, vi., pp. 210, 235-237, 366, 367, 369, 370, 419,
422-424.
x Preface.
find that their contributions have been curtailed, condensed,
or wholly omitted, that these curtailments, condensations,
and omissions have not been made arbitrarily nor capri-
ciously, but from the belief that they were necessary.
To put before the reader facts, concisely and clearly
stated, is what has been sought to be accomplished by the
Editor.
In conclusion, I have much pleasure in offering, as a
volume, what was originally intended only to have had an
ephemeral existence in the columns of a newspaper.
That its perusal may secure it, in its permanent form,
a liberal share of public patronage, and favourable con-
sideration, is the hope of
JAMES CLARK,
Late Sergeant Royal Scots Fusiliers.
MAIN STREET, NEWTON-UPON-AYR,
3oM September 1885.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
BADGES Hi
DEDICATION v
PREFACE .... . v ii
CONTENTS OF RECORDS ------ x iii
INTRODUCTION ... - xxv
HISTORICAL RECORD FIRST BATTALION - i
HISTORICAL RECORD SECOND BATTALION - - 72
APPENDIX.
NO.
1. SERVICES AND SUCCESSION OF HEAD COLONELS - 91
2. SERVICES AND SUCCESSION OF LIEUT.-COLONELS
COMMANDING 105
3. LIST OF SIEGES AND BATTLES IN THE NETHER-
LANDS, GERMAN v, ETC. 113
4. LIST OF ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIONS CONFERRED - 117
5. LONG, LONG AGO ! 120
6. THE COLOURS OF THE REGIMENT 135
7. Bl-CENTENARY REUNION - - ! 55
8. PRESENTATION OF CHALLENGE SHIELD - 157
9. THE AYRSHIRE TERRITORIAL FORCE - 159
10. LADIES - 167
11. FOR AULD LANG SYNE - 171
GENERAL INDEX - - 173
COLOURED PLATES.
1. THE COLOURS OF THE REGIMENT - - Frontispiece.
2. COSTUME OF 1742 - To face page 15
3. COSTUME OF 1827 42
4. COSTUME OF 1847 44
5. COSTUMES OF 1860 - 59
6. COSTUMES OF 1885 - - - 67
THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT,
OR THE
1Ro?al IWortb JSritisb
NOW THE
IRo^al Scots jfusiltets.
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD AND REGIMENTAL MEMOIR.
YEAR
INTRODUCTION.
1678. Formation of the Regiment.
Appointment of Charles, Earl of Mar, to the Colonelcy.
Armed with light muskets, and called Fusiliers.
1679. Rebellion in Scotland, and Murder of Archbishop Sharp.
Attack and Defeat of the Rebels at BothwelL Bridge.
1685. Death of King Charles 1 1., and Accession of King James 1 1.
Rebellion in Scotland excited by the Earl of Argyle.
1686. Colonel Thomas Buchan appointed to the Colonelcy, in the
place of the Earl of Mar.
1688. Marched from Scotland to London, on occasion of the Expected
Landing of the Prince of Orange.
Flight of King James II. to France.
Regiment marched into Oxfordshire.
1689. The Prince and Princess of Orange elevated to the throne by the
titles of King William III. and Queen Mary.
Colonel F. F. O'Farrell appointed to the Colonelcy, in place of
Colonel T. Buchan.
Regiment embarked for Holland.
Joined the Army under the Earl of Marlborough.
Engaged with the French at IValcourt.
1691. Encamped near Brussels.
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YEAR
1692. Battle of Steenkirk.
1693. Battle of Landen.
1694. Performed many marches, and arrived at Deinse.
Directed to take rank and precedence as the Twenty-first Regi-
ment of Infantry.
1695. Surrender of the Town of Deinse by Brigadier-General O'Farrell.
Appointment of Colonel Robert Mackay, in place of Brigadier
O'Farrell, cashiered by a General Court-Martial.
1696. Proceeded to the Camp at Marykirk, and served with the Army
of Brabant.
1697. Appointment of Colonel Archibald Row to the Colonelcy, in
succession to Colonel R. Mackay, deceased.
Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryswick.
Regiment returned to Scotland.
1702. Death of King William III.
Accession of Queen Anne.
Declaration of War with France and Spain.
Embarked from Scotland for Holland.
1703. Joined the Allied Army at Maestricht.
Siege and Capture of Huy.
Siege and Capture of Lijnburg.
1704. Marched from Holland into Germany.
Engaged in the Battle of Schellenberg.
Engaged in the Battle of Blenheim.
The three Field-Officers, Brigadier-General Row, Lieutenant-
Colonel Dalyel, and Major Campbell, killed in obtaining the
glorious victory of Blenheim.
Appointment of John, Viscount Mordaunt, to the Colonelcy, in
succession to Brigadier-General Row.
1705. Completed with recruits from Scotland, and engaged in forcing
the French Lines at Helixem and Neer Hespen.
1 706. Engaged in the Battle of Ramillies.
Engaged in the Capture of Ostend, Menin, and Aeth,
Appointment of Colonel Sampson de Lalo, from the Twenty-
eighth Regiment, in exchange with Viscount Mordaunt.
1707. Engaged in Marches, c., in West Flanders.
The Union of Scotland and England took place, and certain
Additions and Alterations were made in consequence in the
Colours and Titles of Regiments.
Contents of the Historical Record.
YEAR
1 708. Engaged in the Battle of Oudcnarde.
Engaged in the Siege and Capture of Lisle.
1709. Engaged in the Siege and Capture of Tournay.
Engaged in the Battle of Malplaquet.
Reappointment of Viscount Mordaunt to the Colonelcy, in suc-
cession to Major-General De Lalo, killed in the Battle of
Malplaquet
Engaged in the Siege and Capture of Mons.
1710. Engaged in passing the French lines at Pont-a-Vendin.
Engage in Siege and Capture of Douay.
Engaged in Siege and Capture of Bethune.
Engaged in Siege and Capture of St Venant.
Engaged in Siege and Capture of Aire.
Appointment of Lieutenant-General Thomas Meredith to the
Colonelcy, in succession to Viscount Mordaunt.
Appointment of the Earl of Orrery to the Colonelcy, in succes-
sion to Lieutenant-General Meredith, removed.
1711. Engaged in passing the French Lines at Arleux.
Engaged in the Siege and Capture of Bouchain.
1712. Joined the Army under the Command of the Duke of Ormond.
Suspension of Hostilities.
1713. Treaty of Peace concluded at Utrecht.
1714. Returned from Flanders to England.
Proceeded to Scotland.
1715. Rebellion in Scotland, excited by the Earl of Mar, in favour of
the Pretender.
Encamped at Stirling, under the Command of the Ditkt of
Argyle, and advanced to Dunblane.
Engagement at Sheriffmuir between the King's Troops and the
Rebel forces.
1726. The King's Troops advanced; the Insurgents retreated; the
Pretender escaped to the Continent ; and the Rebellion sup-
pressed.
Appointment of Colonel George Macartney to the Colonelcy, in
place of the Earl of Orrery.
1727. Appointment of Brigadier-General Sir James Wood to the
Colonelcy, in succession to Lieutenant-General Macartney,
removed to the Sixth Dragoon Guards.
1728. Embarked for Ireland.
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YEAR
1738. Appointment of Colonel John Campbell to the Colonelcy, in
succession to Sir James Wood, deceased.
1739. War declared against Spain.
1740. Removed from Ireland to South Britain.
1741. Encamped on Lexden Heath.
1742. Embarked for Flanders.
1743. Marched for Germany, and engaged at the Battle of Dettingcn.
1744. Encamped at Asche and Alost.
Returned to Ghent for Winter Quarters.
1745. Marched to the Relief of Tournay.
Engaged at the Battle of Fontenoy.
Placed in Garrison at Ostend.
Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, landed in Scotland.
Regiment ordered to return from Flanders.
1746. Proceeded to Scotland, and engaged at the Battle of Cullodcn.
Removed to Glasgow.
1747. Re-embarked for the Netherlands.
Engaged at the Battle of Val.
1748. Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle.
Returned to England.
1751. Regulations, prescribed by Royal Warrant, for establishing
Uniformity in the Clothing, Standards, and Colours of Regi-
ments, &c. &c.
Received the Commendations of the Duke of Cumberland, for
Good Conduct in Quarters and Bravery in the Field.
Embarked for Gibraltar.
1752. Appointment of the Earl of Panmure to the Colonelcy, in
succession to Lieutenant-General Campbell, removed to the
Second Dragoons, Scots Greys.
1760. Returned from Gibraltar to England.
1761. Embarked on an Expedition to Belleisle.
Capture of the Island.
Returned to England.
1763. Proceeded to Scotland.
1765. Embarked for America, and quartered in West Florida.
1770. Removed to Canada.
Appointment of Major-General Hon. Alexander Mackay to the
Colonelcy, in succession to Lieutenant-General the Earl of
Panmure, removed to the Scots Greys.
Contents of t/te Historical Record. xvii
YEAR
1772. Returned from Canada to England.
1775. Commencement of the American War of Independence.
1776. Re-embarked for America, and engaged in the Relief of
Quebec.
1777. Engaged in Active Operations on Lake Champlain, at Ticon-
derago, and other places, with the American Troops.
The British Troops, under Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, sur-
rendered.
1781. Returned to Europe, and stationed in Scotland.
1783. Removed to Ireland.
1789. Embarked for Nova Scotia.
Appointment of General Hon. James Murray, from the Thir-
teenth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to Lieuten-
ant-General Hon. A. Mackay, deceased.
1793. Embarked for the West Indies.
Proceeded to Martinique to aid the French Royalists.
1794. Engaged in the Capture of Martinique, St Lucia, and Guada-
loupe.
Guadaloupe recaptured by the French.
Appointment of Major-General James Hamilton to the Colonelcy,
in succession to General Hon. James Murray, deceased.
1796. Returned from the West Indies.
Proceeded to Scotland to recruit.
1800. Embarked for Ireland, after completing its numbers.
1802. Received the Compliments of the principal Inhabitants of Ennis-
killen for its Excellent Conduct.
Establishment reduced in consequence of the Peace with France
concluded at Amiens.
1803. Removed to Dublin.
The Establishment again augmented in consequence of a Re-
newal of War with France.
Insurrection at Dublin.
The Lord Chief-Justice, Viscount Kilwarden, murdered by Popu-
lace ; his nephew, the Rev. R. Wolfe, wounded ; and many
other Acts of Violence committed.
Regiment assembled to suppress the Riots, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Brown murdered by the Insurgents on his way to the
Station of the Regiment.
The Command of the Regiment devolved on Major Robertson.
b
xviii The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
YEAR
1803. Received the Approbation and Thanks of the Commander-in-
Chief, and of the Civil Authorities in Dublin, for the Exertions
used in restoring Tranquillity.
Appointment of General Hon. William Gordon, from Seventy-
first Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to General
Hamilton, deceased.
1804. Measures adopted for Repelling the Threatened Invasion of the
French.
A Second Battalion added to the Regiment, composed of Men
raised under the " Additional Force Act" in the Counties of
Ayr and Renfrew.
1805. First Battalion embarked from Ireland for Portsmouth.
Removed to Weymouth, and reviewed by His Majesty King
George III., and other Members of the Royal Family.
Removed to Lewes.
1806. Marched to London to attend the Funeral of Admiral Viscount
Nelson, who was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, and was
honoured with a Public Funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.
First Battalion embarked for Sicily.
Second Battalion embarked from Scotland for Ireland.
1807. Hostilities with the Grand Seignior.
First Battalion embarked from Sicily on an Expedition to Egypt ;
landed at Alexandria, and marched to Aboukir.
Peace with the Turks being restored, the Battalion returned to
Sicily.
1809. Flank Companies engaged in the Capture of the Islands of
Ischia and Procida, in the Gulf of Naples.
Attempt made to reduce the Castle of Scylla.
The Invasion of Sicily by Murat, King of Naples, defeated.
181 1. Second Battalion embarked from Ireland for Scotland.
1814. First Battalion embarked for I taly with a Force under Lieutenant-
General Lord William Bentinck.
Landed at Leghorn, marched to Pisa, thence to Lucca.
Advanced to Genoa, and took Possession of that Town and
Fortress.
Second Battalion embarked from Scotland for Holland.
Employed in the Attack of Bergen-op-Zoom.
Hostilities on the Continent ceased.
Abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Contents of the Historical Record. xix
YEAR
1814. Second Battalion embarked for England, and returned to Scot-
land.
First Battalion embarked for Sen-ice in America.
Defeated the American army at Bladensburg.
Advanced to Washington, captured the City, and destroyed the
Arsenal, Docks, &c.
Marched back to St Benedict.
Re-embarked and landed at North Point.
Advanced towards Baltimore, and engaged the American Troops.
Major-General Robert Ross killed, and the Command devolved
on Colonel Brooke, Forty-fourth Regiment.
Attacked and defeated the American Army at Godly Wood.
Colonel Paterson, Twenty-first Regiment, commanded a Brigade,
and commended in the Public Despatches.
Attack on the Town of Baltimore abandoned, and the British
Troops re-embarked on board the Fleet.
Proceeded to Jamaica, and there reinforced by a strong Detach-
ment from the Second Battalion.
Re-embarked, and proceeded to make an Attack on New Orleans.
1815. Major-General Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham killed, and many
other Officers and Soldiers killed, wounded, or made prisoners.
The Capture of New Orleans abandoned.
Capture of Fort Bowyer.
Peace with America concluded.
First Battalion returned to the West Indies, and thence to
Portsmouth, and proceeded to Cork.
Napoleon Bonaparte returned to France, and regained Posses-
sion of that Kingdom.
The Battle of Waterloo took place.
First Battalion embarked from Ireland for Ostend, and pro-
ceeded to join the Army under the Command of Field-Marshal
the Duke of Wellington.
Formed Part of the Army of Occupation in France.
1816. Second Battalion disbanded at Stirling.
Reviewed by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington.
Appointment of Lieutenant-General Lord Forbes, from Fifty-
fourth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession to General
Hon. William Gordon, deceased.
1817. Proceeded to Calais, and embarked for England.
xx The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
YEAR
1818. Marched to Portsmouth.
Officers authorised to wear long coats.
1819. Embarked for the West Indies.
Received the particular Thanks of Major-General Lord Howard
of Effingham, commanding at Portsmouth, for its Excellent
Qualities.
Landed at Barbadoes, and inspected by Lieutenant-General Lord
Combermere.
1821. Proceeded to Demerara.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Nooth died, and succeeded by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel J. Leahy.
1823. Insurrection among the Negroes at Demerara.
Received the Thanks of the Lieutenant-General Commanding in
the West Indies, of His Royal Highness the Duke of York,
and of His Majesty King George IV., for its Conduct in sup-
pressing this Revolt.
Certain Sums voted by the Court of Policy of Demerara to the
Regiment, for its Efficient Services on this Occasion.
1824. Removed to St Vincent and Grenada.
1827. Embarked for England.
Arrived at the Isle of Wight, marched to Windsor, and fur-
nished the Duties at the Castle.
1828. Removed from Windsor to Portsmouth.
Marched to Bath and thence to Bristol.
Embarked for Ireland.
1831. Marched to Dublin, and embarked for England.
1832. Removed to Chatham.
1833. Embarked for New South Wales, by Detachments, as Guards
over Convicts.
1839. Embarked from Hobart Town for the East Indies.
Arrived at Calcutta.
1840. Removed to Dinapore.
1843. Marched to Kamptee.
1 846. Removed to Agra.
1847. Removed to Cawnpore, thence to Calcutta.
1848. Embarked for England, and arrived at Gravesend.
Marched to Canterbury..
Proceeded to Edinburgh.
Retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel G, Deare.
Contents of the Historical Record. xxi
YEAR
1850. Removal to Glasgow.
1851. Removal to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1852. Removal to Hull.
1853. Removal to Dublin.
Death of Lieutenant-General Right Hon. Sir F. Adams, Head
Colonel.
Appointment of Major-General Sir De Lacey Evans to the Head
Colonelcy of the Regiment.
1854. " Bladensburg " authorised to be placed on the Colours and Ap-
pointments.
Embarked for Turkey.
Battle of the Alma.
Battle of Balaklava.
Battle of Inkerman.
Storm of 1 4th November.
1855. Attack on Redan, i8th June.
Attack on Redan, 8th September, and Fall of Sebastopol.
Expedition to Kinburn.
1856. Removal to Malta.
1860. Removal to the West Indies.
1862. Gun Hill and the Yellow Fever.
1864. Arrival at Portsmouth.
1865. Removal to Aldershot.
Removal to Glasgow.
1866. Removal to Dublin.
1867. Retirement of Colonel J. R. Stuart.
Removal to the Curragh.
Removal to Enniskillen.
1868. Removal to the Curragh.
1869. Embarked for the East Indies, and quartered at Kurrachee.
1870. Removed to Bangalore.
1872. Removed to Madras.
1874. Camp of Exercise.
1875. Removal to Burmah.
1876. Pipers authorised.
1877. Removal to Secunderabad.
1878. Retirement of Colonel Dalyell.
1 88 1. Title changed from "Royal North British Fusiliers" to "Royal
Scots Fusiliers," and Uniform changed.
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YEAR
1 88 1. Arrival at Dover.
1882. "Blenheim," " Ramillies," Oudenarde," " Malplaquet," and
" Dettingen," authorised to be placed on the Colours and Ap-
pointments.
Retirement of Major Grahame.
1883. Removal to Aldershot.
1885. Removal to Portland.
THE SECOND BATTALION.
1858. Formation of the Battalion at Paisley.
Removal to Newport in Wales.
1859. Removal to Aldershot.
1 86 1. Removal to Dover.
1863. Embarks for the East Indies, and stationed at Bellary.
1866. Removed to Secunderabad.
1868. Removed to Burmah.
1872. Removed to Madras.
1 873. Embarked for England, and stationed on Arrival at Stirling Castle.
1874. Removed to Glasgow.
1875. Removed to Portsmouth.
1877. Removed to Scotland, and quartered at Fort-George.
1878. Removed to Ireland, and quartered at Dublin.
Removed to the Curragh.
1879. Embarked for South Africa.
Engaged in Active Operations and Marches.
Battle of Ulundi.
Retirement of Colonel Collingwood.
Destruction of Sekukuni's Stronghold.
1880. Death of Major Hazlerigg.
Grant of South African Medals.
1 88 1. Defence of Potchefstroom.
Defence of Pretoria.
Protecting and Returning Colours of Ninety-fourth Regiment.
1882. Embarked for the East Indies, and on Arrival stationed at
Secunderabad.
1884. Removal to Burmah.
^ntrobuction.
PRIOR to the Restoration all the forces of horse and
foot raised in Scotland were purely feudal levies. The
armies raised to oppose King Charles L, and those after-
wards raised in support of his son, come under this
category.
In the time of the Civil War the proportion of horse
and foot was allocated upon the counties and burghs in
certain defined proportions, and the levies were placed
under the command of noblemen from whose lands they
were raised, or who possessed the greatest amount of
influence in the district, the lieutenants, colonels, and majors
being officers who had served in Scots regiments abroad.
After the Restoration, although the feudal system would
seem at first sight to have been discarded in the process of
forming a standing army, the alteration, so far as Scotland
was concerned, was more apparent than real, those who
were commissioned to raise troops or regiments doing so
as exclusively as possible from their own relatives and
vassals.
The earliest list of the Scots establishment extant is
that dated 1678. It is as follows :
1. His MAJESTIES GUARD OF HORSE.
2. His MAJESTIES REGIMENT OF FOOTE GUARD.
3. THE GARRISON OF EDINBURGH CASTLE.
4. THE GARRISON OF STRIVELING (Stirling) CASTLE.
5. THE GARRISON OF DUMBARTON CASTLE.
6. THE GARRISON OF THE BASS.
7. THE FOOTE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY THE EARLE
OF MARK.
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8. THE FOOTE COMPANY OF HIGHLANDMEN.
9. THE TROOP OF HORSE COMMANDED BY THE EARLE
OF HOME.
10. THE COMPANY OF DRAGOONS COMMANDED BY THE
VISCOUNT OF KINGSTON.
By His Majesties command,
LAUDERDALE.*
WHITEHALL, igth October 1678.
Many alterations were made in the above forces during
the reign of Charles II., from 1660 to 1685, but " The Foote
Regiment commanded by the Earle of Marr" appears to
have remained intact, and amidst the various changes is
still borne in the Army List as " The Royal Scots
Fusiliers!' having been formerly known as the " Twenty-
First Royal North British Fusiliers" and in the days of old
enjoyed the sobriquet of " The Earle of Marr's Grey
B reeks? probably from the title of the nobleman who
raised the regiment, and from the colour of its uniform, or
more correctly the nether portion of it, although it is still
open to question and antiquarian research to substantiate
the impression that the " Scots Army " of those early days
were clothed in a complete uniform of & grey colour.
After the Restoration the comparatively small bodies
of men who were intended to form the nucleus of a stand-
ing army were raised by one unvarying method, i.e., by
independent troops and companies, which in several cases
were many years in existence before they were regimented ;
to this arrangement " The Earle of Mart's Foote Regiment "
was an exception, it having been formed into a regiment in
the year it was originally raised from independent com-
panies.
* From Ross's 77/6' Old Scottish Regimental Colours, p. 9.
HISTORICAL RECORD
AND
REGIMENTAL MEMOIR
OF
ITbe IRo^ai Scots f usiliers
FORMERLY
THE 21st ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS.
part i.
1678. The Royal North British Fusiliers derives its
origin from the commotions in Scotland during the reign
of King Charles II., who attempted to establish Episcopacy
in that country, but was opposed by the Presbyterians,
who wished to adhere to the religious institutions of their
forefathers; and prosecutions being used in Scotland by
the Government to enforce obedience, collisions occurred
between the inhabitants and the military, which were
sometimes attended with loss of life. Several Highland
clans were called out in 1678, and quartered upon the
Presbyterians, and in the autumn of the same year two
regiments were raised from the troops then serving as
independent companies, one of which was the Earl of Mar s
regiment (now the Royal Scots Fusiliers), with the following
establishment and rates of pay:-
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" The Foote- Regiment commanded by the Earl of Marr.
Colonel, as Colonel, . . . I2s. per diem.
Lieutenant-Colonel, as such, . 75. .,
Major, as Major, . . .55.
Quartermaster, .... 45.
Chyrurgeon and Mate, . . 55. ,.
Marshall, 2s.
Eight companies of foote belonging to that regiment, and to each
company thereof :
Captain, as such, . . .8s. od. per diem.
Lieutenant, . . . . 45. od.
Ensigne, . . . -3 s - od -
2 Sergeants, each, . .is. 6d. inde.
3 Corporals, each, . .is. od. inde.
2 Drummers each, . .is. od. inde.
loo Souldiers, each, . . os. 5d. Scots."
The financial duties now performed by the Army Pay
Department appear to have been combined with those of
the quartermaster. By reference to ancient pay-lists, muster
rolls, and Treasury payments, it will be seen that sums on
account of the pay of the Earl of Mar's regiment were
made on several occasions to Major Wood, quartermaster
of tlie Earl of Mar s foote regiment and his successors.
The commission of Charles the fifth Earl of Mar, as
colonel of the regiment, is dated 23d September 1678, and
the corps appears on the records under the establishment
for that year.
Most regiments at this period were armed with pikes
and muskets, but the practice was introduced of arming
every man of a few select corps with a fusil or light musket,
and these regiments were called Fusiliers. The Earl of
Mar's regiment was one of the first which obtained this
distinction ; the exact date at which the regiment was so
armed does not appear. It is also on record that the Earl
of Mar's regiment in 1677 was ordered to form a Grenadier
Company, to be instructed in all tilings belonging to artillery,
as gunnery, casting of Jiand grenadoes, and fy reworks ; and
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
for which purpose a special equipment was issued to said
company.
l679' During this year the regiment was engaged in
repressing an insurrection of the Covenanters ; and under
the command of James, Duke of Monmouth, took part in
the battle of Bothwell Bridge.
1685. The Duke of Argyle having raised the standard
of rebellion in Scotland against James II., the regiment
formed part of the royal forces commanded by the Earl
of Dumbarton. The opposing forces encamped in sight of
each other on the I9th of June. The rebels attempted to
avoid an engagement by a night march, but were led into
a bog in the dark ; alarm and disorder ensued, the
insurgents flying in various directions, and so left the
Earl of Argyle without an army. After the termination
of this service the Fusiliers occupied winter quarters in
Scotland, being distributed as follows : six companies at
Ayr, three at Glasgow, two at Paisley, and one at Inver-
ness, twelve companies in all, being the establishment at
this date.
1686. The Earl of Mar was succeeded in the colonelcy
of the regiment by Colonel Thomas Buchan, from a regi-
ment of horse.
1688. When the Prince of Orange was preparing an
armament for the invasion of England, the Fusiliers was
one of the corps which marched from Scotland to support
the authority of King James, and in the early part of
November, arrived in the vicinity of London. The Prince
of Orange landed on the 5th of November, when King
James fled to France. Colonel Buchan s regiment was
ordered by the Prince of Orange to occupy quarters at
\Yitney in Oxfordshire.
In this year two companies were added to the establish-
ment of the regiment, and pay at the rate of 2s. 4d. per
diem first allowed for a "drum major."
1689. The Prince and Princess of Orange were
elevated to the throne by the titles of King William and
Queen Mary.
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Colonel Buchan having adhered to the interests of
King James, King William conferred the colonelcy of the
regiment on Colonel Francis Fergus O'Farrell, by com-
mission dated 1st March 1689.
From Oxfordshire the regiment marched to Gravesend,
where it embarked for Holland, joining the Dutch army
commanded by Prince Waldeck ; served in the campaign
of the year with the division under the Earl (afterwards
Duke) of Maryborough. The Fusiliers took part in a sharp
action with the French troops commanded by Marshal
d'Humieres at Walconrt, in the province of Namur, on the
25th of August, on which occasion the French were repulsed
in their attacks on the Allied Army with considerable loss.
1691* In March the regiment was encamped at Halle,,
in South Brabant, and formed in brigade with the second
battalion of the Royals. The French besieged Mons, but
the Allies were too few in numbers to prevent the capture of
the place by the enemy. After the surrender of Mons, the
Fusiliers were placed in quarters until May, when they
encamped near Brussels and formed in brigade with the
Royals, and the Scots regiments of Mackay, Ramsay, and
Angus, under the command of Brigadier-General Ramsay.
In a list of the army in Flanders, printed in July 1691,,
the regiment is styled O'FARRELL's FUSILIERS, and its
uniform stated to be red, faced and lined ivitli the same-
colour.
At the termination of the campaign, it was again placed
in winter quarters.
1692. A numerous French army appeared in the
Netherlands in the spring, and besieged Namur, when
O'FARRELL's FUSILIERS were called from their quarters,,
and advanced with the army, commanded by King William
III., to the relief of the place ; but the march having been
delayed by heavy rains, the garrison surrendered on the 2Oth
of June. A few days afterwards a detachment of the regi-
ment was employed in an attempt to surprise Mons, but the
garrison was found prepared. On this occasion Colonel Sir
Robert Douglas and Colonel O'Farrell, having proceeded a.
of tlie Royal Scots Fusiliers.
short distance to consult with the Prince of Wirtemberg,
who commanded the party, mistook their way in the dark,
and were made prisoners by a detachment of French cavalry.
They were released on paying the regulated ransom.
The FUSILIERS formed part of the advanced guard at the
battle of Steenkirk, on the 3d of August, and were severely
engaged with superior numbers of the enemy under the
Duke of Luxembourg. The regiment distinguished itself
on this occasion, and sustained the loss of many brave
officers and soldiers. D'Auvergne states, in his history of
the campaign, " Our vanguard behaved in this engage-
ment to such wonder and admiration that though they
received the charge of several battalions of the enemy, one
after another, yet they made them retreat almost to their
camp." The corps in advance were not supported in time
to enable them to persevere in their career of victory, and
King William commanded the army to retire.
In this affair the following casualties occurred amongst
the officers : Killed, Captains White, Cygnoe, Mackenzie,
and Sharp, Lieutenants Charles King and Edward Griffith ;
wounded, Lieutenant Newton.
1693* Taking the field in summer, the North British
Fusiliers were formed in brigade with the regiments of Leven
(Twenty-fifth), Munro (Twenty-sixth), Mackay and Lander
(afterwards disbanded), under the command of Brigadier-
General Ramsay, and after taking part in several manoeuvres
were engaged at the battle of Landen on the 29th of July. At
sunrise on the morning of that day a French force of greatly
superior numbers, commanded by the Duke of Luxem-
bourg, appeared before the position occupied by the Con-
federate Army, under King William III., when the Fusiliers,
and other regiments of their brigade, were ordered to occupy
some hedges and narrow roads beyond the village of Laer,
on the right of the line. This village and ground, occupied
by General Ramsay's brigade, being attacked by a nume-
rous body of the enemy, the North British Fusiliers were
engaged in a sharp musketry battle in the open ground.
At length the Third Foot, and other corps in the village of
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Laer, were forced to retire, but they rallied, and, being-
joined by Brigadier-General Ramsay's brigade, the whole
charged, and by a gallant effort recaptured the village.
The regiment distinguished itself on this occasion. The
French afterwards carried the village of Neer- Winden and
the position. The regiments at Laer then became separated
from the main body of the Confederate Army ; they gallantly
defended their post for some time, and eventually retired
fighting to the Gheet, forded that river, and joined several
corps which had crossed the bridge of Neer-Hespen. The
army was retreating, and the Fusiliers accompanied King"
William to the vicinity of Tirlemont. The regiment had
Captains Campbell and Strayton, Lieutenants Douglas and
Dunbar, and Adjutant Walle wounded, Captain Paterson
taken prisoner, and a number of soldiers killed, wounded,
and prisoners.
At the end of the campaign the regiment was placed in
garrison at Bruges.
1694* During the summer of this year the regiment
performed many long marches in Brabant and Flanders,
and in the autumn it marched to Deinse. This year the
King commanded a board of general officers to assemble,
and decide upon the rank of the several corps of the army.
This board gave precedence to the English regiments, and
gave the Scots and Irish regiments rank in the English
army from the date of their first arrival in England, or from
the date when they were first placed on the English esta-
blishment. The NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, not having
entered England until the Revolution in 1688, received rank
as TWENTY-FIRST Regiment. Numerical titles were not
generally used until the reign of George II.
l695- When the army took the field to serve in this year's
campaign the Twenty-first were left in garrison at Deinse,
where some stores of provisions were formed. King William
undertook the siege of Namur, and the regiment was directed
to join the covering army under the Prince of Vaudemont ;
but it subsequently returned to Deinse, of which place its
colonel, Brigadier-General O'Farrell, was commandant.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
The French commander, Marshal Villeroy, detached a
strong body of troops, under the Marquis of Feuqueres, to
reduce the town of Deinse, where the Fusiliers were sta-
tioned. This town was situated on the river Lys ; it was
only slightly fortified, and in many places there was only an
entrenchment and some palisades as defensive works. Eight
pieces of cannon were the only ordnance in the town.
Under these circumstances, Brigadier-General O'Farrell con-
sidered it impossible to make a successful defence of the
place, and he surrendered on the 2ist of July without having
fired a shot. The Fusiliers became prisoners of war on this
occasion.
Brigadier-General O'Farrell was afterwards tried by a
court-martial, and cashiered, and King William conferred
the colonelcy of the regiment on Colonel Robert Mackay,
from a Scots corps.
After the surrender of Nauiur to the Confederate Army,
-the regiment rejoined the Allied forces, and was again sta-
tioned at Bruges.
1696. From Bruges the regiment proceeded to the
camp at Marykirk, and it served in the campaign of this
year with the army of Brabant ; in the autumn it went
into village cantonments. In December, Colonel Robert
Mackay died.
1697. On the ist January, King William conferred
the colonelcy of the regiment on Lieutenant-Colour.-!
Archibald Row, from the Sixteenth Foot.
Quitting their village quarters on the I3th of March,
the Fusiliers entered upon the operations of another cam-
paign. While the troops were in the field, negotiations for
a general peace commenced at Ryswick, and the treaty
was signed in September.
The regiment returned to Scotland in the winter, and was
stationed there during the remainder of King William's reign.
While stationed in Scotland the FUSILIERS were
most popular, and had no difficulty in filling their ranks
with a superior class of recruits, in addition to providing
drafts for other Scotch regiments serving in Flanders.
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1702. Queen Anne succeeded to the throne on the
8th of March ; and the French monarch having violated
the conditions of existing treaties by procuring the acces-
sion of his grandson, Philip, Duke of Anjou, to the throne
of Spain, war was declared against France soon afterwards.
At the commencement of hostilities the TWENTY-FIRST
was selected to proceed on foreign service, and embarked
from Scotland for Holland to serve with the Allied Army
commanded by the Earl of Marlborough. The regiment
did not join the army immediately on its arrival in Holland,
but was stationed some time at Breda, and in September it
marched towards Flanders.
1703. Leaving its winter quarters in April, the regi-
ment marched to Maastricht, where the Allied Army was
assembled, and with the second battalion of the Royals,
Tenth, Sixteenth, and Twenty-sixth regiments, was formed
into a brigade under Brigadier-General the Earl of Derby.
The TWENTY-FIRST took part in the operations of the
campaign, and its services were connected with the reduc-
tion of Hny, a strong fortress on the Maese, above the city
of Liege, which was besieged and captured in ten days.
It was afterwards detached from the main army to take
part in the capture of Limburg^ a city of the Spanish
Netherlands, situated on a pleasant eminence on the banks
of the Wesdet. The siege of this place was commenced
on the loth of September ; the FUSILIERS were employed
in carrying on the approaches, and in making the attacks ;
in seventeen days the garrison surrendered at discretion.
In October, the regiment marched back to Holland, where
it was stationed during the winter.
1704. From Holland the Fusiliers marched, in the
months of May and June, to the interior of Germany, to
arrest the progress of the French and Bavarians, who had
gained considerable advantage over the Imperialists. A
junction was formed with the Germans, under the Margrave
of Baden ; and on the 2d of July the TWENTY-FIRST took
part in the attack of the enemy's position on the lofty
heights of Schellenburg, on the north bank of the Danube,
of tJie Royal Scots Fusiliers.
when the entrenchments were carried, and the French and
Bavarians, commanded by the Count d'Arco, were driven
from their post with severe loss.
The regiment had a few private soldiers killed and
wounded ; also, Captain Kygoe, Lieutenant Johnson, and
John Campbell, wounded.
After this victory, the North British Fusiliers penetrated
the Electorate of Bavaria to the vicinity of the enemy's for-
tified camp at Augsburg, which was found too strong to be
attacked with any prospect of success, and the army retired
in order to undertake the siege of Ingoldstadt. At the
same time a numerous reinforcement of French troops
arrived at the theatre of war.
These events were followed by the battle of Blenheim
on the 1 3th of August, when the French and Bavarians,
commanded by Marshal Tallard and the Elector of Bavaria,
were overpowered by the Allies under the Duke of Marl-
borough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, and a victory was
gained which reflected lustre on the British arms. The
FUSILIERS were selected to lead the attack against the
French troops in the village of Blenheim, and their colonel,
Brigadier-General Row, placed himself at the head of his
regiment, which was followed by four other corps. In the
annals of Queen Anne it is stated : " The five English
battalions, led on by Brigadier-General Row, who charged
on foot at the head of his own regiment with unparalleled
intrepidity, assaulted the village of Blenheim, advancing
to the very muzzles of the enemy's muskets, and some
of the officers exchanged thrusts of swords through the
palisades ;" but the avenues of the village were found
strongly fortified and defended by a force of superior
numbers. Brigadier-General Row led the North British
Fusiliers up to the palisades before he gave the word "fire"
and the next moment he fell mortally wounded. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Dalyel and Major Campbell, being both on
the spot, stepped forward to raise their colonel, and were
both instantly pierced by musket balls ; the soldiers, exas-
perated at seeing their three field officers fall, made a
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gallant effort to force their way into the village, but this
was found impossible, and they were ordered to retire.
The moment the Fusiliers faced about, thirteen squadrons
of French cavalry galloped forward to charge them, and
one of the colours of the regiment was captured by the
enemy ; but the French horsemen were repulsed by the fire
of a brigade of Hessians, and the colour recovered.
Another attempt to capture the village of Blenheim
having failed, the firing was continued against this post,
and the army advanced against the enemy, who was driven
from the field with great slaughter, the loss of its cannon,
and many prisoners, among whom was the French com-
mander, Marshal Tallard. Additional forces were then
brought against the French troops in Blenheim, and they
surrendered prisoners of war. The Germans, who attacked
the enemy's right, were also victorious ; and the gallant
achievements of the Allied Army raised on the banks of the
Danube, a trophy which time cannot destroy.
The Fusiliers had Lieutenant-Colonel Dalyel ; Captain
Stratton, senior ; Captain Stratton, junior ; Lieutenants
Vandergracht, Hill, Campbell, and Trevallion, killed ;
Brigadier-General Row and Major Campbell died of their
wounds ; Captains Craufurd and Fairlee, Lieutenants
Dunbar, J. Douglas, Elliott, Ogilvy, Maxwell, Stuart,
Primrose, and Gordon, wounded.
The prisoners captured were so numerous that the
Fusiliers, with four other regiments, were sent to Holland
in charge.
The colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on John
Viscount Mordaunt from the FOOT GUARDS.
I705' The regiment was employed in the expedition
up the Moselle ; and returning to the Netherlands, was
afterwards engaged in forcing the French lines at Helixem
and Neer-Hespen, on the morning of the iSth July, when
the superior tactics of the British Commander, and the
gallantry of his troops, were very conspicuous.
1706. The NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS also took
part in gaining another splendid victory over the combined
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 1 1
French, Spanish, and Bavarian forces at Rainillies, on Whit-
sunday, 23d of May 1706. During the early part of the
action the Fusiliers, the Third Foot, and three regiments of
cavalry, were stationed on the heights of Foulz, where they
had a view of the field of battle.
An important crisis in the battle arriving, these corps
descended from the heights the Fusiliers and Third Foot
forced their way through a morass, crossed the Little Gheet,
ascended the acclivity between that river and the Jauche,
and charging the enemy's left flank, drove three French
regiments into the low grounds, when the greater part of
them were either killed or taken prisoners. The Allies
were successful on every part of the field, and the legions of
the enemy were overpowered, and pursued from the plains
of Ramillies with great slaughter until the following morn-
ing, by which time nearly all the enemy's cannon, with
many standards, colours, and kettle-drums were captured.
This victory raised the reputation of the British arms, and
was followed by very important results. Spanish Brabant,
and many of the principal towns of Flanders, were rescued
from the power of the enemy. The services of the regfment
are connected with the capture of Ostend, Menin, and Aet/i;
and it passed the winter in garrison in Flanders. In June
of this year, Viscount Mordaunt exchanged with Colonel
Samson de Lalo from the Twenty-eighth regiment.
1707. During the campaign of 1707, the services of
the regiment were limited to marches and occupying posi-
tions ; and it passed the winter in West Flanders.
The Union of Scotland and England took place this
year, which occasioned St George's Cross to be added to
the colours of the Scots regiments, and St Andrew's Cross
to the colours of the English regiments. The corps previ-
ously designated as Scots regiments now took the title of
North British Regiments.
1708. In May the regiment took the field, and on
the nth of July, participated in the battle of Oiideuarde,
which was fought in the broken grounds near the river
Scheldt. The regiment was engaged in a severe musketry
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action, and it succeeded in driving the French corps opposed
to it from field to field, until the darkness of the night put
an end to the conflict. Before the following morning the
wreck of the French army had retreated in disorder towards
Ghent.
After the victory, the siege of Lisle, the capital of French
Flanders, was resolved upon. This fortress was deemed
almost impregnable; it was garrisoned by 15,000 men, com-
manded by Marshal Boufflers, who resolved upon making a
desperate defence. The Fusiliers were selected to take
part in the attack on this important fortress under the
orders of Prince Eugene of Savoy ; the covering army was
commanded by the Duke of Marlborough. The regiment
had several men killed and wounded in carrying on the
approaches, and at the attack of the counterscarp it had
thirteen men killed ; three officers, four sergeants, and sixty-
six rank and file wounded.
The progress of this siege was a subject of peculiar
interest throughout Europe ; and the besieging army made
extraordinary efforts for the capture of the place, which
were attended by complete success on the Qth of December,
when the citadel surrendered.
1709. The regiment joined the army, and was em-
ployed in covering the siege of Tour nay in July and August.
The citadel of Tournay surrendered in the beginning of
September, and the army afterwards marched in the direc-
tion of Mons.
A numerous French army, commanded by Marshals
Villars and Boufflers, took up a position at Malplaqnet, and
strengthened the post by entrenchments and other works of
defence. The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene
had confidence in the valour and perseverance of the troops
under their orders, and they attacked the enemy's formid-
able position on the I ith of September, on which occasion
the heroic valour of the troops was conspicuous ; the enemy's
entrenchments and abatis-de-bois were stormed with distin-
guished gallantry, the determined resistance of the French
was overcome, and another trophy was acquired ; but with
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the loss of many brave officers and soldiers, including the
colonel of the Fusiliers, Brigadier-General De Lalo, who was
killed at the head of a brigade. In addition to its colonel,
the regiment had also Captains Monroe, Wemyss,and Farley,
killed ; Captains Montressor and Lowther, wounded.
After the death of Brigadier-General De Lalo, Viscount
Mordaunt was reappointed on the 4th of September to the
colonelcy of the Fusiliers. The regiment was afterwards
employed in covering the siege of Mons, which was termin-
ated by the surrender of the garrison on the 2Oth of
October, when the regiment marched into quarters.
1710. On the I4th of April the regiment marched
towards the frontiers of France, and was engaged in the
movements by which the French lines were pierced at
Pont-a- Vendin ; it was afterwards selected to take part in
the siege of Douay, where it performed much severe service.
It was employed in carrying on the approaches, in storming
the outworks and other duties connected with the siege, and
sustained considerable loss in killed and wounded. The
garrison beat a parley on the 25th of June, and afterwards
surrendered the fortress. After the capture of Douay, the
regiment was employed in covering the siege of Bethnue^
which place was surrendered in August. The regiment was
also with the covering army during the sieges of St Venant
and A ire ; the former place surrendered on the 3Oth of
September, and the latter on Qth of November.
Viscount Mordaunt died this year, and was succeeded
in the colonelcy by Major-General Meredith, from the Thirty-
seventh regiment. This officer was succeeded in December
by Major-General the Earl of Orrery.
1711. After passing the winter in quarters at Dender-
mond, the regiment joined the army in May. It took part
in the movements by which the boasted impregnable French
lines were pierced at Arleux on the 5th of August. The
regiment was afterwards employed in the siege of Bouchaiu,
in which service obstacles of the greatest magnitude had
to be overcome, and the abilities of the commanders, and
the valour of the troops, were put to a severe test ; these
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qualities were found in the besieging army. On more than
one occasion the soldiers fought up to their middle in
water, and. by a gallant perseverance, which reflected
honour on all the corps engaged, every difficulty was
overcome, and the garrison surrendered on the I3th of
September.
1712. The regiment joined the army commanded by
the Duke of Ormond, and advanced to the frontiers of
Picardy ; but a suspension of hostilities was afterwards pro-
claimed preparatory to a general peace, when the British
army marched to Ghent, and afterwards went into quarters.
I7I3' A treaty of peace was concluded at Utrecht ;
and the Fusiliers could look back with exultation at the
career of victory and honour which had attended their
efforts during these memorable campaigns. At this period
the regiment is designated by historians and in the official
documents by the title of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH
FUSILIERS, but the date when the honorary distinction of
" ROYAL" was conferred upon it has not been ascertained.
I7I4' The regiment was stationed in Flanders until
the decease of Queen Anne, on the 1st of August, and the
accession of King George I., when it was ordered to embark
for England. It landed at Gravesend on the 23d of August,
and was afterwards directed to march to Scotland.
I7I5* This year the Earl of Mar erected the standard
of rebellion in Scotland, and summoned the Highland clans
to aid him in placing the Pretender on the throne. The
Fusiliers were encamped at Stirling, under the Duke of
Argyle, and advanced with the Royal army to Dunblane,
to defeat the attempts of the enemy to march southward.
On the morning of the I3th of November the two armies
confronted each other on Sheriffmuir. On the approach
of the clans, it was found necessary for the Royal forces to
change position ; whilst doing so, they were suddenly at-
tacked, and suffered severely. The left wing of the rebel
army was overpowered, and driven from the field with great
slaughter; and the left wing of the Royal army was also forced
to retire ; thus each commander had one wing victorious,
UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS IN 1742.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 15
and one wing defeated. The rebels were prevented march-
ing southward and retired ; the King's troops returned to
their camp at Stirling.
The Fusiliers had one captain, two lieutenants, three
sergeants, and eighty-five rank and file killed ; one captain,
one sergeant, and twenty-five rank and file wounded.
1716. Reinforcements having arrived, the King's
troops advanced in January to attack the insurgents, who
made a precipitate retreat. The Pretender and several
leaders in the rebellion escaped to the Continent, and the
clans separated. The rebellion was thus suppressed.
In July the Earl of Orrery was succeeded in the
colonelcy of the regiment by Colonel George Macartney.
I7I7~I727' The Fusiliers were employed on home
service during these years ; and in 1727 they were held in
readiness to embark for Holland, to aid the Dutch in their
approaching war with the Emperor of Germany, but the
presence of British troops was not required.
In the latter year, Colonel Macartney was removed to
the Seventh Horse, being succeeded by Brigadier-General
Sir James Wood.
1728-1737' T ne order for embarking for Holland
having been countermanded, the Royal North British
Fusiliers proceeded to Ireland, and were placed upon the
establishment of that country.
1738. Major-General Wood having died, the vacant
colonelcy was conferred upon John Campbell, afterwards
Duke of Argyle.
I739~*740' War having been declared against Spain,
in the autumn, the Fusiliers, after a station of twelve years
in Ireland, were removed to England, landing at Liverpool.
174* In the summer of this year the regiment was
encamped on Lexden Heath, where seven regiments of
cavalry and seven of infantry were assembled, and held in
readiness for foreign service.
1742. In the summer, King George II. sent 16,000
men to Flanders, to support the interests of the House
of Austria against the aggressions of France and Bavaria.
16 Historical Record and Regimental Memoir
The Fusiliers formed part of this force, and were stationed
for some time at Ghent.
1743- Early in this year the regiment commenced its
march for Germany, and, after taking part in several move-
ments in the field, had the honour to distinguish itself
under the eye of its sovereign, at the battle of Dettingen, on
the 2/th of June, when the French troops, under Marshal
Noailles, were driven from the field of battle with great
slaughter, and the loss of a number of standards and
colours.
The Fusiliers had Lieutenant Yonge, one sergeant, and
thirty-five rank and file killed ; Lieutenant Lcvingstone,
one sergeant, two drummers, and fifty-three rank and file
wounded.
An interesting anecdote is told of the ROYAL NORTH
BRITISH FUSILIERS in connection with this engagement.
The French Cuirassiers were bearing down upon the regi-
ment, and would doubtless have worked a deal of mischief,
had Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew, their commanding officer,
not displayed great coolness and courage. Sir Andrew
had not time to form square, but he formed them into a
lane ; and before the Cuirassiers had time to draw up, they
found themselves in the midst of a cross fire, from which
there was no retreat.
After the battle was over, King George rode up to the
colonel, and addressed him as follows, " I saw the
Cuirassiers get in among your men this morning, colonel. "
To which Sir Andrew replied, in a peculiarly dry, pawky
Scottish style, " Ou ay, yer Majestee ; but they didna get
oot again'.'
The following verses were written upon this incident :
THE TWENTY- FIRST ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS
AT DETTINGEN.
Attention ! all ye soldier lads, who love the Twenty-first,
And hear one of its gallant deeds in homely rhyme rehearsed.
On many a hard fought field, my lads, its laurels have been won,
And always true are those who wear the number " Twenty-one."
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 17
It was when, in the olden time, they served in Germanic,
Against the pride and power of France, and all her chivalry ;
Sir Andrew Agnew at their head, they feared no foreign foe,
But sharp and sure the Frenchmen met, and dealt them blow for blow.
The Frenchmen did not care to face old Scotia's Fusiliers ;
So, on the field of Dettingen, they launched their Cuirassiers,
To charge the stubborn phalanx of the sturdy Twenty-first,
And drive for ever from the earth the corps by them accurst.
As, from the Alps, the avalanche comes thundering to the vale,
So charged the Cuirassiers that day, but never could prevail
To shake the stout battalion that stemmed their wild career,
And baffled them, and turned them back with many a ringing cheer.
Three times they charged upon the square, as often they rode back
Disordered, to form up again, and yet again attack ;
And then Sir Andrew grimly smiled, and from his square withdrew
A section of its bristling front, to let the French ride through.
Amazement took the Frenchmen then, and laughter loud they raised :
"Are Scotia's Fusiliers now led by a commander crazed?"
And swiftly once again they charge, and ride straight thro' the gap,
And then Sir Andrew, cannily, enclosed them in the trap.
The section once more fills the gap, and loud Sir Andrew's call :
" Square ! Inwards face ! your bayonets will do when fails your ball !"
And so it happened on that day, the fairest troops of France
Were hemmed in by the Fusiliers, and captured horse and lance.
The battle din was over, and all was hushed and still,
When the General met Sir Andrew, and thanked him with good-will :
" The French got in among your men to-day on yonder plain."
" Quite true, your Grace," said Sir Andrew, " but they didna get oot
again"
The regiment was afterwards encamped near Hanau ;
in August it crossed the Rhine, and was employed in West
Germany ; but in the autumn it returned to Flanders.
1744- During the campaign of 1744, the regiment
served with the army under Field-Marshal Wade. It was
encamped between Asche and Alost, afterwards on the
banks of the Scheldt, and subsequently penetrated the
French territory to the vicinity of Lisle ; but returned to
Ghent for winter quarters.
B
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1745' Quoting its cantonments in April, the regiment
marched with the army commanded by His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cumberland, to the relief of Tournay, which
fortress was besieged by a numerous French army, which
took up a position near the village of Fontenoy. The
enemy had a great superiority of numbers ; but the Duke
of Cumberland, trusting to the innate bravery of his troops,
resolved to hazard a general engagement on the 1 1 th of
May, when the Royal North British Fusiliers had their
valour and endurance put to a severe test ; and they proved
themselves not unworthy successors of the gallant officers
and soldiers who triumphed at Blenheim and Ramillies,
under the great Duke of Marlborough.
Soon after nine o'clock, the British infantry advanced
in the face of a heavy fire of grape and musketry, and, by
a gallant charge, broke through the French lines ; but the
Dutch failed to carry the village of Fontenoy ; and a brigade
under Brigadier-General Ingoldsby did not capture the
battery it was intended to attack. The troops which had
forced the enemy's centre were thus exposed to a severe
cross fire, and were ordered to retire. A second attack was
made. British valour and intrepidity were again trium-
phant ; but the failure of the Dutch a second time produced
disastrous results, and the British regiments which had
carried the enemy's entrenchments and forced the centre
were nearly annihilated by a cross fire. The Duke of
Cumberland afterwards ordered a retreat, and the army
withdrew from the field of battle to Aeth.
The Fusiliers suffered severely on this occasion ; Lieu-
tenants Campbell, Houston, and Sergeant of the regiment
were killed ; Major Colville, Captains Latan, Olivant, and
Knatchbull, Lieutenants Maxwell, Colville, Ballenden,
Macgaken, and Townsend, wounded ; Captain Sandilands,
Lieutenant Stuart, and Quartermaster Stewart, prisoners ;
eleven sergeants, and 259 rank and file killed, wounded,
and prisoners. The severe loss which the regiment had
sustained occasioned it to be placed in garrison at Osteiid.
This place was besieged by a numerous French force, and
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 19
the garrison defended their post some time ; but the works
\vere not in repair, the stores were defective, and the garri-
son not sufficiently numerous. Under these circumstances
the governor surrendered, on condition that the garrison
should join the Allied Army.
While the regiment was in Flanders, Charles Edward,
eldest son of the Pretender, arrived in Scotland, and being
joined by a number of Highland clans, he made a desperate
effort to overturn the existing Government, and establish
his father's authority in the kingdom. The Fusiliers were
-ordered to return to England. They arrived in the river
Thames on the 4th of November, and, after landing,
marched northward. The efficiency of the regiment was
increased by a body of fine recruits enlisted in Scotland.
1746. The regiment arrived at Edinburgh in January,
and advanced with the army commanded by the Duke of
Cumberland towards Stirling, when the young Pretender
raised the siege of Stirling Castle, and made a precipitate
retreat. The pursuit was retarded by severe weather, but
the army continued its advance when the season permitted,
and on the i6th of April encountered the clans on Citlloden
Moor. The regiment was in the front line on this occasion,
and took part in repulsing the attacks of the Highlanders,
and in driving them from the field of battle with great
.slaughter. This" victory proved decisive, and the rebellion
was suppressed. The loss of the regiment was limited to
seven private soldiers killed and wounded. It was en-
camped a short time at Inverness, and afterwards removed
to Glasgow.
1747- From Scotland the regiment was again removed
to the theatre of war in the Netherlands, where it arrived
in time to take part in the operations of the campaign of
1 747 ; and it was engaged at the battle of Val on the 2d of
July. On this occasion the Allied Army was very inferior
in numbers to the enemy, and although the gallantry of the
British infantry was very conspicuous throughout the action,
the Duke of Cumberland was obliged to order a retreat to
Maestricht
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Eight rank and file of the Fusiliers were killed ; one
sergeant and fifteen rank and file were wounded ; and five
men missing.
1748- The regiment was again in the field in the
summer. Hostilities were terminated by the Treaty of
Aix-la-Chapelle, and during the winter the regiment re-
turned to England.
I749~*75*' The regiment during these years was.
stationed in England until the end of 1751, when it em-
barked for Gibraltar. Prior to departure it received the
commendation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cum-
berland, on account of its good conduct in quarters, and for
its uniform gallantry in the field.
In the Royal Warrant, issued on the 1st of July 1751,.
for ensuring uniformity in the clothing, standards, and
colours of the army, the following directions are given for
the TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, OR THE ROYAL NORTH
BRITISH FUSILIERS: " IN THE CENTRE OF THEIR.
COLOURS THE THISTLE WITHIN THE CIRCLE OF ST
ANDREW, AND THE CROWN OVER IT ; AND IN THE.
THREE CORNERS OF THE SECOND COLOUR THE KING'S.
CIPHER AND CROWN. ON THE GRENADIER CAPS THE
THISTLE AS ON THE COLOURS, THE WHITE HORSE, AND-
MOTTO OVER IT, NEC ASPERA TERRENT, ON THE FLAP.
ON THE DRUMS AND BELLS OF ARMS THE THISTLE AND
CROWN TO BE PAINTED AS ON THE COLOURS, WITH THE,
RANK OF THE REGIMENT UNDERNEATH."
1752. Lieutenant-General Campbell was removed to>
the Scots Greys, and Colonel the Earl of Panmure from the
Twenty-fifth regiment, succeeded to the colonelcy of the
Royal North British Fusiliers, by commission dated 2Qth
April.
I753-I760* The regiment remained at Gibraltar until
1760, when it returned to England.
1761. In the meantime another war had commenced
between Great Britain and France, and the ROYAL NORTH
BRITISH FUSILIERS, mustering 800 men, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Maxwell, sailed with
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 21
the expedition, under Major-General Hodgson, for the
attack of the French island in the Bay of Biscay, called
Belle-Isle. The fleet appeared before the island on the 7th
April, but the coast was found like a vast fortress the
little which nature had left undone by rocks and crags,
having been supplied by art. A landing was, however,
effected on the following day. The TWENTY-FIRST was
one of the regiments which leaped on shore, and stormed
the works of Port Andro, under a heavy fire of cannon and
musketry ; the works were found too steep to be ascended,
and although the officers and soldiers made a gallant effort,
one attempting to lift another up, it was found impossible
to succeed, and they were ordered to return on board of the
fleet. The regiment had three sergeants, one drummer,
and eight rank and file killed ; eight rank and file wounded ;
Lieutenants Innis and Ramage, and thirty-five rank and
file prisoners ; many of the officers and soldiers taken
prisoners were severely wounded, and unable to return on
board the fleet when the order was given to retire.
A landing was effected on the 22d of April, at a rugged
spot near Point Lomaria, where the difficult ascent had
occasioned the enemy to be less attentive to that part of
the coast ; and the troops, under Brigadier-General Lam-
bert, having landed, gained the summit of the rock, and
repulsed the attempts of the enemy to dislodge them
capturing three brass field-pieces. The cannon were after-
wards landed from the ships, and dragged up the rocks ;
the lines which covered the town of Palais were captured,
and the siege of the citadel commenced. The ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS took part in the siege of the
Citadel of Belle-Isle, which was prosecuted with so much
vigour, that the governor, the Chevalier de St Croix, was
forced to surrender on the 7th of June. The capture of the
island was thus effected, with the loss of about 1800 men
killed and wounded.
1762-1764. After the surrender of the castle of Belle-
Isle, the regiment returned to England, where it was sta-
tioned ; and in 1 763 and 1 764, it occupied quarters in Scotland.
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1765-1769. On the 6th of May 1765, the regiment
embarked for America, and was quartered five years in
West Florida.
I77Q-I77*' I n J 77 it was removed to Canada, and
was stationed some time at Quebec. In November of the
same year, Lieutenant-General the Earl of Panmure was
removed to the Scots Greys, and was succeeded in the
colonelcy of the Royal North British Fusiliers by Major-
General the Hon. Alexander Mackay, from the Sixty-fifth
regiment.
I772-I774- The regiment returned to England, where
it remained until 1775.
*775' The American War commenced this year, and
during the winter Quebec was besieged by an American
force.
1776. In the spring the regiment embarked for the
relief of Quebec. On the arrival of the British reinforce-
ments, the Americans raised the siege and made a precipi-
tate retreat ; they were pursued up the country and driven
from all the posts which they occupied in that province.
After these services \vere performed the FUSILIERS were
quartered at St John's, where they were stationed during
the winter.
I777~*780. The regiment was employed in active
operations in the spring of 1777, with the armament com-
manded by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne; it embarked in
boats on Lake Champlain, and sailed to Crown Point,,
where the troops halted three days, and afterwards pro-
ceeded against Ticonderago ; but the Americans quitted
the fort without hazarding the events of a siege. The
regiment returned on board the flotilla, and, sailing along
the lake, arrived about three o'clock on the afternoon of
the 6th of July, within three miles of Skenesborough, where
the Americans had a stockaded fort The Ninth, Twentieth v
and TWENTY-FIRST regiments leaped on shore, and ascended
the mountains to get behind the fort and cut off the retreat
of the garrison ; but the Americans fled precipitately, and
escaped with the loss of a few men made prisoners.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 23
On the 8th of July the regiment was detached towards
Fort Anne to support the Ninth, which was attacked by
very superior numbers. The enemy was repulsed, and
retreated towards Fort Edward.
To follow up these advantages proved a difficult under-
taking trees and other obstacles had to be removed,
creeks and marshes to be crossed, forty bridges to be
constructed ; but by great exertion these difficulties were
overcome, and on the 3<Dth of July the army arrived at
the bank of the Hudson River, which was crossed by a
bridge of boats on the I3th and I4th of September; and
on the I9th, the army advanced against the Americans
in position on an island called Still Water, where a
severe action was fought. Lieutenant-General Burgoyne
stated in his public despatch : " About three o'clock the
action began by a very vigorous attack on the British
line, and was continued with great obstinacy until after
sunset ; the enemy being constantly supplied with fresh
troops. The stress lay upon the Twentieth, TWENTY-
FIRST, and Sixty-second regiments, most part of which
were engaged nearly four hours without intermission.
. . . . Just as night closed the enemy gave ground
on all sides, and left us completely masters of the field of
battle."
Several other actions occurred, and the regiment sus-
tained considerable loss in killed and wounded ; among the
former were Lieutenants Currie, Mackenzie, Robertson, and
Turnbull ; and among the latter, Captain Ramsay and
Lieutenant Richardson.
The circumstances under which the troops commanded
by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne eventually became placed,
assumed a desperate character ; their numbers were reduced
to about 3500 men able to bear arms, they were environed
by 16,000 Americans, their retreat cut off, and they were
short of provisions. Under these accumulated difficulties
they agreed to lay down their arms, on condition of being
sent to England, and of not serving again in North America
during the war. These conditions were, however, violated
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by the American Congress, and the troops were detained
some time in the provinces.
1781-1782. The regiment having returned home,
was stationed in Scotland ; and at the termination of
the American War, was placed on a reduced establish-
ment.
1783-1789. In 1783 the Fusiliers proceeded to Ire-
land, where they remained until the spring of 1789, when
they embarked from Cork for Nova Scotia, and landing at
Halifax, were stationed in the British provinces in North
America nearly four years.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Alexander Mackay died
in 1789, and the colonelcy was conferred on General the
Hon. James Murray, from the Thirteenth regiment.
I79~ I 793 While the regiment was in North America,
a revolution took place in France, and republican principles
were extended to the French West India Islands, where
the inhabitants of colour rose in arms against the European
settlers, many of whom sought protection from Great
Britain. Under these circumstances, the Royal North
British Fusiliers were removed to the West Indies in the
spring of 1793. The French Royalists of Martinique sent
pressing applications for assistance, and Major-General
Bruce, commanding the British troops in the West Indies,
was induced to proceed with a small force to their aid.
The regiment was employed on this service. It landed at
Caise de Navire on the I4th of June, the other corps landed
on the 1 6th. About 1 100 British and 800 French Royalists
advanced to attack the town of St Pierre, but the Royalists
were undisciplined ; they got into confusion, fired on one
another, and so completely disconcerted the plan of attack,
that the English General, not having a force sufficiently
numerous for the purpose without them, ordered the British
troops to return on board the fleet.
1794- General Sir Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey
assembled a body of troops at Barbadoes, in January, for
the attack of the French islands, and the flank companies
of the TWENTY-FIRST were employed on this service. A
of tlie Royal Scots Fusiliers. 25
landing was effected on the island of Martinique in the
early part of February, and after some sharp fighting, in
which these companies had several men killed and wounded,
this valuable possession was delivered from the power of
the Republicans.
From Martinique, the Grenadiers, under Prince Edward
(afterwards Duke of Kent), the light infantry, and three
other corps under Major-General Dundas, embarked on the
3<Dth of March for St Lucia, where they arrived on the 1st
of April, and the conquest of that fine island was completed
in three days.
The flank companies of the FUSILIERS were afterwards
employed in the reduction of the island of Guadaloupe. A
determined resistance was made by the enemy; but the
island was captured before the end of April. These com-
panies had several men killed and wounded ; Captain
Macdonald was also wounded.
After the reduction of Guadaloupe, these companies
were removed to Antigua.
The loss of so many valuable colonial possessions was
not regarded with indifference by the Republican Govern-
ment of France, and in June a French armament arrived at
Guadaloupe for the recovery of that island. The negroes
and other men of colour flocked to the standard of Re-
publicanism, they were instantly armed and clad in uniforms,
the doctrines of liberty and equality were disseminated
among this motley crowd, which led to a frightful catalogue
of crime and bloodshed. The flank companies of the
Twenty-first were called from Antigua, to aid in the
defence of Guadaloupe; they arrived on the loth of June
in the " Winchelsea" ship of war, landed on the ipth at Ance
Canot, and were engaged in several arduous services, in
which Lieutenants Harry Foley Price, Samuel Knollis, and
J. S. Colepeper were wounded ; also several private soldiers
killed and wounded ; but the British troops were not
sufficiently numerous to contend with the Republican forces.
Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Grahame, of the TWENTY-
FIRST, was appointed to the command of the troops in
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Basse Terre, and he defended Bevclle Camp until the 6th
of October, when he was forced to surrender, his force
having become reduced to 125 rank and file fit for duty.
Three companies of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSI-
LIERS were engaged in the defence of Fort Matilda, under
Lieutenant-General Prescott,and the garrison made a resolute
resistance, until the place became so much injured by the
enemy's fire that it was not tenable. The fort was evacuated
during the night ot the loth of December. One company
of the Fusiliers occupied the rampart ; the light company,
under Lieutenant Wm. Paterson, was stationed on the right
of the breach ; and the third company, under Captain
Mackay, was posted along the Gallion River. They thus
covered the embarkation of the garrison and stores, and
afterwards retired on board the fleet The three companies
were reduced by casualties to one captain, three lieutenants,
six sergeants, and ninety-two rank and file. Lieutenant-
General Prescott stated in his despatch : " That during the
whole progress of this long and painful siege the officers
and men under my charge have conducted themselves in
such a manner as to deserve my warmest praise, bearing
their hardships with the utmost patience, and performing
their duty with alacrity."
General the Hon. James Murray died in this year, and
Major-General James Hamilton, from the Fifteenth regiment,
succeeded to the colonelcy of the Twenty-first Fusiliers.
*795* I* 1 addition to the casualties in action, the regi-
ment also sustained, during its services in the West Indies
(and in this year particularly), severe losses from yellow
fever.
1796. The Fusiliers, much reduced in numbers, re-
turned to England, landed at Portsmouth, and proceeded
to Scotland.
I 797" I 799- The Royal North British Fusiliers occu-
pied various stations in Scotland, until June 1800, when
it embarked from Portpatrick for Ireland, where its num-
bers were increased to 800 rank and file, by volunteers from
the Scots Fencible regiments, then in that country.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 27
I80O-I80I. In October 1800 the Fusiliers marched
to Enniskillen, where they were quartered nearly two years,
during which time their numbers were increased to IOOO
men by recruits. The good conduct of the regiment during
its stay at this place occasioned it to stand very high in the
estimation of the inhabitants ; and, on its removal, 100
gentlemen and respectable persons sent a memorial to the
Commander-in-Chief, requesting that it might be again
quartered at Enniskillen, and offered to defray the expense
of removal.
1802, On the 1 5th of July the regiment arrived at
Londonderry, where its establishment was reduced, in con-
sequence of the Peace of Amiens having been concluded
with France.
1803. The regiment was removed to Dublin in Feb-
ruary ; its establishment was again augmented in the summer
of this year after the renewal of hostilities with France.
An alarming insurrectionary spirit was manifested at
Dublin in the summer of this year ; and on the evening of
the 23d of July an immense number of persons assembled
with firearms and pikes ; dragged the Lord Chief-Justice,
Viscount Kilwarden, out of his carriage, and murdered him ;
also wounded his nephew, the Rev. Richard Wolfe ; and
committed numerous other acts of outrage and violence.
At this period the regiment was quartered in Cork Street,
Thomas Street, and Coombe Barracks, and it quickly
assembled to suppress the riots. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown
was murdered by the insurgents as he was proceeding from
his quarters to head the regiment. The command de-
volved on Major Robertson, under whose orders the regi-
ment was actively employed in restoring tranquillity, in
which service it had twelve men killed and wounded. The
regiment received the thanks and approbation of the Com-
mander-in-Chief in Ireland, Lieutenant-General the Hon.
H. E. Fox, for its conduct on this occasion ; also, the thanks
of the city of Dublin. Lieutenant Douglas, -who commanded
the light company, and Adjutant Brady, particularly distin-
guished tticmsclves, and were each presented with a piece of
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plate by the city of Dublin, accompanied with the expression
of the gratitude and admiration of the citizens for their
gallant exertions.
On the decease of General Hamilton in this year, he was
succeeded in the colonelcy by General the Hon. William
Gordon, from the Seventy-first regiment.
1804, In July the regiment proceeded to Loughrea.
Napoleon Bonaparte having made preparations for the in-
vasion of England, his menace was met by a general display
of loyalty and patriotism by the British people, who armed
to repel the threatened invasion. Among the precaution-
ary measures adopted at this period, an " Additional Force
Act" received the royal assent in July. The men raised
for limited service under the provisions of this Act, in the
counties of Ayr and Renfrew, were added to the ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, and were formed into a second
battalion, which was embodied at Ayr, and placed on the
establishment of the army on the 25th of December 1804,
and was quartered there till August 1806, when it went to
Ireland. Its ranks were largely composed of Ayrshire men,
and, from its lengthened stay in the county town, the
inhabitants became quite attached to it ; several of its
officers formed matrimonial alliances with some of the lead-
ing families in the district. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson,
Major A. Campbell, and Captain M'Haffie, married respec-
tively daughters of Oswald of Auchincruive, Provost Bowie,
and Rankine of Drumdow. Captain M'Haffie became a
lieutenant-general, and is still represented in Ayr by his
daughter, Mrs William Cowan, Wellington Square.
The news of the battle of Trafalgar reached Ayr during
divine service on a Sunday forenoon, November 14, 1805 ;
and it was the second battalion of the Royal Scots Fusi-
liers, under the command of Colonel Adam, that fired the
feu-de-joie in honour of the event. This was done in the
barrack square, on the regiment's return from church, in
presence of a large number of townspeople collected at the
north bastion of the Fort. It was in the same year that the
second battalion of the Twenty-first Fusiliers, and the Ayr
of tJie Royal Scots Fusiliers.
and Newton Volunteers, to the number of 1300 men, were
reviewed on the Town Green by the General Earl of Moira,
who, on the occasion, was made an honorary freeman of the
burgh.
Ten months after its departure from Ayr, the Royal
North British Fusiliers were inspected by a general officer
at Armagh. This was followed by a dinner, at which the
General was entertained by the officers of the regiment.
When the mess had broken up, an altercation took place
between Major Campbell and Captain Boyd (both no doubt
a little excited with wine) regarding a word of command
which the former had given in the course of that day's in-
spection, and in which he had been corrected by the Gene-
ral. Major Campbell maintained that he was right, and
that the inspecting officer was wrong. Captain Boyd replied
that neither was correct, according to the army regulations.
The dispute reached its height, when the captain pointedly
reiterated that the word of command as quoted by him was
right, and that it was wrong as given by the major. Camp-
bell then left the mess-room, and went to his quarters,
where, without sitting down, he drank a cup of tea with his
wife, and returned to the mess-room just as Boyd was
leaving it. Both went into a side room, where they re-
mained about a quarter of an hour. It appears to have
been at this point that a duel was agreed upon, for imme-
diately after the interview Major Campbell delivered a box
to a brother officer to be kept in safety, should the issue of
the duel prove fatal to him. On parting with Campbell,
Boyd went into the barrack square, and had not been there
many minutes when he received a message to the effect
that a gentleman wished to see him in one of the mess-
rooms. Thither he went, and was shown into the apart-
ment where Campbell was waiting. In a few minutes the
report of a shot was heard, then another, whereupon a waiter
and two officers went in, and found Captain Boyd wounded,
and upbraiding his antagonist for having "hurried" him to
fight without the presence of " friends." Subsequently, in
answer to a question by Campbell, Boyd acknowledged
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having said he was " ready " before the fatal shot was fired,
and at the same time he extended his hand to his unhappy
comrade in token of forgiveness. He died on the following
day, June 24, 1807. The combatants had faced each other
from opposite corners of the room, at a distance of seven
paces, and while receiving his antagonist's bullet in his
belly, Captain Boyd had directed his fire towards Major
Campbell's head, which he narrowly missed. This was seen
on a subsequent examination of the room.
Arriving in Ayr, a few days after this unfortunate affair,
Campbell lived in concealment for several weeks among his
Avife's relatives. A warrant having been issued for his appre-
hension on a charge of murder, he was arrested in a tem-
porary hiding-place in the vicinity of Greenan Castle, and
conveyed to Ireland. His trial, which came off at Armagh
on the 5th of August, ended in a verdict of guilty, and he
was sentenced to be hanged. The verdict proceeded partly
on the general illegality of the practice of duelling, and
partly on the ground of this particular affair having occurred
without the presence of witnesses. The most strenuous
efforts to obtain the remission of his sentence were made
by the major's friends, in which they were joined by the
jury who had convicted him. A temporary respite was
granted by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in the hope that
the royal mercy might be extended to the unfortunate cri-
minal. Mrs Campbell, who was present at the trial, set out
for Dublin immediately on hearing the verdict. Crossing
the Channel in an open boat, she landed at Holyhead, and
reached London within twenty-eight hours. Getting access
to the Queen at Windsor, she presented a memorial, implor-
ing Her Majesty's intercession in favour of her husband,
stating the circumstances of the duel, and detailing his mili-
tary services. Falling on her knees, she in the most pathetic
terms solicited the intercession also of the princesses who
stood beside their royal mother. In a personal interview
with the Prince of Wales, Mrs Campbell enlisted the sym-
pathy of His Royal Highness, who addressed the Prime
Minister on the subject. The King, however, was inexor-
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able, and the temporary respite having expired, the sen-
tence was carried into effect, during Mrs Campbell's absence,
on the 24th of August 1807. The unfortunate man, as well
as his relatives, were importunate in their request that death
should be by shooting, rather than by hanging. But this
could not be conceded. It was a rumour of the time that
poison had been secretly conveyed into prison, in order that
the ignominy of the scaffold might be avoided, but that
Major Campbell had on Christian grounds declined to avail
himself of the means of self-destruction. When all hope of
a pardon had vanished, he showed a dignified resignation
and manly firmness. On making his appearance on the
scaffold the entire guard, as a tribute of respect, took off
their caps, and the major in return saluted them.
His body was brought to Ayr by a small coasting vessel,
and landed at the Ratton Quay on the second day after his
execution. It was received by a "fatigue party," which,
out of sympathy for the fate of a brave but unfortunate
officer, had been sent by the commander of the troops, then
quartered in the barracks. These soldiers in undress con-
veyed the corpse to the Old Churchyard the relatives
being also present, accompanied by the provost, magistrates,
and other leading men of the town.
It was from the lips of one of the few original members
of the second battalion of the Fusiliers, himself an eye-wit-
ness of the event, that we learned the sad fate of another
officer of that corps. Referring to the capture of New
Orleans by the British troops in 1814, our informant said
that on the first night after they landed Captain Conran, of
the Twenty-first, commanded a detachment, and after being
engaged with the enemy there were a number of them
taken prisoners. Among these was an officer of the Ameri-
can army, who delivered his sword and surrendered him-
self prisoner to the captain (Conran) in command, who in-
vited him to come and warm himself at the fire. While in
the act of doing so, the captured American pulled a dagger
from under his coat, and stabbed his generous captor to the
heart.
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1805. On the 30th of April, the first battalion em-
barked from Monkstown for England, landed at Ports-
mouth, and was subsequently encamped at Weymouth,
where several corps were assembled, and was repeatedly
reviewed by the King, and other members of the Royal
Family, who expressed their high approbation of the ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS on every occasion on which the
corps appeared before them. In the autumn the battalion
marched to Lewes.
1806. The first battalion marched to London in
January to attend the funeral of Vice-Admiral Lord Vis-
count Nelson. The interment took place on the 9th of
January, in St Paul's Cathedral. The battalion afterwards
marched to Colchester; and in April embarked from Til-
bury for Sicily, to protect that island against the French,
and landed at Messina on the 26th of July.
On the 1 5th of August the second battalion of the
Fusiliers embarked from Portpatrick for Ireland, where it
was stationed during the following five years.
1807. The Court of the Grand Seignior having become
involved in hostilities with Great Britain, the first battalion
embarked from Sicily on the i/th of May, and joined the
expedition to Egypt, under Major-General Alexander Mac-
kenzie Fraser. The battalion landed at Alexandria, and
marched to the camp at Aboukir. Peace having been con-
cluded with the Turks, the battalion returned to Sicily,
where it arrived in October.
1808. The first battalion occupied quarters in Sicily.
l8O9' In June, Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart,
commanding- in -chief in the Mediterranean, resolved to
menace the capital and kingdom of Naples, as a diversion
in favour of the Austrians, who were contending with
numerous difficulties in their war with France. The flank
companies of the Twenty-first were employed in this
service ; and, after menacing a considerable part of the
coast, which produced much alarm, the romantic and
fruitful island of Ischia y celebrated for the beauty of its
scenery, and situate in the Bay of Naples, about six miles
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 33
from the coast, was attacked. A landing was effected in
the face of a formidable line of batteries, from which the
enemy was speedily driven ; Lieutenant Cameron of the
Twenty-first, who was attached to the British flotilla,
attacked the enemy's gunboats with great gallantry and
captured twenty-four of their number, but was mortally
wounded at the moment of victory. The siege of the
castle was undertaken, and in a few days the garrison was
forced to surrender. The island of Procida surrendered
on being summoned. Two valuable islands were thus
rescued from the power of General Murat, whom the
Emperor Napoleon had nominated King of Naples, in
succession to Joseph Bonaparte, upon whom the Emperor
had conferred the crown of Spain; and 1500 regular troops,
with 100 pieces of ordnance, were captured.
An attempt was, at this period, made to reduce the
castle of Scylla, but the large force which the enemy
possessed in Calabria, rendered this impracticable. The
battalion companies of the regiment were employed in
this service, and had Captain Hunter killed, eight rank and
file wounded.
A detachment of the regiment was sent, at the request
of the inhabitants, to the town of Valmi, for the protection
of the place ; but it was intercepted by the enemy, and
Captains Mackay and Conran, Lieutenants M'Nab and
Mackay, four sergeants, two drummers, and seventy-six
rank and file were made prisoners.
l8lO. In the summer, General Murat assembled up-
wards of 100 heavy gunboats, a number of others more
lightly armed, and about 400 transport-boats, and brought
30,000 troops to the coast of Calabria, for the purpose of
invading Sicily. The ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS
were employed on the coast watching the approach of the
enemy, and were at the alarm-post, under arms, every
morning two hours before daylight for several months.
During a dark night, between the i/th and i8th of
September, 4000 men, under General Cavaignac, made
good their passage, and commenced landing about seven
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miles to the southward of Messina. The alarm being
given, the Twenty-first regiment, commanded by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Adam (afterwards General the Right
Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B., head Colonel of the
Twenty-first Royal North British Fusiliers), hurried to
the spot, accompanied by two field-pieces, which were
attached to the regiment, and prevented several of the
boats from reaching the shore. As the boats were retiring,
a few of them were sunk by the fire of the field-pieces.
The regiment next turned towards that portion of the
enemy which had landed, and had taken post on two
hills. The " flankers " were thrown out, and a -fire of
musketry was kept up until daylight, when the enemy,
being cut off from the boats and surrounded, surrendered
prisoners of war ; delivering up one stand of colours. The
prisoners, amounting to about 1000 officers and soldiers,
were marched to Messina. This repulse, with the destruc-
tion of so many of the enemy's gunboats by the British and
Sicilian flotillas, disconcerted the plans of Murat, and no
further attempts were made against Sicily.
1811. In September the second battalion of the
Fusiliers embarked from Belfast for Scotland ; and in this
year sent a strong detachment of volunteers from the
militia to join the first battalion in Sicily.
1812. Being still quartered in Sicily, in November
the grenadier company of the Fusiliers (first battalion) pro-
ceeded to the eastern coast of Spain, to take part in the
war of Spanish and Portuguese Independence, under the
command of the Duke of Wellington. They arrived at
Alicante on the 2d of December, but circumstances oc-
curred which occasioned their return to Sicily in the spring
of 1813.
l8l3 Two companies (first battalion) proceeded to
the island of Ponsa.
1814* The brilliant success of the British troops in
the Peninsula, and of the armies of the Allied Sovereigns
on the Continent of Europe, was followed by the embarka-
tion of a body of troops for Italy, under Lieutenant-General
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 35
Lord William Bentinck and Major-General H.T.Montressor.
The first battalion embarked for this service in February,
under Major Whitaker (Colonel Paterson commanding a
brigade), and landed at Leghorn on the I3th of March ; on
the 23d it marched to Pisa, and on the 25th to Lucca. In
April the battalion advanced upon Genoa; on the I2th of
that month the enemy were driven from Mount Facia and
yervi, and the British took post at Sturld. On the i/th
of April, at daybreak, the French position in front of Genoa
was attacked ; the enemy were driven from the strong
position they occupied, and afterwards evacuated the town,
which was taken possession of on the iQth of April by the
Twenty -first and other corps. The regiment had Lieu-
tenant Sabine wounded ; one sergeant and fourteen rank
.and file killed and wounded.
Meanwhile the second battalion had been withdrawn
from Scotland to take part in the war on the Continent ;
it embarked from Fort-George, on the 3Oth of December,
landed in Holland on the loth of January 1814, and was
employed in the attack on Bergen-op-Zooin on the night
of the 8th of March. One portion of the battalion
formed part of the third column, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Henry, of the Twenty-first,
who was directed to draw the enemy's attention to an
attack near Steenbergen gate ; the flank companies were
.attached to the fourth column, under Brigadier-General
Gore. Some severe fighting took place, and advantages
were gained in the first instance ; but the attack failed,
and a number of officers and men who had penetrated the
works were forced to surrender prisoners of war. The
battalion had a number of men killed and wounded
on this occasion ; Lieutenant John Butteel died of his
wounds ; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, Captains Durrah and
Donald Mackenzie, Lieutenants the Hon. F. Morris, H.
Pigou, D. Moody, D. Rankin, and Sir William Crosby
were wounded. Hostilities were soon afterwards termi-
nated : Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne cf
France ; and in September the second battalion embarked
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from Ostend for Scotland, and landed at Leith in Nov-
ember.
The war in Europe having terminated, fa& first battalion
of tJie Royal North British Fusiliers was selected to proceed
to America, in consequence of Great Britain having become:
involved in war with the United States ; it embarked from
Genoa on the I2th of May, and arrived at Gibraltar on the
7th of June ; and on the I ith, sailed with the Twenty-ninth
and Sixty-second Regiments for the West Indies, where it
joined the corps under Major-General Robert Ross. The
fleet, with the troops on board, sailed from Bermuda on the
3d of August, and proceeded to the Bay of Cliesapeake,
when the American flotilla fled for refuge up the Patuxent
River. To ensure the capture or destruction of this flotilla^
the troops landed at the village of St Benedict, from whence
they advanced to the delightful village of Upper Marl-
borough, when the Americans destroyed their flotilla to pre-
vent its falling into the hands of the British. The object of
the expedition had thus been accomplished, but the army
had advanced within sixteen miles of Washington^ and the
enemy's force was ascertained to be such as would authorise.-
an attempt to carry the capital. The troops, accordingly,.
advanced on the 23d of August, routed some detachments
on the road, and, encountering the American army under
General Winder at the village of Bladensburg, gained a.
decisive victory over a force more than twice their own,
numbers, and occupying a position deliberately chosen.
The light company of the regiment distinguished itself on
this occasion ; it had two men killed, Captain Robert Rennie,.
Lieutenant James Gracie, and eleven rank and file wounded.
Advancing from the field of battle, the regiment moved
towards Washington, and was the first corps which entered
that city ; it was fired upon by the Americans, and had
sixty-eight men killed and wounded ; but all resistance
was soon overcome : the arsenal, docks, and other public
property were set on fire, and the conflagration of burning:
buildings illuminated the sky during the night, while the
exploding magazines shook the city, and threw down
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 37
houses in their vicinity. Having completed this service,
the British troops marched back to St Benedict, and re-
embarked on board the fleet.
Early on the morning of the I2th of September the
troops landed at North Point, and advanced towards Balti-
more, a division of Americans having fled from an entrenched
position which they were preparing across a neck of land.
Continuing to advance, the troops entered a closely wooded
country, where they encountered a party of Americans ;
and Major-General Robert Ross, mixing among the skir-
mishers, was mortally wounded ; the command of the army
devolved on Colonel Brooke.
Six thousand Americans, with six pieces of artillery,
and a corps of cavalry, were discovered in a position in
Godly Wood. The light brigade extended and drove in
the American skirmishers ; the Forty-fourth, a party of
marines, and a body of seamen from the fleet, formed line
behind the light infantry ; the TWENTY-FIRST, commanded
by Major Whitaker (Colonel Paterson commanding a
brigade), and the second battalion of the marines, formed
column in reserve ; and the Fourth regiment made a flank
movement to turn the enemy's left. The signal was given,
the British troops rushed to the attack, and in fifteen
minutes the American army was driven from the field with
severe loss.
The regiment had Lieutenant Gracie and fifteen rank
and file killed ; Major Robert Kenny, Lieutenant John
Leavock, two sergeants, and seventy-seven rank and file
Avounded.
Colonel Paterson was commended in the public despatch
for the steady manner in which he brought the brigade into
action.
At two o'clock on the following morning the march was
resumed, and in the evening the troops arrived at the foot
of the range of hills in front of Baltimore, where 15,000
Americans occupied a chain of palisaded redoubts, con-
nected by breastworks, and defended by a numerous artil-
lery. Trusting to the innate valour of his little army,
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which did not amount to one-third of the numbers of the
enemy, Colonel Brooke made preparations for storming the
hills after dark ; but, having received intimation from the
fleet that the entrance of the harbour was closed up by
vessels sunk for that purpose, and that a naval co-operation
against the town and camp was impracticable, the enter-
prise was abandoned. The troops retired three miles on
the following day, and then halted to see if the Americans
would venture to descend from the hills ; but, though so
superior in numbers, they had no disposition to quit their
works, and the British returned on board the fleet.
The season for active operations having passed, the
fleet quitted the American coast, and the Twenty-first
proceeded to Jamaica, where they were joined by a strong
detachment (from the second battalion), commanded by
Major Alexander James Ross.
An attempt on New Orleans was afterwards resolved
upon. The fleet again put to sea, and on the loth of
December anchored off the coast of Louisiana, opposite the
CJiandeleur Islands, from whence the troops were removed
in boats to Pine Island, in Lake Borgne, where they were
stationed, exposed to a heavy rain by day and frosts by
night, until the 22d of December, when the division pro-
ceeded in open boats to a desert spot about eight miles
from New Orleans, where the regiments landed, and
marched to a field on the banks of the Mississippi. The
TWENTY-FIRST followed, and arrived in time to take part
in repulsing a night attack by a very superior force of
Americans, when the regiment had Captain William Conran
and two rank and file killed ; one sergeant, two drummers,
and eight rank and file wounded, two men missing.
The army afterwards moved forward, and encountered
many local difficulties. The Americans assembled a
numerous force in extensive fortified lines and batteries,
with armed vessels on the river ; the advance was checked,
and some loss sustained. The FUSILIERS had Lieutenant
John Leavock -wounded ; also several men killed and
wounded.
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l8i5- Arrangements were made for attacking the
enemy's fortified lines at New Orleans on the 8th of
January, and the FUSILIERS were appointed to take part in
this service. Several circumstances occurred to delay the
attack, which was made under numerous disadvantages.
The troops, however, rushed forward with great gallantry,
and a detachment of the Fourth, Twenty-first, and Ninety-
fifth (now the Rifle Brigade), captured a battery ; but they
were exposed to a dreadful fire, which brought them down
by hundreds. Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham was
killed ; Major- General Gibbs and Keane were dangerously
wounded ; and success being found impracticable, the sur-
viving officers and men withdrew from the unequal contest.
Many officers and soldiers who had been foremost in the
attack, and penetrated into the enemy's works, were made
prisoners.
Major J. A. Whitaker, Captain Robert Rennie (Lieut-
Colonel), Lieutenant Donald M'Donald, two sergeants, and
sixty-five rank and file of the Twenty-first were killed ;
Colonel William Paterson, Major Alexander James Ross,
Lieutenants John Waters and Alexander Geddes, six
sergeants, and 144 rank and file wounded ; Lieutenant
James Brady, Ralph Carr, and Peter Quin wounded and
taken prisoners ; Major James M'Haffie, Captain Archibald
Kidd, Lieutenants James Stewart, Alexander Armstrong,
John Leavock, and J. S. M. Fonblanque, eight sergeants,
two drummers, and 217 rank and file prisoners; total loss,
45 1 officers and soldiers.
The capture of New Orleans appearing to be impractic-
able, the troops returned on board the fleet. Fort Bowyer
was afterwards captured, but hostilities were terminated by
a treaty of peace, and the regiment returned to the West
Indies, from whence Major Pringlc sailed for England, on
leave of absence, and the command devolved upon Major
Quin.
After a short stay at Bermuda, the regiment sailed for
England ; it arrived at Portsmouth in May, and afterwards
sailed to Cork, where it landed in June.
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In the spring of this year Bonaparte had returned to
France and gained temporary possession of that kingdom ;
but his numerous veteran legions were overpowered by
British valour at Waterloo on the i8th of June. The
British army had, however, sustained severe loss, and the
first battalion was selected to proceed to the Continent.
It embarked from Monkstown on the 5th of July, landed at
Ostend on the 1 7th, and proceeding up the country under
Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, joined the army commanded
by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, at Paris.
l8l6. Having been appointed to remain on the Con-
tinent, and to form part of the Army of Occupation in
France, the regiment marched to Compiegne, and occupied
several villages in the neighbourhood of that place.
On the 1 3th of January the second battalion ivas dis-
banded at Stirling, transferring the men fit for duty to the
first battalion.
Towards the end of January the regiment was removed
to Valenciennes, and in October was reviewed, with the
Army of Occupation, by Field-Marshal the Duke of
Wellington.
On the death of General the Hon. William Gordon of
Fyvie, Lieutenant-General James Lord Forbes was ap-
pointed Colonel of the regiment, from the Fifty-fourth
Foot, by commission dated the 1st of June.
l8l7 A considerable reduction being made in the
British contingent of the Army of Occupation, the regi-
ment proceeded to Calais, where it embarked for England,
and landed at Harwich on the 2d of April.
1818. In May the regiment marched to Portsmouth.
In June the officers were authorised to wear a long coat of
a pattern approved of by His Royal Highness the Duke of
York.
1819. The regiment embarked at Portsmouth under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel North, C.B., in March,
for the West Indies, when Major-General Lord Howard
Effingham, then commanding the district, in a letter to the
colonel commanding, expressed the high opinion he had of
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 41
the regiment, with reference to discipline, conduct, and
appearance, while serving under his command.
The regiment landed at Barbadoes in April.
1820. In September a detachment of 100 rank and
file proceeded to Tobago, where it remained until January
1821, during which period it lost four officers and thirty-
seven men by an epidemic disease.
I82I-I822. The regiment left Barbadoes in March
1821, when seven companies proceeded to Demerara, under
the command of Major Leahy, and three to Berbice, under
Major Champion.
In August 1821 the regiment sustained a severe loss in
the death of Lieutenant-Colonel John M. North, C.B. ; he
was succeeded in command by Lieutenant-Colonel John
Thomas Leahy.
1823. Insurrectionary movements having been made
by the negroes in the district of Mahaica, Demerara, in
August the Fusiliers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Leahy,
were employed in reducing the revolted slaves to obedience,
in which they succeeded. For their excellent conduct on
this occasion they received the thanks of Lieutenant-
Gencral Sir Henry Ward, K.C.B., commanding the Wind-
ward and Leeward Islands ; of the Court of Policy of the
Colony ; of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the
Commander-in-Chief; and of His Majesty King George
IV.
1824-1825. From Demerara the headquarters were
removed to St Vincent in January 1824, and received the
thanks of Major-General Murray previous to embarking.
At the same time, the Court of Policy voted, as a special
and permanent mark of the high estimation in which the
inhabitants of the colony held the services of Lieutenant-
Colonel Leahy, the officers, and soldiers, " FIVE HUNDRED
GUINEAS TO BE LAID OUT IN THE PURCHASE OF PLATE
FOR THE REGIMENTAL MESS," and " TWO HUNDRED
GUINEAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SWORD FOR LlEU-
TENANT-COLONEL LEAHY;" also, "FIFTY GUINEAS FOR
THK PURCHASE OF A SWORD FOR LIEUTENANT BRADY,"
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who commanded a detachment at Mahaica, and whose cool,
steady, and intrepid conduct, aided by the courage and dis-
cipline of his men, gave a speedy and effectual check to the
progress of the revolt in that quarter.
The gift of 500 guineas was expended in providing a
silver centrepiece, which, after sixty-one years, still adorns
the mess table of the first battalion of the regiment.
1826-1827. In December 1826 and January 1827,
the regiment embarked from St Vincent and Grenada for
England, after a service of eight years in the West Indies,
during which period it had lost by disease fourteen officers
and 400 men. Previous to quitting those islands, it received
an expression of approbation and thanks from Admiral Sir
Charles Brisbane, G.C.B., governor of St Vincent ; from the
Council of that island, and from the Commander of the
Forces in the Windward and Leeward Islands. It landed
at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, in January, February, and
March 1827, and was removed to Windsor, where it had
the honour of doing duty at that place during His Majesty's
residence.
1828. From Windsor the regiment was removed in
the spring to Winchester, and afterwards to Portsmouth ; it
was subsequently stationed at Bath, and in October em-
barked from Bristol for Ireland ; it landed at Waterford,
from whence it proceeded to Fermoy.
1829-1830. The regiment was removed in June 1829
to Mullingar, and in May 1830 the headquarters proceeded
to Kilkenny, with detachments at Carlow, Athy, Mary-
borough, and Wexford.
1831. In September the regiment marched for Dublin,
where it embarked for England in October, and landing
at Liverpool, proceeded to Weedon.
1832. It was removed to Chatham.
1833. During the years 1832 and 1833, the regiment
embarked by detachments in charge of convicts for New
South Wales, Australia, and Van Dieman's Land (now the
island of Tasmania), the last detachment arriving at Hobart
Town on the 2d of December 1833.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 43
1834-1838. During the years from 1834 to 1838, the
Fusiliers were employed throughout the island of Tas-
mania, and at Perth, Port Phillip, Swan River, and Western
Australia, on detachment duty in charge of various convict
stations, and parties on public works ; only two companies,
with band and staff, remaining at headquarters. The
duties were incessant, hard, and very trying, but, on all
occasions, performed in such a manner as t^ meet the
approbation of the Government.
1839-1841. The headquarters embarked from Hobart
Town in February 1839, arriving at Calcutta in May, and
proceeded to CMnsuraA, where it remained until May 1840.
In August, headquarters and five companies proceeded by
boats up the river Ganges to Dinapore, under the command
of Major Picton Beete, followed shortly afterwards by the
remaining four companies, under the command of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel George Deare, who had joined from leave
of absence.
On the concentration of the regiment at Dinapore,
Colonel Deare assumed command, and for the first time
for eight years the whole corps met together, much to the
delight of those who had been so long separated.
The regiment remained at Dinapore until November
1842. During its stay at this place it suffered severely
from cholera.
1842. Early in November, the regiment marched for
Agra ; on arrival at Buxar, its destination was changed for
Kamptee, in the Madras Presidency, where it arrived on the
6th February 1843.
1843-^844* The regiment was stationed at Kamptee.
1845-1846. Disturbances having occurred in Pun-
janb, and a large army of Sikhs having assembled to attack
the British, the Fusiliers, after a station of nearly three
years at Kamptee, were ordered to proceed with all speed
to the North- West Provinces, to strengthen the British force.
They commenced their long and trying march on the
6th of December, with sanguine hopes of arriving in time
to take part in the active operations of the field.
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On arrival at Agra on the 7th February 1846, after
having marched tJie previous thirty-four days without the
interval of a halt, to the great disappointment of all
ranks, the regiment was ordered to occupy barracks at that
station.
This step, it appears, was found necessary on account
of the Rajah of Gwalior having shown some symptoms of
disaffectiontowards the British Government It was, there-
fore, considered unadvisable to remove it further from
Gwalior, being the only European regiment in the North-
West Provinces not actually in the field.
At this particular time no regiment could have been in
a more efficient state a body of some eleven hundred men,
thoroughly acclimatised, of splendid physique, in robust
health, and inured to hard work by camp life, with long
and constant marches they were fit to go anywhere, and do
anything. Some idea may be formed of the regiment's
fitness to take the field from the circumstance that only
fourteen men were in hospital, most of whom would in case
of emergency have been able to bear arms.
1847* Leaving Agra on the I5th of January, the
regiment arrived at Cawnpore on the 1st of February.
Orders having been received for return to England,
and, as usual with all corps leaving India, its ranks were
opened for volunteering to other regiments. With the
temptation of a liberal bounty, 396 of its best men were
induced to accept the offer ; and on the 1st of November
the Fusiliers commenced their homeward march of 622
miles to Calcutta, completing the journey on the 3Oth of
December.
On arrival at Calcutta, the offer for volunteering was
renewed, and a further number of eighty-six accepted it,
making a total loss to the regiment of 482 non-commissioned
officers and men a body second to none, men of t/ie finest
physique, first-class characters, good soldiers, and thoroughly
disciplined .
While the regiment lay encamped on the glacis of Fort-
William, awaiting embarkation, it was called upon to take
UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS IN 1847.
of tJie Royal Scots Fusiliers. 45
part in the reception ceremonial of the Earl of Dalhousie,
the newly appointed Governor-General of India.
1848-1849* 1 January 1848, the embarkation of the
regiment commenced ; headquarters, with three companies,
proceeding on the 28th by the ship " Monarch," which,
under the temporary command of the second lieutenant-
colonel, J. T. Hill, arrived at Gravesend on the nth May ;
the remainder of the corps, in three detachments, followed
in due course by other ships the last, the ' Tudor," arriv-
ing on the 3d of June.
It proceeded to Canterbury as its first home station,
after having been absent on foreign service for sixteen
years.
Lieutenant-Colonel Deare having proceeded home by
private ship, now joined and resumed command.
Consequent upon the large number lost by volunteering
to remain in India, recruits had been raised to fill the
vacancy to the number of 470, who were awaiting the
arrival of the regiment at Canterbury.
In July sudden orders were received for the removal of
the Royal North British Fusiliers to Edinburgh, to which
place they proceeded by railway, and were quartered in
Edinburgh Castle, furnishing detachments for Berwick-on-
Tweed, Greenlaw Military Prison (now called Glencorse),
and Leith Fort.
Shortly after its arrival the regiment sustained a severe
loss by the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel George Deare,
who had commanded it for the previous ten years.
Any historical record of the Twenty-first Royal Scots
Fusiliers would be very incomplete in which there was no
mention of Colonel George Deare, or no reference to his
work in the regiment.
This officer obtained his first commission into the
Fusiliers, and he remained in it until his retirement from the
army in 1848. He was its colonel and commanding-officer
during the last ten years of his service.
When he succeeded to the command in 1840, after his
return from leave in England, he found the state of the
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regiment, in regard to drill and general discipline, very
unsatisfactory. The cause of this was, that for the previous
eight years the greater part of the regiment was broken up
into small detachments, and scattered far and wide over
Tasmania and Australia ; several large drafts of recruits
joined soon after the landing of the regiment in India ; the
men of these drafts had no knowledge whatever of battalion
drill, nor had they yet acquired the spirit and tone of soldiers.
This was the material that Colonel Deare had to begin
his work of reorganisation upon. He set about his labour
almost single-handed ; the only one who could render him
such aid as he thought worth accepting was Captain, after-
wards Colonel, Ainslie, who was mortally wounded at the
battle of Inkerman.
He began at the beginning first squad, and then com-
pany drill. He was a perfect master of drill, even to its
most minute details ; he went from squad to squad, or
from company to company, directing, correcting, and in-
structing officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. By
the end of the drill season of 1840 the regiment was fairly
well drilled, and by the end of the succeeding season
it could not be surpassed, perhaps not equalled, by any
regiment in the service.
If he did not entirely originate, he resuscitated, de-
veloped, and matured an admirable Regimental System
which succeeding commanding-officers have been careful to
maintain.
He was the beau ideal of a " commanding-officer ; "
about six feet in height, well proportioned, and of such a
dignified and soldierly bearing as to inspire respect. His
word of command was surprisingly loud, clear, and " ring-
ing ;" he had an eye like an eagle, that could detect any
unsteadiness or inattention in the ranks, front or rear, from
No. I to No. 10 company ; and, as he knew the name of
almost every man in the regiment, the offenders were at
once indicated by name. It ought also to be mentioned
that he was an excellent horseman, and was always well
mounted.
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As an " orderly-room colonel" he was unequalled ; pos-
sessed of clear perception, and an unerring judgment, he
was quick to discern the false from the true in any matter
brought before him ; and no judge that ever sat on the
bench was more free from bias or prejudice in his decisions.
He was what is called a " light punisher" of the crimes that
soldiers are ordinarily-guilty of, but anything mean, unmanly,
or unsoldier-like, was visited by him with scathing reproof
and well-merited punishment.
The men were proud of " George " (their pet name for
him\ and they kneu> that he was proud of them ; they
believed that their own regiment was the best in the army,
and they were not mistaken.
It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that such an esprit-
de-corps raised and maintained the character of the ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS to such a height, that even the
ruinous sJiort-set-cice system has not been able wholly to
destroy.
1850. After having been stationed nearly two years
in Edinburgh, the regiment received orders to move to
Glasgow.
During the regiment's unusually long stay in the
capital of Scotland, it maintained the highest character for
its conduct, discipline, and esprit-de-corps ; securing for all
ranks, the greatest respect and kindness from the various
social grades of the civil community, and cementing more
strongly the connection of the corps with the land of its
creation, by introducing into its ranks a goodly number of
Scotch recruits.
Colonel Deare's retirement gave the command to Major
Peddie, an officer of long regimental connection, members of
Jiis family Jiaving served successively in tJie Royal North
British Fusiliers from its first formation.
Colonel Peddie, shortly after his promotion, exchanged
with Colonel T. G. Brown from the Forty-first regiment.
On the 5th of April the regiment proceeded to Glasgow,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T. G. Brown ;
two companies, under Major F. G. Ainslie, were detached
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to Paisley, and one subaltern, one sergeant, and twenty
rank and file to Dumbarton Castle.
1851. The regiment remained in Glasgow until April,
when it received orders to move ; the headquarters to
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, two companies to Carlisle, two to
Sunderland, and two to Tynemouth Castle.
While the regiment was in Glasgow, an officer, Lieu-
tenant Clemison, was accidentally killed by a fall from his
horse.
Before leaving for England, the Major-General command-
ing the troops in North Britain, conveyed to the regiment an
expression of his approbation on account of its high state
of efficiency and general good conduct whilst in Scotland.
1852. The regiment moved in February, the head-
quarters to Hull, one company to Scarborough, three to
Bradford, and three to Leeds.
On the ist of March the establishment was augmented
to 850 rank and file.
On the 2d of April a detachment proceeded from Leeds
to Barnsley.
l853' On the 5th of January a company proceeded
from Leeds to Sheffield, to occupy new quarters.
By the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel Thorpe, the
command of the regiment devolved upon Major Ainslie,
who succeeded to the vacant lieutenant-colonelcy.
During the station of the regiment at Hull, an experi-
mental issue of 100 rifles was made; the pattern was that
known as the Minie, carrying a conical bullet.
Colonel Ainslie, to encourage espr it-de-corps, instituted
a system of granting distinctive badges of various descrip-
tions to be worn by the best shots in the regiment. These,
for the ten best shots in each company, consisted of cross
muskets, worn on the upper right sleeve of the fatigue
jacket ; the best shot in each company had his surmounted
by a grenade, and the best shot in the regiment had the
grenade surmounted by a crown. No money prize accom-
panied these badges, the honour of wearing them luas
considered sufficient.
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It will thus be seen that the " Schools of Musketry" sub-
seqnently established were anticipated by the "Fusiliers"
1853* I" June the regiment moved to Dublin, via
Liverpool ; headquarters to Ship Street Barracks, four com-
panies to Aldborough House, and two to Beggars' Bush
Barracks.
An Industrial Exhibition having been opened at
Dublin, Her Majesty and the Prince Consort visited that
city in August. On this occasion she reviewed the whole
of the troops in garrison.
In October the regiment was inspected by Major-
General Cochrane, commanding the Dublin District, and
received much praise from him for its steadiness, good con-
duct, and smartness.
The head colonel of the regiment, General the Right
Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., died on the
24th of August, and was succeeded by Major-General Sir
De Lacey Evans, K.C.B.
1854* By Horse Guards letter, dated /th January,
Her Majesty was pleased to authorise the word "Bladens-
,burg" to be borne on the colours and appointments of the
ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. In March orders
were received to hold the regiment in readiness for such
.active service as might be required.
On the loth of May orders were given for an aug-
mentation to twelve companies, with a total strength of
1400 non-commissioned officers and men.
In June positive orders were issued to prepare for
immediate embarkation for Turkey.
On the 3d of August the regiment proceeded to Cork
for embarkation for the seat of war in Turkey, leaving its
depot, consisting of four companies, at Buttevant.
On its departure from Dublin, in addition to receiving
.expressions of high approval as to conduct, appearance, and
discipline, from the military authorities, the press of that
city was unanimous in its comments upon its uniform
good conduct during its stay, and its splendid appearance.
On arrival at Cork, it was inspected by Major-General
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Mansfield, commanding that district (an officer not easily
pleased).
He inspected most minutely Nos. I and 2 and the front
rank of No. 3 Companies, when he ceased, exclaiming
aloud, " TJiat will do, Colonel Ainslie, close your ranks, and
march past ; I never inspected sucli a regiment !! "
With regard to the Fusiliers on this occasion, the Cork
Times' correspondent writes, " The equal of the Fusiliers-
never paraded in Cork barrack square ', not even excepting the
Guards !! "
On the 1 5th of August the regiment embarked on
board the " Golden Fleece," sailed for the Black Sea,,
joined the army in Varna Bay on the 4th of September,,
and formed part of the Fourth Division, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart.
The Allied Army sailed on the following morning, and
reached Old Fort on the I4th of September.
The regiment bivouacked on the seashore, where it
landed. A night of heavy rain followed, and being without
any shelter, both the clothes worn by the men and the
change carried in their folded greatcoats were thoroughly
drenched, an ominous introduction to the subsequent
hardships of the campaign.
During the few days of its stay here, cholera broke out,,
and many sick had to be re-embarked.
On the 1 9th of September the army commenced its.
march in the direction of Sevastopol. During the advance
this day the regiment suffered severely from heat, want of
water, and sickness ; many men fell out of the ranks in conse-
quence. The army bivouacked on the banks of the Bulganac^
At daylight, on the morning of the 2Oth of September,,
the division of which the Fusiliers formed a part was again
under arms, advanced in support, and at noon came in
full view of the Russian army strongly posted on the
Heights of Alma.
The action commenced about two o'clock, and was
fought in about two hours and a half. The regiment
bivouacked on the heights for the night. The two follow-
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 51
ing days (2ist and 22d) were occupied in removing the
wounded, and burying the dead.
On the morning of the 23d, the regiment resumed its
march in the direction of the river KatcJika, on the banks
of which it arrived about three P.M., and bivouacked for the
night. On the 24th, the march was continued towards the
Belbec River, on the banks of which a halt for the night
was made.
On the 25th the Fourth Division and the 4th Light
Dragoons remained on the Belbec to protect the com-
munication with the Katchka, and to allow the sick being
sent to that place for embarkation on board the fleet.
The remainder of the Allied Army, in the meantime,
moved forward. On the 26th, the march was resumed in
the direction of "^lackenzies Farm" passing through a
very thick wood ; the farm was reached about three o'clock,
and after descending to the banks of the " Tchernaya"
the troops bivouacked for the night.
The following day (the 2/th) the regiment marched to
the heights above Sebastopol, its permanent camping-ground
during the whole siege.
On the morning of the 25th of October a staff officer
galloped suddenly into camp, and conveyed an order to
the commanding-officer directing the regiment to proceed
with all despatch to the plain of Balaklava, to act in con-
junction with the other regiments of the Fourth Division,
to repel an attempted attack by the Russians upon that
place. No time was lost, each regiment proceeded as
quickly as possible ; the distance was about six miles ;
and nearly the whole of it was performed at the "double"
The regiment remained in the field the whole of the day,
but the battle was one of cavalry and artillery, the only
infantry engaged being the NINETY-THIRD SUTHERLAND
HIGHLANDERS.
The Fourth Division returned to its camp in the evening.
On the 5th of November the ever memorable battle of
Inkerman was fought " The Soldiers' Battle" as it has
been termed, where a Russian army, numbering as ten to
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one compared with the British, was completely defeated
with great loss.
To give full details of the engagement and movements
would in an historical record occupy too much space ;
suffice it to say, the FUSILIERS on this occasion greatly
distinguished themselves.
The right wing was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
F. G. Ainslie, until mortally wounded, when Lieutenant-
Colonel F. P. Haines succeeded ; the left wing was under
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord West.
The gallantry displayed by every man of the regiment
was beyond all praise. Kinglake, in his description of the
battle of Inkerman, speaks of them as "those superb
Fusiliers " and " most magnificent troops" During the
action, when broken up into small parties, they held the
most forward and important positions, and mere hands-
ful of them charged and repulsed large battalions of
Russians.
The regiment suffered severely in this action. Of 402
men who went into the field, seven officers, six sergeants,
and 1 14 men were killed or wounded ; Lieutenant E.
Hurt, killed ; Colonel Ainslie, mortally wounded ; Captain
G. N. Boldero, Lieutenants Stephens and Killeen, severely;
Lieutenant King, dangerously; and Lieutenant Temple-
man, slightly.
Many incidents might be recorded of individual gal-
lantry, as, for instance, that of Private Patrick M'Guire,
who, being considerably in advance of his comrades after
making a charge, and finding himself isolated, took shelter
behind a rock, where he was shortly attacked by three
Russians, who attempted to take him prisoner. After a
desperate struggle, M'Guire succeeded in shooting one,
bayonetting another, and brought in the third as his pri-
soner. For this spirited action, he was awarded the medal
for gallant conduct in the field. Another noteworthy inci-
dent. Lieutenant Hurt, who fell in advance, and was
supposed for a time to be dead, was observed by
Colonel Haines to be still alive. He called the attention
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of Colour-Sergeants Rutherford and Higdon, who were then
firing from under cover, to the fact, and asked them to
move out and bring in the wounded officer. A most
withering fire of grape-shot rained over this part of the
field at the time, yet these brave sergeants, regardless of all
danger to themselves, at once ran out and lifted their
wounded officer, but their effort was of no avail, as he was
struck by another shot and killed in their arms.
It may not be out of place to record here a few words
regarding Lieutenant Roger Killeen, who was promoted to
a commission after a lengthened service in the ranks. In
all positions, he was respected as a man of high aspirations,
an indefatigable and conscientious soldier, and with a soul
of honour. Although severely wounded while carrying the
regimental colour, he, from devotion to his regiment, and a
feeling of determination, declined to leave the field, and
still held on until the action was over. He continued to
do his duty throughout the siege, and never gave way, but,
by his example, encouraged his men to perform their duties
with stubborn pertinacity. Noble old man ! He retired
with the rank of major, and is since dead.
The regiment sustained a severe loss by the death of
Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie (the last but one of the old
Fusiliers). Although a strict commanding-officer, he was
a brave man, ever exhibiting the greatest anxiety to main-
tain the character of his regiment ; his untimely death was
much felt, more especially when the services of men of his
stamp were so much needed.
The command now devolved upon Major John Ramsay
Stuart, the only survivor of the old Fusiliers, he having
always served in the Twenty-first.
On the morning of the battle of Inkerman a great
number of the non-commissioned officers and men had
only been relieved from duty in the trenches, where they
had been for the previous twenty-four hours ; they were
just in time to take part in the action.
The total strength of the enemy in the field, actually
engaged, was 71,841, with 271 guns ; while the British force
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only numbered 7464, afterwards reinforced at the end of
the action by 8219 French.
The operations being all over, the regiment returned to
camp at five P.M.
The following tribute to the character of Lieutenant-
Colonel Lord West, appears in Kinglake's Invasion of the
Crimea, and holding as he did, a distinguished position on
this occasion, the extract will, no doubt, be found interest-
ing : " Lord West (the late Earl De la Warre) commanded
a wing of the Twenty-first Fusiliers, the regiment to which
Colonel Haines belonged. In anticipation of a probable
conflict on Mount Inkerman, these two gifted officers had
the forethought to go over the field some days before, and
it may be inferred that the important part they both took
in the action was in some measure owing to a knowledge
of the ground thus wisely acquired beforehand. Although
communicating to me full information on other objects, the
late Earl abstained from volunteering any statements of the
part he had taken in bringing the Inkerman Battle to its
final crisis, and I am assured this abnegation of self, con-
joined with fearless assumption of power already recorded,
was thoroughly characteristic of his exalted nature. ' A
splendid soldier,' writes one brother officer of him, * no
truer gentleman, no more honest or braver man ever lived.' "
i fth November 1854.. On this day the army suffered
from an enemy of another kind, a storm, the equal of
which has rarely been experienced. The tents almost all
were blown down, all had to take shelter from the pelting
storm of wind, rain, and sleet, behind low stone ditches, so
low, as only to give shelter to men in a crouching position.
Fortunately, the wounded of Inkerman had been sent to
Scutari five days previously. This day began the winter's
miseries and sufferings of the Crimean Army, so much
spoken of, and ever to be remembered by those who ex-
perienced them.
After this, hardship and troubles every day increased ;
clothing began to wear out without any prospect of renewal ;
rations became scarce, in consequence of the difficulty ex-
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perienced in bringing them from Balaklava. The roads
between it and the camp, a distance of seven miles, had
become so heavy and bad as to be nearly impassable ; it
was not unusual for the mules bringing up the provisions
to sink in the mud, taxing the combined strength of the
drivers to extricate them. At last, even the mules failed,
a sufficient number could not be had to perform this duty,
and in the absence of them, the regiment had to detail
fatigue parties to take their place.
In many cases, after spending a miserable night in the
trenches, up to their knees in sludge or half frozen to
death, these men had to go to Balaklava for food, which
frequently consisted of a scanty ration of biscuit and rum.
With scarceness of food, clothing, and fuel, sickness
soon did its fatal work amongst the regiment. The ration
of salt meat had to be used in its raw state, the allowance
of green coffee had now become useless, there being no
means to roast or grind it, consequently it was left on the
ground unused after being issued to the men.
Some idea may be formed of the intensity of the cold,
from the fact that the men's moustaches during the night
became solid lumps of ice, and their whiskers froze to
their threadbare blankets.
Although the privations suffered by the regiment were
very great, they were not so great as that of some other
corps ; and this was mainly, or entirely, owing to the inde-
fatigable exertions made by the Regimental Quartermaster's
Department.
From early in October 1854 up to the end of the siege,
the regiment was busily occupied, either as working parties
constructing batteries and approaches, or guarding the
same ; when not so employed it furnished fatigue parties
for bringing rations from Balaklava, or carrying shot and
shell to the trenches. So continuous and excessive was the
labour, that the men in an average were eleven out of four-
teen nights in the trenches, either as working or covering
parties. The misery and monotony of trench duty was
sometimes enlivened by sorties by the Russians.
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On the 22d of March 1855, when the regiment furnished
working and covering parties, a sortie was made in force
all along the line, and after some severe righting the enemy
were driven back at every point, leaving many dead and
wounded ; the loss of the regiment amounted to four killed
and seven wounded.
On the 4th of April 1855, when under a heavy cannon-
ade, a shell fell into the trench ; Private William Watt, No.
5 Company, with great presence of mind, took it up and
threw it over the parapet, when it exploded. The act was
performed in the coolest manner, and did not seem to the
actor as anything worth talking about.
On the night of the /th June 1855, strong parties from
the British and French advanced to the attack on the
Mamelon and Quarries ; the Twenty-first Fusiliers furnished
a strong party under Lieutenants J. G. Image and S. H.
Clarke. The attack continued the whole night without
intermission, resulting in the capture of the quarries, with
a loss to the regiment of one killed and two wounded.
After the capture of the quarries it was decided by a
council of war, that the works should be stormed and the
town taken, the iSth of June being fixed for the attack.
On the evening of the i/th of June, the Fusiliers paraded
on Cathcart's Hill to be " told off" for their different duties
on the morrow ; one hundred men were detailed to carry
woolsacks to fill up the trench in front of the great Russian
Redan, an equal force was allotted for carrying and planting
escalading ladders, the remainder of the regiment formed a
storming party. The men were then dismissed to take what
rest they could, having been ordered to parade again at
midnight.
Exactly at twelve o'clock P.M., the parade was again
formed, each man furnished with one hundred rounds of
ammunition. All were in readiness to march off, when Lord
West, the commanding-officer, addressed his men as follows :
" Fusiliers, you will have hard work to perform, but I
have every confidence in you. I know that you will retain
the honour which you gained on the field of Inkerman, and
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whoever he may be who is spared to come out of this night's
work, if we meet in after-years, will not be lost sight of by
me. In conclusion, have your hearts in your hands ready
to dash them over the parapet and follow them." Each
party then marched off to take the position in the advanced
trench, to await the signal for attack, which was given just
as day was breaking ; the woolsack and ladder parties
cleared the parapet at a bound, never stopping until they
reached the Russian trench ; this was accomplished under
a deadly fire from the enemy's guns, which had opened all
along the Russian line at a given signal.
Close behind came the storming parties led by General
Sir John Campbell, up to the mouths of the enemy's guns,
only to be shot dead beneath them. At this point, through
some mismanagement, the reinforcements did not come up,
consequently the attack failed ; after holding their ground
in the enemy's trench for upwards of half-an-hour, the
parties had to retire under a most terrific fire of grape and
canister. The regiment suffered very severely on this
occasion.
On the night of the I5th August 1855, a sortie in force
upon the advanced trenches was frustrated by the vigilant
alertness of a party of the regiment under the command
of Lieutenant R. C. Winsloe ; the object of the intended
sortie, doubtless, was to prevent assistance being rendered
to the French and Sardinians on the Tchernaya, on whom
an attack had been made.
On the death of Lord Raglan, General Simpson, who
succeeded to the command, ordered another attack to be
made on the Russian position on the 8th September 1855.
The Fusiliers, on this occasion, were in reserve. The attack
was made simultaneously at twelve neon ; the French
attacking the Malakoff, and the British the Great Redan,
the former driving out the Russians, who retired into the
Redan, and strengthened the place still further against the
British attack.
The fight continued till late in the afternoon, when the
British troops were ordered to retire, the Fourth Division
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and Highland Brigade being directed to take up position
in the British advanced trenches, ready to renew the attack
on the following morning ; but, as the Russians had eva-
cuated the Redan during the night, the services of these
troops were not required.
With the fall of the Malakoff and Redan, and the retire-
ment of the Russians across the harbour to the north side,
Sebastopol was captured, and its siege concluded.
On the /th of October 1855, the Fusiliers and four other
regiments of the Fourth Division, under the command of
Brigadier the Hon. A. Spencer, and an equal force of the
French army, were embarked on board the Allied Fleet in
Kamiesh Bay, under sealed orders ; the Fusiliers, on board
H.M.S. " Hannibal," flagshipof Admiral Sir Houston Stewart,
K.C.B., and commanded by the Right Hon. Captain C. D.
Hay, C.B.
The expedition sailed the same night, and two days
later arrived in front of Odessa^ taking up a position before
the arsenal.
This was only a feint, and intended to draw off the
troops from Kinburn, the intended point of attack. The
feint succeeded. On the morning of the I4th the Allied
Fleets steamed off from Odessa towards Kinburn, which
was reached on the I5th. The troops were immediately
landed upon a desolate, sandy spit, and encamped in line
in front of the fortifications. The fleets opened fire, and
after a bombardment of about two hours, the whole of the
works surrendered ; 1420 prisoners were taken, and eighty-
one pieces of heavy cannon ; forty-five killed and 130
wounded Russians were also found in the forts. With the
bombardment of Kinburn the war terminated.
On the 1 2th of November, the regiment returned to its
camp before Sebastopol, where it remained until after the
declaration of peace.
The Fusiliers, during their stay of one year and eight
months in the Crimea, lost by killed, wounded, sickness, and
missing, 623 of all ranks.
The regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 59
J. R. Stuart, embarked at Balaklava for Malta, where it
arrived on the 2d June, and occupied quarters in that island
until the i/th March 1860.
i860. On the i/th of March the regiment embarked
on board the troop-ship "Himalaya" for conveyance to the
West Indies. It arrived at the island of Barbadoes, and
disembarked on the 6th of April, relieving the Forty-ninth
regiment, Two companies, under the command of Major
H. Gray, were detached to Demerara. The detachment at
Demerara had not been long there when a terrible fire
broke out, destroying about one-fourth of George Town.
The services of the Fusiliers on this occasion were of great
value in saving life and property, for which they received
the thanks of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, also
those of the Governor and General in command of the
Windward and Leeward Islands.
In June 1860, Demerara was visited by yellow fever.
The detachment of the regiment was removed into camp at
Belfield, where it remained until 1861.
l862. In September headquarters at Barbadoes was
also visited by yelloiv fever, and in a day or two it com-
mitted sad havoc. But for the decided measures caused to
be taken by Surgeon A. J. Greer, who insisted upon having
the regiment moved into camp, the loss by deaths would
probably have been very great.
To carry the removal into effect was no easy matter, owing
to the Commissariat being entirely deficient of the means
of transport. This department divested itself of all labour
and responsibility by transferring its duty to the regiment.
This duty had, of course, to be carried out by the
Quartermaster, Mr Grahame (now Major Grahame), who
himself was slowly recovering from an attack of the fever.
This officer received from the Commissariat full authority
to employ for this purpose all the available transport in the
island.
The labour of collecting this transport devolved upon
the Quartermaster himself. In two hours after receiving
this authority, the removal began, and in less than two days
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the whole regiment, with tents, beds, bedding, camp equi-
page, regimental and personal baggage, had been removed
to Gun Hill, a distance of seven miles.
After the removal of the regiment, no further case of
fever occurred. Thus that it escaped this dreadful scourge
is entirely owing to the promptitude and decision of Sur-
geon A. J. Greer, and the energy of Quartermaster George
Grahame.
To show the virulence of the disease, and the great
necessity there was for the removal, it may be stated that
the officers of the West India regiment, thinking the Fusi-
lier officers' quarters were more healthy, removed into
them, and in the two following days six of them fell victims
to the awful epidemic.
The men, while in camp, were not allowed to remain
in their tents in a state of idleness ; and to usefully
employ them, Colonel Stuart obtained permission to con-
struct a winding road up the face of the hill leading to the
camp, wide enough for two carts to pass each other, thereby
saving a lengthened journey around the hill. This road,
when completed, was appropriately named Fusilier Road.
On nth October No. 7 Company, under the command
of Captain Bruce, proceeded to the island of St Vincent to
repress an insurrection of the native population, and re-
turned to headquarters on the 3d May 1863. For this
duty it received the thanks of the Governor and General in
command of the Windward and Leeward Islands.
1863. Another very destructive fire occurred at George
Town, Demerara, and the detachment of the Fusiliers was
called upon to render assistance. By the advice of the
officer in command, and with the approval of the local
authorities, it was considered necessary to blow up a certain
building in order to arrest the progress of the flames.
Lieutenant Hutton, a promising young officer of the regi-
ment, volunteered to perform the hazardous duty, and, in
carrying it out, lost his life by the explosion.
1864* The regiment embarked for England on the
5th of August, on board H.M.S. " Tamar," having been
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relieved by the second battalion Third regiment, " The
Buffs."
Prior to embarkation, his Excellency Sir James Walker,
Governor of the Windward and Leeward Islands, and
Major-General Brooke, commanding the troops, both con-
veyed to the regiment expressions of their high sense of
the discipline and conduct of the Fusiliers during the four
years of their stay in the command.
The regiment disembarked at Portsmouth on the i$th
of August, and occupied quarters in Anglesea barracks.
A few days after its landing, it was inspected by Major-
General Lord William Paulet, commanding the district,
who expressed himself highly pleased with its appear-
ance ; and added, " Your good name has preceded you,
and you are more like a regiment that has been on home
service for ten years, than one just returned from foreign
service."
The following month it was again inspected by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief, in the barrack square ; and, on the
same afternoon, as a portion of the Portsmouth division, at
a general parade. On both of these occasions his Royal
Highness spoke of the regiment in the highest terms of
praise.
1865. On the loth of April, the regiment removed
from Portsmouth to North Camp, Aldershot. During its
short stay of eight months at this station, it maintained its
usual high character for discipline and appearance ; so
much so, that, an emergency having occurred for the ser-
vices of a regiment at Glasgow, to relieve the Sixty-third,
suddenly ordered to Ireland, to the surprise of all, the
Twenty-first Fusiliers were selected, although it had been
the last to join the camp. This feeling of surprise was so
great, that in reference to the telegram ordering its removal,
the " camp authorities " referred back the question, " Was
it not the Thirty -first, not tJie Twenty-first ?" The tele-
graphic reply came back in the form of a question, " When
was the Thirty -first made Fusiliers?"
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The regiment accordingly proceeded by train to Glasgow
on the 28th of December, and occupied the Gallovvgate
barracks, furnishing detachments to Paisley and Ayr.
1866. While stationed at Glasgow, the Fenian move-
ment, in Ireland, became somewhat serious. The Fusiliers
were ordered to that country on the loth of September, to
assist in restoring order ; and, on arrival at Dublin, were
located in Richmond barracks.
1867. March I, on a parade in Phoenix Park, Dublin,
at which every available man of the regiment was present,
Colonel John Ramsay Stuart, C.B., bade farewell to the
corps, in which he had served for upwards of thirty-seven
years, the last thirteen of which as its colonel and com-
manding-officer.
He was the last of the officers of the ancient regime.
During his career he had endeared himself to all ranks by
his blunt soldierly, natural manner, and the performance of
many kind and considerate acts.
As a commanding-officer, during most trying times, his
experience, knowledge of human character, and tact in
dealing with men, earned for him and most justly, too
the reputation of a wise and prudent officer, to whom all
under his command looked up with confidence for advice,
support, and assistance.
His devotion to the interests, character, and esprit de
corps of the home of his youth and mature age was intense,
and he always succeeded, whether in camp, garrison, or
quarters, in gaining for the regiment the high position of
being second to none as regards conduct, appearance, and
discipline.
The portly figure, genial countenance, and stentorian
voice of " Old Donald," or " Ramsay," as he was indis-
criminately but affectionately called, were, for a long time
after his retirement, much missed on parades, " hauls up,"
and inspections. All these things considered, no old soldier
need be told that the parting between colonel and men was
very affecting.
His memory will ever be kept green by the "old hands"
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of the Fusiliers, as one who was as a father to the regiment.
By many subsequent acts of kindness and substantial help
to old Fusiliers, he has shown that his affection for the corps
remains unabated.
The command of the regiment now devolved upon
Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Dalyell.
In this year also the regiment suffered another loss, in the
transfer of Surgeon A. J. Greer to the Seventeenth Lancers.
This officer served with the regiment for the previous
fifteen years, as assistant-surgeon and surgeon. His skill,
care, and sympathy for the sick will never be forgotten by
those who have been under his treatment. A patient felt
that he had in Dr Greer not only a doctor, but a friend.
This was notably manifested in the trying circumstances
of the Crimean campaign.
Medical officers in those days knew their men, and the
men knew them.
The Royal North British Fusiliers, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Dalyell, left Dublin for the
Curragh Camp, on the Qth of July.
On the 1 5th of October, the regiment was removed to
Enniskillen, furnishing detachments to Newry, Drogheda,
and Armagh.
1868. On the 1 3th June it was again quartered in the
Curragh Camp, and employed on election duties from the
1 7th to the 2/th of November. When orders were received
for the regiment to move from Enniskillen to the Curragh
Camp, the inhabitants, on account of its universal good con-
duct, and the kind and cordial intercourse that had existed
between them and all ranks, during the period of its stay,,
memorialised the military authorities at Dublin, to permit
the Fusiliers to remain amongst them for another year.
Singularly enough, a somewhat similar action was taken
by the inhabitants of this town, when the regiment was
stationed there sixty-seven years before (vide record for the
year 1801).
1869. On the 1 5th of February the regiment em-
barked at Queenstown, on board H.M. Indian troopship,.
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11 Serapis," for the East Indies ; arriving at Alexandria on the
26th, it disembarked and proceeded by railway across the
desert to Suez, and again embarked on board H.M. Indian
troopship " Jumna," arriving at Bombay on the 2Oth of
March ; on the 22d, the regiment was transhipped into
three smaller vessels for conveyance to Kurrachee, where it
arrived on the 26th, and remained stationed, furnishing a
detachment of two companies to Hyderabad.
During the nine months' station of the regiment at
Kurrachee, it suffered very severely from fever ; from this
disease the deaths amounted to sixteen men, eleven women,
and forty-one children.
Fever prevailed to such an extent, and its effects were
so disastrous, that the regiment was frequently unable to
furnish sufficient healthy men for its own guards. Under
these circumstances, it was found necessary to remove the
Fusiliers to a more healthy station ; Bangalore, in the
Mysore Territory, was selected, to which place it removed
on the 25th January 1870.
1870. The removal to Bangalore was of the greatest
benefit to the regiment ; in the course of a few months the
health of all ranks had materially improved.
The change from the arid sandy plains of Kurrachee
was marvellous ; and by the end of the year, the Fusiliers
had attained their usual energy.
A regimental theatre, weekly lectures and concerts,
workshops, coffee-shop, bakery, and aerated-water manu-
factory were established. A splendid sward and a mild
temperature made cricket in the mornings and evenings
an agreeable and healthy pastime to the lovers of that
game. Rifle matches were much in vogue, and during the
three annual Bangalore rifle meetings of 1871-18/3, the
grand trophy of each year fell to the good shooting of the
Fusiliers, in addition to many other prizes in the various
competitions, amounting to a considerable value.
A regimental newspaper, The Dekhnewalla, was also
established, and ably conducted by Mr G. Holland, the
regimental schoolmaster.
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From time immemorial the regiment had, more or less>
Highland pipers, although unauthorised ; but for the pre-
vious twenty years, from one cause or another, it had been
without them ; in this year, however, means were adopted
for training some men, and in a short time the regiment
had ten fully equipped pipers playing at its head.
On the 22d of September No. 2 Company, under the
command of Captain R. Cook, proceeded to Cannanore on
detachment duty, returning to headquarters on the 2 5th of
November.
1871. On the 1 6th of December No. 3 and 7 Com-
panies, under the command of Captain Edgell, proceeded
on detachment to Trichinopoly, returning to headquarters
on the 23d February 1872.
1872. On the 2d of December the regiment proceeded
to Fort St George, Madras, to relieve its second battalion,
which was under orders to return to England. [This was
the first occasion on which both battalions met]
Two companies proceeded to Trichinopoly in relief of a
detachment belonging to the second battalion.
1 873' O n the 1st of April the new localisation scheme
was published, by which the " ROYAL NORTH BRITISH
FUSILIERS " became the " AYRSHIRE COUNTY REGIMENT,"
with the depots of both battalions stationed in Ayr barracks,
under the title of the Sixty-first Brigade Depot or Centre^
since changed to the Twenty-first Regimental District.
l874 The regiment formed part of a camp of exer-
cise, which took place at Bangalore ; at its conclusion, the
Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Presidency, Sir F.
Haines, complimented the Fusiliers on their high state of
efficiency.
1875. On the 26th of February the Royal North
British Fusiliers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
J. T. Dalyell, embarked at Madras for Rangoon, where they
arrived on the 5th of March, and relieved the Forty-fifth
regiment (Sherwood Foresters).
On the 27th of March a detachment, under the com-
jnand of Captain C. Patterson, proceeded, via the river
E
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Irrawady, to Bassein ; Captain Patterson died while upon
this duty.
On the 1 2th of December a detachment of 130 men,,
under the command of Captains T. E. Stuart and W. N.
Carey, proceeded to Port-Blair in the Andaman Islands, to-
take charge of convicts.
1876. By general order, dated 22d of December, an
establishment of one pipe-major and three pipers was
officially authorised for each battalion of the Royal North
British Fusiliers.
l877' On the 1 4th of December the regiment moved
from Rangoon to Secunderabad, where it arrived on the
27th of the same month.
1878-1880. In January 1878, Colonel J. T. Dalyell
having obtained the command of a brigade depot in Scot-
land, the command of the first battalion of the Fusiliers
devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel A. Templeman.
The loss of Colonel Dalyell was much regretted by all
ranks.
During a service of thirty-one years in the old corps^
which he had joined as a second lieutenant, he ever main-
tained the character of a good officer, and a kind, unassum-
ing gentleman.
The eleven years the regiment had the good fortune to
be commanded by him will long be remembered in its
annals as most pleasant and happy ones.
He endeared himself to all by his quiet, firm, just, and
dignified manner. An excellent drill, good disciplinarian,.
and kind friend, he always took the most active interest in
everything that concerned his regiment. His care for the
comfort of the wives and families of his non-commissioned
officers and men was unceasing.
Colonel Dalyell was the last commanding-officer of the
Fusiliers who held that position under the old rules, which
fixed no limit to the tenure of command. He has since
attained the rank of major-general on the active list.
l88l. During this year, by general orders of nth of
April and ist of May, the title of the regiment was altered
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 67
from Royal North British Fusiliers to that of THE ROYAL
SCOTS FUSILIERS.
The uniform was also changed from the ordinary line
tunic to a " Highland doublet," with dark " tartan trews ; "
the officers' lace to be of the " thistle pattern," and the ordi-
nary sword to be replaced by the " claymore."
The regiment embarked for England on the 4th of
November ; landed at Portsmouth on the 1st December,
and proceeded to Dover.
During the thirteen years the battalion served in India
it lost by death four officers, one bandmaster, one colour-
sergeant, nine sergeants, eight corporals, and 137 privates.
1882. A Horse Guards letter was received, dated
29th of April, authorising scrolls, bearing the names of the
following engagements, to be borne on the regimental
colours, viz.: "Blenheim" "Rajnillies" " Oudenarde" "Mal-
plaquet" and on the 2Oth of September another letter autho-
rised " Dettingen " in addition to the foregoing.
Colonel A. Templeman, having completed the period of
limited regimental command, retired upon half-pay, and
was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Gildea, from the
second battalion.
In August Major Grahame retired from the regiment,
and from the service. He was the oldest Fusilier in the
regiment, and the oldest quartermaster, but one, in the
army.
The retirement of this officer demands very much more
than a passing notice in what may be called a popular regi-
mental record.
Major Grahame is a born Fusilier. His father, Mr
William Grahame (now of Hobart in Tasmania), entered
the regiment in 1817. He is still alive and well, and, being
between eighty and ninety years of age, is probably the
oldest living Fusilier. It is also probable that he is the
only survivor of those of the regiment who took part in the
suppression of the insurrection of the negroes in Demerara
in 1825. Although separated from his old corps for nearly
half a century, he takes an intense interest in all that con-
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cerns it. Such is the stuff the old Fusiliers were made of.
From this it will appear that father and son form by them-
selves a continuous, unbroken, historic chain, stretching
over nearly seventy years of the regiment's history.
Major Grahame served thirty -seven years in the
Twenty-first ; the last twenty-seven as its quartermaster.
In a former part of this record mention has been made
of the indefatigable exertions of the quartermaster's depart-
ment to keep the regiment supplied with food and clothing
in the Crimea, but it will bear to be briefly referred to
again.
It may be confidently and truthfully asserted the com-
parative efficiency of the Fusiliers for " trench duty," and
any immunity from the most dreadful sufferings, were
mainly due to the efforts of the quartermaster's department.
The labour of this officer was an unceasing daily struggle
to keep the gaunt wolf "hunger" from eating out the
vitals of the regiment. With him a difficulty was a some-
thing to be overcome. But he could not work miracles
to procure that which was unprocurable ; and when pinch-
ing and relentless hunger gnawed within empty stomachs,
there was at least the satisfaction of knowing that all had
been done by the quartermaster that effort and forethought
could accomplish.
This daily struggle to keep life in the regiment was
carried on unobtrusively, and although of the utmost
importance, there was nothing in it to catch the eye, and
inspire the pen of " our war correspondent ;" or the glorious,
to furnish material for an eulogistic paragraph in an official
despatch. It brought no " decorations " nor emoluments,
but it deserved them.
At Major Grahame's suggestion, a " Regimental Library
and Recreation Room" were established, also a "School
Committee," that a stimulus might be given to self-culture,
education, and sobriety. This was done years before the
War Office, or Horse Guards, introduced such institutions.
The quartermasters, riding-masters, and sub-inspectors
of schools of the army, owe a debt of gratitude to Major
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 69
Grahame for his persevering, laborious, and successful
efforts in obtaining for them an improvement in their
status, by which they were granted higher rank and
increased pay while serving, with a somewhat more liberal
retiring allowance.
By his brother officers in the regiment Major Grahame
was greatly esteemed. A gentleman in principle, in
manners, and education, he at all times reflected credit on
the position he held. His constant aim was to add by
word and deed to the comfort and well-being of the regi-
ment, and in doing so, he earned for himself a name (which
will not soon be forgotten) worthy of honour from all old
Fusiliers.
Major Grahame served under seven different regimental
commanding-officers, in various parts of the world viz.,
two East Indian tours ; one Mediterranean and West
Indian ; in Tasmania ; and throughout the whole of the
Crimean campaign of 1854-5-6, including the battles of
Alma, Inkerman, siege and fall of Sebastopol, also capture
of Kinburn. Medal with three clasps, and Turkish war
medal.
1883. On the 1 9th of November the battalion, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea, left Dover for
Aldershot.
1884. By the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea,
the command of the first battalion of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel E. T. Bain-
bridge, who at present commands (June 1885).
1885. During this year the regiment moved from
Aldershot to Portland, where it at present remains (June
1885).
part 2.
THE SECOND BATTALION.
part 2.
THE SECOND BATTALION
Historical Record of the Second Battalion of the
Twenty-first Royal North British Fusiliers, now
Second Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.
l857' The Government having considered it necessary
,to increase the strength of the British army, orders were
consequently issued for the formation of SECOND BAT-
TALIONS, which were to be added to all regiments up to,
and including, the Twenty-fifth. Thus the Royal North
British Fusiliers had a second battalion added, the bat-
talions being designated first and second of the Royal
North British Fusiliers, now known as the Royal Scots
Fusiliers.
1858. The formation of the second battalion of the
Fusiliers took place in the month of April, at Paisley, under
the superintendence of Colonel E. Last, from the Ninety-
ninth regiment, this officer having been appointed as its
first commanding-officer.
A number of officers from the first battalion joined
on promotion to a higher grade ; also, a party of non-
commissioned officers and men transferred their services
from the first battalion to aid in its formation ; and being
all old soldiers, recently returned from the Crimea, formed
a nucleus, which introduced the excellent system of regi-
mental interior economy so long in use by the parent
battalion.
The Royal Scots Fusiliers. 73
On the igth of December, the second battalion of the
Royal North British Fusiliers proceeded to Newport, in Wales.
I859- The regiment was removed to Aldershot on
the 1 2th of August.
In this year Colonel Last retired from the command of
the battalion, and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Lowe, from the Thirty-second Light Infantry.
1860. In October, the headquarters and right wing
proceeded to Shorncliffe, the left wing to Dover.
1861. In May the left wing rejoined headquarters
from Shorncliffe.
1862. On the 2d of April, the battalion left Shorn-
cliffe for Portsmouth, for embarkation for Dublin ; on
arrival it was quartered in Beggars' Bush barracks.
Colonel Lowe exchanged with Colonel Robertson, from
the first battalion of the Sixth, who assumed command.
Colonel Lowe's departure from the Royal North British
Fusiliers was much regretted, he having, during his three
years of command, gained the respect of all under him.
1863. In June the battalion, under the temporary
command of Lieutenant-Colonel G. N. Boldero, proceeded
from Dublin to the Curragh Camp. Almost immediately
after the arrival of the battalion at this station, where it
remained only one month, orders were received to hold
itself in readiness for foreign service.
On the I Qth of July it embarked at Kingstown for the
East Indies ; and, after a voyage of four months, landed
at Madras, and was stationed as follows : Headquarters,
St Thomas' Mount, with detachments at Fort St George,
Madras, and Arcot.
1864-1865. The battalion occupied the above quar-
ters for about a month, when it was ordered to Bellary,
where it arrived on the I3th January. While at this
station a severe cholera epidemic occurred, which carried
off a considerable number of men, women, and children.
1866-1867. On the ist of January 1866 the second
battalion Royal North British Fusiliers marched for Secun-
derabad, where it arrived on the ist of February.
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1868-1869. In October 1868 the battalion marched
from Secunderabad to Madras, where it embarked, under
the temporary command of Major A. Templeman, for
Burnt ah.
Colonel Robertson, having been appointed to the staff
of the Indian Army as Adjutant-General at Madras, the
command of the battalion devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel
E. A. T. Steward.
1870-1871. By the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel
Steward, on account of ill-health, Lieutenant-Colonel F.
Lyster, from the first battalion, succeeded to the command.
The battalion, during its stay in Burmah, was stationed
two years in Rangoon, furnishing a detachment of 1 20 men
for convict guards at Port-Blair, in the Andaman Islands.
In the third year of its stay it was located by wings at
Thyetmo and Tonghoo ; the rig/it being at the former, and
the left at the latter station.
In December 1871 the battalion, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Lyster, returned to Rangoon.
1872. The battalion embarked for Madras in January,
and on arrival occupied barracks in Fort St George, detach-
ing two companies to Trichinopoly to relieve the detach-
ment of the first battalion, the headquarters of which were
stationed at Bangalore.
On the ist May a very destructive cyclone occurred at
Madras, causing much loss of life and property amongst
the shipping in the harbour. A number of vessels were
forcibly driven from their anchors, and stranded upon the
beach, exposed to terrific wind, with a heavy rolling surf.
The Fusiliers turned out, and rendered all the assistance
in their power in rescuing the crews, passengers, and secur-
ing property. They put forth the most strenuous and suc-
cessful efforts ; and their arduous and dangerous exertions
called forth the highest terms of approbation from the
Government of 'Madras, the general commanding, as well as
from the merchants and inhabitants. These latter, as a
permanent memorial of the regiment's services on this occa-
sion, presented it with a massive silver vase of splendid
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appearance, and excellent workmanship, as an ornament for
the officers' mess table.
The battalion left Fort St George on the 3d of Decem-
ber for embarkation for England, via Bombay, having been
relieved by its first battalion from Bangalore.
1873* In January the battalion landed at Portsmouth,
and at once proceeded to Scotland, and was stationed
headquarters at Stirling Castle, three companies at Perth,
two companies at Dundee, and two companies at Hamilton.
1874* The Fusiliers proceeded to Glasgow in May.
In this year the battalion, under the temporary command
of Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Gildea, proceeded to Alder-
shot.
Consequent upon the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel
F. Lyster, Lieutenant Colonel W. P. Collirigwood, from the
first battalion, succeeded to the command.
l875- I n July the battalion was removed to the
Portsmouth District and occupied Portsdown Forts.
1876. The second battalion Royal North British Fusi-
liers removed into Portsmouth in July, and occupied quar-
ters in Clarence barracks.
l877 I n November the battalion returned to Scot-
land, and was stationed in Fort-George, detaching two
companies to Dundee.
1878. In April the second battalion of the Fusiliers
was removed to Ireland headquarters being stationed in
Richmond barracks, furnishing a detachment of two com-
panies to Ship Street barracks.
On the 28th of September the battalion was removed
from Dublin to the Curragh Camp, and shortly afterwards
received orders to hold itself in readiness for embarkation.
During the short time which intervened before embar-
kation the battalion was augmented to its full strength
for foreign service by the addition of a large draft of well-
trained soldiers, under the command of Major Hazlerigg,
from the Sixty-first brigade depot at Ayr.
l879- On the 2Oth of February the second battalion
Royal North British Fusiliers left the Curragh for Cork,
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under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W. P. Colling-
wood, and embarked at Queenstown for South Africa.
As the ship steamed into Simon's Bay, she struck upon
the Roman Rocks. Such an incident was well calculated to
cause alarm and confusion on board. The good discipline
of the Fusiliers was shown on this occasion by the steadi-
ness and ready obedience to orders, which called forth the
praise of their commanding-officer, Lieutenant-Colonel
Collingwood, and Captain Fulton, commanding the ship.
Consequent upon this accident, the battalion was tran-
shipped to another vessel, and proceeded to Durban, where
it disembarked on the 3ist March.
In anticipation of active operations, the band exchanged
their instruments for rifles, the only musicians left being the
pipers.
On the 3d of April the Fusiliers left Durban for " up
country," arriving at Pietermaritzburg on the 5th, where
two companies, under the command of Captain F. Wil-
loughby, were left for the defence of the town.
Resuming their march on the 8th of April, they arrived
at Dundee on the 23d.
On the 2d of May they left Dundee, and on the 3Oth
joined the division under the command of Major-General
Newdigate at Koppie-allein.
On the ist of June the division crossed the Blood River
into Zululand.
On the 3d the battalion resumed its march to Ity-oty-
Ozi River, close to the place where the Prince Imperial of
France was killed.
On the 4th, on arrival in camp, the division constructed
a fort, which was named " Fort Newdigate," in honour of
the general.
During the night an attempt to surprise the position
was made by the Zulus ; but the enemy being discovered,
after a few rounds, they disappeared.
Here (Fort Newdigate) two companies of the Fusiliers,
with two guns, and one troop of dragoons, were left as a
garrison, the remainder of the battalion proceeding on
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the 6th to the Upoko River, where, after shelling the bush,
the division formed " laager."
On the morning of the 7th of June the first brigade,
consisting of the second battalion of the Royal North
British Fusiliers, Fifty-eighth regiment, with cavalry and
artillery, went out and cleared the bush, destroying the
native "kraals," and carried off a large quantity of
"mealies." Here the battalion remained until the i6th,
awaiting the arrival of General Wood's column from Con-
ference Hill with stores. After this party had joined, the
march was resumed along the banks of the Upoko.
On the 1 7th the Fusiliers were again employed con-
structing another fort, afterwards named Fort Marshall ;
two companies of the battalion with two guns, and a
squadron of the Seventeenth Lancers, being detailed to
remain behind to garrison it, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Collingwood.
On the 1 8th the remainder of the battalion, commanded
by Major Hazlerigg, resumed its march towards Ulnndi,
arriving on the 3<Dth of June.
On the 4th of July, early in the morning, the troops
crossed the Umvolosi river, and continued their march
towards Ulundi.
The enemy were not visible until the scouts had ascended
the opposite heights ; immediately afterwards, they were
seen swarming upon the hills all around.
The division advanced in " square," the Seventeenth
Lancers in rear of the rear face ; the enemy descended
from the hills and surrounded the square, making their
fiercest attack upon the rear face where the Fusiliers were
posted, with the evident intention of getting between the
troops and their camp, and so cutting off retreat.
The enemy was ultimately repulsed ; the number of
their dead found lying in front of the position defended by
the Fusiliers, bore evidence to the coolness and accuracy of
aim of the latter.
In this engagement none of the Fusiliers were killed,
but Major Winsloe and a number of men were wounded.
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On the 5th July, Lieutenant-Colonel Collingwood having
completed the regulated period of five years in command
of the battalion, was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Gildea, who, being in England, the command was tem-
porarily held by Major Hazlerigg.
Lieutenant-Colonel Collingwood, in giving up the com-
mand, expressed in orders the great regret he had in sever-
ing his connection with the regiment in which he had served
for a period of twenty-nine years.
On the 26th of August the battalion marched for
Pretoria.
On the 7th of September, the two companies under
Captain Willoughby, which had been left at Pietermaritz-
burg, rejoined headquarters.
On the 8th of September the following general order
was published : " The General commanding desires it to
be notified to all wounded in hospital, that the Queen has
most graciously commanded, through Lady Frere, her
Majesty's particular inquiries respecting them."
The battalion halted at Wakkerstroom until the i$th of
September, owing to the deficiency of baggage animals ;
when the right half battalion under Major Hazlerigg,
marched for Heidelberg, the remaining half battalion under
Major Bainbridge, being unable to proceed for want of
transport. In a few days mules were procured, and it
resumed the march.
On the 25th of September, when at Standerton, orders
were received for the formation of a body of mounted
infantry, to consist of two officers, two sergeants, two
corporals, and forty-six privates. The officers selected
were Lieutenants Collings and Lindsell, and twenty-five
non-commissioned officers and men from each half battalion.
These men did excellent service throughout the whole
campaign, not only when engaged with the enemy, but also
as scouts and on outpost duty, performing the duties of
cavalry in a most efficient manner.
October i$th. Having arrived at Heidelberg, the
battalion received orders to proceed to Middleburgh, at
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
which place it arrived on the 2Oth, and was there joined by
the Ninety-fourth regiment ; remaining at Middleburgh
until the 24th, when it marched for Fort Webber, arriving
there on the 2Oth of November.
Near this place " the Transvaal Field Force " was
formed. The battalion marched from Fort Webber, and
arrived at Fort Albert Edward on the 23d of November.
On the following day two companies of the Fusiliers
were attached to form part of an advanced post, to procure
water for the troops.
On the 26th the remainder of the battalion, with the
column, marched from Fort Albert Edward. This was a
very distressing day's march owing to unused roads, made
nearly impassable by recent heavy rains ; great delay was
caused by the waggons sticking fast in the soft muddy
soil ; during this night the troops endured great discomfort
from a tremendous thunderstorm, accompanied by torrents
of drenching rain.
On the 27th a live ox was given the battalion ; it was
soon slaughtered, cut up, and distributed. Whilst each
man was cooking his portion as best he could, the " fall in "
sounded. Even the hardships the men were suffering did
not prevent the scene from assuming a ludicrous aspect ;
men rushing into the ranks with their half-cooked ration on
the point of their bayonets ! This was the only food they
had during the day. After marching from an early hour
until seven P.M., the troops encamped on the banks of a
river opposite Sekukuni Town, about two miles distant.
November 28th. At two A.M. tents were struck, the bat-
talion paraded, and the whole column advanced across the
river to the attack.
In the storming, capture, and destruction of Sekukuni
strongholds, the Fusiliers took a prominent part ; the casu-
alties being three men killed ; Captains Willoughby and
Gordon, and sixteen men wounded.
December jd. Orders were published by General
Wolseley and Colonel Russell, in which the troops were
complimented on their steadiness, endurance, and gallantry.
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December i^th. In consequence of a Boer rebellion,
the Fusiliers received orders to proceed to Pretoria, where
they arrived on the 22d.
Two harassing and toilsome campaigns, during which
the battalion marched upwards of one thousand miles, had
reduced the men's clothing to a very dilapidated condition.
Each man endeavoured as best he could to repair the rents
and holes in his apparel ; but the material obtainable for
patching was most unsuitable, being neither the colour nor
texture of the garment itself. Patches of biscuit-bags,
blankets, waterproof sheets, may cover deficiencies, but do
not add to the splendour of a soldier's uniform ! Whilst
all were much alike, the general appearance of the Fusiliers
did not cause much remark amongst themselves ; but when
they marched into Pretoria, the worn-out condition of the
clothing, with its many-coloured patches, contrasted gro-
tesquely and ludicrously with the neat, clean uniform of
the soldiers in garrison.
Although the clothing was worn-out, the wearers were
not, the men being healthy, and soldierlike in their
bearing.
The battalion did not long continue in this healthy
condition ; the reaction, the excitement of active warfare,
together with bad water, brought on enteric fever, and in
a short time 127 men were in hospital with this disease.
l880. On the 1 7th of January, the following extract
from the London Gazette was published in orders :
" The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of
the following promotions being conferred upon the under-
mentioned officers, in recognition of their services during
the late Zulu campaign; dated 29th November 1879:
Brevet, to be Lieutenant-Colonels Major Arthur Grey
Hazlerigg, 2ist Foot; Major Richard William Charles
Winsloe, 2ist Foot."
On the 24th of January, the following order was pub-
lished :
" The Queen commands me to express her satisfaction
at the news of taking Sekukuni Toivn, as well as her
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 81
sorrow for the loss of brave officers and men, and her
anxiety for the well-doing of the wounded. The General
Commanding is well assured that the troops in South
Africa will appreciate this mark of Her Majesty's gracious
sympathy with her soldiers."
On the 3d February, whilst in camp at Pretoria, a
tremendous hurricane and thunderstorm, accompanied by
torrents of rain, occurred ; tents and huts were blown
down, and the men exposed to the full force and incle-
mency of the elements. Some men were injured, but not
seriously.
May 2jtJi. Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea, who had joined
from England, and assumed command of the battalion, was
appointed commandant of the garrison.
On the i6th of July, the following order was published by
Major Bainbridge, in temporary command of the battalion,
consequent upon the death of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
A. G. Hazlerigg from fever :
" It is with deep regret that the commanding-officer has
to announce to the battalion the death of Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel Hazlerigg, which occurred this morning at Pretoria
barracks. He feels sure his loss will be greatly felt by all
ranks of the Fusiliers, with whom he served so many years,
always having had their welfare and interest at heart ; and
that, therefore, his memory as a kind and gallant officer
will long be retained amongst all ranks of the Royal North
British Fusiliers, a regiment he was so fond and proud of."
September i6tJi. It was intimated to the troops that
the Queen had been graciously pleased to command that
medals be granted for services in South Africa.
November ij.th. A force, consisting of one division of
guns (N, 3 R.A.), commanded by Lieutenant Randall; one
company of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, under Lieutenant
Falls ; and a half troop of " mounted infantry," under Lieu-
tenant Lindsell, the whole under the command of Major
Thornhill, Royal Artillery, marched from Pretoria, to be
stationed at Potchefstroom, where a " fort " was built.
This force was afterwards augmented by D Company,
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Royal Scots Fusiliers, under Lieutenant Browne, from
Rustenberg^ leaving the latter garrisoned by E Company,
under the command of Captain Auchinleck.
In December the Transvaal War broke out, and at
the commencement of it the regiment was distributed as
follows : Pretoria Headquarters, with A, B, F, and H
Companies, and a half troop of mounted infantry, under
the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Gildea. PotcJief-
stroom C and D Companies, with half troop of mounted
infantry,under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Winsloe.
Rnstenberg E Company, under the command of Captain
Auchinleck.
Two drafts from England were detained from joining
while hostilities were in progress, one having been ordered
to occupy Pietermaritzburgi under the command of Major
Bainbridge, and the other at Schoon-Hoogte, under the
command of Captain Whitton.
The first active operations commenced at Potchefstroom
on the 1 6th of December, and at Pretoria on the ipth of
December.
On the 1 2th of December, Lieutenant-Colonel Winsloe
joined the troops at Potchefstroom, and assumed command
of the whole force, amounting to 213 of all ranks, with two
nine-pounder guns of the Royal Artillery, occupying at
the time the " fort," " gaol," and Landroost's office, with the
two guns in shallow "gun-pits;" whilst the Boers held the
town.
On this day (the i6th of December) the first shots were
interchanged between the British and the Boers, in a slight
skirmish ; the mounted infantry and Boers having come
into collision on outpost duties. One of the enemy was
wounded. Later the attack became general, more espe-
cially upon the Landroost's office, which was situated in
the market square. The attack did not long continue, the
enemy retiring with some loss.
The strength of the enemy at this time was about 800
mounted men, subsequently augmented to 1400, all excellent
shots, and armed generally with the Westley-Richards rifle.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 83
The night of the i6th was spent in strengthening the
position ; the numbers of the garrison was increased, but
not strengthened, by the accession of twenty-one women
and children, who sought protection within the British lines.
On the 1 8th, the detached portion of the force in the
Landroost's office was compelled to surrender, the position
being untenable. Du,ring its occupation, Captain Falls,
one of the most promising officers of the battalion, was
killed, and several of the men wounded. A "flag of truce"
was arranged for carrying out the evacuation ; but, while it
was still flying, the enemy opened fire, wounding one man.
It was also found necessary to abandon the " gaol," and
the party occupying it retired, after dark, carrying their
wounded on stretchers made with rifles. During this
operation one man was killed.
The fort, which was only twenty-five yards square, now
sheltered the whole British force, including women, children,
horses, and mules. It was now invested on three of its sides.
iqtli. The garrison had no water within the fort, save
what was obtained from a well, which had been sunk to a
depth of thirty feet ; but this only yielded nine gallons a day.
For the first few days, whilst the fort was not closely
invested, water was obtained outside, at a distance of
about 1 200 yards ; but, as some men and horses were
either killed or wounded in these watering operations, this
mode of relief had to be discontinued. Fortunately, on
this day a heavy rainstorm gave sufficient water to last
until the 2ist; and on this latter day another rainfall
renewed the water-supply for three days longer. On the
2 ist, to lessen the demand for food and water, the whole
of the horses and mules were turned adrift.
A second well was sunk, which fortunately yielded a
plentiful supply, equal to the wants of the garrison through-
out the siege.
1 88 1. January ist. The enemy opened a heavy fire
from their Westley-Richards, and, in addition, brought into
play a ship's gun. The latter was soon silenced by the fire of
the nine-pounders in the fort. This^lasted about two hours.
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Several men were disabled, whose services could ill be
spared from such a small force.
The defences of the fort consisted chiefly of sand bags,
which were made by the sick and wounded from the tents
and other materials available during the operations. The
whole of the tents, except five reserved for the sick, were
appropriated to this purpose men, women, and children,
all living and sleeping in the " open."
January 22d. Long before the fort had been invested
on all sides, a trench, which had been opened some 220
yards distant, became a source of annoyance and loss. A
sortie of an unusual character, as much as it took place in
open daylight, was determined upon. A party of an officer
(Lieutenant Dalrymple Hay), with a sergeant and ten men,
made a rush across the open ground for the trench, but,
before reaching it, three of the number fell ; the remaining
seven dashed at the trench, which held eighteen of the
enemy. Four were taken prisoners, eleven fell either killed
or wounded, and three made their escape.
Next day, under a flag of truce, the enemy sent a doctor
to attend their wounded. The garrison courteously lent
stretchers to convey them into town. On the following day
these stretchers were returned, laden with fruit and some
medicinal appliances for the wounded. Such acts of kind-
ness help to relieve warfare of some of its horrors.
February ^.th. Long ere this the troops had been put on
short allowance of food. This allowance had to be gra-
dually decreased, and at length there was nothing left but
" meallies " (Indian corn) and " Caffre corn " (millet). The
supply of these was totally inadequate, especially for men
who had to work hard day and night. The imperfect
manner of preparation and cooking brought on diarrhoea,
dysentery, and enteric fever.
February loth. This morning the enemy opened a
heavy fire on all sides of the fort, which was continued
during the whole of this and the following day. During these
two days sixty-five shots from the ship gun struck the fort
Considering the heavy fire, the casualties were very few.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 85
March iqth. The food being exhausted, and the sick
and wounded dying for want of nourishment, it was found
impossible to hold out any longer. Accordingly, a flag of
truce was sent to the Boer commander, asking for an inter-
view, and on the 2ist of March terms of capitulation were
signed the garrison to march out of the fort with all the
honours of war, flags flying, and drums beating.
On the 23d March the garrison marched from Potchef-
stroom for Natal, where it arrived on the 2d of May.
The following are the names of the officers present with
the detachment of the Royal Scots Fusiliers :
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. YViNSLOE,
commanding*
Captain L. FALLS, kitted.
Lieutenant P. W. BROWNE.
Lieutenant C. F. LINDSELL.
Lieutenant H. E. LEAN.
Lieutenant DALRYMPLE HAY.
The following district order was issued by Colonel Bel-
lairs, C.B. :
"The fort at Potchefstroom capitulated on the 2ist of
March, but only when its garrison was reduced to ex-
tremity, and after as brave a defence as any in military
annals, the troops marching out with the honours of war,
and proceeding through th Orange Free State to Natal.
" The sterling qualities for which British soldiers have
been so renowned have been brilliantly shown in this in-
stance during a long period of privation, and under very
trying circumstances.
" Colonel Bellairs begs Lieutenant-Colonel Winsloe, and
the officers and men under him, will accept his thanks for
the proud and determined way in which they have per-
formed their duties.
" By order.
(Sd.) " M. CHURCHILL, Captain,
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General:' *
* The foregoing account of the defence of Potchefstroom has been con-
densed from an article written by Lieutenant-Colonel Winsloe, A.D.C., in
Macmillait's Magazine.
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Whilst the two companies, under the command of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Winsloe, were besieged at Potchefstroom y
five companies, with headquarters at Pretoria, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea, were actively em-
ployed.
When news of the treacherous, cowardly, and sanguinary
massacre of the Ninety-fourth regiment was received at
Pretoria, the country was placed under martial law, and
preparations for defence were made.
The garrison consisted of one division of N Battery,
Fifth brigade, Royal Artillery, with two nine-pounder guns ;
one company of Royal Engineers, headquarters and five
companies of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, with half a troop
of mounted infantry ; two companies of the Ninety-fourth
regiment, with one troop of mounted infantry ; volunteers,
consisting of the Pretoria Carbineers, Nourse's Horse, and
the Pretoria Rifles.
The Boers mustered in great numbers, and occupied
several strong positions, but at some distance from the Bri-
tish lines.
Reconnaissances in strength, under the command ot
Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea, were made on the iQth and 28th
of December 1880, 6th and i6th of January 1881, and the
last in February ; after which the garrison was able only to
act on the defensive. Engagements, more or less serious
took place on four of these occasions, the casualties being,
on the British side, four killed, three officers and eleven
men wounded. Amongst these was Lieutenant-Colonel
Gildea, severely.
Captain Auchinleck, who commanded a company of the
Fusiliers at Rustenberg in December 1880, was also dan-
gerously wounded while defending that place.
The colours of the Ninety-fourth regiment, which had
been torn off the poles to save them from capture by the
Boers, on the occasion of their treacherous attack upon
that corps, were conveyed to Pretoria, and handed over for
safe keeping to the Fusiliers.
At the termination of hostilities, these colours were
of tJie Royal Scots Fusiliers. 87
delivered to the detachment of the Ninety-fourth, under
the command of Major Campbell, then serving at Pretoria.
October 1881. The battalion marched from Pretoria
for Durban, where it arrived on the 3d of January 1882,
embarking on the same day for the East Indies.
January 26th, 1882. On arrival at Bombay, orders were
received for the battalion to proceed to Secunderabad to
relieve its first battalion, proceeding to England ; thus com-
pleting a tour of home duty, and taking part in three
campaigns in South Africa ; relieved its first battalion,,
which, ten years before, had relieved it in the same pre-
sidency.
The second battalion, while stationed at Secunderabad,
in honourable imitation of the first battalion, established a
regimental newspaper, called the Fusee, which not only
relieved the monotonous life induced by an Indian climate,
but stimulated the educated portion of the battalion to
amateur literary exertions.
1884. After being stationed nearly three years at
Secunderabad, the battalion was removed at the latter end
of this year to Burmah, where it remains at the present
date June 1885.
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SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
ftvvent^ifirst "Regiment of 3foot t
OR
THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS,
NOW
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.
CHARLES, (FIFTH) EARL OF MAR.
Appointed 2jd September 1678.
CHARLES, LORD ERSKINE, succeeded to the title of EARL
OF MAR in 1668, on the decease of his father, John, fourth
Earl of Mar ; and in September 1678 he raised a regiment
of foot, now the TWENTY-FIRST, or the ROYAL NORTH
BRITISH FUSILIERS. He was a member of the Privy
Council of Scotland, in the reign of King Charles II., and
also of King James II. In 1686, he was succeeded in the
command of his regiment by Colonel Buchan.
The Earl of Mar disapproved of the measures of King
James II., and was about to embark for the Continent, in
November 1688, when the Prince of Orange landed in
England. He appeared at the Convention of the Estates
assembled by the Prince of Orange ; but joining the dis-
affected party, he was arrested. He died on the 23d of
April 1689, and was succeeded in the title by his son John,
92 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
sixth Earl of Mar, whose estates were forfeited in conse-
quence of his having erected the standard of rebellion in
Scotland, in 1715, in favour of the Pretender, as narrated
at p. 14 of the Historical Record of the TWENTY-FIRST,
ROYAL NORTH BRITISH, FUSILIERS.
THOMAS BUCHAN.
Appointed 2qth July 1686.
Thomas Buchan was an officer in the Scots army, in the
time of King Charles II., and rose to the rank of lieutenant-
colonel in the Royal Regiment of Scots Horse, which was
disbanded in 1689. King James II. promoted him to the
colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST regiment ; and he adhered
to the interests of the Stuart family at the Revolution in
1688. He served in Ireland under King James, and was
detached with a few men to Scotland, to support the High-
land clans in their resistance to the Government of King
William III. The clans were, however, not successful in
their enterprises, and they submitted to the authority of
King William ; when Colonel Buchan retired to France.
FRANCIS FERGUS O'FARRELL.
Appointed ist March 1689.
This officer was a decided advocate for the principles
of the Revolution of 1688, and King William nominated
him to the colonelcy of the SCOTS FUSILIERS, which corps
he commanded in the Netherlands, under Prince Waldeck,
and afterwards under the British monarch, who promoted
him to the rank of brigadier-general. He served at the
head of a brigade of infantry during the campaign of 1694,
and was appointed governor of Deinse. He commanded
the garrison of Deinse when that place was besieged, in
July 1695 ; and was dismissed the service, by sentence of
a general court-martial, for surrendering without firing a
shot.
Succession of Colonels. 93
ROBERT MAC KAY.
Appointed ijth November 1695.
Robert Mackay, third son of John, Lord Reay, was an
officer in the Scots Brigade in the Dutch service, and
accompanied the Prince of Orange to England in 1688.
He was promoted captain of the grenadier company in
Major-General Hugh Mackay's regiment, and served in
Scotland in 1689. He distinguished himself at the battle
of Killicrankie, where he received several wounds, and was
left for dead on the field of battle. He, however, showed
some signs of life, and was removed to a cottage by the
enemy, and eventually recovered. He was soon afterwards
promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and King
William gave him the colonelcy of a newly raised Scots
regiment (afterwards disbanded), from which he was re-
moved, in 1695, to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS. His
constitution had become debilitated by severe service and
numerous wounds, and he died at Tongue, the seat of his
family, in December 1696.
ARCHIBALD Row.
Appointed 1st January 1697.
This officer entered the army in the reign of King
James II., and at the Revolution in 1688 he joined the
Prince of Orange, who promoted him to the lieutenant-
colonelcy of the Sixteenth regiment, with which corps he
served in the Netherlands, and acquired the reputation of
a brave and skilful officer. He served at the battles of
Steenkirk and Landen, and at the siege of Namur ; and
was rewarded, in 1697, with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-
FIRST FUSILIERS. He served under the great Duke of
Marlborough in 1703, and in 1704 he commanded a bri-
gade at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim. On
the last-mentioned occasion his brigade led the attack on
the village of Blenheim, and he headed his own regiment
94 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
with distinguished gallantry, advancing up to the enemy's
palisades before he gave the word " fire." In a moment
afterwards he was shot, and thus closed a life of honour
with a death of glory. His valour has rendered his name
immortal in the history of his country.
JOHN, VISCOUNT MORDAUNT.
Appointed 25th August 1704.
John, Viscount Mordaunt, son of Charles, Earl of Peter-
borough, was an officer in the first regiment of Foot Guards,
in which corps he rose to the rank of captain and lieutenant-
colonel. He evinced great gallantry at the battle of
Schellenberg, where he headed fifty grenadiers, at the
storm of the enemy's works, and of that number only him-
self and ten grenadiers escaped. At the memorable battle of
Blenheim he lost his left arm. His services were rewarded
with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS, from
which he exchanged to the Twenty-eighth regiment ; but,
on the death of Major-General De Lalo, who was killed at
the battle of Malplaquet, in 1709, Viscount Mordaunt was
reappointed to the TWENTY-FIRST regiment. He was
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the 1st of
January 1710, and died of the smallpox in April following.
SAMPSON DE LALO.
Appointed 26th June 1706.
Sampson de Lalo was a French gentleman of the Pro-
testant religion, whom the Edict of Nantes forced to quit
his native country. He found an asylum from persecution
in England, and, entering the British army, proved an effi-
cient and meritorious officer. After a distinguished career
of service in the subordinate commissions, he was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-eighth regiment, and was
promoted to the colonelcy of the same corps in February
Succession of Colonels. 95
1704; in June 1706, he exchanged to the TWENTY-FIRST
FUSILIERS. He commanded a brigade under the great
Duke of Marlborough, served at several battles and sieges,
and was promoted to the rank of major-general in January
1709. During the siege of the castle of Tournay, he was
nominated by the Duke of Marlborough to negotiate the
terms of capitulation with the governor. He evinced great
gallantry at the battle of Malplaquet, where he was mor-
tally wounded. In the Annals of Queen Anne it is stated
that " he was in great favour and esteem in the British
army."
JOHN, VISCOUNT MORDAUNT.
Reappointed 4th September f/og.
Died in 1710.
THOMAS MEREDITH.
Appointed ist May 1710.
This officer served in the wars of King William III.,
who promoted him to the commission of captain in the
Third Horse, now Second Dragoon Guards. On the
augmentation of the army in 1702, he was nominated colonel
of the Thirty-seventh regiment, then newly raised, and he
accompanied that corps to Holland in 1703. In 1704 he
served at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim, and
was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the 25th
of August 1704. In 1705 he commanded a brigade at the
forcing of the French lines at Helixem and Xeer-Hespen.
He was advanced to the rank of major-general in 1706,
and to that of lieutenant-general in 1707 ; in 1710 he was
removed to the TWENTY-FIRST regiment, and in 1714 to
the Twentieth. He died in 1719.
96 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
CHARLES, EARL OF ORRERY, K.T.
Appointed 8th December 17 10.
The Earl of Orrery took an active part in raising a
regiment of foot (afterwards disbanded), of which he was
appointed colonel on the 1st of May 1703 ; in 1705 he was
nominated Knight of the Thistle ; and in 1706 he was re-
moved to another regiment, afterwards disbanded. He was
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1709, and
served at the battle of Malplaquet, at the head of a brigade
of infantry, and evinced great gallantry. In 1710 he was
advanced to the rank of major-general, nominated Envoy
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States of Brabant
and Flanders, and removed to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSI-
LIERS ; in 1711 he was created a peer of Great Britain, by
the title of Baron Boyle, of Marston, in Somersetshire ;
and in 1712 he served under the Duke of Ormond. He was
sworn a member of the Privy Council in 1713. On the
arrival of King George I. in England, in the autumn of
1714, the Earl of Orrery was appointed one of the Lords
of the Bedchamber ; he was afterwards sworn a member of
the Privy Council. In 1722 he was committed a prisoner
to the Tower of London, on a charge of high treason, but
no crime was proved against him. He died on the 28th of
August 1731.
GEORGE MACARTNEY.
Appointed 1 2th July 1716.
This officer entered the army in the reign of King Wil-
liam III., and was promoted in April 1703 to the colonelcy
of a newly raised regiment of foot (afterwards disbanded),
with which he served three campaigns on the Continent,
under the great Duke of Maryborough. He afterwards
proceeded to Spain, and commanded a brigade of infantry
at the battle of Almanza, where he distinguished himself,
and was taken prisoner. In 1709 he was promoted to the
rank of major-general, and in 1710 to that of lieutenant-
Succession of Colonels. 97
general. His regiment having been disbanded at the Peace
of Utrecht, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the
ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1716, and removed
in 1727 to the Seventh Horse, now Sixth Dragoon Guards.
He died in July 1730.
SIR JAMES WOOD.
Appointed yth March 1727.
Sir James Wood served many years in the army of the
States-General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
His first commission was dated the 3ist of December 1688,
and he rose to the rank of brigadier-general in 1704, in
which rank he was admitted into the British service, in con-
sequence of his reputation ; and in 1727 he was appointed
colonel of the TWENTY-FIRST regiment. In 1735 he was
promoted to the rank of major-general. His decease oc-
curred on the 1 8th of May 1738.
JOHN CAMPBELL.
Appointed ist November 1738.
John Campbell of Mamore was an officer in the army
in the reign of Queen Anne, and attained the rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel. During the rebellion in 1715 and 1716 he
was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Argyll ; and in June 1737
he obtained the colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth regiment,
from which he was removed in the following year to the
ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He commanded a
brigade at the battle of Dettingen, in 1743 ; was appointed
major-general in the following year; and during the rebel-
lion in 1745 and 1746 he held a command in Scotland.
He was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general in
1747 ; removed from the Fusiliers to the Scots Greys in
1752 ; and in 1761 he was appointed governor of Lime-
rick, and also succeeded to the title of Duke of Argyll.
The Order of the Thistle was conferred upon his Grace in
1765. He died in 1770.
98 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
WILLIAM, EARL OF PANMURE.
Appointed 2qth April 1752.
William Maule, who had been several years an officer
in the Scots Foot Guards, and a member of Parliament,
was created a peer of Ireland on the 6th of April 1743, by
the title of Earl of Panmure. He served at the battle of
Dettingen in the same year ; also at the battle of Fontenoy
in 1745 J an d on the ist of December 1747 was promoted
to the colonelcy of the Twenty-fifth foot ; from which he
was removed, in 1752, to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH
FUSILIERS. The rank of major-general was conferred upon
his lordship in 1755. ^ n the following year he was second
in command at Gibraltar ; and in 1758 he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general. He was further advanced
to the rank of general in 1770 ; and obtained the colonelcy
of the Scots Greys in November of the same year. He
died on the 4th of January 1782.
THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER MACKAY.
Appointed loth May 1770.
The Honourable Alexander Mackay, son of George,
third Lord Reay, was appointed ensign in the Twenty-fifth
regiment in 1737 ; and in 1745 he obtained the commission
of captain in the Earl of Loudoun's newly raised regiment
of Highlanders, afterwards disbanded. He served against
the rebels in the same year, and was taken prisoner at the
battle of Prestonpans. In 1750 he was nominated major in
the Third foot, and on the 2ist of December 1755 he was
promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Fifty-second
regiment, then newly raised, from which he exchanged, in
March 1760, to the Thirty-ninth ; in 1761 he was elected a
member of Parliament for Sunderland ; in August 1762 he
was promoted to the colonelcy of the One Hundred and
Twenty-second regiment, which was disbanded at the Peace
of Fontainebleau ; and in March 1764 he obtained the
colonelcy of the Sixty-fifth. He served in America, in
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Succession of Colonels. 99
which country he obtained the local rank of major-general
in 1768; in 1770 he received the same rank in the army,
and was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH Fusi-
LIERS in the same year. In 1772 he received the appoint-
ment of Governor of Tynemouth and Clifford's Fort ; in
1777 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general,
and in the following year appointed Governor of Landguard
Fort, from which he was afterwards removed to the govern-
ment of Stirling Castle. In 1780 he was nominated Com-
mander-in-Chief in Scotland. He died in May 1789.
THE HONOURABLE JAMES MURRAY.
Appointed $th June 1789.
The Honourable James Murray served in the Fifteenth
regiment, in which corps he attained the rank of major, and
was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy on the 5th of
January 1751. He commanded the Fifteenth in the expe-
dition against Rochefort, under Lieutenant-General Sir
John Mordaunt, in 1757, and at the capture of Louisbourg
in 1758 ; in 1759 he commanded a brigade at the battle and
capture of Quebec, under the renowned Major-General James
Wolfe ; in 1760 he led a division up the river St Lawrence,
and contributed to the reduction of Montreal, which com-
pleted the conquest of Canada from the French. He was
promoted to colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Six-
tieth regiment in 1759, and to the local rank of major-
general in America in 1760. In 1762 he was advanced to
the rank of major-general ; and in 1767 he was removed to
the colonelcy of the Thirteenth regiment. He was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1772, and to that of
general in 1783 ; in 1789 he was removed to the ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He died in 1794.
JAMES HAMILTON.
Appointed 2oth June 1794.
After a progressive service in the subordinate commis-
sions, this officer was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy
100 T/ie Royal Scots Fusiliers.
of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS on the nth of March
1774. He served in North America during two campaigns
of the War of Independence ; was promoted to the rank of
major-general in 1787 ; and was appointed colonel of the
Fifteenth foot in 1792, from which he was removed to the
TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS in 1794. He obtained the rank
of lieutenant-general in 1797, and that of general in 1802.
His decease occurred in 1803.
THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM GORDON.
Appomted 6th August 1803.
The Honourable William Gordon was appointed captain
in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, when that corps was
raised in the year 1759 ; in October 1762 he was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and Fifth regiment,
and in 1777 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Eighty-
first regiment, which was afterwards disbanded. In 1781 he
was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1789
was nominated colonel of the Seventy-first Highlanders.
He was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1793,
to that of general in 1798, and was removed to the ROYAL
NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1803. He died in 1816.
JAMES, LORD FORBES.
Appointed ist Jime 1816.
James, Lord Forbes, was appointed ensign in the Second
Foot Guards in 1781. In 1793 he served in Flanders,
under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and com-
manded a company at the battle of Famars. He served
at the siege of Valenciennes, and led a portion of his regi-
ment at the storm of the outworks. He was engaged at
the recapture of the post of Lincelles, where the Foot
Guards distinguished themselves ; also served at the siege
of Dunkirk. In 1794 he served at the actions of Vaux,
Cateau, Tournay, and Mouvaux ; at the defence of Nime-
Succession of Colonels. 10l
guen and Fort St Andre, and in the retreat through Holland
to Germany. After the action of Lincelles, in 1793, he was
promoted to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel, in
succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Bosville, who was killed
on that occasion. In 1796 he obtained the rank of colonel ;
and in 1799 he served in the expedition to the Helder, and
was present at every action of that short campaign in Hol-
land, excepting one. In 1802 Lord Forbes was promoted
to the rank of major-general, and nominated to the com-
mand of the troops stationed at Ashford, in Kent, and sub-
sequently of the garrison at Dover, and he occasionally
commanded the Kent District in the absence of Lieutenant-
General Sir David Dundas and of Lord Ludlow. He was
appointed second in command of the troops stationed on
the island of Sicily in 1808, and promoted to the rank of
lieutenant-general. On his return to England, in 1811, he
was placed on the staff of Ireland.
Lord Forbes was elected one of the representative peers
of Scotland in 1806, and held that distinguished situation
many years. The colonelcy of the Third Garrison Batta-
lion was conferred upon his lordship in 1806; he was
removed to the Ninety-fourth regiment in 1808, to the
Fifty-fourth in 1809, and to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH
FUSILIERS in 1816 ; in 1819 he was promoted to the rank
of general. He died in 1843.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR FREDERICK ADAM,
G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
Appointed 31 st May 1843.
The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Adam served in
the Twenty-first regiment, and, as lieutenant-colonel, com-
manded and led it against the French on the I7th and iSth
of September 1810, on the coast of Calabria, seven miles
south of Messina. He was afterwards promoted to the
rank of general ; and on 3ist May 1843 was appointed to
the colonelcy of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS.
He died on the 24th of August 1853.
102 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
SIR DE LACEY EVANS, K.C.B.
Appointed 2gth August 1853.
Sir De Lacey Evans served in India from 1807 till
1810; Portugal, Spain, and France, from 1812 till 1814;
America, in 1814-1815; Belgium and France, from 1815 till
1818 ; and in Spain, from 1835 till 1837, as commander of
the Anglo-Spanish Legion.
Present during the operations against Ameer Khan and
the Pindarics, capture of the Mauritius, part of the retreat
from Burgos, action on the Hormaza (wounded), battle of
Vittoria, investment of Pampeluna, battle of the Pyrenees,
investment of Bayonne (horse shot), actions of Vic Bijorre
and Forbes, battle of Toulouse (horse shot), battle of Bla-
densburg (two horses shot), capture of Washington, attack
on Baltimore, operations before New Orleans (boarding
and capture of American flotilla), action of 25th December
(wounded severely), unsuccessful assault, January (wounded
severely), battle of Quatre Bras; retreat of I7th June,
Waterloo (horse shot, and one sabred), investment and capi-
tulation of Paris.
Sir De Lacey Evans received the war medal, with three
clasps, for Vittoria, Pyrenees, and Toulouse ; promoted to
major-general 9th of November 1846, to the colonelcy of
the ROVAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, 29th of August
1853 ; promoted to lieutenant-general 2Oth of June 1854.
He commanded the second division in the Eastern cam-
paign of 1854, including the battles of Alma (wounded),
Balaklava, and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol, com-
prising the repulse of the powerful sortie on 27th of Octo-
ber 1854. He continued to hold the colonelcy of the Fusi-
liers till his death in 1869.
SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HAMILTON.
Appointed nth January 1870.
Sir Frederick W. Hamilton served with the Grenadier
Guards throughout the Eastern campaign, 1854-1855, in-
Succession of Colonels. 103
eluding the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman
(wounded, and horse shot) ; sortie on 26th October, and
siege of Sebastopol. During the latter part he commanded
divisions of the army in the trenches, and was in temporary
command of the Grenadier Guards after Inkerman. C.B.
medal, with four clasps, Officer of the Legion of Honour,
third class of the Medjidie, and Turkish medal. He was
appointed to the colonelcy of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH
FUSILIERS, nth January 1870, which appointment he still
holds at this date June 1885.
HppenM; iRo. 2.
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS
WHO HAVE COMMANDED
Scots fueUfers,
FROM 1838 UNTIL JUNE 1885.
FIRST BATTALION.
I.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE DEARE.
Appointed 28th December 1838.
SUCCEEDED to the command of the Royal North British
Fusiliers on the promotion of Colonel Walker, in the East
Indies, in 1838 ; retired from the service in 1850.
II.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN CROFTON PEDDIE.
Appointed in /<?J0,
In succession to Colonel Deare ; exchanged into the
Forty-first regiment, with Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gore
Browne, 1850.
106 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
III.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
Appointed in 1850,
In exchange with Colonel Peddie ; retired in 1851.
IV.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDWARD THORPE.
Appointed in 1851^
From Eighty-ninth regiment ; retired in 1852.
V.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREDERICK GEORGE AlNSLTE.
Appointed in 1852,
From senior regimental major ; died at Scutari, I4th
of November 1854, of wounds received at the battle of
Inkerman.
VI.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN RAMSAY STUART.
Appointed i$th November 1854.
Senior regimental major, in succession to Colonel Ainslie.
Served in the Crimean War of 1854, and the latter part of
1855, including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman,
siege and fall of Sebastopol ; twice mentioned in despatches.
Medal with four clasps, fifth class of the Medjidie, Turkish
medal, and Companion of the Bath. Retired from the com-
mand on the 1 7th of April 1867 ; promoted major-general
6th March 1868, and held the command of the troops in
the North British district until his promotion to lieutenant-
general. Is colonel of the Dorset regiment. Promoted
to general 3d December 1880, and is now on the retired list.
Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels. 107
VII.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN THOMAS DALYELL.
Appointed ifth April 1867,
From senior regimental major ; served in the Eastern
campaign of 1854, and part of 1855, including battles of
Alma, Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol ; brevet-major,
medal with three clasps, fifth class of the Medjidie, and
Turkish medal ; retired from the command in January 1878,
on obtaining the command of the First Regimental District,
at Glencorse ; promoted to major-general, on the active list,
on the 2/th June 1883.
VIII.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALFRED TEMPLEMAN.
Appointed 2jd January 1878,
From senior regimental major ; served throughout the
Eastern campaign, 1854-55, including the battles of Alma,
Balaklava, and Inkerman (wounded), siege and fall of
Sebastopol, and attack on the Great Redan, on the iSth
June 1855, also the expedition to Kinburn. Medal with
four clasps, Knight of the French Legion of Honour, and
Turkish medal. Retired from the command on the
completion of the regulated period of five years, in 1882.
Subsequently appointed to the command of the Ninety-
first Regimental District, at Stirling Castle, where he still
remains (June 1885).
IX.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE FREDERICK GlLDEA.
Appointed 1879,
To second battalion, in succession to Colonel W. P.
Collingwood ; subsequently exchanged to the first bat-
talion with Lieutenant-Colonel Winsloe.
108 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Served as adjutant of the Eleventh Turkish contingent
from September 1855, to its disbandment in May 1856;
Turkish medal.
Commanded the second battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers,
and the garrison of Pretoria, during the Transvaal War of
1 88 1 ; commanded a force in several engagements with the
Boers and sorties made from Pretoria ; severely wounded
on the 1 2th February; mentioned in despatches. Medal
and clasp for South Africa, and appointed A.D.C. to the
Queen.
Retired from the command on the 24th of August 1884,
on the completion of the regulated period of five years ;
subsequently appointed to the staff of the army as assistant-
adjutant and quartermaster-general. Served on the staff of
Major-General Graham at Suakim ; but, from over-exertion
in the performance of his duties, his health failed, and he
was invalided to England.
X.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDWARD THOMAS BAINBRIDGE.
Appointed 24th August 1884,
From senior regimental major. Served with the second
battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, in the " Zulu campaign" of
1879; was engaged in the operations against- Sekukuni,
including the storming of his stronghold, where he com-
manded the storming party ; mentioned in despatches.
Medal with clasp.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bainbridge still retains command of
the first battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, at Portland (June
1885).
Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels. 109
SECOND BATTALION.
I.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDWARD LAST.
Promoted from the Ninety-ninth regiment in 1858, on the
formation of the second battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers;
retired from the service in 1859.
II.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E. LOWE.
Appointed September 1859.
Promoted from the Thirty-second Light Infantry ; ex-
changed in June 1862 with Colonel J. G. Robertson, from
the Sixth Foot.
III.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. G. ROBERTSON.
Appointed June 1862^
On transfer from Sixth regiment ; transferred to the
staff of the Indian army, and appointed adjutant-general,
Madras Presidency.
IV.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E. A. T. STEWARD.
Appointed October 1868,
From senior major of the regiment ; served in the
Crimean campaign of 1854-55 witn the first battalion,
Royal Scots Fusiliers, including the battles of Alma, Balak-
lava, Inkerman, and the siege of Sebastopol. Medal with
four clasps, and Turkish medal. Retired from the service
on account of ill-health in 1870.
110 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
V.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREDERICK LYSTER..
Appointed in 1870,
From senior major of the regiment ; served with the
Fiftieth regiment in the battle of " Punniar ;" bronze star.
Previous to entering the British army, Colonel Lyster had
seen much service under Don Pedro, in Portugal, from 1833
to 1835. Retired from the command of the battalion in
1874.
VI.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM POLE COLLINGWOOD.
Appointed 2$d May 1874,
From senior major of the regiment ; served with the
Thirty-seventh regiment in the Ceylon Rebellion of 1848 ;
he was present with the first battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers,
in the Crimea, from i ith July 1855 to the close of the cam-
paign, including latter part of siege, fall of Sebastopol, and
expedition to Kinburn ; from November 1855 to November
1856, he commanded a battalion of the land transport;
Crimean medal with one clasp, and Turkish medal. Pro-
ceeded to South Africa in command of battalion ; com-
manded second brigade of second division of the army
during the latter part of the Zulu War ; medal with clasp,
and C.M.G. Retired from the command after the comple-
tion of the regulated period ; subsequently appointed to
the command of the Fifth Regimental District, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, where he is at present (June 1885).
VII.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE FREDERICK GILDEA.
Appointed 1879^
From senior major of the regiment; exchanged to first
battalion command with Colonel Winsloe. (For services,
see Commanding Officers, First Battalion, No. IX.)
Succession of L ien ten an t- Colonels. Ill
VIII.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RICHARD WILLIAM CHARLES
WINSLOE.
Appointed February 1882,
From senior major of the regiment, and exchanged with
Lieutenant-Colonel Gildea to first battalion. Served with
the first battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, in the Crimea,
from 6th August 1855, including latter part of siege, fall of
Sebastopol, and expedition to Kinburn. Medal and clasp,
and Turkish medal.
He also served with the second battalion, Royal Scots
Fusiliers, in the Zulu campaign, including the battle of
Ulundi (wounded severely); also in the Transvaal cam-
paign. Commanded the troops at Potchefstroom during
the gallant and determined defence of the fort at that place.
Medal and clasps for South Africa, and appointed A.D.C.
to the Queen. Colonel Winsloe commands the battalion
at Burmah at this date (June 1885).
HppenMy IRo. 3.
LIST of BATTLES, SIEGES, &c., in the NETHERLANDS
during the Reign of KING WILLIAM III., from 1689
to the Peace of Ryswick in 1697.
Battle of Walcourt
Battle of Fleurus
Mons surrendered to the French .
Namur surrendered to the French
Battle of Steenkirk
Furnes and Dixmude captured
The French lines at D'Otignies forced
Battle of Landen
Surrender of Huy
Attack on Fort Kenoque
Dixmude surrendered to the French
Deinse surrendered to the French
Namur retaken by King William III.
Citadel of Xamur surrendered
Treaty of Ryswick signed
25 August 1689
i July 1690
10 April 1691
20 June 1692
3 August 1692
Sept. 1692
10 July 1693
29 July
17 Sept.
9 June
1 6 July
21 July
25 July
5 Sept.
11 Sept.
1693
1694
1695
1695
1695
1695
1695
1697
114
The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
LIST of SIEGES, BATTLES, &c., in the NETHERLANDS and
GERMANY during the Campaigns under the DUKE OF
MARLBOROUGH, from 1702 to 1711.
Invested. . Surrendered.
Siege of Kayserswerth . . . 1 6 April . 17 June 1702
Skirmish near Nimeguen iijune 1702
Siege of Venloo .... 29 Aug. . 25 Sept. 1702
Capture of Fort St Michael 1 8 Sept. 1702
Siege of Stevenswaert 3 Oct. 1702
Siege of Ruremonde 6 Oct. 1702
Capture of Liege Citadel 23 Oct. 1702
Siege of Bonn 24 April . 15 May 1703
Siege of Huy 16 Aug. . 25 Aug. 1703
Siege of Limburg .... 10 Sept. . 28 Sept. 1703
Battle of Schellenberg 2 July 1704
Battle of Blenheim 13 Aug. 1704
Siege of Landau , 12 Sept. . 24 Nov. 1704
Huy captured by the French May 1705
Recapture of Huy . . . . . . .11 July 1705
Forcing the French Lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July 1705
Skirmish near the Dyle 21 July 1705
Siege of Sandvliet . . . . 26 Oct. . 29 Oct. 1705
Battle of Ramillies 23 May 1706
Siege of Ostend .... 28 June . 8 July 1706
Siege of Menin .... 25 July . 25 Aug. 1706
Siege of Dendermond . . . 29 Aug. . 5 Sept. 1706
Siege of Aeth 1 6 Sept. . 3 Oct. 1706
Battle of Oudenarde njuly 1708
Siege of Lisle 13 Aug. . 23 Oct. 1708
Capture of the Citadel 9 Dec. 1708
Battle of Wynendale 28 Sept. 1708
Passage of the Scheldt 27 Nov. 1708
Siege of Ghent 18 Dec. . 30 Dec. 1708
Siege of Tournay .... 27 June . 29 July 1709
Capture of the Citadel 3 Sept. 1709
Battle of Malplaquet 1 1 Sept. 1709
Siege of Mons .... 21 Sept. . 20 Oct. 1709
Passage of the French Lines at Pont a Vendin . 21 April 1710
Siege of Douay .... 25 April . 27 June 1710
Siege of Bethune .... 15 July . 29 Aug. 1710
Siege of Aire 6 Sept. . 9 Nov. 1710
Siege of St Venant .... 6 Sept. . 30 Sept. 1710
Passage of the French Lines at Arleux ... 5 Aug. 1711
Siege of Bouchain .... 10 Aug. . 13 Sept. 1711
Treaty of Utrecht signed 30 March 1713
Battles and Sieges, 1689 to 174.8. 115
BATTLES, SIEGES, &c., which occurred in GERMANY and in
the NETHERLANDS from 1743 to 1748, during the "War
of the Austrian Succession."
Battle of Dettingen (Germany) .... 27 June 1743
Menin invested by the French 18 May, and captured 5 June 1744
Ypres invested by the French 7 June, and captured 14 June 1744
Fort Kenoque surrendered to the French . . June 1744
Furnes surrendered to the French .... 5 July 1744
Friburg (Germany) invested by the French . . 21 Sept. 1744
Citadel of Friburg captured by the French . . 28 Nov. 1744
Tournay invested by the French .... 23 April 1745
Battle of Fontenoy n May. 1745
Citadel of Tournay surrendered to the French . 21 June 1745
Skirmish near Ghent . . . . . . 9 July 1745
Ghent captured by the French .... 30 June 1745
Bruges captured by the French .... July 1 74S
Oudenarde captured by the French . . . 21 July 1745
Dendermond captured by the French . . . Aug. 1745
Ostend invested by the French on 14 July, and captured 23 Aug. 1745
Nieuport captured by the French .... 26 Aug. 1745
Aeth captured by the French 28 Sept. 1745
Brussels invested by the French 24 Jan., and captured 20 Feb. 1746
Mechlin captured by the French .... May 1746
Antwerp captured by the French .... 20 May 1746
Citadel of Antwerp captured by the French . . 31 May 1746
Mons invested by the French on 7 June, and captured 1 1 July 1746
Fort St Ghislain captured by the French . . 21 July 1746
Charleroi invested by the French on 25 July, and
captured 2 Aug. 1746
Huy captured by the French ..... Aug. 1746
Namur invested by the French 26 Aug., and citadel
captured 19 Sept. 1746
Battle of Roucoux, near Liege .... uOct. 1746
Sluys surrendered to the French .... 11 April 1747
Fort Sandberg, in Hulst, and Axel surrendered to
the French 28 April 1747
Sandvliet captured by the French .... June 1747
Battle of Val, br Laffeld, near Maastricht . . 2 July 1747
Bergen-op-Zoom invested by the French 13 July,
and captured 16 Sept. 1747
Forts Lillo, Frederick Henry, and Croix . . 2 Oct. 1747
Limburg captured by the French .... March 1748
Maestricht invested by the French . . . 3 April 1748
Maestricht surrendered to the French ... 3 May 1748
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle " 7 Oct. 1748
116
The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
LIST of the BRITISH REGIMENTS which served in Flanders
and Germany between 1742 and 1748, during the " War
of the Austrian Succession."
REGIMENTS.
Year
in whic-h
barked
for
Flanders.
Returned toOreat
Britain in con-
sequence of the
Rebellion in fa-
vour of the I're-
tender.
Rejoined
the Army
in Flanders
after the
suppression
of the
Rebellion.
CAVALRY.
3d Troop Horse Guards
4th ditto ditto
2d ditto Horse Gre- \
nadier Guards ... /
Royal Regiment \
Horse Guards ... J
1st Horse (ist Dra- \
goon Guards) J
4th Irish Horse (7th \
Dragoon Guards) /
ist Dragoons
2d ditto
COLONELS.
Earl of Albemarle . . .
Earl of Effingham . . .
Earl of Craufurd
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1742
1744
1742
1744
1742
1742
1742
1742
1743
1744
1742
1742
1742
1744
1744
1742
1742
1742
1744
1744
1742
1744
1744
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
Rem'd in Flanders
1746
1746
) Remained in )
j" Flail dars |"
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
Rein'd in Flanders
1746
1746
1746
Rem'd in Flanders
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
) Remained in )
j Flanders f
1746
1746
1746
1746
1746
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
1747
Earl of Hertford ...
Earl of Pembroke . . .
Sir John Ligonier ...
Hawley
Campbell
Honey wood
3d ditto
4th ditto
Rich
6th ditto (Inniskilling)
7th ditto
Lord Cadogan
Cope
FOOT GUARDS.
1st Foot Guards, i st Bat t.
2d ditto ditto.
3d ditto ditto.
INFANTRY.
ist Foot, ist Battalion
3d ditto (Buffs)
4th ditto
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Marlborough
Earl of Dunmore ....
St Clair
Howard .
Barrel
8th ditto
Onslow
Cornwallis .
iith ditto
1 2th ditto
I3th ditto
Duroure
Pulteney .
i8th ditto
Mordaunt . . .
ipth ditto (Green)
2Oth ditto ..
Howard
Bligh ....
2 ist ditto, Royal Nth. \
British Fusiliers... J
23d ditto, Royal \
Welsh Fusiliers ... j
25th ditto
28th ditto
3ist ditto
Campbell
Peers
Earl of Rothes
Bragg
Handasyd
32d ditto
Skelton
Johnson
33d ditto
34th ditto
Cholmondeley
Fleming
Ponsonby . . .
36th ditto
37th ditto
42d ditto
Lord Semphill
Lord Harry Beauclerk
48th ditto
appen&fy 1Ro. 4.
Additional Distinctions or Decorations specially conferred
upon Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men of
the First Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, for services
during the Crimean Campaign of 1854.-! 855, otJtir than
the Crimean Medal, with clasps, and Turkish War
Medal, issued to all present with the Army.
Knights of the French Legion of Honour.
To Captain Alfred Templeman, for uninterrupted ser-
vice throughout the campaign, and steady performance of
the arduous trench work during the siege ; served with the
Twenty-first Fusiliers throughout the Eastern campaign of
1854-1855, including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inker-
man (wounded), siege and fall of Sebastopol, and expedi-
tion to Kinburn. Crimean medal, with four clasps, and the
Turkish medal.
To Captain J. G. Image, for uninterrupted service
throughout the campaign, including the battles of Alma,
Balaklava, Inkerman, on ladder party at the attack on the
Redan on iSth June, siege and fall of Sebastopol, and cap-
ture of Kinburn, Medal, with four clasps, and Turkish
medal. This officer died in 1870 in Bangalore, East Indies.
To Captain Roger Killeen, for serving throughout the
campaign of 1854-1855, including battles of Alma, siege
and fall of Sebastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman, attack on the
Redan on iSth June, and capture of Kinburn. At Inker-
man he commanded a company, and, under a heavy fire,
rescued the regimental colour ; he was severely wounded
on the occasion, but did not quit the field, although directed
to do so. Medal, with four clasps, and Turkish medal.
This officer is now dead.
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The French War Medal.
To Colour- Sergeant John Higdon, for distinguished
conduct at the battle of Inkerman. This non-commissioned
officer obtained his discharge, and is since dead.
To Private Timothy Driscoll, for uninterrupted service
in the trenches throughout the siege.
To Sergeant Patrick Kelly, for uninterrupted service in
the trenches throughout the siege. This non-commissioned
officer subsequently obtained a commission in the First
West India regiment as an ensign, and was killed in storm-
ing a stockade on the West Coast of Africa.
To Private Michael M'PJiely, for conspicuous bravery
in the sortie of 23d March 1855, when the Russians were
beaten back with great loss, and for general gallant conduct
throughout the siege.
To Sergeant John Russell, for gallant conduct at the
battle of Inkerman, and uninterrupted performance of
duties throughout the siege.
To Private Peter Crowley, for distinguished conduct in
rescuing an officer of another regiment from a Russian sol-
dier, who had taken him prisoner, at the battle of Inkerman.
To Colour- Sergeant RicJiard Ellis ; present at Alma,
wounded at Inkerman.
To Sergeant Edward Marshman, for continuous service
throughout the campaign, as an active zealous non-com-
missioned officer. -He volunteered for a sortie, and led a
party against the Russians, for which service he was pro-
moted to corporal, and subsequently to sergeant.
To Sergeant James Sim, for gallant conduct, on the iSth
of June 1855, when on the ladder party in the attack on
the Redan. Medal and four clasps, and Turkish medal.
Severely wounded. This non-commissioned officer after-
wards obtained a commission, and is now camp quarter-
master at Aldershot.
Additional Distinctions and Reiuards. 119
TJie Sardinian War Medal.
To Colonel C. R. S. West, Viscount Canteloupe, and
afterwards Earl De la Warre, for service throughout the
whole campaign of 1854-1855 ; present at Alma and Inker-
man ; commanded the left wing of the regiment at the
latter, and the whole regiment in the attacks on the Redan
on the 1 8th of June and 8th September 1855 ; also at the
capture of Kinburn. This officer is since dead.
To Brevet-Major George N. Boldero, for service in
campaign of 1854, including battles of Alma and Inker-
man, at the latter of which he was severely wounded ; sub-
sequent siege of Sebastopol. Now major-general.
To Captain H. King, for service with regiment from
landing on I4th of September 1854 ; present at battles of
Alma and Inkerman. Dangerously wounded at the latter,
being shot through the neck. Drowned whilst bathing at
Malta.
To Captain Richard Stephens, for service with the regi-
ment from date of landing in the Crimea, including the
battles of Alma and Inkerman. At the latter he lost an
arm while carrying the Queen's colour. He performed
trench duty up to the 5th of November 1854, until invalided
to England from wounds.
To Captain S. H. Clerke, for service from I4th September
1854 to 26th October 1854, and from 2/th December 1854
to end of war ; present at the battle of Alma and expedition
to Kinburn. At present lieutenant-colonel on the retired
list, and in Her Majesty's Bodyguard.
To Sergeant- Major Fowler, for service throughout the
campaign ; present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and
Inkerman. Subsequently he obtained a commission as
ensign in the 4th West India regiment ; took part in the
Ashantee campaign ; and died, on half-pay as lieutenant-
colonel, from the effects of illness contracted on African
service.
To Colour- Sergeant Richard Ellis ; served with his regi-
ment until ordered to join reserve battalion at Malta on
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nth May 1855 ; transferred to second battalion Third regi-
ment as sergeant-major.
The following non-commissioned officer and men re-
ceived the silver Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the
Field : Colour- Sergeant William Rogers, Private Patrick
Murray, Private Patrick M'Guire, Private Murtiff Maddi-
gan.
Specially mentioned in General Lord Wolseleys despatch
of the Soudan Campaign.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, Second Battalion Sergeant
Duggan, employed with the Mounted Infantry.
Hppen&iy 1Ro. 5.
LONG, LONG AGO!
IN concluding the historical record of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, it may not be out of place to add a few notes as
to the position, dress, equipment, and life of a soldier fifty
years ago.
The recruits who joined the headquarters of their
regiments, or Four Company Depots, direct, were more
fortunate as compared with those who had enlisted for
corps serving in India, and whose depots were stationed
with the provisional battalion at Chatham, vulgarly known
as the " Pongoes."
In this establishment, every advantage was taken of the
ignorance and inexperience of the recruit ; he was starved
and robbed with impunity, as he either did not know that
he had any means of redress, or was afraid to seek it.
However it happened, the pay-sergeants in the Chatham
garrison were adepts at bamboozling recruits, and perfect
masters of chicanery.
A most nefarious practice existed of issuing to each
man old and unserviceable " firelocks ; " the recruit, in his
ignorance, was unable to detect defects or deficiencies, but
in a week or so afterwards, when returning them to the
armourer sergeant, previous to embarkation for India, these
defects and deficiencies were painfully brought under the
unfortunate's notice, in the form of heavy charges to make
them good. The armourer had a list of the arms, and by
referring to the number on the paper, and comparing it
with that on the firelock, he knew where to look for the
defect. How many times over these reported damages had
been paid for, but never repaired, is a mystery only known
to the armourer and pay-sergeants,
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On Thursdays and Sundays the men were compelled
to have what was called " baked dinners; " but there being
no bake-houses in the barracks, the dinners had to be sent
to Brompton to be cooked. The original quantity was very
small for the number who had to partake of it, but it was
very much smaller when returned. On these days hunger
was rather increased than appeased ; men have risen from
their dinner with the cravings of hunger stronger than when
they sat down, with no prospect of food for another nine-
teen hours.
Men wore padding in the breasts of their clothing in
those days, and there was a sarcastic proverb in vogue
to the effect that " Soldiers had full breasts and empty
stomachs."
In the orderly room of this garrison the letter-box
was kept ; all letters had to be sent in open, that is un-
sealed or unwafered, envelopes being unknown. They were
"franked" by the commanding-officer, which exempted
them from postage ; but it did not exempt the recruit from
being fleeced the sum of one penny as the drum-major's fee
for posting it. A similar payment was demanded for all
letters received, so that in some instances it happened that
a letter would be brought to a man who had not the penny
to pay for it ; in this case it would be retained by the
drum-major until his fee was paid. A trying ordeal for the
young lad eager and anxious to hear from home !
The soldier's pay was at that time one shilling per diem,
and one penny, called " beer money," in lieu of a " spirit
ration," when not issued in kind. The period of service
was for twenty-one years, and latterly for unlimited service,
commencing at the age of eighteen ; any service under that
not counting for pension.
Additional pay for length of service, of twopence after
fourteen years. No good-conduct pay was granted until
December 1845.
On enlistment a bounty of from ^3 to 4 was given.
This was theoretically supposed to meet all the expense of
kit and outfit, but practically such was not the case, as with
Long, Long Ago ! 1 23
one. item and another it cost upwards of ,5. IDS. ; conse-
quently the unfortunate recruit was in debt for the first six
months of his service, receiving the munificent sum of one
penny per diem to provide cleaning requisites and pocket
money.
Pension from sixpence to tenpence per diem. Out of
his daily pay and beer money of one shilling and a penny
per diem, he had to defray the cost of his rations, messing,
and washing, which came to eightpence per diem ; and
with the renewal of necessaries, haircutting, marking, sheet-
washing, and barrack damages, the average daily charge
amounted to about tenpence halfpenny, rather a large slice
out of one shilling and a penny.
Only two meals per diem were provided, these scanty and
inferior ; and unless poor Tommy Atkins laid by a portion
of his dinner, he went supperless to bed.
The " brown tommy " issued for breakfast was so dense
and doughy, that the regulated ration of one pound was of
a very small size. It was commonly believed, that if thrown
against a wall it would adhere to it ; it was never known
that the experiment was tried, as every man had another
and more urgent use for it.
The soldier had also to pay for browning his gun barrel,
alteration of clothing, pipe-clay, cleaning arms, and, in the
winter months, for coal to heat his barrack-room, the
Government allowance being insufficient.
Xo schools, except for children, volunteer pupils, and
non-commissioned officers, for which the latter paid a
monthly charge of tenpence.
No library or recreation rooms.
Xo musketry prizes.
The establishment of a regimental savings bank in those
days would have been cruel irony ; it can be quite under-
stood, that with only a net daily pay of twopence half-
penny, it would have taxed "Daniel Dancer" to effect a
deposit. We read that even the great "Cobbett" had,
when a private soldier, to practise the severest economy
to provide a dip candle, to carry out his self-imposed task
124 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
of education, and only occasionally was able to enjoy the
luxury of a " red herring " for breakfast.
Canteens were leased by civilian tenants ; goods of the
worst description were sold at the highest prices.
Clothing, only one suit per annum, viz. : Coatee, one
pair of cloth trousers, and one pair of boots ; shell jacket,
fatigue and white trousers, and second pair of boots, paid
for by the soldier.
The " ammunition " boots issued were so bad that after
being worn half a dozen times they often fell to pieces, and
had to be " made over," i.e., entirely renewed, at a cost of
from six shillings and sixpence to ten shillings, according
to circumstances. The clothing was very badly made ; to
furnish extra fringe for " wings " (not to fly with), grenades
for collars, skirts, and shells, padding, lining, and extra lace,
the private soldier had to pay an annual charge of about
four shillings and sixpence for alteration and fitting of
clothing, sergeants more in proportion.
Greatcoats were allowed to be worn only on duty, and
kept in repair at the expense of the soldier.
Parades three times a day, one at least in " heavy march-
ing order," except in winter, when only two per diem took
place.
A soldier's time was almost wholly taken up in cleaning
arms, accoutrements, clothing, and barrack-room " shining,"
or on fatigue ; no leisure time ; to be on guard was a rest.
A modern soldier has no conception what was meant by a
clean barrack-room in former times ; cots correctly dressed
at all hours, bedding folded with a neatness and precision
now totally unknown ; everything on the shelves folded
with the same neatness, and nothing allowed to appear but
what was strictly regimental ; not even a looking-glass was
permitted. The floors were scrubbed cleaner than modern
tables ; a drop of pipe-clay on the window-sill represented
three days confined to barracks for the " orderly man ; " and
woe betide the thoughtless individual who stood upon the
well-whitened hearthstone ! Lying down or lounging in
a barrack-room was entirely unknown ; the bedding was
Long, Long Ago ! 125
brought forward to the edge of the cot, where it remained
until retreat beating, before which the beds were not per-
mitted to be made down ; the only mode of relieving the
upright position was to sit on a form and lean back against
the edge of a table.
A Fusilier's " coatee," with " wings," required three or
four hours for thoroughly cleaning and preparing it for
guard mounting.
The preparation of the pouch was an art in itself, which
very few properly understood. What with scraping, heel-
balling, and bees-wax polishing, it was the greatest care
poor Tommy had upon his mind ; and when properly
polished, and ready for parade, was an excellent substitute
for a looking-glass. To preserve it in this precious state of
polished -perfection, a waterproof cover, carefully lined with
the finest linen, had to be used.
The locks of the old " Brown Bess " were bright in those
good old days ; and on Saturday, at " kit inspection," each
man paraded with his burnished lock in one hand, and " his
pouch" in the other. For the purpose of drill a bone
" snapper " was used instead of a flint ; the snapper, or flint,
was placed between two flat pieces of lead, with milled
edges, called " leads," those also had to be always bright
and shining.
The rolling of the greatcoat for heavy marching order
parades, or folding it for guard mounting, were operations
of the greatest difficulty, and required the aid of comrades
to perform. The ends of the rolled coat had to be made
perfectly even, by the aid of a fork and a spoon ; bulging
parts were pushed into their places by the handle of the
spoon, and the depressed parts brought out to a level by
aid of the fork ; the operation was completed by sewing
the skirt end firmly to the roll. The folded coat was not
considered perfect until it had been well damped, and
pressed under a heavy iron coal box all night, to give it a
thin compact appearance. All this preparation for guard
mounting was to secure the proud position of being selected
as commanding-officer's orderly for a day; the cleanest and
126 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
smartest man being always given this post, which secured the
benefit of exemption from sentry go, and the night in bed.
To such an extent was emulation for this distinction carried
out, it is known as a fact that well rolled or folded great-
coats were held at a premium, and passed from hand to
hand. A wet day was a great calamity, and the order to
parade in loose coats created dismay amongst the owners
of these valued productions of the folding or rolling art.
To save the full-dress clothing, provided by the head
colonel, shell jackets were worn on every possible occasion ;
for these the men paid from ten to thirteen shillings each.
Coatees were held sacred for state occasions, church parades,
guard mounting, and commanding-officer's parade. White
trousers were worn in summer, each man had two pairs ;
these were washed and scrubbed by the soldier, and it was
not unusual for them to be worn in a half-dried state.
Latterly these were replaced by a pair of lavender-
coloured woollen ones ; and as each captain had his own
opinion about the particular shade of colour they should
be, sky-blue, sea-blue, or slate-blue, various mixtures had
to be prepared by Tommy to meet this new and varied
artistic taste.
One, and not the least, of " Tommy's " miseries, was
the frequent and long marches he had to undertake, when
moving from one station to another, whether in summer's
heat or winter's storm.
Railroads did not exist in those days, so the soldier had
to trudge along his weary way, over twenty miles of bad
road each day, often with blistered feet. Neither " kit bags "
nor " squad bags " were thought of. Poor Tommy had to
carry all his worldly possessions on his back, like the snail ;
loaded like a donkey ; scarcely able to breathe, from the
pressure of the slioulder and breast straps of that now
obsolete and murderous article of military equipment, " the
knapsack with straps complete"
The sergeants' pay was one shilling and tenpence; after
paying from tenpence to one shilling for messing, five
shillings a month to a " batman," two shillings and sixpence
Long, Long Ago ! 127
for washing, and other incidental charges, he was worse off
than the private. He was compelled to be always well
dressed and smart in appearance, which entailed expensive
shell jackets, trousers, boots, cap, and gloves. When it is
stated that a sergeant's jacket cost about 2, and trousers
1, and that he had to provide one or more of each every
year, it can be easily understood that his financial position
was not a flourishing one.
Married soldiers were merely tolerated ; no provision
made for their accommodation beyond the corner of a
barrack-room with the single men, living quite in public
amongst them, the space being only allowed to be screened
off during the night ; latterly this was changed, and, as a
great improvement, five or six married families were allowed
to occupy one room, originally intended for the accommoda-
tion of twelve men. There was no separation allowance,
fuel or light, free half-rations, or money payment of any
kind, nothing to eke out an existence but what could be
earned at the wash-tub.
Tattoo was at 8.30 P.M. in winter, and at 9.30 P.M. in
summer; passes were withheld for the slightest offence, fur-
loughs granted sparingly, and men placed in the " guard-
room " for the most trivial crime.
Punishments were long, heavy, and severe, ranging from
three days' drill by the captains of companies to fourteen
by the commanding-officer. A peculiar system of punish-
ment existed called the " dry room," which meant separation
from comrades, several drills daily in heavy marching order
and fatigues. Corporal punishment was common, varying
from 1 50 to 1000 lashes, and inflicted for very trifling offences.
THE UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT OF LONG, LONG AGO !
The title " Fusiliers," or " Fuzileers," was given to certain
regiments armed with a musket made especially short, to
be carried conveniently slung over the shoulder, so as to
leave the hands free for other purposes.
The officers carried " spontoons," and sergeants " pikes "
128 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
and " halberts." Subsequently the spontoon of the officer was
changed for the sword, and the pike or halbert of the ser-
geant for the " fusil," or more commonly known " fusee."
This again has been changed, as sergeants now use the same
description of rifles as the men, the only distinction being
that they carry " sword bayonets," while the men still retain
the well-known "fork with one prong," t.e. t the ordinary
bayonet
In 1832 previous to the breaking up of the regiment
into small detachments for duty on board convict ships
proceeding to Van Dieman's Land, now known as the
island of Tasmania it had reached, for those days, the
nearest possible approach to perfection as a military organisa-
tion. Stalwart men, from five feet seven inches to six feet
four inches in height ; perfectly drilled in the rigid man-
oeuvres of the period ; and so steady, that such a thing as a
wink of the eyelid, or a sneeze, while in the ranks, would be
ruinous to the offender.
Skin-tight swallow-tailed coatees were worn, trimmed
with white lace ; white metal (leaden) buttons; semi-circular
erections round the top of each shoulder called " shells,"
covered with .cloth and lace, and finished off with several
rows of white lambs-wool fringe called " wings ; " long
skirts, ornamented with brass grenades, with another on
each side of the collar, completed this garment. Then there
was the never-to-be-forgotten military article of torture,
" the black leather stock with clasps complete" which had to be
worn continually. To become familiarised with it men have
been known to sleep with it at night ; it was at meals that
its inconvenience was most felt, more especially by the
young recruit, who, to be able to see his dinner, had to place
his plate at arm's length from him on the table. The stock
gradually decreased in depth and thickness, and at last, to
the great joy of the soldier, totally disappeared.
Blue trousers, with a broad scarlet stripe, and wide
mouth bottoms a la " Jack Tar."
Lace-up boots, with narrow toes, high heels, and very
much polished.
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Broad buff belts worn over each shoulder, and crossing
the breast ; at the intersection of these was affixed the
brass " breast-plate," bearing upon it the regimental badge,
a raised and movable grenade with the motto of the House
of Hanover round its ball, " Nee aspera terrent" and the
number XXI. in the centre. To bind the cross-belts and
keep the accoutrements steady a narrow waist-belt was
worn, which was fastened by a small plate bearing as its
device the " Thistle!' w ith its motto " Nemo me impune
lacessit" From one of the lower corners of the breast-
plate hung a narrow buff strap, divided at the lower end
into two parts, to which were attached the ''picker and
brush? so necessary to keep old " Brown Bess " in order,
the picker to keep the touch-hole clear, and the brush to
clean the priming-pan when fouled by frequent firing.
Attached behind to one of the cross belts was " the
pouch," a thing to wonder at, nearly as large as a " Glad-
stone bag," and capable of holding sixty rounds of " ball
ammunition," with a supply of " flints," " turn-screw and
worm." But, alas, in those days of degenerate " peace with
honour," ammunition was only carried to the extent of ten
rounds per man ; the remaining spaces of the pouch being
filled with "blanks," or "dummies," made to represent
packets of ammunition, and neatly marked on the outside
with the owner's name, company, and regimental number.
The polish and appearance of this pouch, and the
manipulation required to bring it to a perfect state, have
already been noticed ; on its flap was placed a large brass
grenade, mounted on scarlet cloth, and polished to a painful
degree of brassy brightness.
This military uniform of the period was completed by
the head-dress, a large black bearskin cap, similar to those
formerly worn by the Foot Guards, a white upright feather
"hackle" in a grenade socket at the right side, tapering
brass " scales " as a chin-strap, and several thick braids of
white cord passing around it and fastened to the left
shoulder strap button, similar to the " life lines " now worn
by some of the cavalry corps.
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130 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
The arms were the simple " Brown Bess " flint musket
of the day. The stock was a matter of great pride and
anxiety, being sometimes artificially striped like a tiger's
skin, French polished, or bees-waxed ; it had to be handled
most carefully to avoid scratches. The bayonets were
fixed on the muzzle with a slit, but without a spring or
ring; and after the " manual exercise" had been completed,
an amusing series of gymnastic performances took place, in
recovering as quickly as possible the bayonets which had
flown off or stuck in the ground when obeying the com-
mand " charge bayonets." The brass pins securing the
barrel to the stock were by the soldier loosened, in order
that when performing the " manual exercise " the " motion "
should " tell," i.e., make the loudest possible noise.
The sergeants carried short " fusils," or " fusees," and
were also armed with both sword and bayonet ; they wore
a blue and scarlet striped sash round their waists, and from
the right side of it two large tassels like bell-pulls were
suspended.
The band wore " blue " coatees, with scarlet epaulettes,
aguilettes, and facings, a red feather " hackle " in their bear-
skin caps, light blue trousers with a double scarlet stripe,
swords of a scimitar shape with brass scabbards. As usual
the ^Big Drummer" was a man of colour from the West
Indies, a splendid specimen of a well-grown negro. The
" Jingling- Johnny" a peculiar instrument on a long pole,
covered with bells, crescents, and horsehair, was carried in
front of the big drum by the tallest man in the regiment.
The walking drum-major was a sight worth seeing ;
generally one of the handsomest and best-proportioned
men in the regiment, \vhose duties were to wield his staff
in the most wonderful manner, and keep his walking-cane
in order by frequent use of it on refractory drum boys.
The major's dress was gorgeous, a magnificent and
perfectly fitting coatee, bedizened with silver lace, plated
buttons, silver lace wings and fringe ; aguilettes ; richly em-
broidered shoulder belt, with regimental badges, honours,
and insignia in gold ; Hessian boots with tassels ; tight fitting
Long , Long Ago ! 131
"knee-breeches, or pantaloons ; an extra large-sized bearskin
cap, with silver cord life lines attached, and at its right side
a gallant scarlet upright feather plume ; long white buckskin
gauntlets ; and in his hand a handsome massive staff of
Malacca cane, surmounted by a gilt grenade, and a rich
cord of gold encircling it from top to bottom.
There is a story told of one poor drum-major, who out-
growing the symmetry of his beautiful figure, his coat
became too tight. Horror ! what was to be done ? Starva-
tion the drum-major resented, neither would he diminish
the quantity of his beer. A pair of stays were made for
him, into which two drummers managed to lace him ; but
the major became stouter, the lacing became tighter, and
in the end he went to hospital and died, a victim to
'" drum-major dandyism."
During the station of the regiment in Van Dieman's
Land it discarded its drums and fifes, and in lieu thereof
established a key-bugle band, which remained in existence
for many years.
In 1857, when at Malta, the drummers were formed
into a brass band, and proved of great service in supple-
menting the band when playing out
It also maintained two Highland pipers up till the year
1850 ; these were again resumed, and the number increased
to ten, in 1870.
The drummers of old were gay fellows, and "great
little swells ; " with their coatees bedizened with variegated
lace, large shoulder wings to match, bearskin caps on their
heads nearly as high as themselves, carrying drums equally
out of proportion, buff knee aprons, swords and belts, drum
carriages with brass plate rollers to hold the drumsticks,
.and large bugles in their hands, they indeed made a brave
appearance.
The Fusiliers, when inspected at Windsor by the Duke of
Clarence, afterwards William the Fourth, had a more splendid
appearance than the Foot Guards, in consequence of which
he caused an order to be issued from the Horse Guards to
discontinue the use of all articles not strictly regulation.
132 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Regulations affecting the dress and appearance of a
regiment cannot be carried out very promptly, as time
must be allowed to wear out articles in use before others
of the substituted pattern can be issued ; it was, therefore,
some years before these changes in the uniform were really
carried into effect, as the regiment continued to wear the
same style of dress until 1838, when the bearskin caps
were replaced by chakos of the " bell-top pattern," with an
upright white hair hackle.
This head-dress, and succeeding ones, except the seal-
skin cap or Fusilier busby now in use, was known by the
peculiar double title of " hat cap," a term used for the same
article in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
New accoutrements were issued to the regiment, and
the pouch ornament discontinued, in 1842. In 1846 the
flint musket was replaced by the percussion one, and pickers
and brushes discontinued.
The band was clothed in white instead of blue ; the colour
of the trousers was also changed from blue to an Oxford
grey, with a narrow red cloth welt in lieu of the broad
scarlet stripe.
In 1841 the "bell-topped chako" was replaced by that
odious cap called the "Albert," with its broad black
chin-strap ; it had an un-English and an unsoldier-like
appearance.
On the arrival of the regiment at Canterbury, from
India, in 1848, it was inspected by Sir George Brown, the
Adjutant-General of the Forces, when a thorough revolu-
tion was made in the clothing, and all fancy regimental
specialities swept away.
The coatees had their skirts shortened, fringe on the
wings reduced, and all stiffening to give them a shape pro-
hibited, grenades removed from collars. Trousers of a
slovenly cut, regulation forage caps of hideous shape and
coarse quality, and "shell jackets" were ordered to be
worn so loose that they were more like sacks than neatly
fitting garments.
These changes were drastic ones, but had to be carried
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out, and for a time the regiment did not know itself in its
altered appearance. But the spirit was only scotched, not
killed, for by a gradual and mysterious process, on arrival at
Dublin in 1853, it had regained its former smart appear-
ance ; apparently much to the disgust of Hastings Doyle,
the Adjutant-General, who in several particular items had to
order a resumption of the objectionable regulation articles.
In the same year an experimental issue of Minie rifles
took place, also new pattern accoutrements of the shoulder-
belt only, with waist-belt and fixed "bayonet frog;" but
shortly afterwards the rifles were withdrawn, to equip other
regiments embarking for Turkey.
Tunics of the double-breasted pattern, with turn-back
lappels, were first issued in the Crimea, and, after many
alterations in shape, pattern, and quality, have assumed the
tight, skimpy, choked-up appearance of those at present in
use ; the colour being changed from red to scarlet, the
much-prized regimental button being abolished to make
way for that of the " Brummagem universal pattern."
While serving in the Crimea the percussion smooth bore
was exchanged for the Enfield rifle.
In Malta "fixed bayonet frogs" were exchanged for
movable ones ; and a new pattern cork-covered chako, with
blue cloth, and furnished with a white drooping horse-hair
plume, was issued.
In Dublin, in 1866, seal-skin caps were issued, and the
dice band authorised for the forage cap.
In 1869 glengarries were introduced; and in 1875 the
Henry-Martini was issued, together with additional ball
bags and pouches to be worn on the waist-belt.
On the arrival of the first battalion from India, in 1881,
the valise equipment was issued, a decided improvement
on the old knapsack.
In taking a retrospective view of the various changes
and alterations, the army has much reason to congratulate
itself upon serving Her Majesty Queen Victoria under the
improved conditions of 1885.
Hppen&iy IRo. 6.
THE COLOURS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS,
PAST AND P RES EXT.
I.
The Colours of the Second Battalion, Raised in 1804,
and Disbanded in 1816.
THE following letter on the above subject appeared in the
columns of the Ayrshire Post in November 1883 :
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.
SIR, As some misapprehension appears to exist regarding
the colours of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, lately deposited with
such impressive ceremony, and by royal hands, in St Giles' Cathe-
dral, on Wednesday last, the following notes, partially from the
* Historical Record/ and somewhat from memory, may be found
both instructive and useful to those who take a real interest in the
vicissitudes of the now "county regiment" :
The colours deposited in St Giles' are those formerly in pos-
session of the original second battalion of the regiment, embodied
at Ayr from men raised in the counties of Ayr and Renfrew on
the 25th December 1804.
It remained at Ayr, after formation, until the i5th August
1806, when, marching to Portpatrick, it embarked for Belfast,
where it remained for the following five years.
In September 1811 it returned to Scotland from Belfast, and
was stationed at Fort-George. During the same year it furnished
a strong detachment, together with volunteers from the militia, to
increase the strength of the first battalion (then serving in Sicily)
to a strength of 1200 rank and file.
On the 3<Dth December 1813 the second battalion embarked
from Fort-George, and landed in Holland on i8th January 1814,
taking part in the attack upon Bergen-op-Zoom on the night of
136 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
the 1 4th March. At the termination of hostilities the battalion
embarked at Ostend for England, landing at Deal, and in October
of the same year sailed from Gravesend to Leith, where it disem-
barked in the beginning of November, and proceeded to Stirling
Castle.
During its stay at this station it furnished several strong rein-
forcements for the first battalion.
On the 1 3th January 1816 the battalion was disbanded at
Stirling, transferring all effectives to the first battalion, then form-
ing part of the Army of Occupation in Paris.
I have no means of ascertaining the name of the colonel
commanding on its reduction, but, I presume, it must have been
Gordon, who naturally, and as usual in those days, took possession
of the colours of his late battalion, placing them in Fyvie Castle,
Aberdeenshire, where they remained until so patriotically given
up by his descendants for final keeping in St Giles' Cathedral,
with the venerated, tattered, and glorious old standards of other
Scottish regiments.
I had much pleasure in inspecting them on Wednesday.
They are in a good state of preservation, and beautifully painted
not embroidered.
The colours known to be in existence, exclusive of those in
use, are
Original second battalion, 1804 to 1816 St Giles' Cathedral.
First battalion, from 1828 to 1858 Ayr Old Church.
Second battalion, from 1857 to 1864 Dumfries.
All others, as far as I am aware, have been lost sight of, viz.,
those carried by the regiment from 1678 to 1827.
I have heard an old story about those carried at the attack
on New Orleans, during the War of Independence, having been
preserved by a Quartermaster Sergeant Reid, who, to save them
from falling into the hands of the rebels (the officers carrying
them having been either killed or severely wounded), stripped
them from their staves, and wrapped them around his body.
Having been taken prisoner, he kept them safely until the termi-
nation of the war, and, on joining his regiment at Chatham, gave
them up to the commanding-officer. For this devoted act he is
said to have received a commission, and the appointment of
regimental adjutant, but I do not vouch for the truth of the
story. I only remember old soldiers repeating it.
Up to 1852 the colours of the Royal Scots Fusiliers bore no hon-
ours, but through the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie (who
afterwards died of wounds received at Inkerman), and in justice
to the regiment, ^Bladensburg" was authorised to be emblazoned
on them. Subsequently " Alma" "Inkerman" "Sevastopol" and
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" South Africa" have been added; and latterly, in connection with
the re-organisation of the army, it was ordered by Her Majesty, at
the recommendation of a committee, that certain old victories
should be added in commemoration of the distinguished services
of certain regiments during the famous campaigns of the Duke of
Marlborough. In accordance with this order, further additions
have been made to the colours of the 'Royal Scots Fusiliers, which
will now bear "Blenheim? " Ramillies? " Oudenarde," " Malpla-
quet" and " Dettingen? making ten in all.
Long may the old corps continue to bear these honourably,
and, if dire need demands it, add to their number, in maintaining
the glory of the British empire throughout the civilised world.
GEORGE GRAHAME,
Major Retired List, late Royal Scots Fusiliers.
PORTOBELLO, X.B., ijth November 1883.
II.
presentation of IRew Colours
TO THE
First 'Battalion of the Twenty-First Royal North British Fusiliers,
BY LADY PENNEFATHER.
{Reprinted from the " Malta Times" of 26th January 1858]
Ax imposing and very interesting ceremony namely, the pre-
sentation, by Lady Pennefather, of new colours to the Twenty-
first Royal North British Fusiliers took place on the Floriana
Parade, on Tuesday the iQth inst., in the presence of a large and
fashionable assemblage, and a vast concourse of spectators of all
classes.
The whole of the troops in garrison were on the ground, and
were formed into three sides of a hollow square ; the Fusiliers
being in line, and in open order, and at a double distance, in the
centre ; the Royal Artillery, under Colonel St George, and the
First Brigade, under Major-General Warren, C.B., consisting of
the Fourteenth and Fifty- seventh regiments, in line of con-
tiguous columns at right angles, on the right ; the Second
138 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Brigade in the same order, under the command of ColontI
Adams, C.B., consisting of the Royal Malta Fencibles, and the
Twenty-eighth regiment, on the left. Majors J. T. Dalyell and FL
Gray, bearing the new colours, were posted at some distance in
front of the troops.
A few minutes before the appointed hour, the Lieutenant-
General, accompanied by his personal and the general staff,
arrived, and was presently followed by Lady Pennefather, in a
carriage, which drew up near to, but somewhat in rear of, the new
colours.
Sir John now assumed the command of the division, which
he called to " attention ; " on which the band of the Fusiliers
" trooped " in slow and quick time. On the troop being finished,
the Right Rev. the Bishop of Gibraltar, attended by the Venerable
Archdeacon Le Mesurier, advanced to the colours, and read im-
pressively appropriate lessons from the Old and New Testaments,
after which he consecrated the banners in a long and solemn
prayer, laying his hands upon them, and blessing them.
This being done, the whole division " presented arms," the
regimental bands playing the National Anthem. No. i Company
of the Fusiliers, under Lieutenant S. H. Clerke, preceded by the
regimental band, then advanced a few paces in line, and, wheeling
on its left, proceeded to where the colours were posted, and then
halted. The majors now advanced, and handed the colours to
Lady Pennefather, who presented them to the two senior ensigns,
Messrs Ker and Furlong, who received them kneeling. Here the
troops cheered her ladyship enthusiastically, who acknowledged
the compliment by bowing repeatedly to them.
On handing the colours to those officers, Lady Pennefather
addressed them in the following brief but appropriate terms :
" I have the honour of presenting these new colours to the
Twenty-first Royal Fusiliers ; and in so doing, I feel assured,
whenever the regiment may be again called upon for active ser-
vice, these colours will wave over it in victory. And in victory,
remember mercy."
To this Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Stuart responded thus :
" Lady Pennefather, Allow me, in the name of the Twenty-
first Fusiliers, to thank you for the honour which you have done
us in presenting us with the new colours. In 1827 those which
are now furled for the last time were given to the regiment on
Southsea Common by King William IV. They have been in
many hands since then, and lately have had the good fortune of
being carried throughout the Crimean actions. Permit me to
assure your ladyship that those which we have this day received
from you have been confided to trustworthy hands, and wherever
it may be their fortune to serve, they will be zealously guarded.
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The regiment will cherish with pride the recollection of this hour,
and hereafter, when rallying round those emblems of their country's
honour, we shall never forget what England, and our beloved
Queen, expect from us. While a soldier of the Twenty-first
Fusiliers remains, it will be no less his duty than his pride and
highest ambition to keep the honour of those colours unsullied."
The officers bearing the colours now fell back on No. i Com-
pany, which formed the colour guard, and were received with
presented arms, the band again playing " God Save the Queen."
The colour guard, preceded by the regimental band playing a
slow march, now advanced in line, and at open order, towards the
flank of the regiment, and then wheeled to its left, disengaged its
ranks, and proceeded through the open ranks of the regiment,
the colours and band in rank entire disengaging to the front, the
drummers to the extreme rear, both continuing their march in the
same way, the band still playing.
On the colours reaching the centre of the line of the regi-
ment, they fell into the ranks in their proper place, which was pre-
viously occupied by the old colours, which now fell back, and were
removed ; but the guard and band still continued their march,
until they reached the right of the line, on clearing which the
guard got the word, " Front turn, halt, dress up," which brought it
into its original position, and the band also resumed its proper
place on the right. During this part of the ceremony the regiment,
and the whole of the rest of the division, remained at presented
arms, their colours being drooped, and their bands playing " God
Save the Queen."
The division now came to the " shoulder/'' and the ranks were
closed, and the Fusiliers foiming "fours" closed in their centre.
The brigades also closed to their respective fronts, and Sir John
advanced, and in a full, clear, and distinct voice addressed the
Fusiliers in the following graphical and historical speech, which we
are sure will be read with interest by all who take a pride in the
noble profession of arms :
" Colonel Stuart and the Twenty-first Fusiliers, I have been
requested by Lady Pennefather to thank you for the honour you
have done her in inviting her to present you your new colours. I
assure you we both feel the compliment very deeply. And I ven-
ture to think she is not quite undeserving of the courtesy. She
has followed my fortunes in the service for a long course of years,
and in the four quarters of the world. It has been my pride
before now to see my wife soothe the pillow of my sick comrades
in times of pestilence ; it has been my pride to see her attend the
huts of my wounded comrades after battle ; and I can say that she
is truly the soldiers' friend.
" Soldiers, it is customary, and I think very fitting, on such
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an occasion as this on such a solemn occasion to say a few
words on the previous history the career and the manner in which
it has performed its duty of the corps. And I think I may say,
without flattery, that there are few regiments in Her Majesty's
army which have passed through a more honourable career, or one
more marked by a constant anxiety to perform all the duties
required of it than the Twenty-first Fusiliers.
" The regiment was raised in 1678, in the reign of Charles II.,
ten years before that glorious Revolution which established the
present monarchy so firmly on the throne of England. The regi-
ment, I say, was raised in 1678 by a great soldier of his day, the
Earl of Mar, and the next year it saw its first battle. It was
baptized in blood, and it distinguished itself. In 1690 the regi-
ment served in Flanders under King William III., where it again
performed its duty well. In 1702 it went to Germany with the
great Duke of Marlborough. In 1704 it fought at the battle of
Blenheim ; its colonel, the brave Archibald Rowe, was killed at its
head, forcing and cutting with his sword the palisades round the
village of Blenheim. In that war also the regiment shared in the
battles of Ramillies, of Oudenarde, of Malplaquet, in 1709, and
performed its duty. At Malplaquet, again, it lost its colonel, the
brave De Lalo, who was killed at its head. We find the regiment
again in Germany. In 1743 it fought at the battle of Dettingen,
under the eye of George II. Thus this corps has been engaged
with the enemy under the personal command of two Kings of Eng-
land, and has had the honour of fighting under the last King of
England who has led his army in person to battle. In this war
also the regiment was engaged at the battle of Fontenoy, in 1745,
where it was distinguished, and where it suffered so severely that
it became necessary to move it to Flanders. But here again duty
called it into the field, and we find it in 1746 fighting at the battle
of Val and at Lafeldt. After this second German war the regi-
ment went in 1749 to Gibraltar, where it served for ten years.
Gibraltar was not then, my friends, the quiet agreeable station it
is at present. In that day it was open to constant attacks, was
constantly threatened, and its garrison had to be constantly on the
alert. In all these harassing duties, in all these watchings and
alarms, the regiment was ever cheerful, ever to be depended on in
the fulfilment of its duty. In 1761 the regiment was at Quebec,
and was that year at the taking of Belleisle. And then, and
during the succeeding year, it assisted in the military operations
securing to us firmly all our Canadian possessions, and many
valuable places in the West Indies and coast of America. In 1776
the regiment was engaged in the American War of Independence,
and did good duty under Sir Guy Carlton ; and in August of
that year had hard fighting, so that in one day it lost four officers
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killed, and a great many non-commissioned officers and soldiers
killed and wounded. The names of the officers killed on that
occasion were Currie, M'Kenzie, Robertson, and Turn bull.
" In those days, my comrades, only the names of officers killed
in battle were mentioned in despatches. But at present, thanks to
our glorious Queen, who is ever ready to afford every indulgence,
every benefit to her soldiers, to raise in every way her army, not only
names of officers, but the name of every private soldier and every
sergeant who distinguishes himself in action, or who dies in the
performance of his duty to his Queen and country, is mentioned in
the public Gazette, and those names go to our parishes to rejoice
the hearts of our relatives and friends, or to take away half of their
grief in our loss.
"In the year 1739 the regiment took its first part in the revo-
lutionary war. That year it served at the taking of Martinique
and Guadaloupe, and was particularly mentioned in despatches for
its conduct at Guadaloupe by General Prescott, who commanded.
In 1806 the regiment formed part of the second expedition to
Egypt, under General Fraser ; landed at Aboukir Bay ; penetrated
towards Rosetta, where there was much fighting in the desert. In
1807 the regiment was in Sicily. At that time, soldiers, there was
a British army in Sicily, and the Twenty-first were actually engaged
till 1 8 10, under Sir John Stuart, fighting against Murat on the
coast of Calabria and those parts, and was distinguished at the
taking of Ischia and Procida, and particularly at St Stephano. In
1812 part of. the corps was employed on the east coast of Spain,
thus taking part in the Peninsular War, under the Duke of Wel-
lington. Early in 1814 the regiment was at the taking of Genoa,
and performed good duty, where it lost many officers and men.
That same year it proceeded to America, and was at the battle of
Bladensburg and the advance on Washington, doing good duty.
In 1815 it was at New Orleans.
"In such a long career of military service it would be impos-
sible not to have some reverses. There would be no honour, no
renown, if all things went on smooth and successfully. We were
beaten at New Orleans ; but that the Twenty-first Fusiliers did
their duty may be fairly gathered, I think, from this, that on that
occasion they had their colonel (Colonel Reddy) killed, and left 400
officers and men killed and wounded on the field half the regi-
ment, but they were soon avenged, at the taking of Mobile in the
Gulf of Mexico.
"In 1816 the regiment was in Paris, under the Duke of
Wellington. In 1819 they went to the West Indies. In 1821
they were employed in the suppression of a dangerous insurrection
in the sickly swamps of Demerara, where they performed good
duty, and were particularly mentioned by the general in command,.
142 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
and much promotion was given in the regiment in consequence.
In 1832 the regiment went to New South Wales, and was dis-
persed for many years in that distant country, always cheerful, and
to be depended on in its duty. In 1839 they went to Madras, and
soon afterwards to Calcutta. And in 1842 marched up into the
upper provinces of India, at that time, as you know, and almost
ever since, the scene of stirring work with the enemy.
" But those are bygone days. Let us come to what happened
yesterday what happened under our own eyes. The Twenty-
first had the honour of being engaged in the Crimean war. They
landed with the army in the Crimea ; they witnessed the battle of
the Alma, the battle of Balaklava, the battle of Inkerman, where
they again lost their colonel, the brave Ainslie ; and the long and
severe duty in the trenches. They were at the fall of Sebastopol,
the greatest siege in the history of the wars of the world ; they
were at the expedition to Kinburn ; everywhere performing their
duty, everywhere to be depended on.
" Men of Inkerman ! does not your blood boil now when
you call to mind where you fought on that glorious day, where you
.stood in the front of battle in the very gap ; when you now think
of the heavy masses of Russians coming up against you one after
another ; and how you with silence and steadiness drove them
down rolling them back in confusion and blood? On that occa-
sion your cry was for more ammunition ; never a selfish word for
yourselves, though you had been at work the livelong day without
food.
" Young soldiers ! think of these things, determine to emu-
late your elders, and to gain for yourselves the same honourable
distinctions they wear on their hearts. These recollections, my
dear brother soldiers, do not pass us by like a summer cloud, to
be forgotten ; they sink deeply into the mind ; and I for one do
not envy that man who is not deeply moved by the remembrance
of them.
" Ensigns ! take these colours ; they are committed to your
charge in the fullest confidence. When next you are engaged
march with them quietly, steadily, firmly, serenely, into the very
heart of the enemy ; and if you fall in the performance of your
honourable office, others will at once take your place, and carry on
the duty.
" Soldiers ! stick to those colours. Move forward steadily,
confidently ; be silent, watch your officers, obey them. Obedience
is discipline, and without discipline a military force is no better
than an armed mob. Strike low. And I am perfectly confident,
when again these colours are unfurled in war, they will, like those
which have gone before, wave over your heads in victory. And
when you next fight, I wish you, from the bottom of my heart,
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every success, and pray fervently that God Almighty may bless and
prosper the corps wherever it goes."
On the conclusion of his address, Sir John was heartily cheered
by the Fusiliers. The whole of the troops then marched past in
review order, after which they were put through a variety of
brigade evolutions by the Lieutenant-General. The division then
separated into corps, and marched back to their respective
barracks.
At 1.30 Sir John and Lady Pennefather, and his Excellency
the Governor, and the heads of departments and their ladies,
repaired to the Auberge de Castile, where they were entertained at
an elegant dejeuner by Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart and the officers,
who also, in commemoration of the occasion, gave a grand ball
and supper to upwards of four hundred persons at the Auberge de
Provence in the evening. Both passed off with eclat, and gave
general satisfaction. The Twenty-first Fusiliers has always been a
distinguished corps, and is deservedly popular in the island.
The following will give our readers, who may not have seen
them, some idea of the colours : The Queen's colour is repre-
sented by the " Union Jack " or national standard ; the second or
regimental colour is blue (the colour of the facings of the regi-
ment), and bears on its centre the thistle (the distinguishing badge
of the regiment) within a circle, having around it the well-known
and very appropriate motto "Nemo vie impune lacessit" This is
surmounted by an imperial crown. At the three corners is the
Queen's cipher and crown in gold, richly embroidered ; and on
scrolls at each side of central badge the names of the actions in
which the regiment has served.
The following is the list of guests who had the honour of
receiving cards for the official dejeuner given by the Twenty-first
on the occasion of the presentation of the new colours :
His Excellency the Governor, the Marquis of Dalhousie, Sir
John and Lady Pennefather and Staff, Vice-Admiral Sir Montagu
and Lady Stopford, the Bishop, the Archdeacon, Major-General
Warren and Staff, Colonel and Mrs Adams, Twenty-eighth regi-
ment; Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs YVarre, Fifty-seventh regi-
ment ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Campbell, Seventy-first regi-
ment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Budd, Fourteenth regiment ; Colonel
St George, Royal Artillery ; Colonel Crawley, Royal Engineers ;
Colonel and Mrs Greydon, Royal Artillery; Colonel and Mrs
Hallewell, staff; Major Mitford, staff; Major Bayley, staff; Com-
missary-General and Mrs Smith ; Dr Scott, P.M.O. ; Captain and
Mrs Mountain, Mrs St John, Mrs Pocklington, the Hon. Mrs St
John, Captain and Mrs M 'Donald, Mrs Stuart, Mrs Collingwood,
Mrs Urquhart, Mrs Image, Mrs Grahame, and Miss Gray.
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III.
IReception of tbe l& Colours
OF THE
First Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers,
AT AYR, PREPARATORY TO THEIR BEING FINALLY DEPOSITED
IN THE OLD CHURCH.
\Reprinted from the "Ayr Observer"]
A VERY interesting event happened in Ayr on Saturday evening
last (soth October 1875), which, had it been publicly announced
beforehand, would, we are sure, have been made the occasion of
a public demonstration. As it was, a large number of people had
got to know of it ; and from the streets being thronged, as usual
on Saturday evening, there was no lack of interested spectators.
The event we refer to was the formal reception in Ayr of the
old battle-worn colours of the Twenty-first Royal North British
Fusiliers, which are henceforth permanently to be retained here,
as the home centre of the regiment.
According to the new army organisation scheme, instituted
three years ago, the four counties of Ayr, Dumfries, Wigtown, and
Kirkcudbright have been formed into what is called the Sixty-First
Brigade District.
Each military district has two battalions of the line attached
to it, and to these are affiliated all the militia and reserve forces
within the combined counties.
The line regiments localised in this district are the first and
second battalions of the Twenty-first Royal North British Fusiliers,
one of which is always on foreign service, while the other is at
home. Ayr has been made the depot centre of the district, and
here is stationed the depot of the regiment, by which recruiting is
carried on, and all the official business connected with it is trans-
acted.
At present the second battalion of the regiment, commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Collingvvood, is stationed in the Portsdown
Forts, near Portsmouth, whither all recruits at present enlisted pro-
ceed. It will remain on home station until the return of the first
battalion from India, about the year 1881.
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The working of the new scheme in this quarter has been
attended with considerable success. Already a large number of
men from the district are serving in the ranks of the Fusiliers,
and, we believe, are doing well, and satisfied with their new pro-
fession. The conduct of the men stationed at the depot here has
been all that could be desired, and has reflected credit upon our
oivn regiment.
There is ever)' reason to expect that, in a few years, both bat-
talions of the Twenty-first Royal North British Fusiliers will be
composed entirely of Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, and Galloway men,
and so realise the intentions of the authors of the localisation
scheme. But it would help greatly to further this object if it could
be arranged, as we hope it will be, to have the regiment, with its
band, c., actually stationed in the county for two or three years
during its home tour of service.
As one object of the localisation scheme was to induce the
people of the district to take a special interest in their own regi-
ment, a few particulars regarding the Twenty-first Fusiliers will,
we are sure, be acceptable to our readers.
The regiment was raised in 1678, by the Earl of Mar, and is,
therefore, amongst the oldest of our Scottish regiments.
As mentioned by Mr D. Murray Lyon, in a series of notes on
" Ayr in the Olden Time," published some time ago, the " Royal
Regiment of North British Fusiliers" was garrisoned in Ayr in
the year 1715, and, no doubt, helped to train the two companies
of volunteers which were sent by the burgh to aid the King during
the rebellion in that year. In the course of its long and dis-
tinguished history, the regiment has served in every part of the
globe.
Had honourable distinctions been allowed to be worn prior to
those gained in the Peninsular War, the colours of the regiment
would bear, in addition to those authorised, the list of the " famous
victories " gained by the Duke of Marlborough.
The original title of the regiment was the " Royal Scots
Fusiliers," and although no authentic trace has been preserved of
how the title came to be changed, there is reason to believe that
it was at the Union with England that it received the name of the
" Royal North British Fusiliers," which it still retains.
The regiment formed part of the British army that was sent to
the Crimea in 1854. It distinguished itself in the battles of Alma
and Inkerman, and bore the brunt of much of the hard fighting
and harassing siege work during the progress of the war.
Mr Kinglake's recently published fifth volume of the history
of the Crimean invasion contains a very clear account of the
appearance, position, and conduct of the Fusiliers at Inkerman.
Only six officers are in the regiment now who served with it in the
146 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Crimea ; but two others, at least, who were then connected with it,
now occupy important positions, viz., Lieutenant-General Sir F.
P. Haines, K.C.B., now commanding the Madras Army; and
Major-General J. Ramsay Stuart, at present commanding the
troops in Scotland. Of the survivors of the Crimean War serving
at the brigade depot at Ayr, only one officer (Quartermaster
Grahame) and nineteen non-commissioned officers and men
remain.
The old colours, which form the principal subject of the pre-
sent notice, were carried off the field of Inkerman with Colonel
Ainslie, when mortally wounded. The enemy, from the con-
spicuous position of the colours, and knowing that they would be
carried by officers and escorted by sergeants, made them a special
point of aim, until they were removed from action by order of
Lord Raglan. One officer, Lieutenant Hurt, was killed ; another,
Lieutenant Stephens, lost his arm ; and a third, Lieutenant King,
was very severely wounded in the neck ; and some seventeen
colour-sergeants and sergeants were killed and wounded while
escorting them.
These colours have been in possession of the regiment since
it was stationed in Ireland in 1828, accompanying it to its
various stations in England, Ireland, Scotland, Tasmania, the
East Indies, the Crimea, and Malta, but were replaced in 1858
by those now in use with the first battalion, at present serving at
Rangoon, British Burmah, which were presented by Lady Penne-
father, the wife of the late Sir John Pennefather, K.C.B., who
commanded the forces at Malta at that time. The old colours
were placed, for temporary security, in the arsenal of Edinburgh
Castle, on the embarkation of the battalion for the East Indies,
in February 1869.
It was felt, however, that their proper place was at the depot
centre of the regiment. Accordingly, Captain J. Stevenson and
an escort proceeded to Edinburgh on Saturday, and had the time-
honoured colours delivered over to their custody. They arrived
in Ayr with them by the 7.57 P.M. train on Saturday evening. A
guard of honour, consisting of all the men of the depot of the
regiment, with the drum and fife band, under the command of
Captain F. M'K. Salmond, awaited their arrival at the railway
station.
The colours, after having been crowned with laurel wreaths,
were duly saluted, amid the vociferous cheers of a large concourse
of spectators who had assembled. They were then handed by
Captain F. G. Jackson and Quartermaster Grahame to Lieutenants
Lambart and Meares, and were borne by them down High Street,
escorted by the guard of honour, and accompanied by a dense
crowd, to the barracks, where these old memorials of the many
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stirring events of the soldier's life amidst peace and war, will for
the present find a habitation in the officers' mess-room. There
they will remain until arrangements be made for a final resting-
place for them, which it is hoped will be in the Old Church of
Ayr, over a cenotaph or other memorial of the officers and men
of the regiment who have died in the service of their country.
To commemorate this interesting event, Captains Jackson,
Stevenson, and Salmond, and Quartermaster Grahame, with their
wives, dined together at the mess on Saturday night.
In the course of the evening, the Crimean survivors serving at
the depot were called in to drink to the old colours, under which
they had served, amid scenes of hardship and danger, so many
years ago.
IV.
Ceremony of ^Depositing tbe tt> Colours
OF THE
First Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
IN THE OLD CHURCH AT AYR, ON THE 5TH NOVEMBER 1883.
^Reprinted from the "Ayrshire Post."'}
On Monday forenoon a most interesting ceremony took place
in the Old Church of Ayr, viz., the handing over of the old colours
of the first battalion of the Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers to
the custody of the ministers and kirk-session of the church, with a
view to their safe keeping and preservation.
The colours, which are riddled with bullet marks, and are now
reduced to mere tattered shreds, were presented to the regiment
in 1828, and were borne .by the first battalion till the year 1858,
having been carried through the Crimean campaign.
The day chosen for the ceremony of presenting the colours
was a most appropriate one, being the anniversary of the battle of
Inkerman. Only four of the old heroes who fought under the
colours at Inkerman were present at the ceremony on Monday,
viz., Sergeants Clark and Gaffney, Drum-major Maide, and Private
Michael Quinn.
Those who wished to be present at the ceremony having been
asked to take their seats by a quarter to eleven o'clock, at that
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time a large number of people had assembled in the church.
Prior to the commencement of the proceedings, Mr Wilson, the
organist, played several appropriate airs and marches on the
organ.
A good deal of interest was manifested in the brass tablet,
erected on the wall of the west transept facing the pulpit, in com-
memoration of the officers and men of the second battalion who
fell during the recent campaign in South Africa.
At eleven o'clock the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" apprised
those assembled in the church of the fact that the detachment of
the regiment escorting the colours from the barracks was approach-
ing. Colonel Allan, commanding in the Twenty-first Regimental
District, was in command of the detachment.
The detachment halted at the east door of the church, and,
the band having struck up " God save the Queen," the people
rose up en masse^ while the officers and men entered, bearing the
colours.
The colours were then affixed to the wall of the east transept
facing the pulpit, and on the opposite side of the nave from the
brass tablet of the second battalion. Underneath was a small
brass tablet with the following inscription :
" The colours of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, carried by the first
battalion from 1828 to 1858, through the Crimean campaign,
including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, the siege and
fall of Sebastopol, and the bombardment of Kinburn, and depo-
sited here 1883."
The brass tablet erected by the second battalion bears the
following inscription :
"To the memory of the under-named officers and non-
commissioned officers and men of the second battalion of the
Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers, who were killed in action, or
died from wounds or disease, during the years 1879, 1881-82, in
South Africa, this monument is erected, as a mark of respect and
esteem, by their old comrades."
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V.
Ipresentation of 1Rew Colours
TO THE
Second Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers,
[Reprinted from the "Broad Arrow" Newspaper^
PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS.
New colours were presented to the second battalion of the
Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers by the Duchess of Marlborough,
on August 10, in the Phcenix Park, Dublin. The battalion, mus-
tering about 550, was drawn up in line facing the Viceregal Lodge,
under the command of General Sir F. W. Hamilton, K.C.B.,
Brevet-Colonel W. P. Collingwood, Major G. F. Gildea, Major
R. W. Winsloe, Brevet- Major E. T. Bainbridge, Captain W.
Thorburn, and Captain J. Whitton. The Lord-Lieutenant, the
Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Georgiana and Lady Sarah
Spencer Churchill, Lord Portarlington, Lord Doneraile, the
Misses Baillie Cochrane (two), arrived in two open carriages, and
were received with a royal salute, the colours being drooped in
honour of the Viceregal party. The Duchess of Marlborough,
having handed the new colours to the two senior lieutenants
(Auchinlech and Dunn), said :
"Colonel Collingwood, Officers, and Soldiers of the Royal
Scots Fusiliers, I thank you for the compliment you have paid
me, in inviting me to present to you these new colours, under
which you are henceforth to serve your country. I should be
unworthy of the race from which I spring, and of that to which I
am so closely united, if I had not a heartfelt admiration for our
noble army ; and I must feel a special interest in your regiment,
from the fact that some of its earliest and brightest laurels were
gained under the leadership of the great Duke of Marlborough.
" At the glorious battle of Blenheim it led the attack with
unparalleled intrepidity. In the campaigns of William the Third,
in the American War, and from that time to the Crimean cam-
paign, with its brilliant triumphs of Alma and Inkerman, the Scots
Fusiliers have gloriously distinguished themselves, and left you a
noble inheritance, of which I am convinced you will not fail to
prove yourselves worthy.
150 The Royal Scots Fiisiliers.
" Peace, the greatest of blessings, has just been preserved by
our Government, not a peace at any price, but one which rests
on the heroism and efficacy of our army and navy. Never was
there a time when we defended so vast a frontier. Never have
we had so many nations dependent on us, but not enslaved
looking up to us for protection and good government. Never
have we had greater occasion for those fleets and armies which
have placed us in the foremost rank of the nations of the world.
More honours than you have won under your old colours, torn as
they have been by shot and shell, I cannot wish you to earn
under those I am proud to deliver to you. I am confident you
will sustain your reputation ; and not only as soldiers, but as
citizens, must you emulate the past glories of a regiment which
has ever been conspicuous for high discipline, good conduct, and
moral order. It is my earnest prayer that victory may attend
these labours, and that success and good fortune may ever
accompany you, in whatever service you may be called upon to
perform."
Colonel Collingwood, advancing, replied as follows : " May
it please your grace, on behalf of the second battalion Royal Scots
Fusiliers, I beg permission to express our deep gratitude for the
very great mark of distinction your grace this day has been pleased
to confer upon us, as no one other than the royal family could
have more appropriately honoured us than the wife of a descendant
of the great Marlborough. I may truly say that the feeling of
loyalty and devotion to our beloved sovereign, which animates all
ranks of this battalion, cannot be excelled, and they will cherish
with pride their recollections of this day. The 'colours' borne
for the last time to-day, and now finally furled, were presented to
the battalion on its being raised, twenty years ago ; and, in the
name of the battalion, I feel I may faithfully promise your grace
that, when and wherever these their successors are waved over the
battlefield, both young and old, officers and men, will strive hard
to emulate the deeds of their predecessors, and to uphold the
ancient glory and reputation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers."
General Sir F. Hamilton, K.C.B., colonel of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, then said : " I have been permitted to add a few
remarks to those already made by Colonel Collingwood in the
name of the battalion of which he has the honour of having com-
mand. I would, in the first place, beg to return my own personal
and most sincere thanks to your grace for the great honour you
have this day conferred on the corps, by the part your grace has
taken in the ceremony we have just witnessed ; and I am sure
that every member of it must feel an additional pride in the fact
that they have received their new colours from one so nearly and
dearly connected with the descendant of that great soldier under
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whom their predecessors fought and won in the early part of last
century. The several members of the corps will in course of
nature pass away, but the high spirit with which it is imbued will
last for ever ; so also will the remembrance of this day be handed
down in the annals of the regiment to future generations, who will
ever look back with pride to the fact that on two occasions one
in the time of a glorious and successful war, and the other in the
time of an assured and honourable peace they have been asso-
ciated with the noble name of Maryborough. I may congratulate the
Royal Scots Fusiliers that the ceremony we have just witnessed has
also been honoured by the presence of his grace the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland, and our sincere thanks are due to him for having thus
honoured us. Colonel Collingwood, and officers and soldiers of
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, I will conclude by the confident and
sincere wish that, whenever our Queen and country may require
your services against the enemy, the banners which you have had
this day entrusted to your care may ever, with the help of God,
wave over a victorious corps/'
The colours, which are very handsome, and have, of course,
the glorious records of the regiment embroidered upon them, were
raised at each side of the dais, and, the regiment having then
marched past and saluted them, the ceremonial was concluded.
VI.
Depositing of tbe I& Colours
OF THE
Second Battalion of the Twenty-First Royal North British Fusiliers
IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF DUMFRIES.
\Rcprintcdfrom the "Dumfries Standard" of nth September 1878.}
There was yesterday witnessed in Greyfriars' Church, Dumfries,
a ceremony which has no precedent in the history of the burgh,
that of depositing in the parish church the old colours of a
distinguished regiment, those of the second battalion of the
Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers.
In the recent formation of military districts in Scotland parti-
cular regiments were named for each district, which was to be
considered as their headquarters. In the sub-district of which
152 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Dumfries forms a part, the Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers was
the regiment which was to be connected with it.
On the recent calling out of the reserves of the Scottish Bor-
derers Militia, the men were sent to Dublin to be associated with
the Twenty-first. As they had shown great alacrity in responding
to the call to be re-embodied, and had, while at Dublin, conducted
themselves with propriety, and to the satisfaction of the officers of
that regiment, the latter, on the occasion of new colours being
presented to the Twenty-first, resolved to present their old colours
to be preserved in one of the churches at Dumfries.
On Monday the colours, in charge of Captain Browne and
Lieutenants Lindsel and the Hon. A. S. Hardinge, with a guard
of three sergeants and a private of the Royal Scots, left Dublin by
steamer for Glasgow. It was expected that the vessel would have
reached that city in time for the colours to reach Dumfries yester-
day forenoon, and the presentation was fixed for half-past twelve
o'clock. At that hour there was a large concourse of spectators
within the church. After waiting some time, the Rev. Mr Weir
read a telegram to the effect that the steamer had not reached
Glasgow in time for the train, and that the ceremony would not
take place until half-past four, when the colours would reach
Dumfries.
At a quarter to five the train arrived, and the guard in charge
of the colours were met at the station by the band and staff of the
Scottish Borderers, together with Captain and Adjutant Salmond
and Quartermaster Irwin, two officers formerly connected with the
Twenty-first ; the staff presented arms, the band playing " God Save
the Queen."
The party then proceeded by way of English Street and High
Street to Greyfriars' Church, where Colonel Walker and other
officers were in waiting at the door; also officers of the ist
D.R.V. and 5th K.R.V. The church was crowded in every part,
many of the county families being present. In the magistrates'
pew were Provost Smith; Bailies Smith, Wood, and Wilson; Dean
Allan; Mr M'Gowan, Town Chamberlain; Mr Martin, Town
Clerk ; Treasurer Muirhead.
On the party reaching the church, they marched up the south
passage, the men with bayonets fixed, and took their places in the
cross passage in front of the pulpit, the colours being laid on the
precentor's table.
The organ began to play on the party entering, and the audience
rose to their feet. A hymn " For the laying up in churches of col-
ours and standards " was then sung, and Mr Weir, who appeared
in academic dress, offered up an impressive and appropriate prayer,
and spoke as follows : " About two months ago it was officially
intimated to me that new colours were soon to be presented to
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the second battalion of the Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers, and
that the officers of that battalion wished to know if those who
have charge of this church would approve of the old colours being
placed here. I communicated this information, as I was asked to
do, to the Provost and Magistrates as representing those who
have civil rights in connection with this church, and to the kirk-
session as representing those who have ecclesiastical rights. Both
of these bodies at once expressed the great pleasure with which
they heard of this proposal, and their very cordial approval of its
being carried into execution.
" Now that the colours have been brought here, it is my plea-
sant duty to express the very great gratification which this event
gives, not only to all connected with this parish church, but to very
many of the inhabitants of Dumfries and its neighbourhood."
Mr Weir, after pointing out some of the reasons of this gratifi-
cation, said,
" There are circumstances that make us specially glad to receive
these colours. The Twenty-first Royal Scots Fusiliers is now the
regiment connected with the south-western district of Scotland,
and we who live in that district have now a special right to have an
interest in all that concerns it. That regiment is also one of the
oldest and most distinguished in the service, and it has a history
which will well add interest to everything belonging to it. It was
first raised by Charles II. to assist him in opposing the Cove-
vanters ; and we may regard it as one of the picturesque incidents
often wrought in the course of events, that colours belonging to a
regiment which formed part ot the army of the Duke of Monmouth
at Bothwell Bridge, are to-day placed in a parish church where
public worship is performed after the rites of the Presbyterian
Church.
" During the last century the regiment was present at much of
the hard fighting which took place in every war in which the
country was then engaged.
" It served under the great Duke of Marlborough ; it was pre-
sent in several campaigns in France ; was greatly distinguished at
Dettingen and Fontenoy ; and it formed part of the first line of
the Duke of Cumberland's army at Culloden, where it received
the first shock of the charge of the Highland clans ; and at the
close of the century it served with great gallantry in North British
America. During this century it has attained the distinctions
which are recorded on its regimental colours.
" It took part in the battle of Bladensburg, in the American
War, when a victory was gained over a force far superior in num-
bers to the Royal army ; and it was present at the battles the
names of which are very familiar to this generation of Alma,
Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
154 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
"There is yet another reason why the placing of these here
gives great satisfaction to the people of this district. We have
been led to understand that what suggested the thought of sending
them here was the alacrity with which the reserve men of the
Scottish Borderers lately responded to the call of duty, and the
good discipline which they showed when attached to the second
battalion of the Twenty-first regiment.
"The people of the Scottish Borders are with good reason
very proud of their Scottish Borderers ; and they feel that any
honour done to them is something at which they can all be glad.
And as Dumfries is the headquarters of their regiment, and as this
church is the church where the Scottish Borderers meet for Divine
service, all can understand the appropriate manner in which this
graceful compliment has been paid. I trust that the officers of
the Royal Scots Fusiliers now present will take back to Colonel
Collingwood and their brother officers, the assurance that the people
of this district appreciate very highly the way in which an effort
has been made to strengthen the ties between their regiment and
the Scottish Borderers and the people of this district, and also the
assurance that so long as these colours remain here they will be
treated with every possible respect."
The seventy-second hymn was then sung, followed by the
National Anthem by the choir and organ, after which Mr Weir
pronounced the benediction, and the novel proceedings terminated.
The colours consist of the regimental colours proper and the
" Union Jack," both dainty pieces of workmanship, but much
worn and tattered, especially the latter. They will be suspended
on each side of the memorial window behind the pulpit. On the
colours are the names of the following battles in which the regi-
ment has been engaged : Bladensburg, Alma, Inkerman, and
Sevastopol.
Hppen&iy IRo. 7.
BI-CENTENARY REUNION,
HELD AT
AYR BARRACKS, ON 2OTH SEPTEMBER 1878,
To Commemorate the Original Formation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1678,
\Reprintedfrom the " Ayr Observer"]
THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS HISTORICAL EVENT.
Ox Friday last, the 20th September, the sergeants of the Royal
Scots Fusiliers stationed at Ayr celebrated the two hundredth
anniversary of the raising of their famous regiment by Charles,
Earl of Mar.
Invitations had been forwarded to all the surviving sergeants
who had served in the regiment, whose addresses were known,
and the alacrity with which the various veterans acknowledged
them with cordial acceptance or apologies of unfeigned regret that
they were unable to attend, adds, if that were possible, an additional
glory to the veneration in which the Earl of Mar's Greybreeks
for that was the old name of the regiment is held by the present
representatives.
From length, breadth, and corners of these glorious islands the
heroes came. All of them had war medals, and on no better day
than the 2oth of September could they have met.
Most of the present generation remember Alma, and so do
they, ay, and Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
A magnificent banquet was spread at eight o'clock, presided
over by Quartermaster-Sergeant Matier, supported by Major Hazle-
rigg and Captain Willoughby. The Earl of Mar having intimated
that, through domestic affliction, he was debarred from attending
the bi-centennial as he had intended, nevertheless an officer of
the Clackmannanshire Rifle Volunteers, Mr G. Martin, was appreci-
ated as a representative.
156 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
In addition to the sergeants past and present the wives and
sweethearts were there, and since the night when at Brussels all
went merry as a marriage bell no gayer scene ever gladdened the
eyes of a warrior.
The Seventy-ninth Highlanders from Glasgow supplied the
music, and did it well. Bandmaster M'Donald, an old Fusilier,
being present as a guest, was a general favourite on the occasion.
Those serving with the first battalion in India, with the second
battalion in Ireland, and the old regiment throughout the remainder
of the world, may remember such names as French, Geary, Harley,
Talbot, Douglas, Graham, Young, Foude, Jeffrey, Flyn, Martin,
Fairley, Robertson, Sweeney, Gaffney, the two Bowers, Courtney,
and O'Shaughnessy, Chalmers, Sullivan, Tait, Harrington, Maley,
Tyne, Preston, Russell, Benson, Sinnott, M'Cormick, Walsh,
Hughes, Paterson, Hart, Derrett, Ludgate, Bailey, Clark, and Pugh,
and their appearance was enough to satisfy judges that there was
a good army reserve.
Each, as he entered the gay and spacious hall, was conducted
to review the colours, " blood-stained, pierced, and torn," which
they had so often borne on to victory; and many an undemonstra-
tive tear was shed, and many a dearly cherished memory brought,
in its entirety, forward through the years to add enjoyment to the
occasion. The soldier cannot do without his comrade. The
Crimea may be attached to Russia, but part of it belongs to the
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
After partaking heartily of the good things of this life, the
health of her Majesty, " Queen and Empress," was duly honoured.
" The Services " followed in succession, the toast of the evening,
however, being " The Royal Scots Fusiliers."
Dancing commenced at 10.30 P.M., and continued until Jack
the piper reminded them that Johnny Cope was calling them in
the morning. One and all " were happy to meet, sorry to part,
and happy to meet again."
It may be remarked, in connection with this regiment, that
Charles, Earl of Mar, was commissioned its first colonel on the
23d September 1678, and that the regiment was one of the first
corps which obtained the distinction of being called Fusiliers. It
served in the campaigns in Flanders and of Marlborough, was
present at every engagement, and renewed its laurels in the
Crimea.
HppenMy IRo. 8.
PRESENTATION OF A CHALLENGE SHIELD TO THE SECOND
BATTALION OF THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS.
Ox the 2d of February 1875 a very interesting ceremony
took place at the North Camp, Aldershot.
At noon, the 2d battalion Twenty-first Royal North
British Fusiliers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Collingwood, paraded for the purpose of witnessing the
presentation of a challenge shield to the best shooting
company for the year 1874.
Three sides of a square having been formed, the prize
shield was brought forward and placed on a table. Colonel
Collingwood having stepped into the square, addressed all
ranks of the battalion, to the effect that he had great pleasure
in assembling them on that occasion for the purpose of
presenting them with a shield to be competed for annually,
the winning company to retain it in their possession for
one year.
When he assumed command of the battalion, he was
pleased at hearing that a shield was to be offered for
competition. Owing to this inducement he was glad to
find that the result was an excess of average on that of the
previous year, and he trusted that the average next year
would be much higher. The competition was so keen, that
the several companies showed very close averages. No. I,
or A Company (the victorious one), obtained 89' 12 points ;
F Company, 88'68 points.
Mrs Collingwood then very gracefully presented the
shield, and in doing so said : " Captain Thorburn, officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men of letter A Company,
I have great pleasure in presenting you with this shield,
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which you have so ably won from so many worthy com-
petitors. I am glad you are the first to win it, as No. I
was the company Colonel Collingwood commanded for
many years in the first battalion. I therefore feel an
interest in you, and hope the shield will be honourably
contested as it was last year."
Captain Thorburn, in a few appropriate and well-chosen
words, thanked Colonel and Mrs Collingwood for the
honour they had conferred upon his company. Next year,
he said, they would again use their best endeavours to win
it and to retain it
Colonel Collingwood then called for three cheers for the
victorious company, which were enthusiastically given, and
the gallant company marched off proudly with their trophy,
headed by the band playing the " British Grenadiers."
The shield, which was placed in the recreation room for
inspection, was executed by Mr Streeter, jeweller, Bow
Street, London, and is a masterpiece of design and exquisite
workmanship. It is nearly two feet in diameter, and is
constructed of black ebony, on which is emblazoned a
number of elegantly formed devices in silver, including the
honours of the regiment, " Bladensberg," " Alma," " Inker-
man," and " Sebastopol." In the centre is a well-formed
St Andrew's Cross, circumscribed with " Royal North
British Fusiliers," and underneath, "Instituted 1874," and
" Colonel Collingwood commanding." There is also neatly
inscribed, " A Company, Captain Thorburn, Lieutenant
Justice, and Lieutenant Alexander." And around the
shield are sixteen silver plates, on which to inscribe the
names of the companies which in future might succeed in
becoming its possessor.
HppenMy IRo. 9.
THE AYRSHIRE TERRITORIAL FORCE.
ACCORDING to present regulations the territorial force for
the counties of Ayr, Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries,
Selkirk, and Roxburgh is known as the Twenty-first
Regimental District, and formed by the following corps,
who are supposed, with Ayr as the centre, to be assembled
for any contingency at the shortest notice :
REGIMENTAL DISTRICT.
District Staff and Depots of the two Line Battalions.
LINE BATTALIONS.
First and Second Battalions Royal Scots Fusiliers.
MILITIA BATTALIONS.
Third Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Dumfries Militia.
Fourth Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Royal Ayr and Wigtown
Militia.
VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS.
First Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Roxburgh
and Selkirk, including the Roxburgh Mounted Rifle
Volunteer Corps.
Second Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Kil-
marnock.
Third Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Ayr.
Fourth Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Dum-
fries.
Fifth Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Galloway,
Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown.
160 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
To these may be added the " Ayrshire and Galloway
Artillery Volunteers, and the regiment of Yeomen-Cavalry."
Forming, when combined, a respectable force for the
protection of the homes and hearths of their native counties,
and the coasts from invasion, if ever necessary.
The volunteers are a body of men of which the country
is justly proud, banded together under the strongest patriotic
feeling for the defence of their native soil, devoting time
ungrudgingly, and striving by commendable emulation and
persistent efforts to perfect themselves in their self-imposed
profession.
The Volunteer Army is now firmly established in our
midst, and gains in strength and importance year by year ;
and as long as such a body of men exist, danger need not
be feared from a foreign foe.
The Yeomanry as a mounted force, considering the
small amount of drill and instruction it is able to receive,
forms a good auxiliary to the regular cavalry of the line,
are well mounted, usefully armed and equipped, and present
a handsome bold appearance.
The Militia battalions, being formed on the lines of
regular troops, are intended as feeders for the line regiment.
They do not meet this intended use as fully as they might ;
with few exceptions they are below their strength, and are
deficient of officers, particularly those of junior rank.
A very serious defect arises from the militia regiments
assembling for their annual training at different periods,
which gives opportunity for a system of " bounty jumping,"
which means the same man being borne on the returns of
several regiments, and receiving pay, clothing, rations, and
bounty from each.
The recent regulations, by which the militia battalions
have been affiliated to the " line county regiment," bearing
its title and wearing its uniform, it is probable, will en-
courage esprit de corps between these two branches of
the army, facilitate recruiting, and create a feeling of
common interest in all that concerns the character, con-
duct, and reputation of the " County Regiments."
THE AYRSHIRE TERRITORIAL FORCE.
REGIMENTAL DISTRICT, No. 21.
The Thistle within the Circle. Saint Andrew. The Royal Cipher and Crvum.
Nemo me impnne laccssit.
"Blenheim/' " Ramillies," " Oudenarde," " Malplaquet," "Dettingen,"
" Bladensburg," " Alma," " Inkerman." " Sevastopol,"
" South Africa, 1879."
Line and Militia Battalions.
1st Battalion 2ist Foot, Portland. ; 3d Battalion (Scottish Borderers
2d Battalion 2ist Foot, Burmah, Militia), Dumfries.
Madras. 4th Battalion (Royal Ayr and Wigtown
Militia), Ayr.
Volunteer Battalions.
1st Battalion, 1st Roxburgh and Sel-
kirk.
2cl Battalion, 1st Ayrshire.
3d Battalion, 2d Ayrshire.
4th Battalion, 1st Dumfriesshire.
5th Battalion, Galloway.
Uniform Scarlet. Facings Blue. Agents Messrs Cox & Co.
Head Colonel General Sir F. W. HAMILTON, K.C.B.
Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding 2 1st Regimental District W. ALLAN.
NOTE. The figures i, 2, denote the battalion to which the officer belongs ; m, serving with
militia ; -; with volunteers ; and s, with names in italics, that the officer is on staff em-
ploy, and seconded, their vacancies on the effective list of the regiment being filled up ;
/. a probationer to the Indian Staff Corps.
1st and 2d BATTALIONS-LINE.
Captains (16).
T. H. Spurgin, I.
F. R. H. Lambart, 2.
\V. A. T. Frere, 2.
T. D. 'Wilson, v.
U\ J/. Ducket t, s.
C. H. Kelly, m.
H. R. Alexander, s.
B. R. Crozier, s.
\ C. G. Knocker, s.
E. E. Carre.
L
Lieut.-Colonels (4).
J. \Vhitton, i.
R. W. C. Winsloe,
'F. Mack Salmond, s.
A.D.C., 2.
F. W. Burr, i.
E. T. Bainbridge, I.
E. C. Browne, 2.
F. W. Hamilton, 2.
H. R. C. Hewat, 2.
F. G. Jackson, i.
F. W. Donolass, v.
7v\ F. Wilioiighby, v
Majors (14).
J. J/. Gordon, s.
W. A. Bridge, i.
A. T. O. Pollock, i.
T. Stevenson, 2.
H. P. Law, 2.
W. A. Yule, s.
D. Auchinlech, 2.
162
The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
1st and 2d Battalions Line continue!.
Captains con td.
A. H. Abercrombie, r.
A. W. Collings, 2.
C. Tuckey, I.
G. A. Keef, I.
S. F. Chichester, m.
P. \V. Browne, 2.
R. C. Toogood, I.
Lieutenants (33).
W. H. Loury, p.
C. F. Lindsell, 2.
W. A. Young, i.
H. H. Smythe, 2.
H. J. Lermitte, I.
Hon. A. S. Hardinge, s.
A'. B. Gaisford, Adjutant,
2.
C. H. Agnew, 2.
R. W. Blake, I.
T. W. Fiennes, I.
H. S. Stannel, i.
A. W. Thorneycroft, 2.
K. E. Lean, 2.
L. N. H. D'Aeth, i.
W. H. Bowles, 2.
\. R. M. Dalrymple Hay,
H. /. Despard, adjt., I.
F. A. L. Davidson. 2.
C. M. Eaks, p.
A. B. H. Northcott, 2.
C. P. Scudamore, 2.
H. M'A. Johnston, 2.
F. V. S. Churchill, 2.
/. C. Erck, p.
D. M. Stuart, i.
A. H. Thurburn, 2.
W. C. Walton, 2.
J. E. Vaughan, I.
R. R. Renton, 2.
C. Bailey, 2.
H. S. Sykes, i.
H. A. Travers, i.
Chas. Montagu Bell, I.
Wm. Douglas Smith, I.
Arthur G. Baird Smith, 2.
Adjutants.
R. B. Gaisford, lieut., 2.
H. J. Despard, lieut., i.
Quartermasters.
J. Clisham, i.
R. J. Boddy, 2.
R. Brown, hon. captain,
in.
W.J. Hancock, m.
3d BATTALION-MILITIA.
Lieut. -Colonel Com-
mandant.
G. G. Walker, hon. col.,
A.D.C.
Majors (2).
J. Hatherell, hon. It. -col.
B. T. G. Anderson.
Captains (8).
A. Hume, hon. mnjor.
J. K. M. Witham.
"R. W. Ewart.
H. Irving.
A. J. P. Johnstone.
C. V. Bayley.
J. Mackie.
J. P. K. Hannay.
Lieutenants (n).
G. Maxwell
Sir A. D. Grierson, Bart.
T. II. M'Murdo.
\V. C. S. Critchley.
W. S. Douglas.
L B. Scott.
Oliver Rutherford.
C. H. P. Scott.
W. A. F. H. Chrichton
Broune.
W. F. Carruthers.
E. J. L. Muir.
Instructorof Musketry.
Lieut. G. Maxwell.
Adjutant.
Captain C. H. Kelly
(Attached from 1st
Battalion).
Quartermaster.
Hon. Captain R. Browne.
(Attached from ist
Battalion.)
4th BATTALION-MILITIA.
Hon. Colonel.
Sir J as. Ferguson, Bart.
Lieut, -Colonel Com-
mandant.
The Earl of Galloway.
Majors (2).
V. C. Sir W. J. Cuning-
hame, Bart., hon. col.
Captains (7).
Sir H. E. Maxwell, Bart.
W. H. Campbell.
J. F. Dalrymple Hay.
J. M. M. Morton.
C. G. Buchanan.
W. R. Dalrymple.
J. M'Haffie.
Lieutenants (13).
G. G. K. Agnew.
J. W. F. Hamilton.
G. J. Ferguson.
i H. G. Wolrige Gordon.
! R. L. Nugent Dunbar.
R. B. B. Christie.
W. R. Birdwood.
F. James.
T. Farquhar.
H. Sandilands.
F. C. Hunter Blair.
Sadler Hayes.
H. F. Wynn.
The Ayrshire Territorial Force.
163
4th Battalion Militia continued.
Instructor of Adjutant, Quartermaster.
Captain S. F. Chichester W. J. Hancock
Musketry.
Captain C. G. Buchanan.
(Attached from 2cl Line
Battalion).
(Attached from 1st Line
Battalion).
1st VOLUNTEER BATTALION.
The ist Roxburgh Mounted R V. C. is attached to this Corfs.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Sir G. H. Douglas, Bart.
Major.
AY. S. Elliot.
Captains.
A. L. Cochrane.
J. A. S. E. Fair.
W. Sime, hon. major.
<j. Rodger.
R. Selby, hon. major.
A. E. Scougal.
J. B. Dove.
J. Carmichael.
Lieutenants.
Adjutant.
T. Turnbull.
Captn. J. F. M'Pherson.
H. S. Murray.
I. W. Brown.
F. P. Fairbairn. Quartermaster.
R. Innes. J. C. Monro.
A. M. Small.
D. C. Anderson.
T. Sanderson.
Acting-Surgeons.
J. D. C. Smith. J- Menzies, M.D.
J. Gibson. T. Hume.
A. Hadden. G. H. Turnbull.
W. Stirling. J- S. Muir, M.B.
Hon. W. G. Scott Hep-
burn.
C. AY. Scott.
Acting-Chaplain.
J. Richardson.
Rev. J. C. Herdman,D.D.
2d VOLUNTEER BATTALION.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
J. Dickie.
Majors.
A. W. Faulds.
R. M. M'Kerrell.
Captains.
A. Steel.
R. Anderson.
H. M. Hight.
R. W. Patrick-Cochran.
T. R. Kelso.
AY. M'Cririck.
P. \Yatson.
R. Fulton.
H. Crawford.
Lieutenants.
J. F. Longmuir.
-A. Currie.
J. M. Stewart.
D. AYalker.
P. Gorrie.
R. B. Gow.
A. Houston.
R. Lyon.
Adjutant.
Capt. A. H. Abercrombie
(Attached from ist Line
Battalion).
Quartermaster.
D. Snedden.
Surgeons.
P. Munro, M.D.
J. M'Alister.
Hon. A. -Surgeon.
R. Kirk wood, M.D.
Acting-Surgeons.
AY. AYilson.
A. Blair.
AY. Frew, M.B.
AY. Snedden, M.D.
Hon. Chaplains.
Rev. A. Hamilton.
Rev. C. AYatson.
Acting-Chaplains.
Rev. M. G. Easton, D.D.
Rev. J. Grahame, B.D.
mhs-U
164
TJie Royal Scots Fusiliers.
3d VOLUNTEER BATTALION.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
J. Morton.
Surgeon.
D. D. Whigham.
D. R. Dunsmor.
D. A. White.
R. Bobbie, M.D., hon
\V. Gilmour.
surgeon-major.
Major.
H. Ewing.
Captains.
J. A. Morris.
\V. A. Struthers.
W. Lindsay.
J. Templeton.
J. Dodcls.
Hon. A.-Surgeons.
T. Lawrence, M.D.
). Blair.
D. Sloan.
W. Murray, hon. major.
J. G. M. Bone, hon. m.
J. Currie.
G. P. Walker.
Acting-Surgeons.
H. Morton.
J. C. Moore.
R. Girvan, M.D.
J. Patterson.
J. Andrew.
J. R. Watt t M.B.
W. S. Ogilvie.
J. R. Dempster.
Adjutant.
Hon. Chaplains.
T. Gemmell.
W. Scott.
Major R. F. W T illoughby
(Attached from 2d Line
Rev. J. Thomson.
Rev. W. Corson.
Battalion).
Rev. J. Rankine.
Lieutenants.
M. Brown.
Acting-Chaplains.
G. Parker. Quartermaster.
Rev. J. Robertson.
J. Chapel. 1 J. Moore.
Rev. J. S. Robertson.
4th VOLUNTEER BATTALION.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
W. E. Malcolm.
Majors.
R. F. Dudgeon.
J. H. Dickson.
Captains.
R. Jardine.
J. Skeltpn.
R. Sharpe.
J. Brown.
J. B. Steuart.
J. R. MacGibbon.
P. M'Laurin.
J. Brown.
Lieutenants.
W. M'Clure.
A. Jardine.
W. Roddick.
J. S. Millar.
J. Symons.
J. R. Wilson.
J. W. Moir.
E. B. Rae.
R. Burnie.
W. J. Rae.
W. Robertson.
Aitken Malcolm.
J. Scott.
W. L. Carlyle.
J. F. C. Carruthers.
Adjutant.
Captain T. D. Wilson
(Attached from 2d Line
Battalion).
Quartermaster.
J. B. Riach.
Surgeon.
A. D. M 'Donald, M.D.
Hon. A. -Surgeon.
W. Kay.
Acting-S urge ons.
W. J. Carlyle, M.D.
S. F. Rowan.
W. D. O'Grange, M.D.
J. Maclachlan, M.B.
Acting-Chaplains,
Rev. D. O. Ramsay.
Rev. J. Paton.
Rev. ]. A. Crichton..
5th
Hon. Colonel.
W. K. Lawrie.
VOLUNTEER BATTALION.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
J. G. Maitland.
Majors.
T. M. Kennedy.
W. J. Maxwell.
77/6' Ayrshire Territorial Force.
165
Captains.
D. Craig, hon. major.
S. Taylor, hon. major
J. Lennox.
W. Kerr.
C. S. Phyn.
M. M'L. Harper.
J. Agnew.
Lieutenants.
W. M' Lei Ian.
"W. Craig.
J. Muir.
5th Volunteer Battalion continued.
Acting- Surgeons.
' J. Garrick.
T. Dunn.
J. T. Hewat.
R. Jamieson.
P. Stewart.
Adjutant.
Major F. W. Douglass
(Attached from 1st Line
Battalion).
Hon. A. -Surgeon.
' J. Clarke.
W. Tohnstone.
W. Lorraine, M.D.
R. Lorraine Bell, M.B.
Hon. Chaplain.
Rev. W. M. Johnston.
Acting-Chaplains.
Rev. G. Walker, B.D.
Rev. \V. Graham.
Rev. J. Mackie.
Located at Ayr, but not attached to the Territorial Regiment.
THE AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY.
Lieutenant-Colonel. R. D. Murdoch.
C. V. Campbell Hamil- : ^err.
ton, hon. colonel. }} ^f sell \
H. Houldsworth.
Major. 1-G.A.Baird.
R F. F. Campbell, hon. Lieutenants.
lieu t. -colonel.
W. S. Wilson.
~ , . L. G. Campbell.
Captains. T c c Hamilton.
W. P. Adam, hon. major. D. W. Shaw.
R. M. Pollok, hon. maj. J. E. Dykes.
J. Somervell, hon. major. A. F. M'Adam.
Adjutant.
S. H. J. Steward
(Attached from 2Oth
Hussars).
Surgeon.
W. J. Xaismith, M.D.
Veterinary Surgeon.
J. Dickie.
SCOTTISH DIVISION, R.A.-THE AYRSHIRE AND
GALLOWAY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
A. M 'Nellie.
Surgeon.
M
. J. Stewart.
A. M'Clymont.
R. B. Erskine, M.D.
T. Torrance.
J-
Major.
G. Sturrock.
R. M'Conchie.
L. Mathieson.
T. Smith.
Acting-Surgeons.
A. Marshall, M.D.
W
A
A.
Captains.
. M'Cunn.
H. Turner.
Campbell.
Hamilton.
Guthrie.
G. O. M. Cathcart.
W. Ferguson.
T. Wight.
W. Burns.
T. M'Caig.
J. M'Hanie.
H. Cochrane.
T. Thomson, M.B.
R. Allan, M.B.
W. A. Caskie, M.B.
W. Moore, M.B.
A. Valentine.
J. Hogarth.
T. Milroy.
W. M. MacRobert.
Lieutenants.
J. Dorman.
Adjutant.
Captain H. L. Murray
Dunlop (Attached
from Royal Artillery).
Hon. Chaplains.
Rev. J. D. M'Call.
Rev. T. Sommerville.
Rev. T. Dougall.
Rev. T. Dykes.
A.
J.
T. Goodwin.
Quartermaster.
Acting- C haplain.
J-
Fleck.
W. Ochiltrec.
Rev. H. W. Charlton.
HppenMy IRo. 10.
LADIES.
MRS GlLDEA.
Her Majesty the Queen, by London Gazette^ dated War
Office, Horse Guards, 26th May 1884, conferred upon the
above-mentioned lady the decoration of the Royal Red
Cross, for her kindness and attention to the sick and
wounded during the siege of Pretoria, the garrison of which
was commanded by her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel G. F.
Gildea, Second Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.
MRS HAZLERIGG.
This lady has established a Soldiers Home at Ayr, for
the use of the men of the Depot of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, as a memorial to her late husband, Lieutenant-
Colonel A. G. Hazlerigg, who took an active interest in
promoting the moral and religious condition of the men
under his command. This institution is known by the
name of " The Hazlerigg Soldiers' Home''
MRS GRAHAME.
The following Testimonial, accompanied by a service of
plate from the Quartermasters of the British Army, was
presented to Mrs Grahame, in recognition of her husband's
successful efforts in obtaining for them increased pay and
rank while serving, and an improved position on retire-
ment.
168 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
It was presented to Mrs Grahame, the rules of service
not permitting her husband to accept any acknowledg-
ment of the kind.
[Copy.]
CHATHAM, May 1882.
DEAR MADAM,
The Quartermasters of the British Army,
with feelings of the deepest gratitude, and with a desire to express
their appreciation of your husband's (Captain G. Grahame) suc-
cessful efforts for the improvement of their position, beg to present
you with the accompanying Testimonial, which they trust will be
received as a token of their genuine and sincere admiration.
We remain,
Dear Madam,
Yours faithfully.
W. GOLDBY, Captain, Royal Sussex Regiment, President
of Committee.
J. H. S. REID, Major, First Life Guards.
T. BROWN, Quartermaster, Third Dragoon Guards.
H. MURPHY, Captain, Sixteenth Lancers.
W. RICHEY, Quartermaster, Royal Artillery.
J. JONES, Captain, Royal Engineers.
J. M'BLAIN, Captain, Scots Guards.
R. B. JUPP, Captain, Royal Fusiliers.
J. R. ATKINS, Captain, Devon Regiment.
T. MUIR, Captain, Bedford Regiment.
C. PERRY, Quartermaster, Cheshire Regiment.
F. C. GUEST, Quartermaster, East Lancashire Regiment.
A. SLADE, Captain, Prince of Wales' Volunteers.
J. SIMPSON, V.C., Captain, The Black Watch.
J. REILLY, Captain, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
II. HIGGINS, Captain, Shenvood Foresters.
W. LYNCH, Quartermaster, Sherwood Foresters.
G. WHITE, Major, Royal Marine Light Infantrv.
G. T. SAVAGE, Quartermaster, Royal Irish Rifles.
J. E. DALTON. Quartermaster, Commissariat and
Transport Staff.
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.
The Royal Scots Fusiliers. 169
The plate bears the following inscription :
presented to
MRS G. GRAHAME,
In gratitude aiui admiration for the valuable set rices rendered
"Co tbc Quartermasters of tbe JSritisb Hrmv
BY HER HUSBAND,
CAPTAIN G. GRAHAME,
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
MAY 1882.
HppenMy IHo. U.
"FOR AULD LANG SYNE."
{Reprinted from the Regimental Xeiuspaper of the Second Battalion
Royal Scots Fusiliers, " 77/6- Fusee? of I 3th August 1884]
A MUCH -VALUED regimental relic arrived from home on the
5th inst, in the drum-major's staff of the old second battalion,
which has been preserved in the first battalion since 1814, when
the old second battalion was disbanded, and the men fit for duty
transferred to the first battalion, then in Italy.
It is a very fine Malacca cane, four feet three inches in length,
mounted with silver, and engraved on the top with the regimental
crest thistle and crown within the circle, with the motto " Nemo
me impnne lacessit" and "XXL," the number of the regiment.
There is also a musical trophy of drums, bugles, and clarionets
and other instruments, -chased on it, and a new silver band added,
bearing the following inscription :
" This staff belonged to the old second battalion Royal Scots
Fusiliers until they were disbanded in 1814, when they gave it to
the first battalion, who now give it to their comrades of the second
battalion as a relic of their predecessors. May 1884."
This staff was presented to the battalion on parade on the
nth inst., by the commanding-officer, with a speech appropriate
to the occasion. It has been assigned a post of honour in the
officers' mess-house, and will be used by the drum-major on all
special parades ; and we are sure that the officers, non-commis-
sioned officers, and men of the battalion heartily thank our
comrades of the first battalion for this restoration of a link in the
history of our regiment, which connects us with the veterans of
seventy years ago, who were of " some service to the State " in
their day, and specially distinguished themselves at the desperate
assault on Bergen-op-Zoom, and we feel confident that this much-
prized tribute from our brother Fusiliers at home will serve to still
further strengthen the feeling of good-fellowship which exists
between the two battalions.
172 The Royal Scots Fusiliers.
We attach a copy of the letter of thanks from Colonel Winsloe,
A.D.C., to Colonel Gildea, A.D.C., which will be read with interest
by all :
" SECUNDERABAD, j/A August 1884.
" MY DEAR GILDEA, This day arrived the drum-major's staff
of the old second battalion, and I have with my own hands placed
it on the wall of the ante-room here.
" I shall show it to the men of the regiment, on parade, on the
first fitting occasion, and mention the fact of its presentation in
the regimental records.
" On the part of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
men of this battalion, who have asked me to do so, I write to
thank yourself and all our comrades of the old battalion for
the kindness which has prompted the restoring to us this relic of
the old second battalion which was disbanded in 1814, and which
I can assure you we will always most carefully preserve.
" Very sincerely yours,
"R. W. C. WINSLOE.'
HISTORICAL RECORD .
AND
RE&IMENTAI MEMOIR
OF
IRo^al Scots jfusflfers*
GENERAL INDEX TO CONTEXTS.
A BOUKIR, encamped at, 32.
Adams, Colonel Sir F., 28, 34, 49,
101.
Additional Forces Act of 1804, 28.
Additional honours granted, 67.
Additional pay, 122.
Aeth, capture of, 11, 18.
Agnew, Colonel Sir Andrew, 16.
Agra, stationed at, 43, 44.
Aguilettes, 130.
Ainslie, Lieutenant-Colonel F. G.,
47, 48, 52, 53, 1 06.
Aire, siege and surrender of, 13.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of, 20.
Albert chako, the, 132.
Aldborough House, Dublin, de-
tachment at, 49.
Aldershot, North Camp, 61, 69,
73, 75-
Alexander, Lieutenant, 158.
Alexandria, landing at, 32, 64.
Alicante, flank companies at, 34.
Allan, Colonel, 2ist Regimental
District, 148.
Allan, Dean, Dumfries, 152.
Allied armies, 4, 8, 10, 50, 51.
Allied fleets, 58.
Alma, the battle of, 50, 69.
Alost, 17.
Alteration and extras of clothing,
124.
American Congress, the, 24.
American prisoner, treachery of,
31-
American War of 1782, termina-
tion of, 24.
Amiens, Peace of, 27.
Ammunition boots, 124.
Ance Canot, 25.
Andaman Islands, the, 66.
Andro, Port, 21.
Anglesea barracks, 61.
Angus, the regiment of, 4.
Anjou, Philip, Duke of, 8.
Anne, Queen, 8.
Antigua, the island of, 25.
Arco, Count de, 9.
Arcot, 73.
Argyle, the Duke of, 3, 14.
Arleux, 13.
Armagh, 29, 30, 63.
Army of Occupation, the, in
France, 40.
Army pay department of old, 2.
Army, the confederate, 5-7.
Arsenal of Edinburgh Castle, 146.
Asche, 17.
Athy, a detachment at, 42.
Auberge de Castile, 143.
Auberge de Provence, 143.
Auchinlech, Captain D., 82, 86>
149.
Augsburg, 9.
174
General Index to Contents.
Australia, 42.
Austria, the House of, 15.
Auxiliary forces, roll of officers,
162.
Ayr, 3, 28, 31, 62.
Ayrshire Artillery Volunteers, the,
1 60.
Ayrshire County Regiment, the,
65, 159.
Ayrshire Yeomanry, the, 160.
IT) ADEN, the Margrave of, 8.
Baked dinners, 122.
Bakery, the regimental, 64.
Bainbridge, Lieutenant - Colonel
E. T., 69, 78, 81, 82, 107, 149.
Balaklava, 51, 55, 58.
Ballenden, Lieutenant, 18.
Baltimore, action at, 37.
Band, old uniforms of, 130, 132.
Band, the, joins the ranks, 76.
Bangalore, 64, 74, 75.
Barbadoes, island of, 24, 41, 59.
Barnsley, detachment at, 48.
Basse-terre, 26.
Bassein, 66.
Bath, stationed at, 42.
Battles and sieges, 1689 to 1748,
113-115.
Bavaria, 15.
Bayonets, the, of old, 130.
Bearskin caps, 129.
Beer money, 122.
Beete, Major Picton, 43.
Beggars' Bush barracks, Dublin,
49, 73-
Belbec, the river, 51.
Bellairs, Colonel, 85.
Bellary, 73.
Belle- Isle, capture of, 21.
Bellfield, 59.
Benedict, St, landing at, 36.
Bentinck, Lieutenant - General
Lord William, 35.
Berbice, 41.
Bergen-op-Zoom, attack upon, 35.
Bermuda, 36, 39.
Berwick-on-Tweed, 45.
Bethune, surrender of, 13.
Bevelle Camp, 26.
.Big Drummer, the, 130.
Black Sea, the, 50.
Bladensburg, the battle of, 36, 49.
Blanks, 129.
Blenheim, the battle of, 9, 10, 18,
67.
Blood River, the, 76.
Boers and Boer rebellion, 80, 86.
Boldero, Captain G. N., 52, 73,
119.
Bombay, 87.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 28, 33, 35.
Bonaparte, Joseph, 33.
Borgne Lake, 38.
Bothwell, the battle of, 3.
Bouchain, siege and capture of, 13.
Boufflers, Marshal, 12.
Bounty, 122.
Boyd, Captain, his duel, 29.
Boyer, Fort, capture of, 39.
Brabant, 4, n.
Bradford, detachment at, 48.
Brady, Lieutenant and Adjutant,
27, 39, 4i.
Breast-plate, the, 129.
Breda, 8.
Brigade Depot or Centre, the, 65.
Brisbane, Admiral Sir Charles, 42.
Bristol, 42.
British and Sicilian flotilla, the,
33, 34-
Brooke, Colonel, 37, 38.
Brooke, Major-General, 61.
Brown, Captain, 152.
Brown, Lieutenant P. W., 82, 85.
Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel, 27.
Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel T. G.,
47, 1 06.
"Brown Bess," 125, 129, 130.
" Brown Tommy," 123.
Browning arms, 123.
Bruce, Captain T., 60.
Bruce, Major-General, 24.
Bruges, 6, 7.
Brussels, 4.
Buchan, Colonel Thomas, 3, 4, 92.
Bugle and brass bands, 131.
Bulganac, the river, 50.
Burgoyne, Lieutenant-General, 22,
2 3-
Burmah, British, 74, 87.
Butteel, Lieutenant John. 35.
Buttevant, 49.
Buxar, 43.
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175
C
AISE de Xavire, 24.
Caffre corn, 84.
Calabria, 33.
Calais, 40.
Calcutta, 43, 44.
Cambridge, the Duke of, 61.
Cameron, Lieutenant, 33.
Camp of exercise at Bangalore, 65.
Campbell, Captain, 6.
Campbell, John, Duke of Argyle,
15, 20, 97.
Campbell. Lieutenant, 18.
Campbell, Lieutenant John, 9, 10.
Campbell, Major, 9, 10.
Campbell, Major, 94th, 87.
Campbell, Major A., 28-31.
Campbell, Major-General Sir John,
56.
Campbell, Mrs Major, 30.
Cannanore, 65.
Cannon's Military Records, Pre-
face, ix.
Canteens of old, the, 124.
Canterbury, 45.
Carey, Captain \V. X., 66.
Carlisle, 48.
Carlow, 42.
Carr, Lieutenant Ralph, 39.
Cathcart, Lieutenant-General Sir
John, 50.
Cathcart's Hill, 56.
Cavaignac, General, 33.
Cawnpore, 44.
Centre-piece, West Indian, the,
41, 42.
Chakos, 132, 133.
Challenge shield, second battalion,
!57-
Charles II., King, 15.
Charles Edward, the Young Pre-
tender, 19.
Champion, Major, 41.
Champlain, Lake, 22.
Chandaleur Islands, 38.
Chatham, 42, 121.
Chesapeake Bay, 36.
Chinsurah, 43.
Chyrurgeon and his mate, 2.
Clarence barracks, 75.
Clark, Sergeant James, 147.
Cleaning arms, 123.
Clemison, Lieutenant, 48.
Clerke, Captain S. H., 56, 119, 138.
Clothing, 124.
Coals, 123.
Coatee, the, in all its beauty, 125
128, 132.
Cobbett, 123.
Cochrane, Major-General, 49.
Coffee shop, the, 64.
Colchester. 32.
Colepepper, Lieutenant J. S., 25.
Colours of the Xinety-fourth regi-
ment, 86.
Colours, regimental, captured and
recovered, 10.
Colours, the regimental, 132-154.
Collings, Lieutenant, 78.
Collingwood, Lieutenant-Colonel
\V. P., 75, 76, 77,78, no, 149,
157-
Collingwood, Mrs W. P., 143, 157.
Colville, Lieutenant, 18.
Colville, Major. 18.
Commissariat department, the. 59.
Compeigne, 40.
Concerts, 64.
Conference Hill, 77.
Conran, Captain W., 31, 33, 38.
Convict duties, 42, 43.
Cook, Captain Robert, 65.
Cooking and feeding under diffi-
culties, 79.
Coombe barracks, 27.
Cork, 24, 39, 49, 75.
Cork Street barracks, 27.
Council of St Vincent, the, 42.
County regiment, the, 159.
Covenanters, the, 3.
Cowan, Mrs William, Ayr, 28.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, 42.
Crawford, Captain, 10.
Crest, regimental and distinctions,
20.
Cricket, 64.
Crimean campaign, 69.
Croix, Chevalier de St, 21.
Crosses of St George and St
Andrew, 11.
Crowley, Private Peter, 118.
Crown Point, 22.
Culloden, the battle of, 19.
Cumberland, the Duke of, 18, 19,
20.
Curragh Camp, 63, 73, 75.
176
General Index to Contents.
Currie, Lieutenant, 23.
Cyclone at Madras, the, 74.
Cygnoe, Captain, 5.
DALHOUSIE, Marquis of,
the, 44.
Dalyell, Lieutenant-Colonel, 9, 10.
Dalyell, Lieutenant-Colonel J. T.,
63, 65, 66, 107, 138.
Daniel Dancer, 123.
Danube, the river, 8, 10.
D'Auvergne, extract from his his-
tory, 5.
Deare, Lieutenant-Colonel G., 43,
45, 105.
Deinse, 6, 7.
Dekneivalla^ the, newspaper, 64.
Demerara, 41, 59, 67.
Dendermond, 13.
Derby, Brigadier-General the Earl
of, 8.
Dettingen, the battle of, 16, 17, 67.
Diced band, the, 133.
Dinapore, 43.
Dinners, baked, 122.
Distinguished service medals, 120.
Douay, si'ege and surrender of, 13.
Douglas, Colonel Sir Robert, 4.
Douglas, Lieutenant, 6, 10, 27.
Dover, 67, 73.
Doyle, Major-General Hastings,
133-
Dress in 1832, 128.
Driscoll, Private Timothy, 118.
Drogheda, 63.
Dry-room, the, 127.
Drum-major, the, 130.
Drum-major's staff, second bat-
talion, 171.
Drummers, the, of old, 131.
Dublin, 27, 42, 49, 62, 73.
Dublin newspaper press, the, 49.
Duel between Captain Boyd and
Major Campbell, 29.
Duke of Cambridge, the, 61.
Dumbarton, the castle of, 47.
Dumbarton, the Earl of, 3.
Dummies, 129.
Dunbar, Lieutenant, 6, 10.
Dunblane, 14.
Dundas, Major-General, 25.
Dundee, N.B., 75-
Dundee, South Africa, 76.
Dunn, Lieutenant A. P., 149.
Durban, 76, 86, 87.
Durrah, Captain, 35.
Dutch, the, 4, 15, 18.
EARL of Mar's Regiment, the r
i.
East Indian tours, 69, 73.
Edict of Nantes, 94.
Edinburgh Castle and arsenal, 19,
45, H6.
Edgell, Captain, 65.
Edward, Prince, afterwards Duke
of Kent, 25.
Effingham, Major-General Lord
Howard, 40.
Egypt, 32.
Electorate of Bavaria, the, 9.
Elliott, Lieutenant, 10.
Ellis, Colour-Sergeant Richard,
1 1 8, 119.
Emperor of Germany, the. 15.
Enfield Rifle, the, 133.
Enniskillen, popularity in, 27, 63.
Epaulettes, 130.
Episcopacy in Scotland, i.
Erwin, Quartermaster Richard,
152.
Eugene, Prince of Savoy, 9, 12.
Evans, General Sir De Lacey, 49,
102.
Execution of Major Campbell, 31.
T^AIRLEE, Captain, 10.
Falls, Captain L., Si, 85.
Farley, Captain, 13.
Fenian movement, the, 62.
Fermoy, 42.
Feuqueres, the Marquis of, 7.
Fifteenth regiment, the, 26.
Fifty-fourth regiment, the, 40.
Fifty-eighth regiment, the, 77.
Firelocks, repair of, 121.
Fires in Demerara, 59, 60.
Flanders, 6-8, u, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19.
Flank companies, 25, 32, 34, 35.
Flints, 129.
Florida, West, 22.
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177
Fluerus, 113.
Folded greatcoat, the, 125.
Fonblanque, Lieutenant J. S. M.,
39-
Fontenoy, the battle of, 18.
Foot Guards, the, 10.
Forbes, Lieutenant-General Lord,
40, 100.
" Fork with one prong," the, 128.
Fort Albert Edward, 79.
Fort Anne, 23.
Fort Bowyer, 39.
Fort Edward, 23.
Fort George, 35, 75.
Fort Marshall, 77.
Fort Matilda, 26.
Fort Newdigate, 76.
Fort St George, 65, 73-75.
Fort Webber, 79.
Fort William, 44.
Forty-fourth regiment, the, 37.
Forty-fifth regiment, the, 65.
Forty-ninth regiment, the, 59.
Foulzy, the heights of, n.
Fourth division, the, 50, 51, 57, 58.
Fourth regiment, the, 37, 39.
Fowler, Sergeant-Major William,
119.
Fox, Lieutenant-General the Hon.
E, 27.
Franking letters, drum-major's
fee, 122.
Frazer, Major-General Alexander
M'Kenzie, 32.
French, the, 4, 10, 16, 57.
French Legion of Honour, the, 1 17.
French Revolution, 1793, the, 24.
French, Spanish, and Bavarians,
the, 4, 8-1 1, 15, 16.
French war medals, 118.
Frere, Lady, 78.
" Full breasts and empty stom-
achs," 122.
Fulton, Captain, mercantile mar-
ine, 76.
Furlong, Ensign G. W., 138.
Fusil or Fuzee, 2, 130.
Fusilier Road, the. 60.
Fusiliers, origin of the name, 2,
127.
the, a second battalion
newspaper, 87.
Fyreworks, 2.
GAFFNEY, Sergeant Richard,
147.
Gallion River, the, 26.
Gallowgate barracks, 62.
Geddes, Lieutenant A., 39.
Genoa, capture of, 35, 36.
George I., King, 14.
George II., King, 15, 16.
George IV., King, 41.
George Town, 59, 60.
George's Cross, St, 11.
Germany and the Germans, 8, 10,
1 6, 17.
Gheet, 6, n.
Ghent, 12, 14, 16.
Gibbs, Major-General, 39.
Gibraltar, 20, 36.
Gildea, Lieutenant-Colonel F., 67,
69, 75, 78, 80, 82,86, 107, 1 10,
149.
Gildea, Mrs, 167.
Glasgow, 3, 19, 47, 48, 61, 62, 75.
Godly Wood, 37.
" Golden Fleece," the ship, 50.
Gordon, Captain J. M., 79.
Gordon, Colonel the Hon. W., 28,
40, loo.
Gordon, Lieutenant, 10.
Gore, Brigadier-General, 35.
Gracie, Lieutenant James, 36, 37.
Grahame, Lieut. - Colonel Colin,
25-
Grahame, Quartermaster and Ma-
jor George, 59, 67, 146.
Grahame, Mrs George, 143, 167.
Grahame, Mr William, Tasmania,
67.
Grand Seignior, court of the, 32.
Gravesend, 4, 14, 45.
Gray, Major H., 59, 138.
Gray, Miss, 143.
Greatcoats, 124, 125.
Greenan Castle, Ayr, 30.
Greenlaw or Glencorse, 45.
Greer, Surgeon A. J., 59, 60, 63.
Grenada, the island of, 42.
Grenadier companies and bat-
talion, 2, 25, 34.
Grenadoes, hand, 2.
Grey, Major-General Sir Charles,
24-
Greybreeks, the Earl of Mar's, In-
troduction, xxiv.
M
178
General Index to Contents.
Greyfriars' Church, Dumfries, 152.
Griffith, Lieutenant Edward, 5.
Guadaloupe, the island of, 25.
Gun Hill, encampment at, 59.
Gwalior, the Rajah of, 44.
TTACKLES, 130.
Haines, Lieutenant-Colonel F. P.,
52, 54, 65, 146.
Hal berts, 128.
Halifax, 24.
Halle, 4.
Hamilton, 75.
Hamilton, General Sir F. W., 102,
149.
Hamilton, Major-General, 26, 28,
99-
Hanau, 17.
" Hannibal," H.M. Ship, 58.
Hardinges, Lieutenant the Hon.
A. S., 152.
Harwich, 40.
Hat-cap, the, 132.
Hay, Captain J. Dalrymple, R.N.,
58.
Hay, Lieutenant Dalrymple, 84,
85.
Hazlerigg, Lieutenant-Colonel, 75,
77,78, 80, 81, 155.
Hazlerigg, Mrs, 167.
Heaney, Colour-Sergeant William,
Preface, ix.
Heidelberg, 78.
Heights before Sebastopol, 51.
Helixem and Neer Hespen, the
lines of, 10.
Henry,Lieutenant-Colonel Robert,
Hessians, the, 10.
Higdon, Colour-Sergeant John, 53,
118.
Highland brigade, the, 58.
Highland clans, i, 14, 19.
Highland pipers, 65, 66, 76, 131.
Hill, Lieutenant, 10.
Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel J. T., 45.
" Himalaya" troop-ship, the, 59.
Hobart Town, 42, 43.
Hobbs, 51.
Hodgson, Major-General, 21.
Holland, 4, 8, 10, 15, 35.
Holland, Mr G., schoolmaster, 64.
Holyhead, 30.
Houston, Lieutenant, 18.
Hudson, the river, 23.
Hull, 48.
Humieres, Marshal de, 4.
Hunter, Captain, 33.
Hurt, Lieutenant E., 52.
Hutton, Lieutenant, 60.
Huy, reduction of, 8.
Hyderabad, Scinde, 64.
I
MAGE, Captain J. G., 56, 117.
Image, Mrs J. G., 143.
Imperialists, the, 8.
Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 49.
Ingoldsby, Major-General, 18.
Ingolstadt, 9.
Inkerman, battle of, 51, 53, 69.
Innes, Lieutenant, 21.
Inverness, 3, 19.
Ireland, 61.
Irrawaddy River, the, 66.
Ischia, 32.
Isle of Wight, 42.
Italy, expedition to, 34.
Ity-oty-Ozi River, 76.
J
ACKSON, Captain F. G., 146.
Jamaica, 38.
James II., King, 3, 4.
Jauche, the river, 11.
" Jingling Johnny," the, 130.
Johnstone, Lieutenant, 9.
" Jumna " troopship, 64.
Justice, Lieutenant, 158.
TV'AMIESH Bay, 58.
Kamptee, 43.
Katchka River, the, 51.
Keane, Major-General, 39.
Kelly, Sergeant Patrick, 118.
Kenny, Major Robert, 37.
Kerr, Ensign W. H., 138.
Kidd, Captain A., 39.
Kilkenny, 42.
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179
Killeen, Captain Roger, 52, 53,
117.
Kihvarden, Viscount, 27.
Kinburn, expedition to, 58, 59.
King, Captain H., 52, 119.
King, Lieutenant Charles, 5.
Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea,
Preface, ix., and 52, 54.
Kingstown, 73.
Kit, real cost of a, 123.
Knapsack, the, and straps, 126.
Knatchbull, Lieutenant, 18.
Knollis, Lieutenant S., 25.
Koppie-allein, 76.
Kraals, native, 77.
Kurrachee, 64.
Kygoe, Captain, 9.
L
AER, village of the, 5, 6.
Lafeldt, battle of, 140.
Lake Borgne, 38.
Lalo, Colonel Sampson de, 13,94.
Lambart, Brigadier-General, 21.
Lambart, Lieutenant F., R.N., 146.
Landon, the battle of, 5.
Last, Lieutenant-Colonel E., 72,
73, 109-
Latan, Captain, 18.
Lauder, the regiment of, 5.
Leads, the, 125.
Leahey, Lieutenant-Colonel J. T.,
41.
Lean, Lieutenant H. E., 85.
Leavock, Lieutenant John, 37, 38,
39-
Lectures. 64.
Leeds, 48.
Leghorn, 35.
Leith, 36, 45.
Leven, the regiment of (25th), 5.
Levingston, Lieutenant, 16.
Lewes, 32.
Lexdon Heath, the camp at, 15.
Liege, 8.
Life lines, 129.
Library, the regimental, 68, 123.
Limburg, capture of, 8.
Lindsell, Lieutenant, 71, Si, 85,
152.
Lisle, siege and capture of, 12, 17.
Liverpool, 15,42,49.
Localisation scheme, 65.
Lomario Point, 21.
London, 3, 32.
Londonderry, 27.
Long, Long Ago ! 121.
Long marches, 126.
Loughrea, 28.
Louisiana, 38.
Losses of life in Crimea, 58.
Losses of life in East Indies, 1869-
1881, 67.
Lowe, Lieutenant-Colonel. 73, 109.
Lowther, Captain, 3.
Lucca, 35.
Lucia, St, the island of, 25.
Luxembourg, the Duke of, 5.
Lyon, M. D. Murray, 145.
Lyster, Lieutenant-Colonel F., 74,
75, 1 10.
MACARTNEY, Col. George,
15,96.
Macdonald, Captain, 25.
Macgaken, Lieutenant, 18.
Mackay, Captain, 33.
Mackay, Captain A., 26.
Mackay, Colonel Robert, 7, 93.
Mackay, Lieutenant, 33.
Mackay, Major-General, 22, 24,
98.
Mackay, the regiment of, 4, 5.
Mackenzie, Captain D., 5, 35.
Mackenzie, Lieutenant, 23.
Mackenzie's Farm, 51.
Maddigan, Private Murtiff, 120.
Madras, 73, 74.
Maese, 8.
Maestricht, 18, 19.
Mahaica, 41, 42.
Maide, Drum-major T., 147.
Malakoff, 57, 58.
Malplaquet, battle of the, 12.
Malta, 58.
Mamelon, attack upon, 56.
Mansfield, Major-General, 50.
Mar, the fifth Earl of, Colonel, 2,
3-9I-
Marines, the Royal, 37.
Marlborough, the Duke of, 4, 8, 9,
12, 18.
Marlborough, the Duchess of, 149.
Married soldiers, 127.
180
General Index to Contents.
Mar's Greyb reeks, Introduction,
xxiv.
Mar's, the Earl of, rebellion, 14.
Marshal, the, 2.
Marshman, Sergeant E., 118.
Martin, Mr G., 155.
Martin, town clerk, Dumfries, 152.
Martini-Henry rifle, the, 133.
Martinique, the island of, 24, 25.
Maryborough, 42.
Marykirk, 7.
Matier, Quartermaster-Sergeant,
155-
Maxwell, Lieutenant, 10, 18.
Maxwell, Lieut-Colonel, 20, 40.
M'Donald, Bandmaster, 155.
M'Donald, Lieutenant D., 39.
M'Gowan, town chamberlain, 152.
M'Guire, Private Patrick, and the
Russians, 52, 120.
MVHaffie, Major James, 28, 39.
M'Nab, Lieutenant, 33.
M'Pheely, Private Michael, 118.
Meallies, 77, 84.
Meals, 123.
Meares, Lieutenant John, 146.
Medals for Distinguished Service,
120.
Medals for South Africa, 81.
Medals, French war, 118.
Medals, Sardinian, 119.
Mediterranean, 32, 69.
Meeting of both battalions, 65.
Memorial tablets, Ayr Old Kirk,
148.
Menin, capture of, 11.
Meredith, Major-General, 13, 95.
Messina, 32, 34.
Middleburgh, 78, 79.
Militia battalions, 159.
Minie rifle, 48, 133.
Mississippi, the river, 38.
Mobile, Gulf of Mexico, 141.
Moira, General the Earl of, 29.
Monkstown, 32.
Monmouth, the Duke of, 3.
Mons, siege and surrender of, 4,
12, 13.
Montressor, Captain, 13.
Montressor, Major-General, 35.
Moody, Lieutenant D., 35.
Mordaunt, John,Viscount,Colonel,
ii, 13,94-
Morris, Lieutenant the Hon. F., 35.
Moselle, the river, 10.
Mount Facia, 35.
Mounted infantry, the, 78.
Muirhead, Treasurer, Dumfries,
152.
Munro, the regiment of (26th), 5.
Munroe, Captain, 13.
Murat, General, 33.
Murray, General the Hon. James,
24, 26, 99.
Murray, Major-General, 41.
Murray, Private Patrick, 120.
Musketry badges established, 48,
123.
Muskets and polished stocks, 2,
130.
N
AMUR, 4, 6, 7.
Nantes, Edict of, 94.
Naples, 32, 33.
Napoleon Bonaparte, 28, 33, 35.
Natal, 85.
Neer Hespen, 6, 10.
Neer Winden, 6.
Negro insurrection, 67.
Nelson, Lord, funeral of, 32.
Nervi, 35.
Netherlands, the, 4, 8, 10, 19.-
New Orleans, 31, 38, 39.
New South Wales, 42.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 48.
Newdigate, Major-General, 76.
Newport, Wales, 73.
Newry, 63.
Newton, Lieutenant, 5.
Newton Volunteers, the, 29.
Ninety-third Highlanders, the, 51.
Ninety-fifth regiment, 39.
Ninety-ninth regiment, 72.
Ninth regiment, the, 22, 23.
Noailles, Marshal, 16.
North, Lieutenant-Colonel, 40, 41.
North British, the title of, given
to Scotch regiments, 11.
North Point, 37.
North- West Provinces of India,
43, 44-
Nourse's Horse, 86.
Nova Scotia, 24.
Numerical rank fixed, 6.
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181
OCCUPATIONS of the sol- r
dier, 124.
Odessa, 58.
O'Farrell, Colonel Fergus, 4, 6, 7,
92.
O'FarrelPs Fusiliers, 4.
Officers of auxiliary forces, roll of,
162-165.
Qgilvy, Lieutenant, 10.
" Old Donald," 62.
Old Fort, Crimea, 50.
Old names, 156.
OH van t, Captain, 18.
Orange Free States, 85.
Orange, Prince and Princess of, 3.
Orderly, the commanding-officer's,
125.
Origin of regiment, i.
Ormond, the Duke of, 14.
Orrery, Major-General, 13, 15, 96.
Ostend, capture of, 11, 18, 36, 40.
Oswald of Auchincruive, 28.
Oudenarde, the battle of, u.
Our appearance in 1832, 128.
DAISLEY, 3, 47, 62, 72.
Pakenham, Major-General Sir E.,
39-
Palais, the town of, 21.
Panmure, Colonel the Earl of, 20, i
22, 98.
Parades and drills, old style, 124.
Paris, 40.
Paterson, Captain Claude, 65, 66. \
Paterson, Lieutenant W., 26.
Paterson, Lieutenant-Colonel, 35,
37, 39-
Patterson, Captain, 6.
Patuxent, the river, 36.
Paulet, Major-General Sir \V., 61.
Pay, rates of, 1678-1835, 2, 122.
Peace, declaration of, 58.
Peddie, Lieutenant-Colonel J. C.,
47, 105.
Pennefather, Lieutenant-General,
139-
Pennefather, Lady, 138.
Pensions, 122.
Perth, Australia, 43.
Perth, N.B., 75.
Philip, Duke of Anjou, 8.
Phoenix Park, Dublin, 62, 149.
Picardy, 14.
Picker and brush, 129.
Pietermaritzburg, 76, 78, 82.
Pigou, Lieutenant H., 35.
Pikes, 2, 127.
Pine island, 38.
Pipeclay, 123.
Pipers, regimental, 65, 66, 76, 131.
Pisa, 35.
Pocket-money, 122.
Policy Court of Demerara, 41.
Pongoe battalion, Chatham, the,
121.
Pont-a-Vendin, lines of, 13.
Ponza, 34.
Popularity in Scotland, 7.
Port Blair, 66.
Port Phillip, 43.
Portland, 69.
Portpatrick, 26.
Portsdown Forts, 75.
Portsmouth, 26, 32, 39, 40, 42, 61,
67, 73, 75-
Potchefstroom, 8r, 82, 85, 86.
Pouch, the, 125, 129.
Precedence of regiments, 6.
Presbyterians, i.
Prescott, Lieutenant-General, 26.
Pretender, the, 14, 15, 19.
Pretoria, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 87.
Pretoria Rifles and Carbineers, 86.
Price, Lieutenant H. F., 25.
Primrose, Lieutenant, 10.
Prince Consort, 49.
Prince Imperial of France, 76.
Pringle, Major, 39.
Prisoners of war, 7, 10.
Procida, surrender of, 33.
Punishments, 127.
Punjaub, the, 43.
Q
UARRIES, the, 56.
Quartermaster's Department^, 55.
Quebec, 22.
Queen Anne, 8, 14.
Queen Victoria, 49, 78, So.
Queenstown, 75.
Quinn, Lieutenant Peter, 39.
Quinn, Major, 39.
Quinn, Private Michael, 147.
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R
AGLAN, Lord, 57.
Ramillies, the battle of, u, 18.
Ramage, Lieutenant, 21.
" Ramsay," 62.
Ramsay, Brigadier-General, 4, 5.
Ramsay, Captain, 23.
Ramsay, the regiment of, 4.
Randall, Lieutenant, R.A., 81.
Rangoon, British Burmah, 65, 66,
74-
Rankine, Lieutenant, 35.
Rankine of Drumdow, 28.
Ration Quay, Ayr, 31.
Rebellions of 1715 and 1745, 14,
19.
Recreation and reading rooms
established, 68.
Recruits at Chatham long ago,
121.
Redan, the Sebastopol, 56-58.
Reddy, Colonel, 141.
Regimental District, the 2ist, 65.
Regimental newspapers, 64, 87.
Regiments serving in Flanders
and Germany, 1742 to 1748, 1 16.
Renfrew, 28.
Rennie, Captain R., 36, 39.
Republican government of France,
25.
Richardson, Lieutenant, 23.
Richmond barracks, Dublin, 62,
75-
Riddle, Major- General, 48.
Robertson, Lieutenant, 23.
Robertson, Lieutenant - Colonel,
73, 74, 109.
Robertson, Major, 27.
Rogers, Colour-Sergeant W., 120.
Roll of officers in militia, yeo-
manry, and volunteers, attached
to Royal Scots Fusiliers, 162.
Rolled greatcoat, the, 125.
Roman Rocks, the, 76.
Rosetta, 141.
Ross, Major J. A., 38, 39.
Ross, Major-General R., 37, 38.
Ross' Old Scottish Regimental
Colours, Preface, ix.
Row, Colonel A., 7, 9, 10, 93.
Royal, the title, 14.
Royal Artillery, 81.
Royal barracks, 62.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 67.
Royal inspection and approval, 32.
Royalists, the French, 24.
Royals, the second battalion, 4, 8.
Russell, Colonel, 79.
Russell, Sergeant John, 118.
Russians, the, 55, 58.
Rustenberg, 82, 86.
Rutherford, Colour-Sergeant T.,
53-
Ryswick, the Peace of, 7.
O T Benedict, landing at, 36, 37.
St John's, 22.
St Lucia, capture of, 25.
St Paul's Cathedral, 32.
St Stephano, 141.
St Thomas' Mount, Madras, 73.
St Venant, 13.
St Vincent, the island of, 41, 42,
60.
Sabine, Lieutenant, 35.
Salmond, Captain F. M., 146, 152.
Samuel, Lieutenant, 10.
Sandilands, Captain, 18.
Sardinians, the, 57.
Sardinian war medal, the, 119.
Sash, the sergeant's, of old, 130.
Savings banks, regimental, 123.
Scarborough, 48.
Scheldt, the river, 11, 17.
Schellenburg, capture of heights
of, 8.
School committee, the, 68.
Schools, 123.
Schoon-Hoogte, 82.
Scots Fencible regiments, 26.
Scots Greys, the, 20, 22.
Scots regiments styled North
British, 11.
Scotia's Fusiliers, 17.
Scottish Borderers Militia, 152.
Scylla, 33-
Sealskin caps, 132, 133.
Seamen of the fleet, 37.
Sebastopol, siege and fall of, 50,
51, 58,69.
Second battalions, the, 28, 40, 72.
Secunderabad, 66, 87.
" Serapis," the troopship, 64.
Sergeant, Lieutenant, 18.
General Index to Contents.
183
Sergeants, pay, long ago, 126, 127.
Sekukuni's stronghold, capture of,
79, 80.
Seventeenth lancers, the, 63, 77.
Seventh horse regiments, the, 15.
Seventy-first regiment, 28.
Sharp, Captain, 5.
Sheffield, 48.
Shell jacket, the, 126, 132.
SherifTmuir, battle of, 14.
Ship Street barracks, 75.
Shooting badges and musketry
instruction introduced, 48, 49.
Shooting successes at Bangalore,
64.
Shorncliffe, 73.
Sicily, 32, 33, 34.
Sikhs, the, 43.
Sim, Colour-Sergeant James, 118.
Simons Bay, 76.
Simpson, General, 57.
Sixteenth regiment, the, 7, 8.
Sixth regiment, the, 73.
Sixty-first brigade depot, 65, 75.
Sixty-second regiment, 23.
Sixty-third regiment, 61.
Sixty-fifth regiment, 22.
Skeneborough, capture of, 22.
Slave insurrection, 40.
Smith, Bailie, Dumfries, 152.
Smith, Provost, Dumfries, 152.
Snapper, the bone, 125.
Soldiers' battle, the, 51.
Sorties, 56, 57, 84.
South Africa, 76.
Southsea Common, 138.
Spain, the throne of, 8, 15, 34.
Spencer, Brigadier-General the
Hon. A., 58.
Spontoon, 127.
Standerton, 78.
Stienbergen-gate, 35.
Steenkirk, the battle of, 5.
Stephens, Captain Richard, 52,
119.
Stevenson, Captain John, 146.
Steward, Lieutenant-Colonel E. A.,
74, 109.
Stewart, Admiral Sir Houston, 58.
Stewart, Quartermaster, 18.
Still-Water, action at, 22.
Stirling, 14, 15, 19, 40, 75.
Stock, the, of old, 128.
Storm of i4th November 1854,
the, 54.
Stoppages, 123.
Stratton, Captain, junior, 10.
Stratton, Captain, senior, 10.
Strayton, Captain, 6.
Stuart, Captain T. E., 66.
Stuart, Lieutenant James, 10, 18,
30.
Stuart, Lieutenant-Colonel J. R.,
C.B., 53, 58, 60, 62, 1 06, 138,
146.
Stuart, Mrs Ramsay, 143.
Stuart, Major-General Sir John,
32.
Sturla, 35.
Suez, 64.
Summer trousers of many hues,
126.
Sunderland, 48, 73, 74.
Surrender of General Burgoyne,
23-
Swan River, 43.
Sword-bayonets, 128.
T
ALLARD, Marshal, 9, 10.
Tamar, the troopship, 60.
Tasmania, the island of, 43, 69.
Tattoo, 127.
Tcheruya, the river, 51, 57.
Templeman, Lieutenant-Colonel
A., 52,66,67, 74, 107, 117.
Tenth regiment, 8.
Termination of Crimean war, 58.
Territorial regiment, the, 159.
Thames, the river, 19.
Theatre, regimental, 64.
They didna get oot, 16, 17.
Third regiment, the "Buffs," 5,
11, 61.
Thirteenth regiment, 24.
Thirty-second regiment, 73.
Thirty-seventh regiment, 13.
Thomas Street barracks, Dublin,
27.
Thorburn, Captain, 149, 157.
Thornhill, Major, R.A., 81.
Thorpe, Lieutenant-Colonel E.,
48, 106.
Thyetmo, 74.
Ticonderago, 22.
184
General Index to Contents.
Tilbury, 32.
Times, Cork correspondent, 50.
Tirlemont, 6.
Title of Royal Scots Fusiliers
authorised, 67.
Tobago, the island of, 41.
Toilworn and patched clothing,
80.
Tonghoo, 74.
Tournay, siege and capture of, 12,
1 8.
Town-green of Ayr, 29.
Townsend, Lieutenant, 18.
Trafalgar, the battle of, 28.
Transvaal field force, the, 79.
Transvaal war, the, 82.
Trevallion, Lieutenant, lo.
Trichinopoly, 65, 74.
Tunics, 133.
Turks and Turkey, 49.
Turnbull, Lieutenant, 23.
Turnscrew and worm, the, 129.
Twentieth regiment, 22, 23.
Twenty-sixth regiment, 8.
Twenty-eighth regiment, n.
Tynemouth, 48.
u
LUNDI, battle of, 77.
Uniform in 1691, 4.
Uniform, changes of pattern, 67.
Union of England with Scotland,
ii.
United States, 36.
Universal pattern, the, 133.
Upoko River, 77.
Upper Marlborough, 36.
Urquhart, Mrs, 143.
Utrecht Peace, 14.
V
ALL, the battle of, 19.
Valanciennes, 40.
Valese equipment, the, 133.
Valmi, 33.
Vandergracht, Lieutenant, 10.
Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania),
42.
Varna Bay, 50.
Vaudumont, the Prince of, 6.
Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, 149.
Villars, Marshal, 12.
Villeney, Marshal, 7.
Volunteer battalions, 159.
Volunteering, 44.
w
ADE, Field-Marshal, 24.
Waist-plate, the, 129.
Walcourt, action at, 4.
Waldeck, Prince, 4.
Walker, Colonel G., A.D.C., Dum-
fries, 152.
Walker, Lieutenant-Governor Sir
James, 61.
Walkerstroom, 78.
Walle, Lieutenant-Adjutant, 6.
Ward, Lieutenant-General Sir
Henry, 41.
Washington, capture and burning
of, 36-
Waterford, 42.
Waterloo, 40.
Waters, Lieutenant John, 39.
Watts, Private William, 56.
Weedon, 42.
Weir, Rev. Mr, Dumfries, 152.
Wellington, the Duke of, 34, 40.
Wemys, 13.
Wisdet, 8.
West Indies, the, 24, 39, 40, 42,
69.
West Indian Islands, the French,
24.
West, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord,
52, 53, 56, 119.
Western Australia, 43.
Weymouth, the camp at, 32.
Wexford, 42.
White, Captain, 5.
White trousers, 126.
Whittaker, Major J. A., 35, 37,
39-
Whitton, Captain J., 82, 149.
William III., King, 3-7.
William IV., King, 138.
Willoughby, Captain F., 76, 78,
79, 155-
Wilson, Bailie, Dumfries, 152.
Wilson, Lieutenant-Colonel, 28.
Winchester, 42.
Winder, General, American forces,
36.
General Index to Contents.
185
Windsor, on Royal duty at, 30,
42.
Wing of each army, victorious, 14.
Winsloe, Lieutenant-Colonel R.
W. C, A.D.C, 57, 77, 80, 82,
85, 86, 149.
\\ inter hardships in the Crimea,
54, 55-
Wirtemberg, Prince of, 5.
Witney, Oxfordshire, 3.
Wolfe, the Rev. Richard, 27.
Wolsey, General, 79.
Wood, Bailie, Dumfries, 152.
Wood, Quartermaster and Major,
2.
Wood, Brigadier - General Sir
James, 15, 97.
Workshops, 64.
A/'ELLOW-FEYER, 26, 59.
York, the Duke of, 40, 41.
Young, Lieutenant, 16.
Z l
ULUS, and Zululand, 76, 80.
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