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GENERAL ORDERS.

HORSE-GUARDS,
1st January. 1836.
His Majesty has been pleased to command that,
with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regi
ments, as well as to Individuals who have dis
tinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action
with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of
every Regiment in the British Army shall be pub
lished under the superintendence and direction of
the Adjutant-General ; and that this Account shall
contain the following particulars, viz. : —
 The Period and Circumstances of the Original

Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it
has been from time to time employed ; The Battles,
Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has
been engaged, particularly specifying any Achieve
ment it may have performed, and the Colours,
Trophies, &c, it may have captured from the
Enemy.  The Names of the Officers, and the number of
Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or
Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and
Date of the Action.

11 GENERAL ORDERS.
 The Names of those Officers who, in con
sideration of their Gallant Services and Meritorious
Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have
been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other
Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.
 The Names of all such Officers, Non-Com-
missioned Officers, and Privates, as may have
specially signalized themselves in Action.
And, The Badges and Devices which the Regi

ment may have been permitted to bear, and the
Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices,
or any other Marks of Distinction, have been
granted. By Command of the Right Honorable
GENERAL LORD HILL,
Commanding-in- Chief.

John Macdonald,
Adjutant- General.

( iii )

PRE FAG E.

The character and credit of the British Army must
chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which
all who enter into its service are animated, and
consequently it is of the highest importance that any
measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation,
by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved,
should be adopted.
Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment
of this desirable object than a full display of the noble
deeds with which the Military History of our country
abounds. To hold forth these bright examples to
the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to
incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those
who have preceded him in their honorable career,
are among the motives that have given rise to the
present publication.
The operations of the British Troops are, indeed,
announced in the " London Gazette," from whence
they are transferred into the public prints: the
achievements of our armies are thus made known at
the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute
a 2

IV PREFACE.
of praise and admiration to which they are entitled.
On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament
have been in the habit of conferring on the Com
manders, and the Officers and Troops acting under
their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks
for their skill and bravery ; and these testimonials,
confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's
approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier
most highly prizes.
It has not, however, until late years, been the prac
tice (which appears to have long prevailed in some of
the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep
regular records of their services and achievements.
Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtain
ing, particularly from the old Regiments, an au
thentic account of their origin and subsequent services.
This defect will now be remedied, in consequence
of His Majesty having been pleased to command
that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and
ample record of its services at home and abroad.
From the materials thus collected, the country
will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties
and privations which chequer the career of those who
embrace the military profession. In Great Britain,
where so large a number of persons are devoted to
the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so

PREFACE.

long a period, been undisturbed by the presence of
war, which few other countries have escaped, com
paratively little is known of the vicissitudes of active
service and of the casualties of climate, to which,
even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in
every part of the globe, with little or no interval of
repose. In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which
the country derives from the industry and the enter
prise of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy
inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on
the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor, — on
their sufferings, — and on the sacrifice of valuable life,
by which so many national benefits are obtained and
preserved. The conduct of the British Troops, their valour,
and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great
and trying difficulties ; and their character has been
established in Continental warfare by the irresistible
spirit with which they have effected debarkations in
spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the
gallantry and steadiness with which they have main
tained their advantages against superior numbers.
In the official Reports made by the respective Com
manders, ample justice has generally been done to
the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but
the details of their services and of acts of individual

VI PREFACE.
bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the
various Regiments.
These Records are now preparing for publication,
under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr.
Richard Cannon, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant
General's Office ; and while the perusal of them can
not fail to be useful and interesting to military men
of every rank, it is considered that they will also
afford entertainment and information to the general
reader, particularly to those who may have served in
the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.
There exists in the breasts of most of those who
have served, or are serving, in the Army, an Esprit
de Corps — an attachment to everything belonging
to their Regiment ; to such persons a narrative of
the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove
interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of
the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been
of paramount interest with a brave and civilized
people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes
who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood
" firm as the rocks of their native shore :" and when
half the world has been arrayed against them, they
have fought the battles of their Country with un
shaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of
achievements in war,' — victories so complete and sur
prising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers,

PREFACE. Vll
our fellow-citizens in arms, — a record which revives
the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant
deeds before us, — will certainly prove acceptable to
the public.
Biographical Memoirs of the Colonels and other
distinguished Officers will be introduced in the
Records of their respective Regiments, and the
Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to
time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testify
ing the value and importance of its services, will be
faithfully set forth.
As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record
of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct num
ber, so that when the whole shall be completed, the
Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.

INTRODUCTION

THE INFANTRY.

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

INTRODUCTION

axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron
resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long
chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and
fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit
or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off
with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were,
however, unavailing against Caesar's legions : in
the course of time a military system, with dis
cipline and subordination, was introduced, and
British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted
to the greatest advantage; a full development of
the national character followed, and it shone forth
in all its native brilliancy.
The military force of the Anglo-Saxons consisted
principally of infantry: Thanes, and other men of
property, however, fought on horseback. The
infantry were of two classes, heavy and light.
The former carried large shields armed with spikes,
long broad swords and spears ; and the latter were
armed with swords or spears only. They had also
men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes "and
javelins. The feudal troops established by William the
Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Intro
duction to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse ;
but when the warlike barons and knights, with their
trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a pro
portion of men appeared on foot, and, although
these were of inferior degree, they proved stout
hearted Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipen
diary troops were employed, infantry always con
stituted a considerable portion of the military force ;

TO THE INFANTRY. xi
and this arme has since acquired, in every quarter
of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the
armies of any nation at any period.
The weapons carried by the infantry, during the
several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows
and arrows, half-pikes, lances, halberds, various
kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour
was worn on the head and body, and in course of
time the practice became general for military men
to be so completely cased in steel, that it was
almost impossible to slay them.
The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the
destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the
fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms
and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and
arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but
British archers continued formidable adversaries ;
and, owing to the inconvenient construction and im
perfect bore of the fire-arms when first introduced,
a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow
from their youth, was considered a valuable acqui
sition to every army, even as late as the sixteenth
century. During a great part of the reign of Queen Eliza
beth each company of infantry usually consisted of
men armed five different ways ; in every hundred
men forty were "men-at-arms," and sixty "shot;"
the " men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-
axe men, and thirty pikemen ; and the " shot" were
twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty
harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his
principal weapon, a sword and dagger.

Xll INTRODUCTION
Companies of infantry varied at this period in
numbers from 150 to 300 men ; each company had
a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation re
commended by an English military writer (Sir John
Smithe) in 1590 was : — the colour in the centre of
the company guarded by the halberdiers ; the pike
men in equal proportions, on each flank of the
halberdiers: half the musketeers on each flank of
the pikes ; half the archers on each flank of the mus
keteers, and the harquebusiers (whose arms were
much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal
proportions on each flank of the company for skirmish
ing.* It was customary to unite a number of com
panies into one body, called a Regiment, which
frequently amounted to three thousand men : but
each company continued to carry a colour. Nume
rous improvements were eventually introduced in the
construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found
impossible to make armour proof against the muskets
then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without
its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was
gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seven
teenth century : bows and arrows also fell into dis
use, and the infantry were reduced to two classes,
viz. : musketeers, armed with matchlock muskets,

A company of 200 men would appear thus :-

20 20 20 30 2

0 30 20 20 20

Harquebuses. Archers. Muskets. Pikes. Halberds. Pikes. Muskets. Archers. Harquebuses.
The musket carried a ball which weighed T'5th of a pound ; and (lie
harquebus a ball which weighed >Jsth of a pound.

TO THE INFANTRY. Xlii
swords, and daggers ; and pikemen, armed with pikes
from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.
In the early part of the seventeenth century
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the
strength of regiments to 1000 men. He caused the
gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in
flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each contain
ing a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and
carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment
into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division
of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of form
ing four regiments into a brigade ; and the number
of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each
regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that
his infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated
Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers ; and his
armies became the admiration of other nations. His
mode of formation was copied by the English,
French, and other European states ; but so great
was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that
all his improvements were not adopted until near a
century afterwards.
In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-
service, styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678
each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30
pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with
light firelocks. In this year the King added a com
pany of men armed with hand grenades to each of
the old British regiments, which was designated the
" grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived
as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets,

XIV INTRODUCTION
similar to those at present in use, were adopted about
twenty years afterwards.
An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by
order of King James II., to guard the artillery, and
was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot).
This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did
not carry pikes.
King William III. incorporated the Admiral's
regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised
two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the
war in this reign, each company of infantry (ex
cepting the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14
pikemen and 46 musketeers ; the captains carried
pikes ; lieutenants, partisans ; ensigns, half-pikes ;
and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the
Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again
formed on the breaking out of the war in 1702*
During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were
laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed
with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the grenadiers
ceased, about the same period, to carry hand gre
nades ; and the regiments were directed to lay aside
their third colour : the corps of Royal Artillery was
first added to the Army in this reign.
About the year 1745, the men of the battalion
companies of infantry ceased to carry swords ; during
* The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps
in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of
Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under
Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and
in its subsequent defence in 1704 ; they were afterwards employed at
the siege of Barcelona in 1705.

TO THE INFANTRY. XV
the reign of George II. light companies were added
to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of
General Officers recommended that the grenadiers
should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had
never been used during the Seven Years' War. Since
that period the arms of the infantry soldier have been
limited to the musket and bayonet.
The arms and equipment of the British Troops have
seldom differed materially, since the Conquest, from
those of other European states ; and in some respects
the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed to
be inferior to that of the nations with whom they
have had to contend ; yet, under this disadvantage,
the bravery and superiority of the British infantry
have been evinced on very many and most trying
occasions, and splendid victories have been gained
over very superior numbers.
Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like
champions who have dared to confront a host of
foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any
arms. At Crecy, King Edward III., at the head of
about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August,
1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to
have amounted to 100,000 men ; here British valour
encountered veterans of renown : — the King of Bo
hemia, the King of Majorca, and many princes and
nobles were slain, and the French army was routed
and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward
Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black
Prince, defeated, at Poictiers, with 14,000 men,
a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry,
and took John I., King of France, and his son

XVI INTRODUCTION
Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415,
King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000
men, although greatly exhausted by marches, pri
vations, and sickness, defeated, at Agincourt, the
Constable of France, at the head of the flower of
the French nobility and an army said to amount to
60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.
During the seventy years' war between the United
Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish mo
narchy, which commenced in 1578 and terminated
in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the
States-General were celebrated for their uncon
querable spirit and firmness;* and in the thirty
years' war between the Protestant Princes and the
Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the ser
vice of Sweden and other states were celebrated for
deeds of heroism. f In the wars of Queen Anne,
the fame of the British army under the great
Marlborough was spread throughout the world ;
and if we glance at the achievements performed
within the memory of persons now living, there is
abundant proof that the Britons of the present age
are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities

* The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed
in 1590, observes : — " I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation
would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field,
let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish
infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For
instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the
Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot or
Buffs. f Vide the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of
Foot.

TO THE INFANTRY. XV11
which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds
of the brave men, of whom there are many now
surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the
brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army,
which had been vainly styled Invincible, to eva
cuate that country ; also the services of the gallant
Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Penin
sula, under the immortal Wellington; and the
determined stand made by the British Army at
Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had
long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain,
and had sought and planned her destruction by
every means he could devise, was compelled to
leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to
place himself at the disposal of the British Govern
ment. These achievements, with others of recent
dates, in the distant climes of India, prove that the
same valour and constancy which glowed in the
breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt,
Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the
Britons of the nineteenth century.
The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust
and muscular frame, — intrepidity which no danger
can appal, — unconquerable spirit and resolution, —
patience in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obe
dience to his superiors. These qualities, united with
an excellent system of order and discipline to regu
late and give a skilful direction to the energies and
adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection
of officers of superior talent to command, whose
presence inspires confidence, — have been the leading
causes of the splendid victories gained by the British
b

XV111 INTRODUCTION
arms.* The fame of the deeds of the past and
present generations in the various battle-fields where
the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered,
surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory;
these achievements will live in the page of history to
the end of time.
The records of the several regiments will be found
to contain a detail of facts of an interesting character,
connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant
exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the
world where the calls of their Country and the com
mands of their Sovereign have required them to
proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in

* " Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes
the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to
that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons ; but His Majesty
desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the considera
tion of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of
order, discipline, and military system, which has given the full energy to
the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert
the superiority of the national military character, in situations uncom
monly arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty." — General
Orders in 1801.
In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (after
wards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result
of the Battleof Corunna, ou the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated : — " On
no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more
manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, ren
dered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and
which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disad
vantages were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by
the conduct of the troops themselves : and the enemy has been taught,
that whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there
is inherent in the British officers and soldiers 'a bravery that knows not
how to yield,— that no circumstances can appal,— and that will ensure
victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means.

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

HISTORICAL RECORD

THE NINETY -SECOND REGIMENT,

OKIOINALLT TERMED

" THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS "

AND NUMBERED

THE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT;

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1794
AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1850.

COMPILED BT
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adjutant-general's office, house guards.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON :
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30, CHARING CKOSS.

LONDON t PRINTED BT W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
FOR ITER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT
(HIGHLANDERS),
BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS
THE WORD " EGMONT-OP-ZEE,"
IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS GALLANT CONDUCT IN ACTION ON THE
2ND OCTOBER, 1799;

THE WORD " MANDORA,"
IN CONSIDERATION OF ITS GALLANTRY AND GOOD CONDUCT
ON THE HEIGHTS OF MANDORA, NEAR ALEXANDRIA
ON THE 13TH OF MARCH, 1801 ;
AND THE SPHINX, WITH THE WORD "EGYPT,"
IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS SERVICES DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT
IN THE YEAR 1801 ;

ALSO THE WORDS,
"CORUNNA,"—" FUENTES DONOR,"— " ALMARAZ," -
" VITTORIA,"—" PYRENEES,"—" NIVE,"—
"ORTHES,"— AND "PENINSULA,"—
IN TESTIMONY OF ITS SERVICES IN SPAIN AND SOUTH OF FRANCE,
FROM 1808 TO 1814:

AND THE WORD " WATERLOO,"
IN HONOR OF ITS DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT
ON THE 18TH OF JUNE 1815.

THE
NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT
(HIGHLANDERS). CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL EEC ORD.

Year 1793 Introduction ......
1794 Letter of Service to the Duke of Gordon, autho
rizing His Grace to raise a regiment in
Scotland .......
 Appointment of the Marquis of Huntly to be
lieut.-colonel commandant
 Establishment of the regiment
 Embodied at Aberdeen, and called The Gordon
Highlanders .
 Embarked from Scotland for Southampton
 Uniform of the regiment
 Embarked for Gibraltar
 Received its colours at Gibraltar .
1795 Embarked for Corsica ....
 Inspected by Lieut.-General Thomas Trigge
1796 Reviewed by Lieut.-General Sir Gilbert Eliott
 Proceeded to Corte to suppress a rebellion
 Received the thanks of Lieut.-General the
Honorable J. T. De Burgh, commanding in
Corsica . . . . .

XXVI CONTENTS.
Year Page
1796 Lieut.-Colonel Commandant the Marquis of
Huntly promoted to the colonelcy of the
regiment ; Major Charles Erskine to be lieut.-
colonel ; and Captain Alexander Napier to be
major ....... 5
 Expedition against Porto Ferrajo in the Isle of
Elba ....... 6
 The British troops withdrawn from Corsica, and
returned to Gibraltar .... -
 Received the thanks of the Lieut.-General com
manding, on leaving Corsica ... 7
 Landed at Gibraltar, and inspected by the
Lieut.-Governor ..... —
 Holland having leagued with France, declared
war against Great Britain ....
 Spain also joined France, and declared war . -
1797 Attempts were made to negociate a peace with
France, but did not succeed ... 8
1798 Regiment embarked for England, and arrived at
Portsmouth ... -
 Embarked for Ireland, and arrived at Dublin . -
 Serious disturbances took place in Ireland . 9
 Regiment conveyed in carriages to certain dis
turbed places ...... -
 Encamped in the vicinity of Gorey . . —
 Received the thanks of the inhabitants, through
the Dean of Ferns, for its conduct . 10*
 Landing of a detachment of French under Gen.
Humbert at Bantry Bay . . . „ 11
 Surrender of the French and rebel forces to
Lieut.-General Lake . . . —
 Thanks of Parliament communicated to the
troops employed ..... —
 The numerical title changed from 100th, to
ninety-second regiment .... 12

CONTENTS. XXV11
Year Page
1798 Proceeded into quarters at Athlone . . 12
 Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt ... —
 Admiral Nelson's victory over the French fleet
in Aboukir Bay ..... —
 War declared by the Sublime Porte against
France in consequence of the invasion of
Egypt  —
 Co-operation of Russia against France . . —
1799 Conjoined expedition of British and Russian
forces against the French in Holland . . 13
 Regiment marched to Cork for embarkation . —
 Expression of thanks, and complimentary address
from the inhabitants of Athlone on the regi
ment quitting that garrison ... —
 Embarked at Ramsgate for Holland . . 14
¦  ¦ Arrived on the Dutch coast, and advanced to
Oude-Sluys . .... 15
 Engaged the French and Dutch forces under
General Brune on the 10th September. . —
 H. R. H. the Duke of York joined and assumed
the command of the British and Russian forces
on the 14th of September .... 16
 Attacked the French at Alkmaar ... —
 Retired to former position on the Zuype ? . —
 Again engaged the French at Egmont-op-Zee
on the 2nd of October .... —
 Convention concluded for withdrawing the Bri
tish and Russian troops from Holland . . 19
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Egmont-op-Zee," on the regimental colour
and appointments. ... . . —
 Regiment returned to England 20
 Proceeded to Chelmsford, and formed in brigade
under Major-General Moore ... — ;
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Year 1'age
1800 Marched to the Isle of Wight, and embarked for
the Isle of Houat on the coast of France . 2
 Proceeded against Belle-Isle. ... —
 Returned to the Isle of Houat ... —
 Embarked for Minorca .... —
 Assembled with other corps under the eommand
of General Sir Ralph Abercromby . . —
 Embarked and proceeded to Cadiz, but aban
doned the enterprise on account of a disease
prevailing in that city. .... —
 Proceeded to Gibraltar and Minorca, and thence
to Malta, which had surrendered to Great
Britain .  22
 Sailed from Malta to Egypt with the expedition
under General Sir Ralph Abercromby . . —
 Arrived in Marmorice Bay .... —
1801 Proceeded to the Bay of Aboukir ... —
 Landing of the British troops on the 8th of
March ....... —
 Engagement with the French troops on the
heights of Mandora, near Alexandria, on
the 1 3th of March  23
 Lieut.-Colonel Erskine was killed ; two captains,
six lieutenants (three of them mortally), and
two ensigns were wounded ; 22 rank and file
were killed, and 77 were wounded . . 24
 Received the Royal permission to bear the word
" Mandora," on the regimental colour and
appointments ..... —
 Received the thanks of General Sir Ralph
Abercromby, for its conduct in the action of
Mandora ..... .25
 Furnished the guard at the head-quarters of the
Commander-in-Chief. .... —

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Year Page
1801 Battle of Alexandria on the 21st of March . 26
 Death of General Sir Ralph Abercromby on
28thofMarch  —
¦ Marched to Aboukir, thence to Rosetta, and ar
rived before Grand Cairo. ... —
— — Convention concluded at Cairo by which the
place was surrendered, and the French troops
were to be conveyed to France ... —
 The thanks of His Majesty, and of both Houses
of Parliament, communicated to the army for
the brayery evinced at the landing at Aboukir,
and in the actions on the 13th and 21st of
March  27
 Promotion of Major Alexander Napier to be
lieut.-colonel, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine, killed in action on the 13th of
March .......—
 Letter from H. R. H. the Duke of York, Com
mander-in-Chief, announcing His Majesty's
approval of the promotions taking place in
the regiment in filling up the vacancies
occasioned by the loss of Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine .... . —
. Regiment proceeded to Aboukir, and encamped
before Alexandria ... 28
 Alexandria surrendered by capitulation, and the
campaign in Egypt terminated ... —
 The thanks of _ His Majesty, King George III.,
and of the two Houses of Parliament, commu
nicated to the army employed in Egypt, and
the Royal authority given for the Sphinx
with the word " Egypt," to be borne on the
regimental colours and appointments . . —
¦ The Grand Seignior conferred the order of
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Officers, and presented gold medals to the
officers employed with the army in Egypt :
he also erected a palace at Constantinople for
the future residence of the British Ambas
sadors . ... ... 29
1801 List of the names of the officers of the ninety-
second regiment, who received gold medals
for service in Egypt. . . . —
 Regiment marched for Aboukir and embarked
for Malta, from whence it proceeded to
Ireland ....... 30
1 802 The Peace of Amiens concluded ... —
 Regiment embarked from Ireland, and proceeded
to Glasgow ...... 31
1803 War declared against France ... —
 A second battalion added to the regiment formed
from men raised under the Army of Reserve Act —
 Regiment removed from Glasgow to Weeley,
where the second battalion was formed. . —
 Great preparations made in France for the in
vasion of England ..... 32
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte created Emperor of the
French, and King of Italy ...—*¦
 The Additional Force Act passed as a further
measure of defence ..... —
 The two battalions marched to Colehester, and
encamped on Lexden Heath, from whence they
returned to Weeley . . . . . 33
 Second battalion proceeded to Ireland . . —
1805 First battalion brigaded with 42nd, 91st, and
95th (Rifle) regiments at Weeley ... —
 Reviewed at Colchester by H.R.H. the Duke of
York, the commander-in-chief ... —
 Marched from Weeley to Ospringe and thence
to Canterbury. . . ... 34

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Year Page
J 806 Marched to London and attended the public
funeral of Admiral Viscount Nelson at St.
Paul's Cathedral  34
 Major-General Honorable John Hope (afterwards
Earl of Hopetoun) appointed to be colonel in
succession to the Marquis of Huntly, removed
to the 42nd regiment .... —
1807 Embarked at Harwich on an expedition for
Elsineur, under Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart,
to take possession of the navy of Denmark . 35
 Advanced to attack the Danes at Kioge with the
troops under Major-General Sir Arthur Wel
lesley .....'- 36
 Bombardment of Copenhagen, and surrender of
the Danish fleet and stores to the British
Government ...... 37
 General Orders expressing the approbation of
His Majesty King George III., and of the
Commander of the Forces, to the General and
Staff Officers, and troops employed . . 38
 Re-embarked for England and marched to
Colchester  39
1808 Embarked at Harwich with an armament under
Lieut.-General Sir John Moore and pro
ceeded to Sweden ..... 40
 Returned to England and rendezvoused at
Yarmouth, from whence the fleet proceeded
to Spithead ...... —
 Embarked for Portugal and joined the British
army in that country .... —
 Proceeded with the force employed in Spain
under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore . . 41
1809 Placed in position and bivouacked in front of
Lugo ..... 42

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Year Page
1809 Arrived at Corunna, and engaged in action with
the French army ..... 43
 Lieut.-General Sir John Moore killed . . —
 Lieut-Colonel Alexander Napier killed at the
head of the ninety-second regiment, and
Lieut.-Colonel John Lamont succeeded to the
lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment ... —
 Received the thanks of the two Houses of Par
liament, and the Royal permission to bear
the word " Corunna " on the regimental co
lour and appointments .... 44
 Embarked at Corunna and disembarked at
Portsmouth, from whence it marched to
Weeley Barracks ...... —
 Received orders to prepare again for foreign
service ....... 45
 Embarked with the expedition under Lieut.-
General the Earl of Chatham, for the
Scheldt ....... —
 The object of the expedition being thwarted, and
much disease occurring among the troops, they
re-embarked for England ; the ninety-second
regiment proceeded to Woodbridge . . 46
1810 Embarked a second time for the Peninsula, and
joined the army under Lieut.-General the
Viscount Wellington ... 47
1811 Marched from Lisbon and joined the army under
Viscount Wellington in the lines of Torres
Vedras ....... 48
 Brigaded with the 50th and 7 1st regiments . 49
 Marshal Massena retreated from his position near
Santarem, and pursued by the troops under
Viscount Wellington .... 
 The siege of Badajoz commenced ... 60

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1811 Regiment engaged at the Battle of Fuentes
d'Onor ....... 50
 Received the Royal authority to bear the words
" Fuentes d'Onor" on the regimental colour
and appointments ..... 51
 The French retreated towards Ciudad Rodrigo,
crossed the Agueda, and evacuated Almeida
 The siege of Badajoz raised .... 52
 The battle of Albuhera .
 The siege of Badajoz again commenced .
¦  The siege of Badajoz again relinquished .
¦ The British army recrossed the Guadiana.
 Marched to Elvas, and thence to Portalegre
 Investment of Ciudad Rodrigo
 Engagement at El Bodon
 Withdrew to Portalegre
 Advanced towards Arroyo del Molinos.
 Attack and defeat of General Gerard's division
at Arroyo del Molinos .... 54
 The thanks of Lieut.-General Hill to the troops
for their conduct in the action of Arroyo del
Molinos. ...... 55
 The approbation of H. R. H.the Prince Regent,
and of H. R. H. the Commander-in-Chief,
conveyed to the troops for their services in
this action ...... —
 Preparations made by Viscount Wellington for
the recapture of Ciudad Rodrigo . . 56
 The British troops entered Merida. . . —
1812 Storm and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo . . 57
 Regiment marched to Albuquerque . . —
 Preparations made for the siege of Badajoz the
third time ...... —
 Capture of Badajoz by assault ... 58

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CONTENTS.

Year Page
1812 Marched to the attack of Almaraz ... 59
 Destruction of the works and bridge at Almaraz 60
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Almaraz" on the regimental colour and ap
pointments ...... —
 . Marched to various stations preparatory to an
attack on the forts of Salamanca .
 The Battle of Salamanca . .
 The Marquis of Wellington entered Madrid
 Regiment moved to Aranjuez
 Siege of the castle of Burgos, which was after
wards raised .....
 Defence of the town of Alba-de-Tormes .
 Marched into quarters at Coria .
1813 The French blew up the Castle of Burgos, and
retreated .....
 The French army took up a position in the neigh
bourhood of Vittoria '.
— The Battle of Vittoria
 The Royal authority was granted for the regi
ment to bear the word " Vittoria" on the regi
mental colour and appointments.
 Skirmish at Almandoz ....
 Siege of St. Sebastian ....
 Investment of Pampeluna by the Spaniards -
 Marshal Soult appointed to the command of the
French army, with the title of Lieutenant of
the Emperor ...... 71
 Regiment engaged at the Pass of Maya . . — ¦
 Lieut.-Cplonel Cameron permitted by His Ma- 72
jesty to bear the word Maya on his shield . —
 Number of officers and men killed and wounded —
in the action at Maya Pass ... 73
 Engaged at a village between Lizasso and 74
Eguaros ...... 

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1814 Again engaged on a height at Dona Maria . 74
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
"Pyrenees" on the regimental colour and
appointments ...... 75
 Marched from Maya, and encamped near
Roncesvalles ...... 
 St. Sebastian and Pampeluna being taken, the
British commander resolved to carry the
war into France ..... —
 Attack of the position on the Nivelle . . 76
 Went into quarters at Cambo ... —
 Crossed the river Nive. .... 77
— — Engaged in action at St. Pierre ... —
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Nive " on the regimental colour and appoint
ments ....... 78
 Marched to St. Jean de Luz, and returned to
Urt  79
 Attacked and defeated the enemy at Hellette . —
 Also at Garris ... ... —
 Affair at Arriverete ..... 80
¦  The Royal authority granted to Lieut.-Colonel
Cameron, to bear on his crest the figure of a
Highlander of the 92nd regiment, up to the
middle in water, &c, &c, with the word
Arriverete ...... —
 Crossed the Gave d'Oleron, and moved on the
road to Orthes ..... 83
 Engaged at the battle of Orthes ... —
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Orthes" on the regimental colour and
appointments ...... —
 Attack and defeat of the enemy at Aire . . 84
 Orders issued to the troops engaged in the action
at aire ...... 85

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Year Page
1814 Address from the mayor and inhabitants of Aire 86
 Regiment moved to Vic-Bigorre, in pursuit ;
thence to Tarbes and to Muret, on the road
to Toulouse ...... 87
— — The French evacuated Toulouse, the white flag
was hoisted ; and the British army entered
the city. .... 88
 Abdication of Napoleon announced . . —
 The intelligence disbelieved at Bayonne, from
whence a desperate sortie was made by the
French garrison ..... —
 Regiment marched into Villa Franche, to Be-
zieze, and thence to Toulouse ... 89
— — Peace established between Great Britain and
France : Louis XVIII. placed on the throne of
France ; and Napoleon Bonaparte proceeded to
the Isle of Elba ..... —
 Regiment marched to Blanchfort; thence to
Pouillac ..... . —
— — Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Peninsula," on the regimental colour and
appointments ...... —
 Moved down the Garonne in small craft, and
embarked for Ireland .... 
— — Disembarked at Monkstown, and marched to
Fermoy ... ...
 Received the thanks of Parliament for its merit
orious and eminent services during the war . 
 ¦ Inspected at Fermoy by Major-General Sir
William Aylett, who testified his approbation
of its appearance and interior economy
¦  The second battalion disbanded at Edin
burgh  .90

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1815 Napoleon Bonaparte quitted Elba, and returned
to Paris : Louis XVIII. withdrew to Ghent ;
and Napoleon resumed the dignity of Emperor
of the French. . ... 
 Preparations for war immediately recommenced —
 Regiment embarked at Cork for Ostend;
from thence proceeded to Bruges, and to Ghent 91
 ¦ Marched to Brussels and brigaded ... 
 Reviewed by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wel
lington . ...... 
 Action at Quatre-Bras .... ""92
 Colonel Cameron killed .... 
 Received the particular commendations of the
Duke of Wellington. .... 93
 Number of officers and men killed and wounded
at Quartre-Bas ..... —
 The Battle of Waterloo .... 94
 Destructive charge on a French column at La
Haye Sainte by the Scots Greys and 92nd
Regiment ...... 96
 The boldness and intrepidity of " Les Braves
Ecossais" attracted the astonishment of Napo
leon Bonaparte ..... —
 The Prussian army on the road from Wavre . —
 The French made a last effort by a general
attack, and were repulsed .... —
— — The allied troops advanced in pursuit, and
forced the enemy to abandon every position,
his artillery, arms, stores, &c. &c. . . —
 The victory at Waterloo thus was achieved, and
a lasting peace has ensued .... 97
 • Numbers of officers and men killed and
wounded at Waterloo . —

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Year 1815 Honors and rewards conferred on the officers
and men engaged in the battle of Waterloo . 97
 Received the Royal authority to bear the word
" Waterloo" on the regimental colour and ap
pointments ...... —
 The thanks of the Houses of Parliament commu-
municated ...... 98
 Received also the thanks of the Highland
Society of Scotland ..... —
 The Allied army continued the pursuit of the
French to Paris ..... —
 General order issued by Field Marshal the
Duke of Wellington, announcing that, in con
cert with Field-Marshal the Prince Blucher,
he had concluded, a military convention
with the Commander-in-Chief of the French
army near Paris, by which the French were
to evacuate St. Denis, St. Ouen, Clichy,
Neuilly, the heights of Monte Martre, and
Paris, at specific and immediate periods ; and
congratulating the army upon the results of
their glorious victory .... —
 Louis XVIII. returned to Paris, and was re
instated on the throne of France ... 99
 Napoleon Bonaparte fled to the South of France,
and surrendered himself to the Captain of the
British ship of war, the " Bellerophon." He
was subsequently removed to the Island of
St. Helena, which was agreed upon to be
fixed as his future residence ... —
 The British army was reviewed in camp near
Paris by the Emperors of Austria and Russia,
and other Sovereigns in alliance with Great
Britain ....... —

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Year page
1815 Regiment marched to St. Germains, and thence
to Boulogne ...... 99
¦  Complimentary orders issued by Major-General
Sir Denis Pack on the regiment quitting his
command . ..... 
 Marched to Calais, and embarked for England 100
1816 Landed at Margate, and thence proceeded to
Colchester, and subsequently to Edinburgh . —
 The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, while on a
visit at Edinburgh, was present at an inspec
tion of the regiment .... —
1817 Embarked for Ireland .... —
1819 Embarked for Jamaica . . . .101
 Sustained serious losses in officers and men from
yellow fever . . . . . .102
1820 Appointment of Lieut.-General John Hope to
be Colonel in succession to General the Earl
of Hopetoun, removed to the 42nd regiment 103
1823 Appointment of Lieut.-General Hon. Alexander
Duff to be Colonel in succession to Lieut.-
General Sir John Hope, removed to the 72nd
Regiment . . . . . .106
1824 Address from the magistrates and vestry of
Trelawny on the good conduct of the regiment
while stationed in that part of the island . 107
1825 The regiment formed into six service, and four
depot companies ..... 109
1827 Embarked for England on being relieved by the
84th regiment . . . . .110
 Landed at Portsmouth, and proceeded to Edin
burgh castle . ..... —
1828 Embarked for Ireland  Ill
1829 Lieut.-Colonel John McDonald, appointed from
half-pay, assumed the command of the regi
ment . . . . • • .112

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Year Page
1830 Orders received for tartan trousers to be adopted
on all occasions, when the kilt is not worn . 112
 Inspected by Lieut.-General Sir John Byng,
commanding the forces in Ireland, by whom
great approbation was expressed on the state of
the regiment ...... —
 Address received from the magistrates of
Queen's County on the good conduct of the
regiment, particularly when called upon to aid
the civil power . . . . .114
 New colours presented to the regiment by Lieut.-
General Sir John Byng, K.C.B., with a com
plimentary address . . . . .115
1831 Orders expressive of the approbation of the
General Commanding in Chief of the conduct
of the regiment, and of the zeal and exertions
of Lieut-Colonel McDonald . . . 118
 ¦ Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir John Ha
milton Dalrymple, Bart, (afterwards Earl of
Stair) to be Colonel in succession to Lieut.-
General Hon. Alexander Duff, removed to
the 37th regiment . . . . .119
 Inspected by Major-General Sir Edward Blake-
ney, K.C.B., by whom great commendation
was bestowed ...... 
1832 Detachment employed in aid of the civil power,
and in the protection of the magistrates . 120
1833 Regiment formed into six service and four de
pot companies preparatory for foreign service —
 Depot companies embarked for Scotland . 121
1834 Service companies embarked for Gibraltar . 
1836 Ditto for Malta  
 Depot companies embarked for Ireland . . _
1837 Service companies inspected by Major-General
Sir Henry Bouverie, K.C.B., commanding at
Malta . . . . . 

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Year pa2e
1838 Inspected by H. R. H. Prince. Maximilian of
Bavaria, on his visit at Malta . . . 121
 Furnished a Guard of Honor to receive Her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, on her arrival
at Malta  122
 The Officers presented to Her Majesty . . —
 The Regiment passed in review before Her
Majesty. ...... —
1840 Dep6t companies embarked for Scotland 123
1841 Service companies embarked from Malta for the
West Indies ...... —
1843 Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir William
Macbean, K.C.B., to be Colonel in succession
to General the Earl of Stair, removed to the
46th regiment . . . . .124
 Service companies embarked from the West
Indies for England ..... —
1844 Proceeded to Scotland, and joined by the depot
companies at Aberdeen .... —
1846 Received the thanks" of the Magistrates and
Commissioners of Police at Edinburgh . —
 Embarked for Ireland ..... —
 Colonel John McDonald promoted to the rank
of Major-General, and Major John Alexander
Forbes promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel . 125
1850 Stationed in Ireland, and moved to Kilkenny , —
 Received orders to prepare for Foreign Service —
 Received complimentary address from the
Mayor and Citizens of Kilkenny ... —
1851 Embarked for Corfu  —
 The Conclusion ..... 126

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'SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF THE
NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT,
(HIGHLANDERS.)

Year 1796 George, Marquis of Huntly, G.C.B.
1806 John, Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.B. .
1820 Sir John Hope, G.C.B.
1823 Honorable Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.B.
1831 John, Earl of Stair, K.T. .
1843 Sir William Macbean, K.C.B.

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APPENDIX.

General Order, dated 16th of May, 1801, relating to
the campaign in Egypt, and the death of
General Sir Ralph Abercromby . . . 1 37
List of regiments, and names of the Commanding Offi
cers, employed in Egypt in 1801 . . .139
List of regiments employed in the expedition to
Copenhagen in 1807 . . . . .141
General Orders, dated 18th of January, and 1st of
February, 1809, relating to the Battle of
Corunna, and the death of Lieut.-General Sir
John Moore, on the 16th of January, 1809. 142 & 144
List of regiments, and the names of the Commanding
Officers, which composed the army under Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore at Corunna . . 146
List of the British and Hanoverian regiments, as
formed in brigades and divisions, and the names
of the General Officers, and of the Commanding
Officers of Regiments, at the Battle of Waterloo,
on the 18th of June, 1815 . . . .147

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g>2» EEGIMEHT (GOJODCffl HIGHLANDERS „)
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HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT,
(HIGHLANDERS.)

The French Revolution, which commenced in the year 1793
1789, by its destroying and sanguinary course, menaced
Europe with universal anarchy. On the 21st of
January, 1793, Louis XVI. was decapitated, and on
the 1st of February the National Convention declared
war against Great Britain and Holland.
Augmentations were in consequence made to the
army ; volunteer companies were formed by the
patriotism of the British people, and every exertion
was made to defend those institutions which had
raised England to a high position among the nations
of Europe.
To these events the ninety-second regiment owes 1794
its origin. A letter of service was addressed to the Duke
of Gordon on the 10th of February, 1794, authorizing
him to raise a regiment in Scotland, and the commis
sion of Lieut.-Colonel Commandant was conferred
upon his son the Marquis of Huntly.
The establishment of the regiment was directed to
consist of one lieut.-colonel commandant, two majors,
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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE

1794 ten captains, one captain-lieutenant, twenty -one lieu
tenants, eight ensigns, one adjutant, quarter-master,
surgeon, assistant-surgeon, chaplain, serjeant-major,
quarter-master serjeant, forty serjeants, twenty drum
mers, two fifers, and one thousand rank and file.
On the 24th of June, 1794, the regiment was em
bodied at Aberdeen, and was generally known as " The
Gordon Highlanders-" the regiment was inspected on
the following day by Lieut.-General Sir Hector Munro,
K.B., who expressed himself highly pleased with the
general appearance of the corps.
The following officers were present, namely : —
Lieut.-Colonel Commandant . . George Marquis of Huntly.
Major  Charles Erskine.

Alexander Napier.
John Cameron.
Honorable John Ramsay.
Andrew Patton. Lieutenants,
Peter Grant.
Archibald McDonell.
Alexander Stewart.
John McLean.
Patrick Gordon.

Captains. William Mcintosh.
Alexander Gordon.
Simon McDonald.
John Gordon (Capt. -Lieut.)

Ensigns.
Charles Dowle.
George Davidson.
Archibald McDonald.
Alexander Fraser.
William Todd.
James Mitchell.

Adjutant . . John Henderson.
Quarter- Master . Peter Wilkie.

Surgeon . . William Findlay.
Assistant Surgeon John Clark.

Chaplain  William Gordon.
On Ihe 9th of July, the regiment embarked at Fort
George for England, and landed at Southampton on
the 16th of August, when it was encamped on Netley
Common. About this period it was numbered the
Hundredth regiment.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 3
The uniform of the officers was as follows : — 1794
Jacket. — Scarlet, facings yellow, with lappels turned
back, and laced two and two ; lace, silver, with a blue
silk-worm in the centre ; fiat buttons, silver or plated,
with the number of the regiment ' 100' in the centre.
Epaulets. — Two for all ranks, of silver bullion,
having two stripes of yellow silk in the centre of the
strap, with a thistle, and a binding of blue round the
edge. Waistcoat. — Scarlet, with regimental buttons, and
laced with silver.
Belted Plaid. — Twelve yards of blue, black, and
green tartan, with a narrow yellow stripe.
Purse, Shoes, and Hose. — Badger skin, ornamented
with six white tassels, mounted with silver, and having
a rim of silver round the top. The shoes were low-
quartered, with silver buckles. The rosettes and
garters were of red tape. The hose were tartan of
white and red chequer.
The sword was the Highland claymore ; the sword
belt of buff leather, and the breastplate oval, of silver,
ornamented with a crown and thistle, encircled by
the words " Gordon Highlanders."
The sash was of crimson silk, and was worn across
the left shoulder. The bonnet was ornamented with
black ostrich feathers, and the dirk was silver mounted.
The dress of the serjeants and privates was similar,
the arms of the former being the claymore and halbert,
and the latter had muskets; queues were worn by
officers and men.
On the 5th of September, the regiment embarked at
Southampton for Gibraltar, where it landed on the
27th of October : at this station the drill of the regi
ment was completed, and it was immediately placed
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HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE

1794 on the garrison roster. The effective strength con
sisted of three field officers, seven captains, nine lieu
tenants, six ensigns, four staff, twenty-nine serjeants,
twenty-one drummers, and seven hundred and twenty-
seven rank and file.
In December the regiment received its colours on
Windmill Hill, after being consecrated by the garrison
chaplain ; the regiment was marched under them by
files in ordinary time, previously to which the Marquis
of Huntly made a very impressive address, calling the
attention of the officers and men to the duties which
their King and Country expected from them, and to
the honors which he trusted they would acquire under
these banners.
The first or King's Colour was, as usual, the Great
Union. The second, or Regimental Colour, was com
posed of yellow silk ; in the centre of both, the number
' 100,' surmounted with a crown, and the words " Gordon
Highlanders," the whole within a wreath of thistles
and roses.
1795 On the 11th of June, 1795, the regiment embarked
for Corsica, and landed at Bastia on the 11th of July.
In February of the previous year a landing was
effected in Corsica by the allied troops, and, through
the influence of General Paoli, the Commander-in-
Chief of the island, a decree was made by the Assembly
of Deputies, declaring the separation of Corsica from
France, and its union to the British dominions.
In December, 1795, Lieut.-Colonel the Marquis of
Huntly obtained leave of absence, and the command
of the regiment devolved on Major Erskine.
1796 The regiment was inspected on the 14th of April,
1796, at Bastia, by Lieut.-General Thomas Trigge,
commanding at Corsica, who expressed his gratification

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 5
at the appearanee of the men, and the very correct 1796
manner in which they performed the different move
ments. On the 14th of May, His Excellency the Viceroy,
Lieut.-General Sir Gilbert Eliott reviewed the regi
ment, and signified his highest approbation of its
appearance. On the following day, the greater portion of the
regiment, under the command of Major Alexander
Napier, to which rank he had been promoted in March
of this year, proceeded to Corte, in order to suppress a
serious rebellion which broke out in that part of the
island, and upon the return of the troops, a general
order was issued by Lieut -General the Honorable
John Thomas De Burgh, who had succeeded to the
command of the forces in Corsica, expressive of his best
thanks for the exertions and good conduct displayed
during the above fatiguing service.
Lieut.-Colonel Commandant the Marquis of Huntly
was promoted to the rank of colonel of the regiment on
the 3rd of May, 1796; Major Charles Erskine was
also promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, the com
mission of the latter being ante-dated 1st May of the
previous year.
In July Lieut.-Colonel Erskine obtained leave of
absence, and the command of the regiment devolved
upon Major Napier.
On the 14th of Augu-t, a detachment, consisting of
one field officer, two captains, four subalterns, seven
serjeants, eight corporals, and two hundred privates,
was ordered to be held in readiness at a moment's
notice, to embark upon a secret expedition. The zeal
and spirit of the corps showed itself in a most con
spicuous manner, by the unanimous wish of the whole

6 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1796 to be employed upon it ; and in consequence of which,
Major Napier, then commanding the regiment, made
an offer to that effect to the Commander-in-Chief, who
was pleased to give the following answer : —
" The Commander-in-Chief is sensible of the zeal
" and laudable motive, which have induced the officers
" and men of the Hundredth regiment to offer their
" services on the present occasion, and he desires Major
" Napier to express his best thanks to them, as well
" as his assurance, that he will be ready at all times to
" testify his satisfaction at their general good conduct
" and appearance, although circumstances will not at
" this time allow him to avail himself of their services
" to the extent they offer them."
This expedition proved to be against Porto Ferrajo,
in the Isle of Elba, and was completely successful,
without any loss on the part of the troops employed.
Meanwhile the brilliant career of General Bonaparte
in Italy had produced a change of sentiment among
the inhabitants of Corsica, of which island he was a
native. The Corsicans, therefore, gloried in him as a
man who reflected honor on their country, and they
regretted that the island had been annexed to Great
Britain, as this event placed them in hostility to their
victorious countryman, and they began to concert
measures to effect its separation. It appearing evident
that the expense of the defence would exceed the
advantage derived from the possession of the island,
the British troops were withdrawn, and on the 6th of
September the regiment embarked for Gibraltar.
The regiment mustered one major, five captains,
seven lieutenants, five ensigns, three staff, thirty-seven
serjeants, twenty-one drummers, and seven hundred
and six rank and file.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 7
The following General Order was issued upon this 1796
occasion : — 5th September, 1 796.
" The Hundredth regiment being to embark for
" Gibraltar, Lieut.-General De Burgh cannot suffer
" them to leave Corsica, without testifying his appro-
" bation and satisfaction of their general good conduct
" and soldier-like behaviour, since he had the honor to
" command them ; at the same time he desires they
" will accept of his best wishes for their success and
" welfare on all occasions."
During the voyage, the British Admiral fell in with
a large fleet of Spanish men-of-war, and the first in
timation he had of Spain being at war with Great
Britain, was their firing upon his ships. Perceiving this,
and the enemy being so superior in force, he made
signal to crowd all sail. The Spaniards, however,
captured the " Granby " transport, having on board
two staff officers, three serjeants, and forty-eight rank
and file of the regiment.
The regiment landed at Gibraltar on the 4th of
October, and on the 10th of that month was inspected
by the Lieut. -Governor, who was much pleased with
its appearance.
In the previous year, Prussia had concluded a peace
with the French Republic, and in consequence of the
United Provinces of Holland having leagued with
France, England had taken possession of the Cape of
Good Hope and of Ceylon. The former allies of
England now became converted into enemies. War
was declared by Holland, which had been constituted
the Batavian Republic, against Great Britain, in May,
and Spain followed the example in October. In the
same month, Lord Malmsbury was sent to Pads to

8 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1796 negociate a peace on the part of the British Govern
ment ; but the French insisted upon retaining, as
integral parts of the Republic, the conquests lately
made ; these terms could not be acceded to consistently
with the general interests of Europe, and the negocia-
tion was discontinued.
1797 In April, 1797, Lieut.-Colonel Erskine arrived at
Gibraltar, and assumed the command of the regiment.
In April, the preliminaries of peace were signed at
Leoben, in Styria, between Austria and the French
Republic, so that Great Britain was left to continue
the contest single-handed with France and her allies.
In July Lord Malmsbury was sent a second time to
negociate a peace, but the demands of the French
Directory rendered the attempt abortive. On the 1 7th
of October the definitive treaty of peace between
Austria and the French Republic was signed at Campo
Formio.
1798 "phe regiment embarked in transports for England
on the 16th of March, 1798. The ships put into the
Tagus on the 9th of April, and sailed again on the 15th.
After a tedious and boisterous passage, the regiment
disembarked at Portsmouth on the 15th of May, and
occupied Hilsea Barracks.
The effective strength of the regiment at this period
consisted of two field officers, four captains, eleven
subalterns, three staff, thirty-seven serjeants, twenty-
two drummers, and seven hundred and forty-two rank
and file.
By a General Order, dated 26th of May, 1798, it was
directed that the coats of the army should be worn
buttoned over the body down to the waist.
On the 3 1st of May, the regiment embarked in ships
of war at Southsea Beach, Portsmouth, for Ireland,

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 9
and arrived at Dublin, on the 15th of June, where it 1798
went into barracks.
His Majesty King George III., appointed Colonel
the Marquis of Huntly to serve as a Brigadier-
General upon the Staff of the Army in Ireland, in
which country a spirit of discontent had been fomented
by a party of unprincipled men, who had expected aid
from France to carry out their designs. On the 21st
of June, Lieut.-General Lake defeated the main body
of the rebels at Vinegar -hill, and the troubles in
Ireland would have subsided, had it not been for the
expected aid to be derived from France.
On the 2nd of July, the regiment marched at a
moment's, notice, in consequence of the disturbed state
of the country, the urgency of the service being such
that the troops were conveyed in carriages.
The regiment encamped in the vicinity of Gorey on
the 7th of July, and on the 18th marched suddenly to
Blessington, where it encamped. On the 29th it
marched and encamped at the Glen of Email.
On the 10th of August, Lieut.-Colonel Erskine and
three hunded men were detached and encamped at
Torbay. The following letter, expressive of the good conduct
of the regiment during their stay at Gorey, was
addressed by the Dean of Ferns, to Colonel the
Marquis of Huntly : —
" My Lord,
" I have the honor of enclosing to you that part
" of the proceedings in the last vestry, held in Gorey,
" wherein your Lordship and your regiment are
" mentioned. This mark of our respect and gratitude
" should have been sooner expressed and conveyed to

10 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1798 " you, had not our calamitous situation delayed the
" calling of a vestry, which we conceived the most regu-
" lar mode of expressing our sentiments collectively.
" It may be pleasing to your Lordship to hear that,
" in the attendance of my parish, I have heard all the
" poor loud in the praise of the honesty and humanity
" of the privates of your regiment. They not only did
" not rob them of the wretched pittance that was left
" by the rebels, but refused such trifling presents (of
" provisions, &c.,) as were offered them, saying their
" King paid them nobly, and enabled them to supply
" every want at their own expense.
" I have the honor to be,
" With great respect,
" Your Lordship's obedient Servant,
(Signed) " Peter Brown, " Dean of Ferns."
" We the loyal inhabitants of the parish and vicinity
" of Gorey, in vestry assembled, beg leave thus publicly
" to acknowledge the goodness and humanity evinced
" by the Marquis of Huntly, during his short stay
" amongst us. We are proud to add, that during that
" short stay, rapine ceased to be a system, and the
" confidence of the people in the honor of government
" began to revive. We should be wanting in grati-
" tude if we omitted our testimony, that the humanity
" of the colonel was emulated by the soldiers, and we
" request the Hundredth regiment to accept our thanks
" for the moderation and honor which marked the
" conduct of every individual officer and private who
" composed it.
(Signed) " Peter Brown, Rector.
" J. Jerman, Churchwarden."

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 1 1
The French, to the number of about nine hundred 1798
men, commanded by General Humbert, landed at
Killala, and being joined by a few malcontents marched
to Castlebar.
On the 24th of August the regiment marched to
Blessington ; on the 26th encamped at Kilbeggan ; on
the 28th at Athlone ; on the 29th at Ballymore, in a
position in front of the town ; on the 1st of September
it encamped at Crophill, and moved every day until
the 16th, when it encamped near Moat.
Meanwhile the united French and rebel force had
been attacked by Lieut.-General Lake, at Ballinamuck,
on the 8th of September, and the French troops were
compelled to surrender at discretion.
Major-General John Moore, in brigade orders, dated
25th of September, 1798, after detailing some irregu
larity on the part of the troops, added —
" The Major-General must, in justice to the Hun-
" dredth regiment, state, that hitherto he has had no
" complaint of any one of them, nor has he ever met
" them in town after the retreat beating."
The thanks of both Houses of Parliament were, on
the 15th of October, conveyed to the troops, "for their
" meritorious exertions on the present important
" crisis." While the regiment was encamped near Moat, the
following order was received, by which the corps was
numbered the ninety-second regiment.*

* The ninety-first, ninety-second, ninety-third, ninety-fourth,
ninety-fifth, ninety-sixth, ninety-seventh, and ninety-ninth regi
ments, which were directed to be raised at the commencement of the
war with France in 1793, were afterwards disbanded, so that the
ninety-eighth was numbered the ninety-first, and the Hundredth be
came the Kinjtrir-SEcoND regiment.

12 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1798 Adjutant-General's Office, Dublin, 16th October, 1798.
" It is His Majesty's pleasure, that the
" Hundredth regiment shall in future be numbered the
" ninety-second, and that it be placed on the same
" establishment with regard to field officers as other
" regiments of the line."
(Signed) G. Hewitt, Adjutant- General.
On the 30th of October, 1 798, the regiment broke up
from camp, and went into quarters at Athlone.
Napoleon Bonaparte, against whose legions in Egypt
and the Peninsula, the ninety-second regiment, in
subsequent years, acquired great renown, was now
rising, step by step, to that imperial sway which he
afterwards attained. The National Convention had
been succeeded in October, 1795, by the French
Directory, and the latter, jealous of Bonaparte's popu
larity, sent him, in May, 1798, on the expedition to
Egypt. Napoleon took Alexandria by storm, and
soon established himself at Cairo. The Sublime
Porte, incensed by the invasion of Egypt, declared war
against France, and formed an alliance with Russia.
The fleet which had conveyed the expedition to Egypt,
was almost destroyed by Admiral Nelson in Aboukir
Bay, on the 1st of August. So large a portion of the
French army, being thus secluded in a distant land,
gave fresh impulse to the allies, and in November the
island of Minorca surrendered to the British arms. In
December, 1798, the co-operation of Russia against
France was secured by Great Britain.
1799 War was declared by the French Directory against
Austria, in March, 1799, and the combined Austrian
and Russian armies recovered the greater portion of
Italy.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 13
Great Britain now determined to make a corre- 1799
sponding attempt, in conjunction with Russia, to recover
Holland from the dominion of France, and a numerous
army was selected to proceed to that country under
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, previous to
whose arrival, the troops were to be commanded by
Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.
A plan of co-operation was concerted between Great
Britain and Russia, in the expectation that the Dutch
would rise in arms against the French, in favour of the
Prince of Orange, and, aided by the Anglo-Russian
force, would exert themselves to effect their emanci
pation. On the 15th of June, the ninety-second regiment,
which had been selected to embark on the expedition
to Holland, commenced its march by divisions for
Cork, on which day the following address was received
by the commanding officer : —
" At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of A thlone
" and its vicinity on the 15th June, 1799, Thomas Mit-
" chell, Esq., in the chair : the following Address to
" Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, commanding His Majesty's
" ninety-second regiment in this garrison, was unani-
" mously agreed to : —
" Sir, " We heard with concern, that His Majesty's
" ninety-second regiment, which you have com-
" manded in this garrison, has been ordered to march
" for the purpose of joining those troops intended for
" a foreign expedition ; but however we may regret
" your departure, we are not surprised that a regiment,
" so eminently conspicuous for its steadiness and dis-
'¦ cipline, should be selected for an arduous enterprise.

14 historical record of the
1799 " We have during your continuance amongst us,
" experienced a polite attention from the officers of
" your regiment, and the uninterrupted peace and
" tranquillity, which have prevailed in this town and
" neighbourhood, evince the attention of the soldiers
" under your command.
" Permit us, therefore, to return you our thanks, and
" to request that you will convey the same to the
" officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of
" your regiment. " By order of the meeting,
(Signed) " Thomas Mitchell."
The regiment arrived at Cork on the 24th and 25th
of June, and encamped at Monkstown, until orders for
its embarkation should arrive. On the 19th of July,
the regiment embarked at Cove, and arrived at Dover
on the 30th, when it encamped on Barham Downs,
where the troops were assembling for the expedition to
Holland under the orders of Lieut.-General Sir Ralph
Abercromby. The ninety-second regiment was placed in the
fourth brigade, commanded by Major-General, after
wards Sir John Moore, which consisted of the Royals
(second battalion), twenty-fifth, forty-ninth, seventy-
ninth, and ninety-second regiments.
The regiment marched for Ramsgate on the 7th of
August, and on the following day embarked in trans
ports, which sailed on the 1 1 th for the coast of Holland .
Its effective strength consisted of one colonel, one lieut.-
colonel, two majors, six captains, twelve lieutenants,
seven ensigns, five staff, forty serjeants, twenty-one
drummers, and seven hundred and thirty rank and
file.

.)

NINETY- SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 15
The British troops landed on the Dutch coast, near 1799
the Helder, on the 27th of August. A considerable
body of French and Dutch troops assembled near the
point of debarkation ; some sharp fighting occurred,
and in the evening the enemy retreated to a position
six miles in his rear. Although one of the first to get
a footing on the Dutch shores, it did not fall to the
lot of the ninety-second to be materially engaged
this day in the affairs on the sand-hills. The regi
ment had one serjeant and fourteen rank and file
drowned in the landing on the Dutch coast. The
enemy having abandoned his fortifications, and evacu
ated the town during the night, the regiment moved
into Helder on the 28th of August. A numerous
train of heavy and field artillery was found in this im
portant post ; two days afterwards the Dutch fleet
surrendered without striking a blow, and hoisted the
colours of the Prince of Orange.
On the 1st of September, the regiment marched
out of Helder, and on the 2nd advanced to Oude
Sluys, on the Zuyder Zee, where the army took up
a position, along which the troops were placed in
cantonments, the ninety-second being in advance of
the right.
The Dutch did not manifest a disposition to rise
against the French. At daylight, in the morning of
the 10th of September, the united French and Dutch
forces, under General Brune, attacked the piquets ;
the troops repaired to their alarm-posts, and the
action soon became general : the British troops re
pulsed the attack, and the orders of that day directed
the regiment to its cantonments at Oude Sluys, and
conveyed the thanks of General Sir Ralph Aber-

16

HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE

1799 cromby* for its "noble and steady conduct during the
" day." Captain the Honorable John Ramsay was wounded
in this action, which was fought near the villages of
Crabbendam and Schagen.
Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of
York arrived at the Helder on the 14th of September,
and, having been reinforced by a corps of twelve
thousand Russians, under Lieut.-General Hermann,
resolved on attacking the French position in advance
of Alkmaar, reaching from Zuyder Zee, on the right,
to Camper down on the left, and embracing the town
of Bergen. The attack was made on the 19th of Sep
tember, in four columns, but the Russians having
failed in holding Bergen, after having entered it in
gallant style, the places, which had been acquired by
the other columns, were abandoned, and His Royal
Highness withdrew his army to its former position on
the Zuype.
From the 20th of September until the 1st of Octo
ber both armies remained within their entrenchments,
strengthening their lines of defence : the French had
received reinforcements, and had inundated a large
tract of country on their right by cutting the sluices,
thus contracting the ground of operations to six or
seven miles.
The Duke of York, on the 2nd of October, made
another attempt on the French position, between
Bergen and Egmont-op-Zee. The combined attacks
were made in four columns : the division under Gene
ral Sir Ralph Abercromby being on the right, marched
* Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., was promoted to
the local rank of General on the Continent of Europe, on the 13th of
August 1799.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 17
along the beach. The left of the French army was 1799
posted and concentrated about Bergen, a large village
surrounded by extensive woods, through which passed
the great road leading to Haarlem ; between which and
the sea was an extensive region of high sand-hills, im
passable for artillery. Behind the sand-hills, and to
the enemy's right, through the whole extent of North
Holland, lies a wet and low country, intersected with
dykes, canals, and ditches.
The army advanced before daylight to attack the
enemy. The ninety-second regiment was ordered to
escort twenty pieces of artillery to the front, along the
sea-shore. In the performance of this duty it was
attacked by a column of nearly six thousand men at
Egmont-op-Zee, where a most sanguinary conflict
ensued, immediately under the eye of General Sir
Ralph Abercromby.
Trusting to their superior numbers the French ad
vanced with resolution, and fairly met the bayonets of
the regiment, now commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine, Colonel the Marquis of Huntly having been
wounded in the charge, which completely overthrew
the enemy, and preserved the guns.*
* Colonel the Marquis of Huntly commanded the regiment in
this memorable charge, which began and decided the action at
Egmont-op-Zee: all the rest was a pursuit. The Marquis of
Huntly, and Major-General (afterwards Sir John) Moore, were
wounded, and the command of the regiment devolved upon
Lieut.-Colonel Erskine.
Major-General Moore was carried to the surgeon by two soldiers
of the regiment ; and a few years afterwards, when writing for a
drawing of the uniform, for the purpose of having a soldier of the
ninety-second as one of the supporters to his coat of arms, on being
made a Knight of the Bath, he mentioned the circumstance of their
having remarked—" There is the General, we must take him to the
" doctor ;" and then added, " We can do no more ; we must join the
" lads, for every man is wanted ! !" Major-General Moore, on his
C

18 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1799 The French centre was supported by the town of
Alkmaar, and General Sir Ralph Abercromby had
passed Bergen in order to turn the French position at
Alkmaar, to which place the ninety-second, immedi
ately after the brilliant affair, before recorded, advanced,
As the men fought hand-to-hand, the conflict was
signalized by many feats of individual bravery and
devoted courage.
The action was maintained with great obstinacy on
both sides until night, when the enemy retired, leaving
the British masters of the field of battle.
In the despatch of His Royal Highness the Duke of
York, dated Zuyper Sluys, 4th of October, it was stated
that, " the points where this well-fought battle were
" principally contested, were from the sea-shore in
" front of Egmont, extending along the sandy desert,
" or hills, to the heights above Bergen, and it was sus-
" tained by the British columns, under those highly
" distinguished officers, General Sir Ralph Aber-
" cromby, and Lieut.-General Dundas, whose exertions,
" as well as the gallantry of the brave troops they led,
" cannot have been surpassed by any former instance of
" British valour."
The ninety-second had Captain William Mcintosh,
Lieutenants George Fraser, Gordon McCardy, and
recovery, inquired for these men in order to reward them, and
offered twenty pounds, but no one claimed it ; and he remarked, that
" it was a noble trait of the regiment, that no men in its ranks came
" forward to personate the parties, or to claim the reward." — It
was, therefore, supposed they were killed.
It may be observed, that this is one of the few instances on record
of crossing bayonets by large bodies. Even the supernumerary rank
of the ninety-second on this occasion was bayoneted ; among the
number Lieutenant McCardy was killed, and Lieutenant Donald
McDonald (who afterwards succeeded to the command of the regi
ment at Waterloo) received three bayonet wounds.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 19
sixty-five rank and file killed ; Colonel the Marquis of 1799
Huntly, Captains John Cameron, Alexander Gordon,
John McLean, and Peter Grant, Lieutenants Norman
McLeod, Charles Chad, Donald McDonald, Charles
Cameron, and John McPherson, Ensigns George Wil
liam Holmes, James Bent, and two hundred and eight
rank and file wounded.
The gallant conduct evinced by the ninety-second
on this occasion was afterwards rewarded with the
Royal authority to bear the word Egmont-op-Zee on the
regimental colour and appointments.
His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, in
the General Order of the 5th of Ootober, at Alkmaar,
expressed "his warmest thanks for the steady perse-
" vering gallantry of their conduct in the general action
" of the 2nd instant, and to which he ascribes the
" complete victory gained over the enemy ; " and, with
the rest of the army, the regiment received the thanks
of both Houses of Parliament.
The regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine, subsequently shared in the general operations
of the army, but was not engaged in any very serious
affair. The gallant exertions made on behalf of the Dutch
were not seconded by them ; and in the meantime the
French army had been reinforced. Instead, therefore,
of fighting for a people who were not resolved to be
free, it was decided that the British troops should be
withdrawn from Holland. A convention was ultimately
concluded with General Brune at Alkmaar on the
18th of October, and on the following day a cessation
of hostilities was proclaimed.
The regiment marched on the 28th of October to
Colenzugby, near the Helder, embarked the same day
c 2

20 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1799 on board of His Majesty's ships "Kent" and " Monarch,"
and landed at Yarmouth on the day following. Its
effective strength consisted of twenty-four serjeants,
twenty drummers, and four hundred and forty-six rank
and file.
During the campaign from the 27th of August to
the 28th of October, the regiment sustained a loss of
three officers and ninety-three rank and file, several of
the wounded soldiers having died.
On the 4th of November the regiment marched en
route to Chelmsford, where it arrived on the 10th, and
was placed in the eighth brigade, the command of
which Major-General Moore assumed on the 25th of
December 1799.
Here the regiment received canvas knapsacks, painted
yellow, having a circle of red in the centre, in which
the Crown and Thistle, with the words " Gordon
Highlanders ," were inserted.
1800 Napoleon Bonaparte having returned from Egypt
to Paris in the previous year, had been appointed First
Consul of France, and made overtures for peace ; but
the British Ministry, considering that the French
government had not acquired sufficient stability, showed
no desire to accede to the proposal.
On the 10th of April, 1800, orders were issued for
the regiment to hold itself in readiness to march at the
shortest notice; the first division marched on the 12th,
and was followed by the others on the 14th and 15th,
for the Isle of Wight, where it arrived on the 23rd of
April. The regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine, marched for Cowes on the 27th of May, and
embarked on the same day in vessels of war. The head
quarters, and five companies in His Majesty's ship

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 21
" Diadem," sailed on the 30th. The officers and men 1800
present with the regiment consisted of one lieut.-
colonel, two majors, seven captains, sixteen lieutenants,
six ensigns, six staff, thirty-six serjeants, twenty-two
drummers, and six hundred rank and file.
The regiment disembarked at the Isle de Houat, on
the coast of France, on the 7th of June, where it en
camped, under the command of Brigadier- General the
Honorable Thomas Maitland.
On the 1 8th of June, the ninety-second regiment
embarked on board His Majesty's ship " Terrible," des
tined with others to make an attack on Belle-Isle, but
which was abandoned ; on the 20th the regiment dis
embarked, and occupied its former encampment on the
Isle de Houat.
The ninety-second embarked on the 23rd of June,
with other regiments for the Mediterranean, under the
command of Colonel the Earl of Dalhousie, of the
Second, or the Queen's Royals, in His Majesty's ship
" Diadem," and arrived at Port Mahon, in the Island
of Minorca, on the 20th of July.
General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., arrived at
Minorca on the 4th of August, and took the command
of the troops there assembled. The regiment disem
barked on the 7th, and was inspected, on the 11th of
August, by Sir Ralph Abercromby.
The ninety-second regiment embarked at George's
Town on the 30th of August, and sailed on the follow
ing day. After touching at Gibraltar, it proceeded to
Cadiz, arrived in the bay on the 3rd of October, — and
made preparations to land. The enemy, however, sent
a flag of truce, but a disease was ravaging the city at
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22 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1800 infection, proceeding afterwards to Gibraltar, where it
arrived on the 29th of October.
The regiment arrived at Minorca on the 6th of
November, sailed again on the 21st, and anchored at
Malta on the 1st of December. This island, after a
blockade of two years, had been compelled by famine,
to surrender in September, 1800, to Great Britain.
The British Government having resolved to effect
the expulsion of the French from Egypt, an army*
amounting to about fifteen thousand men, of which the
ninety-second formed part, was assembled under
General Sir Ralph Abercromby, at MarmOrice Bay, on
the coast of Asiatic Turkey. The regiment sailed from
Malta on the 26th of December, and arrived at Maf-
morice Bay on the 29th. During the foregoing period,
the regiment was occasionally landed for exercise and
practice, as if before an enemy.
1801 Some weeks were lost at Marmorice, in expectation
of receiving reinforcements of Greeks and Turks ; and
the expedition did not proceed to its final destination
until the 23rd of February, 1801. On the 2nd of
March, it anchored in the Bay of Aboukir, eastward of
Alexandria ; but notwithstanding all the exertions of
the navy, under Admiral Lord Keith's orders, the
necessary arrangements could not be made for landing
the troops, until a week afterwards, in consequence of
unfavorable weather, and other obstructions.
A landing was effected on the 8th of March ; a body
of French troops, supported by several batteries,
awaited the arrival of their opponents, but were forced
to give way in defiance of every exertion, and after
severe loss on both sides.

* List of regiments which served in Egypt in 1801, is inserted in
the Appendix, page 133.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 23
The ninety-second, under the command of Lieut.- 1801
Colonel Erskine, landed during the action, and took up
a position for the night on the heights of Aboukir.
The regiment mustered one lieut.-colonel, two majors,
six captains, ten lieutenants, six ensigns, six staff, fifty
serjeants, twenty- two drummers, and six hundred and
seventy-two rank and file.
On the 9th of March, the regiment advanced about
a mile further towards Alexandria. On the day follow
ing, it marched to the heights of Mandora, and remained
in position, while the artillery and stores were being
landed. Nothing of importance occurred this day,
beyond a smart skirmish, as the enemy slowly retired.
The army again moved forward on the 12th of March,
and came in sight of the enemy, who was strongly posted
with his right to the canal of Alexandria, and his left
to the sea.
About six o'clock in the morning of the 13th of
March, the British army advanced to attack the
enemy's position on the heights in front of Mandora,
the ninety-second being directed to lead the left
column into action. The enemy having opened a most
destructive fire from his artillery, enfiladed the column
to its whole depth : orders were consequently given
to deploy into line. The enemy thought this a favor
able moment, and immediately advanced to the attack.
The ninety-second, being in advance of the line, was
exposed to a very galling fire of grape-shot, and at the
same time was attacked by the 61st Demi-Brigade; the
regiment, however, continued unshaken in its advance
to the veTy muzzles of the guns, and succeeded in
taking two field-pieces, and one howitzer, completely
routing the enemy who defended them, and possessing
itself of the right of his position. He was forced, there-

24 historical record of the
1 801 fore, to retire to the fortified heights of Nicopolis, under
the walls of Alexandria, to which they form the prin
cipal defence from that side.
Lieut-Colonel, afterwards General Sir Robert
Thomas Wilson, in his History of the British Expedi
tion to Egypt, stated that —
" The British had not advanced out of the wood of
" date trees, which was in front of Mandora Tower,
" before the enemy left the heights on which they had
" been formed, and moved down by their right, com-
" mencing a heavy fire of musketry, and from all their
" cannon, on the ninety-second regiment, which formed
" the advanced guard of the left column." After
eulogising the gallantry of the ninetieth regiment,
which formed the advanced guard of the right column,
Lieut.-Colonel Wilson, added : —
" The conduct of the ninety-second had been no
" less meritorious. Opposed to a tremendous fire, and
• ' suffering severely from the French line, they never
" receded a foot, but maintained the contest alone,
" until the marines and the rest of the line came to
" their support."
The gallantry and good conduct of the regiment this
day were most conspicuous, and in commemoration
thereof, the ninety-second afterwards received the
Royal Authority to bear the word " Mandora" on the
regimental colour and appointments.
His Majesty's service, and the ninety-second regi
ment in particular, sustained a great loss in the death
of Lieut.-Colonel Charles Erskine, who was mortally
wounded early in the action, when the command of the
regiment devolved on Major Alexander Napier.
The following officers were wounded : Captains Hon.
John Ramsay and Archibald McDonell ; Lieutenants,

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 25
Norman McLeod, Charles Dowle (mortally), Donald 1801
McDonald, Tomlin Campbell (mortally), Alexander
Clarke (mortally), and Ronald Macdonald ; Ensigns,
Peter Wilkie and Alexander Cameron; twenty- two
rank and file were killed, and seventy-seven were
wounded. On the 14th of March, the army occupied the posi
tion, from which the enemy was driven the day before,
and the troops were employed in throwing up works.
On this day, General Sir Ralph Abercromby thanked
the troops for their soldier-like and intrepid conduct,
in the action of yesterday, and particularised the
ninety-second regiment. It may not be irrelevant
to state, that he selected the regiment to furnish the
guard at his head-quarters from his first landing in
Egypt, to the hour of his death ; and the regiment was
continued by Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord)
Hutchinson, on that duty, until its final departure from
that country.
In consequence of the reduced state of the regiment
from sickness, and the casualties of the 13th of March,
it was ordered on the 20th of March (with the excep
tion of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard), to march at
three o'clock next morning to relieve the battalion of
marines at Aboukir Castle ; where the following Brigade
Order was issued : —
" Major-General Coote feels extreme concern, that
" the ninety-second regiment is ordered to march to
*' Aboukir ; he hopes they will soon return to the army,
" and cannot part with that corps without requesting,
" that the officers and men will accept his best thanks,
" for their attention to their duty since they have been
" under his command."
About half an hour after the regiment commenced

26 historical record of the
1801 its march on the 21st of March for Aboukir, when the
French forces at Alexandria, having been augmented
by the arrival of additional troops from the interior,
advanced under General Menou, to attack the British
position. Major Alexander Napier, upon hearing the
firing, immediately countermarched the regiment, and
resumed his former station in the line, in which it was
hotly engaged throughout the day : no sooner had the
enemy retired from this struggle, and resigned the
victory to the British army, than the army became
aware of the loss it had sustained in the Commander-
in-Chief, General Sir Ralph Abercromby, who re
ceived a mortal wound at the commencement of the
action, but which he concealed until the battle was de
cided. Sir Ralph Abercromby died on the 28th of
March, and was buried at Malta.
The ninety-second had Captain John Cameron,
and Lieutenant James Stewart Mathison wounded ;
three rank and file killed ; and forty-four wounded.
Orders were again issued for the march of the regi
ment on the following morning, provided no attack was
made by the enemy, and it accordingly marched to
Aboukir. On the 2nd of May, the regiment marchod from
Aboukir for Rosetta, where a Turkish force joined the
British ; on the 5th it advanced along the banks of the
Nile, and continued in motion until the 16th of June,
when it arrived before Grand-Cairo.
The regiment moved to the right on the 2 1st of June,
and encamped before the town of- Gizeh ; one of the
gates of which place was delivered up by the French
on the 28th of June.
A convention with the garrison of Cairo, was on the
following day announced as finally adjusted, by which

NINETY-8ECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 27
that place was to be delivered up to the allied army, and 1801
the French troops to be transported to France.
On the 14th of July, Lieut.-General Hutchinson
communicated to the army the thanks of His Majesty,
and of both Houses of Parliament, for its determined
bravery at the landing, and in the actions of the 13th,
and 21st of March, and concluded by a warm eulogium
from himself. -
The army marched, and retraced its steps towards
Rosetta. The promotion of Major Alexander Napier
to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-
Colonel Erskine, killed in the action of the 13th of
March, was announced in a manner most flattering to
the corps on the 15th of July, as will appear from the
following extract of a letter from His Royal Highness
the Duke of York, the Commander-in-Chief, dated —
" Horse Guards, 30th May, 1801.
" My Lord,
" I need not assure you how sincerely I unite with
" you in regretting the loss of so deserving an officer
" as Lieutenant-Colonel Erskine, of the ninety-second
" regiment. I have ever entertained too high a sense
" of the gallant services of that corps, not to have re-
" commended upon this occasion, that the succession
" should go in the regiment, of which His Majesty has
" been pleased to approve. " I am, &c.
(Signed) " Frederick,
" Commander-in-Chief.
" Major-General The Marquis of Huntly."
The regiment arrived on the heights of Aboukir on
the 8th of August, and on the following day marched

28 historical record of the
1801 to the same position which it had left on the 22nd of
March, and encamped before Alexandria.
The brigade under the orders of Brigadier-General
John Doyle, Colonel of the eighty-seventh regiment,
advanced before daylight on the 17th of August to at
tack two redoubts, situated on the green-hill in front of
the enemy's right, which the thirtieth and fiftieth regi
ments were directed against, while the ninety-second
was placed as a reserve, and ready to support either.
This service was successfully performed with little loss to
the regiment.
Troops having been sent in boats on the 26th of
August to land, and break ground to the westward of
Alexandria, the enemy this day sent out a flag of truce,
and hostilities ceased ; on the 2nd of September,
Alexandria surrendered by capitulation, which event
terminated the campaign in Egypt.
The British troops received the thanks of both
Houses of Parliament, and His. Majesty King George
III., conferred upon the ninety-second, and other
regiments, which had thus exalted the military fame of
Great Britain, by the expulsion of the " invincible"
legions of Bonaparte from Egypt, from whence he had
expected to extend his conquests throughout Asia, the
honor of bearing on their colours and appointments
the " Sphinx," and the word " Egypt," as a distin
guished mark of His Majesty's royal approbation of
their conduct during the campaign.*
The Grand Seignior established the Order of
Knighthood of the Crescent, of which the General
Officers were made members; and large gold medals
*Vide General Order, dated Horse Guards, 16th of May, 1801,
and List of regiments employed in Egypt, inserted in pages 131, &o.
of the Appendix.

8>2™ REGIMENT GORBOH" HMJHLAKOEBS.:
Sor- i}ajiti.O/i./ 3fUi.:<irY RfCOrds

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 29

were presented to the field officers, captains, and sub- ^01
alterns. As a further proof of the estimation in which
the Grand Seignior held the services of the British
soldiers in Egypt, he ordered a palace to be built at
Constantinople, for the future residence of the British
Ambassadors. Names of the officers of the ninety-second regiment,
who received gold medals for service in Egypt.

Lieutenant- Colonel
Major 

Alexander Napier.
, John Gordon.

John Cameron.
The Hon. John Ramsay.
Andrew Patten.

Captains. Archibald McDonell.
Peter Grant.
Patrick Gordon.

Lieutenants.

Norman McLeod.
Charles Dowle.
Donald McDonald.
John Forman.
James Lee.
George W. Holmes.

James Bent.
Konald Macdonald.
James Stewart Mathison.
Charles Straubenzie.
William Phipps.

Ensigns.

Peter Wilkie.
William Mackay.
Alexander Anderson.
Paymaster . Archibald Campbell.
Adjutant . Dugald Campbell.
QuarterMaster Peter Wilkie.

Charles Duddingstone.
Alexander Cameron.
William Logie.

Surgeon
Assist. -Surgeons

Archibald Hamilton.
i-Wm. Cook.

\J. R. Hume.

The regiment marched for Aboukir on the 6th of
October, 1801, and embarked in ships of war, which
sailed on the following day.
Upon the guard of the ninety-second, which had
been doing duty at head- quarters, being ordered to
rejoin, the officer commanding the regiment received a

30 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1801 letter expressive of Lieut.-General Hutchinson's "entire
" approbation of the exemplary conduct of the guard,
" and of Serjeant Mark in particular."
On the 19th of October, the regiment arrived at
Malta, and remained in harbour until the 15th of
November, when the ships sailed for the shores of Great
Britain.
1 802 The regiment arrived at Cork on the 30th of January,
1802, and remained under quarantine at Cove, until
the 12th of February, when it landed and marched to
Kilkenny. The effective strength consisted of one
lieut.-colonel, two majors, four captains, fifteen lieute
nants, five ensigns, six staff, forty-two serjeants, twenty-
two drummers, and five hundred and fifty-nine rank
and file.
On the 27th of March, 1802, a definitive treaty of
peace was signed at Amiens between the French Re
public, Spain, and the Batavian Republic, on the one
part, and Great Britain on the other. The principal
features of the treaty were, that Great Britain restored
all her conquests during the war, excepting Trinidad
and Ceylon, which were ceded to her, the former by
Spain, and the latter by the Batavian Republic.
Portugal was maintained in its integrity, excepting
that some of its possessions in Guiana were ceded to
France. The territories of the Ottoman Porte were
likewise maintained in their integrity. The Ionian
Republic was recognised, and Malta was to be restored
to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. The French
agreed to evacuate the Neapolitan and Roman States,
and Great Britain all the ports that she held in the
Adriatic and the Mediterranean.
The regiment on the 5th of April received orders to
fire a feu-de-joie, in consequence of the treaty of peace

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 31
concluded at Amiens. On the 12th of April, the regi- 1802
ment marched from Kilkenny, and arrived at Belfast
on the 28th of that month, where it remained until the
2nd of June, when it embarked for Scotland.
On the 4th of June, the regiment arrived in Scotland
for the first time since it was raised, and proceeded to
Glasgow. The peace of Amiens was of short duration ; it 1 803
inspired no confidence of ultimate tranquillity, and both
parties remained prepared to renew the contest. The
chief complaint on the part of France was the non-
evacuation of Malta by the British troops, and the
asylum afforded to the enemies of the French govern
ment. Circumstances had, however, occurred which
would have rendered the restoration of Malta to the
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem equivalent to ceding
that island to France. Other grounds of irritation
existed, and the designs of Napoleon Bonaparte to
raise the power of France by an extension of territorial
dominion, to which England appeared a barrier, caused
the struggle to be renewed ; and the contest was not
settled until the final defeat jgf the French at the battle
of Waterloo, on the memorable 18th of June, 1815, by
the allied troops under the Duke of Wellington.
On the 18th of May, 1803, war was declared against
France ; Hanover was overrun by the French, and
severed for a time from the British crown ; and the
First Consul ordered the arrest of all British subjects
in the territories of the French and Batavian republics.
Preparations were made by the British Government
to meet the emergency; the "Army of Reserve Act"
was passed in June, 1803, for raising men for home
service by ballot, by which a second battalion was
added to the ninety-second regiment. The second

32 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1803 battalion was to be composed from the balloted men
raised in Scotland for limited service, and was
placed on the Establishment from the 9th of July
following. In June, the regiment was removed from Glasgow to
Colchester, and on the 1st of July it marched to Weeley,
where it encamped while the barracks were being pre
pared, which were occupied by the regiment during the
winter. The second battalion of the regiment was formed at
Weeley, on the 24th of November, 1803; officers and
non-commissioned officers, with a proportion of old
soldiers, being posted to it from the first battalion for
the purpose of instruction. Both battalions were com
manded by Lieut.-Colonel Napier.
Each battalion was to have ten companies, consisting
of fifty-four serjeants, twenty drummers, two fifers, and
a thousand rank and file.
At this period Bonaparte was making preparations
for the invasion of England, for which purpose he col
lected an immense flotilla at Boulogne. The threat of
invasion aroused the patriotism of the British people,
and the most strenuous measures were pursued to
defeat the designs of the French Ruler ; volunteer and
yeomanry corps were formed in every part of the king
dom, and all parties united in one grand effort for the
preservation of Great Britain.
1 804 I" May, 1804, Napoleon was invested Vith the dignity
of Emperor of the French, and on the 26th of May, of
the following year, he was crowned at Milan as King
of Italy.
Further measures of defence were adopted by Great
Britain, and the " Additional Force Act" was passed on
the 14th July, 1804.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 33
Both battalions marched to Colchester on the 24th of 1804
July, and on the 6th of August were encamped on
Lexden Heath.
On the 24th of October orders were issued for the
march of one captain, one subaltern, four serjeants, four
corporals, and one drummer to Elgin, from the second
battalion, to receive the men to be raised under the
" Additional Force Act."
Both battalions broke up from Lexden camp on the
26th of October, and marched to Weeley barracks.
Orders were received on the 25th of November for
the second battalion to be held in readiness to march
from Weeley barracks, and proceed by the inland
navigation to Liverpool, from whence it was to embark
for Ireland. The second battalion accordingly marched
in three divisions, on the 29th of November and on the
two following days.
The first battalion, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Napier, remained in Weeley barracks during
the winter.
During the summer of 1805, the first battalion was 1805
brigaded with the forty-second, ninety-first, and ninety-
fifth (Rifle) regiments. On the 2nd of September, the
battalion marched from Weeley to Colchester ; on the
4th of September the first battalion was ordered to
hold itself in readiness for embarkation, but on the 6th
of September it returned to Weeley barracks.
The first battalion marched, on the 7th of October,
to Colchester with other troops, and was reviewed by
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Com
mander-in-Chief, who expressed himself particularly
pleased with the appearance of the battalion, which
returned to its quarters at Weeley on the 18th of
October.

34 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1805 While the French were pursuing their victorious
career in Germany, they experienced great reverses from
the British navy. On the 2 1 st of October, the combined
fleets of France and Spain were defeated off Cape Tra
falgar ; but the victory was purchased with the loss of
Admiral Viscount Nelson, whose remains were honored
with a public funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, and the
first battalion of the ninety-second regiment attended
the ceremony.
On the 29th of October, the first battalion marched
from Weeley, and arrived at Ospringe barracks on the
6th of November ; on the 26th of November it marched
to Canterbury.
1806 The first battalion marched, on the 2nd of January,
1806, to London, to attend the public funeral of Admiral
Viscount Nelson, whose remains were interred, on the
9th of January, in St. Paul's Cathedral, where a
monument was erected by authority of Parliament at
the public expense.
Major-General the Hon. John Hope, from the sixtieth
regiment, (afterwards the Earl of Hopetoun,) was ap
pointed by His Majesty King George III. to be colonel
of the ninety-second regiment, on the 3rd of January,
1806, in succession to Major-General the Marquis of
Huntly, who was removed to the forty-second, or the
Royal Highlanders, on the decease of General Sir
Hector Munro, K.B.
The first battalion marched, on the 1 1 th of January,
from London for Colchester, where it arrived on the
15th of that month : it marched to Weeley barracks on
the 29th of May, where it remained stationary, with
the exception of occasional marches to and from Col
chester, for the purpose of being exercised with other
brigades.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 35
On the 3rd of February, 1807, the first battalion 1807
marched from Weeley for Harwich, with the view of
checking the infection of ophthalmia, which then pre
vailed among the troops at Weeley. The first battalion
returned to Weeley on the 27th of April.
Information having been obtained that Napoleon
purposed employing the navy of Denmark against
Great Britain, an armament was prepared for obtain
ing possession of the Danish fleet by treaty or force, on
the assurance that it should be restored at the conclu
sion of the war with France. The first battalion was
destined to share in this enterprise, and it received
orders, on the 22nd of July, to be in readiness for
foreign service.
The battalion, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Napier,
marched for Harwich on the 26th of July, and embarked
on the same day, after being inspected by Lieut.-
General Sir David Baird. On the 27th a draft of one
hundred and three rank and file joined from the second
battalion : the effective strength of the first battalion
consisted of forty-eight serjeants, nineteen drummers,
and nine hundred and eighty-one rank and file.
On the 1st of August, the expedition sailed, and on
the 8th anchored in the Sound near -Elsineur. On the
following day, Lieut.-General Harry Burrard* directed
the army assembling in the Sound to be formed in
brigades and divisions, and that the forty-third, fifty-
second, ninety-second, and ninety-fifth (Rifle) regi
ments should compose the reserve, under Major-General
Sir Arthur Wellesley, until the arrival of the Com
mander-in-Chief. Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart arrived on the 12th of
* Lieut.-General Burrard was created a Baronet in November 1807.
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36 historical record of the
1807 August, and assumed the command of the army ; on
the 14th the fleet sailed towards Copenhagen, and on the
16th of August the army landed at Vedeck, in Zealand,
situated about half-way between Elsineur and Copen
hagen, without opposition, and on the following day
the regiment went into cantonments in Hassan, and
Broomskoy. Its movements were various, and depend
ent upon circumstances during this period.
The ninety-second regiment advanced towards
Roeskelde on the 26th of August, in consequence of the
enemy collecting a large force at the town of Kioge and
its vicinity, for the purpose of being thrown into
Copenhagen, which was at this time invested by the
British army.
On the 29th of August, the division under Major-
General Sir Arthur Wellesley advanced to attack the
Danes in their position. The ninety -second regiment,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Alexander
Napier, was appointed to lead the infantry against the
enemy's camp, in which the regiment charged him,
driving him out of it, and through the town of Kioge,
with the loss of his artillery. The regiment had two
rank and file killed, and one wounded.
On the 30th of August, the British troops marched
to Osted, and went into cantonments. On this day,
after expressing in orders his satisfaction at the conduct
of the troops in the action of the 29th, Major-General
Sir Arthur Wellesley, in particularizing those who had
an opportunity of distinguishing themselves, alluded to
the conduct of the ninety-second regiment, and of
Lieut.-Colonel Napier, in the attack of the enemy in
his camp, and to the regular and orderly manner in
which the troops marched through Kioge, and formed
beyond the town.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 37
The conduct of the troops employed in the action 1807
before Kioge was thus alluded to in General Orders by
Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart: — " Head Quarters, Hellerup,
1st September, 1807.
" The Commander of the Forces desires to express, in
" the strongest manner, his thanks to Major-General
" Sir Arthur Wellesley, and to the officers and men of
" the division under his command, for the judgment,
" valour, and discipline exhibited in the two attacks
" made upon the enemy" in the general action of the
" 29th of August at Kioge.
" The details of this affair, as reported by the Major -
" General, will be laid before His Majesty by the
" earliest opportunity."
The bombardment of Copenhagen induced the Crown
Prince to listen to terms ; and on the 7th of September
the Danish fleet and stores were surrendered to the
British government on condition of being restored,
when a general pacification should take place.
The following General Order was issued to the troops
on the same day : — " 7th September, 1807.
" The Commander of the Forces congratulates the
" army on the capitulation of Copenhagen, which
" includes the surrender of the Danish fleet."
A detachment of grenadiers took possession of the
citadel, and hostilities ceased.
The object of the expedition ^having been accom
plished, Copenhagen was evacuated, and the ninety-
second regiment marched from Osted to Roeskelde
Kroe on the 23rd of September, and on the next day
joined the army before Copenhagen, and went into
cantonments.

38 historical record of the
1807 The approbation of His Majesty, King George III.,
for the services performed during the expedition, was
expressed in the following extract from a despatch,
dated 16th September, 1807, addressed to Lieut.-
General Lord Cathcart by Viscount Castlereagh,
Principal Secretary of State for the War Depart
ment : —
" His Majesty has received, with great satisfaction,
" the account of the particular services rendered in their
" detached commands by Major-General the Right
" Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Major-General Von
" Linsingen, and Brigadier-General Von Decken.
" I am further to express His Royal pleasure, that
" you do convey to the general officers under your
" command His Majesty's full approbation of the zeal,
" ability, and valour they have displayed in their
" several departments ; and your Lordship will make
" it known to the army, that the conduct of all his
" troops, both British and Hanoverian, who have so
" much distinguished themselves by their valour and
" good conduct, is highly acceptable to His Majesty.*
" It is also a matter highly pleasing to His Majesty,
" that through the whole of this expedition, such a
" perfect harmony, and such a zealous spirit of co-ope-
" ration, have pervaded all departments of the naval
" and military service."
Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart, in communicating
the above to the army under his command, on the 28th
of September, 1807, added, —
" The Commander of the Forces cannot make this
" communication, without renewing his thanks to the
" army, for the assistance he has received from the
* A list of the regiments employed in the expedition to Copen
hagen is inserted in the Appendix, page 135.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 39
" zeal, advice, and active services of the generals, staff, 1807
" and commanding officers, and for the patience, dis-
" cipline, and exertions of all regiments, corps, and
" departments, to which, under the blessing of Provi-
" dence, he is indebted for the complete success of
" the expedition, and for the most gracious approba-
" tion, which His Majesty has been pleased to declare
" of the whole service."
On the 17th of October, the first battalion of the
ninety-second regiment embarked for England in the
Minotaur, Neptunis, and Iris, ships of war, and sailed
on the 21st. During the passage they encountered
very boisterous weather, in which the ships parted
company : unfortunately the Neptunis, of ninety-eight
guns (one of the captured Danish ships), with six
hundred of the ninety-second regiment on board,
got aground, and was totally lost. The men were
landed on the island of Hewan, where they remained
for fourteen days, until vessels arrived for them from
England. The men on board the head-quarter ship landed
in England on the 12th of November; and on the
arrival of the different detachments, orders were waiting
for them to proceed to Weeley barracks. The effective
strength of the first battalion at this period consisted
of forty-nine serjeants, twenty-two drummers, and nine
hundred and sixty-four rank and file.
The first battalion marched to Colchester barracks 1808
on the 23rd of March, 1808. Volunteers from the
militia of the northern counties were, about this time,
received, and taken on the strength of the second bat
talion, which continued in Ireland.
On the 19th of April, the first battalion of the regi
ment was directed to be held in readiness for immediate

40 historical record of the
1808 embarkation for foreign service, and on the 29th of
April, it marched from Colchester, and embarked in
transports at Harwich, under Lieut.-Colonel Napier.
The battalion sailed for Yarmouth on the 4th o
May, and arrived there on the 6th, where an armament,
under the command of Lieut.-General Sir John Moore,
was assembling, destined to proceed to Sweden.
The armament sailed from Yarmouth on the 10th of
May, and anchored off Gottenburg on the 17th. The
Swedes did not show any inclination to avail themselvei
of British assistance on shore, consequently the troops
did not disembark, but during their stay were occasion
ally exercised in practising to land from launches and
flat-bottomed boats.
The fleet sailed for England on the 3rd of July, with
orders to rendezvous at Yarmouth. A vessel, with
orders from England, however, changed the place of
rendezvous to the Downs, where the fleet arrived on the
20th of July, and proceeded to Spithead. A draft of
seventy rank and file was received from the second
battalion. Spain was at this period the centre of political
interest. Portugal, deserted by her government, and
Spain betrayed, the people of each rose in arms to
recover the national independence. Dissensions had
arisen in the royal family of Spain, occasioned by the
sway of Emanuel Godoy, who bore the title of Prince
of Peace. This minister was dismissed, but the Court
was unable to restore tranquillity. In this emergency,
the French Emperor was solicited to be umpire ; and
Napoleon ultimately seized the crown of Spain, which
he placed on the head of his brother Joseph, who was
transferred from the throne of Naples. Europe was
indignant, and Spain furious, at this usurpation. The

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 41
Spaniards flew to arms, and the British government 1808
resolved to aid the Spanish and Portuguese patriots ;
a British army accordingly proceeded to the Peninsula
in June, 1808, the command of which was held by
Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley.
On the 31st of July, having received on board a
fresh supply of provisions and water, the first battalion
sailed for Portugal, and on the 19th of August arrived
in Mondego Bay. Marshal Junot and the French
army having been defeated by the troops under Lieut.-
General Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the battles at Roliqa
on the 17th, and Vimiera on the 21st of August, sued
for a cessation of hostilities.
The battalion landed at Maciera Bay on the 27th
of August, and the convention of Cintra was signed on
the 30th of that month, by which it was stipulated that
the French should evacuate Portugal.
Portugal, being thus rescued from the presence of
hostile troops, orders arrived from England for Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore to take the chief command of
a part of the army, which was to be employed in Spain ;
with a notification that a force from England, under
the command of Lieut.-General Sir David Baird, was
to land at Corunna, and co-operate with him. The
first battalion of the ninety-second regiment was
immediately put in motion towards the frontiers, and
arrived at Portalegre on the 11th of October, 1808.
On the 26th of October, the first battalion, being
placed in the division commanded by Lieut.-General
Sir John Hope, moved from Portalegre, and on the
2nd of November entered Spain, at Badajoz ; march
ing by Merida, Truxillo, and Talavera, it arrived at
the. Escurial on the 22nd of November, and halted.
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42 historical record of the
1808 and Tordesillas, thereby threatening to cut off Lieut.-
General Sir John Hope's communication with the
army under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, who was
then at Salamanca, the battalion marched from the
Escurial, on the 27th of November, across the Guada-
rama mountains, and moving by Villa Castin and
Avila, it arrived at Alva de Tonnes on the 4th of
December. The battalion advanced from Alva de Tormes towards
Tordesillas, on the 11th of December, and Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore, learning that the French
were moving upon him from the direction of Madrid,
which had by this time surrendered, while another
column was advancing from the direction of Burgos,
moved to the left, to form a junction with Lieut.-
General Sir David Baird, crossed the Douro at Toro,
and arrived at Vallada on the 2 1 st of December. On
the 24th of that month, the battalion marched by
Benevente, Astorga, and Villa Franca, arriving at
Lugo on the 4th of January, 1809.
1809 The troops took up a position in front of Lugo, on
the 6th of January, 1809, and remained bivouacked,
in order of battle, until the 8th, when they marched
in the night, and arrived at Corunna on the 11th.
During these marches, in common with the rest of the
army, the battalion suffered from fatigue and the
severity of the weather.
On the 12th of January, the battalion was placed in
position in front of Corunna; and on the 14th and 15th
the women, sick men, and baggage, were embarked for
England. The British army having accomplished one of the
most celebrated retreats recorded in modern history,
repulsing the pursuing enemy in all his attacks, and

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 43
having traversed two hundred and fifty miles of moun- 1809
tainous country under very disheartening circumstances,
accompanied by severe privation, was not destined to
embark for England without a battle.
Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, having taken up
a position above the town of Corunna, made arrange
ments for attacking the British army as soon as the
troops should commence their embarkation. The sick
men, women, and baggage having been conveyed on
board ship, preparations were made for embarking the
troops on the 16th of January, 1809. The French
instantly descended from the heights in three columns,
and advanced about two o'clock to attack the British
position in front of Corunna ; a sanguinary action
ensued, and before dark, the French were defeated in
all their attacks. Lieut.-General Sir John Moore
was killed ; and the battle was scarcely ended, when,
wrapped in a military cloak, his remains were interred
in the citadel of Corunna, over which Marshal Soult,
with the true feeling of a soldier, erected a monument.
This victory enabled the British troops to be em
barked without further molestation. In this battle
the first battalion of the ninety-second was posted
towards the left of the army, on the road leading to
Betanzas, and throughout the day supported its former
reputation. The ninety-second, together with the rest of the
army, had not only to lament the death of Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore, but also that of their own
commanding-officer, Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Napier,
who was killed at its head : the command therefore de
volved on Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Lamont, who
was afterwards promoted lieut.-colonel in the regiment.
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44 historical record of the
1 809 on this occasion, and died shortly afterwards. Only
two rank and file of the battalion were killed, and four
wounded. This army received the thanks of both Houses of
Parliament, "for its distinguished discipline, firmness,
and valour, in the battle of Corunna," which were
communicated to the regiment, with the following
letter, addressed to the commanding-officer by Lieut.-
General Sir David Baird : —
" Sir, Portsmouth, 30th January, 1809.
" In communicating to you this most signal
" mark of the approbation of the Parliament of the
" United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, allow
" me to add my warmest congratulations upon a dis-
" tinction, which you, and the corps under your com-
" mand on that day, had a share in obtaining for His
" Majesty's service. " I have, &c,
(Signed) "David Baird, Lieut.-General.
Officer commanding First Battalion,
nimety-second regiment."
The conduct of the battalion during the expedition,
and its gallantry at the battle of Corunna, were rewarded
by the Royal authority for the word "Corunna" to
be borne on the regimental colour and appointments
of the ninety-second, in common with the army em
ployed under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore.*
On the 17th of January, the battalion embarked at
Corunna, and on the 26th disembarked at Portsmouth,
marching immediately for Weeley Barracks, where (he
* Vide General Orders of the 18th of January and 1st of Feb
ruary, 1809; also a list of regiments employed under Lieut.-General
Sir John Moore at Corunna, inserted in pages 136, &c., of the
Appendix.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 45
several divisions arrived on the 13th, 14th, and 15th 1809
of February.
On the 16th of February, orders were issued that
every exertion should be made to clothe and equip the
the regiment again for foreign service. The regiment
received black paintdd canvas knapsacks, having the
Sphinx and number on the back.
About this period, Lieut.-Colonel John Cameron
joined from the second battalion, which continued in
Ireland. The first battalion marched on the 29th of June for
Dover, where it arrived on the 6th and 7th of July,
and was joined by two hundred and twenty rank and
file from the second battalion.
During the summer of 1809 great preparations were
made by the British Government for fitting out the
most formidable armament that had, for a long time,
issued from England. It consisted of an army of forty
thousand men, commanded by Lieut.-General the
Earlof Chatham, and of thirty-nine ships of the line,
thirty-six frigates, and numerous gun-boats, bomb-
vessels, with other small craft, under Admiral Sir
Richard Strachan. The object of the expedition was
to gain possession of the islands at the mouth of the
Scheldt, and to destroy the French ships in that river,
with the docks and arsenals at Antwerp.
On the 14th of July, the first battalion marched to
Deal, and embarked in ships of war with other troops
there assembled, under Lieut.-General the Earl of
Chatham. The battalion, under the command of
Lieut -Colonel Cameron, was placed in Major-General
Sir William Erskine's brigade, and in the division
commanded by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope. The
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46 historical record of the
1809 drummers, and nine hundred and seventy-four rank
and file.
The expedition sailed from the Downs on the 28th.
of July, and landed on the 1st of August on the Island
of South Beveland, near Goes, and went into canton
ments in that place and Capelle. Flushing surrendered
on the 15th of August; but during the siege Marshal
Bernadotte had arrived at Antwerp, put the place in
a posture of defence, and removed the ships higher up
the river. In consequence of these preparations, the
reduction of Antwerp was deemed impracticable by a
Council of War, and on the 1st of September the
ninety-second embarked for England.
The battalion landed at Landguard Fort near Har
wich, and proceeded to Woodbridge barracks. During
the time it was in South Beveland, it suffered much
from fever and ague, with other diseases peculiar to
that place ; consequently every attention was now paid
to restore the men, and to render them again fit for
service.
1810 On the 1 1th of July, 1810, the first battalion of the
ninety-second embarked at Landguard Fort, landed
at Ramsgate, and arrived at Canterbury on the 20th
of that month.
The battalion was shortly afterwards destined to
proceed a second time to the Peninsula, and it em
barked from Deal for Lisbon on the 24th of Septem
ber. Since its embarkation at Corunna, in January,
1809, great events had occurred in Spain, and the
French had obtained possession of Corunna, Bilboa,
and all the important places on the northern coast of
that country. Saragossa, after a gallant defence, had
also fallen, and Marshal Soult having overrun Gal-
licia, marched into the northern provinces of Portugal,

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 47
and obtained possession of Oporto. The small British 1810
force which had been left in Portugal, when Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore advanced into Spain, was con
centrated by Lieut.-General Sir John Cradock for the
defence of Lisbon.
The British Government resolved to make another
effort to save Portugal from invasion, and also to as
sist the Spaniards in their struggle for independence.
Accordingly in April, 1809, Lieut.-General Sir Arthur
Wellesley was sent with reinforcements to Portugal,
and was appointed to the command of the British army
in the Peninsula. His first object was to dislodge
Marshal Soult from Oporto. The famous passage of
the Douro led to the fall of Oporto, and the French
Marshal was compelled to retreat. The Spanish Ge
neral Cuesta having been defeated, with great loss, by
the division of the French army under Marshal Victor,
Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley was obliged to
desist from the pursuit of Marshal Soult.
In the beginning of July, the British army advanced
into Spain, and a junction being effected with General
Cuesta, the combined forces occupied a strong position
at Talavera. Here they were attacked on the 27th
and 2Sth of July, 1809, and the French army, com
manded by Joseph Bonaparte in person, was defeated ;
for which victory Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley
was raised to the peerage by the title of Viscount Wel
lington. After this victory it was deemed necessary to make
a retrograde movement on Badajoz, information having
been received that Marshals Soult, Ney, and Victor
had united their forces, and were advancing to fall on
the rear of the allied army.
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48 historical record of the
1810 defence of Portugal. The French armies in Spain had
been reinforced during the winter of 1809-10 with
troops from Germany, peace having been concluded
between France and Austria; and in April, 1810, the
Emperor Napoleon espoused the Archduchess Maria
Louisa, daughter of the Emperor of Austria.
Spain having been reduced to French domination,
Napoleon resolved to subjugate Portugal, and Marshal
Massena, Prince of Essling, assumed the command of
the "Army of Portugal" in May. Ciudad Rodrigo
and Almeida were captured by the French, who were,
however, gallantly repulsed at the Sierra de Busaco on
the 27th of September, 1810, after which Viscount
Wellington occupied the strong position of Torres
Vedras, about thirty miles from Lisbon.
This was the state of affairs in the Peninsula when
the ninety-second arrived in the Tagus. On the 8th
of October, the battalion landed, and the necessary
camp equipage, on taking the field, was immediately
issued.
1811 The ninety-second, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel John Cameron, marched from Lisbon to join
the army under Viscount Wellington, then in the for
tified lines of Torres Vedras, and arrived at Cruzan-
dera on the 15th of October, where the battalion
remained until the 15th of November. At this period
it was attached to the first division of the army, and
was brigaded with the fiftieth and seventy -first regi
ments, under Major-General Howard.
Marshal Massena having abandoned his position in
front of the British, and retired upon Santarem, the
ninety-second advanced on the 15th of November,
and occupied the village of Almostal on the 19th of
November, moving on the 28th to Alcantrinha, the

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 49
enemy occupying a strong position at Santarem, im- 1811
mediately in front of the British army.
At the commencement of the year 1811, Lisbon
was the point on which the interests of the British
nation in foreign affairs were concentrated, and the
question whether Portugal should remain independent,
or become subject to France, was to be decided by the
two great armies posted near Lisbon, the one for
attack, the other for defence.
The difficulty of supplying his troops with neces
saries in a devastated country, and the impracticability
of forcing the fortified lines of Viscount Wellington, at
Torres Vedras, at length compelled Marshal Massena
to consult the safety of his army by a seasonable
retreat. During the night of the 5th of March, the enemy
broke up from his position near Santarem, and re
treated in the direction of Almeida. Viscount Wel
lington immediately pursued Marshal Massena by
Thomar, Pombal, Redinha, and Espinhal, at each of
which places some sharp affairs took place, honorable
to the British arms, as well as at Sabugal on the 3rd
of April, immediately after which the French continued
their retreat into Spain.
The first battalion of the ninety-second regiment
entered Spain on the 9th of April, and was cantoned
in Albergaria, where a detachment of one lieutenant
and forty-four rank and file joined from the second
battalion, then in Ireland. At this period, the sixth
division of the British army invested Almeida, and a
force of British and Portuguese under Marshal Beres
ford was employed in the Alemtejo and Spanish Es
tremadura, which compelled the enemy to abandon
Campo Mayor. Olivenza was next besieged by Mar-
e

50 historical record of the
1811 shal Beresford, and retaken on the 15th of April, after
which he broke ground before Badajoz.
Marshal Massena had reached Ciudad Rodrigo on
the 25th of April, and, having concentrated his forces,
crossed the Agueda on the 2nd of May, and advanced
towards the allied army, posted between that river and
the Coa, in order to relieve Almeida. On the approach
of the French, the British light division and cavalry
fell back upon Fuentes d' Onor, where three other divi
sions were posted, and in which Viscount Wellington
determined to receive the attack of the enemy.
The village of Fuentes d'Onor is situated on low
ground, at the bottom of a ravine, with an old chapel
and some buildings on a craggy eminence which over
hang one end. In ^he afternoon of the 3rd of May,
the enemy attacked the village with a very large force,
and was repulsed with loss. On this occasion, the light
company of the ninety-second distinguished itself.
Lieutenant James Hill was wounded ; nine rank and
file were likewise wounded.
The main body of the British army was concentrated
in the vicinity of Fuentes d'Onor in the course of the
evening and following day. On the 5th of May, the
enemy, very superior to the British in numbers, made
an attack/m the right of the allied position early in
the morning, and also on the village, which he repeated
during the day, and the action became general. Each
of his attacks was successively repulsed, and towards
the evening, the victory being decidedly in favour of
the British, the French retired to their original
position. On this occasion, the first battalion of the ninety-
second regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Came
ron, was stationed to the right of Fuentes d'Onor,

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 51
covering a brigade of nine-pounders, and was exposed 1811
to a very heavy cannonade. The light company, and
a subdivision of each of the others in its front, were
warmly engaged throughout the day, and eminently
distinguished themselves. Major Archibald McDon
nell, who commanded them, was in consequence promo
ted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel. Major Peter
Grant and Lieutenant Allan McNab were severely
wounded ; the latter died two days afterwards. The
battalion had also seven rank and file killed and thirty-
five wounded.
The ninety-second afterwards received the Royal
Authority to bear the words "Fuentes d'Onor" on
the regimental colour and appointments, in comme
moration of the gallantry displayed by the first
battalion in that battle.
Both armies continued in their positions during the
6th and 7th of May without any particular occurrence,
and on the morning of the 8th, the rear of the enemy's
columns was seen retreating on the road towards
Ciudad Rodrigo. The ninety-second still remained
bivouacked near Fuentes d'Onor.
The French crossed the Agueda and left Almeida to
its fate. That place was evacuated by General
Brennier at midnight of the 10th of May, when the
enemy blew up the works, and the greater part of the
garrison succeeded in effecting its escape during the
night. On the 14th of May, the battalion returned to its
former cantonments in Albergaria, where orders were
received increasing its establishment to twelve hundred
rank and file.
Marshal Beresford, in the meantime, was continuing
the blockade of Badajoz; but receiving information
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52 historical record of the
1811 that Marshal Soult was advancing from Seville to its
relief, he raised the siege on the 15th of May, and
having concentrated his force, marched to meet the
enemy. On the following day, the battle of Albuhera
was fought, and the British gained a brilliant but hard-
earned victory. In the night of the 17th, Marshal
Soult left Badajoz to its fate, and commenced his
retreat towards Seville.
Viscount Wellington now gave orders for Badajoz to be
again closely invested. To assist in these operations, the
brigade, of which the ninety-second formed part, was
appointed the first in the second division of the army,
under Lieut.-General Rowland (afterwards Viscount)
Hill, at this time in Spanish Estremadura, covering
the siege of Badajoz.
The battalion, under Lieut.-Colonel Cameron,
marched, on the 25th of May, from Albergaria for the
Alemtejo, crossed the Tagus at Villa Velha, and the
Guadiana above Badajoz, and joined the second divi
sion in front of Albuhera, on the 10th of June, about ten
days after the second siege of Badajoz had been com
menced. Its effective strength consisted of fifty-six
serjeants, sixteen drummers, and eight hundred and
twenty-five rank and file.
Marshal Marmont, with the French army of Portugal,
having effected a junction with that of the south, under
Marshal Soult, they advanced to relieve Badajoz ;
Viscount Wellington found it therefore necessary to
relinquish the siege, and to withdraw the allied army
across the Guadiana.
Accordingly, the second division, on the 16th of
June, broke up from its bivouac in front of Albuhera,
marched by Valverde, recrossed the Guadiana, and
arrived at Torre do Mouro on the 20th of June, where

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 53
the principal part of the British army was drawn up 1811
in position, with its right upon Elvas and the left on
Campo Mayor. The division broke up from the
bivouac at Torre do Mouro on the 21st of July, marched
to Elvas, and on the following day went into quarters
in Borba, from whence it marched on the 1st of Sep
tember, arriving on the 3rd of that month at Portalegre.
Meanwhile the main body of the army, under
Viscount Wellington, had crossed the Tagus and in
vested Ciudad Rodrigo. Towards the end of Sep
tember, Marshal Marmont, having received large rein
forcements, advanced to Ciudad Rodrigo, and, after
a partial engagement at El Bodon on the 25th of
September, Viscount Wellington withdrew his army to
his former position on the Coa.
On the 7th of October, a draft of one hundred and
ninety-nine rank and file was received from the second
battalion. The second battalion embarked at Belfast on the
I Oth of October, and arrived on the following day at
Irvine in North Britain.
General Girard's division of the fifth French corps
having taken post at Caceres, Lieut.-General Rowland
Hill determined to drive the enemy from thence, and
on the approach of the British troops the French
retired, halting at Arroyo-del- Molinos.
On the 22nd of October, the first battalion of the
ninety-second marched from Portalegre to Codesiera;
on the 23rd to Albuquerque ; on the 24th to the Sierra
de San Pedro ; on the 25th to Aliseda ; on the 26th to
Malpartida ; on the following day to Alcuesca, and
bivouacked without fires about a league from Arroyo-
del-Molinos. During the whole of this fatiguing march,
the weather was extremely severe, with constant rain.

54

historical record of the

1811 The British troops, under Lieut.-General Hill,
marched about two o'clock in the morning of the 28th
of October, towards Arroyo-del- Molinos, a village
situated in a plain at the foot of a ridge of rocks rising
in the form of a crescent, their approach being con
cealed by a thick mist with heavy rain. The French
infantry were assembling outside the village to com
mence there march to Merida, the baggage was being
loaded, and General Girard was waiting at his quarters
for his horse, when suddenly the seventy-first and ninety-
second regiments charged into the village, capturing
much baggage and many prisoners ; at the same time
the twenty-eighth and thirty-fourth regiments made a
detour, supported by the thirty-ninth, to cut off the
enemy's retreat.
The French formed two squares and commenced re
treating. The ninety-second attacked, and broke
one of the enemy's squares, which was formed on the
other side of the village, and thereby completed his
overthrow. In this brilliant affair the enemy lost all his artillery
and baggage ; and several officers of rank and considera
tion, with about fourteen hundred men, were taken
prisoners. General Brun and Colonel the Prince
d'Aremberg were among the prisoners. The ninth
and thirteenth light dragoons, and the second Hussars,
King's German Legion, also shared in the action.
The ninety-second had Lieut.-Colonel John Came
ron, Captains Donald McDonald, John McPherson,
and Robert Nugent Dunbar (Brevet Major), wounded ;
three rank and file were killed and seven wounded.
In the evening the battalion marched to San Pedro,
and on the 29th of October proceeded to Merida ; on
the 31st to Montejo ; on tfie 1st of November to

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Campo Mayor; on the 3rd to Arronches; and arrived 1811
at Portalegre on the 4th of November.
Lieut -General Hill, on the 7th of November, issued
the following General Order : —
" Portalegre, 7th November, 1811.
" Lieut.-General Hill has great satisfaction in con-
' gratulating the troops on the success which has
' attended their recent operations in Estremadura, and
' in so doing, he cannot but endeavour to do justice to
' the merits of those through whose exertions it has
' been obtained. A patient willing endurance of forced
' and night marches, during the worst of weather and
' over bad roads, of bivouacs in wet weather, often -
' times without cover and without fire, and a strict
' observance of discipline, are qualities, however com-
' mon in British soldiers, which the Lieut.-General
' cannot pass unnoticed. Having on this occasion
' witnessed the exertion of them in no ordinary de-
' gree, he feels that nothing but the most zealous
' attention of commanding officers, the good-will and
' zealous spirit of the non-commissioned officers and
' soldiers, could produce such an effect, and he re-
' quests they will, generally and individually, accept
his warmest thanks, particularly those corps which
' were engaged in the action of Arroyo -del- Molinos,
i whose silent attention to orders, when preparing to
' attack, and when manoeuvring before the enemy,
' could not but excite his notice, and give them an
' additional claim on him."
Letters from the Secretary of State, dated the 2nd,
and from His Royal Highness the Commander-in-
Chief, dated the 6th December, were promulgated, ex
pressive of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent's
approbation and thanks to Lieut.-General Hill, and

56 historical record of the
1811 the troops under his command, for their brilliant
operations on the recent expedition in Spanish Es
tremadura, in having totally surprised and defeated
the enemy under General Girard.
Viscount Wellington having made preparations for
the recapture of Ciudad Rodrigo, concentrated the main
body of the army in that neighbourhood, and the troops
under Lieut.-General Hill were therefore ordered to
divert the enemy's attention in the south.
Lieut.-General Hill marched from Portalegre on
the 26th of December, and proceeded on the 29th
to a bivouac about a league beyond La Nava, at which
village about three hundred French infantry were
discovered running to their arms upon the approach
of the head of the British cavalry column. They, how
ever, effected their escape to Merida, from which place
they had been that morning detached, and acquainted
General Dombrouski of the approach of the British
troops. On the 30th of December, the ninety-second and
other British troops entered Merida, the French
having retreated during the night, where they halted
during the following day.
1812 On the 1st of January, 1812, the British troops
moved upon Almendralejos, beyond which, and close
to the town, the enemy's columns were formed, and
seen immediately retreating to Azauchal. On the 3rd,
Lieut.-General Hill marched his force to Villa Franca.
A brigade of infantry, and the cavalry, were pushed
forward to Fuentes del Maestre, where a smart affair
took place, the enemy retreating upon Llerena with
the loss of some prisoners.
Lieut.-General Hill's division returned to Almen
dralejos on the 4th of January, and the ninety-second

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS) . 57
marched on the following day to Merida, where the 18] 2
troops went into quarters. The siege of Ciudad Rod
rigo, which commenced on the 8th of January, being
in a state of forwardness, it was expected that the
French would make an effort to relieve the place.
Lieut.- General Hill was therefore directed to throw
a part of his force across the Tagus.
The troops accordingly marched on the 13th of
January from Merida to La Nava ; on the 14th to
Zogalla; on the 15th to Albuquerque; on the 16th
to Codesiera; on the 17th to Portalegre; on the 19th
to Alpalhao ; on the 20th to Niza ; and on the fol
lowing day they crossed the Tagus at Villa VelhaJ
marched from thence to Sarnadas, and on the 22nd to
Castello Branco. During this march intelligence was
received of the storm and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo
by the British on the 19th of January.
On the 2nd of February, the ninety-second and
other regiments under Lieut. General Hill, were
directed to return to Portalegre, where they arrived
on the 5th of that month.
The strength of the first battalion at this period
consisted of forty-three serjeants, sixteen drummers,
and seven hundred and thirty rank and file. On the
4th of March the battalion marched to Alegrete, and
on the following day to Albuquerque.
Previously to this time, a large quantity of artillery
stores and the battering train had been embarked at
Lisbon for the Mediterranean (as it was then reported),
but the vessels put into the Bay of Setuval ; the whole
being landed at Alcacer de Sal, and conveyed up the
Alemtejo, soon appeared moving on the plains in front
and to the right of Elvas, in one long and continued
chain towards the Guadiana. The army now became

58 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1812 aware that the third siege of Badajoz was to be under
taken. Lieut.-General Hill's corps marched from Albu
querque on the 15th of March, and arrived at La
Nava on the 16th ; — proceeded on the following day to
Merida, where some officers and men of the enemy were
made prisoners. The division continued its march to
Almendralejos on the 18th of March, where the ninety-
second and other troops were stationed to cover the
siege of Badajoz, before which ground had been broken
on the previous day.
The division proceeded on the 21st of March from
Almendralejos to Merida, and on the 26th advanced
towards Medellin and Don Benito, from which places
it forced the enemy to retire. Advices were here
received, that the enemy, under Marshal Soult, was
advancing to Llerena, with a view to relieve Badajoz,
to the vicinity of which place the covering army was
directed to retire.
On the 31st of March, the division proceeded towards
Merida, where it arrived on the 2nd of April; it
marched on the 5th to a position near Talavera Real.
On the night of the 6th of April, Badajoz was assaulted
and carried by the troops under the Earl of Wellington,
Marshal Soult consequently retraced his steps towards
Seville. The battalion marched into quarters in Almendra
lejos on the 13th of April. A French force having
made an irruption into the province of Beira, the Earl
of Wellington, with the main body of the army, crossed
the Tagus immediately after the fall of Badajoz.
On the 12th of May, the battalion marched from
Almendralejos, and bivouacked near Merida ; on the
13th near Arroyo-del- Molinos; on the 14th near Villa

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Mesias; on the 15th entered Truxillo, and marched 1812
again about midnight ; on the 16th bivouacked near
Jaraicejo, and on the following day proceeded to the
mountains near Casas del Puerto.
On the 18th of May, the ninety-second marched at
night to attack the enemy's fortifications covering the
bridge of Almaraz. The ruggedness of the footpath
through the mountains, and the darkness of the night,
presented serious obstacles to a rapid march ; it was
consequently daylight before the troops were formed
in the Valle de Canas.
The fiftieth regiment and a wing of the seventy-
first were formed in one column, and were destined to
assault Fort Napoleon on the 19th of May; while the
ninety-second under Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, and
the other wing of the seventy-first, were formed in a
second column, ready to support the attack on Fort
Napoleon, or to carry the tete-de-pont at the same
moment, both columns being provided with scaling
ladders. Fort Napoleon was carried in gallant style by the
column sent against it, the enemy flying from it
towards the tete-de-pont ; the ninety-second dashed
forward and entered with him. The commandant of
Fort Ragusa, on the opposite bank of the Tagus, being
seized with a panic, had cut away the bridge of boats ;
many of his countrymen consequently were either
drowned or made prisoners.
The attention of all was now directed to the passage
of the river. Some of the ninety-second immediately
leaped in, and swam to the opposite side, bringing the
boats back with them.* Thus was the bridge secured,
* At Almaraz on the 19th of May, 1812, the individual merit and
gallantry of Privates James Gall and John Somerville of the Grena-

60 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1812 together with Fort Ragusa, which the enemy imme
diately abandoned.
The enemy attached great importance to his esta
blishment at this place, which secured the only direct
communication between his two armies, and its destruc
tion had the effect of placing them several days' march
more distant from each other, and over mountainous
roads hardly passable by artillery. The works and
bridge at Almaraz having been destroyed, and about
five hundred prisoners secured, the troops returned to
Jaraicejo. To commemorate the gallantry of the ninety-second
in the above enterprise, the Royal Authority was
afterwards received for the word " Almaraz " to be
borne on the Regimental Colour and Appointments.
On the 21st of May, the troops marched to Truxillo,
where they halted for two days. At this period in
telligence was received that the French had pressed
forward towards Almendralejos.
On the 24th of May, the corps under Lieut.-General
Sir Rowland Hill marched to a bivouac near Villa
Mesias ; on the 25th proceeded to the vicinity of Rio
del Agua ; on the 26th to near San Pedro, and occu
pied quarters in Merida on the day following.
The ninety- second marched from Merida on the
5th of June, and went into quarters in Almendralejos.
On the 12th of June it marched to Fuentes del
Maestre, and on the following day proceeded to Puebla
de Sancho Perez. The enemy having moved from
dier Company of the ninety-second regiment, were brought under
the notice of the Commander-in-Chief as having tended to forward,
in a very considerable degree, the object of Lord Hill upon Fort
Ragusa : his Lordship ordered two doubloons to be given to these
soldiers on the field, being the first men who leaped into the river.

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Andalusia in some force, evinced an inclination to bring 1812
on an action in this advanced position, probably to
divert the Earl of Wellington from his operations upon
Salamanca, with which place Marshal Soult had no
direct communication since the loss of the bridge of
Almaraz, and every movement in advance threw him
farther from co-operating with Marshal Marmont.
The battalion retired to Los Santos on the 16th of
June; on the 17th to Santa Martha; and on the 18th
to a wood in front of Albuhera, where all the infantry
under Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill were as
sembled ; some field-works were immediately thrown
up to strengthen the position, and enable the Earl of
Wellington, without apprehension for the safety of that
corps, to prosecute his attack upon the enemy's forts
at Salamanca, which were captured on the 27th of June.
On the 2nd of July, the battalion advanced to Santa
Martha ; on the 3rd it marched to a bivouac near
Villa Alva, where the enemy brought up some guns,
and cannonaded the troops ; on the 4th it bivouacked
near Feria ; on the 5th near Bienvenida ; on the 6th
near Villa Garcia ; and on the 7th it entered Llerena.
The ninety-second marched from Llerena, by
Arlones, on the 8th of July to Berlenga, where some
cannonading and a cavalry skirmish took place, after
which the enemy retired, and the battalion returned on
the following day to Llerena.
The battalion again marched from Llerena on the
20th of July to Bienvenida, and on the following day
to Zafra. The enemy at this time moved to his right,
and had a force near Fuentes del Maestre.
During the night of the 28th of July, the ninety-
second marched towards Villa Franca, near which
place the battalion bivouacked about daylight. The

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1812 French were about a league in front at Fuentes del
Maestre. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning
of the 29th of July, a brigade of French guns was
drawn up on a height, in front of their position, and
fired a royal salute. Many were the surmises as to the
cause of this rejoicing, until some of the British officers
ascertained at the outposts, that the salute was in
honor of a victory supposed to have been gained by the
French at Salamanca.
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, however, received
more authentic intelligence from the scene of action,
and immediately afterwards issued the following
order : — " Villa Franca, 29th July, 1812.
" Captain Maxwell's brigade of artillery will fire a
" salute of twenty-one guns at twelve o'clock, being in
" honor of the glorious and important victory gained
" over the enemy at Salamanca, by the army under the
" immediate command of the Earl of Wellington, on
" the 22nd instant.
" An extra ration of wine or spirits is to be issued
" to the British and Portuguese Iroops, to enable them
" to drink the Earl of Wellington's health.
(Signed) " J. C. Rook,
" Assistant Adjutant- General."
The troops were under arms, and after the salute,
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill advanced ; the enemy,
however, did not await this proof that the victory was
on the side of the Allies, but immediately retired, and
Fuentes del Maestre was occupied by the British troops.
On the 1st of August, the battalion went into
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The allied army under the Marquis of Wellington, 1812
which title was conferred upon him after the victory of
Salamanca, entered Madrid on the 12th of August, and
was received with every demonstration of joy by the
inhabitants. Marshal Soult, in consequence of this
movement, raised the blockade of Cadiz, and aban
doning Western Andalusia, moved towards Grenada.
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill's corps, of which
the ninety-second formed part, advanced on the 28th
of August to Usagre ; on the 29th to Villa Garcia ; on
the 30th proceeded to the left to Maquilla ; on the
31st to El Campillo ; on the 1st of September the
troops marched to Zalamea ; on the 2nd to Quintana ; on
the 3rd to La Nava; and on the 4th to quarters in
Don Benito.
On the 13th of September, Lieut.-General Sir
Rowland Hill crossed the Guadiana, and marched to
Mojadas ; on the 14th to Villa Mesias ; and on the
15 th to Truxillo, where the troops halted.
The troops resumed their march from Truxillo to a
bivouac near Jaraicejo on the 19th of September, and
on the day following crossed a pontoon bridge thrown
over the Tagus, where that of the enemy formerly
stood, and bivouacked near Almaraz; on the 21st the
division proceeded to Naval Moral; on the 22nd
marched to Calzada de Oropeza ; on the 23rd to La
Gartera, and there halted.
On the 26th of September, Lieut.-General Sir
Rowland Hill's division marched to Talavera de la
Reinha; on the 27th to Cebolla; on the 28th to Tor-
rijos ; on the 29th to Toledo ; on the 30th to a bivouac
near Villa Mejor ; and on the 1st of October to quar
ters in Aranjuez.
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64 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1812 engaged in the siege of the Castle of Burgos. In
formation was also received that Marshal Soult and
King Joseph, with their united armies, were advancing
from Valencia, and that their advanced guard was in
the neighbourhood of Ocanna, and moving on Madrid.
In consequence of the necessity of raising the siege
of the Castle of Burgos, and retreating, the ninety-
second, and other corps under Lieut.-General Sir
Rowland Hill, moved from Aranjuez on the 23rd of
October, crossed the Tagus, and marched to
Colominarde Orejo ; on the 25th advanced to the
bridge of Fuentes Duenna ; on the 27th of October,
the enemy appeared on the opposite bank of the river
and reconnoitred. The troops under Lieut.-General
Sir Rowland Hill marched on the following day to
Villa Conejos, and on the same evening crossed the
Jarama at Puente Larga, and went into position ; on
the 29th they marched to a bivouac near Valle de
Moro ; on the 30th near Abavaca ; and on the 31st to
El Escurial. The Marquis of Wellington, with the
main body of the army, was at this period returning
from the neighbourhood of Burgos towards Salamanca.
The ninety-second marched to a bivouac near the
village of Guadarama on the 1st of November ; on the
2nd crossed the Guadarama mountains, and bivouacked
at Villa Castine ; on the 3rd at Blasco Sancho ; on the
4th at Naveos Duenna ; on the 5th at Canaracillo ; on
the 7th crossed the river at Alba de Tormes, and
bivouacked. On the 8th of November, the battalion
was ordered into the town of Alba de Tormes to defend
it, the allied army being at this time concentrated
between that place and Salamanca.
The French, under Joseph Buonaparte, appeared on
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above, and close to Alba de Tormes ; after reconnoitring 1812
the place, the enemy commenced a very hot cannonade
from a numerous artillery ; at the same time pushing
forward his light troops close under the old walls of the
town, his columns ready to advance at the first appear
ance of the British being staggered by the effects of his
artillery and numerous sharpshooters.
No such opportunity occurred, and the enemy
withdrew his guns, after firing upwards of fifteen hun
dred shot and shell in about three hours. Such was
the steadiness of the brigade, that he could not venture
on the assault of a place surrounded by an old Moorish
wall, in a state of perfect ruin, assailable at all points,
and without any other defence than the brave troops
that lined it. A strong force was kept watching the
motions of the allies, and the enemy's light troops
kept up a skirmish during the 11th, 12th, and 13th of
November. The ninety-second had eight rank and file killed ;
Lieutenant Andrew Will and thirty-three rank and
file were wounded.
At daylight on the morning of the 14th of November,
the enemy's cavalry were seen crossing the Tormes,
about a league above the town, which was evacuated
in the course of the day ; the bridge blown up, and a
small Spanish garrison left in the castle. This night
the ninety- second bivouacked on the Arapiles, the
whole army being there in position.
On the 15th of November, the enemy appeared in
force about Mozarbes, and his numerous cavalry was
observed moving to its left, upon the British line of
communication with Ciudad Rodrigo. Towards evening
the allied troops were directed to retire from the right,
and the ninety-second bivouacked in a. wood behind
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1812 the Rio Valmuza ; on the 16th near Matilla; and on
the 17th behind the Rio Cuebra. During these days,
the rear guard was engaged in affairs with the enemy's
cavalry and light artillery. On the 18th the battalion
bivouacked near Moraesverde; on the 19th marched
to Zamarra ; on the 20th to Robledo, and halted.
The weather had been very severe during the last
few days, and the troops suffered much from its effects,
being obliged several times in each day to wade through
rivers, which had no existence at other seasons of the
year. The ninety-second marched to San Payo on the
28th of November ; on the following day to Perales ;
and on the 30th to Casas de Don Gomez. On the 1st
of December it went into winter quarters in Coria,
where a detachment of two serjeants and thirty-six
rank and file joined from the second battalion, which
was at this period stationed in Scotland.
The strength of the first battalion of the ninety-
second regiment now consisted of thirty-seven ser
jeants, fourteen drummers, and six hundred and forty-
five rank and file.
1813 On the 17th of January, 1813, the battalion marched
from Coria to Montehermosa, and on the 13th of
February it marched to Guejo, thence to Aldea Nueva,
and on the 15th to Puerta de Bannos. This movement
took place in consequence of the advance of a French
force from Salamanca towards Bejar, into which place
some troops were thrown, and the enemy, then close to
the town, retired. He, however, returned with an
increased force shortly afterwards, and in the night
attempted to surprise the garrison of Bejar, consist
ing of the fiftieth regiment, and the sixth Portugese
Caqadores, by which he was repulsed with loss. The

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first battalion of the ninety-second regiment was put 1813
in motion to their support, and the same evening re
turned to its quarters in Bannos.
While stationed at Bannos in April, the ninety-
second received a draft of forty-six men from the second
battalion. The effective strength at this period con
sisted of forty-four serjeants, fifteen drummers, and
eight hundred and seventeen rank and file.
On the 20th of May, the ninety-second marched
from Bannos to Bejar ; on the 21st to Valle de
Fuentes ; on the 24th to Fuenteroble ; on the 25th to
Calzadilla ; and on the following day crossed the Tormes,
above Salamanca, from which place the enemy retired
with the loss of some men and artillery. On the 27th
of May, the ninety-second, and other corps under
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, passed the Marquis
of Wellington in review order, and marched to Orvado,
where they halted.
The ninety-second marched on the 3rd of June
from the camp at Orvado, crossed the Guarena, and
encamped near Villa Buena ; on the 4th the battalion
crossed the Douro at Toro, and marched to Morales ;
on the 5th to Villa Sexmil ; on the 6th to Mucientes,
leaving Valladolid to the right ; on the 7th to Duenas;
on the 8th to Torre Quemada ; on the 9th to Quintana
del Ponte ; on the 10th crossed the Pisuerga, and
marched to Pedroza ; on the 1 1th to Valbases; on the
12th to Celada del Camino ; and on the 13th to Villa
Ricos, on which morning, about daylight, the enemy
blew up the Castle of Burgos, and retreated.
On the 14th of June, the battalion marched to
Villa Toro ; on the 1 5th to Villa Esquiar ; on the
16th it crossed the Ebro, and marched to Pesquez ;
on the 17th it marched to Villa Mor ; on the 18th to
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I813Boveano; on the 19th to Alcoide; and on the 20th
to Robeo.
In the meantime, the French army, commanded by
King Joseph, had taken up a position in the neighbour
hood of Vittoria, where the Marquis of Wellington de
termined to attack the enemy.
Accordingly, on the 21st of June, the first battalion
of the ninety-second regiment, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, quitted its encampment early
in the morning, and moved to La Puebla, where it
crossed the river Zadorra, and ascended the mountain
behind the village, which the Spaniards named " Alturas
de los Inglezes," from an action fought there by the
English in 1367, when Edward the Black Prince pro
ceeded to Spain to assist Peter, King of Castile, to re
cover his throne.*
The memorable battle of Vittoria commenced by
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill obtaining possession
of the heights of La Puebla, on which the enemy's left
rested. The enemy immediately sent a reinforcement
of about seven thousand men, with some artillery to
this point, and made several attempts to recover his
lost ground, but was as frequently repulsed by the
troops which were opposed to him ; and by that means
they covered the remainder of the second division,
while filing across the Zadorra, and in its movement to
* " The hill thus carried was called the Englishmen's Hill, not, as
" some recent writers have supposed, in commemoration of a victory
" gained by the Black Prince, but because of a disaster which there
" befel a part of his army. His battle was fought between Navarrette
" and Najera, many leagues from Vittoria, and beyond the Ebro ;
" but on this hill the two gallant knights, Sir Thomas and Sir William
" Felton, took post with two hundred companions, and being sur-
" rounded by Don Tello with six thousand, all died or were taken
" after a long, desperate, and heroic resistance." — (History of the
Peninsular War, by Major-General Sir William Napier, K.C.B.j

ninety^second regiment (Highlanders). 69
attack the enemy in the village of Subijana de Alava. 1813
Each corps kept its ground with coolness and steadiness,
until everything was prepared on the left, and the
allied army advanced across the plain.
At this juncture, the ninety-second was again
directed to advance, and drive the enemy from. every
post in its front, which duty it performed in its usual
manner, and the French having given way at all points,
the battalion continued a rapid pursuit along the
Pampeluna road, until about midnight, when it was
halted near Ganuz.
On this occasion, the French suffered a great loss
of men, together with all their artillery, baggage, and
stores. King Joseph, whose carriage and court-equi
page being seized, had barely time to escape on horse
back. The defeat was the most complete that the
French had experienced in Spain.
The baton pf Marshal Jourdan was taken by the
eighty-seventh regiment, and the Prince Regent, in
the name and behalf of His Majesty, appointed the
Marquis of Wellington a Field Marshal. In a most
flattering letter, the Prince thus conferred the honor :
" You have sent me among the trophies of your un-
" rivalled fame, the staff of a French Marshal, and I
" send you in return that of England."
In commemoration of the share the ninety-second
bore in gaining this signal victory, the royal authority
was afterwards received for the word " Vittoria," to
be inscribed on the regimental colour and appoint
ments. A medal was also conferred on the command
ing: officer, Lieut.-Colonel John Cameron.
The ninety-second had four rank and file killed,
and sixteen wounded.
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1813 treating enemy, on which day the ninety-second
marched to about a league in front of Salvatierra, and
encamped ; on the 23rd proceeded to near Arbeniz ; on
the 24th to near Araquil ; on the 25th to near Stor-
mende ; on the 26th to near Zuaza ; and on the 27th
marched to Orcayen, about three miles from Pampeluna,
which latter place was afterwards invested.
The ninety-second marched to a wood near Lizasso
on the 2nd of July ; on the 3rd to Puerta Velate ; on
the 4th to Almandoz, where a skirmish took place, the
enemy being in position between Beruete and Aniz.
On the 5th, after some movements to turn the left of
his position, he retreated, and the ninety-second
bivouacked in front of Elizondo, halting there during
the following day.
On the 7th of July, the enemy was seen in a strong
position on the heights of Maya, and troops were sent
across the Bidassoa to attack his right. The ninety-
second marched through the village of Maya in the
afternoon, and a good deal of fighting took place during
the day, the light troops continuing to skirmish until
dark, when the battalion bivouacked.
Advancing early in the morning of the 8th of July,
the French retired from their own frontier, which the
pursuing troops occupied with three British cheers. The
light troops continued the pursuit towards the village
of Urdax.
On the 9th of July, the troops marched to the village
of Maya. The siege of St. Sebastian was undertaken,
and the garrison of Pampeluna was closely invested by
the Spaniards at this period.
Upon Napoleon receiving the news of the defeat of
the French at Vittoria, he immediately sent Marshal
Soult to Spain, with the rank of " Lieutenant of the

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Emperor," and the Marshal assumed the command of 1813
the army of Spain on the 12th of July. All his
energies were directed to retrieve its disasters, and to
drive the British across the Ebro.
On the 13th of July, the first brigade, at this period
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, of the
ninety-second, marched to occupy the heights of
Maya.
The effective strength of the battalion, under the
command of Major James Mitchell, consisted of forty
serjeants, fifteen drummers, and seven hundred and
sixty-two rank and file, on the 25th of July, on which
day the fiftieth regiment was stationed on the right of
the brigade, to the left of a pass leading to the village
of Maya, which was occupied by a piquet from the
second brigade.
The ninety-second were stationed in the Maya
Pass, to the right of the road leading from Urdax,
and the seventy-first regiment still further to the left.
The enemy collected a force of about fifteen thousand
men behind some rocky ground in front of the British
right, and with this overwhelming force drove in the
light companies of the second brigade, gaining the
high rock on the right of the allied position before the
arrival of the second brigade from Maya, which was,
therefore, compelled to retrace its steps towards the
village, instead of falling back to its left on the first
brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, detached the fiftieth to the
right the moment the action commenced. That regi
ment was severely engaged, and was forced to retire
along the ridge ; the right wing of the ninety-second,
under Major John McPherson, was sent to its support,
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1813 enemy's column. The right wing of the seventy-first
regiment was also brought up, but such was the
advantage of the position the enemy had gained by
separating the two brigades, and in a manner descend
ing upon the Pass of Maya, while a fresh division was
pushing up to it from the direction of Urdax, that
the small body of troops received orders to retire to a
high rock on the left of the position.
This movement was covered by the left wings of the
seventy-first and ninety-second regiments, which,
relieving each other with the utmost order and regu
larity, and disputing every inch of ground, left nothing
for the enemy to boast of. The brigade continued to
hold the rock until the arrival of Major-General
Edward Barnes's brigade, when a general charge was
made, and every inch of ground recovered as far as
the Maya Pass.
On this occasion the ninety-second was ordered by
Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir William Stewart
not to charge, the battalion having been hotly engaged
for ten successive hours, and in want of ammunition.
The ninety-second, however, for the first time disre
garded an order, and not only charged,but led the charge.
During the whole of the action on the 25th of July,
the conduct of the ninety- second was most noble and
devoted ; and in commemoration of which His Majesty
was pleased to permit Lieut.-Colonel Cameron to bear
on his shield the word " Maya." Lieut.-Colonel
John Cameron and Major James Mitchell were both
wounded at the head of the battalion, and the com
mand devolved on Major John McPherson, who
was also wounded, but did not leave the field. The
other officers wounded were Captains George W.
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ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 73
Lieutenants William Fyfe, Donald McPherson, John 1813
A. Durie, James John Chisholm, Robert Winchester,
Donald McDonald, James Ker Ross, George Gordon,
John Grant, and Alexander McDonald, (died) and
Ensigns Thomas Mitchell and George Mitchell.
Ensign Ewen Kennedy was killed. The other
casualties were thirty-four rank and file killed, and two
hundred and sixty eight rank and file wounded ; and
twenty-two rank and file missing.
Major-General Sir William Napier, in his History of
the Peninsular War, in narrating the action in the Pass
of Maya, has alluded to the loss of the battalion, and
its gallantry, in the following terms : —
" And that officer (Lieut.-Colonel Cameron) still
" holding the Pass of Maya with the left wings of the
" seventy-first and ninety-second regiments, brought
" their right wings and the Portuguese guns into action,
" and thus maintained the fight ; but so dreadful was
" the slaughter, especially of the ninety-second, that
' ' it is said the advancing enemy was actually stopped
*' by the heaped mass of dead and dying." * * *
" The stern valour of the ninety-second would have
" graced Thermopylae." *****
The enemy having turned the British position at
Roncesvalles, the troops were withdrawn. The first
battalion of the ninety-second was ordered to march
from Puerto de Maya, and arrived in position at
Iruite early in the morning of the 26th of July.
The troops composing the right of the allied army
at Roncesvalles, having retired towards Pampeluna,
the ninety-second marched, on the 27th of July, from
its position near Iruite, and halted between Puerta
Velate and Lanz. On the following day, the battalion
inarched to a bivouac near Lizasso, and, on the 29th,
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1813 On the 30th of July, the battalion advanced to a
position between the village of Lizasso and Eguaros,
when the enemy appeared at the former place, and
commenced an extended movement upon the British
left. The ninety-second, under the command of
Major John McPherson, was directed against him,
and found itself opposed to a column of about two
thousand men, which the battalion immediately
charged, and drove from the ridge in a most gallant
style. After this the French moved still further to
their right, and accordingly the left of the allies was
thrown back in the direction of Arestegui. The action
ceased about dark.
The ninety-second had Captain George W. Holmes
wounded. Nine rank and file were killed, and twenty-
six wounded.
The ninety-second advanced, and on the 31st of
July, came up with the enemy strongly posted on a
hill at Dona Maria, which could only be approached
by a narrow ziz-zag road through very close under
wood. In this favorable position the enemy made
great resistance, but was ultimately driven from the
heights, and his defeat was particularly ascribed to
the persevering bravery individually displayed in the
ranks of the ninety-second regiment.
Lieut-General Sir Rowland Hill, under whose eye
the battalion was this day engaged, bestowed the most
flattering encomiums on its gallantry. On this occa
sion Major McPherson was wounded, and Captain
James Seaton assumed the command. Captains James
Lee and Dugald Campbell, Lieutenant James Hope,
and Ensign Thomas M itchell, were also wounded. Ten
rank and file were killed, and sixty-nine wounded.
After carrying this post, the ninety-second moved
towards Lanz, and, on the 1st of August, marched

NINETY-8ECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 75
through the pass at Lanz to Ariscun, and on the 2nd, 1813
again occupied the heights of Maya.
The royal authority was subsequently granted for
the ninety-second to bear the word " Pyrenees " on
the regimental colour and appointments, to commemo
rate the services of the first battalion in these combats,
which have been designated the " Battles of the Pyre
nees" Medals, bearing the word " Pyrenees," were
conferred on Major John McPherson and Captain
James Seaton ; and the former was promoted to the
brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel.
The effective strength of the ninety-second was
now reduced to twenty-seven serjeants, fifteen drum
mers, and three hundred and twenty rank and file.
The battalion marched on the evening of the 2nd of
August to the village of Erassu, and on the 5th re-
occupied the heights of Maj a.
On the 8th of August, the ninety-second marched
from Maya to the valley of Alduides, and the next day
to Roncesvalles, between which place and the heights
of Don Carlos, the battalion remained encamped until
the beginning of November.
In the meantime, St. Sebastian and Pampeluna had
been captured, and the British commander, looking
down from the lofty Pyrenees on the well-guarded
territory of France, resolved to carry the war into the
heart of that country.
On the 7th of November, the enemy made an
attempt to cut off a piquet of the ninety-second, but
was foiled. On the following day, the battalion
marched from Roncesvalles to Alduides, and on the
9th proceeded through Maya to Urdax, in which
neighbourhood the whole division was assembled.
The British army was put in motion at an early

76 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1813 hour in the morning of the 10th of November, and
advanced to attack the enemy in his fortified position
on the Nivelle. The ninety-second, under the com
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, forded that river a
little below Ainhoe, and was ordered to attack the
strong redoubts on the heights immediately in rear of
the village.
The action became very warm towards the centre of
the British line, and the sixth division, with the Portu
guese division immediately on the left, having turned
the redoubts to the right of the enemy's position on
the heights of Ainhoe, the French in front of the
ninety-second made little resistance, running out of
the redoubts in the utmost confusion; the enemy
giving way at all points, left the allies a complete
victory, and abandoned all his artillery and stores.
The ninety-second occupied the huts in the French
position for the night, and the next day advanced to
Espelette. On the 12th of November, the division moved in
advance to reconnoitre the enemy at Cambo, and after
driving in his outposts and effecting the object in view,
the ninety-second bivouacked at a short distance from
the town.
The battalion went into quarters in Cambo on the
16th of November; the enemy having previously
blown up the bridge, retired across the Nive, leaving
some pieces of heavy artillery behind.
On the 27th of November, a detachment of one hun
dred men joined from the second battalion, which still
remained in Scotland.
The rivers, which had been greatly swollen by the
rains, having partly subsided, the allied army was
put in motion across the Nive on the 9th of December.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 77
The ninety-second, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel 1813
Cameron, forded that river near Cambo, but did not
meet with much opposition, as the enemy retired to
prevent his retreat to Bayonne from being cut off by
the sixth division, which was crossing lower down the
river. The ninety-second advanced on the same day
to Urcuray : on the 10th and 1 1th, the French attacked
the troops on the left of the Nive, but on each day
were repulsed.
On the 11th of December, the ninety-second
advanced to Petite Moguerre, a small village near
Bayonne, situated between the rivers Nive and Adour.
The enemy was observed at daylight in the morning
of the 1 3th of December, formed in very heavy columns
between his entrenched camp at Bayonne, and the vil
lage of St. Pierre, on the road leading to St. Jean-
Pied-de-Port. The ninety-second, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Cameron, was ordered to advance to the centre
of the position at St. Pierre, against which the enemy
appeared to direct his principal attack. The battalion
had scarcely arrived on its ground, when it was led
into action, and by a most opportune and determined
charge, drove the French from the British position
(of which they had for a moment possessed themselves)
to the very point from whence they had started.
The ninety-second was recalled to its proper posi
tion, and no sooner was it formed there, than the enemy
again attacked, and was again repulsed. Besides
being exposed during this day to a continued fire of
musketry and artillery, the battalion made four distinct
charges with the bayonet, each time driving the enemy
to his original position in front of his entrenchments.
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1813 K.B., in his report of the action, stated, that "several
" brilliant charges were made by our troops in the
" centre, against which the enemy's principal attack
" was directed, more particularly that by the ninety-
" second Highlanders."
In speaking of the defeat of the enemy's principal
attack on the road to St. Jean Pied-de- Port, where the
first brigade was stationed, the Marquis of Wellington
said in his despatch, " they were particularly engaged
" in the contest with the enemy at that point, and these
" troops conducted themselves admirably."
On this occasion Lieutenants Duncan McPherson,
Thomas Mitchell, and Alan McDonald were killed.
Major John McPherson (mortally), Captains George
W. Holmes, Ronald McDonald, and Donald McPher
son; Lieutenants John Catenaugh, Ronald McDonald,
James John Chisholm, Robert Winchester, and George
Mitchell, and Ensign William Fraser were wounded.
Twenty-eight rank and file were killed, and one hun
dred and forty-three wounded.
In commemoration of this action, an honorary badge
was conferred by His Majesty on Lieut.-Colonel
Cameron, bearing the word " Nive," and the senior
captain of the regiment (Captain James Seaton) was
promoted to the brevet rank of major. The royal
authority was also granted for the ninety-second to
bear the word "Nive" on the regimental colour and
appointments. The enemy retired into Bayonne a little before dark,
and fiie ninety-second went into its former quarters
in Petite Moguerre.
On the 14th of December, the following order was
issued by Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir William
Stewart, KB. :—

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" Head Quarters, near Petite Moguerre, 1813
14th December, 1813.
" The second division has greatly distinguished
" themselves, and its gallantry in yesterday's action is
" avowed by the Commander of the forces and the
" allied army."
The ninety-second marched from Petite Moguerre
on the 17th of December, and on the 19th occupied
cantonments in Arquite.
On the 4th of January, 1814, the battalion marched 1814
from Arquite, and encamped near Urt ; on the 8th it
went into cantonments in that village. On the 20th
of January the battalion marched from Urt for St.
Jean de Luz, where it received new clothing, and on
the 26th returned to Urt.
The enemy attacked on the 27th of January a piquet
of the ninety-second, stationed in an island on the
Adour, but was driven back.
At this period the allied army was put in motion,
and the ninety-second marched from Urt to Urcuray.
The ninety-second, under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Cameron, marched on the 14th of February
to attack a considerable body of the enemy under
General Harispe at Hellette, which was forced to retire
to Meharin. On this occasion Lieutenant Richard
McDonell was wounded ; one private was killed, and
seven rank and file wounded.
On the morning of the 15th of February, the ninety-
second marched in pursuit of the enemy, who was
discovered, late in the evening, strongly posted on the
heights in front of Garris, which the division attacked
and carried in gallant style. The French obstinately
disputed their ground, and made several attempts to
recover it after dark, but finding the British troops

80 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1814 immovable, they retreated with considerable loss
through St. Palais. On this occasion Major James
Seaton was mortally wounded, and expired on the
22nd of the following month. The other casualties
were three rank and file wounded.
During the night the enemy destroyed the bridge
at St. Palais, and every exertion was made to repair
it. On the 16th of February, the ninety-second
crossed in the afternoon, and occupied a position in.
advance. On the 1 7th of February, the enemy was discovered
in the village of Arriverete, on the right bank of the
Gave de Mauleon, endeavouring to destroy the bridge
over it. A ford was discovered a little higher up,
which the ninety-second crossed under cover of the
British artillery, and immediately attacking the troops
in the village with its usual success, drove the enemy
out of it, and secured the bridge by which the troops
were enabled to cross. The enemy retired across the
Gave d'Oleron, and the battalion, which had ten rank
and file wounded in this enterprise, was cantoned in
Arriverete and the neighbouring villages.
In honor of this occasion, it was granted by royal
warrant, that Lieut.-Colonel Cameron should bear for
his crest a Highlander of the ninety-second regiment,
up to the middle in water, grasping in his right hand
a broad sword, and in his left a banner inscribed 92nd,
within a wreath of laurel ; and as a motto over it the
word " Arriverete."
The following is an extract of the Marquis of Wel
lington's despatch on this occasion : —
" St. Jean de Luz, 20th February, 1814.
" The enemy retired across the river at St. Palais in
" the night, destroying the bridges, which, however,

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 81
" were repaired so that the troops under Sir Rowland 1814
" Hill crossed on the 16th, and on the 17th the enemy
" were driven across the Gave de Mauleon.
" They attempted to destroy the bridge at Arri-
" verete, but they had not time to complete its de-
" struction ; and a ford being discovered above the
" bridge, the ninety-second regiment under the com-
" mand of Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, supported by the
" fire of Captain Beane's troop of horse artillery,
" crossed the ford, and made a most gallant attack
" upon two battalions of French infantry posted in the
" village, from which the latter were driven with con-
" siderable loss."
The Marquis of Wellington addressed the following
letter to Lieut.-General Lord Niddry (afterwards Earl
of Hopetoun), colonel of the ninety-second, relative
to an application to be permitted to bear the word
" Arriverete" on the regimental colour and appoint
ments : — " Cambray, 13th April, 1816.
" My dear Lord,
" I have received your letter of the
" 2nd, regarding the desire of the ninety-second regi-
" ment to bear the word " Arriverete" on their colour,
" &c, to which I have no objection, and I will apply
" for the distinction, if after this explanation they
" should still desire it.
" Arriverete is a village on the Gave de Mauleon,
" at which there is a wooden bridge. We had passed
*' the river at other points, but our communication
" across it was difficult, and the enemy was of such a
" force at Sauveterre, in the neighbourhood, that we
" could not venture to move along it, and I wished to
" £et possession of the bridge before the enemy could
G

82 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
I 814 " destroy it. The ninety-second forded the river,
" and attacked and took the village, against a very
" superior force of the enemy, in the most gallant style,
" (in the manner in which they have always performed
" every service in which they have been employed),
" but without much loss ; there the affair ended ; we
" were not prepared at that time to do more, and we
" held that village as a tete-de-pont till our means were
" in readiness for our further operations.
" There is no doubt but the troops behaved as gal-
" lantly in this affair as they could in any of greater
' importance, but the result was not of that consequence
. '' to the ulterior operations of the army, to have ren-
" dered it notorious to the army at large ; and although
" I reported it as I ought, I know there are many
" belonging to the army, some even who were present,
" have no recollection of the name of the place which
" was the scene of the action, and some not even of
" the action itself.
" It appears to me to be beneath the reputation of
" the ninety-second to have to explain for what cause
" the name of a particular place has been inserted in
" their colours ; and notwithstanding that on no oc-
" casion could they or any other troops behave better
" than they did upon that, I acknowledge that I am
" anxious they should not press the request. But
" if after this explanation they continue to wish it,
" I will take care it shall be granted. " I have, Sec,
(Signed) " Wellington.
" Lieut.-General Lord Niddry, K.B.,
&c, &c."
The ninety-second marched in the morning of the
24th of February, 1814, and crossed the Gave d'Oleron

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by a ford near Villeneuve, and on the 25th moved on 1814'
the road towards Orthes, and encamped near Laas,
where the battalion halted. The allied army was at
this period crossing the Gave de Pau, near Peyreho-
rade, with the exception of the corps under Lieut.-
General Sir Rowland Hill.
On the 27th of February, the army under the Mar
quis of Wellington, on the right bank of the Gave de
Pau advanced to attack the French position near
Orthes, and the action soon became general. The
first brigade, to which the ninety-second under
Lieut.-Colonel Cameron belonged, was directed to a
ford above the town of Orthes, and had the honor of
leading the second division across the Gave de Pau,
under a very heavy fire of musketry and artillery, and
possessing itself of the road from Orthes to the town
of Pau, immediately in rear of the enemy's left flank,
his retreat on that line was consequently cut off. The
ninety- second was ordered to move upon the road to
St. Sever, along the rear of the enemy, whose retreat,
which had been conducted hitherto with some degree
of order, now became a perfectly confused flight. The
pursuit was at an equally rapid pace, in which the
battalion was conspicuous for several miles, until it
halted at Sault de Navailles.
In commemoration of this victory, which cost the
enemy twelve pieces of cannon, and about seven thou
sand men, the ninety-second received the royal au
thority to bear the word " Orthes" on the regimental
colour and appointments. His Majesty was also pleased
to confer honorary badges, bearing the word " Orthes,"
on Lieut.-Colonel John Cameron, who commanded the
first battalion, and on Major James Mitchell, who
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84 historical record of the
1814 commanded the light companies; the latter officer
was promoted to the brevet rank of lieut.-colonel.
The ninety-second had only three rank and file
wounded, and one killed, in the battle of Orthes.
On the 28th of February.the ninety-second marched
to St. Medard, and on the 1st of March proceeded to
Grenade ; the main body of the allied army had at
this period crossed the Adour at St. Sever.
The enemy, on the 2nd of March, was seen strongly
posted on a ridge in front of the town of Aire, with his
right resting on the Adour. The allied army advanced
to the attack, and compelled him to retire ; but a brigade
of Portuguese troops on the British flank giving way,
the French became encouraged, and in their turn ad
vanced. The fiftieth and ninety-second regiments.
after clearing their own front, were moved rapidly to
the point where^ the enemy was successful, and by a
most splendid charge immediately put him to flight.
These regiments now became considerably separated
from each other, from having to occupy the ground des
tined for the Portuguese troops, and the ninety-second
was again opposed to a strong column on its flank, which
it, immediately charged, and pursued through the town
of Aire, in which the battalion was afterwards cantoned.
Captain William Fyfe, Lieutenants John A. Durie
and Richard McDonell were wounded. The other
casualties of the battalion were three rank and file
killed, and twenty-nine wounded.
His Majesty, in honor of this occasion, granted per
mission for Lieut.-Colonel Cameron to bear upon his
shield a view of the town, with the word " Aire."
The following Division and General Orders were
issued, alluding to the action of this day: —

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 85
" Division Orders. Aire, March 3rd, 1814. 1814
"Lieut.-General Sir William Stewart con-
" gratulates the division on its further advance and
" success against the enemy. To the admirable conduct
«* of the fiftieth and ninety-second regiments led by
'* their gallant commanders, and by Major-General
*' Barnes, the good fortune of yesterday's action is de-
" cidedly attributed, which the Lieut.-General has to
" state to Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, for the in-
" formation of the Commander of the Forces."
" General Orders. Aire, March 5th, 1814.
" Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill congra-
" tulates Lieut.-General Sir William Stewart, Major-
" General Barnes, and Major-General Byng, on the
" brilliant part which they bore in the action of the
" 2nd instant."
" The gallant and steady conduct of the fiftieth
*' regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel Harrison, and of the
" ninety-second regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel
" Cameron, excited the admiration of all who were wit-
" nesses of it."
On the 10th of March, a letter and address, of which
the following are copies, were received, and promul
gated to the first battalion of the ninety-second
regiment. " Dear Sir, Aire, March ]0th, 1814.
" The mayor and inhabitants of this town
'' having requested me to convey to you, with their
" sentiments of gratitude, the accompanying address, I
" feel infinite pleasure in so doing ; as I deem the senti-

86 historical record of the
1814 '' ments expressed in it justly due towards you, and the
" distinguished regiment under your command.
"I have&c,
(Signed) " William Stewart,
" Lieut.-General.
"Lieut.-Colonel Cameron,
Commanding ninety-second Highlanders.''
(Translation.)
" Sir, Aire, 9th March, 1814.
" The inhabitants of the town of Aire are not
" ignorant that if they were preserved from pillage and
" destruction at the close of the obstinate and san-
" guinary conflict of the 2nd of March, they are indebted
" for such preservation from that calamity to your
" honorable conduct, and the strict discipline which
" you have maintained amongst the troops under your
" command. " Penetrated by sentiments of the liveliest gratitude
" towards a commander distinguished by such noble
" qualities, the town of Aire has charged me to be
" their interpreter in communicating their thanks, and
" to offer you the homage of their esteem.
" I have, &c,
(Signed) " Codroy, Mayor.
" To Lieut-Colonel Cameron,
Commanding ninety-second Highlanders."
Information having been received that the enemy
was making a movement to his left, and attempting to
throw himself upon the right flank of the British, a
corresponding move was made by the Marquis of
Wellington, and the ninety-second marched from
Aire on the 1 3th of March, by the road to Pau, and
halted in a position near Gailin, the French being

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 87
posted behind the river Gros Lees. On the 18th, the 1814
battalion marched to Conchez, the enemy retiring to
wards Lembege on the approach of the allies.
The ninety-second moved upon Lembege on the
19th of March, where a skirmish took place, the enemy
falling back to Vic Bigorre ; here he seemed deter
mined to make a stand, but the third division, which
moved by a road to the British left, drove him in ex
cellent style from his position, and he retired across the
Adour. The battalion halted for the night in front of
Vic Bigorre.
On the 20th of March, the left of the army crossed
the Adour, and moved upon the enemy's right near
Rabastens, while the right marched upon Tarbes, the
French having retired from it, as the allied columns
were forming for their attack.
The ninety -second continued in pursuit of the
enemy on the main road from Tarbes to Toulouse, by
St. Gaudens, Mariemont, and St. Julien, and halted
on the 26th of March at Muret : there had been constant
rain for several days previous, which impeded opera
tions ; on the 27th, the troops under Lieut.-General
Sir Rowland Hill were withdrawn to St. Roque.
On the 31st of March, 1814, the division crossed the
Garonne by a pontoon bridge, and proceeded to Mire-
mont ; on the 1st of April to Cintegabelle, and crossed
the Arriege. No road for artillery could be discovered
from this place to Toulouse, and the ninety-second
recrossed the Garonne at St. Roque, the pontoons being
removed towards Grenade.
The ninety-second marched on the 5th of April to
cantonments at St. Simon. At this period the river
Garonne had swollen, and this circumstance made it
necessary to remove the pontoons by which part of the

88 historical record of the
1814 allied army had crossed; they were however replaced,
and on the evening of the 9th of April the main body
of the British army was on the right of the Garonne.
On the 10th of April, the ninety-second advanced
by the Muret road to the vicinity of Toulouse, and drove
Marshal Soult's outposts into his entrenchments on
that side. The services of the battalion were not again
required during this day ; it however witnessed the
gallant conduct of its comrades on the opposite bank
of the river, driving the enemy from his redoubts above
the town, and gaining a complete victory.
During the 1 1th of April nothing particular occurred
beyond a skirmish, and confining the enemy to the
euburbs. The French evacuated Toulouse during the
night, and the white flag was hoisted. On the 12th
of April the Marquis of Wellington entered the city
amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants. The
ninety-second followed the enemy on the Villa
Franche road, and encamped in advance of that town.
In the course of the afternoon of the 12th of April,
intelligence was received of the abdication of Napoleon :
had not the express been delayed on the journey by
the French police, the sacrifice of many valuable lives
would have been prevented.
A disbelief in the truth of this intelligence occasioned
much unnecessary bloodshed at Bayonne, the garrison
of which made a desperate sortie on the 14th of April,
and Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards Earl
of Hopetoun), the Colonel of the ninety-second regi
ment, was taken prisoner. Major-General Andrew
Hay was killed, and Major-General Stopford was
wounded. This was the last action of the Peninsular
war. On the 20th of April, 1814, the ninety-second

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inarched into Villa Franche ; on the 24th to Beziege ; 1814
and on the 25th occupied quarters in Toulouse.
A treaty of peace was established between Great
Britain and France ; Louis XVIII. was restored to the
throne of France, and Napoleon Buonaparte was per
mitted to reside at Elba, the sovereignty of that island
having been conferred upon him by the allied powers.
The war being ended, the ninety-second marched
from Toulouse on the 5th of June, and continued on
the move until the 19th of that month, when it
encamped at Blanchfort, about two leagues from
Bourdeaux. In addition to the other distinctions acquired during
the war in Spain, Portugal, and the south of France
the ninety-second receivedthe royal authority to bear,
the word " Peninsula" on the Regimental Colour and
Appointments. On the 9th of July, the ninety-second marched from
Blanchfort, and encamped near Pouillac. On the 17th
of July, the battalion was conveyed down the Garonne
in small craft, and embarked in H. M.'s ship " Norge,"
which sailed immediately, and on the 26th entered
Cove of Cork harbour.
The ninety-second disembarked at Monkstown on
the 29th of July, and marched to Fermoy barracks,
where the thanks of Parliament were communicated to
the officers and soldiers for " the meritorious and
" eminent services which they had rendered to their
" King and Country during the course of the war."
On the 6th of August, the first battalion of the
ninety-second regiment, commanded by Colonel
Cameron, was inspected at Fermoy by Major-General
Sir William Aylett, who expressed in orders his great
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90 historical record of the
1814 its interior economy. Its effective strength consisted
of fifty serjeants, sixteen drummers, and seven hundred
rank and file.
Two captains and three lieutenants were order.ed on
the 12th of October to proceed to Scotland to take
under their charge the non-commissioned officers and
men of the second battalion, about to be transferred to
the first battalion.
On the 24th of October, the second battalion of the
ninety-second regiment was disbanded at Edinburgh,
and twelve serjeants, thirteen drummers, and one
hundred and sixty- one rank and file were transferred
to the first battalion, which they joined at Fermoy in
January following.
1815 The ninety-second regiment marched on the 27th
of January, 1815, from Fermoy to Cork barracks,
where an authority was received for the establishment to
be one thousand rank and file.
The ninety-second regiment was not destined to
remain long on home service. The peace of Europe
was again disturbed. Napoleon Bonaparte returned
from Elba, landed at Cannes, in Provence, on the 1st
of March, 1815, with a handful of men, and on the
20th of that month entered Paris at the head of an
army which had joined him on the road. Louis XVIII.
withdrew from Paris to Ghent, and Napoleon assumed
his former dignity of Emperor of the French ; but the
allied Powers refused to acknowledge his sovereignty,
and determined on his dethronement. Preparations
for war commenced accordingly, and the ninety-second
regiment was ordered to proceed on foreign service.
The regiment marched to the Cove of Cork on the
1st of May, and embarked in transports, which sailed
on the 3rd of May. Its effective strength consisted of

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forty-seven serjeants, sixteen drummers, and six hun- 1815
dred and twenty-one rank and file. The regiment
anchored near Ostend on the 9th of May, was removed
in boats on the following day, and subsequently pro
ceeded by the canal to Bruges.
On the 11th of May the regiment proceeded to
Ghent, where it landed, and was quartered. Louis
XVIII. was residing there at this period.
The regiment marched from Ghent to Alost on the
27th of May, and on the 28th to Brussels, where it
was placed in Major-General Sir Denis Pack's brigade,
with the third battalion of the Royals, the forty-
second Highlanders, and the second battalion of the
forty-fourth regiment.
On the 3rd of June the British brigades of the fifth
division, to which the ninety-second belonged, were
reviewed by Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington,
who expressed his entire approbation of their ap
pearance, and his happiness at again seeing those that
had served with such reputation in the Peninsula.
Napoleon left Paris on the 1 2th of June, and con
formably to his usual plan of directing at once his
whole force against some important point, he determined
to attack the British and Prussian armies before the
arrival of the Austrians and Russians, who were al
ready in movement towards the frontiers. On the 15th,
intelligence having been received that the French had
entered the Netherlands, the ninety-second lay upon
their arms during the night.
On the 16th of June, the division under Lieut.-
General Sir Thomas Picton marched at daylight, and
about two o'clock came within range of the enemy's
artillery in front of Genappe, at some farm-houses
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1815 from Charleroi to Brussels is crossed by another from
Nivelles to Namur, and which served as the British
communication with the Prussians on the left.
The ninety-second regiment was ordered to line a
ditch in the front of this latter road, to the left of the
farmhouses, and the Duke of Wellington took his
station with it. The enemy poured a very hot fire of
artillery on this post, and his cavalry charged it, but
was received by a well-directed volley from the regiment,
and forced to retire with great loss of men and horses.
His cannonade still continued, and his cavalry again
charged, and were repulsed as before. In the mean
time the French infantry had been forming under cover
of their cavalry attacks, assisted by their artillery, and
now advanced upon the regiment, when the Duke of
Wellington said, " Ninety -second, you must charge
"these fellows !" These words were scarcely uttered,
when every man of the regiment sprang over the ditch,
and his orders were fully and literally obeyed. The
enemy was not only driven from the houses and gardens
about Quatre Bras, but chased for half a mile beyond
it, until the regiment was recalled about nightfall, and
the action ceased.
On this occasion the regiment had to lament the loss
of its commanding officer, Colonel Cameron,* an
officer who had led the ninety-second in many a
sanguinary field. He fell as he had lived, with honor ;

* On the 30th of September, 1815, His Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, was
pleased to grant the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, to Ewen Cameron, Esq., of Fassifern and
Callart, in the county of Argyll, and of Arthurstone, in the county of
Angus, to commemorate the services of his son, Colonel Cameron, of
the ninety-second regiment.

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and the Duke of Wellington thus expressed himself in 1815
his despatch to Earl Bathurst of the 29th of June,
transmitting lists of the killed and wounded : —
" Your Lordship will see in the enclosed lists the
" names of some most valuable officers lost to His
" Majesty's service. Among them I cannot avoid to
' mention Colonel Cameron, of the ninety-second,
" and Colonel Sir Henry Ellis, of the twenty-third
" regiments, to whose conduct I have frequently drawn
'' your Lordship's attention, and who at last fell dis-
" tinguishing themselves at the head of the brave troops
" which they commanded.
" Notwithstanding the glory of the occasion, it is
" impossible not to lament 9uch men, both on account
" of the public, and as friends."
The Duke of Wellington particularly mentioned
the twenty-eighth, forty-second, seventy-ninth, and
ninety-second regiments in his account of the action at
Quatre Bras.
The ninety-second regiment during the action was
successively commanded by Colonel Cameron, Lieut.-
Colonel James Mitchell, and Major Donald Macdonald.
Colonel Cameron, Captain William Little, Lieutenant
James John Chisholm, Ensigns Abel Becher, and John
Ross McPherson were killed. Lieut.-Colonel James
Mitchell, Captains George W. Holmes, Dugald Camp
bell, and William Charles Grant ; Lieutenants Robert
Winchester, Thomas Hobbs, Thomas Mcintosh, James
Ker Ross, Ronald McDonald, Hector Munro Innes,
George Logan, John McKinlay, George Mackie,
Alexander McPherson, Ewen Ross, Ensigns John
Branwell, Robert Logan, Angus McDonald, Robert
Hewitt, and assistant surgeon John Stewart were
wounded. Thirty-five rank and file were killed, and
two hundred and forty five were wounded.

94 historical record of the
1815 The following is a copy of Major McDonald's report-
of the action, written on the spot, to Major-General Sir
Denis Pack, K.C.B. :—
" Sir, "Colonel Cameron and Lieut.-Colonel Mitchell
" having been both severely wounded, I have the honor
" to report, for your information, (not having been
" under your eye during the whole of the day,) that
" the ninety-second regiment repulsed repeated
" attacks of cavalry, and by a rapid movement charged
" a column of the enemy, and drove them to the ex-
" tremity of the wood on our right.
" Our loss has been severe, as will be seen by the
'• return of killed and wounded.
'¦' I have, &c,
(Signed) " Donald McDonald,
" Major-General " Major 92nd, Commanding.
Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B."
The Prussians had been attacked on the 16th of
June at Ligny, and were forced to retreat to Wavre,
and the Duke of Wellington made a corresponding
movement to keep up his communication with them.
In the course of the morning of the 17th of June, the
troops were withdrawn from Quatre Bras, and the
regiment was directed to form the rear-guard of the
infantry, until it occupied its position in front of
Waterloo, at a place named Mont St. Jean, where it
arrived without being molested by the enemy.
At the beginning of the memorable battle of
Waterloo, which commenced about ten o'clock in the
morning of the 18th of June, the ninety-second
regiment, under the command of Major McDonald,
with the rest of Sir Denis Pack's brigade, was placed
in support of some Belgian troops on the left of the

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 95
main road to Brussels, and throughout the day was 1815
exposed to the fire of the enemy's artillery and sharp
shooters. The allied troops to the right having repulsed the
repeated attacks in that quarter, the enemy directed
his attention in a more particular manner to this part
of the British line ; and after having succeeded in
carrying the farm-house of La Haye Sainte, under a
most tremendous fire of artillery, he drove the Belgians
from their post, and established himself in that part of
the position. The moment the Belgians were seen
running past the regiment to the rear, the third
battalion of the Royals, and the second battalion of the
forty-fourth regiment on its right in brigade, moved
to the point which had thus been abandoned, and for
some time maintained their ground in a manner be
coming British soldiers, although ultimately obliged to
give way. The ninety-second at this time was re
duced to less than three hundred men. A column of
three thousand French was formed in the position in front
of the regiment, which was concealed by the nature of the
ground . The French Commander having possessed him
self of so advantageous a post, and seeing the troops give
way, considered everything gained, and ordered arms.
This was the state of affairs, when Major-General
Sir Denis Pack galloped up to the regiment, and
called out " Ninety-second, you must charge, for all
" the troops to your right and left have given way."
Three cheers from the regiment expressed the devoted
readiness of every individual in its ranks.
The French column did not show a large front. The
regiment formed four deep, and in that compact order
advanced, until within twenty paces, when it fired a
volley, and instantly darted into the heart of the French

96 historical record of the
1815 column, in which it became almost invisible, in the
midst of the mass opposed to it.
While the regiment was in the act of charging, and
the instant before it came in contact with the enemy,
the Scots Greys (second dragoons) came trotting up
in rear of its flanks, when both corps shouted " Scotland
for ever ! " the column was instantaneously broken, and
in its flight the cavalry rode over it. The result of
this dash, which only occupied a few minutes, was a
loss to the enemy of two Eagles, and two thousand
prisoners, those that escaped doing so without arms or
knapsacks. After this brilliant affair, Sir Denis Pack rode up
to the regiment, and said, " You have saved the day
" Highlanders, but you must return to your position ;
" there is more work to be done ! !"
It would be superfluous to detail every part that
the regiment had to act on this eventful day ; how it
stood in square, in line, and in column, never yielding
an inch to enemies who considered themselves invincible
when fighting, as in the present instance, under the
direction and in the presence of their Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte, who frequently expressed his
astonishment and admiration at the manner in which
the British fought, particularly " Les Braves Ecossais,"
as he termed them.
Towards evening two Prussian officers rode past the
regiment inquiring for the Duke of Wellington, and
their columns began to appear moving upon the
enemy's right, by the road from Wavre. At this time
the French made a last effort by a general attack
throughout the whole line, and the moment they were
repulsed, the allied troops advanced, drove them from
every position, and forced them to seek safety in flight,

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 97
leaving their artillery, and everything that constitutes 1815
an army in the field.
The regiment was directed to desist from the pur
suit, and return to its original ground, after giving
three British cheers to the Prussian army. In this
manner was achieved the Battle of Waterloo, the im
portance of which may be best estimated by the
lengthened peace which has ensued ; and the memory
of this eventful victory will ever survive as a proud
monument of the national glory of the British army.
On the 18th of June, the ninety-second regiment
had Captains Peter Wilkie and Archibald Ferrier,
Lieutenants Robert Winchester, Donald McDonald,
James Ker Ross, and James Hope wounded. Four
teen rank and file were killed, and ninety-six wounded.
In acknowledgment of the services which the army
performed in the battle of Waterloo, and the actions
immediately preceding it, each subaltern officer and
soldier present was permitted to count two years addi
tional service, and silver medals were conferred on all
ranks, bearing on the one side an impression of His
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and on the reverse
the figure of Victory, holding the palm in the right
hand, and the olive branch in the left, with the word
"Wellington," over its head, and "Waterloo,"
18th June, 1815, at its feet.
Lieut.-Colonel James Mitchell, who succeeded to the
command of the regiment at Quartre Bras, was ap
pointed a companion of the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, and had the Order of St. Anne of Russia
conferred upon him. Major Donald McDonald, who
commanded the regiment during the whole of the
battle of Waterloo, was promoted to the brevet rank of
a

98 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1815 Lieut-Colonel, appointed a companion of the Rath,
and received the order of St. Wladimir of Russia.
The thanks of both Houses of Parliament were voted
to the army with the greatest enthusiasm " for its dis
tinguished valour at Waterloo ;" and the ninety-
second, and other regiments engaged, were permitted
to bear the word " Waterloo" on their colours and
appointments. The Highland Society of Scotland unanimously
passed a vote of thanks " for the determined valour
" and exertions displayed by the regiment, and for the
" credit which it did its country in the memorable
" battles of the 16th and 18th of June, 1815."
On the 19th of June, the allied army resumed its
triumphant pursuit of the French towards Paris, in
the neighbourhood of which city the regiment encamped
on the 3rd of July, without having been employed on
any affair of consequence during the march.
The following General Order was issued by the
Duke of Wellington, on the 4th of July : —
" The Field Marshal has great satisfaction in an-
" nouncing to the troops under his command, that he
" has, in concert with Field Marshal Prince Blucher,
" concluded a military convention with the Commander-
" in-Chief of the French army near Paris, by which the
" enemy is to evacuate St. Denis, St. Often, Clichy,
" and Neuilly, this day at noon, the heights of Monte
" Martre to-morrow at noon, and Paris next day.
" The Field Marshal congratulates the army upon
" this result of their glorious victory. He desires
" that the troops may employ, the leisure of this day
" and to-morrow, to clean their arms, clothes, and ap-
" pointments, as it is his intention that they should
" pass him in review."

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 99
Louis XVIII. entered Paris on the 8th of July, and 1815
was once more reinstated on the throne of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte having fled to the south of France
surrendered himself a prisoner on the 15th of July to
Captain Maitland, Commanding the " Bellerophon"
British ship of war, and the island of St Helena was
afterwards appointed for his residence.
While in camp near Paris, the British army Was re
viewed by the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and
other Sovereigns in alliance with Great Britain, who
paid very high compliments to the regiment, and
greatly admired its Highland costume.
On the 28th of October, the regimentj tinder the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Mitchell, broke Up from its
encampment, and marched to St. Germains; on the
30th to Montain Ville ; and on the 2nd of November to
Neuf le Vieux.
The regiment marched on the 10th of November to
occupy the following villages— Monfort, Neuf de Vieux,
Crecy, Mareile, and Mere.
The Brigade orders of the 29th of November, directed
the regiment to proceed en route to Boulogne, and
Major-General Sir Denis Pack* after alluding to the
orderly and soldier-like conduct of the regiment both in
camp and quarters, and expressing his regret at losing
it from under his command, concluded as follows : —
" The services rendered by the ninety-second
" regiment in the Duke of Wellington's campaigns in
" the Peninsula, and His Grace's late short and
" triumphant one in Belgium, are so generally and so
" highly appreciated, as to make praise from him almost
" idle ; nevertheless, he cannot help adding his tri-
" bute of applause."
On the 30th of November, the regiment marched to
h 2

100 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1816Meulan, and arrived on the 15th of December at St.
Leonard, near Boulogne; on the 17th it arrived at
Calais, and embarked the same day for England.
The effective strength of the regiment consisted of
thirty-six serjeants, sixteen drummers, and four
hundred and forty-nine rank and file.
On the 19th of December, the regiment landed at
Margate ; on the 20th marched to Deal ; on the 21st
to Dover ; and on the 22nd to Braebournlees Barracks,
from whence it proceeded en route to Colchester on
the 28th of December.
The regiment arrived at Colchester on the 1st of
January, 1816, where an authority was received to re
duce its establishment to eight hundred rank and file.
On the 19th of February, the regiment marched
from Colchester en route to Hull, where it arrived on
the 2nd of March. On the 22nd of August, the regi
ment proceeded to Berwick-upon-Tweed, — from whence
it marched to Edinburgh on the 7th of September,
and on the 12th went into quarters in Edinburgh
Castle, being the second visit to its native country
since the original formation of the regiment.
The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, having ex
pressed a wish to see the ninety-second regiment, it
was paraded on the 22nd of December accordingly,
and His Imperial Highness expressed his admiration
of the corps.
1811 On the 7th of April, 1817, the regiment commenced
its march by divisions to Port Patrick, there to embark
for Ireland. It arrived at Belfast on the 24th of April,
and on the 26th, detachments were sent to occupy
barracks at Carrickfergus, Downpatrick, Crumlin,
Ballimony, Newton Glens, Castle Dawson, Ballycastle,
and Randalstown.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 101
Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith inspected the i^g
ninety-second regiment on the 28th of April, 1818,
who issued a very complimentary order regarding its ]aig
appearance. On the 17th of June, the regiment commenced its
march in two divisions for Castlebar, where the head
quarters arrived on the 28th, having about twenty de
tachments in various places.
The regiment was inspected on the 14th of October
by Major-General Buller, who expressed his appro
bation of its appearance.
On the 4th of November, orders were received for the
regiment to be held in readiness for embarkation at
Cork, for Jamaica.
The regiment marched on the 8th of January, 1819,
for Fermoy, where it arrived on the 20th of that month.
On the 12th of April, it marched from Fermoy to
Middleton barracks, and on the following day it em
barked, at the Cove of Cork, on board the " Chapman,"
" Nautilus," and " Ocean" transports. The effective
strength consisted of thirty-one serjeants, twenty-one
drummers, and six hundred and three rank and file.
On the 14th of April, Major-General Benjamin
Gordon expressed " his marked approbation of the
" steadiness and very soldier-like appearance of the
" regiment, and the regularity with which its embark-
" ation was conducted yesterday."
The regiment sailed on the 16th of April, and ar
rived at Jamaica on the 2nd of June. It disembarked
at Kingston on the 4th of that month, and proceeded
to Up-Park Camp, followed by the whole population
of the town and its vicinity, who crowded from all
quarters to witness so novel a sight as a Highland
regiment in Jamaica.

102 historical record of the
1819 Shortly after its arrival in Jamaica, the regiment
was attacked by yellow fever in its most virulent form,
and three companies, under the command of Brevet
Lieut.-Colonel Blainey, marched, on the 5th of July, to
Stony Hill barracks.
Such was the mortality and sickness in the regiment,
that it was, in August, in a manner ordered to be dis
persed. Another company marched on the 26th of
August to Stony Hill, and a part of one to the Apos
tles' battery. On the 28th of August a strong detach
ment, chiefly composed of convalescents, embarked on
board the " Serapis " guard-ship, then at anchor off
Port Royal.
Major Archibald Ferrier died at Up-Park-Camp on
the 22nd of September, and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
John Blainey having died on the 28th of August at
Stony Hill, Brevet-Major Peter Wilkie assumed the
command of the regiment, and on the 23rd of Septem
ber removed with the head-quarters on board the
" Serapis." Nothing can depict the state of the regiment
better than the following letter from Brevet-Major
Wilkie to Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, Assistant Adju
tant-General at Jamaica : — " H. M. Ship Serapis,
" SlR, 25th September, 1819.
" From the very peculiar situation of the
" ninety-second at the present moment, I am much
" afraid it will not be, in my power to send in the
" returns required by the different public offices before
" Tuesday or Wednesday next, as having unfortunately
" lost the Adjutant, and every one acquainted with the
" important duty of the orderly room, in the course of
" the present month, I have consequently been necessi-
" tated to take into it any one that could write. Under

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 103
" these circumstances, I trust yon will grant me all the lgig
" time you can, to enable me to give them in with some
" degree of accuracy. " I have, &c,
(Signed) " Peter Wilkie,
" Captain 92nd regiment.
" Lieut.-Colonel Campbell,
" Assistant Adjutant-General, Jamaica."
The head-quarters were removed on the 9th of
November from on board the " Serapis," and returned
to Up-Park Camp, where the several detachments
joined, and the regiment was again assembled. It
was remarked that the men who had been on board
ship continued perfectly healthy after their return,
whereas those who had been stationed at Stony Hill
and the Apostles' Battery, suffered considerably.
The total loss sustained by the regiment from the
25th of June to the 24th of December, 1819, consisted
of ten officers, — namely, Majors Archibald Ferrier,
and John Blainey (Brevet Lieut.-Colonel), Lieu
tenants Andrew Will, Thomas Gordon, Hector Innes,
George Logan, Richard McDonnell, and George
Mackie (Adjutant), Ensign Francis Reynolds, and As
sistant Surgeon David Thomas ; thirteen serjeants, eight
drummers, and two hundred and fifty-four rank and file.
Lieut.-General John Hope was appointed colonel of ] 820
the ninety-second on the 29th of January, 1820, in
succession to General the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.B.,
who was removed to the Forty-second, Royal High
land regiment.
The regiment was inspected on the 16th of February
by Major-General Henry Conran, who expressed
himself much pleased with the appearance and steadi
ness of the men under arms.

104 historical record of the
1820 On the 10th of March, the head- quarters and five
companies were removed from Up-Park Camp to Fort
Augusta; and on the 14th of that month the other five
companies proceeded to Port Royal. In both places
the regiment enjoyed comparatively good health.
A detachment of fifty-five rank and file joined the
regiment from Scotland on the 24th of May.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B., who
was promoted from the twenty-eighth to the ninety-
second regiment on the 2nd of September of the pre
vious year, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel James
Mitchell, who retired from the service, joined at
Jamaica on the 24th of October 1820.
The regimental orders of the 30th of October directed
that the dress, on parades and duties, should be white
trousers, and that no other dress would be permitted.
On the 21st of December, two companies of the
regiment marched from Fort Augusta to Spanish Town.
1821 The head-quarters and three companies at Fort
Augusta marched on the 3rd of January, 1821, to
Spanish Town, and on the 4th, the five companies .at
Port Royal were removed to Fort Augusta : one of
them was shortly afterwards ordered to join the head
quarters at Spanish Town.
A detachment of one hundred and eighty-five rank
and file joined at Jamaica from the regimental depot
on the 13th of January, and on the 5th of February
another detachment of twenty-nine joined, making a
total of two hundred and fourteen men.
On the 8th of March, the regiment was again in
spected by Major-General Henry Conran, commanding
the forces at Jamaica, who expressed his approbation of
the correct field movements and interior regularity of
all its departments.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 105
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Stovin, having on the 1821
21st of June obtained leave of absence to return to
England, Major Peter Wilkie assumed the command
of the regiment. On the 18th of August one of the
four companies stationed at Fort Augusta marched to
join the head-quarters at Spanish Town ; and on the
1 7th of October, the three companies at Fort Augusta,
were removed to Port Royal.
On the 24th of October, orders were received from
the Secretary at War to reduce the regiment to an es
tablishment of eight companies, consisting of twenty-
nine serjeants, twelve drummers, and five hundred and
seventy-six rank and file. In consequence of this order,
the regiment was formed into eight companies, six being
stationed at head-quarters in Spanish Town, and two at
Port Royal.
On the 10th of November, a detachment of the regi
ment, consisting of two subalterns, two serjeants, one
drummer, and thirty-two rank and file, embarked for
New Providence.
The fifty-eighth and sixty-first regiments being about
to return to Europe, a general order was issued on the
28th of November, permitting the men to volunteer to
other corps serving in Jamaica; consequently, thirty-
three men from the fifty-eighth, and forty-seven from
the sixty-first, joined the ninety-second regiment.
On the 15th of February, 1822, the two companies 1822
of the regiment stationed at Port Royal embarked for
Port Antonio, where they were detached. On the 19th
of February, the head-quarters and three companies
marched from Spanish Town, embarked on the same
day at Port Henderson, and landed at Falmouth on the
24th of that month ; the other three companies em
barked shortly afterwards for Montego Bay.

106 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1822 In March the regiment was stationed as follows:
head- quarters and two companies at Falmouth, two
companies at Port Antonio, two companies at Lucea,
and two companies at Maroon Town.
Lieut.-Colonel David Williamson joined at Fal
mouth, in Jamaica, on the 1 0th of April, and assumed
the command of the ninety-second, to which he had
been appointed from half-pay of the fourth regiment,
on the 4th of October of the previous year.
A detachment of recruits, consisting of sixty-nine
rank and file, joined on the 25th of April. At this
period the officers of the ninety-second were directed
to wear wings, instead of two bullion epaulets for all
ranks as heretofore.
One of the two companies stationed at Lucea marched
on the 23rd of August to Montego Bay, and on the 27th
of November was moved from thence to Maroon Town.
1823 Major-General Sir John Keane, K.C B., assumed
the command of the troops in Jamaica, on the 1st of
May, 1823, and in the early part of June visited the
different stations of the regiment, when he approved
highly of its discipline and appearance.
Lieut.-General the Honorable Alexander Duff was
appointed colonel of the ninety-second on the 6th of
September, 1823, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir
John Hope, G.C.H., who was removed to the seventy-
second regiment.
1824 A detachment of thirty recruits joined on the 10th
of February, 1824, and they were stationed at Fort
Augusta. The head-quarters of the regiment marched from
Falmouth to Montego Bay on the 5th of April, where
they arrived at daylight on the following morning ;
and on the 7th embarked in H. M. ship " Pyramus,"

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 107
the other two divisions embarking about the same time. 1824
The regiment landed at Fort Augusta on the 10th,
12th, and 16th of April. Six companies and the head
quarters remained at Fort Augusta, and two companies
were detached to Kingston Barracks.
During the two years the regiment was stationed on
the north side, the men enjoyed a high state of health,
considering the climate of Jamaica. Of their conduct
in quarters, the best judgment may be formed from the
following address presented to Lieut.-Colonel William
son, by a committee of the magistrates and vestry of
Trelawny appointed for that purpose : —
" Court House, Falmouth.
"Sir, 5th April, 1824.
" We, the magistrates and vestry of Trelawny,
" cannot permit the departure from this- post, of the
" distinguished regiment under your command, without
" declaring our sense of the exemplary conduct of the
" officers and orderly demeanour of the men, during
" the time they have been stationed among us. In
" expressing our satisfaction at the cordiality that has
" prevailed between your regiment and the inhabitants
" of the district, we cannot but ascribe to you the ex-
" cellent state of discipline which has led to this de-
" sirable result.
" We beg to offer our best wishes for the health of
" yourself and officers, in whatever part of the world
" your military duties may call you to.
(Signed) "Henry Gordon.
" Magistrate Presiding.
" Lieut.-Colonel Williamson,
" Commanding hinety-second regiment."

108 HISTORICAL record of the
1824 About the middle of April, the recruits which had
lately joined were attacked by fever, which carried off
one-third of their number.
On the 21st of June, the regiment, commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel Williamson, was inspected by Major-
General Sir John Keane, who expressed himself highly
pleased with the movements, and the attention which
the men appeared to have paid to the new system of
drill, prescribed by the General Order of the 10th of
March, 1824, according to the improvements introduced
by Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B., Adju
tant-General of the Forces.
Symptoms of insurrection having appeared among
the slaves on the north side of the island, four companies
of the regiment were embarked on the 25th of June
on board His Majesty's ship Hussar ; two of them were
landed on the 28th at Savanna la Mar, and were sta
tioned there ; and on the 30th another was landed at
Black River ; while the fourth remained on board the
frigate on its cruise round the island, and was again
landed at Fort Augusta, where the detachments at
Savanna la Mar, and Lacovia, joined the head-quarters
on the 6th and 7th of August.
1825 On the 13th of September, Major Andrew Robert
Charlton assumed the command of the regiment, Lieut.-
Colonel Williamson having obtained leave of absence
to return to Europe.
The head-quarters and the six companies at Fort
Augusta proceeded on the 13th of January, 1825, to
Up-Park Camp, where the two companies stationed at
Kingston joined on the following day, and the regiment
became united, having been more or less detached since
the 10th of March, 1820.
On the 14th of February, a detachment of twenty-

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS.) 109
four recruits arrived from England ; and a detachment 1 825
of two officers and sixteen recruits joined from England
on the 25th of June.
In July orders were received fixing the establishment
of the regiment at ten companies ; six service and four
depot companies.
About the middle of July, the regiment was attacked
with fever, which, in the course of two months, carried
off Major Ajndrew Robert Charlton, Captain Andrew
Donaldson, Lieutenant and Adjutant James Deans,
and sixty men ; the command then devolved on Captain
Robert Winchester, who was subsequently promoted
to the rank of major in the regiment.
On the 10th of February, 1826, Lieut.-Colonel Wil- 1826
liamson and a detachment of three officers and sixty
men arrived from England on board of His Majesty's
ship " Magnificent."
Major-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., on the 11th
of March, inspected the head-quarters of the regiment,
at Fort Augusta, under Major Winchester, he having
been in command the greater part of the time since
the last annual inspection, and expressed his entire
satisfaction at the soldier-like appearance of the men,
and their correct performance of the field exercises :
the flourishing state of the regimental school attracted
his particular notice amongst the various points of
interior economy.
In August the regiment received orders to be in
readiness for embarkation for England upon being
relieved by the eighty-fourth regiment.
The two companies at Kingston, marched, on the
23rd of December, to Up-Park Camp ; two companies
from Fort Augusta replaced them ; and, on the 24th,
the other two companies proceeded to Kingston Bar-

110 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1826 racks, where the head-quarters were established, leav
ing the sick and hospital establishment at Fort
Augusta, a station which had been found an excellent
convalescent post.
Sickness prevailed to a considerable extent at
Kingston, and therefore changes continually took
place between the three stations, Fort Augusta,
Kingston, and Up-Park Camp.
1827 The first division of the eighty-fourth regiment
having arrived at Fort Augusta on the 3rd of Feb
ruary, 1827, the convalescents of the ninety-second
were removed to Up-Park Camp, to await their
embarkation for Europe.
On the 19th of February, the head-quarters of the
regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel Williamson, embarked,
at Kingston, onboard the "Arab"transport,and sailed
on the 24th, arriving at Spithead on the 25th of
April. The head-quarter division was transshipped from the
" Arab" to the " Amphitrite" and " Zephyr" transports,
in Portsmouth harbour, and sailed for Leith Roads. It
landed at Leith on the 10th of May, and marched to
Edinburgh Castle, where the four depot companies,
from Glasgow, joined on the 23rd of that month, and
were consolidated with the regiment.
The three companies which had been left at Up-
Park Camp, under the command of Major Winchester,
embarked at Kingston on the 30th of March, sailed
on the 3rd of April, landed at Portsmouth on the 21st
of May, and were quartered in Forton Barracks, re-
embarked on the 25th of May, and on the 31st, joined
the head- quarters at Edinburgh Castle, where the
regiment was assembled.
On the 27th of June, the regiment, under Lieut.-

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). Ill
Colonel Williamson, was inspected by Major-General 1821
Sir Robert W. O'Callaghan, K.C.B., commanding in
North Britain. Its strength consisted of thirty-seven
serjeants, eleven drummers, and six hundred and thirty-
one rank and file.
Four companies, under the command of Major 1828
Winchester, marched on the 25th of February, 1828,
for Glasgow Barracks.
The six companies at head-quarters in Edinburgh
Castle, were inspected by Major-General Sir Robert
O'Callaghan on the 3rd of April; on the 23rd, two
companies marched for Glasgow, and on the 24th were
followed by the other two companies with the head
quarters. Two companies being left at Edinburgh
Castle, joined the head-quarters at Glasgow on the
30th of April.
Lieut.-Colonel Williamson having, on the 26th of
May, obtained leave of absence until further orders,
the command of the regiment devolved on Major
Winchester. The regiment embarked on the29th of July, and two
following days, on board the " Eclipse," " Sheffield," and
" Frolic" steam-boats, arriving at Belfast on the 30th
of July, and the two following days, where the regi
ment was billeted.
On the 3rd of August, the regiment embarked at
Belfast, and landed on the following day at Dublin.
The regiment, commanded by Major Winchester
was inspected on the 5th of August, in the Phcenix
Park, by Lieut.-General Sir John Byng, K.C.B.,
commanding the forces in Ireland, and on the 6th and
7th of that month marched for Fermoy, where the
divisions arrived on the 15th and 16th of August.
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112 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1 829 McDonald,* joined and assumed the command of the
ninety-second, he having been appointed to the regi
ment from the half-pay on the 21st of November of
the previous year.
Orders having been received directing that steel-
mounted swords should be adopted by Highland regi
ments, the officers of the ninety-second, immediately
supplied themselves with " Claidheamh mor," similar
to those originally used in the regiment.
1830 A letter, dated 13th of April, 1830, was at this
period received from the Adjutant- General of the
Forces, authorising the adoption of regimental tartan
trousers for all occasions when the kilt is not worn.
On the llth of May, the first division of the regi
ment marched for Kilkenny, and was followed next
day by the head-quarters, at which place they arrived
on the 14th and 15th of May ; detaching a company to
each of the following places— -Carlow, Athy, and Mary
borough. On the 8th of June, another company
marched from head-quarters for New Ross.
The regiment, under Lieut-Colonel John McDonald,
was reviewed on the 5th November, by Lieut.-General
Sir John Byng, K.C.B., commanding the forces in
Ireland, who directed the commanding officer to make
known " the gratification which he felt at witnessing
" their soldier-like appearance, and the correctness of
' ' their movements, as well as the excellent style and
" cleanliness in which their barracks are kept.
" That from their former services together, he con^
" siders them to be old friends, and was therefore the
" more pleased to find the ninety-second greatly im-
" proved since he last saw them, and in a state, which,
* Now Major-General McDonald, commanding the Kilkenny
district in Ireland.

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). 113
c| in their best days, they never surpassed ; and that 1830
'! immediately on his return to Dublin, he would make
*| a point of reporting the very high state of discipline
" in which he found the regiment,and which, he was sure,
" would also afford to General Lord Hill, a pleasure
" the most sincere."
The head-quarter division, consisting of three com
panies, inarched, on the 26th of May, en route to Birr,
and the remaining three companies, under the command
of Major Winchester, marched next day for the same
place, detaching one company to Nenagh.
The head-quarters arrived at Birr on the 29th of
May, and the second division on the 31st of that month ;
the companies from Maryborough, Carlow, Athy, and
Wexford arrived about the same period.
The following is an extract from the regimental
orders, of the 9th of June, relative to the receipt of an
address from the magistrates of Queen's County : 
" The commanding officer directs the following address
" from the magistrates of Queen's County may be en-
" tered in the orderly books, and is confident that every
" soldier will feel proud at the high estimation in which
" the regiment is held by the inhabitants of every
" quarter where it has been stationed, and that the
«' approbation* so lately expressed by His Majesty's
" representative, and the Commander of the forces in this
" country, will act upon their minds as a strong stimulus
" to persevere in the same steady and unerring line of
'' conduct." * Referring to an expression of thanks and approbation from the
Lord Lieutenant to Lieut.-General the Right Honorable Sir John
Byng, K.C.B., and from him to the regiment, for the spontaneous
interference of some soldiers of the grenadier company in saving the
life of a police constable, and retaking a prisoner, who had been
rescued from him bya mob at Maryborough, on the 20th of May, 1830.
I

114 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1830 "Sir, Maryborough, June 7, 1830. '
" We, the undersigned magistrates of Mary-
" borough district, at petty sessions assembled, avail
" ourselves of this, the earliest opportunity of expressing
" our high approbation of the conduct of the different
" detachments of the ninety-second Highlanders,
" quartered in the town of Maryborough for the last
" twelve months. Injustice to the excellent character
" of the men, we feel called upon to testify, that not a
" single complaint was made by the inhabitants against
" any of them, and that their conduct was uniformly
" correct and exemplary.
" The general zeal and intelligence of the officers,
" supported by the steadiness and discipline of the men,
" when co-operating with the civil power, particularly
" during the last winter (in suppressing outrages of a
" white-boy nature, which unhappily extended to our
" hitherto peaceable county),demandour cordial thanks ;
'-' and we beg that you, Sir, will be pleased to make
' known to the officers and men these our sentiments,
" and to assure them that their services will long be
" gratefully remembered by every respectable inha-
" tant of this town and vicinity.
" We have, &c.,
(Signed) " W. Pekceval, J. P.
"D. O'DONOGHUE, J. P.
"Matt. Cassan, J. P.
" Lieut.-Colonel McDonald,
Commanding ninety-second Highlanders,
&c. &c. &c."
On the 18th of June, the regiment was reviewed by
Major-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B., com
manding the Western District. It being the anniver-

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 115
sary of the battle of Waterloo, the regiments performed 1830
a variety of movements, as executed on that memora
ble day ; the ninety-second afterwards went through
the sword exercise, &c, and the Major-General was
pleased to express his approbation of the splendid ap
pearance which the regiment made on that occasion.
On the 8th of October, the head-quarter division,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald, and,
on the following day, the second division, under Major
Winchester, marched from Birr en route to Dublin,
arriving there on the 13th and 14th October respec
tively, and were quartered in the Royal Barracks.
The regiment was inspected on the 30th of October
by Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney, K.C.B., who
expressed his unqualified approbation of its appearance
and interior arrangements.
At this period an address was received from the
magistrates of Nenagh, (Lord Dunally in the chair,)
relative to the good conduct of the detachment of the
regiment, under Captain William Prittie Bayly, lately
stationed at that place.
On the 13th of December, the regiment was formed
in the Palatine Square to receive His Excellency
Lieut.-General the Right Honorable Sir John Byng,
K.C.B., commanding the forces in Ireland. A new
stand of colours (the gift of the officers) was escorted
by the grenadier company from the Lieut.-Colonel's
quarters. His Excellency then made a most appro
priate and flattering speech, in which he alluded to the
anniversary of that day (the battle of the Nive), and
the brilliant and distinguished conduct of the ninety-
second on the occasion, as well as on many others of
which he himself was an eye-witness. After receiving
the colours from the officers of the grenadiers, and re-
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1830 marking how delighted he was to see the names of so
many well-earned battles emblazoned on them, he
placed them in the hands of the ensigns, and the regi
ment saluted.
Addressing Lieut.-Colonel McDonald, His Excel
lency observed, " that he made no allusion to the ne-
" cessity of defending those colours, — that any such
" remark would be out of place when addressing the
" nin ety-second, — however, he could not give the young
" officers and soldiers better advice, than to follow the
" steps of those who preceded them."
To which the Lieut.-Colonel replied, " That if any-
" thing could enhance the value attached to those
" colours by the regiment, it was their being placed in
" the hands of the ensigns by one who had that day
" seventeen years shown himself so very conspicuous in
" planting the colours of a regiment on the enemy's
" redoubts,* and that he pledged himself in the name
" of his brother officers and soldiers for their honor and
" safety." * Lieut.-General Sir John Byng, the present General the Earl of
Strafford, and Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, in consideration of
his gallantry in the action of the 13th of December, 1813, — wherein
he led his troops, under a most galling fire, to the assault of a strong
height occupied in great force by the enemy, and having himself as
cended the hill first with the colour of the thirty-fikst regiment of
foot in his hand, he planted the colour upon the summit, and drove
the enemy (far superior in numbers) down the ridge to the suburbs of
St. Pierre, — received the Royal Authority, on the 7th of July, 1815,
to bear the following honorable augmentation, namely, "Over the
" arms of the family of Byng, in bend sinister, a representation of the
" colour of the thikty-pikst regiment," and the following crest,
namely, " Out of a mural crown an arm embowed, grasping the colour
" of the aforesaid thikty-first regiment, and pendent from the wrist
" by a riband, the Gold Cross presented to him by His Majesty's
" command, as a mark of his royal approbation of his distinguished
" services," and in an escrol above the word " Mouguerre, " being
the name of a height near the hamlet of St. Pierre.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 117
On the 23rd of December, the troops in garrison at 1 830
Dublin, were paraded in review-order to receive
General the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., on his arrival
to assume the government of Ireland, and lined the
streets through which the procession passed to the
Castle. A company of the regiment, in light marching order, 1831
under the command of Captain James Mcintosh, pro
ceeded on the 22nd of February, 1831, by forced
marches to Drumcondra, in the county of Meath,
which was in a state of disturbance, and where immense
assemblages of the population were traversing the
country. The following letter was received from the Assistant
Adjutant-General (Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles
Fitzroy) on the 23rd of February : —
"Sir, "Royal Barracks, Dublin, 23rd February, 1831.
" I have the honor to enclose an extract of a
" letter from the Adjutant-General of the Forces, that
" the same may be entered in your regimental order
" book, and read to the regiment ; and moreover, to
" express the infinite satisfaction Major-General Sir
" Edward Blakeney feels in the good opinion, therein
" expressed, of the General Commanding in Chief, for
" your zeal and exertions in the command of the
" ninety-second regiment (Highlanders), and to con-
" gratulate the regiment on having so well merited this
" testimony. " I have, &c.
(^Signed) " Charles Fitzroy, Lieut- Colonel,
" Assistant Adjutant- General.
" Lieut.-Colouel McDonald,
Commanding ninety-second Highlanders."

118 historical record of the
1831 Extract from a letter, dated 9th of February, 1831
(before alluded to), addressed by the Adjutant-General,
to the Lieut.-General commanding in Ireland : —
" 9th February, 1831.
" The Report on the ninety-second regiment,
" so creditable throughout to the zeal and successful
" exertions of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald in the manage-
" ment of his command, is very satisfactory to His
" Lordship the General Commanding in Chief."
(Signed) " John Macdonald,
Adjutant- General. ' '
The company which had been detached in the county
of Meath returned to its quarters on the 22nd of
March, and on the following day a letter was received,
expressive of the entire approbation of the Lord
Lieutenant of the services performed in the disturbed
district by the troops employed.
The regiment was removed from the Royal Barracks
on the 19th of April ; the head-quarters, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald, consisting of
four companies, with the recruits, were stationed in the
New Barracks, and six companies, under Major Win
chester, at George-street.
Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney, K.C.B.,
inspected the regiment on the 3rd of May, in the
Phoenix Park, in the presence of His Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant and a great concourse of spectators,
on which occasion its movements and appearance drew
forth the admiration of its military superiors.
The head-quarters and four companies from the
New Barracks, and four companies from George-street,
marched, on the 18th of May, to Richmond Barracks,
leaving two companies stationed in George-street,
under the command of Major Hugh Henry Rose.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 119
Lieut.-General Sir John Hamilton Dalrymple, Bart., 1831
(afterwards the Earl of Stair) was appointed by His
Majesty King William IV., to be Colonel of the ninety-
second on the 20th of July, in succession to Lieut.-
General the Honorable Alexander Duff, removed to
the thirty-seventh regiment.
Major-General Sir Edward Blakeney, K.C.B , again
reviewed the regiment in the Phoenix Park, on the 10th
of September, in heavy marching order, and addressing
the officers and men, he said, " that they were all he
" could wish, and that their movements excelled every-
" thing he had ever seen."
On the 26th of September, His Majesty conferred
the honorary distinction of a Knight Companion of the
most Honorable Military Order of the Bath on Lieut.-
ColonelJohn McDonald, of the ninety-second regiment.
The first division, consisting of four companies,
under the command of Brevet-Major Stephen Noel
embarked on the 13th of October, and proceeded by
canal-conveyance to Killaloe : two companies followed
on the 17th, and the head-quarters and remaining
companies, on the 18th of October, under the com
mand of Major Winchester, Lieut.-Colonel McDonald,
having proceeded direct to the head-quarters at Clare
Castle, where they were stationed on the 22nd of
October, and the regiment was distributed at several
places in the county of Clare.
On the 9th of February, 1832, the head-quarter 1832
division from Clare Castle marched into Limerick, and
was quartered in the New Barracks, where it was
joined by the several detachments in the course of
February and March.
A company, under the command of Captain John
Gilbert Ogilvie, proceeded, on the 22nd of March, to

1 20 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1832 Mount Pleasant, near Askeaton, in the county of
Limerick, for the protection of property : it rejoined at
head-quarters on the 4th of April.
Major-General Sir George Bingham, K.C.B., made
his inspection of the regiment on the 7th of May, and
stated that he was particularly gratified by the manner
in which the officers and men went through the whole
of the sword and stick exercise, being the first time he
had ever seen it performed by an entire regiment.
The appearance, movements, and interior economy of
the regiment drew forth his commendation.
On the 9th of May, the regiment marched from
Limerick for Fermoy.
Lieut -General the Right Honorable Sir Hussey
Vivian, Bart., K.C.B., commanding the forces in Ireland,
inspected the regiment on the 6th of August, and
expressed himself highly pleased with its appearance.
The subaltern's detachment, stationed at Galbally,
in the county of Limerick, was, on the 21st of Decem
ber, called upon to protect the persons of two magis
trates whose lives were endangered by the attack of a
mob, while proceeding from thence towards Tipperary ;
at a place called Knockballinamaloo-Cross, the party
were assailed with stones, and a general assault made
on the troops, to their imminent danger. The magis
trates ordered them to fire, and the result was that two
of the mob were killed and several wounded.
The regiment was frequently employed in aid of the
civil power, in keeping the peace, and in enforcing the
collection of tithes ; and in every instance its conduct
and discipline received unqualified approval,
1833 On the 1st of August, 1833, the regiment was
divided into six service and four depot companies, pre
paratory to the embarkation of the former for Gibraltar.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 121
The depot companies inarched from Fermoy to Cork, 1833
and embarked for Londonderry, where they arrived on
the 17th of August.
The depot companies embarked at Londonderry on
the 28th of October, and arrived at Glasgow on the
29th of that month; on the 30th of November they
marched for Greenlaw.
The service companies having marched from Fer- 1834
moy to Middleton, were conveyed in boats to Cork
Harbour, where they embarked on the 21st of February,
1834, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th of March.
On the 1st of May, 1834, the depot companies were
removed to Fort George.
The depot companies were stationed at Fort George 1835
during the first six months of the year 1835, and in
June were removed to Perth.
In January, 1836, the service companies proceeded 1836
from Gibraltar to Malta, where they arrived in February.
The depot companies were removed in July from
Perth to Ireland, and were stationed at Londonderry.
During the year 1837, the ninety-second remained 1837
stationed at Malta.
The regiment was inspected by Major -General Sir
Henry Bouverie, K.C.B., commanding at Malta, on
the 28th of November, when he remarked " the singular
" intelligence and steadiness shown by all the officers
" and men ;" and added, " that the field-day had the
" best effect of any he had ever witnessed."
In May the depot companies proceeded from Lon
donderry to Armagh, and in September following to
Mullingar. The depot companies were removed from Mullingar 1838
to Nenagh in May, and in September proceeded to
Limerick. On the 12th of July, 1838, His Royal Highness the

122 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1838 Prince Maximilian of Bavaria landed at Malta, and
attended a parade of the garrison : on the day following
he examined the barracks occupied by the ninety-
second, and expressed himself much pleased with
every part of the interior economy of the regiment.
On the 30th of November, 1838, the regiment lined
the ramparts at St. Elmo, while the " Hastings"
(seventy-four guns,) entered the harbour with Her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on board. On the following
day the regiment was formed as a Guard of Honor in the
square in front of the palace to receive Her Majesty,
who landed to examine the accommodation prepared
for her, and returned again on board the " Hastings."
On the 4th of December, the Queen Dowager landed
amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants, and occupied
the palace. The field officers, and the heads of depart
ments, were presented to Her Majesty by the Governor
in the evening, and the town and public buildings were
splendidly illuminated.
The Queen Dowager held a levee at the palace on
the 12th of December, when all the officers were pre
sented. The Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain, having
previously intimated Her Majesty's desire to see the
NINETY-SECOND HIGHLAND REGIMENT, whenever it
might be convenient, the officers, immediately after
the levee, repaired to their companies, and the regi
ment was formed in review-order on the Floriana
Parade. After the regiment had marched past in slow
and quick time, and performed several movements,
Her Majesty expressed herself highly pleased with
the appearance of the corps.
1839 In January, 1839, the depot companies proceeded
from Limerick to Birr, where they were stationed
during the year.
The depot companies were removed from Birr to

NINETY-SECOND REGIMF.NT (HIGHLANDERS). 123
Mullingar in January, 1840; and in May proceeded to 1840
Glasgow, from whence in July they inarched to Stirling.
The first division of the regiment, consisting of two 1841
companies, under the command of Brevet-Major Ste
phen Noel, embarked on board the "Somersetshire"
transport, at Malta, on the morning of the 9th of
January 1841, for Barbadoes, and arrived there on the
4th of April. The head- quarters, with four companies
under the command of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Robert
Winchester, embarked on board the " Cornwall "
transport, at Malta, on the morning of the 21st of
January, for Barbadoes, and arrived there on the 4th of
April with the first division.
The head-quarters and two companies were after
wards stationed at St. Vincent, two companies at St.
Lucia and Pigeon Island, and two companies detached
to Dominica. On the 24th of May, a requisition was
received for military aid to suppress a serious disturb -
ance at Kingstown, St. Vincent ; the conduct of the
ninety-second on this occasion received the thanks of
the President of the Council and the House of Assembly
of St. Vincent.
In May, 1841, the depot companies were removed
from Stirling to Fort George, near Inverness.
The service companies of the ninety-second regi- 1842
ment were concentrated at Barbadoes on the 6th of
February, 1842, where they continued during the re
mainder of that year.
In June, 1842, the depot companies proceeded from
Fort George to Dundee.
On the 22nd of May, 1843, the head-quarters and 1843
one company of the regiment, under the command of
Colonel McDonald, C.B., embarked in the " Crocodile "
troop-ship for Trinidad; detachments were also sta
tioned at Grenada and Tobago.

1 24 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE
1843 Her Majesty was pleased to appoint Lieut.-General
Sir William Macbean, K.C.B., to be colonel of the
ninety-second regiment on the 31st of May, in suc
cession to General the Earl of Stair, who was removed
to the forty-sixth regiment.
The company at Tobago embarked on board the
" Java" transport on the 5th of December ; the head
quarters and three companies at Trinidad embarked in
the same ship on the 8th of December ; the two com
panies at Grenada embarked also in the " Java " on the
15th of December, and the ship sailed for Portsmouth
on the 25th of December.
1844 The service companies disembarked at Aberdeen on
the 16th, 17th, and 18th of February, 1844, and were
joined by the depot companies from Dundee.
The regiment proceeded from Aberdeen to Glasgow
in September. On the 8th of October, the regiment
formed part of the procession for the inauguration of
an equestrian statue of Field Marshal the Duke of
Wellington, erected in front of the Exchange at
Glasgow.
1845 In July, 1845, the regiment marched to Edinburgh
Castle, where it was stationed during that year.
1846 On the 6th of April, 1846, a letter of thanks was
received from the Magistrates and Commissioners of
Police of Edinburgh, for the promptness and efficiency
with which a piquet of the regiment, under Captain
Sutherland, attended, and assisted in saving property,
and preserving order, during a calamitous fire at night
in the New Town of Edinburgh.
The ninety-second regiment embarked for Belfast
in April, 1846, and in August following was removed
to Enniskillen.
Major John Alexander Forbes was promoted to the
rank of lieut.-colonel in the ninety-second regiment

NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGIlLANDEIls). 125
on the 9th of November, 1846, in succession to Colonel 1846
John McDonald, C.B., who was promoted major-gene
ral on the same date.
In May, 1847, the regiment was removed from 1847
Enniskillen to Dublin, and in December it proceeded
to Limerick.
The regiment proceeded in December, 1848, from 1848
Limerick to Clonmel, in the Kilkenny district, which
was under the command of Major-General John
McDonald ; his former regiment thus became again
under his orders.
The regiment remained at Clonmel during the 1849
year 1849.
On the 2nd of April, 1850, the ninety-second regi- 1850
ment marched from Clonmel to Kilkenny.
On the 9th of December, orders were given for the
regiment to be formed into six service and four depot
companies, preparatory to the embarkation of the
former for the Ionian Islands.
In February, 1851, the service companies proceeded 1851
from Kilkenny to Fermoy, and the depot companies to
Carlow : a complimentary address was received from
the mayor and citizens of Kilkenny, on the ninety-
second quitting that city, expressive of the regret they
experienced in parting with the regiment, the conduct
of which had gained the esteem of all classes.
The service companies embarked at Cork on the
14th of April, on board of Her Majesty's troop-ship
" Apollo" and the freight ship " Edmonstone " for
Corfu, the head-quarters being under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Mark Kerr Atherley.

126 historical record of the

Conclusion.
The foregoing pages contain a detail of the services
of the ninety-second highland regiment for fifty-
eight years from the period of its formation in 1793,
during which it has shared in the honors acquired in
many of the arduous and distinguished actions, which
have largely increased the fame of the British army.
The distinctions, which it has gained on active foreign
service, are duly attested by the inscriptions on the
regimental colour, and the national credit of the regi
ment has been maintained by its correct and orderly
conduct, and its attention to the rules of discipline, in
every station at which it has been employed, whether
at home or abroad.

1851.

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ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 127

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT
(HIGHLANDERS).

George, Marquis op Huntly.
Appointed 3rd May, 1796.
George, Marquis op Huntly, son of Alexander, fourth
Duke of Gordon, choosing the profession of arms, was ap
pointed to a commission in the thirty-fifth regiment in
1790. In the same year he raised an independent company
of Highlanders; and exchanging, in January, 1791, to the
forty-second regiment, he brought with him a fine band
of young Highlanders. On the 11th of July, 1792, he was
promoted to captain-lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the
third Foot Guards. He accompanied the detachment of
Foot Guards to Flanders in the spring of 1793, was at the
action of St. Amand on the 8th of May, and was engaged in
driving the French from the position at the village of Famars
on the 23rd of May. He was subsequently employed at the
siege of Valenciennes, which fortress surrendered to the
Duke of York in July. On the 18th of August he was en
gaged at Lincelles ; and he afterwards served at the siege of
Dunkirk. When the army went into winter quarters, the
Marquis or Huntly returned to England, and in the fol
lowing year was raised a corps of Highlanders, which was num
bered the hundredth regiment, now the ninety-second, of
which he was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant on

128 historical record op the
the 10th of February, 1794. He accompanied his regiment
to Gibraltar ; and on his return to England, he was captured
by a French privateer. He afterwards rejoined his regiment
at the island of Corsica, where he served upwards of a year ;
and on the 3rd of May, 1 796, he was promoted to the rank of
colonel. On the breaking out of the rebellion in Ireland,
in 1798, he joined his regiment in that country, where he
served as brigadier-general, and was actively employed
against the rebels, particularly in "Wexford. He accom
panied the expedition to Holland in 1 799, was at the land
ing at the Helder, and continued actively employed until
the 2nd of October, when he was wounded at the battle of
Egmont-op-Zee. On the 1st of January, 1801, he was pro
moted to the rank of major-general ; and in 1803 he was ap
pointed to the staff of North Britain, where he served three
years. In January, 1806, lie was appointed to the colonelcy
of the forty-second, or the Royal Highlanders ; and in April,
1808, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general.
He commanded a division in the expedition to Holland in
1809 ; and in August, 1819, he was advanced to the rank of
general. In 1 820 he was removed to the first, — the Royal
Regiment of Foot, — and in a few months afterwards he was
nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable
Military Order of the Bath. In 1827 he succeeded, on the
decease of his father, to the dignity of Duke op Gordon: he
was also appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle, and
Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. In 1834 he was re
moved to the Scots Fusilier Guards. He was distinguished
as a kind-hearted and gallant nobleman and soldier, — con
tributing largely to many charitable institutions. His social,
private, and public virtues, endeared him to his family and
friends ; and a succession of uninterrupted acts of philan
thropy procured him universal esteem. He died on the 28th
of May, 1836 ; and his remains, by especial command of his
Majesty King William IV., were escorted by the first
battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards from London to
G reenwich, where they were placed on board a steam-vessel,
for the purpose of being conveyed to Scotland for interment
in a mausoleum erected on the paternal estate. By his
Grace's decease the dukedom became extinct.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 129
John, Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.B.
Appointed 3rd January, 1806.
The Honorable John Hope, son of John, second Earl
of Hopetoun, evinced a predilection for the profession of
arms from his youth, and served as a volunteer in his fifteenth
year. On the 28th of May, 1784, he was appointed cornet
in the tenth Light Dragoons ; two years afterwards, he was
nominated lieutenant in the twenty-seventh foot, and in 1789,
captain in the seventeenth Light Dragoons; in 1792, he was
promoted major in the first foot, and in the. following year,
lieutenant-colonel in the twenty-fifth regiment, with which
corps he served in the West Indies, where he was appointed
adjutant-general, and served the campaigns of 1794, 1795,
1796, and 1797, with great distinction, being particularly
noticed in the orders and public despatches of Lieutenant-
General Sir Ralph Abercromby, and other commanders. In
1796, he was elected a member of parliament for the county
of Linlithgow. He was nominated deputy adjutant-general
to the expedition to Holland in 1799, and was severely
wounded at the landing in North Holland on the 27th of
August. In 1800, he was appointed adjutant-general to the
army in the Mediterranean, under Lieutenant-General Sir
Ralph Abercromby, and served iu the expedition to Egypt :
he was at the actions of the 8th and 13th of March, 1801,
and was wounded before Alexandria on the 21st of March,
when Sir Ralph Abercromby received a wound, of which
he died on the 28th of March. Brigadier-General Hope
recovered, and requesting to have a brigade, was succeeded
as adjutant-general by Colonel Abercromby. On the 16th
of June, he joined the army before Cairo, with the twenty -
eighth and forty-second regiments, and he afterwards evinced
ability in conducting the negotiations for the surrender of the
capital of Egypt by the French troops, under General Belliard.
He continued in the command of a brigade until the deliverance
of Egypt was accomplished, and received the second class of
the Order of the Crescent established by the Grand Seignior.
In 1802, his services were rewarded by the colonelcy of the
North Lowland Fencible Infantry, and the rank of major-
general ; to which was added, in June, 1805, the appointment K

130 historical record of the
of deputy-governor of Portsmouth; but he resigned this
appointment soon afterwards, to accompany the troops sent to
Hanover under Lieutenant-General Lord Cathcart. In
October, 1805, he was appointed colonel-commandant of a
battalion of the sixtieth regiment ; and in 1 806, he succeeded
the Marquis of Huntly in the colonelcy of the ninety-second
regiment. On the 25th of April, 1808, he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general. He was nominated second in
command of the expedition to the Baltic, under Lieutenant-
General Sir John Moore, and afterwards accompanied the
troops to Portugal. He commanded a division of the army
which advanced into Spain, under Sir John Moore, and shared
in that campaign ; and in the battle of Corunna, when he suc
ceeded to the command of the army, — Sir John Moore being
killed, and Sir David Baird wounded — he was successful in
repulsing the attack of the French under Marshal Soult. On
the embarkation of the army, he took particular care to prevent
any soldier being left behind, and was the last man who went
on board the fleet. His despatch contains an interesting account
of the battle.* He was thanked for his distinguished services
by parliament, was honored with the approbation of his Sove
reign, and the admiration and applause of his country ; and
was nominated a Knight of the Most Honorable Military
Order of the Bath. After his return from Spain, he served
with the Walcheren expedition, under General the Earl of
Chatham, and was subsequently appointed commander-in-chief
in Ireland, from which he was removed, in 1813, to the
appointment of second in command in the peninsula. Lieute
nant-General Sir John Hope, commanded the left wing of
the army at the battle of the Nivelle on the 10th of November,
and signalized himself at the battle of the Nive, in December ;
on which occasion the British commander stated in his public
despatch — " I cannot sufficiently applaud the ability, coolness,
" and judgment, of Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope."
He passed the Adour with the left wing of the army in
February, 1814, and blockaded the important fortress of
Bayonne, — in which service he evinced great ability and
perseverance : and he remained in the command of the
blockading force until the termination of the war. After
Napoleon had abdicated, the French commandant at Bayonne

* Inserted in Appendix, pages 136 and 137.

ninety-second regiment (Highlanders). 131
not believing the news, made a sortie on the night of the 14th
of April, and gained some advantage. Lieutenant-General
Sir John Hope coming up with some troops in the dark,
encountered the enemy, when his horse being shot, fell upon
him, and he was wounded and taken prisoner. The French
were, however, repulsed. At the restoration of peace, he
returned to England with a high reputation. He received
the thanks of parliament ; a medal and a clasp for the battles
of Corunna and the Nive ; was elevated to the peerage of the
United Kingdom by the title of Baron Niddry, of Niddry,
in the county of Linlithgow, and was nominated a Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Military Order of the
Bath. He afterwards succeeded to the dignity of Earl op
Hopetoun. In 1819, he was promoted to the rank of
General, and was appointed colonel of the forty-second, or
the Royal Highlanders, in 1820. He died at Paris on the
27th of August, 1823. Sir John Hope, G.C.H.
Appointed 29th January, 1 820.
John Hope entered the Dutch service, as a cadet, in one of
the regiments of the Scots Brigade (Houston's) in the service
of the United Provinces, in 1778, and served at Bergen-op-Zoom
and Maestretcht, going through the subordinate ranks of cor
poral and serjeant. In 1779 he was appointed ensign, and in
1782 he was promoted captain of a company ; but, being called
upon to renounce his allegiance to the British monarch, he quit
ted the Dutch service, and in 1787 he was appointed captain in
the sixtieth foot, but his company was soon afterwards reduced.
On the 30th of June, 1788, he was appointed captain in the
thirteenth Light Dragoons, and in 1792 he was nominated
aide-de-camp to Lieut.-General Sir William Erskine, in which
capacity he served the campaigns of 1793 and 1794, in
Holland, and returned to England in 1795, when he was pro
moted to the majority of the twenty-eighth Light Dragoons,
and in 1796 to the lieut.-colonelcy of the same corps, with
which he embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in the
same year. He served at the Cape until 1799, when his
regiment was incorporated in other corps, and he returned to
England, In April, 1799, he was appointed to the thirty-
seventh foot, which corps he joined, in 1800, in the West
k 2

132 historical record of the
Indies, where he remained until 1804, when he returned to
England, and exchanged to the sixtieth regiment. In 1805
he was nominated assistant adjutant-general in Scotland, and
in 1807 he served as deputy adjutant-general to the expedi
tion to Copenhagen, under Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart.
He was appointed brigadier-general on the staff of North
Britain in 1808, and subsequently deputy adjutant-general in
that part of the United Kingdom. He was promoted to the
rank of major-general in 1810, and appointed to the staff of
the Severn district, from whence he was removed to the staff
of the Peninsula in 1812, and served with the army under
the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Salamanca, for which
he received a medal. He subsequently served on the staff of
Ireland and North Britain until 1819, when he was promoted
to the rank of lieut.-general. He was honored with the
dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian
Guelphic Order. In 1820 he was appointed colonel of the
ninety-second regiment, from which he was removed, in
1823, to the seventy -second Highlanders. He died in August
1836.
Honorable Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.H.
Appointed 6th September, 1823.
Removed to the thirty-seventh regiment on the 20th of
July, 1831. John Earl of Stair, K.T.
Appointed 20th July, 1831.
Removed to the forty-sixth regiment on the 31st May, 1843.
Sir William Macbean, K.C.B.
Appointed 31st Mag, 1843.

ninety -second regiment (Highlanders).

133

Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels in the Ninety-Second
Regiment (Highlanders).

Name.

Date of
Appointment.

Date of
Removal.

Remarks.

The Marquis of Huntly
{Lieut.- Col. Comman
dant.)

10 Feb, 1794

3 May 1796

Promoted Colonel of
the NINETY-SECOND
Regiment on the
3rd of May, 1796.

Charles Erskine . .

I May 1795

Died of wounds re
ceived in action
near Alexandria,
on the 13th of
March, 1801.

James Robertson .

11 Oct. 1798

3 Aug.1804

Retired on half-pay.

Alexander Napier

5 Apr. 1801

" *

Killed at the battle
of Corunna, on the
16th of January,
1809.

James Willoughby
Gordon, {afterwards
Quarter-Master Gen.
to the Forces') .

4 Aug. 1804

13 June 1808

Promoted Lieut.-
Colonel Comman
dant of the Royal
African Corps.

John Cameron

23 June 1808

• •

Killed at Quatre
Bras, on the 16th of
June 1815.

John Lamont .

30 Mar. 1809

25 Dec. 1814

Retired on half-pay.

James Mitchell .

13 June 1815

1 Sept. 1819

Retired.

Sir Frederick Stovin .

2 Sept. 1819

8 Aug. 1821

Removed to the 90th
" foot.

Wm. Brydges Neynoe

9 Aug. 1821

3 Oct. 1821

Exchanged to half-
pay of the 4th Foot

David Williamson

4 Oct. 1821

20 Nov. 1828

Retired.

John McDonald

21 Nov. 1828

8 Nov. 1846

Promoted Major-
General on the 9th
of November, 1846

John Alex. Forbes .

9 Nov. 1846

22 Nov. 1849

Retired.

Mark Kerr Atherley .

23 Nov. 1849

134

historical record of the

Succession of Majors- of the Ninety-Second Regiment
(Highlanders).

Name.

Date of

Date of

Remarks.

Appointment.

Removal.

Charles Erskine .

10 Feb.. 1794

30 Apr. 1795

Promoted Lt.-Col. of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.

Donald McDonald .

20 Aug. 1794

11 Mar. 1796

Retired.

Simon McDonald. .

1 May 1795

16 Jan. 1799

Retired. v

Alexander Napier

12 Mar. 1796

4 Apr. 1801

Promoted Lt.-Col. of

1*

the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.
John Gordon .
17 Jan. 1799
22 Jan. 1806
Retired.
John Cameron
5 Apr. 1801
22 June 1808
Promoted Lt.-Col. of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.
William Morris
9 July 1803
15 Aug. 1805
Removed to the 8th
Veteran Battalion.
Hon. John Ramsay .
> »
1 June 1804
Exchanged to half
pay.
John Lamont . . .
2 June 1804
29 Mar. 1809
Promoted Lt-Col. of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.
Archibald McDonnell
29 Aug. 1805
25 Jan. 1813
Promoted Lt.-Col.
13th Veteran Batt.
James Watson
23 Jan. 1806
23 May 1810
Retired
Peter Grant . . .
23 June 1808
25 Nov. 1812
Retired upon full
pay.
James Mitchell .
30 Mar. 1809
13 June 1815
Promoted Lt-Col. of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.
Archibald Campbell .
24 May 1810
6 Jan. 1813
Retired.
Donald Macdonald .
26 Nov. 1812
25 Nov. 1818
Exchanged to half
pay of the Malta
Regiment.
William Phipps .
7 Jan. 1813
25 Dec. 1814
Retired on half pay.
John Macpherson
15 Apr. 1813
Died on 1st January,
1814.
James Seaton .
10 Feb. 1814
Died of wounds re
ceived in the action
at Gam's on 22nd
of March 1814.
James Lee.
28 Apr. 1814
25 Dec. 1814
Retired on half pay.
George W. Holmes .
18 June 1815
21 Oct. 1818
Retired.
ninety-second regiment (Highlanders).

135

Succession of Majors of the Ninety-Second Regiment
(Highlanders) — continued.

Name.

Date of
Appointment.

Date of
Removal.

Remarks.

Archibald Ferrier

22 Oct. 1818

• •

Died on the 23rd of
September 1819.

John Blainey . >

26 Nov. 1818

¦ •

Died on the 28th of
August 1819.

Peter Wilkie . . .

4 Nov. 1819

24 Sept 1823

Retired.

George Couper .

30 Dec. 1819

19 Mar. 1823

Exchanged to the
half pay of the Ca
nadian Fencibles.

James Forrest Fulton

20 Mar. 1823

12 May, 1824

Retired.

Andr. Robt. Charlton

25 Sept. 1823

Died in Aug. 1825.

John Spink

13 May 1824

20 May 1826

Promoted Lt-Col.
Unattached.

Robert Winchester .

16 Aug. 1825

31 Oct. 1842

Retired on full pay.

Isaiah Linwood Verity

9 Feb. 1826

21 Mar. 1827

Retired.

Hon. James Sinclair .

22 Mar. 1827

18 Feb. 1829

Exchanged to half
pay.

Hugh Henry Rose

19 Feb. 1829

16 Sept. 1839

Promoted Lt.-Col.
Unattached.

Jno. Alex. Forbes .

17 Sept. 1839

8 Nov. 1846

Promoted Lt.-Col.of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment

Geo. Edward Thorolc

1 Nov. 1842

Mark Kerr Atherley .

9 Nov. 1846

22 Nov. 1849

Promoted Lt-Col. of
the NINETY-SECOND
regiment.

Arch. Inglis Lockharl

23 Nov. 1849

[ 137

APPENDIX.

Horse Guards,
" General Orders. 16th May, 1801.
" The recent events which have occurred in Egypt have
induced His Majesty to lay his most gracious commands on
His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to convey to
the troops employed in that country His Majesty's highest
approbation of their conduct ; and at the same time His
Majesty has deemed it expedient that these his gracious senti
ments should be communicated to every part of his army, not
doubting that all ranks will thereby be inspired with an
honorable spirit of emulation, and an eager desire of distin
guishing themselves in their country's service.
"Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty
ascribes the successes that have attended the exertions of his
troops in Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent
in Britons ; but His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly
and most forcibly impressed on the consideration of every
part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order,
discipline, and military system, which has given its full energy
to the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them
proudly to assert the superiority of the national military
character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under cir
cumstances of peculiar difficulty.
" The illustrious example of their Commander cannot fail
to have made an indelible impression on the gallant troops, at
whose head, crowned with victory and glory, he terminated
his honorable career ; and His Majesty trusts that a due
contemplation of the talents and virtues which he uniformly
displayed in the course of his valuable life, will for ever endear
the memory of Sir Ralph Ajjercrommi to the British army.

138 APPENDIX.
" His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief having thus
obeyed His Majesty's commands, cannot forbear to avail him
self of this opportunity of recapitulating the leading features
of a series of operations so honorable to the British arms.
" The boldness of the approach to the coast of Aboukir, in
defiance of a powerful and well-directed artillery ; the orderly
formation upon the beach, under the heaviest fire of grape and
musketry ; the reception and repulse of the enemy's cavalry
and infantry ; the subsequent charge of our troops, which
decided the victory, and established a footing on the shores of
Egypt, are circumstances of glory never surpassed in the
military annals of the world.
" The advance of the army, on the 13th of March, towards
Alexandria, presents("the spectacle of a movement of infantry
through an open country, who, being attacked upon their
march, formed, and repulsed the enemy ; then advanced in
line for three miles, engaged along their whole front, until
they drove the enemy to seek his safety under the protection
of his entrenched position. Such had been the order and
regularity of the advance.
"Upon the 21st of March, the united force of the French
in Egypt attacked the position of the British army.
" An attack, begun an hour before daylight, could derive
no advantage over the vigilance of an army ever ready to re
ceive it. The enemy's most vigorous and repeated efforts
were directed against the right and centre. Our infantry
fought in the plain, greatly inferior in the number of their
artillery, and unaided by cavalry.
" They relied upon their discipline and their courage. The
desperate attacks of a veteran cavalry, joined to those of a
numerous infantry, which had vainly styled itself ' Invincible]
were everywhere repulsed ; and a conflict the most severe
terminated in one of the most signal victories which ever
adorned the annals of the British nation.
" In bringing forward these details, the Commander-in-Chief
does not call upon the army merely to admire but to emulate
such conduct. Every soldier who feels for the honor of his
country, while he exults in events so splendid and important
in themselves, will henceforth have fresh motives for cherishing
and enforcing the practice of discipline, and by uniting, in the
greatest perfection, order and precision with activity and

APPENDIX. 139
courage, will seek to uphold, and transmit undiminished to
posterity, the Glory and Honor of the British Arms.
" Nor is a less useful example to be derived from the con
duct of the distinguished Commander who fell in the field.
His steady observance of discipline, his ever-watchful attention
to the health and wants of his troops, the persevering and un
conquerable spirit which marked his military career, the
splendour of his actions in the field, and the heroism of his
death, are worthy the imitation of all who desire, like him,
a life of honor and a death of glory.
" By Order of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-
Chief,
" Harry Calvert,
'* Colonel and Adjutant- General."

The following Regiments were employed in Egypt, in 1801,
and were permitted by His Majesty King George the Third,
to bear on their colours the Sphinx, with the word " Egypt,"
as a distinguished mark of His Majesty's Royal approbation,
and as a lasting memorial of the glory acquired to His Ma
jesty's arms by the zeal, discipline, and intrepidity of his troops
in that arduous and important campaign, viz.: —
Corps. Commanding Officers.
J8th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop . Captain Hawkins.
11th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop . Captain A. Money.
12th , , . Colonel Mervyn Archdall.
t22nd , , . Lieut.-Col. Hon. Wm. Lumley.
26th (afterwards 23rd) LightlLieut..Colonel Eobert Gordon.
Dragoons  )
Hompescb's Hussars (detachment) Major Sir Robert T. Wilson.
Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Brice.
3rd Foot Guards, 1st Battalion . Lieut.-Colonel T. Hilgrove Turner.
Royals, 2nd Battalion . . . Lieut.-Colonel Duncan Campbell.
2nd Queen's Royal .... Colonel the Earl of Dalhousie.
8th Foot, King's  Colonel Gordon Drummond.
*10th  Lieut-Colonel Richard Quarrell.
13th ,,....... ,, Hon. Chas. Colville.
18th, Royal Irish  ,, Henry T. Montresor.
f 20th Foot, 1st and 2nd Battalions , , George Smith.
23rd, Royal Welsh Fusiliers . , , John Hall.

140 APPENDIX.
Corps. Commanding Officers.
f24th Foot  Lieut-Colonel John R. Forster.
f25th ,  Colonel William Dyott
f26th , ,  , , Lord Elphinstone.
27th, Inniskilling, 1st & 2nd Bns. Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Graham.
28th Foot  Colonel Hon. Edward Paget.
30th , ,  Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Wilkinson.
40th , , (Flank Companies) . Colonel Brent Spencer.
42nd, Royal Highland Regt. . . Lieut-Colonel William Dickson.
44th Foot  , , David Ogilvie.
50th Foot  Colonel Patrick Wauchope.
54th ,, 1st and 2nd Battalions Lieut.-Colonel John Thos. Layard.
58th  , , William Houston.
|61st ,  , . Francis Carruthers. i
79th , ,  Colonel Alan Cameron.
*80th , ,  Lieut.-Colonel John Montresor.
*86th , ,  , , James P. Lloyd.
*88th ,  Colonel Wm. Carr Beresford.
89th , ,  , , William Stewart.
90th , ,  , , Rowland Hill.
92nd ,  Lieut-Colonel Charles Erskine.
f De Watteville's Regiment . . Lieut-Col. Louis de Watteville.
The Queen's German Regiment Lt.-Col. Peter John James Dutens.
De Roll's Regiment .... , , The Baron De Diirler.
Dillon's Regiment .... , , The Baron Perponcher.
Royal Corsican Rangers . . . Major Hudson Lowe.
t Ancient Irish Fencibles . . .
f Chasseurs Britanniques . . . Colonel John Ramsay.
Staff Corps (detachment).
* The 10th, 80th, 86th, and 88th Regiments proceeded from the East
Indies, under the orders of Major-General David Baird, to join the army
in Egypt.
f The 22nd Light Dragoons, 20th (two battalions), 24th, 25th, and
26th Regiments, the Ancient Irish Fencibles, and the foreign corps of
De Watteville and Chasseurs Britanniques, joined the Army in Egypt in
July, 1801.
1 One troop of the 8th Light Dragoons and the 6lst Regiment, embarked
from the Cape of Good Hope, joined the army under Major-General
Baird at Cosseir in July, 1801, and proceeded through the Desert to
Gheneh, or Kenneh, on the Nile, where the troops embarked for Cairo.

APPENDIX.

141

List of Regiments which composed the army under Lieut. General Lord
Cathcart, employed in the Expedition to Copenhagen in the year
1807. Corps. Officers. Men.
Royal Artillery  65 1,545
Royal Engineers . *  15 53
Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion  44 1,300
Scots Fusilier Guards ,,  40 1,292
4th Regiment of Foot , ,  46 1 , 061
7th Royal Fusiliers , ,  37 786
8th Foot , ,  36 859
23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , ,  46 1,054
28th Regiment ,,  48 1,158
32nd ,, ,,  36 727
43rd ,, ,  51 1,065
50th ,, ,,  36 957
52nd ,, 2nd Battalion  31 712
79th ,, 1st Battalion  44 1,044
82nd ,, ,,  38 826
92nd ,, ,, ....... 38 1,039
95th (Rifle Brigade) part of 1st and 2nd Battalions . 49 967
Total British  700 16,445

King's German Legion. Officers. Men.
1st Light Dragoons  36 610
2nd  41 620
3rd ,,  40 621
Royal Artillery  34 675
1st Battalion of the Line  39 824
2nd ,,  38 837
3rd ,,  41 815
4th ,,  41 813
5th ,,  41 802
6th ,,  42 835
7th ,,  39 830
8th ,,  41 726
1st Battalion Light Infantry  40 825
2nd ,,  24 532
Depot Company  •  3 130
Garrison Company  2 60
Total King's German Legion . . 542 10,555
General Total  1,242 27,000

1 42 APPENDIX.
" GENERAL Orders. His Majesty's Ship, 'Audacious,'
18th January, 1809.
" The irreparable loss that has been sustained by the fall of
the Commander of the Forces (Lieut.-General Sir John
Moore), and the severe wound which has removed Lieut.-
General Sir David Baird from his station, render it the
duty of Lieut.-General Hope to congratulute the army upon
the successful result of the action of the 16th instant.
" On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troop
ever been more manifest. At the termination of a severe and
harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority which
the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired
the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be
encountered. " These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops
themselves ; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever
advantages of position, or of numbers he may employ, there
is inherent in the British officers and soldiers, a bravery that
knows not how to yield, that no circumstances can appal,
and that will ensure victory when it is to be obtained by the
exertion of any human means.
" The Lieut.-General has the greatest satisfaction in dis
tinguishing such meritorious services, as came within his obser
vation, or have been brought to his knowledge.
" His acknowledgments are, in a peculiar manner, due to
Lieut.-General Lord "William Bentinck, and the brigade
under his command, consisting of the fourth, forty- second,
and fiftieth regiments, and which sustained the weight of the
attack. " Major-General Manningham, with his brigade, consisting
of the Royals, the twenty-sixth and eighty-first regiments, and
Major-General Warde, with the brigade of Guards, will also
be pleased to accept his best thanks for their steady and gallant
conduct during the action.
" To Major-General Paget, who, by a judicious movement
of the reserve, effectually contributed to check the progress of
the enemy on the right ; and to the first battalion of the fifty-
second and ninety-fifth regiments, which were thereby en
gaged, the greatest praise is justly due.
" That part of Major-General Leith's brigade which was
engaged, consisting of the fifty-ninth regiment, under

APPENDIX. 143
the conduct of the Major-General, also claims marked ap
probation. " The enemy not having rendered the attack on the left a
serious one, did not afford to the troops stationed in that
quarter an opportunity of displaying that gallantry which
must have made him repent the attempt.
" The piquets and advanced posts, however, of the brigades
under the command of Major- Generals Hill and Leith, and
Colonel Catlin Craufurd, conducted themselves with deter
mined resolution ; and were ably supported by the officers
commanding these brigades, and by the troops of which they
were composed.
" It is peculiarly incumbent upon the Lieut.-General to
notice the vigorous attack made by the second battalion of the
fourteenth regiment under Lieut.-Colonel Nicolls, which drove
the enemy out of the village, of the left of which he had
possessed himself.
" The exertions of Lieut.- Colonel Murray, Quarter-Master
General, and of the other officers of the General Staff, during
the action, were unremitted, and deserve every degree of
approbation. "The illness of Brigadier- General Clinton, Adjutant-
General, unfortunately deprived the army of the benefit of his
services. " The Lieut.-General hopes the loss in point of numbers is
not so considerable as might have been expected ; he laments,
however, the fall of the gallant soldiers and valuable officers
who have suffered.
" The Lieut.-General knows that it is impossible, in any
language he can use, to enhance the esteem, or diminish the
regret, that the army feels with him for its late Commander
His career has been unfortunately too limited for his country,
but has been sufficient for his own fame. Beloved by the
army, honored by his Sovereign, and respected by his country,
he has terminated a life devoted to her service, by a glorious
death, — leaving his name as a memorial, an example, and an
incitement, to those who shall follow him in the path of honor,
and it is from his country alone that his memory can receive
the tribute which is its due.
(Signed) " John Hope, Lieut.- General."

144 APPENDIX.
" General Orders. Horse Guards,
\st February, 1809.
" The benefits derived to an army from the example of a
distinguished Commander, do not terminate at his death ; his
virtues live in the recollection of his associates, and his fame
remains the strongest incentive to great and glorious actions.
" In this view, the Commander-in-Chief, amidst the deep and
universal regret which the death of Lieut.-General Sir John
Moore has occasioned, recalls to the troops the military
career of that illustrious officer for their instruction and
imitation. " Sir John Moore from his youth embraced the profession
with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier ; he felt that a
perfect knowledge, and an exact performance of the humble,
but important duties of a subaltern officer, are the best found
ations for subsequent military fame ; and his ardent mind,
while it looked forward to those brilliant achievements for
which it was formed, applied itself, with energy and exemplary
assiduity, to the duties of that station.
" In the school of regimental duty, he obtained that correct
knowledge of his profession so essential to the proper direction
of the gallant spirit of the soldier ; and he was enabled to
establish a characteristic order and regularity of conduct, be
cause the troops found in their leader a striking example of
the discipline which he enforced on others.
" Having risen to command, he signalized his name in the
West Indies, in Holland, and in Egypt. The unremitting
attention with which he devoted himself to the duties of every
branch of his profession, obtained him the confidence of Sir
Ralph Abercromby, and he became the companion in arms of
that illustrious officer, who fell at the head of his victorious
troops, in an action which maintained our national superiority
over the arms of France.
" Thus Sir John Moore at an early period obtained, with
general approbation, that conspicuous station, in which he
gloriously terminated his useful and honorable life.
"In a military character obtained amidst the dangers of
climate, the privations incident to service, and the sufferings
of repeated wounds, it is difficult to select any one point as
a preferable subject for praise ; it exhibits, however, one
feature so particularly characteristic of the man, and so im-

appendix. 145
portant to the best interests of the service, that the Commander-
in-Chief is pleased to mark it with his peculiar approbation —
" The life op SIR JOHN MOORE was spent among
the troops.
" During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the
care and instruction of the officer and soldier ; in war he
courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of
personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his
country called him, the post of honor, and by his undaunted
spirit and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to
victory. " His country, the object of his latest solicitude, will rear a
monument to his lamented memory, and the Commander-in-
Chief feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame by thus
holding him forth as an Example to the Army.
" By order of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
" Harry Calvert, Adjutant- General."

146

APPENDIX.

The following Regiments composed the Army under Lieut.-
General Sir John Moore, at Corunna, on the 16th
January, 1809.

Corps.

Commanding Officers.

7th Light Dragoons . .

. Lieut.-Colonel Vivian.

10th

, , Leigh.

15th ,

.

, , Grant.

18th ,

, , Jones.

3rd ,

(King's Germ.

jeg.)Major Burgwesel.

Artillery -



• Colonel Harding.

Engineers .



. Major Fletcher.

Waggon Train Detachment .

. Lieut-Colonel Langley.

1st Foot Guards, 1st Battalio

n . , , Cocks.

, ,

3rd ,,

, , Wheatley.

1st Foot.

.3rd ,,

. Major Muller.

2nd ,, .

. . 1st ,,

. Lieut.-Colonel Iremonger.

4th ,, .

. .1st , ,

, , Wynch.

5th ,, .

.1st ,,

, , Mackenzie.

6th ,, .

. .1st ,,

. Major Gordon.

9th ,, .

.1st ,,

. Lieut-Colonel Cameron.

14th ,, .

. .2nd , ,

, , Nicolls.

20th , , .

• •

, , Ross.

23rd ,, .

.2nd ,,

, , Wyatt

26th ,, .

.1st ,,

, , Maxwell.

28th ,, .

, . 1st ,,

, Belson.

32nd , , .

. 1st , ,

, , Hinde.

36th ,, .

.1st ,,

, , Burn.

38th ,, .

. .1st , ,

, , Hon. Chas. Grevi

42nd , , . .

.1st ,,

, , Stirling.

43rd ,, .

.1st , ,

Gifford.

43rd ,, .

.2nd , ,

Hull.

50th ,, .

. . 1st ,,

, Major Charles Napier.

51st ,, .

.

. Lieut.-Colonel Darling.

52nd , , .

.1st , ,

, , Barclay.

52nd , , .

.2nd ,,

, , John Ross.

59th ,, .

. 2nd ,,

, , Fane.

60th ,, .

.2nd ,,

, , Codd.

60th ,, .

. .5th , ,

. Major Davy.

7 1st , , .

. .1st ,,

Lieut.-Colonel Pack.

76th , , .

.1st ,,

, , Symes.

79th ,, .

. .1st

, , Cameron.

81st ,, .

.2nd

. Major Williams.

82nd ,, .

.

, , M'Donald.

91st ,, .

. 1st ,,

, , Douglas.

92nd ,, .

.1st ,,

. Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Napier

95th (Rifle E

eg.) 1st ,,

, , Beckwith.

» » * t

2nd ,,

Wade.

Staff Corps I

•etachment .

, , Nicolay.

1st Light Ba

t King's Germa
Legion.

» , , Leonhart.

2nd

¦ i • •

, , Halkett.

APPENDIX.

147

BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN ARM Y AT WATERLOO
as formed in Divisions and Brigades on the \%th of June, 1815.

CAVALRY.
Commanded by Lieut- General the Earl of Uxbridge G.C.B.
1st Brigade. — Commanded by Major-General Lord Edward
Somerset, K.C.B.

1st Life Guards
2nd ,,
Royal Horse Guards, Blue
1st Dragoon Guards

Lieut.-Colonel Ferrior.
, , the Hon. E.P. Lygon.
, , Sir Robert Hill.
, , Fuller (Colonel).

2nd Brigade. — Major-General Srft William Ponsonby, K.C.B.

Lieut.-Colonel, A. B. Clifton.
, , J. J. Hamilton.

1st or Royal Dragoons.
2nd or Royal North British
Dragoons
6th or Inniskilling Dragoons , , J. Muter (Colonel).
3rd Brigade. — Major-General W. B. Domberg
23rd Light Dragoons

1st

2nd

man Legion

King's Ger-

Lieut-Colonel the Earl of Port-
arlington (Colonel).
, , J. Bulow.
, , C. de Jonquiera.

ith Brigade. — Major-General Sir John 0. Vandeleur, K.C.B.

11th Light Dragoons
12th , ,

16th

Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Sleigh.
, , the Honorable F. C.
,, Ponsonby (Colonel).
, , J. Hay.

5«A Brigade.— Major-General Sir Colquhoijn Grant, K.C.B.

7th Hussars
1 5th ,,
2nd , , King's German Le
gion. 6th Brigade.— Major-General Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.B.

Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison
Lieut-Colonel L. C. Dalrymple.
, , Linsingen.

Lieut-Colonel Quentin (Colonel).
Hon. H. Murray.
A. Wissell.

10th Royal Hussars.
1 8th Hussars.
1st , , King's German Le
gion. 1th Brigade. — Colonel Sir Frederick Arenschildt, K.C.B.
13th Light Dragoons. | Lieut-Colonel Doherty.
3rd Hussars King's German Le- , , Meyer.
gion. Colonel Estorff.

Prince Regent's Hussars.
Bremen and Verden Hussars

Lieut.-Colonel Kielmansegge.
Colonel Busche.

148

APPENDIX.

INFANTRY.
First Division. — Major-General G. Cooke.
1st Brigade. — Major-General P. Maitland.
1st Foot Guards, 2nd Battalion. Major H. Askew (Colonel),
, , 3rd , , , , the Honorable W. Stewart
(Colonel)
2nd Brigade. — Major-General J. Byng.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion. | Major A. G. Woodford (Colonel).
3rd Foot Guards, , , ! , , F. Hepburn (Colonel).
Second Division. — Lieut.-General Sir H. Clinton, G.C.B.
3rd Brigade. — Major-General F. Adam.

52nd Foot, 1st Battalion.

Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Colborne,
K.C.B. (Colonel).
, , T. Reynell (Col.)
Major J. Ross (Lieut.-Colonel).
Major A. G. Norcott (Lieut-Col).

71st , , , ,
95th ,, 2nd ,, |Rifles
95th ,, 3rd ,, )
1st Brigade, King's German Legion. — Colonel Du Plat
1st Line Battalion, King's Ger
man Legion
2nd , , , ,
3rd , ,
4th

Major W. Robertson.
, , G- Muller.
Lieut.-Colonel F. de Wissell.
Major F. Reh.

3rd Hanoverian Brigade. — Colonel Halkett.

Militia Battalion Bremervorde
Duke of York's 2nd Battalion.
, , 3rd , ,
Militia Battalion Salzgitter
Third Division. — Lieut-General Baron Alten.

Lieut.-Colonel Schulenberg.
Major Count Munster.
, , Baron Hunefeld.
, , Hammerstein.

5th Brigade,— Major-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.CB.

Major W. Bailey (Lieut.-Colonel).
Lieut.-Colonel W.K. Elphinstone.
, , C. Morice (Col.)
W. G. Harris
(Colonel).
2nd Brigade. — King's German Legion. — Colonel Baron Ompteda.

30th Foot, 2nd Battalion.
33rd , ,
69th , , 2nd Battalion.
73rd , , 2nd Battalion.

1st Light Battalion, K.G.L.
2nd5th Line , , , ,
8th , , , ,

Lieut-Colonel L. Bussche,
Major G. Baring.
Lieut-Colonel W. B. Linsingen.
Major Schroeder (Lieut.-Colonel).
1st Hanoverian Brigade. — Major-General Count Kielmansegqe.

Duke of York's 1st Battalion.
Field Battalion Grubenhagen.
, , Bremen
, , Luneburg.
, , Verden.

Major Bulow.
Lieut-Colonel Wurmb.
, , Langrehr,
, , Kleucke.
Major De Senkopp.

APPENDIX.

149

Fourth Division.— Lieut.-General Sir Charles Colville, K.C.B.
iih Brigade. — Colonel Mitchell.
Major F. S. Tidy (Lieut.-Col.)
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry W.
Ellis, K.C.B.
H. Mitchell (Colonel).

1 4th Foot, 3rd Battalion.
23rd ,, 1st ,,
51st

6th Brigade. — Major-General Johnstone.
35th Foot, 2nd Battalion.
54th ,, 2nd Battalion.
1st ,,

59th
91st

Major C. M'Alister.
Lieut.-Col. J. EarlofWaldegrave.
, , H. Austin.
, , Sir W. Douglas,
K.C.B., (Colonel).

6th Hanoverian Brigade. — Major-General Lyon.

Field Battalion, Calenberg.
, , Lanenberg.
Militia^Battalion, Hoya.
", , Nieuberg.
, , Bentheim.

Lieut.-Colonel Benort.
, , Grote.

Major Croupp.

Fifth Division. — Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Picton, K.C.B.
5th Brigade. — Major-General Sir James Kempt, K.C.B.
28th Foot, 1st Battalion. Major R. Nixon (Lieut.-Colonel).

32nd , ,
79th , ,
95th Rifles

J. Hicks (Lieut.-Colonel).
Lieut-Colonel Neil Douglas.
, , Sir A. F. Barnard,
K.C.B., (Colonel)!

9th Brigade. — Major-General Sib Denis Pack, K.C.B.

1st Foot, 3rd Battalion.
42nd

44th92nd

1st
2nd 1st

Major C. Campbell.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Robert Macara,
K.C.B.
, , J. M. Hamerton.
Major Donald M'Donald.

5th Hanoverian Brigade. — Colonel Vincke.
Militia Battalion,

Hameln.Hildesheim.Peina.
Giffhorn.

Lieut.-Colonel Kleucke.
Major Rheden.
Major Westphalen.
Major Hammerstein.

Sixth Division.— 10th Brigade. — Major-General J. Lambert.
4th Foot, 1st Battalion. I Lieut.-Colonel F. Brooke.

27th 40th
81st

2nd

Captain Sir J. Reade (Major).
Major F. Browne.
, , P. Waterhouse.

150 APPENDIX.

ith Hanoverian Bri

gade. — Colonel Best.

Militia Battalion, Luneburg.

Lieut.-Colonel De Ramdohr

, , Verden.

Major Decken.

, , Osterode.

, , Baron Reden.

, , Minden.

, , De Schmidt.

7th Brigade.— Major-General M'Kenzie.

25th Foot, 2nd Battalion.

Lieut-Colonel A. W. Light.

37th ,, ,,

, , S. Hart.

78th ,, ,,

, , M. Lindsay.

Cavalry  8,883
Infantry  29,622
Artillery  5,434
Total .... 43,939

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